Gym no-no's...

Malice · 11-06-2008 08:03AM

plastic glass wrote: »

Both sets of offenders as in the couple and the guy wearing the jeans. As in a significant proportion of the eastern European members in my gym imo lack basic gym etiquette, examples include; hogging machines, 3 to a bench and having a chat between the 3 of them between a set instead of rotating the bench and weights, leaving bench but not leaving an indication (towel etc on bench) that bench is in use and then screaming at you when you from another machine/other end of gym when you go to use it, not bringing towel or wiping machine after , not leaving weights back etc. Of course not all Eastern European members are guilty of this and in turn members not from eastern Europe are also guilty of this but in my opinion the eastern Europeans are proportionally by far the worst offender. Only my opinion. Of course may be different in other gyms and I am not saying anything derogatory about them outside the gym. Perhaps this is totally normal in the gyms in Eastern Europe. I do believe also that a significant proportion of the blame must lie with the gym staff for not enforcing the rules. Probably going to get a barrage of abuse for what I have said but its the way I see it in my gym.

Funnily enough, if you substitute "Irish" for "Eastern European" in your post you'll get my experience in the last gym I was a member in

. Gangs of four or five lads standing around, blocking access to three machines at a time, talking away to each other. Occasionally one of them would do a few reps of something. I assume they were part of a team or something but it used to annoy the hell out of me when I wanted to just get in and get my workout done without having to ask people to move. In that same gym I used to work out with a couple of Czech guys and one guy from Lithuania who was small but built like a tank.

Anyway, I think you get insensitive and ignorant people from all over the world.

ike · 11-06-2008 09:58AM

Degsy wrote: »

Another thing that bugs me are horribly overweight old men with varicose veins standing around in the nude for extended periods in the changing rooms.

Agreed what is it with that???

Used to be a member of total fitness in Castleknock about 10 years ago and there was a guy in is late 40's who used to wear his towel after his shower like a woman hitched up under his armpits!. Very scary.

Relevant · 11-06-2008 11:18AM

There is a guy in my gym that wears those canterbury leggings under shorts, and a canterbury longsleeve thermal under a sleevless hoodie with the hood up. He is only there very late in the evening, I'm starting to think it is someone famous that doesn't want the attention. That or he just feels the cold!

Malteaser! · 11-06-2008 11:50AM

malice_ wrote: »

Gangs of four or five lads standing around, blocking access to three machines at a time, talking away to each other. Occasionally one of them would do a few reps of something. I assume they were part of a team or something but it used to annoy the hell out of me when I wanted to just get in and get my workout done without having to ask people to move.

I think there's a group like that in every gym. We're unfortunate in our gym to have two. How they think that 5 - 8 people are going to be able to work the same body part on the same machine I'll never know!

joker77 · 11-06-2008 11:57AM

The free weights section of my gym is usually quiet enough so don't have to wait to use equipment.

The most annoying thing for me, is in the changing rooms seeing guys use the hair-dryer to blow dry their whole body. F*cking freaks me out for some reason, I just don't want to have to see that...

Degsy · 11-06-2008 12:13PM

Malteaser! wrote: »

I think there's a group like that in every gym. We're unfortunate in our gym to have two. How they think that 5 - 8 people are going to be able to work the same body part on the same machine I'll never know!

Dont forget the accompanying shouting and raucous laughter..bloody headwreckers.

Malteaser! · 11-06-2008 12:17PM

Degsy wrote: »

Dont forget the accompanying shouting and raucous laughter..bloody headwreckers.

Haha oh how could I forget?? There's one particularly bad group and I genuinely believe that they're responsible for some of the DBs getting broken what with the way they just fuck them on the ground when they're done with them!!

thirdmantackle · 11-06-2008 12:33PM

yeah. THE most annoying thing.

