Anonymous wrote:Stop worrying about people scrolling on their phones while they're doing sets.

You need to rest appropriately between sets if you're lifting heavy. You want to make sure you're focused on doing reps with good form rather than trying to get a cardio workout, which is why you need rest. It may take me 15+ minutes to do 4 sets while doing squats. MYOB.

No. Decent people allows others to work in during rests. You purposely make that hard when you sit on the equipment, scrolling on your phone.

Anonymous wrote:Stop turning off the fan in gym classes!!

Are you cold waiting for class to start? Jog in place. Put on a layer.

I don't even understand what kind of person has the nerve to turn OFF the fan in summer. Yes we're indoors, but it's still hotter than usual, and many of us are in between workouts.

Agree!

Stop turning off the fan in gym classes!!

Are you cold waiting for class to start? Jog in place. Put on a layer.

I don't even understand what kind of person has the nerve to turn OFF the fan in summer. Yes we're indoors, but it's still hotter than usual, and many of us are in between workouts.

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Anonymous wrote:My rules are:
1. Break down the damn weights. Every time. If you take more than 2 minutes between sets, tough ish, break 'em down and do it again for your next set. Men, I'm looking at you.
2. Don't grunt like you're some wild animal. It doesn't help you lift more, you just look like an arse.
3. wipe the machines.
4. Mind your own damn business.

Lol. Nope. I’m not removing 500 pounds of plates between sets. And I’m sure as hell gonna rest more than 2 minutes between sets. Deal with it.

YOU also are not putting away 500 lbs of plates when you are done - asshat

The irony in all of this is that the powerlifters are usually the friendliest and most respectful people in the gym. Always put away their weights. Always willing to let someone work in. Always willing to spot a fellow lifter.

You just don't like it that the discipline they've chosen requires them to be at a specific place (squat rack, deadlift platform, bench press) for a considerable amount of time.

But they really are the best people in the gym

I was out of town the other week in a rural area and did a "drop in" at a local gym. It was... interesting. Plates all over the floor, loud country music, dogs lying on the floor, heavily tatted men and women, toddlers running around wearing just a diaper.

I can only imagine how the DCUM crowd would react to that scene.

But I got my workouts in and that was all that mattered to me.

The gym I go to has a parent toddler room, where half the room is blocked off by a 3 foot “window” wall, and there is a door, it acts as the play room. There’s toys and books for the kids to play, and the other half has work out equipment. It’s really a great set up, when it’s used correctly. There are a few families who don’t think rules apply to them. They let their kids run all over the gym area. So it’s impossible to work out. I had to cut an exercise short because I almost hit a kid who walked behind me. The next time I went in, the kids had toys all over the floor in the gym. I was literally stepping over toys to walk in the gym.

The parents know what they are doing because they hear me remind my daughter to stay in the play area. I’ve stopped going for a while because it was becoming to frustrating.

This is why I love our country club. Unlike my neighborhood gym, there ARE rules, both unspoken and spoken. The biggest one is NO PHONE conversations.
Working out there is downright delightful.

Why don’t you stop putting periods after every word?

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Anonymous wrote:My rules are:
1. Break down the damn weights. Every time. If you take more than 2 minutes between sets, tough ish, break 'em down and do it again for your next set. Men, I'm looking at you.
2. Don't grunt like you're some wild animal. It doesn't help you lift more, you just look like an arse.
3. wipe the machines.
4. Mind your own damn business.

Lol. Nope. I’m not removing 500 pounds of plates between sets. And I’m sure as hell gonna rest more than 2 minutes between sets. Deal with it.

YOU also are not putting away 500 lbs of plates when you are done - asshat

Clear your bowels before coming to the gym, no one appreciates your farts

If I have my headphones on and I turn up the music, then I can't hear my farts, and that means nobody else can, either.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine are:
Clear your bowels before coming to the gym, no one appreciates your farts

If you are a chronically late person, don’t go to gym classes. No one likes having to let you squeeze your mat into the space I staked out 5 mins before class

Don’t camp out on the weight machines, others are waiting.

I hate latecomers, and refuse to let them squeeze in. It's the same person every time. You know they're also the selfish ahole who's always late to everything, because they think the world revolves around their convenience.

What’s the difference? If they came 1 min before class vs 2 min after, you are still
Going to have to make room for them. Just because you get their early doesn’t mean you are allowed more space. The space gets divided in the room among how many people are present, whether they get there early, on time, or late

says the chronically late person who thinks the world revolves around them.

I don’t even go to classes. I just don’t get what the big deal is. You’d have the same (less) space to workout in if they came early to class. Be glad you had a bit more space for the first 5 min

That's not how it works. You go in, find a spot. There's a certain amount of personal space you need to good workout. It usually fills up front first, then back. The later you come to class, the less "prime" space there is, and you take what's left, because it's first come first serve.

Making others renegotiate their space is rude. Especially if you come late and class has already started.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine are:
Clear your bowels before coming to the gym, no one appreciates your farts

If you are a chronically late person, don’t go to gym classes. No one likes having to let you squeeze your mat into the space I staked out 5 mins before class

Don’t camp out on the weight machines, others are waiting.

I hate latecomers, and refuse to let them squeeze in. It's the same person every time. You know they're also the selfish ahole who's always late to everything, because they think the world revolves around their convenience.

What’s the difference? If they came 1 min before class vs 2 min after, you are still
Going to have to make room for them. Just because you get their early doesn’t mean you are allowed more space. The space gets divided in the room among how many people are present, whether they get there early, on time, or late

says the chronically late person who thinks the world revolves around them.

I don’t even go to classes. I just don’t get what the big deal is. You’d have the same (less) space to workout in if they came early to class. Be glad you had a bit more space for the first 5 min

Anonymous wrote:Mine are:
Clear your bowels before coming to the gym, no one appreciates your farts

If you are a chronically late person, don’t go to gym classes. No one likes having to let you squeeze your mat into the space I staked out 5 mins before class

Don’t camp out on the weight machines, others are waiting.

Do you actually have complete voluntary control over your farts? I’m impressed by your special connection to your bowels. Most people don’t have that.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine are:
Clear your bowels before coming to the gym, no one appreciates your farts

If you are a chronically late person, don’t go to gym classes. No one likes having to let you squeeze your mat into the space I staked out 5 mins before class

Don’t camp out on the weight machines, others are waiting.

I hate latecomers, and refuse to let them squeeze in. It's the same person every time. You know they're also the selfish ahole who's always late to everything, because they think the world revolves around their convenience.

What’s the difference? If they came 1 min before class vs 2 min after, you are still
Going to have to make room for them. Just because you get their early doesn’t mean you are allowed more space. The space gets divided in the room among how many people are present, whether they get there early, on time, or late

says the chronically late person who thinks the world revolves around them.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine are:
Clear your bowels before coming to the gym, no one appreciates your farts

If you are a chronically late person, don’t go to gym classes. No one likes having to let you squeeze your mat into the space I staked out 5 mins before class

Don’t camp out on the weight machines, others are waiting.

I hate latecomers, and refuse to let them squeeze in. It's the same person every time. You know they're also the selfish ahole who's always late to everything, because they think the world revolves around their convenience.

What’s the difference? If they came 1 min before class vs 2 min after, you are still
Going to have to make room for them. Just because you get their early doesn’t mean you are allowed more space. The space gets divided in the room among how many people are present, whether they get there early, on time, or late

Nope.

If somebody has to move to make you fit, it means they have to compromise their workout for your tardy self. If there's empty space, by all means take it (likely in the back). But asking, or expecting someone to move because you're late - especially as a habit - is your fault.