Top Gym Pet Peeves

[tim_mcf]

Why won't they let you use chalk? That's just wierd. What the hell.

[LiftGirl]

Originally Posted by gymgirl

i totaly agree with you on this brat. this happens all the time to me. the regulars at the gym know me and welcome me into the freeweight 'guys' area, but i do see the new guys look at me funny.

It's just the opposite with me. The guys are all super nice. All willling to give a spot, in fact, if I'm there without my husband they'll come up to me and ask if I need a spot and tell me to let them know if I do. If a guy and I go for the same piece of equipment, he will insist that I use it first. I love it!

[LiftGirl]

Originally Posted by tim_mcf

Why won't they let you use chalk? That's just wierd. What the hell.

The only reason I can figure is because it makes the bars and plates all messy with chalk dust. I don't think it's allowed at my gym either, but you can tell that at least a few people are using it because they don't wipe it off. Doesn't really bother me though. I might get a little chalk on my gloves but it's not hurting anything.

Originally Posted by abarlament

I mostly ignore other people at the gym anyways.

Me too. Guess that explains why I don't have many pet peeves about other peoples gym etiquette.

[abarlament]

It is my college weightroom that doesn't allow chalk, and I believe the only plausible reason is the people who work there and run it don't want to have to clean up, or otherwise do stuff resembling work. They sit in their podium and do homework.

Ironman, I've found that if I watch other people, more often than not my head starts to hurt and I want to hurt someone.

lol abar. Wouldn't that be considered a poor etiquette?

[Jay H]

1. Kids who use machines in packs. You know, the pesky 17-year-olds on the local school wrestling team who come into the gym en masse (4-6 in a group) and proceed to hog machines, each kid doing his sets in turn until they've all done 4 sets of 12 reps, meaning the machine is unusable to everyone else for at least a half-hour.

2. Girls who think the gym is a singles bar. There's no need to wear makeup and primp your hair when you go to the gym. No need for the belly ring or the designer work-out clothes. Drop the act, and quit flirting with the trainers and staff. Get busy exercising, or get out. (I'm as straight as the next guy, and certainly enjoy the sight of a svelte young thing in tight clothes, but I find the flirty act more than a little cloying in the gym.)

3. Guys who think the gym is a singles bar. Usually they openly stare and salivate like pervs at the girls described in 2., above. Whatever happened to showing a little respect?? They also make clumsy attempts to hit on those girls: "Hey, you have nice legs, dude." Last time I checked, most girls didn't like being referred to as "dude".

4. Narcissistic juicers who thrive on the adulation of an audience. You've seen them. 'Roid users with 30" biceps and 40" thighs who attract a throng of star-struck wannabes, peppering them questions about how-do-I-get-to-look-like-you? and other such sycophantic banalities. The juicers love it. They flex, they pose, they "demonstrate techniques", all as loudly as possible to anyone within earshot. Very boorish. Shut the hell up. Some of us respect the law enough not to use steroids, and we want nothing to do with those that do use them.

5. Careless nudity in the locker room. Listen closely: no matter how good you think you look, nobody wants to see your sagging tackle and pasty rear end. Strip if you must to change clothes, shower, etc., but be quick about it, and for Chrissake, don't bend over in direct eyeshot of other folks!!! For some reason, there seems to be a positive correlation between how ugly, fat, old, or pale a guy is, and how much he likes to strut around the locker room in the buff.

[Dins_PR]

I imagine most gyms that don't allow chalk do it because they don't want 17 year olds coming in and sloshing chalk all over the damn gym. I was gymnast for years and believe me, having all that chalk everywhere is a mess and kills the eyes, I had to use eye drops constantly due to dryness from the chalk. I have a few friends who use chalk, and they just do it discreetly which I have no problem with.

But yeah, my list:

1. People who use the cross over cables in packs for 45 minutes.
2. People who use the squat rack to do curls.
3. Guys who overload the bench bar and then lift their ass a foot off the mat.
4. Girls who don't wear makeup and prim their hair and wear designer gym clothes, come on, if I'm gonna workout you may as well give me something to look at. Hotness.

[Maxgain]

Originally Posted by Jay H

2. Girls who think the gym is a singles bar. There's no need to wear makeup and primp your hair when you go to the gym. No need for the belly ring or the designer work-out clothes. Drop the act, and quit flirting with the trainers and staff. Get busy exercising, or get out. (I'm as straight as the next guy, and certainly enjoy the sight of a svelte young thing in tight clothes, but I find the flirty act more than a little cloying in the gym.)

Dont mind him girls hes just kidding, you are needed in the gym

[Zackoz]

Seeing hot girls just makes me wanna work harder lol. Expecially if they are near by! So sue me....lol

[CF-OC_gal]

Ok on that note then how about the stupid pack animals that think that every women over 35 who trains in a mixed gym is a cougar! I HATE the young pervs the age of my children following us moms around trying to make eye contact and blurting out stupid conversation starters. I know exactly what they are assuming. It might be flattering if it didn't seem like a game of dare amongst their buddies. They don't get it that I consider the empty nest syndrome a reward to be savoured. Look if you want but keep your yap shut and go do squats or something instead of walking over to bug us.

What about the guys who think they are so hot that they deserve to use all the barbell ends and rack hooks as clothing hangers while they peel down to their muscle shirt and strut from the water fountain to the mirror. Then they refuse to re-rack the 5 and 10 lb plates back to a central location where everyone can use them (when they should have been using a a couple of 25 lb plates in the first place).

Thanks to them though, I get to the gym at a time when they are usually sleeping off a hangover.

[tekmoney]

Originally Posted by Zackoz

Seeing hot girls just makes me wanna work harder lol. Expecially if they are near by! So sue me....lol

This is so true. I do enjoy my gym because of this reason.

[gymgirl]

Originally Posted by Dins_PR

I imagine most gyms that don't allow chalk do it because they don't want 17 year olds coming in and sloshing chalk all over the damn gym. I was gymnast for years and believe me, having all that chalk everywhere is a mess and kills the eyes, I had to use eye drops constantly due to dryness from the chalk. I have a few friends who use chalk, and they just do it discreetly which I have no problem with.
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yeah! another gymnast! i agree the chalk is such a mess, it gets all over the place and it is almost impossible to clean up. discreetly i have no problem, but when you get chalk bins set-up it's just asking for a mess.
p.s i agree chalk in the eye is the worst.

[Vas85]

Originally Posted by abarlament

Ironman, I've found that if I watch other people, more often than not my head starts to hurt and I want to hurt someone.

HAHAHA classic Quote from Abarlament. lol

[Maxgain]

Originally Posted by Brat

Ok on that note then how about the stupid pack animals that think that every women over 35 who trains in a mixed gym is a cougar! I HATE the young pervs the age of my children following us moms around trying to make eye contact and blurting out stupid conversation starters. I know exactly what they are assuming. It might be flattering if it didn't seem like a game of dare amongst their buddies. They don't get it that I consider the empty nest syndrome a reward to be savoured. Look if you want but keep your yap shut and go do squats or something instead of walking over to bug us.

You wont get that from me i only perv on the under 35s,. Its not a place to chat that annoys me just a well deserved look for a break in between a hard set.