4/5 lads come in and take over either the squat rack, smith, or free weights section.

fcuk off lads

that or people not putting back the plates, dumbells or banging them on the ground - ffs

Degsy · 11-06-2008 12:36PM

Malteaser! wrote: »

Haha oh how could I forget?? There's one particularly bad group and I genuinely believe that they're responsible for some of the DBs getting broken what with the way they just fuck them on the ground when they're done with them!!

Is one of them always on the phone?

PCB · 11-06-2008 01:16PM

My pet hates:

1. Eastern Euopeans on mobile phones (do they think the pope is gonna call while they are working out)

2.Eastern Europeans with laminated pages from flex reading them while they are trying to do some ridiculous workout for their forearms or some other body part that doesnt matter a fcuck

3. People in disgustingly smelly gear. their is one guy in Pinnacle who is without doubt the most disgusting smelling human being i have ever come across. i dont think he ever washes his gear

4. wearing jeans in the gym

5. wearing wooly jumpers in the gym

6. eating while in the gym

7. those pathetic c*nts who will wear a towel in the changing rooms and have to show off their wrinkly little nipper to the world

8. Fat eastern europeans who think they are huge benching 90kg and grunting like they are moving massive weights

9. old men that wont stop trying to talk to you

10. boggers in their full club gaa kit with number 24 on the back just to voice to the world what a useless c*nt they are

11. people who bring their girlfriend to the gym and then get them to spot for them. quick lesson: if your girlfriend is able to spot for you, its unlikely you actually need a spotter you fcucking tool

12. people sitting on machines and bopping their head to their music

13. tight pants, shorts and anything shorter than rugby shorts men

14. eastern europeans trying to curl 50kilos with their back and not their arms

15. eastern europeans who think they are massive and walk around like they can barely fit in the gym. newsflash, you wiegh 85 kilos and you bench less,probably a sign that your not exactly big

16. people who come to the gym and just wander from machine to machine in their tracksuit

17. tracksuit

18. weight lifting gloves......usually worn by people who think they make them look cool. gloves are pretty much useless you gimp

19. people in sandals

20. people reading books (yes ive seen it)

21. those bullsh*t programs ''fitness instructors'' give out to people when they join the gym

22. fat and underdeveloped people trying to give you advice onn training

23. people who say '' ohh im not lifting that i dont want to get too big''. fcuckin idiots

24. completely concocted tales about a feind of theirs that is ''absolutely huge''

25. eastern europeans in general

c - 13 · 11-06-2008 01:19PM

PCB wrote: »

My pet hates:

1. Eastern Euopeans on mobile phones (do they think the pope is gonna call while they are working out)

2.Eastern Europeans with laminated pages from flex reading them while they are trying to do some ridiculous workout for their forearms or some other body part that doesnt matter a fcuck

3. People in disgustingly smelly gear. their is one guy in Pinnacle who is without doubt the most disgusting smelling human being i have ever come across. i dont think he ever washes his gear

4. wearing jeans in the gym

5. wearing wooly jumpers in the gym

6. eating while in the gym

7. those pathetic c*nts who will wear a towel in the changing rooms and have to show off their wrinkly little nipper to the world

8. Fat eastern europeans who think they are huge benching 90kg and grunting like they are moving massive weights

9. old men that wont stop trying to talk to you

10. boggers in their full club gaa kit with number 24 on the back just to voice to the world what a useless c*nt they are

11. people who bring their girlfriend to the gym and then get them to spot for them. quick lesson: if your girlfriend is able to spot for you, its unlikely you actually need a spotter you fcucking tool

12. people sitting on machines and bopping their head to their music

13. tight pants, shorts and anything shorter than rugby shorts men

14. eastern europeans trying to curl 50kilos with their back and not their arms

15. eastern europeans who think they are massive and walk around like they can barely fit in the gym. newsflash, you wiegh 85 kilos and you bench less,probably a sign that your not exactly big

16. people who come to the gym and just wander from machine to machine in their tracksuit

17. tracksuit

18. weight lifting gloves......usually worn by people who think they make them look cool. gloves are pretty much useless you gimp

19. people in sandals

20. people reading books (yes ive seen it)

21. those bullsh*t programs ''fitness instructors'' give out to people when they join the gym

22. fat and underdeveloped people trying to give you advice onn training

23. people who say '' ohh im not lifting that i dont want to get too big''. fcuckin idiots

24. completely concocted tales about a feind of theirs that is ''absolutely huge''

25. eastern europeans in general

So to sum it up into one point you just hate Eastern Europeans ? Becuase you never see Irish people do any of the above ...

