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jen · Kate Spade

Biggest gym pet peeves?

poptart · Coach

I only have one, and it literally drives me NUTS: grunters and plate slammers. I can't stand it. Don't grunt, yell, or otherwise make any kind of noise when you are lifting weights!!!!

mckenke · BCBG

I also have a lot, but I think Jen you got most of them. My biggest pet peeves are:

1. when people sing along to their ipod while on the machines. I do not want to listen to their off key version of whatever they are listening to.

2. Men that comment that I will get big if I lift too heavy or feel the need to congratulate me on my workout.

3. People with 2-5 pound weights doing 10 jillion reps really quickly.

4. Women with worn leggings that you can see through when they lean over.

Drew · Gucci

quote:
Originally posted by: Lisa
"I only have one, and it literally drives me NUTS: grunters and plate slammers. I can't stand it. Don't grunt, yell, or otherwise make any kind of noise when you are lifting weights!!!!"

Guilty!

The only thing that really irks me is improper form.

ico · Dooney & Bourke

I don't go to gym. I swim, run/bike outside and lift weights at home.

I hated it when I was going to the gym b/c the instructor would consider you an human being worth of attention only if you were wearing skimpy clothes.

My sis did the experiment once: she went there wearing sweatpants and a shirt, and she couldn't get to talk to the instructor, b/c he was always busy. Then, se went with a skimpy bodysuit the day after, and everybody was there ready to help her.

Elle · Hermes

1. People who stare

2. People who try to hit on you while you are sweating

3. People who LIVE at the gym. Seriously, get a life!

4. When pilates/yoga instructors teach things incorrectly

5. 'Personal Trainers' who have no training whatsoever and therefore have no idea what they are doing, but still get paid 3 times what I make.

6. People who think being hopped up on 'sups' makes them cooler/stronger/better than us regular, healthy folk

. . . . now I remember why stopped going to the gym . . . .

sfclinevandy · Coach

1. Old people who have no idea what they are doing and hog a machine while they slowly do a zillion reps with no resistance

2. People who go the the people at the desk and complain about the music or suggest the put it on something else that's not as loud... usually it's old people once again.

3. There was a lady at my old gym that would come in tiny, little outfits (but she obviously had issues with her butt because she always had a sweatshirt around her waist) and do aerobic or step routines by herself and take up all the space people use to do situps. Um... can't you do that at home?

4. Forgetting to bring my own water and having to drink the nasty stuff that comes from the fountain.

5. The fact that some of the "fitness professionals" that work there aren't exactly in the best shape.

-- Edited by sfclinevandy at 14:13, 2005-05-10

luckylily · Gucci

My gym is almost all women and/or gay men, so I'm lucky that I don't have guys staring or trying to show off.

I hate:

People taking up too much room in the locker room, spreading their clothes, hair, and face product over an entire bench so no one else can use it.
The women in my gym refuse to close those little metal canisters that are meant for disposal of tampons and pads. Every time I go into the bathroom stall they are open.
I don't mind a little grunting, but I hate when people let the weight plates slam together.

-- Edited by luckylily at 14:27, 2005-05-10

Collette · Chanel

Ohhh this is fun

1. The rich old women who go to my gym only to get their nails done

2. The guy who finishes his workout and then procedes to go the the upstairs bar and get a double whot of whiskey!

3. Women who walk around buck naked in the locker room. I actually saw one old lady riase her leg completely in the air to put on lotion and flashed her whoo haaah right in my face

4. The couple who wears matching Zubas and tie sponges to their hands rather then use weight lifting gloves (honestly actual people at my gym)

5. "The farter" the guy who gets on the treadmill next to me and then farts through out his run and I have to smell it

6. People who use the gym as a baby sitting service

7. "The lurker" the man waiting to use the machine I'm on even though there are 3 exactly like it open already

8. Women who show up in their Juicy sweatsuits and sit on a bike barely pedal and read a magzine

Ok I think that's it, that felt good

Metric · Gucci

all of the above and...

-"strutters" :guys who do one set of weights then strut around posing for themselves in the mirrors

-guys who wear baseball caps in the gym. You know they don't change it when they leave. Umm...ever wonder why your forehead looks like a pizza? Wash your damn hat!

