Group Fitness Class Pet Peeves

[Anonymous]

Men who make weird dzzz-dzzz-dzzz-dzzz sounds when doing boxing moves. Hilarious!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who bring their entire life's possessions into the room and leave them where they're in other people's way. People who chew gum and/or wear a full face of makeup.

Yoga-specific: people who walk into the studio wearing their shoes and people who talk or pack up during savasana.

I chew gum and I'm not sorry. My mouth gets dry and I can't constantly stop for water.

We get it, the World revolves around you and you don’t give a rats ass about anyone else’s feelings. Thank you for making the world a better place. I would leave the class if you were smacking gum beside me.

[Anonymous]

Men in yoga class.

I know, I know, it’s not kind and not fair. they’re totally entitled to be there. and actually, it’s not all men. It’s just that so many smell bad, and breathe SO loud. I also find it awkward to do some of the moves where you get a little close to a neighbor - not super thrilled to have some guy’s butt in my face, or vice verse.

If it helps, I do feel guilty for feeling this way, and would never actually say something to a guy in a class or make him feel unwelcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who bring their entire life's possessions into the room and leave them where they're in other people's way. People who chew gum and/or wear a full face of makeup.

Yoga-specific: people who walk into the studio wearing their shoes and people who talk or pack up during savasana.

I chew gum and I'm not sorry. My mouth gets dry and I can't constantly stop for water.

We get it, the World revolves around you and you don’t give a rats ass about anyone else’s feelings. Thank you for making the world a better place. I would leave the class if you were smacking gum beside me.

Wow, do you overreact to everything or just gum chewing? LOL Maybe going out in public isn't for you.

Clearly you don't know the difference between gum chewing and gum smacking. It's possible to chew gum without making it into a nuisance, at least for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Men in yoga class.

I know, I know, it’s not kind and not fair. they’re totally entitled to be there. and actually, it’s not all men. It’s just that so many smell bad, and breathe SO loud. I also find it awkward to do some of the moves where you get a little close to a neighbor - not super thrilled to have some guy’s butt in my face, or vice verse.

If it helps, I do feel guilty for feeling this way, and would never actually say something to a guy in a class or make him feel unwelcome.

Agree. And yes, it's not all men. But goodness...there are two men who attend the same yoga class as me, and they drive me nuts with their overly-emphatic breathing. It's really jarring. I would never say anything either but ugh, I hate it.

[Anonymous]

When there is a ton of space and you put your yoga mat right next to mine. Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When there is a ton of space and you put your yoga mat right next to mine. Why?

The same happens in Body Pump and other strength classes I've attended; drives me crazy.

[Anonymous]

I love the group classes at my gym. When you sign up you select a spot/area. The studio has numbered spots on the floor. I was always the one showing up early to get a good spot. Now I can arrive in enough time to set up & work out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love the group classes at my gym. When you sign up you select a spot/area. The studio has numbered spots on the floor. I was always the one showing up early to get a good spot. Now I can arrive in enough time to set up & work out.

That's a fantastic idea! Plus, it probably helps to maximize the number of spaces. In the classes I go to, people are unintentionally set up such that fewer people can comfortably fit; kind of like when there are no lines on a parking lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People who bring their entire life's possessions into the room and leave them where they're in other people's way.

This. Bringing your purse, jacket, boots sometimes, and of course laying out your phone right by your mat/spot in a full class. Not in a corner where they would not take space away from other class patrons. Seriously, are you worried that someone will steal your lousy Le Pliage?
This is in a gym that has lockers. Including lockers with code locks, so you don't need to buy/bring your own lock to put your stuff away.

[Anonymous]

When you get there early to ensure your spot up front but then can't even put your water bottle down because the old hippy will push you out of the way in those 2 seconds. Seriously, you old hag, no one wants to be behind you looking at that long, grey, ratty mess you call hair. Of you can't manage to dye it, cut that gross mess off.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I can grin and bear almost every group workout sin except for smelling bad. If you stink enough that I can smell you anywhere in the room there's no way you're not award of it and it's inconsiderate. I take early morning orangetheory classes and there are a few people who always roll in smelling terrible. I dread them choosing the station next to me. I understand getting a waft of BO now and then as the class heats up, but if you smell like ass before the class even starts, you're doing something wrong. Rinse off before class (or even the night before!), wash your butt, apply fresh deodorant, and wear clean workout clothes.

Not just the BO - but the people who reek of perfume or cologne. That's just as bad.

There is a guy in my OTF class that reeks of weed all the time

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate it when people waltz into a zumba or other class where it's helpful to see the instructor at the last minute and claim a position right up front next to the instructor, crowding out other people and blocking views. It's always people that think they're hot shit and for some reason that particular spot is "theirs" regardless of when they show up

Since you arrive earlier, and you do not like having your view of the instructor blocked, you should position yourself at the front of the class near the instructor so that the people who arrive later cannot take the spots up front. Oftentimes, though, I find that people do not like to be positioned front and center, and so the people who arrive late have only those spots available to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People who bring their entire life's possessions into the room and leave them where they're in other people's way. People who chew gum and/or wear a full face of makeup.

Yoga-specific: people who walk into the studio wearing their shoes and people who talk or pack up during savasana.

Re wearing a face full of makeup.... Who cares?! Maybe they're coming from work. I work out in makeup all the time. I'm not going to take the extra step of washing my face before class. Who's got time for that?!

PP here - I feel you. I'm not talking about that. I'm talking about the people that show up to class on a weekend morning, full face of makeup and $500 worth of exercise clothes, clearly there to see and be seen rather than actually working out.

[Anonymous]

Hair. Everywhere. Put your hair in the trash can, please--that's nasty. I wish ever gym class had a swiffer in the corner. I totally wouldn't mind swiffering around everyone's shedding - it's better than tumbleweeds that constantly blow around your area.