Annoying Gym Behaviour - Mk2(?)

Caliden

brianblaze wrote: »

What's the crack with lads filming workouts with their mates with DSLR setups? Is that legal in a gym? Had a few Rob Lipsett wannabe's in Raw this afternoon taking up acres of space and fluting around with a Sony A7SII (Not a cheap camera)

I don't particularly want to be in the background of your sh*tty Instagram video buddy, put away the camera!

I'd mention it to gym management. If you're in the background of their video and it's up on youtube they need your consent to show your face I'm pretty sure.

Raw looks like a decent gym but it's not the first time I've heard that it's full of youtube/instagram 'personalities' filming which would put me right off it.

Alf Veedersane

Caliden wrote: »

I'd mention it to gym management. If you're in the background of their video and it's up on youtube they need your consent to show your face I'm pretty sure.

Raw looks like a decent gym but it's not the first time I've heard that it's full of youtube/instagram 'personalities' filming which would put me right off it.

Raw in Sandyford, I presume?

I've never been there but I feel like I know every crevice from IG and YT.

Zillah

Caliden wrote: »

I'd mention it to gym management. If you're in the background of their video and it's up on youtube they need your consent to show your face I'm pretty sure.

They need the permission of the property owner to record anything on private property. If you have someone working as an actor in a commercial video you need a talent release form for them, but I doubt your face happening to show up in the background of a video counts for that. You're only protected where you have a reasonable expectation of privacy: in the locker rooms they wouldn't have a leg to stand on, on the street you have no right to privacy...on the gym floor? I'd say it's pretty much a public space.

Anyway, complain to management that they're making you uncomfortable and they're causing a disturbance - I'd be surprised if their policy wasn't to disallow that kind of thing, they might not even have noticed.

brianblaze

Twas in the City gym, that's why I was surprised. Only seen Rob film there before, and he has permission I assume because he's the face of their Academy thing.

In terms of the gym being a public space, it's a Private Club (IE paid members only) so realistically, they shouldn't be filming in there. When I've done work in private spaces I always have to alert people to my presence.

Anyway, I'm not worried about it, just, who the f*ck is watching skinny lads in self made stringer shirts working out online?!

Zillah

brianblaze wrote: »

In terms of the gym being a public space, it's a Private Club

It is private property but it is not a place where one would have a reasonable expectation of privacy (like the toilet or changing room).

deadlybuzzman

On Wednesday there was 2 lads sitting on a bench staring at a PT and client (both female) from only a couple of yards away as they did some stuff that involved being on their hands and feet with their arses in the air.
It was all kinds of ignorant and creepy and could easily cost the PT money if the client copped what was going on and didn't come back.

Caliden

Circuits that require 10 minutes to complete one lap.

When I'm 2 working sets into using a cable machine that's been vacant for the past 5 minutes, she comes over and says she was using it.


Love, I've almost finished what I'm doing before you've done one circuit of whatever the hell you're at.

Watched her after and she had a bench, 2 other machines and a rack in use.




I just told her I didn't realise and she could work in. Got a 'tut', walked off and set up on a different cable machine.

bladespin

Caliden wrote: »

Circuits that require 10 minutes to complete one lap.

Ridiculous, tell her Tabatha is better anyway and wait for the vacant stare lol.

cloudatlas

My gym had an open week not too long ago and it was carnage. There was a guy benching in the squat rack who was trapped under 30 kg, another guy benching lopsided 40 with a 10 plate on one side and on the other a series of tiny 2.5, 1.5 weights that didn't seem to add up, someone front squatting halfway down with their mate behind them reaching through to grasp the weight as their buddy squatted.

as_mo_bhosca

Not so much annoying as wtf moment. Young lad in the gym using wrist straps while doing concentration curls. Is it just me, or is that really odd/ pointless?

D14Rugby

as_mo_bhosca wrote: »

Not so much annoying as wtf moment. Young lad in the gym using wrist straps while doing concentration curls. Is it just me, or is that really odd/ pointless?

Its odd but he could just have a wrist injury or need them for an exercise either side of the curls and wasnt bothered taking them off just to put them back on in a minute

Mellor

D14Rugby wrote: »

Its odd but he could just have a wrist injury or need them for an exercise either side of the curls and wasnt bothered taking them off just to put them back on in a minute

That would be wraps, not straps. Perfectly fine to wear wraps for any exercise for the reasons you mentioned. Straps offer noting for non pulling exercises and you need to actively put them on each set. So would be a wtf for curls imo.

as_mo_bhosca

D14Rugby wrote: »

Its odd but he could just have a wrist injury or need them for an exercise either side of the curls and wasnt bothered taking them off just to put them back on in a minute

I'd thought of that, but he actually had the straps wrapped around the dumbbell handles. Was only doing concentration curls and went onto cable machine after doing those sets.

