Annoying Gym Behaviour - Mk2(?)

Wanderer78 · 25-10-2015 11:27am

El Horseboxo wrote: »

I like to get in and out. Only things that annoy me is any behavior that unnecessarily impedes that. Like taking 10 mins between Squats due to talking. Suppose any piece of equipment. Basically if you use something without any consideration of others. You're a dick.

fairly annoying alright but i do think people are rushing around too much. i spend a couple of hours in the gym at a time taking my time. yes that means you ll be waiting for me to finish with a piece of equipment. slow down and enjoy your work out. it isnt a race

Dwarf.Shortage · 25-10-2015 11:48am

Wanderer78 wrote: »

fairly annoying alright but i do think people are rushing around too much. i spend a couple of hours in the gym at a time taking my time. yes that means you ll be waiting for me to finish with a piece of equipment. slow down and enjoy your work out. it isnt a race

To be fair I tend to go at lunchtime and want to burst through a session in 45 mins. It's a fairly common thing, could be 10 or 15 suits hanging up in the changing room at 12:30. If I couldn't get it done in an hour I'd have to question my intensity.

Wanderer78 · 25-10-2015 11:51am

Dwarf.Shortage wrote: »

To be fair I tend to go at lunchtime and want to burst through a session in 45 mins. It's a fairly common thing, could be 10 or 15 suits hanging up in the changing room at 12:30. If I couldn't get it done in an hour I'd have to question my intensity.

thats fair enough i guess but i do know others that do something similar to you. i guess its just not for me. exercise time is where you should slow the world down and connect with yourself. people really are running around too much. i have intense periods in my routine but mainly its nice and slow and relaxing.

25-10-2015 11:52am

I prefer going in the evenings so I have a bit less clock watching on my own part but people could have all sorts of things to rush off to, so whatever works

Mr. CooL ICE · 25-10-2015 1:07pm

Regarding the bar slamming... For deadlifts and barbell rows, I tend to not lower it down slowly and it is kinda loud. I never let it fall out of my hands and always drop with it. Is that frowned upon? If I lower slowly, I tend to get lower back ache.

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 25-10-2015 1:11pm

People who think it somehow thinks its possible to re-rack 40kg+ dumbells without dropping them and making some noise after a hard set, that's why they and the floor are rubberized, I will be damned if I will tear my rotator cuff so you can pretend its a library whilst scribbling in your training diary......

My pet peeve is people that train so skinking of BO that I can taste it, I dont mind the smell of a gym, its a place of sweat and effort, I have had to train in a old tee cause I forgot a clean one, but you all know some fellas be stinking really bad.

Wanderer78 · 25-10-2015 1:15pm

Joyce Happy Adhesive wrote: »

My pet peeve is people that train so skinking of BO that I can taste it, I dont mind the smell of a gym, its a place of sweat and effort, I have had to train in a old tee cause I forgot a clean one, but you all know some fellas be stinking really bad.

i ll make sure to stay away from your gym then. i never use deodorant

btkm8unsl0w5r4 · 25-10-2015 1:44pm

Wanderer78 wrote: »

i ll make sure to stay away from your gym then. i never use deodorant

Usually said smelly fellow will pass by you just before some good looking girl sits on the next bench, making her think you skink like a tramp.

play it again · 25-10-2015 3:15pm

Joyce Happy Adhesive wrote: »

People who think it somehow thinks its possible to re-rack 40kg+ dumbells without dropping them and making some noise after a hard set, that's why they and the floor are rubberized, I will be damned if I will tear my rotator cuff so you can pretend its a library whilst scribbling in your training diary......

My pet peeve is people that train so skinking of BO that I can taste it, I dont mind the smell of a gym, its a place of sweat and effort, I have had to train in a old tee cause I forgot a clean one, but you all know some fellas be stinking really bad.

