Gym etiquette? Your thoughts on this situation

[Anonymous]

Gym culture and mores vary. My gym has a huge sign about no bags on the gym floor. And a smaller sign with other rules that are broken all the time - no dropping weights, no grunting, etc. Almost everyone honors the no bag rule. Except one guy who brings a duffel and also grunts and drops weights. At least he’s consistent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You aren’t supposed to bring bags on the gym floor. It’s a hazard.

Actually yeah you can, and it's just fine. Never seen anyone have any sort of near miss around bags. My gym is quite big and open and I would say at least 1/3 of the people bring a bag around with them.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think they’re a right or wrong, but the guy choosing to use a dirty machine which your friend was going to clean seems odd.

In general though bringing a bag onto the gym floor is not an issue unless it’s in someone’s way and leaving a bag on a machine does not reserve the machine for you. However, choosing to work in when someone ran to grab a wipe to clean what’s dirty is weird and pushy behavior….unless he’d already been doing a circuit and that was one of his stops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think they’re a right or wrong, but the guy choosing to use a dirty machine which your friend was going to clean seems odd.

In general though bringing a bag onto the gym floor is not an issue unless it’s in someone’s way and leaving a bag on a machine does not reserve the machine for you. However, choosing to work in when someone ran to grab a wipe to clean what’s dirty is weird and pushy behavior….unless he’d already been doing a circuit and that was one of his stops.

How well do those wipes work? Washing your hands is probably far more important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t think they’re a right or wrong, but the guy choosing to use a dirty machine which your friend was going to clean seems odd.

In general though bringing a bag onto the gym floor is not an issue unless it’s in someone’s way and leaving a bag on a machine does not reserve the machine for you. However, choosing to work in when someone ran to grab a wipe to clean what’s dirty is weird and pushy behavior….unless he’d already been doing a circuit and that was one of his stops.

How well do those wipes work? Washing your hands is probably far more important.

Gym rules. You have to use the wipes, so whoever was before her did not wipe their machine down.

[Anonymous]

Holy S. I created a home gym about 4 years ago. It was very expensive as you can imagine and I never thought it would be worth it. In addition, I'm a very social person and it took me forever to get used to working out alone. Boy and I glad I don't have to deal with this bullsh*t.

[Anonymous]

“and then he left”

Meaning, he left the gym? If that was the last set he wanted to do before he left for the day, his behavior is more understandable.

[Anonymous]

I'll go out on a limb and say "no one was in the wrong."

To me this sounds like a complete non-event. You'll find yourself much happier if you don't obsess with stuff like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok NP here and new gym goer. When I’m done with a machine or bench, I’ll put my phone on it while I grab a wipe or spray to clean it off for the next person. Is that rude?

No that's fine although your phone resting on a piece of equipment that needs to be wiped down sounds a little gross to me. I keep my phone on my body. Otherwise you are doing nothing wrong in terms of gym etiquette.

[Anonymous]

This is why I hate the gym. My DH comes home regularly with gym stories about he and other dudes arguing about equipment. They all seem like douches to me.

[Anonymous]

People are gross (leaving a dirty machine; using a dirty machine) and rude. My gym shut down a few months ago. I miss it but not the people.

[Anonymous]

How far away or wipes?