Annoying Gym Behaviour - Mk2(?)

Mellor

JimmyCrackCorn wrote: »

Flirting with personal trainer instead of exercising

I don't get that one.
I mean it's obviously not a efficient use of exercise time™.
But who cares? It's their time to waste. PTs probably loving it.


No-curling in the rack is fair enough.
But no pressing, not sure about that one. I do that regularly. You might even be talking about me .
Although, no shortage of racks in the place in my gym.

slavedave

EEk! I shoulder press in a rack. Is that really a no-no? I use the barbell supports to keep it at shoulder height for starting/ finishing.

On another note - I have experienced this twice now - people asking if they can work in, and then doing extended sets of decreasing weights without a break in between each, so a 30 second "work in" extends to a couple of minutes. Not a deal-breaker, but in gym etiquettw, is this okay?

And last night I wanted to work in on a back row machine and asked the two lads if I could, and they said yes cautiously, explaining that they would be needing it regularly as part of their circuit they were doing. I then proceeded to do 5 sets of rows with short breaks in between each set, and they never used the equipment once in that time yet kept their towels, etc on the machine to "mark" it. Even when I moved onto a different exercise they didn't use the equipment! Doh!

Blacktie.

slavedave wrote: »

On another note - I have experienced this twice now - people asking if they can work in, and then doing extended sets of decreasing weights without a break in between each, so a 30 second "work in" extends to a couple of minutes. Not a deal-breaker, but in gym etiquettw, is this okay?

This would annoy me. In future if the same person asked again I'd ask if they were doing a drop set.

BabyE

JimmyCrackCorn wrote: »

Guys in spandex with balls poking through.

Gyms have mirrors almost impossible not to see cock and balls....


Ogh and shoulder pressing in squat racks. With 5kg plates
Curls in Squat racks
Using your phone to facebook
Saying I don't want to get too muscly to a personal trainer when you have done nothing but talk.
Functional fitness that looks like a prison search against a wall.
Personal trainers who don't squat to depth.
Flirting with me in gym
Leaving pre-workout poo/pee in Gym toilet
Leaving protein powder all over the sink
Flirting with personal trainer instead of exercising
Personal trainer who is obviously out of shape
Pyramid Supplement schemes.
Adds for detox and cleansing products
Colonic ass hosing services in gyms
Supplement recommendations from random people who could do with eating a sandwich.
Random oddball fitness machines

Its called a power rack you weirdo.

P.S Get a home gym

Alf Veedersane

People checking out my undercarriage when I wear my cycling shorts to the gym.

Brian?

BabyE wrote: »

Its called a power rack you weirdo.

P.S Get a home gym

Mod note: let's try to be pleasant eh? No need for name calling

jive

People looking at my phone to see if I'm on facebook

EagererBeaver

Pressing in a rack perfectly acceptable.

Selfies are bad. Those taking mirror photos are worse.

arybvtcw0eolkf

jive wrote: »

People looking at my phone to see if I'm on facebook

I'm always on facebook in the gym

Alf Veedersane

Giovanni Alive Raincoat wrote: »

I'm always on facebook in the gym

If you don't check in, the workout never happened.

JJayoo

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

People checking out my undercarriage when I wear my cycling shorts to the gym.

Sorry

arybvtcw0eolkf

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

If you don't check in, the workout never happened.

FACT!... Esp on 'leg day', then you've to brag about how you nearly stumbled down the stairs next morning

Blacktie.

Blacktie. wrote: »

This would annoy me. In future if the same person asked again I'd ask if they were doing a drop set.

happened to me before. girl asked to work in on the leg press, I said yes, pumped out ten reps and then she gets in, does 20, then pause, then starts doing calves on it, then pauses back to another 20 reps, then goes for calves, at which point I say, sorry, If can just get in and do my set .....

Big puss on her and she storms off!!!

Alf Veedersane

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

People checking out my undercarriage when I wear my cycling shorts to the gym.

who can help it, we all love a pair of lemon cycling shorts and when you have your jane fonda sweatbands, I lose my mind so I do!:)

will56

rusty cole wrote: »

happened to me before. girl asked to work in on the leg press, I said yes, pumped out ten reps and then she gets in, does 20, then pause, then starts doing calves on it, then pauses back to another 20 reps, then goes for calves, at which point I say, sorry, If can just get in and do my set .....

Big puss on her and she storms off!!!

Had a Trainer ask if his client could work in on the cable cross over. Turned out he was having them do rows using the low pulley, then the high pulley with each arm. Extra slow negatives as well. Also had to prompt the Trainer to move when I wanted to do my sets.
I'd have finished all my sets in the time it took them to get one done

JimmyCrackCorn

You lot take this far too seriously

WHIP IT!

Hanley wrote: »

And thats it in a nutshell.

People pay rock bottom prices but expect rock star service!

This..

