Annoying Gym Behaviour - Mk2(?)

The phone seems like a comfort blanket to a lot of people. They break for cover to bash out a few quick reps then are back on it before the weights have even settled. There's something a bit unsettling about it. Reminds me of watching field mice.

I use mine for tracking my lifts and stuff too but not for browsing. If I'm in the gym then I'm in the gym, not checking Instagram. Be present in what you're doing. You'll get a lot more out of it. If you can't stop doomscrolling for the couple of minutes between sets you should take a step back and evaluate the hold your phone has on you. Getting bored within the space of a few mins is not normal

One scenario I see a lot is a person pulling something like 12 kg on a cable (in effect this is like lifting a bottle of water) taking four to five minutes between sets and spending that time with their head craned down over their phone.

The phone isn't the biggest issue, rather the complete lack of awareness of the fact that other people want to use the equipment as well.

Phones encourage a type of absent mindedness that can turn other people's time in the gym into an extremely frustrating experience.

Very few of them are willing to allow people to work in unfortunately. They feel the equipment is theirs until they see fit to walk away from it.

Gym etiquette has gone by the wayside in recent years.

Well I have asked and have been met with anything from a polite no to outright indignation, that's why I outlined my experience of people refusing.

As for people being less likely to raise objections if they're on their phones for longer, again that's not my experience.

The gym I'm a member of has become oversubscribed in recent years, new members aren't instructed in any way by staff upon joining and these issues are arising from that it would seem.

If your gym is full of good eggs who are willing to get along with others I'm happy for you, unfortunately that's not happening where I am in recent times.

Spend a few hours daily on the treadmill 5 days out of 7

Im a mid 60s' male

And without my phone ( Spotify) I wouldn't last 20 minutes

So a plus for me ref phones in gym as long as ear bud's etc are used,

Mines on silent/ ignore always whilst in the gym

gotten some of the best advice from insta.

My gym had a set of rules on the wall for a few years. Reading through it, it was fairly obvious that at some stage it was translated to a different language (likely Russian to help out new Ukranian members) and then translated back again to English before being printed.

My favourite rules are:

• Do not lose weight (I can't believe other gyms haven't thought of this as a business model before now).
• Every time you set up a workstation, ask yourself, are you someone else's?
• Please do not use the equipment.

They burst out laughing when I told them and took it down right away - it'd been up for years and nobody had ever noticed 😂

How about some disgusting gym behaviour. I was using the pull up bar earlier and there's a railing at the window next to the rack I was working from, some guy was coughing up a lung over it and then gets a good mouthful of phlegm and spits right over it. I had my headphones in and was mid dead hang, shouting abuse at him and not hearing what he had to say back. Scummiest thing I've seen happen in a gym.

I see them things too - but I did find some good people too with some really good stuff

realistically not much one can do bar beat them .

its flyefit so the staff don't care.

but i know them now and I'll be waiting an opportunity for some petty revenge

This one baffles me. There's a couple of lads in my gym bring bags in you could genuinely pack for a week away with and carry them around, and I don't think I've ever seen them take stuff from them to use. The place is packed enough too without more stuff lying about. My youngest lad does swimming lessons in a completely different gym and as you pass the stairs to the gym floor they've a sign up saying no bags allowed on the floor, I think more places need that approach

I get the logic if you’re actually using the stuff but I see loads that don’t. And the bags are massive!!

Guess it depends which Flyefit you train at but in fairness to the staff in the one I go to, they're quick to react whenever there's any issue.

likewise

I’d ask politely

Then report