Comments on: Gym Jerks – Stop Talking and Work Out! http://www.tryingfitness.com/gym-jerks-stop-talking-and-work-out/ Because you've tried everything else Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:01:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Liza http://www.tryingfitness.com/gym-jerks-stop-talking-and-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-38153 Liza Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:53:01 +0000 http://www.tryingfitness.com/?p=542#comment-38153 In no particular order of importance: The talkers who want to waste your time even when you tell them you are busy and pressed for time. They all want attention. People who steal your weights or machine when your back is turned. People who want to use the machine you are on, don't want to work in, but stand there and stare while you are trying to finish up. Women who wonder around the locker room butt naked. They sit butt naked on the benches instead of putting a towel down first. They spoil my appetite. Women who clip their toenails, shave their legs, exfoliate in the locker area in front of everybody and where we are walking. Their crap flies all over the place and on the floor. Women who use the hair dryers to dry their private parts. Women who don't want to sit on the toilet seat-it's not clean enough for them, so they squat and leave pee splattered all over the seat for the next person. Cute. Women who never flush the toilet. Women who never wash their hands after going to the bathroom. Then they contaminate everything. Men who see you in a position where your legs are spread or your butt is out, walk over, pretend they are using the machine next to you, then sit there doing nothing buy staring nonstop at your crotch. You get so uncomfortable you walk away. Cell phone people full of their own self-importance. They get on the treadmill next to you and start yapping. They are loud and obnoxious. People that never put anything back, so you waste time looking for equipment. Men are mor guilty of this, way more than women who usually return weights back to the racks. I could go on and on but I need to get to the gym! In no particular order of importance:
The talkers who want to waste your time even when you tell them you are busy and pressed for time. They all want attention.
People who steal your weights or machine when your back is turned.
People who want to use the machine you are on, don’t want to work in, but stand there and stare while you are trying to finish up.
Women who wonder around the locker room butt naked. They sit butt naked on the benches instead of putting a towel down first. They spoil my appetite.
Women who clip their toenails, shave their legs, exfoliate in the locker area in front of everybody and where we are walking. Their crap flies all over the place and on the floor.
Women who use the hair dryers to dry their private parts.
Women who don’t want to sit on the toilet seat-it’s not clean enough for them, so they squat and leave pee splattered all over the seat for the next person. Cute. Women who never flush the toilet. Women who never wash their hands after going to the bathroom. Then they contaminate everything.
Men who see you in a position where your legs are spread or your butt is out, walk over, pretend they are using the machine next to you, then sit there doing nothing buy staring nonstop at your crotch. You get so uncomfortable you walk away.
Cell phone people full of their own self-importance. They get on the treadmill next to you and start yapping. They are loud and obnoxious.
People that never put anything back, so you waste time looking for equipment. Men are mor guilty of this, way more than women who usually return weights back to the racks.
I could go on and on but I need to get to the gym!

]]> By: Jimbo http://www.tryingfitness.com/gym-jerks-stop-talking-and-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-22340 Jimbo Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:18:49 +0000 http://www.tryingfitness.com/?p=542#comment-22340 OP is absolutely correct. Another gym type that kills me is advice guy: the guy who thinks he needs to tell every person he sees that they're exercising wrong. I am aware that many novices in the gym work out with poor form, but that is why they are novices: most people are intelligent enough, I believe, to improve their posture over time. Advice guy doesn't help, because he's a meathead who likes to intimidate people. Plus, no one ever asks for advice guy's help. He just rams it down your throat, and not out of altruism, but out of his desire to try to assert his superiority on the floor. Frequent victims of advice guy include pretty girls (macho factor) and smallish men (my nuts are bigger than yours factor). I've been lifting for almost ten years and I am in a comfortable space- I'm not a powerlifter or a hardgainer. I don't want your f@#$ing advice about how to do lifts I've been comfortably and properly doing since you were probably in eighth grade. Last advice guy I ran into was actually an employee at the gym. After I caught him harassing my wife (he was literally standing behind her, uninvited, and criticizing her squats) and telling him to STFU, I had a word with his manager. Now he cleans toilets all day. OP is absolutely correct. Another gym type that kills me is advice guy: the guy who thinks he needs to tell every person he sees that they’re exercising wrong. I am aware that many novices in the gym work out with poor form, but that is why they are novices: most people are intelligent enough, I believe, to improve their posture over time. Advice guy doesn’t help, because he’s a meathead who likes to intimidate people. Plus, no one ever asks for advice guy’s help. He just rams it down your throat, and not out of altruism, but out of his desire to try to assert his superiority on the floor. Frequent victims of advice guy include pretty girls (macho factor) and smallish men (my nuts are bigger than yours factor).

