Venting Time!! Gym Pet Peeves!

[cupcake_x]

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Originally Posted by unkn0wn i hate when people are just sitting on a machine and talking to their friends. especially when i want to use the machine!

OH GOD, That happens to me all the time.

One time in particular, I was waiting forever to use a machine and the girl was just sitting there talking to this guy, so I walk over and just stand around waiting. The guy in the next machine asks which machine I'm waiting for and I point to the machine the girl is on and say, "That one". The girl shoots me a dirty look, does one last set and then huffs off, all pissed.

I mean, EXCUSE ME that I was interrupting your 20 minutes sitting on the machine talking to your boyfriend, how freaking rude of me.

 

[unkn0wn]

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Originally Posted by cupcake_x OH GOD, That happens to me all the time. One time in particular, I was waiting forever to use a machine and the girl was just sitting there talking to this guy, so I walk over and just stand around waiting. The guy in the next machine asks which machine I'm waiting for and I point to the machine the girl is on and say, "That one". The girl shoots me a dirty look, does one last set and then huffs off, all pissed. I mean, EXCUSE ME that I was interrupting your 20 minutes sitting on the machine talking to your boyfriend, how freaking rude of me.

yeaaah! it's so annoying cause it's not like they're even doing something productive. they're literally just taking up space. and like...they see you standing around, waiting and they completely ignore you.

i usually just ask the person, "so are you going to use the machine?" or "are you done?" - FORGETTT waiting for an unproductive body.

 

[Lauren1981]

know what else i hate??? is when i'm on a machine and someone comes and asks how many sets i have left, i tell them, they say okay, but then stand RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME AND STARE AT ME WHILE I DO MY LAST SET!!
why are you in my face??!! and i'm talking like maybe, 6 feet of space in between us while they're burning a freakin hole in my face just STARING!!
that is so rude..........

 

[cupcake_x]

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Originally Posted by unkn0wn yeaaah! it's so annoying cause it's not like they're even doing something productive. they're literally just taking up space. and like...they see you standing around, waiting and they completely ignore you. i usually just ask the person, "so are you going to use the machine?" or "are you done?" - FORGETTT waiting for an unproductive body.

Wow, they actually just ignore you?! That's even worse than if they get pissed off!

 

[AmberElizabeth]

Oh I love this thread! I have a few pet peeves at my gym in particular...

The hoochie brigade as the people at the gym have dubbed them. A group of 5 girls that come in with a full face of makeup wearing skin tight, low slung pants with skimpy little bra tops that come in and walk casually on the treadmills, talking and giggling loudly while flirting with the meatheads. They annoy most of the members because they take up treadmills during the busiest time of the day. All the while pointing out the heaviest people in the gym and making rude comments about them. SERIOUSLY?!? Not everyone is blessed with stick-thin bodies. Those people should be encouraged, not made fun of.

The meathead group that grunts and makes really gross noises LOUDLY. Then spend an hour admiring themselves in the mirrors.

And pet peeves in general...

Talking on cell phones/texting while on the cross ramps or treadmill. I hope those people fall off and learn their lesson.

The space wasters. Sitting on machines and just spacing out. Shit or get off the pot.

The disgusting pigs that don't wipe down machines and equipment after using them. GROSS. I don't want whatever nasty disease you may have.

The creepy old guys that join in classes and stare at all the girls' butts and chests.

 

[cupcake_x]

Oops.. Sometimes I text on the eliptical

But hey! At least I'm using the eliptical...Right?

 

[AmberElizabeth]

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Originally Posted by cupcake_x Oops.. Sometimes I text on the eliptical But hey! At least I'm using the eliptical...Right?

Yes

I'm talking those that spend their ENTIRE time on the crossramp/treadmill/elliptical texting or talking on their phones! The other day, a girl a few treadmills down from me didn't put her cell down once in the hour she was on there lol

 

[L1LMAMAJ]

The girls at the gym are angrier than normal for some reason. Maybe it's just the girls at my gym but they have attitude problems. One time a girl was waiting for a machine and I asked her which one she was waiting for so I could go on another kind (cuz there were other kinds of machines open) and she would not even answer me. Instead she just pointed in the general direction of the elipticals (sp?) and I'm like huh? and she looks all pissed off. There are other cases but I just can't remember them right now. I may have mentioned this before but I hate it when girls talk on the phone while on the treadmill walking on the slowest speed. Why are you at the gym?

 

[BloodyWellRight]

Size zero girls running at 5.0mph for an hour straight at a time.

AND. People that leave the tvs on! Argh Just turn the damn thing off.

 

[Dr_Girlfriend]

My old gym in Atlanta... we had a lot of pro athletes but you also still got the meat market social scene vibe.

The chick that uses her cleavage as an iPod docking station.

The dude that wore the same cutoff green sweatpants and nasty ass white wife beater with the support belt also around his waist. He was there everyday at the same time. Seemed like he had hardly any muscle. He'd go to the lat pulldown machine and set the weight on something like 250 pounds, struggle like hell and do ONLY ONE REP, let the bar back up and check to see if anyone had been watching him. I don't know how he didn't notice me staring him down everyday while i was running... Watching him work out made my run seem so easy. So umm... I guess... thanks dude!

