Gym Jail

AJuliaNJ · March 2013

If there was a gym jail where you can send anyone who seriously violates rules of decency and etiquette at the gym, who would you send?

For me, it is people who hog machines for no reason. For example, there are these 2 ladies that will hang out on the only 2 row machines at the gym, mostly talking and rowing like one time per minute. I know they do it a lot because I brought it up at boot camp a couple weeks ago and everyone knew exactly who I meant.

Also, at our gym, only some treadmills are good for intervals because the touch screens on the others are so nonresponsive. Today, every one of these was taken up by someone slowly walking while reading a magazine.

unchatenfrance · March 2013

I would send the guy a few years back who hogged the squat rack that I was waiting to use. He was "going to" use it but then talked on his cell phone for 15 minutes while leaning on the rack.

entropicbeauty · March 2013

I would send annoying people who don't recognize that other people are there to exercise, not socialize.

Example: Last week I was on a treadmill running/walking...two friends got on treadmills, one on either side of me, and proceeded to talk REALLY LOUD over me to one another. They would walk for a few minutes and then go "tend to their kids" who were being obnoxious and loud themselves, then come right back to socializing over me.

So irritating.

unchatenfrance · March 2013

That's awful, entropic! I would have asked them snarkily if they would prefer to switch so that they could be adjacent to each other.

AJuliaNJ · March 2013

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[QUOTE]I would send annoying people who don't recognize that other people are there to exercise, not socialize. Example: Last week I was on a treadmill running/walking...two friends got on treadmills, one on either side of me, and proceeded to talk REALLY LOUD over me to one another. They would walk for a few minutes and then go "tend to their kids" who were being obnoxious and loud themselves, then come right back to socializing over me. So irritating.
Posted by entropicbeauty[/QUOTE]

Solitary confinement for them! It sounds like they were there just to take advantage of the built in childcare.

entropicbeauty · March 2013

Quite possibly - our gym has an enclosed area that kids are allowed to play in, it has some toys and a TV. I think it's AWESOME for parents who want to get a quick workout in and not have to worry about their kid. Most of the parents there are awesome and I want to give them a high five for caring about their health after having kids...but these ladies were just annoying and their kids were just as bad if not worse.

cnf2013 · March 2013

Entropic, I hate that too. I workout a college gym, so a few times a year when all the girls spend a week thinking about having a beach body I have to put up with that. Last year there were six girls who came together every morning the week before spring break. I beat them to the bikes one morning and there are six bikes, so one didn't get one. I got the dirtiest looks from them. But I didn't care because I legit workout everyday and work hard. They sit on the bikes slowly pedaling while blabbing the whole time and don't actually work.

I'd also send everyone who steals all the treadmills except the second one. It's the only one where the bluetooth doesn't work so my HR won't show up on the screen when I wear my HRM. As the only one in the morning crowd who wears one, I get extremely irked when this treadmill is the only one left. Especially since it's in front of all the tv's, where everyone generally wants to be.

cnf2013 · March 2013

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Gym Jail : Yep and yep.<strong> I'd also like to add anyone who puts their yoga mat less than six inches away from mine.</strong> I know in group ex we exercise as a group, but that doesn't mean we need to do it touching fingertips.
Posted by Liatris2010[/QUOTE]

<div>This, but with the free weight area. There are three benchs inside a U shaped set of weight racks at my gym and I always use one of the benchs on the end. The other day some kid came over and used the one right next to me. Not a big deal, but I went to grab another set of weights and he just casually started using my bench I had already claimed,even with my weight under it. Umm, no. Take one of the other two weirdo. I had to awkwardly grab my weights and move to a different bench. </div>

AJuliaNJ · March 2013

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Gym Jail : Yep and yep. I'd also like to add anyone who puts their yoga mat less than six inches away from mine. I know in group ex we exercise as a group, but that doesn't mean we need to do it touching fingertips.
Posted by Liatris2010[/QUOTE]

I hate when people do this in Body Pump. I had set up my step and went to grab weights and somebody had placed a step like one foot in front of me and another had one one foot behind. Where are we supposed to do lunges and squats? It wasn't even like the room was full yet.

nycrose2013 · March 2013

There is a guy in my spin class who, I swear, gets turned on by staring at himself in the mirror watching himself sweat. Like he literally drips sweat like a faucet and never uses a towel. Just stares in the mirror at himself like he is god's gift to the gym. Ever since I noticed I am super distracted by him because I find it so amusing. He is polite enough to put a towel under his bike to catch the puddle, though.

The sad thing is, he actually is pretty good looking but the fact that he knows it ruins him as eye candy.

Also, the guys who go to the gym and lift and wear giant drooping tank tops and spend all their time walking back and forth. Like seriously, I don't know what is going on but they maybe lift for 5 minutes, then I see them walk to one end of the gym from the other. Then they go lift for another 5 minutes.

Finally, there was a girl in spin who so clearly didn't want to be there. I never judge anyone's level of fitness, but she wasn't even trying. Never upped her resistance once, in fact turned it so low that her bike almost broke! Like, how loose can a bike wheel go? you are already not even doing anything! Then she kept craning her neck to check the clock, which made me more aware of the time, which is not something I want to think about in a super hard hour long spin class. She was young and kept messing with an engagement ring, so I got the feeling she was newly engaged and trying to lose weight. I just wanted to be like honey, you are going to have to push a little more than that!

nycrose2013 · March 2013

There is a guy in my spin class who, I swear, gets turned on by staring at himself in the mirror watching himself sweat. Like he literally drips sweat like a faucet and never uses a towel. Just stares in the mirror at himself like he is god's gift to the gym. Ever since I noticed I am super distracted by him because I find it so amusing. He is polite enough to put a towel under his bike to catch the puddle, though.