I’ve been lifting for almost ten years and I am in a comfortable space- I’m not a powerlifter or a hardgainer. I don’t want your f@#$ing advice about how to do lifts I’ve been comfortably and properly doing since you were probably in eighth grade.

Last advice guy I ran into was actually an employee at the gym. After I caught him harassing my wife (he was literally standing behind her, uninvited, and criticizing her squats) and telling him to STFU, I had a word with his manager. Now he cleans toilets all day.

]]> By: Girl-Woman http://www.tryingfitness.com/gym-jerks-stop-talking-and-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-15712 Girl-Woman Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:02:24 +0000 http://www.tryingfitness.com/?p=542#comment-15712 So funny! We are including this in our "best fitness blogs" weekend tour. I'm a personal trainer. I so get it! -Jamie So funny! We are including this in our “best fitness blogs” weekend tour.

I’m a personal trainer. I so get it!

-Jamie

]]> By: Lonnie http://www.tryingfitness.com/gym-jerks-stop-talking-and-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-15045 Lonnie Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:50:07 +0000 http://www.tryingfitness.com/?p=542#comment-15045 Main gym pet peeve: Clueless people. So many people "think" they are working out, when actually they are just spinning their wheels. What the f?? They jump from machine to machine, often with bad posture and the potential to hurt themselves. Yo clueless people, pick up a fitness mag, Men's Fitness or Women's Fitness. It's not rocket science! Read to succeed fatties. Main gym pet peeve: Clueless people. So many people “think” they are working out, when actually they are just spinning their wheels. What the f?? They jump from machine to machine, often with bad posture and the potential to hurt themselves. Yo clueless people, pick up a fitness mag, Men’s Fitness or Women’s Fitness. It’s not rocket science! Read to succeed fatties.

]]> By: Get your butt in shape http://www.tryingfitness.com/gym-jerks-stop-talking-and-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-14968 Get your butt in shape Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:12:37 +0000 http://www.tryingfitness.com/?p=542#comment-14968 These machine hoggers and socializers many times seem to be the same people who are saying that they don't see any results no matter what they do at the gym... I wonder why.. These machine hoggers and socializers many times seem to be the same people who are saying that they don’t see any results no matter what they do at the gym… I wonder why..

]]> By: Zach Hunt -Personal Trainer Spokane http://www.tryingfitness.com/gym-jerks-stop-talking-and-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-14914 Zach Hunt -Personal Trainer Spokane Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:56:52 +0000 http://www.tryingfitness.com/?p=542#comment-14914 You can expect the same thing in a public Gym as you would in a public restroom ,you`ll find PIGS as well as neat freaks any place you go live with it !!!!if your not part of the solution you are part of the problem! You can expect the same thing in a public Gym as you would in a public restroom ,you`ll find PIGS as well as neat freaks any place you go live with it !!!!if your not part of the solution you are part of the problem!

]]> By: Answer Fitness http://www.tryingfitness.com/gym-jerks-stop-talking-and-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-14792 Answer Fitness Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:06:34 +0000 http://www.tryingfitness.com/?p=542#comment-14792 I have three pet peeves that I seem to be running into more and more at the gym: Cell Phone Junkies: Although it seems like this is a problem that's more widespread than just at the gym, there is nothing more annoying than someone blabbering away on a cell phone about their pap smear or talking loudly about the great stock tip they just recieved. Add a Bluetooth earpiece in while strolling on the treadmill at 1.2 mph and you have probably one of the most obnoxious creatures at the gym (and probably everywhere else.) Also, what with the pacing on a cell phone? Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon (it's not just at the gym.) A few days ago I watched a guy in the freeweight room pace in circles -- oblivious to all around him -- while he yammered away on his Nokia for at least 15 minutes. Packs of Teens: My gym allows kids from the high school (as young as 16) to come in and train, which, in itself, I have no issues with. However, once you have four to five teenagers (often on cell phones) hanging out with each other, you've turned what should be a solo or duo activity into a scene from American Pie. In most cases, it seems like only one or two of them are ever actually even lifting a weight. The rest, I guess, are there for moral support or to help consume oxygen. God, do I sound like an old fogey or what? Machine Readers: I have one guy at my gym who like to sit on the machine between sets and ... get ready for this ... read the Wall Street Journal. Nuff said. Great post. I have three pet peeves that I seem to be running into more and more at the gym:

Cell Phone Junkies: Although it seems like this is a problem that’s more widespread than just at the gym, there is nothing more annoying than someone blabbering away on a cell phone about their pap smear or talking loudly about the great stock tip they just recieved. Add a Bluetooth earpiece in while strolling on the treadmill at 1.2 mph and you have probably one of the most obnoxious creatures at the gym (and probably everywhere else.)

