Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I go to a gym that's only for personal trainers and their clients. We had some new ones in there (clients) already today. Let's see how long they last.

Why so nasty?

[Anonymous]

Re-rack your weights.

[Anonymous]

Wipe everything down when you’re done

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:STOP GRUNTING!

If you don’t need to grunt, you’re not lifting heavy enough.

Don't drop your weights!

+1000

If you have to drop your weights, they're too heavy for you. Strong people do it with control.

So how much do you deadlift then

[Anonymous]

Don't be mean to the beginners.

[Anonymous]

I have a membership at Equinox and I go there at non-peak hours. No issue whatsoever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Re-rack your weights.

+1

I hate the people who leave weights on the bar and can't put the free weights back in the right, labeled spots.
There is a woman at my gym who never re-racks her weights. She is someone who is not new to lifting so knows the etiquette, just chooses to be an *ss .

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:STOP GRUNTING!

If you don’t need to grunt, you’re not lifting heavy enough.

Don't drop your weights!

+1000

If you have to drop your weights, they're too heavy for you. Strong people do it with control.

So how much do you deadlift then

I hate dropping weights, it goes against everything I learned and taught my kids. But my trainer thinks I'm crazy. She thinks we shouldn't expend the energy to set them down in a controlled fashion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wipe everything down when you’re done

Honest question here: I've read this wipe down etiquette in many difference threads/articles. What exactly does it mean? There are bleach wipes at LA Fitness. Do we use bleach wipes after every machine? Seems wasteful and majority of gym goers don't do it. Or do we use a towel to wipe off sweat? I don't sweat that much, so there is no sweat to wipe. If no sweat to wipe, is wiping still a requirement? Thank you for input. Really curious what the answers are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wipe everything down when you’re done

Honest question here: I've read this wipe down etiquette in many difference threads/articles. What exactly does it mean? There are bleach wipes at LA Fitness. Do we use bleach wipes after every machine? Seems wasteful and majority of gym goers don't do it. Or do we use a towel to wipe off sweat? I don't sweat that much, so there is no sweat to wipe. If no sweat to wipe, is wiping still a requirement? Thank you for input. Really curious what the answers are.

Everyone is supposed to use the wipes. People don’t do it because they’re gross and lazy. No one wants to lay in any of your sweat, even if it’s just a little bit. Ewww

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wipe everything down when you’re done

Honest question here: I've read this wipe down etiquette in many difference threads/articles. What exactly does it mean? There are bleach wipes at LA Fitness. Do we use bleach wipes after every machine? Seems wasteful and majority of gym goers don't do it. Or do we use a towel to wipe off sweat? I don't sweat that much, so there is no sweat to wipe. If no sweat to wipe, is wiping still a requirement? Thank you for input. Really curious what the answers are.

Everyone is supposed to use the wipes. People don’t do it because they’re gross and lazy. No one wants to lay in any of your sweat, even if it’s just a little bit. Ewww

It’s like sitting on someone else’s toilet seat, even if you’re not sweating. If you’re using a towel to cover every surface on the pads maybe that’s different. It used to be the standard to clean up your station and I don’t understand why people stopped doing it. It went the way of re- racking weights, maybe it happens - mostly folks leave it for the next person to manage 😏

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:STOP GRUNTING!

If you don’t need to grunt, you’re not lifting heavy enough.

Don't drop your weights!

+1000

If you have to drop your weights, they're too heavy for you. Strong people do it with control.

So how much do you deadlift then

I hate dropping weights, it goes against everything I learned and taught my kids. But my trainer thinks I'm crazy. She thinks we shouldn't expend the energy to set them down in a controlled fashion.

It’s the current trend. I was trained to control the weight as well. If you can’t place it down you’re lifting too heavy. But that’s not in vogue atm.

*whispers* I blame CrossFit

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wipe everything down when you’re done

Honest question here: I've read this wipe down etiquette in many difference threads/articles. What exactly does it mean? There are bleach wipes at LA Fitness. Do we use bleach wipes after every machine? Seems wasteful and majority of gym goers don't do it. Or do we use a towel to wipe off sweat? I don't sweat that much, so there is no sweat to wipe. If no sweat to wipe, is wiping still a requirement? Thank you for input. Really curious what the answers are.

It’s not wasteful. We have been in a pandemic for almost three years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wipe everything down when you’re done

Honest question here: I've read this wipe down etiquette in many difference threads/articles. What exactly does it mean? There are bleach wipes at LA Fitness. Do we use bleach wipes after every machine? Seems wasteful and majority of gym goers don't do it. Or do we use a towel to wipe off sweat? I don't sweat that much, so there is no sweat to wipe. If no sweat to wipe, is wiping still a requirement? Thank you for input. Really curious what the answers are.

It’s not wasteful. We have been in a pandemic for almost three years.

JFC that's not why people wipe things down. People were doing this WAY before Covid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wipe everything down when you’re done

Honest question here: I've read this wipe down etiquette in many difference threads/articles. What exactly does it mean? There are bleach wipes at LA Fitness. Do we use bleach wipes after every machine? Seems wasteful and majority of gym goers don't do it. Or do we use a towel to wipe off sweat? I don't sweat that much, so there is no sweat to wipe. If no sweat to wipe, is wiping still a requirement? Thank you for input. Really curious what the answers are.

It’s not wasteful. We have been in a pandemic for almost three years.

JFC that's not why people wipe things down. People were doing this WAY before Covid.

Thanks for the answers. So people were using bleach wipes or bleach sprays on gym machines before Covid? Approximately what percentage of people are doing this nowadays at your gym. I've been a brief member at various gyms and guessing about 30%.