GreeBo

as_mo_bhosca wrote: »

I'd thought of that, but he actually had the straps wrapped around the dumbbell handles. Was only doing concentration curls and went onto cable machine after doing those sets.

blisters?

givyjoe

The latest 'craze' seems to be for 'juice heads' to walk around with a small gym bag like this, during their entire workout.

I thought it was just a my gym thing (Carlisle in Kimmage), but recently was in LA Fitness in Long Island, exact same carry on with juice heads there.

Nothing even seems to come out of, or go into said bag, which makes the whole thing more weird.

Wood

That generally happens in the globogym style places that are prone to locker thefts.

In every other gym I've been to where there's a bit of camaraderie it never happens.

Alf Veedersane

givyjoe wrote: »

The latest 'craze' seems to be for 'juice heads' to walk around with a small gym bag like this, during their entire workout.

I thought it was just a my gym thing (Carlisle in Kimmage), but recently was in LA Fitness in Long Island, exact same carry on with juice heads there.

Nothing even seems to come out of, or go into said bag, which makes the whole thing more weird.

You'd hardly want a chihuahua running around the gym.

Sangre

givyjoe wrote: »

The latest 'craze' seems to be for 'juice heads' to walk around with a small gym bag like this, during their entire workout.

I thought it was just a my gym thing (Carlisle in Kimmage), but recently was in LA Fitness in Long Island, exact same carry on with juice heads there.

Nothing even seems to come out of, or go into said bag, which makes the whole thing more weird.

I always carry my gym bag around the floor but rarely use it. I don't like leaving my valuables in the gym lockers.

givyjoe

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

You'd hardly want a chihuahua running around the gym.

I dunno, could be satisfying punting the little fcuker in between sets .

Triceratops Ballet

givyjoe wrote:

I thought it was just a my gym thing (Carlisle in Kimmage), but recently was in LA Fitness in Long Island, exact same carry on with juice heads there.

I carry my bag on the gym floor, I keep my lifting shoes, roller, notebook, chalk and bands in it

givyjoe

Triceratops Ballet wrote: »

I carry my bag on the gym floor, I keep my lifting shoes, roller, notebook, chalk and bands in it

Rollers provided in mine, chalk banned and surely walking to and from the changing rooms to work out area isn't going to 'damage' them.... At least you actually use the bag.

Triceratops Ballet

givyjoe wrote: »

Rollers provided in mine, chalk banned and surely walking to and from the changing rooms to work out area isn't going to 'damage' them.... At least you actually use the bag.

we're actually in the same gym! I wouldn't be using those rollers!

givyjoe

Triceratops Ballet wrote: »

we're actually in the same gym! I wouldn't be using those rollers!

Ha, right so. You're not the new guy who whips off his string vest, trackies.. down to this boxers and runs through his array of competition poses are you ?!

Triceratops Ballet

givyjoe wrote: »

Ha, right so. You're not the new guy who whips off his string vest, trackies.. down to this boxers and runs through his array of competition poses are you ?!

I'm not a guy at all!

I love those dudes tho endless entertainment!

sidenote, the no chalk thing is BS I've seen 2/3 of the trainers using it. If they can't get their own staff to not use it they can f right off with their "strictly no chalk" crap

MajorDon

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

You'd hardly want a chihuahua running around the gym.

Depends on how much protein is in it. If it's less than 20g per hundred I'd agree.

deadlybuzzman

Wood wrote: »

That generally happens in the globogym style places that are prone to locker thefts.

In every other gym I've been to where there's a bit of camaraderie it never happens.

A few weeks back I lost my Bluetooth headphones. Couldn't find them anywhere and then I realised the last place I had them was in the gym a few days before.
I thought oh well that's the end of them. I go back into the gym and there they were up on a shelf in the changing room.
Sometimes people do surprise you

Alf Veedersane

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

A few weeks back I lost my Bluetooth headphones. Couldn't find them anywhere and then I realised the last place I had them was in the gym a few days before.
I thought oh well that's the end of them. I go back into the gym and there they were up on a shelf in the changing room.
Sometimes people do surprise you

Same happened me with a jacket last year as well.

D3V!L

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

A few weeks back I lost my Bluetooth headphones. Couldn't find them anywhere and then I realised the last place I had them was in the gym a few days before.
I thought oh well that's the end of them. I go back into the gym and there they were up on a shelf in the changing room.
Sometimes people do surprise you

On the flip side, in a certain low budget 24 hour city center gym I stopped guys on two separate occasions from breaking open my locker. Tried to say it was theirs !! :rolleyes:

Pkiernan

A middle eastern chap has a horrible habit of drying all of his body hair using one of the changing room handheld hair dryers. His arm hair, leg hair, chest hair etc...
He's a hairy brute.

I just cannot understand it.

D3V!L

Pkiernan wrote: »

A middle eastern chap has a horrible habit of drying all of his body hair using one of the changing room handheld hair dryers. His arm hair, leg hair, chest hair etc...
He's a hairy brute.

I just cannot understand it.

Didn't Ben Dunnes remove the dryers because of this ?