I'm thinking more of the guys who drop weights from hip height while staring themselves out of it at the mirror after doing 3 reps on the guns

Zillah · 25-10-2015 11:16pm

Joyce Happy Adhesive wrote: »

People who think it somehow thinks its possible to re-rack 40kg+ dumbells without dropping them and making some noise after a hard set, that's why they and the floor are rubberized, I will be damned if I will tear my rotator cuff so you can pretend its a library whilst scribbling in your training diary......

There's a big difference between making some noise and just abandoning them mid-air.

My pet peeve is people that train so skinking of BO that I can taste it, I dont mind the smell of a gym, its a place of sweat and effort, I have had to train in a old tee cause I forgot a clean one, but you all know some fellas be stinking really bad.

Fresh sweat doesn't smell, so they're either not washing themselves or they're wearing filthy old clothes. It's amazing how big a cloud they carry around with them, like, a fifteen feet sphere around them. On more than one occasion I've changed what I'm doing just to get away from it.

Alf Veedersane · 25-10-2015 11:23pm

Are they worse than crop dusters?

That's the burning question.

JJayoo · 26-10-2015 12:00am

If you can't get a set of DBs into position on your own and put them back on the floor in a controlled fashion after your set then you shouldn't be benching them

Mellor · 26-10-2015 12:24am

Dwarf.Shortage wrote: »

To be fair I tend to go at lunchtime and want to burst through a session in 45 mins. It's a fairly common thing, could be 10 or 15 suits hanging up in the changing room at 12:30. If I couldn't get it done in an hour I'd have to question my intensity.

If you can get 4-5 sets done for 4-5 exercises in 45 mins, the intensity (in terms of RPE) has to reduced a bit. Nothing wrong with working out like that, but equally nothing wrong with lifting a higher %load and taking a bit longer to recovery. why does everyone assess others in the gym based on their own goals?

Alf Veedersane · 26-10-2015 12:28am

JJayoo wrote: »

If you can't get a set of DBs into position on your own and put them back on the floor in a controlled fashion after your set then you shouldn't be benching them

Whatever did happen to that video of you and the DB and the falling over hilarity?

JJayoo · 26-10-2015 12:36am

The moral of that story was not to secure a DB with masking tape

poeticmakaveli · 26-10-2015 1:56am

Dwarf.Shortage wrote:

To be fair I tend to go at lunchtime and want to burst through a session in 45 mins. It's a fairly common thing, could be 10 or 15 suits hanging up in the changing room at 12:30. If I couldn't get it done in an hour I'd have to question my intensity.

I agree, no messing for me either,45 mins to an hour of a good paced session, this ol standing around and talking shiiiiiii*e does my head in!
I don't chat anyone except myself in my head..because I am bit of a mental case you see....

jive · 26-10-2015 2:01am

Rancid protein farts.

Ya wouldn't let one rip in the work place so why do it in the gym, just cause there's other people around and the culprit can't always be identified doesn't make it alright. Go to the jacks if you have to let one off.

Gym farts are in a league of their own I swear, it's like a one of them foam parties except instead of lovely foam it's a filthy brown mist. Disgusting.

El Horseboxo · 26-10-2015 3:41am

Wanderer78 wrote: »

fairly annoying alright but i do think people are rushing around too much. i spend a couple of hours in the gym at a time taking my time. yes that means you ll be waiting for me to finish with a piece of equipment. slow down and enjoy your work out. it isnt a race

I go at a pace that does allow me to enjoy my work out. I don't rush anywhere. I do my set, rest until I'm ready to go again, repeat as per routine and move onto next exercise.

If someone done a heavy set and they wanna rest a few mins to recover. That's no problem. I may wish that it was someone flying through them that is ahead of me. But that is what it is. However if someone is roaming off for a chat and throwing their towel on the bar it is uneccesary and annoying. It's giving no consideration to others at all. Or somebody using loads of equipment on a huge circuit during peak hours. Don't get all bent outta shape if I ask can I jump onto the squat rack while it lies unused for the next 10 mins after your set.