Also, what with the pacing on a cell phone? Has anyone else noticed this phenomenon (it’s not just at the gym.)

A few days ago I watched a guy in the freeweight room pace in circles — oblivious to all around him — while he yammered away on his Nokia for at least 15 minutes.

Packs of Teens: My gym allows kids from the high school (as young as 16) to come in and train, which, in itself, I have no issues with. However, once you have four to five teenagers (often on cell phones) hanging out with each other, you’ve turned what should be a solo or duo activity into a scene from American Pie. In most cases, it seems like only one or two of them are ever actually even lifting a weight. The rest, I guess, are there for moral support or to help consume oxygen. God, do I sound like an old fogey or what?

Machine Readers: I have one guy at my gym who like to sit on the machine between sets and … get ready for this … read the Wall Street Journal. Nuff said.

Great post.

]]> By: Nate Atkins http://www.tryingfitness.com/gym-jerks-stop-talking-and-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-14751 Nate Atkins Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:57:24 +0000 http://www.tryingfitness.com/?p=542#comment-14751 I totally agree with what has been said here. I hate when I'm at the gym trying to concentrate and you have a couple of people around you talking or fooling around next to you. The gym is not meant to be a social hour place, it is meant to be a place where you can go and workout, and then leave. This is why I bought some weights and other equipment and I workout at my house. That way I can really concentrate on what I'm doing and don't have to worry about machine hogs, social hours people, or the people that leave machines in a mess. I totally agree with what has been said here. I hate when I’m at the gym trying to concentrate and you have a couple of people around you talking or fooling around next to you. The gym is not meant to be a social hour place, it is meant to be a place where you can go and workout, and then leave. This is why I bought some weights and other equipment and I workout at my house. That way I can really concentrate on what I’m doing and don’t have to worry about machine hogs, social hours people, or the people that leave machines in a mess.

]]> By: Tom Parker http://www.tryingfitness.com/gym-jerks-stop-talking-and-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-14750 Tom Parker Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:53:12 +0000 http://www.tryingfitness.com/?p=542#comment-14750 Totally agree with you about the chatting Eartha. Fair enough if you go to the gym with someone else you will end up talking BUT there's a limit. Plus, the volume is another factor that really irritates me. Yes by all means talk but don't shout your conversation out to the whole gym. P.S. 3rd Chance Fitness - that sounds awful. I cannot imagine someone actually leaving skidmarks in the gym. Ewww. Totally agree with you about the chatting Eartha. Fair enough if you go to the gym with someone else you will end up talking BUT there’s a limit. Plus, the volume is another factor that really irritates me. Yes by all means talk but don’t shout your conversation out to the whole gym.

P.S. 3rd Chance Fitness – that sounds awful. I cannot imagine someone actually leaving skidmarks in the gym. Ewww.

]]> By: Gsauls4 http://www.tryingfitness.com/gym-jerks-stop-talking-and-work-out/comment-page-1/#comment-14670 Gsauls4 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 18:31:39 +0000 http://www.tryingfitness.com/?p=542#comment-14670 I couldn't agree with this post more. Nothing irritates me as bad as someone on their cell phone at the gym, only half paying attention and preventing those of us who are there to work out from doing our thing. I have actually started a blog of my own and I am trying to generate some constructive criticism from readers, so if anyone gets a chance, please check out www.bostonbodyfit.wordpress.com. Thanks and keep up the good work. I couldn’t agree with this post more. Nothing irritates me as bad as someone on their cell phone at the gym, only half paying attention and preventing those of us who are there to work out from doing our thing.

I have actually started a blog of my own and I am trying to generate some constructive criticism from readers, so if anyone gets a chance, please check out http://www.bostonbodyfit.wordpress.com. Thanks and keep up the good work.

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