Read any FB thread on the Flyefit page... 24 hour gyms with excellent equipment at cheap-as-chips prices in great locations... nothing but complaints/whines/moans... cracks me up...

Zillah

Asking staff to occasionally say "Excuse me, if you are finished with those weights would you mind putting them back on the rack please?" is hardly expecting rock star treatment.

I know there's tons of tools in gyms, of all shapes and sizes. But occasionally I see a person who's got the focus and all the heart in the world but just has bad technique or form. they'd make great gains with 2 hours and a good trainer even... it's at these times I'd love to go over and say, you know I'd normally never do this but if you try looking ahead in the mirror and keep your hips below your shoulders and eyes ahead as you sink into the lunge..........

shouldn't really be on me, that should be spotted by a roaming gym instructor. I mean what did they get into it for in the first place, not the great money.. I'm assuming because the love it and can make a difference with people.

and that's the tragedy.....Makes David brent face!!!!

Nervous Wreck

Zillah wrote: »

Asking staff to occasionally say "Excuse me, if you are finished with those weights would you mind putting them back on the rack please?" is hardly expecting rock star treatment.

No matter what you're asking people to do, if you're constantly being ignored (which is exactly what happens), you'll stop caring pretty quickly. If you're getting paid peanuts, that'll happen a lot quicker.

brownej

rusty cole wrote: »

I know there's tons of tools in gyms, of all shapes and sizes. But occasionally I see a person who's got the focus and all the heart in the world but just has bad technique or form. they'd make great gains with 2 hours and a good trainer even... it's at these times I'd love to go over and say, you know I'd normally never do this but if you try looking ahead in the mirror and keep your hips below your shoulders and eyes ahead as you sink into the lunge..........

shouldn't really be on me, that should be spotted by a roaming gym instructor. I mean what did they get into it for in the first place, not the great money.. I'm assuming because the love it and can make a difference with people.

and that's the tragedy.....Makes David brent face!!!!

oh man....
Theres been a few threads on unsolicited gym advice recently (even in this thread) and the general conclusion was "don't do it"...
People (especially people that need it) are really sensitive and will think you're, a) hitting on them, b) being a dick or c) bullying them
Don't do it man.... Leave it up to the gym instructors to ignore them.

brownej

brownej wrote: »

oh man....
Theres been a few threads on unsolicited gym advice recently (even in this thread) and the general conclusion was "don't do it"...
People (especially people that need it) are really sensitive and will think you're, a) hitting on them, b) being a dick or c) bullying them
Don't do it man.... Leave it up to the gym instructors to ignore them.

big time I agree, ive never done it, comes off creepy 99% of the times. Id imagine I'd be ok though as Im hansome and that's always a bonus, being handsome means I dont have to work on my personality too, but hey, Im handsome!!

PS did I mention I;m handsome??

Im just kidding...but not really La Flauer!!

fussyonion

There's a fitness instructor in my gym who is always flirting with the young fit girls who come to his classes.

It's very annoying as he has no time for anyone else, especially if someone has a question about the class.
He's all about the young nubile girls and telling them to ask if they need his help.

Very annoying.

Alf Veedersane

JimmyCrackCorn wrote: »

You lot take this far too seriously

Jimmy's rustled...

fussyonion

fussyonion wrote: »

There's a fitness instructor in my gym who is always flirting with the young fit girls who come to his classes.

It's very annoying as he has no time for anyone else, especially if someone has a question about the class.
He's all about the young nubile girls and telling them to ask if they need his help.

Very annoying.

yeah the young nubile part just sounded wrong. Are you older and feeling a bit left out? don't take it personally, you shouldn't expect all instructors to exhibit the altruistic qualities you're looking for maybe. in the end they're just young lads being young lads.

Charizard

rusty cole wrote: »

yeah the young nubile part just sounded wrong. Are you older and feeling a bit left out? don't take it personally, you shouldn't expect all instructors to exhibit the altruistic qualities you're looking for maybe. in the end they're just young lads being young lads.

Id expect them to do there job in the posters place. Lads can be lads in there own time

livedadream

question.. is it annoying of me to go to my spin class wearing my new shiny half marathon medal from Saturday (brag brag) or is the finishers shirt okay?

;-)

BrokenArrows

livedadream wrote: »

question.. is it annoying of me to go to my spin class wearing my new shiny half marathon medal from Saturday (brag brag) or is the finishers shirt okay?

;-)

You need to turn up in full cycling gear like you're about to take part in the tour de france, wrap-around sunglasses and all.

livedadream

BrokenArrows wrote: »

You need to turn up in full cycling gear like you're about to take part in the tour de france, wrap-around sunglasses and all.

with or without my medal though?

:cool:

BrokenArrows

livedadream wrote: »

with or without my medal though?

:cool:

Ya medal too. Have a look around your house for any community games stuff like u14 100m sprint. Walk into that place like MR T with a gold chain of medals. A few participation medals wouldn't go astray either!!