It's nice to be nice. Some people have other commitments and only have short windows to get to the gym. Others may have all the time in the world. If you wanna spend hours in the gym. That's cool. Do you. But the hours in the gym don't mean you gotta be hogging something that you could really surrender quicker if it looks like somebody is nearby waiting for it.

Macha · 26-10-2015 4:52am

As a woman, unsolicited advice is a biggie.

I'm returning to the gym after a caesarean section and a random young guy (who v clearly skips leg day a lot) decided to tell me what I was doing wrong. When I politely told him my particular situation & that after 10+ years of weight lifting, I know more or less what I'm doing, he told me to be grateful as I was getting his advice "for free". Grrr..

Another time, a guy actually asked me what the exercise I was doing was for, before proceeding to tell me I was using too heavy weights and the lighter ones were "over there".

Zillah · 26-10-2015 7:24pm

Macha wrote: »

As a woman, unsolicited advice is a biggie.

I'm returning to the gym after a caesarean section and a random young guy (who v clearly skips leg day a lot) decided to tell me what I was doing wrong. When I politely told him my particular situation & that after 10+ years of weight lifting, I know more or less what I'm doing, he told me to be grateful as I was getting his advice "for free". Grrr..

Another time, a guy actually asked me what the exercise I was doing was for, before proceeding to tell me I was using too heavy weights and the lighter ones were "over there".

Wankers.

Hanley · 26-10-2015 7:38pm

Macha wrote: »

As a woman, unsolicited advice is a biggie.

I'm returning to the gym after a caesarean section and a random young guy (who v clearly skips leg day a lot) decided to tell me what I was doing wrong. When I politely told him my particular situation & that after 10+ years of weight lifting, I know more or less what I'm doing, he told me to be grateful as I was getting his advice "for free". Grrr..

Another time, a guy actually asked me what the exercise I was doing was for, before proceeding to tell me I was using too heavy weights and the lighter ones were "over there".

Well ya know if a couple of people have said it by now...

Macha · 27-10-2015 3:22am

Heh. Wait, I AM the common denominator here! In fairness, most of the other guys in the weights section visibly cringe when this happens, which makes it a little easier to deal with.

Another one that annoys me (but doesn't affect me) is seeing guys show a woman how to use free weights (great stuff) but only shows them upper body exercises /v light weights/poor form. Her own fault though as there's plenty of decent advice on the Internet.

Hogging equipment /space and working in without asking are other ones that grind my gears. Ask nicely and I'll always say yes, unless I'm doing a timed circuit.

endacl · 27-10-2015 3:31am

Left field answer.....

Music selection. I'd rather listen to nothing, but I use an iPod to drown out the infinite loop of inanely shyte gym music. Honestly. Who would actually choose that cr4p? Anybody who would should be permanently banned from (a) the gym, (b) ever leaving the house, and (c) breeding.

And don't get me started on the 'shyte music to 11, when the spin classes start...

:mad:

will56 · 27-10-2015 9:35am

endacl wrote: »

Left field answer.....

Music selection. I'd rather listen to nothing, but I use an iPod to drown out the infinite loop of inanely shyte gym music. Honestly. Who would actually choose that cr4p? Anybody who would should be permanently banned from (a) the gym, (b) ever leaving the house, and (c) breeding.

And don't get me started on the 'shyte music to 11, when the spin classes start...

:mad:

Personal Trainers using their own music for classes on the gym floor.
They use a monster speaker, turned up loud to drown out the music already playing in the gym.
No consideration for other members not in the class that don't want their ear drums by 2 lots of crappy music

27-10-2015 10:09am

I like our gyms music
Don't kill me

ThunbergsAreGo · 27-10-2015 10:11am

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Regarding the bar slamming... For deadlifts and barbell rows, I tend to not lower it down slowly and it is kinda loud. I never let it fall out of my hands and always drop with it. Is that frowned upon? If I lower slowly, I tend to get lower back ache.

I too find it incredibly difficult to slowly lower a deadlift to the ground afterwards. Always a bit concious of the noise it is making!