The sad thing is, he actually is pretty good looking but the fact that he knows it ruins him as eye candy.

Also, the guys who go to the gym and lift and wear giant drooping tank tops and spend all their time walking back and forth. Like seriously, I don't know what is going on but they maybe lift for 5 minutes, then I see them walk to one end of the gym from the other. Then they go lift for another 5 minutes.

Finally, there was a girl in spin who so clearly didn't want to be there. I never judge anyone's level of fitness, but she wasn't even trying. Never upped her resistance once, in fact turned it so low that her bike almost broke! Like, how loose can a bike wheel go? you are already not even doing anything! Then she kept craning her neck to check the clock, which made me more aware of the time, which is not something I want to think about in a super hard hour long spin class. She was young and kept messing with an engagement ring, so I got the feeling she was newly engaged and trying to lose weight. I just wanted to be like honey, you are going to have to push a little more than that!

SummerGrl15 · March 2013

I don't post on this board much but I had to add to this.

I find it revolting when someone sweats like a pig on a machine, will go and wipe themselves down, but doesn't wipe the equipment down. It makes me want to hurl!

There is also a guy at my gym who is fairly overweight and older, who I only see on the weekends. He will spend over an hour on one machine, barely moving. You can't get on the machine the days he is there.

I also was on a treadmill one day when a woman got on the machine next to me, she apparently forgot her headphones, so she put the music on her cellphone on speaker so she could hear it. Not to mention, she was signing out loud to her music. I had my headphones up pretty friggin loud, and I heard her music clear as day. Not to mention the gym has music going too. I coudn't even concentrate on what I was doing. I had to get off and do something else until she was done.

Seriously people?!

whinkle863 · March 2013

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[QUOTE]<strong>General knock to anyone who throws down or drops weights after lifting. Unless you're a serious body builder (which no one at my tiny gym is) there really is no point in doing that.</strong> And as someone who works in building management, I cringe at the thought of the damage they do to the floors. There are two girls who work out around the same time as I do who are pretty serious runners as well. There are three treadmills in our gym, and if they beat me in there, they'll take the outside two, leaving the middle for me, and then talk loudly over my head. I'd get it they HAD to take the outside two, but choosing to take the outside two and still talk the whole time is just silly.
Posted by kwitherington[/QUOTE]

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Giaspo · March 2013

I've mentioned this before...There is this girl who just parades around the locker room naked. Around and around. Puts on her makeup, naked. Blows her hair dry, nude. Sometimes she puts on high heels. I guess her feet are cold. And she needs a gift certificate to European Wax Center.

mcda04 · March 2013

I would lock up everyone who doesn't wipe down equipment after using it.

I mean I know it's not disinfected by simply wiping them with a towel but it's just gross to sit on a wet bench.

And I second and third the social butterflies. ESPECIALLY when I go to the gym during lunch and try to use the circuit training machines and they're all being hogged.

kipnus · March 2013

Do you not have sign-ups and time limits for the cardio machines? Sometimes people will be oblivious to the time, but when I politely point out that I've signed up for the treadmill at 10am, they always quickly finish up.

I do hate it when people sit on a bench or a machine forever, fiddling with their ipod, when I just want to use it for a quick set.

Also, we have spray bottles of disinfectant with towels that everyone uses to wipe down machines when they're done. It's funny how different gyms have different procedures for that.

cnf2013 · March 2013

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[QUOTE]Do you not have sign-ups and<strong> time limits for the cardio machines?</strong> Sometimes people will be oblivious to the time, but when I politely point out that I've signed up for the treadmill at 10am, they always quickly finish up. I do hate it when people sit on a bench or a machine forever, fiddling with their ipod, when I just want to use it for a quick set. Also, we have spray bottles of disinfectant with towels that everyone uses to wipe down machines when they're done. It's funny how different gyms have different procedures for that.
Posted by kipnus[/QUOTE]

<div>I was at 28 minutes of an alloted 30 minutes when busy rule in my old gym and some girl literally unplugged my treadmill. Then was all like "oops, sorry, teehee". Guess what Biotch, my 30 minutes just started over. Thanks. I ran for another 30 minutes just to be a b!tch. Seriously, who does that!?</div>

AJuliaNJ · March 2013

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Gym Jail : I was at 28 minutes of an alloted 30 minutes when busy rule in my old gym and some girl literally unplugged my treadmill. Then was all like "oops, sorry, teehee". Guess what Biotch, my 30 minutes just started over. Thanks. I ran for another 30 minutes just to be a b!tch. Seriously, who does that!?
Posted by cnf2013[/QUOTE]

<div>Geez...5 minute rule at least! How does she know the person before you didn't run over?</div>

kipnus · March 2013

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Gym Jail : I was at 28 minutes of an alloted 30 minutes when busy rule in my old gym and some girl literally unplugged my treadmill. Then was all like "oops, sorry, teehee". Guess what Biotch, my 30 minutes just started over. Thanks. I ran for another 30 minutes just to be a b!tch. Seriously, who does that!?
Posted by cnf2013[/QUOTE]<div><span style="font-size:11px;line-height:14px;">
</span></div><div><span style="font-size:11px;line-height:14px;">I would be so pissed!</span></div>

1moreJohnson2be · March 2013

Our gym has a guy who sits on the row of bikes behind the ellipticals and takes pictures of the girls butts while they work out. Management hasn't caught him yet. I'd love to be the one to do it and punch him in the man parts using my new awesome muscles.

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