gym etiquette & other funny stories..

So this morning I was reading an article about gym etiquette and it got me laughing because some of those things really  annoy me at the gym...here are a few..

...the girls/guys who DOUSE themselves in perfume/cologne before coming to the gym, i'd rather smell your sweat

...people who don't wipe down machines after they're all sweaty & nasty on them

...and the clincher from tonight was the couple who was stretching together on the mat.  Now, normally it doesn't bother me when two people are stretching together, sometimes it's helpful.  But these two were seriously testing out their karma sutra positions, it was outta control!!! 


Feel free to add your own guys....I know you've got them!!!

Here's the link to that article too if you're interested...
http://exercise.about.com/u/ua/healthinjuries/gymetiquette.h tm

Dudes who wear dophin shorts where their scrodes hangin out while stretching.

People who fart during Yoga.

The idiots who grunt like they are getting impailed by a 2 x 4 and when you look over they are benching 95 pounds.
 
Guys who look at themselves in the mirror and flex after a set... believing that muscle grows in the gym... IT GROWS WHEN THE MUSCLE REPAIRS IDIOTS!!! LOL

This lady who comes to spin class and proceeds to wear her racing bib and compression sleeves.

The idiot Personal Trainers that have clients pay for a 30-45 minute workout and they put em on a treadmil for 15 - 20 minutes of that

Spin Instructors who (At 5:45am) start YELLING... COME ON GUYS, ARE YOU READY TO FEEL THE BURN???

Guys who love to bench press with sweats and no underwear on and ask you for "A Spot"

The guy who wears goggles into the Jacuzzi

The older women who love to Walk laps in the pool, and proceed to ask me if I could not splash so much because their hair is getting wet

Ahh the list goes on, but don't want to steel anyones thunder...

So what did I ever do to you guys? I am a little gymcentric.

Could the over 60 crowd at least pretend to hide their junk in the locker room? just a bit? Although, to be honest, if I had what they have, I'd swing that thing everywhere!

I don't know if it falls under "etiquette" really, but I did stare at an old guy pulling Starbursts out of his spandex and eating them in the cardio room today. I am pretty sure he wasn't getting them out of a pocket either, the way he was having to dig around in there.   It was one of those train wreaks that you can't look away from....

Thanks for the link.

I just hate the way men walk at the gym.  They have perfectly normal gaits right up to the door, and as soon as they cross the threshold, there is an instant slowing down, preening strut, and outward movement of the arms like they are wearing an invisible set of children's floaties.  Seriously Guys?  

 I'm with scott, what's up with the older generation (i.e. late 50's+) that is way too comfortable being in the buff.  I really don't want to shake your hand while we're both butt naked, and even if you are chatting with me while dressing, you don't have to stop putting your underwear on.  And what, there is some rule that you can't at least put a towel on in the steam room?

Seriously!   There's this older woman who is always in the locker room the same time as me in the mornings and she has no qualms about coming over to my little corner, throwing her leg up next to my gym bag and putting on her lotion while she's chatting...butt naked.  The locker room isn't that big, so I can totally hear her when she's over in her corner getting ready, can we not have our conversation like that?!?! 

I was at a gym where the tredmills were in front of the lifecycles.  I saw this lady, about my height and I would feel saying my weight, get on the tredmill and start walking at a pretty good pace.  So my insides are cheering, "Right on!  You go!"  I even smiled.

....until I saw the brand new, really big, fluffy frappachino in her cup holder that was a third full of whipped cream and carmel topping....

i with you guys on the locker room stuff.  just don't talk to me if you are swinging free or just wearing a towel.

i'm also w/ Dan, i lift pretty heavy weights, yet i find that i'm able to do so without sounding like i'm crapping out a mini-van or tossing the dumbells to the floor with a loud crash after a set.

My gym doesn't have a locker room, so those stories are funny.

But its the cardio area and then the weight machines behind. For some strange reason the weight guys don't feel the need to wear earplus and need heavy metal music blaring. Now sure why it needs to be that loud when you push a weight for 1.5 minutes and then stand there for 10. but to each his own.

Another is the lady that brings a walking STICK, like from a tree, and uses it on the nice, expensive treadmill. They have handles on the treadmill in case of falls, etc or maybe she is worried about rabid dogs, not sure.