Caliden · 27-10-2015 12:08pm

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Regarding the bar slamming... For deadlifts and barbell rows, I tend to not lower it down slowly and it is kinda loud. I never let it fall out of my hands and always drop with it. Is that frowned upon? If I lower slowly, I tend to get lower back ache.

A 'controlled' descent is preferred. So it's not just dropping it but at the same time not lowering it so that it takes any longer than a 1 count. Doing so would **** up your back and I'd rather people hate me for making noise than being stuck in bed with a mangled back.

Same goes for DB's, I'll lower them as controlled as possible but I'm not risking my rotator cuff for quietness.

endacl · 27-10-2015 2:06pm

bluewolf wrote: »

I like our gyms music
Don't kill me

I'll just go ahead and presume your gym's music is not at all like my gym's music, because I like you.

If it is like my gym's music you're a bad bluewolf and you should feel bad.

COH · 27-10-2015 2:23pm

The gym where I work implemented a system whereby the members could choose the music via an app

Guess what happened?

Absolute chaos.

kstand · 27-10-2015 2:31pm

Women walking on the tredmills reading books. Moved to a different part of London a year ago and my new gym doesn't have any such behavior - the last place I was in was a more expensive area and you got a lot of middle class girls/women using the gym, especially after Christmas. Went in one night and out of the 5 rowing machines, only 1 had a working digital interface. All the others were free, but the one I wanted to use had a woman using it who had some sort of a tablet down over the control interface with headphones on watching some crap on Netflicks. Maybe it was the area itself, but there were a hell of a lot of women using that gym who thought that by going to the gym and walking on the tredmill or cycling at the lowest possible resistance was going to make them in any way fit or lose the weight they were carrying. I didnt notice it with the blokes that went in there though I'm sure there had to have been one or two slouchers - but the women stuck out a mile. I ended up hating the place.

JJayoo · 27-10-2015 2:49pm

I'm sure it's been mentioned but twaats that don't bring a towel to the gym, and wankbags who feel the need to do their ****ty curls right in front of the dumbbell rack.

bucketybuck · 27-10-2015 3:00pm

COH wrote: »

The gym where I work implemented a system whereby the members could choose the music via an app

Guess what happened?

Absolute chaos.

Annoying gym behaviour - idiots who bring their phones into the gym and sit playing with their silly apps.

Alf Veedersane · 27-10-2015 3:04pm

27-10-2015 3:25pm

People who spend time on their phone while on a machine, bench, mat, or anywhere else that someone else could use.

Feck off with your Facebook. You can do it elsewhere FFS.

spideygirl09 · 27-10-2015 4:13pm

One woman in the gym I go to, undresses after a non existent workout, walks to the toilet in the nip with no towel, squirts some soap from the dispenser and rubs it on herself while walking to the shower. Gets in the shower and is out within a minute again with no towel, dragging water all over the floor!

Hogging the shower by putting a towel over the door while you go and get undressed, could be 2/3 people waiting for a shower.

Men who wear shorts and then leggings underneath them.....what's the point?

Men who workout in 2s or 3s and just spend their time looking at themselves in the mirror and watching each other lift weights, I could think of better things to be doing at 6.30am.

WHIP IT! · 27-10-2015 4:39pm

A staggering amount of easily annoyed people on this thread... we all have to share this big spinnin' rock, folks... let's just get on with it and try not to let the person who gyms differently than you ruin your life!

KilOit · 27-10-2015 4:47pm

Deleted User wrote: »

People who spend time on their phone while on a machine, bench, mat, or anywhere else that someone else could use.

Feck off with your Facebook. You can do it elsewhere FFS.

I'm on my phone after each exercise to record the weight and reps on a app, probably looks like i'm texting etc, i'd say a lot of the people holding phones are doing something similar

Brian? · 27-10-2015 5:32pm

optimistic_ wrote: »

Whatever happened to that old thread? I loved that thread.

