Gym etiquette? opinions please

Day_dream_believer
on 10/3/11 1:47 am

When I went to the gym today there was a lady walking on the treadmill and talking very loudly on her cell.I was there about 45 minutes and she was talking the entire time.
It was very crowded so I had no choice but to use the one next to her. As soon as someone left I moved.

It really bugged me for some reason. I like to get in my own world when I work out and I had a hard time doing it with her next to me. She was so loud I could hear her over my music. I would love to hear your opinion.

Kim5515
on 10/3/11 1:55 am - Bonney Lake, WA

RNY on 04/20/10

If she's talking away, she' s not working out very effectively for one thing. I'd say something to her if it happens again, she's disturbing your work out!

Kim
HW 315 /CW 152/ GW 148

Kat Kat
on 10/3/11 2:01 am - AZ

RNY on 04/15/11

I muti-task a lot, but this lady was over the top in my opinion. I think it was rude. It would be great to ask nicely, but in my experience the request isn't met amicably. I sort of figured out a way to circumvent these situations and reclaim my space. I simply start coughing...louder than they are talking, and I keep it up until the offender knocks it off. I mean what are they going to do, tell you to stop coughing? You could do a litttle shrug, and mouth a sorry as a buffer if they appear hostile too.

nfarris79
on 10/3/11 2:13 am - Germantown, MD

RNY on 04/13/11

Most places I've been have a policy strictly prohibiting cell phones - you're in your right to be peeved, it took away what you get out of working out. Did you feel like you couldn't tell her to pipe it down? Maybe she didn't realize how loud she was being.

First ultra: Stone Mill 50 miler 11/15/14 13:44:38, First Full Marathon: Marine Corps 10/27/13 4:57:11, Half Marathon PR 2:04:43 at Shamrock VA Beach Half-Marathon, 12/2/12 First Half-Marathon 2:32:47, 5K PR Run Under the Lights 5K 27:23 on 11/23/13, 10K PR 52:53 Pike's Peek 10K 4/21/13, (1st timed run) Accumen 8K 51:09 10/14/12.

Shellbatronic
on 10/3/11 2:52 am - NC

RNY on 07/01/11

One time I was at a gym where the same thing happened- the lady next to me was jib-jabbering away (and this was in Hollywood anyways, so she was in full makeup and definitely there to 'be seen' rather than work out). Anyways, I looked at her and thought "boy that's pretty dangerous, not holding the bars and not paying attention or anything" and right then- a circuit in the gym blew, leaving half the treadmills (including mine) running, and half- including hers- just stopped. *Faceplant*.

So sometimes these things work themselves out :)

Kat Kat
on 10/3/11 3:04 am - AZ

RNY on 04/15/11

ROFLMAO!! I wish I had been there!

poet_kelly
on 10/3/11 2:52 am - OH

RNY on 11/04/08

I don't think it's very polite to have a loud conversation on your cell phone in any public place. At least not most places. If you are in a restaurant or a library or whatever, you should conduct your call very quietly or step outside where everyone else won't have to hear your conversation.

Kelly

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Jenny_D
on 10/3/11 3:16 am - Canton, GA

RNY on 05/31/11

I'm pretty blunt so I would have asked her if she could put her cell phone on speaker so I could hear the other side of the conversation. If she seemed offended, I would have just noted that if she was forcing me to listen to half the conversation, the least she could do was have the courtesy to let me participate in the whole thing.

Jenny HW: 268 / SW: 254 / CW: 180 / GW: 140
First 5K: 4.21.2012 - Time: 34:45 - 2nd Place in age group
Second 5K: 6.2.2012 - Time 37:09

mrslatch
on 10/3/11 4:20 am - Fort Campbell, KY

RNY on 01/05/10

This made me LOL!

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(deactivated member)
on 10/3/11 6:08 am - RI

RNY on 09/07/11

On October 3, 2011 at 10:16 AM Pacific Time, Jenny_D wrote:

I'm pretty blunt so I would have asked her if she could put her cell phone on speaker so I could hear the other side of the conversation. If she seemed offended, I would have just noted that if she was forcing me to listen to half the conversation, the least she could do was have the courtesy to let me participate in the whole thing.

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