Gym don'ts

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Anonymous wrote:Put your headphones on and mind your own business. You’re there to workout, not socialize.

Yeah, no. Literally some of my best friends I've met at the gym.

How bout we modify your rule:

'if headphones are in, don't talk to that person'

But if no headphones are in, its fine to start a convo

We will agree to disagree…

But sometimes I like to workout without headphones? What then?

That’s on you to figure it out…

Well, not really. Original PP said everyone should "wear their headphones and MYOB"

If I don't wear headphones and chat with other members, that's really on THEM to figure out how to let it not bother them. We're having a grand old time hanging out in the squat rack

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Put your headphones on and mind your own business. You’re there to workout, not socialize.

Yeah, no. Literally some of my best friends I've met at the gym.

How bout we modify your rule:

'if headphones are in, don't talk to that person'

But if no headphones are in, its fine to start a convo

We will agree to disagree…

But sometimes I like to workout without headphones? What then?

That’s on you to figure it out…

Well, not really. Original PP said everyone should "wear their headphones and MYOB"

If I don't wear headphones and chat with other members, that's really on THEM to figure out how to let it not bother them. We're having a grand old time hanging out in the squat rack

Oh please, don't hog the squat rack. There are people who actually want to squat!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Put your headphones on and mind your own business. You’re there to workout, not socialize.

Yeah, no. Literally some of my best friends I've met at the gym.

How bout we modify your rule:

'if headphones are in, don't talk to that person'

But if no headphones are in, its fine to start a convo

We will agree to disagree…

But sometimes I like to workout without headphones? What then?

That’s on you to figure it out…

Well, not really. Original PP said everyone should "wear their headphones and MYOB"

If I don't wear headphones and chat with other members, that's really on THEM to figure out how to let it not bother them. We're having a grand old time hanging out in the squat rack

Oh please, don't hog the squat rack. There are people who actually want to squat!

Resting between sets is not hogging. That's my biggest pet peeve. People acting like time between sets doesnt matter

Many times, I'll sit and wait for 20-30 minutes to get a rack. Once I have that rack, I'm using it for my whole 10x10 squat workout. Anyone and everyone is welcome to work in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Put your headphones on and mind your own business. You’re there to workout, not socialize.

Yeah, no. Literally some of my best friends I've met at the gym.

How bout we modify your rule:

'if headphones are in, don't talk to that person'

But if no headphones are in, its fine to start a convo

We will agree to disagree…

But sometimes I like to workout without headphones? What then?

That’s on you to figure it out…

Well, not really. Original PP said everyone should "wear their headphones and MYOB"

If I don't wear headphones and chat with other members, that's really on THEM to figure out how to let it not bother them. We're having a grand old time hanging out in the squat rack

Oh please, don't hog the squat rack. There are people who actually want to squat!

Resting between sets is not hogging. That's my biggest pet peeve. People acting like time between sets doesnt matter

Many times, I'll sit and wait for 20-30 minutes to get a rack. Once I have that rack, I'm using it for my whole 10x10 squat workout. Anyone and everyone is welcome to work in.

I was reacting to people having a party in the squat rack. That did not sound like just resting. I rest as much as I need too. What is your goal with the 10x10? It is not really easy to work in if you are taller or if you use significantly different weights.

[Anonymous]

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I just ignore and keep doing my thing, but it is incredibly annoying and of course it sucks feeling unattractive to my spouse while being really in shape at the same time.

I’m amazed that you haven’t shamed him into getting into shape. It’s sad and embarrassing when a wife is in better shape than her husband - though I see it all the time. You shouldn’t worry about being unattractive to him… I think he is worried about being unattractive to you, but instead of making himself more attractive he is trying to drag you down to his level. What a loser!

Why is it sad and embarrassing when a wife is in better shape then a husband? What a mysoginistic comment!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Put your headphones on and mind your own business. You’re there to workout, not socialize.

Yeah, no. Literally some of my best friends I've met at the gym.

How bout we modify your rule:

'if headphones are in, don't talk to that person'

But if no headphones are in, its fine to start a convo

We will agree to disagree…

But sometimes I like to workout without headphones? What then?

That’s on you to figure it out…

Well, not really. Original PP said everyone should "wear their headphones and MYOB"

If I don't wear headphones and chat with other members, that's really on THEM to figure out how to let it not bother them. We're having a grand old time hanging out in the squat rack

Oh please, don't hog the squat rack. There are people who actually want to squat!