-people who want to make conversation while I'm running and listening to my discman. They come over to say something so you lift your head phones only to find out that they were like "Nice day, isn't it?"

-people who don't wear appropriate gym clothes. Highheeled "runners" are not actually for running.

beachgirl · Kenneth Cole

My biggest pet peeve is the girls who spend tons of time in the bathroom "getting ready" to work out, adjusting their teeny tiny skin tight, very revealing workout clothes, touching up their makeup, etc. Later I see them not even breaking a sweat, they're just they're to be looked at!

poptart · Coach

I love this poll! Thanks for giving me a laugh, girls!

Oh, and Drew, I'm sure your grunts (or plate-slamming) is not of the annoying type I am talking about. :)

jen · Kate Spade

Oh I fogot...me #1 Biggest pet peeve is when women think that the should lift light with heavy reps to get 'toned' and not too big.

I also hate people who talk loudly on their cells in the gym.

blubirde · Chanel

quote:
Originally posted by: Collette
"I actually saw one old lady riase her leg completely in the air to put on lotion and flashed her whoo haaah right in my face"

hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!! Her whoo haaah.... (gasping for air) hilarious.

I don't have very many pet peeves at the gym. My only big one is the not wiping down the machine afterwards. Gross!

Wait, I have another. I hate when you're taking a class, like kickboxing or something, and there's that one girl who knows every single move by heart and makes grunting noises and "hi-ya!" noises when she jabs. It's so freaking annoying. We know you know the moves. We know you're good at them. Do ya have to act like you're in a Jean Claude VD movie?

Drew - I actually kinda like it when someone slams the plates down. I think that's part of the general "gym noise," so I don't mind it at all. Plus, I know I do it sometimes too (on accident!!!) so I feel a kindred with others that do it.

Drew · Gucci

There's a lot of plate slamming going on at our gym, so I really don't notice it.

I do feel like I need to defend the grunters. I push myself, and push myself hard. I have really tried not grunting, but I don't feel I get the power I need. I feel like the grunt is the final exertion of energy I need to get the weight up (or down, or whatever). Also, I took karate as a child (and briefly as an adult) and was taught that the "kie" you hear is really necessary to focus and channel your energy. It actually strengthens you. I know I can't help it; believe me I try. Actually, I do get embarressed. I was working out with my trainer for the last couple of weeks and noticed my grunting and would often stop and laugh or get embarressed. I don't know, I just feel like it's not pointless; I get something out of it.

f413 · Kenneth Cole

-men who gawk at you. Not only do they gawk, but they aren't even working out- their sole purpose for going to the gym is GAWKING!

-I too once encountered a completely naked 70 something in the locker room. I don't even care about the age, but when you aren't expecting to see someone completely naked...YIKES! How about a towel???

Jen- I love, love, love the story of the woman eating a frosty on the treadmill, that is hilarious!

bumblebee · Dooney & Bourke

i hate it when people yak away on their cell phones while on the treadmill next to me. i don't want to hear half of your connversation!!

missbean · BCBG

People wearing strong scents and sweating tons resulting in an even more intense smell if you can believe it .. ugh.
People who go over the time limits during peak time (I don't care if its like 5 minutes, but we're talking about like 30+ minutes).
Men who stare at all the females in the gym.. and the pool.
People working out w/o towels and leaving their nastiness behind on their machines.
People who break into others' lockers while they are showering to take their pick at whatever is in your gym bag, including select undies (this happened to me last week, someone broke off my lock argh).

RyanJ · Coach

I don't go to the gym anymore- I made one in my house, so I don't have to.

I hated the people who talked on their phone too. I would always turn up my music and sing really loud and stare at them.

There was always this one girl who would show up the same time as me, so I would always have to work out w/ her. She would walk really really really slowy and talk on her phone. It would drive me nuts. She would always be talking about the party she went to or the club and what guy she shagged the night before. Either work out or get off the treadmill.

Alikat · Kate Spade

You guys pretty much have it covered, one thing to add:

people who wear inappropriate hats while doing cardio i.e. beanies.