 

[mariaelena40]

I'm sure most think the same:

1. Cell phone usage while working out?? Why even work out?

2. Person doesn't clean/wipe off their sweat off the machine they've been working out on! G R O S S!

3. Why can't you just put the weights back from where you got them from?

4. Women who wear makeup at the gym..I'm talking full blown face.

5. Trolling for sweaty love! LOL!

I'm sure there is more, but these are all off the top of my head.

 

[AliVix1]

omg i cant believe i didnt see this one yet.. unless i missed it:
squeaky machines!! this just happened to me today! i was the only one on the steppers (and there are like 7) and a girl gets on one just one away from me and its squeaking so loudly with each step and of course i didnt have my ipod... i thought i was gonna loose it more and more with each step.. like seriously if its that loud and there are like 6 more open just go to another one!!!!

 

[MACForME]

OMG- I was just discussing these with my gym buddy! We always wipe BEFORE and AFTER use, but this last time, there was BLOOD on it. There was a guy with BACNE that must have picked a pimple and was bleeding all over.. GROSS.. we reported him.. My gym is LA FITNESS in North Jersey.. and my most recent peeves---

1- the recent influx of HIGH SCHOOL KIDS! OMG! this is not "recess"! One of them was "holding" an elliptical for his friend (who was no where to be seen) and refused to let MY friend on it.. the "friend" decided to use a treadmill instead.. i told her to ignore the KID and just get on, she didn't..

2- sitting on machines texting/talking on the cell/fussing with the ipod.

3- PLEASE.. please, please, i know its a women's locker room, but parading around in all your nakedness, is, well, a bit much... I had a woman start up a full blown conversation with me while she stood there in her thong and nothing else.. um, no THANKS.

4- I am guilty of the makeup thing.. but its makeup I put on a 7:45 in the morning.. I go to the gym after work. i need to pass the gym to get home, so its better to just go.. BUT i do NOT come in with FRESHLY applied-with-a-spackle-knife makeup..

5- Nothing is worse that someone thats marinated in perfume or hasn't bathed and is sweating next to you.. Its hard to keep balance when your nauseous..

 

[Milkshake]

I so agree with everything- especially the "under dressing". If you know you have HUGE boobs why are you coming to the gym in a tight, tiny shirt?- If you need attention- go to a club and dance on the bar- dont come to the gym wearing something so tight. - Also there is a girl who walks around my gym in tiny sophie shorts and a tank top and just walks..around... I dont know who gave her a membership but she doesnt work out.

/rant.

 

[Milkshake]

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Originally Posted by cupcake_x Oops.. Sometimes I text on the eliptical But hey! At least I'm using the eliptical...Right?

That is excellent multi-tasking. I can barely drink water on the eliptical without almost falling out. haha- I do tend to facebook on the treadmill though!!

I can't help it!! hehehe

 

[Ruby_Woo]

Okay so today I was irritated up the whazoo.

This older lady was in the middle lane of the swimming pool, floating and splashing her feet the hardest I've seen. Seriously?? WTF! Ugh.
We would have to swim by her and she was splashing everyone. Even the other swimmers would stop and let her go by, or get underwater to not get splashed. She was so effin annoying.

On top of that, she was hogging the pool equipment. My sister in law grabbed a floater, and she was like "Thats mine! Thats mine" umm it belongs to the gym and she already had 2 of them. WTF? we got out and got my sister in law some.

And when she would pass us she would splash so hard! ugh. So immature, but I was so upset I cought up to her and started kicking my feet so hard too, cus she would not stop. In the end all 4 swimmers got out because that bitch was ridiculous.

pheewww. That felt good to get out.

-Guys staring at me working out. Seriously I feel so self contious, I think they're either saying "look at that fatty" or that Im doing something wrong with the weights. ugh.

-Im actually not annoyed by skinny people working out,b ecause you never know. They might have been big before, or they wanna tone up. I think everyone has the right to do what they want with their body, be it be big or small.

-FULL FACE OF MAKEUP!! aarrrgh. I could scream!! lol for real! There was this girl who would run like a minute and pat her face another, then touch up her powder, run again and repeat! wtf.
I actually ran into one of my super cool clients at the gym (it was close to my old pro store) and she didn't recognize me at all cus I was bare faced! lol

-Hoggin the machines. Yeah I pay just as much as you do! I want to use em too.

 

[cupcake_x]

^That woman sounds annoying, but she sounds developmental. :/

And I agree with you about the skinny people thing. They could have been really big before and lost the weight the old natural way!

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Originally Posted by Milkshake That is excellent multi-tasking. I can barely drink water on the eliptical without almost falling out. haha- I do tend to facebook on the treadmill though!! I can't help it!! hehehe

I do that too!! I'm all facebooking and updating my status while lifting weights, haha!

 

[atwingirl]

What about when you are circuit training/weight training and the circuit around you is totally empty but the person refuses to go around you to the next machine because he wants to follow the order? Argh!
Or you're got one last machine left and the person is resting between his sets but won't give up the machine and is sitting on it!(Okay, 50 reps may do a body good but 200, give it up buddy. I just want to go home!!!)