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That moment when I lifts my arms in the air and realise that my clean shirt is not actually clean.
Forgetting my undies and having to choose between commando or putting sweaty undies back on.
When the smelly girl works out beside me (I am aware that she might feel the same about me when my clean shirt is not clean).
What are your pet peeves?
Turning up to a group fitness class and being the only one (this has happened!)
Working out next to an excessively seaty man who sprays his sweat all over me
Group fitness classes where there is plenty of room but someone decides to stand/set up 1 metre away from me
People who don't wipe down the equipment after using it.
Going to lay/sit on something only to find the person before me has not used a towel so left all their sweat on the equipment :vomit: which is now soaked into my clothes.
When you start doing arm lifts and realise that horrendous smell is coming from you! :redface:
Singing outloud to your iPod which you are using headphones for.
That annoying stalker who follows you round the gym talking about their awesome work out.
:lol: I have a few :rofl:
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Big stinky men who believe that deodorant is optional (or perhaps somehow emascualating)
People on the treadmill next to me watching my speed and trying to go faster as if it is some sort of race.
Forgetting my towel/drink bottle/clean undies
Am I allowed to say 'the exercise'? ;)
Although that has to change!
That one person can be exercising vigorously (like step and pump) until 39weeks and then be back 2 weeks later....
Lol oh so many!!
The sweaty men flicking their gross sweat on me
The people of are competing with you to go faster than you when they have resistance set on like 1 and I have it set to as if I was climbing mt Everest!
The skeezy old man who is there just to chat up the young girls
The guys who walk as if they have MASSIVE arms when they are twiggy sticks
When you realise you are wearing a singlet and forgot to shave your underarms
When you realise you forgot to shave your legs and they are almost as hairy as the guy next to you
When you forget SOCKS!! Or your runners and only have thongs/ballet flats :/
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When the machine you really want to use is being used by someone else or even worse - broken.
Teenage boys. Usually I ignore them but I feel like such an old fat woman when I see them looking at me.
ETA: When I went to the gym before work in the city, I hated it when some women would blowdry their hair wearing nothing but a g-string. I don't care how hot you think you are - wear some clothes!
People looking you up and down as you walk in, and smirking as if you don't belong there. How do these people expect fat people to lose weight if they can't exercise?!
So many comments in this thread are making me grateful to belong to a women's only gym.
Keike, not all gyms are like that. We have lots of retired women and women at the start of their weight loss journey at my gym and no-one makes them feel out of place.
Yeah, I think a women's only gym would be different, somewhere like Curves. I'll try it one day, when I actually have money :)
But then there's the old saying -
"You wouldn't worry so much about what people think about you if you knew how little they are actually thinking about you".
I imagine people at the gym are much more worried about what they look like/are doing, than giving a toss about anyone else!!
I agree:
people who do a set of something and then go weight themselves. Then do another set. And then weigh themselves.
People who stare.
People who hog equipment
People who copy what you're doing with your personal trainer - seriously dude, if you like what we're doing so much pay for a session with him! My program is designed for my injuries and probably won't suit you!
People who HAVE to get on the machine next to you when there are 8 other free ones.
The intimidating guys who give you that "look" and try to make you feel like you don't belong.
I have a long list!
Falling over after getting off the cross trainer, a la Bridget Jones.... :redface:
People who read magazines whilst running flat out on a treadmill - seriously? Who can ACTUALLY read a friggin magazine and jump up and down at the same time? ;p
Forgetting clean undies is soooo bad!
Shower rooms without enough ventilation..I hate getting sweatier drying myself in a humid room than I did working out...blergh!
Dropping a 20kg weight in your foot :redface:
Trying to run next to a woman wearing what smells like half a bottle of perfume. Makes it a tad difficult to breathe!
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The chicks at the front desk in tight skirts and stilletos! (I get that your main target for the gym is men, but really?)
Seeing women 3 times my size going off on the cross trainer! I can barely do 5 minutes, it burns my thighs to the point of tears.
The group of pumped up young guys crapping themselves when I enter the weight zone and staring.
Lols I have to admit I never experienced 90% of these problems cause I used to go to a women's only gym... I think you girls should think about trying one next time, I used to go to Fernwood before bubs came and we had to tighten out finances , but I loved it. Ladies from all walks of life, all fitness levels and ages. Free breakfast if you work out in the mornings and they have incense and stuff so it's not sweat smelly and things like hair dryers, spray deodorants, etc to borrow if you forget yours. Can't rave enough about them! My only pet peeve was when my heart rate monitor used to show up on other peoples treadmill displays. Older ladies who were just strolling would suddenly see a bpm of 185 and think they were having a heart attack!