Anyway, wanted it back because it's entertaining reading. I'm finding it hard to get the ball rolling because at 6.30am there's not much in the way of annoying behaviour in my gym. The usual plates not returned to racks or whatever. Or people splashing big gross wet footprints around the place after the shower.

What new horror stories have we for 2015?

The old one was killed with fire, as it deserved to be. I'm not convinced this one should exist give how the last one went.

Tar.Aldarion · 27-10-2015 5:44pm

kstand wrote: »

Women walking on the tredmills reading books. Moved to a different part of London a year ago and my new gym doesn't have any such behavior - the last place I was in was a more expensive area and you got a lot of middle class girls/women using the gym, especially after Christmas. Went in one night and out of the 5 rowing machines, only 1 had a working digital interface. All the others were free, but the one I wanted to use had a woman using it who had some sort of a tablet down over the control interface with headphones on watching some crap on Netflicks. Maybe it was the area itself, but there were a hell of a lot of women using that gym who thought that by going to the gym and walking on the tredmill or cycling at the lowest possible resistance was going to make them in any way fit or lose the weight they were carrying. I didnt notice it with the blokes that went in there though I'm sure there had to have been one or two slouchers - but the women stuck out a mile. I ended up hating the place.

I always read when Im on the crosstrainer as I'm on it for over 50 mins at 700 calories+ burned (machine estimate I imagine it's lower) and it gets ****ing boring!
Probably read a dozen books like this.

Todd Toddington III · 27-10-2015 6:10pm

Joyce Happy Adhesive wrote:

My pet peeve is people that train so skinking of BO that I can taste it

Joyce Happy Adhesive wrote:

Usually said smelly fellow will pass by you just before some good looking girl sits on the next bench, making her think you skink like a tramp.

I hate skinky ppl

27-10-2015 7:10pm

KilOit wrote: »

I'm on my phone after each exercise to record the weight and reps on a app, probably looks like i'm texting etc, i'd say a lot of the people holding phones are doing something similar

I've often glanced at people's phones and, nope, Facebook.

If you want to log that stuff, move away from the machine. It is just simple politeness.

Alf Veedersane · 27-10-2015 8:13pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

If you want to log that stuff, move away from the machine. It is just simple politeness.

If he/she is logging between sets, what's the problem, why do they need to move away from the machine? Work in if you need to use it.

MightyMandarin · 27-10-2015 8:17pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

If you want to log that stuff, move away from the machine. It is just simple politeness.

That's not being polite, that's just being stupid. If someone wants to use a machine, rack, area etc. they can ask if they can work in with someone or ask when they're done. Moving away implies that you're done with something; at least it does to most people at my gym including myself, so you're then left to confuse someone as to who, if anyone, is using a rack or area.

The best way to be polite in this context is to be accomodating of other people who want to work in with you or go after you; otherwise, go in your phone as much as you want.

Dan133269 · 27-10-2015 8:55pm

I used to love the old thread, glad to see it's back.

I haven't trained in a gym for a while, but I have so many stories and incidents from previous gyms. Some were more funny than annoying but they deserve a mention.

There was a fella in a gym where I used to train who wore skin-tight lycra trousers which left nothing to the imagination. You could literally see the full shape of his genitalia. Then when he used to take a shower after his workout he would leave his underwear on. You couldn't make it up.

Arrogant w@nkers who think they are better than everyone else. Like the young blonde guy who used to train (maybe still does) in University of Limerick gym. His picture was on the wall at one point doing front squats, I recall. I asked him politely could I work in with him at a dip station one time, and he didn't even answer me or nod, just turned away and moved to the side.

Another time in a different gym, I was doing leg extensions and got up to walk around between sets. Some woman came over and started using the machine. Fair enough, even if I was sitting there I'm always happy to leave someone work in. She then proceeds to do a set which lasts literally over 5 minutes, doing well over 100 repetitions with pauses of about 5 seconds in between each rep. After the 1st few minutes I was more surprised than anything else but kept waiting as I thought "she must be nearly finished now". Must have been the longest set ever in that gym.