Resting between sets is not hogging. That's my biggest pet peeve. People acting like time between sets doesnt matter

Many times, I'll sit and wait for 20-30 minutes to get a rack. Once I have that rack, I'm using it for my whole 10x10 squat workout. Anyone and everyone is welcome to work in.

I was reacting to people having a party in the squat rack. That did not sound like just resting. I rest as much as I need too. What is your goal with the 10x10? It is not really easy to work in if you are taller or if you use significantly different weights.

10x10 is a program called German Volume Training. It's really a simplified way to get lots of volume in. Well, simple programming, but its brutally hard

[Anonymous]

I am loving the gym troll so much! ❤️

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Anonymous wrote:Put your headphones on and mind your own business. You’re there to workout, not socialize.

Yeah, no. Literally some of my best friends I've met at the gym.

How bout we modify your rule:

'if headphones are in, don't talk to that person'

But if no headphones are in, its fine to start a convo

We will agree to disagree…

But sometimes I like to workout without headphones? What then?

That’s on you to figure it out…

Well, not really. Original PP said everyone should "wear their headphones and MYOB"

If I don't wear headphones and chat with other members, that's really on THEM to figure out how to let it not bother them. We're having a grand old time hanging out in the squat rack

Oh please, don't hog the squat rack. There are people who actually want to squat!

Resting between sets is not hogging. That's my biggest pet peeve. People acting like time between sets doesnt matter

Many times, I'll sit and wait for 20-30 minutes to get a rack. Once I have that rack, I'm using it for my whole 10x10 squat workout. Anyone and everyone is welcome to work in.

DP and look, it's totally your right to use the squat rack for your 10 x 10. It's also completely understandable that people find it annoying that you're on it for, what, an hour? For one exercise? Working in on squat racks is a complete PITA, especially when one person has very specific rest times.

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Anonymous wrote:Put your headphones on and mind your own business. You’re there to workout, not socialize.

Yeah, no. Literally some of my best friends I've met at the gym.

How bout we modify your rule:

'if headphones are in, don't talk to that person'

But if no headphones are in, its fine to start a convo

We will agree to disagree…

But sometimes I like to workout without headphones? What then?

That’s on you to figure it out…

Well, not really. Original PP said everyone should "wear their headphones and MYOB"

If I don't wear headphones and chat with other members, that's really on THEM to figure out how to let it not bother them. We're having a grand old time hanging out in the squat rack

Oh please, don't hog the squat rack. There are people who actually want to squat!

Resting between sets is not hogging. That's my biggest pet peeve. People acting like time between sets doesnt matter

Many times, I'll sit and wait for 20-30 minutes to get a rack. Once I have that rack, I'm using it for my whole 10x10 squat workout. Anyone and everyone is welcome to work in.

DP and look, it's totally your right to use the squat rack for your 10 x 10. It's also completely understandable that people find it annoying that you're on it for, what, an hour? For one exercise? Working in on squat racks is a complete PITA, especially when one person has very specific rest times.

no one really wants you working into their squat sets unless they are taking 15 min breaks. Unless the 2 people are the same height and lifting around the same weight. Otherwise it would take way to long to readjust everything between users. It's not like a piece of equipment where you just need to move a few pins.

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Anonymous wrote:It's OK to use the hot tub in the nude, as it is within the confines of the locker room. It is also OK to wear a swimsuit. Less desirable is wearing your underwear in which you just finished working out, even if you "rinsed it off" while wearing it in the showers.

No it is not ok to use the hot tub naked OR in your dirty underwear. Vomit

Shower first, and naked is fine. What's the problem with naked in the hot tub?

I don't get this, either. What would be wrong with it? That's why they're in the locker room, not in the pool area.

My gym has signage that swimsuits are required in the hot tubs. I used to think this was unnecessary but reading your posts makes me realize that common sense is not common.

Can you articulate why it is important for you? What are your concerns if people don't wear swimsuits?

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American's are such prudes.

It's not like a bathing suite is keeping any bodily fluid out of the hot tub. They are just there to cover your body which you can't see in a hot tub anyway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Put your headphones on and mind your own business. You’re there to workout, not socialize.

Yeah, no. Literally some of my best friends I've met at the gym.

How bout we modify your rule:

'if headphones are in, don't talk to that person'

But if no headphones are in, its fine to start a convo

We will agree to disagree…

But sometimes I like to workout without headphones? What then?