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I really shouldn't comment in case I got fired BUT...no one knows me lol....
People that do their own cool down at the end of the class...if you're going to leave early then fine...but you should tell me...if you have an injury then fine...but again, you should tell me.
People that leave early during a class with an actual reason but don't tell me before...I take that **** personally you know and think you're not enjoying the class.
People that know i'm talking to them but totally ignore my advice...at least aknowledge i'm speaking....and if you continue to squat to your ankles in Pump then I will tell you. And if you continue to kick to someones imaginary head in Combat then again, I will tell you differently...I have insurance but I don't want to use it...
Same with people that do their own choreography...even if you're right I'M the instructor, follow me. You might do 10 Pumps a week and know the chorey better than me but I have three different programs of chorey to remember plus participants that want different tracks on different weeks, sometimes I make mistakes.
So...instructors are people too...not infallible and possibly have kids, another job etc...don't think they're robots that don't have feelings or anything else to do other than deliver a perfect class. Some of them have out of control anxiety that makes them not want to get out of bed let alone get up on stage and smile and motivate 30 people.
ETA...sorry, sounds bitter and awful...don't mean to ruin the thread...bad day. Let me say most of the time participants make the difference between a great class and an awful class, which can make the difference between a great day and an awful day to the instructor...so go along, enjoy...give back, be loud and enjoy!!
Dont think anyone said it yet but the price wish it was more affordable and forgetting your headphones
can I say.... "everything...."
...but I still go..... sigh...
C~Q I take the BP class occasionally as in 1 or 2 a week. I really enjoy it even though I'm pretty useless at it (I'm a returning beginner ITMS). It annoys me too when I see people leaving early. Why bother taking a class if you can't stay for the whole time? Why not do something else instead? It surprises me when there is less then half the class left at the end.
Thanks R...sometimes people have a real reason why they have to leave early...but it's only polite to tell the instructor before! I mean I have people walk out because it's not what they thought or they don't like my style and thats fine...but if it's actually the Dr or dentist then tell me and I won't have to stress out or be disheartened for the rest of the day!
I'm adding another one - judgemental staff. We've had a few where I used to go. Even spread rumours about my trainer and myself. Idiots. Guess the last laugh is on them though! He's got a roaring business at another site. I've followed him and cancelled other membership. I'm happily married for 10 years come April. He's getting married in a few days. But yeah, we're totally having a thing. And yeah, I totally love it when you snigger and make comments about the patrons...in hearing shot of other patrons...but I TOTALLY believe you when you say no one cares what others look like or do in the gym...
Oh, and I've been to an all female gym and had similar issues there as well. And I've been to gyms where there are no issues. It all depends on the staff and patrons in my opinion. And if I don't like it, I train at home!
Damp change room floors. Blech. In fact, make that anything damp at all!
Oh and I've been scarred forever by the sight of those faces the dudes pull and the GRUNTING when they want everyone to notice how heavy their weights are.
I really need one of those nice lady gyms.
I particularly hate how everything wobbles..... And I can't find a sports bra in my size so prevent the wobbles toppling me over.... Lol.... How can they fight the obesity epidemic when they don't provide the right equipment to encourage people to actually exercise!!?!!?!
Teeny tiny size 8 girls in teeny tiny shorts and crop tops who say, while setting up for pump next to me, "oh my gopsh, I can't, like, believe how fat I am today. It is like totally gross because I am just massive, I really need to work out on my abs..." Meanwhile post 2 baby, size 18 me cowers in shame...
... this thread makes me think how much I love my gym!
the only thing I can think of is when machines don't work properly - like when the treadmill sometimes does that jerky thing, where it messes up your gait ... I normally just get on another treadmill if it starts doing that, though ... solved!
people are pretty good about wiping down things, the staff are mostly friendly and obliging, there's a good range of equipment ... it's a nuisance when people are using something I want to use, but I can do other things until they're done ... the gym isn't smelly and the floors aren't wet ... the lockers are pretty small, so I just take a smaller bag ...
my old gym had a spa, which I really miss, but it's not really a "hate" ... I would just like a spa too!
my new gym has a coffee machine ... swings and roundabouts ;)