Hanley · 11-06-2008 01:20PM

PCB wrote: »

My pet hates:

1. Eastern Euopeans on mobile phones (do they think the pope is gonna call while they are working out)

2.Eastern Europeans with laminated pages from flex reading them while they are trying to do some ridiculous workout for their forearms or some other body part that doesnt matter a fcuck

3. People in disgustingly smelly gear. their is one guy in Pinnacle who is without doubt the most disgusting smelling human being i have ever come across. i dont think he ever washes his gear

4. wearing jeans in the gym

5. wearing wooly jumpers in the gym

6. eating while in the gym

7. those pathetic c*nts who will wear a towel in the changing rooms and have to show off their wrinkly little nipper to the world

8. Fat eastern europeans who think they are huge benching 90kg and grunting like they are moving massive weights

9. old men that wont stop trying to talk to you

10. boggers in their full club gaa kit with number 24 on the back just to voice to the world what a useless c*nt they are

11. people who bring their girlfriend to the gym and then get them to spot for them. quick lesson: if your girlfriend is able to spot for you, its unlikely you actually need a spotter you fcucking tool

12. people sitting on machines and bopping their head to their music

13. tight pants, shorts and anything shorter than rugby shorts men

14. eastern europeans trying to curl 50kilos with their back and not their arms

15. eastern europeans who think they are massive and walk around like they can barely fit in the gym. newsflash, you wiegh 85 kilos and you bench less,probably a sign that your not exactly big

16. people who come to the gym and just wander from machine to machine in their tracksuit

17. tracksuit

18. weight lifting gloves......usually worn by people who think they make them look cool. gloves are pretty much useless you gimp

19. people in sandals

20. people reading books (yes ive seen it)

21. those bullsh*t programs ''fitness instructors'' give out to people when they join the gym

22. fat and underdeveloped people trying to give you advice onn training

23. people who say '' ohh im not lifting that i dont want to get too big''. fcuckin idiots

24. completely concocted tales about a feind of theirs that is ''absolutely huge''

25. eastern europeans in general

God that's alot of hate. Ever hear that saying that if everyone and everything p!sses you off then maybe the problem isn't with them...?

As for number 11.... I won't even bother commenting.

PCB · 11-06-2008 01:23PM

hanley i have no probelm with eastern europeans outside of the gym forum but to be honest they are the scourge of my trainng life. the new gym ive joined appears to be relativley free of them however:D:D:D

Malteaser! · 11-06-2008 01:25PM

PCB wrote: »

My pet hates:

11. people who bring their girlfriend to the gym and then get them to spot for them. quick lesson: if your girlfriend is able to spot for you, its unlikely you actually need a spotter you fcucking tool

:eek: I thought I was the only girlfriend who did that!!

Smellyirishman · 11-06-2008 01:27PM

Since everyone has covered most of this issues already, what's your problem with people wearing shorts?

PCB · 11-06-2008 01:27PM

look before this gets out of hand im not saying all girlfriends but the majority of girlfreinds, mine included, do not possess the physical ability to spot a grown man while he is working out.

Malteaser! · 11-06-2008 01:32PM

PCB wrote: »

look before this gets out of hand im not saying all girlfriends but the majority of girlfreinds, mine included, do not possess the physical ability to spot a grown man while he is working out.

lol, I was only kidding tbh!! I'm glad to be one of the few though!!