Fellas carrying around a supply of tools as if they're going camping. There was a fella in a gym where I used to train who would come to train with 1 bottle of water, 2 towels, 2 mobile phones, 1 notebook, 1 pen, 1 weightlifting belt and a pair of gloves. He would scoop up all his stuff and move it from machine to machine every time he changed exercise. Before someone asks was he a drugdealer and he needed 2 phones, he was Polish so I presume 1 was a Polish phone and 1 was Irish.

Deluded fellas. I was chatting to another guy in a gym in Waterford who was in pretty good shape but wasn't exactly going to win Mr. Olympia. He told me that he left his last gym as he couldn't get any peace or training done as strangers were constantly approaching him asking for advice on training and nutrition.

I'm sure I'll think of a few more.

Hani Kosti · 27-10-2015 9:55pm

Curling in a squat rack... 'nuf said!

Wanderer78 · 27-10-2015 10:04pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I've often glanced at people's phones and, nope, Facebook.

can confirm this behaviour to. my phone doesnt even enter the doors of the health club. im uncontactable during workouts, thank god

Mellor · 28-10-2015 12:04am

El Horseboxo wrote: »

If someone done a heavy set and they wanna rest a few mins to recover. That's no problem...
However if someone is roaming off for a chat and throwing their towel on the bar it is uneccesary and annoying. It's giving no consideration to others at all.

Can you explain this one for me?
How come its no problem if a guy needs to take a few minutes to recover between heavy sets (i agree btw). But if he decides to leave the area during that time, or talk to anyone it's suddenly inconsiderate and unnecessary.

Deleted User wrote: »

People who spend time on their phone while on a machine, bench, mat, or anywhere else that someone else could use.

Feck off with your Facebook. You can do it elsewhere FFS.

In a similar fashion, its ok to sit there staring into space. But if you take out a phone then you're are wasting time.

I don't understand your logic at all.
I have my phone in the gym, I video sets, take notes, and sometime arse about to pass the time between sets. If I didn't have my phone out it's not going to be "your go" any sooner.

power pants · 28-10-2015 12:16am

instead of being annoyed with the above just say you are going to do a quick set whilst they rest or "rest". Always works for me

people who pick up dumbells from the rack and immediately do their exercises there and then blocking people from getting other dumbells or using the benches etc

**** off out my way!!

Yer Aul One · 28-10-2015 1:01am

Brian? wrote: »

The old one was killed with fire, as it deserved to be. I'm not convinced this one should exist give how the last one went.

I realise it can go down a bad road but for every questionable post, there is definitely a funny story, so I hope it stays.

In that mood, my most recent story is outside the gym but is still a cracker:

Fella comes up to this organised run in central park in Sydney with skin shorts on. No top :eek: Just when I thought it couldn't get worse, he starts doing lunges in front of everyone, the lycra shorts were questionably small too!

It was only about 15C. My new colleague that I didnt know that well remarks "in modern society, how has that lad gotten this far without someone tipping him on the shoulder and asking him what the hell does he think he is doing".

My run was ruined, I was literally laughing like a schoolgirl for the next 30 mins.

Mellor · 28-10-2015 1:41am

power pants wrote: »

instead of being annoyed with the above just say you are going to do a quick set whilst they rest or "rest". Always works for me

I think some people are more interested in complaining about others than looking for a solution to these "problems".

Yer Aul One wrote: »

Fella comes up to this organised run in central park in Sydney with skin shorts on. No top :eek: Just when I thought it couldn't get worse, he starts doing lunges in front of everyone, the lycra shorts were questionably small too!

It was only about 15C. My new colleague that I didnt know that well remarks "in modern society, how has that lad gotten this far without someone tipping him on the shoulder and asking him what the hell does he think he is doing".

TBH that's fairly common in sydney - common but by no means normal.
These people think if it's "acceptable at the beach" then they can carry on like that anywhere. Why should he be penalised for living in the city etc.
I'm guessing this was centennial park or somewhere similar.

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