gym etiquette

[myCATpowerlifts]

Me too.
I hate cell phones in the gym, they shoud outlaw them.

For me the hour I spend in the gym is mine and I do not want to share it with anyone on the phone.

Throwing the weights down annoyes the crap out of me. The other day a guy was doing ez curls and just dropped the bar (70 lbs) when he was done.
I belive in respecting the equipment and take care off it like it was my own.

70? Thats not even heavy....wtf

 

[Newt]

Man I hate those guys! Just like a lot of guys and gals in here I've lifted for years and pretty heavy weight for most of those years. I don't ever remember being at a powerlifting meet or beeing in the gym and maxing out on bench or squat and suddenly thinking to myself that if I yell and slap myself then I'll do more weight. Almost every time I've seen one of those guys doing all of that grunting and yelling while lifting and then slamming the weight it is after they have done like 1 1/2 reps on something they shouldn't have been doing anyway. I'd say that at least 85% of the time these guys have a workout buddy of two that are just as stupid as they are and none of them get a good workout because they are lifting these weights that they can't possibly do and then slamming them down after they just got them lifted off by their spotters instead of doing it themselves.

 

[bigss75]

I like people yell and screaming personally because ti doesnt bug me one bit. I rather have that then abunch of people just shooting the crap and not doing anything. Cell phones piss me off too.

 

[NipsMG]

I'd also rather have people yelling and screaming than the norm: People doing one set, then sitting and chatting with all their gym buddies for 10 minutes before starting their next set, while using one one of the 2 flat benches in the entire gym

They just recently put up signs in my gym though, stating that cell phones are not allowed to be used on the floor. They can only be used in locker rooms or outside. It was becoming a serious problem. Don't hold me up in my workout because you want to use up a machine and talk to your girlfriend for 20 minutes between sets

 

[SlimShady]

How about guys who are only in the gym to hit on chicks? .. I was working out today and there was only one other guy using the weights. Several girls (probably 10 different women) came into the weight area and did exercises. I watched this guy hit on every female who came within 10 feet of the area. He did get one woman to agree to meet him at the gym tomorrow. ..lol

 

[Missfit4all]

Ah-hhh......Cell phones? Gyms, Super Markets, Nat'l Parks....many (not all) Cell phone users don't know when to draw that ________ line of respect for others?

Unfortunately, i wish i knew less about Cell Phones and their disrespectful users? I was hit Head-On by one!!

__________________
back 2 the gym.

 

[I Are Baboon]

I am a hell of a lot more impressed by the guy that uses huge amounts of weight and can control it start to finish than the assclown that can not and lets gravity do the work for him.

 

[westb51]

when i see people's cell phone laying on the ground i either step on it or drop a db on it.

and then their phone goes, do do do if you would like to place a call please hang up and try again message 520.

 

[DamnHardGainer]

I can deal with dropping weights as long as it's not excessive, such as from a db bench press and dropping with control to the floor. But what I can't stand are those dumbass apes in the gym who scream and grunt like they've got the bowel movement from hell on every rep. Get a life, it doesn't make you look macho, it makes you look like an idiot!

 

[Missfit4all]

But what I can't stand are those dumbass apes in the gym who scream and grunt like they've got the bowel movement from hell on every rep. Get a life, it doesn't make you look macho, it makes you look like an idiot!

LOL! I see your point. Cell phone talking....Moans...what's the difference? It's still people involving their "Non-peaceful ways" interferring with yours? Maybe a little Yoga for some could be the answer?

 

[CancerNV]

The GYM I go to doesnt allow cell phones.

The thing that pisses me off in the gym is the locker room. Why the hell do people think they can walk around nude all the time? Is it asking that much to throw on a towel?

 

[Paynne]

The GYM I go to doesnt allow cell phones.

The thing that pisses me off in the gym is the locker room. Why the hell do people think they can walk around nude all the time? Is it asking that much to throw on a towel?

That's nothing. I actually saw this old guy, butt naked, spray what must have been deodorant up his own ass! WTF was that all about? Didn't want to be stinky for his boyfriend? Unfortunately, that image is seared into my brain now

 

[cjfitfreak]

i do this, and I dont realize it. And I'm a girl. My sister pointed out how rude it was, but I had no idea. I did not even realize I did it. Maybe I'm lazy. I worked out with a guy for years and years before I started w/ my sister. I think maybe I got it from him. Bad habits wear off on people. Anyway. Maybe they dont realize that they do it?

I'm not talking about being naked at the gym though.

 

[Du]

i do this, and I dont realize it. And I'm a girl. My sister pointed out how rude it was, but I had no idea. I did not even realize I did it. Maybe I'm lazy. I worked out with a guy for years and years before I started w/ my sister. I think maybe I got it from him. Bad habits wear off on people. Anyway. Maybe they dont realize that they do it?

I'm not talking about being naked at the gym though.

What are you talking about?

 

[fUnc17]

kinda unrelated but, there is this hispanic kid that works in the gym i go to (university gym). He's one of those kids that does chest + bi's everday and has skinny ostrich legs. he hits on all the girls in the gym, puts jayz on the gym radio and stands about 2ft from the mirror while rapping to himself, i just stare and laugh its great, but enuff of that....

i guess one day he decided to do shoulders, maybe his chest was too pumped from the 16 sets of bench presses he did, but he was doing standing military presses with 95lbs. He got about 5 reps, and then as he was attempting his 6th, he fell backwards and busted his ass while the barbell came crashing down on the rack he was using (it was one of those moments where everyone in the gym stopped what they were doing and just stared, LOL). all this happened while he was talking to 2 girls that were next to him. not to mention his dumbass spotter was too busy talking to the two girls to give his buddy a hand. it was great... he walked away with his head and down and went into his office.