Relevant · 11-06-2008 01:36PM

PCB wrote: »

16. people who come to the gym and just wander from machine to machine in their tracksuit

PCB wrote: »

21. those bullsh*t programs ''fitness instructors'' give out to people when they join the gym

I think that one of those problems is caused by the other. The amount of people I see in the gym wandering up to a machine, sitting down, not knowing how to use it and then getting up and leaving becasue the "!fitness instructor" didn't show them properly how in the first place. I saw a guy the other day doing seated calf raises with the lock on and no weight!

I'd go help them out but unfortunately i would then fall into PCB's list under number 22

PCB wrote: »

22. Fat and underdeveloped people trying to give you advice on training

jakeypooh · 11-06-2008 01:38PM

I hate the eastern european guys in my gym whose ****ing jaws drop when they see me coming into the "male weights area" - its not a "male weights area" is just a free weights area, then when they see me lifting heavier weights than the ****e pink air weights normally associated with women they start a whole conversation in their own language and take the piss outta me.
It was hilarious a few weeks ago my husband was there too - he never normally trains with me and came over and was messing around lifting lighter than me for the crack and says to them jesus shes strong isn't she and they proceeded to take the piss outta me
Tossers
Couldn't lift a proper weight with perfect form if they tried
They just hang around in their **** clothes smelling of high sweat and looking at their ugly mushes in the mirror

PCB · 11-06-2008 01:39PM

the reason i put in no.22 is because i wouldnt give a mechanic advice on how to fix his car. i have every right to go to the garage, have a look around and do what i want with my own car but i have no right to tell someone who knows what they are doing what to do!!:D

Hanley · 11-06-2008 01:42PM

Malteaser! wrote: »

:eek: I thought I was the only girlfriend who did that!!

You're the only one who can do a good job of it....

You've pulled what, 140 off me before?

PCB · 11-06-2008 01:43PM

thats good goin

Degsy · 11-06-2008 01:46PM

Hanley wrote: »

You're the only one who can do a good job of it....

You've pulled what, 140 off me before?

Dont piss her off then,she might just leave it there!

topper75 · 11-06-2008 01:47PM

I am hardly one of the PC brigade - they get my goat in fact.

But it's not right to talk about ALL Eastern Europeans. So some of them are gits - you're entitled to point that out. I certainly have my issues with some of them. Are ALL Irish scum cos of a few? I have witnessed some seriously bad behaviour by Irish people in Holland and the UK and am amazed we are not generally banned from those countries. Tolerance is a virtue.

You have a few fair points against gym staff - it is down to them to run things.

Malteaser! · 11-06-2008 01:48PM

I really don't know where all the Eastern European hating is coming from. I've never once seen a foreign person doing anything in the gym that I haven't also seen an Irish person doing at some point.

Hanley · 11-06-2008 01:49PM

Malteaser! wrote: »

I really don't know where all the Eastern European hating is coming from. I've never once seen a foreign person doing anything in the gym that I haven't also seen an Irish person doing at some point.

I have... the big lithuanian pulling 300+ for reps. I've yet to see an irish person do that in TF

:D:D

Malteaser! · 11-06-2008 01:51PM

Hanley wrote: »

I have... the big lithuanian pulling 300+ for reps. I've yet to see an irish person do that in TF :D:D

Yeah, I was actually thinking that!! But wait, can't Liam do that for like a million reps??

Hanley · 11-06-2008 01:52PM

Malteaser! wrote: »

Yeah, I was actually thinking that!! But wait, can't Liam do that for like a million reps??

No, I think it was a million kg that he did for 300 reps. Easy mistake.

dv6 · 11-06-2008 01:54PM

Hey, take it easy on the lads in gaa gear, im one of them. Just happens to be the sports gear i own, so why wouldnt i wear it to the gym.

smellslikeshoes · 11-06-2008 01:55PM

PCB wrote: »

My pet hates:
4. wearing jeans in the gym

I often wear jeans in the gym, Its what I'm most comfortable in and don't see whats wrong with it. Maybe if people concentrated harder on what they were doing the issue of what someone is wearing across the room wouldn't bother them as much.

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