That’s on you to figure it out…

Well, not really. Original PP said everyone should "wear their headphones and MYOB"

If I don't wear headphones and chat with other members, that's really on THEM to figure out how to let it not bother them. We're having a grand old time hanging out in the squat rack

Oh please, don't hog the squat rack. There are people who actually want to squat!

Resting between sets is not hogging. That's my biggest pet peeve. People acting like time between sets doesnt matter

Many times, I'll sit and wait for 20-30 minutes to get a rack. Once I have that rack, I'm using it for my whole 10x10 squat workout. Anyone and everyone is welcome to work in.

DP and look, it's totally your right to use the squat rack for your 10 x 10. It's also completely understandable that people find it annoying that you're on it for, what, an hour? For one exercise? Working in on squat racks is a complete PITA, especially when one person has very specific rest times.

no one really wants you working into their squat sets unless they are taking 15 min breaks. Unless the 2 people are the same height and lifting around the same weight. Otherwise it would take way to long to readjust everything between users. It's not like a piece of equipment where you just need to move a few pins.

I squat with my work-out partner at least once a week, sometimes twice a week. We are usually squatting a difference of about 100-125 lbs. We just change the weights. It's really not that hard

[Anonymous]

There are really very few athletic or health objectives that require someone to do 10 sets of squats, or of any exercise.

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Anonymous wrote:There are really very few athletic or health objectives that require someone to do 10 sets of squats, or of any exercise.

This. GVT might be brutal, but brutal does not necessarily equal effective. It is hard to avoid for a good chunk of that volume to be junk volume.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Put your headphones on and mind your own business. You’re there to workout, not socialize.

Yeah, no. Literally some of my best friends I've met at the gym.

How bout we modify your rule:

'if headphones are in, don't talk to that person'

But if no headphones are in, its fine to start a convo

We will agree to disagree…

But sometimes I like to workout without headphones? What then?

That’s on you to figure it out…

Well, not really. Original PP said everyone should "wear their headphones and MYOB"

If I don't wear headphones and chat with other members, that's really on THEM to figure out how to let it not bother them. We're having a grand old time hanging out in the squat rack

Oh please, don't hog the squat rack. There are people who actually want to squat!

Resting between sets is not hogging. That's my biggest pet peeve. People acting like time between sets doesnt matter

Many times, I'll sit and wait for 20-30 minutes to get a rack. Once I have that rack, I'm using it for my whole 10x10 squat workout. Anyone and everyone is welcome to work in.

DP and look, it's totally your right to use the squat rack for your 10 x 10. It's also completely understandable that people find it annoying that you're on it for, what, an hour? For one exercise? Working in on squat racks is a complete PITA, especially when one person has very specific rest times.

no one really wants you working into their squat sets unless they are taking 15 min breaks. Unless the 2 people are the same height and lifting around the same weight. Otherwise it would take way to long to readjust everything between users. It's not like a piece of equipment where you just need to move a few pins.

I squat with my work-out partner at least once a week, sometimes twice a week. We are usually squatting a difference of about 100-125 lbs. We just change the weights. It's really not that hard

It is very different to do this with your partner than to ask a guy a head taller than me to adjust the bar to my height so that I can work in. No-one does that. The only type of sharing that exists in my gym is that someone uses the platform right behind the rack for deadlifts while someone else squats. Strangers do not work in on their squats. And yes, I would be super annoyed with someone doing their silly GVT for an hour while others want to use the rack.

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Anonymous wrote:It's OK to use the hot tub in the nude, as it is within the confines of the locker room. It is also OK to wear a swimsuit. Less desirable is wearing your underwear in which you just finished working out, even if you "rinsed it off" while wearing it in the showers.

No it is not ok to use the hot tub naked OR in your dirty underwear. Vomit

Shower first, and naked is fine. What's the problem with naked in the hot tub?

I don't get this, either. What would be wrong with it? That's why they're in the locker room, not in the pool area.

My gym has signage that swimsuits are required in the hot tubs. I used to think this was unnecessary but reading your posts makes me realize that common sense is not common.

Can you articulate why it is important for you? What are your concerns if people don't wear swimsuits?

+1

American's are such prudes.

It's not like a bathing suite is keeping any bodily fluid out of the hot tub. They are just there to cover your body which you can't see in a hot tub anyway.

And you have no common sense or really low standards. If someone needs to explain why it is not ok for a stranger to sit in a hot tub nude, it is beyond trying to waste my breath convincing you. I would Never use a communal hot tub ever; heat makes fungus grow.