 

[Lake]

My pet peeves: Guys to try to rap to me while I'm working out. Especially when they expect me to stop what I'm doing to listen. I don't mind a "Hello" or a comment related to working out, but I didn't come there to hear about your day. Second major peeve is people who spit in the drinking fountain! Juss' naaasty!

 

[cman]

Well that can be forgiven, but I still hate people who gab on the cellphone at the gym. At least you were still liftin and not strutting around make noise. Last week I saw some fat business guy gabbing on the phone, telling them all about his ex-wife screwing some guy, the divorce, and how he got the house, the car, etc.. talking loud, like he thought he was impressing everyone. He sat down on the bench next to me and I looked at him and asked him if he would like his cellphone shoved up his fat ass. Then he hustled right out of the gym.

Sure you did.

 

[Skate67]

a lot of gyms ban members for grunting/dropping weights.... dropping weights i can see, because it damages that rubber shell. but asking someone to stop grunting in a fuking gym? you gotta be sh!ttin me man

 

[Skate67]

Sure you did.

lol thats what im saying haha

 

[Missfit4all]

you guys are cracking me up with all your bizarre stories! The one about the guy with the deorderant spray up the B-hind takes the winning prize! The one about the Divorced guy on his cell phone bragging about all the goods he gets 2 keep....and U offered 2 shove that cell phone up his... was next in line!! Thanks 4 the good laughs!

 

[musclepump]

kinda unrelated but, there is this hispanic kid that works in the gym i go to (university gym). He's one of those kids that does chest + bi's everday and has skinny ostrich legs. he hits on all the girls in the gym, puts jayz on the gym radio and stands about 2ft from the mirror while rapping to himself, i just stare and laugh its great, but enuff of that....

i guess one day he decided to do shoulders, maybe his chest was too pumped from the 16 sets of bench presses he did, but he was doing standing military presses with 95lbs. He got about 5 reps, and then as he was attempting his 6th, he fell backwards and busted his ass while the barbell came crashing down on the rack he was using (it was one of those moments where everyone in the gym stopped what they were doing and just stared, LOL). all this happened while he was talking to 2 girls that were next to him. not to mention his dumbass spotter was too busy talking to the two girls to give his buddy a hand. it was great... he walked away with his head and down and went into his office.

And the worst part isn't that he was embarassed by it, the worst part is that he'll never work shoulders again... bloat the chest, forget the rest!

 

[Musclebeach]

Banned for grunting? or banging a few weights? WTF kinda gym is this? I sometimes go to a gym called "Big Daddys Iron Horse Gym" where if you arent banging some weights and grunting or screaming they'll boot your ass. They also play Death Metal and that kind of stuff over the speakers... FANTASTIC atmosphere... its a shame gyms like this arent all over the US... unfortunetly the majority of people who want to lift are of the "chrome and fern crowd" and most gyms are into the business of making money...

-Jeff.

 

[Brolly]

i dont care if ppl slam weights... if the gym doesnt care their equipment is gettign raped.. what will me getting angry or even caring do? .. only time i slam weights is when im doing DB press

 

[Newt]

I can deal with dropping weights as long as it's not excessive, such as from a db bench press and dropping with control to the floor. But what I can't stand are those dumbass apes in the gym who scream and grunt like they've got the bowel movement from hell on every rep. Get a life, it doesn't make you look macho, it makes you look like an idiot!

Amen!

 

[topolo]

i agree............they are gay

 

[Newt]

Banned for grunting? or banging a few weights? WTF kinda gym is this? I sometimes go to a gym called "Big Daddys Iron Horse Gym" where if you arent banging some weights and grunting or screaming they'll boot your ass. They also play Death Metal and that kind of stuff over the speakers... FANTASTIC atmosphere... its a shame gyms like this arent all over the US... unfortunetly the majority of people who want to lift are of the "chrome and fern crowd" and most gyms are into the business of making money...

-Jeff.

I've been in gyms like this and it seems like these guys spend as much time yelling, slapping each other, and throwing weights on the floor when they are done with a set that they would be done with twice as fast and be half the pain in the ass for serious people who want lift and get a good workout.

 

[Musclebeach]

I dunno... they must be doing a few things right...

2 guys w/ 500+ bench
Not sure how many 400+ benches... id guess 10-11
700+ squats
600+ deads
-By the way thats the guys who compete in competitions... the tested ones.

Im not for sure what the geared guys do in terms of maxes on bench and squat and dead and such. But you guys ever hear of Jack Moore? I watched him do a 1475 quarter squat... insane.

The greatest thing about these guys are they are all willing to help the weak out (me)... as long as you dont interrupt them during there workout.

So Next I havent seen any of those guys who scream and slap eachother and take up more time throwing weights then lifting them.

-Jeff.

 

[westb51]

i've been lifting for about 7 years and been a member of 6 gyms and really never hear people yelling like Sam Kennison, every once and a while especially on leg day I'm making some noise, not sure how much, cause of my headphones, but yelling is not even in the same league as dropping the weights. droping the weights is just a piss poor habit.

 

[bigbullboy]

Yea we got them guys to, i ignore them, But not my buddy Tim.. Walk right over "excuse me ma'am (some big dude) are you done here" and just strip the plates. That stops the slamming and Grunting. TENSION... Bigbull

 

[musclepump]

I'm usually in my own zone so I don't care about other peoples noises, but it pisses me off more than anything when people don't re-rack their weights. If your balls are big enough to get it off the rack, they're big enough to put it back!