Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 19:13     Subject: Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
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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.


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%.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 18:53     Subject: Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
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
Post 01/05/2023 18:46     Subject: Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
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.
Anonymous
Post 01/05/2023 18:22     Subject: Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
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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


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
Post 01/05/2023 18:20     Subject: Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
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.


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
Post 01/05/2023 18:18     Subject: Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
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
Post 01/05/2023 17:40     Subject: Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
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
Post 01/05/2023 09:49     Subject: Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
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
Post 01/05/2023 09:32     Subject: Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
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
Post 01/05/2023 08:47     Subject: Re:Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
I have a membership at Equinox and I go there at non-peak hours. No issue whatsoever.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2023 21:45     Subject: Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
Don't be mean to the beginners.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2023 21:34     Subject: Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
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
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2023 21:26     Subject: Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
Wipe everything down when you’re done
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2023 21:25     Subject: Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
Re-rack your weights.
Anonymous
Post 01/02/2023 21:23     Subject: Re:Gym etiquette refresher for New Years Resolutioners and everyone
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?