Gym Etiquette

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  • holtz
    holtz Posts: 509
    mookie9999 wrote:
    That is bad. But if the guy was oblivious to it he may have been having a seizure or something. A childhood friend of mine would have seizures and would piss his pants.

    The guy was standing in front of a mirror getting dressed, didn't seem like a seizure or anything. The guy is really creepy to begin with and shitting himself was just another in a list of strange things from him.
  • brain of c
    brain of c Posts: 5,213
    i got dragged to a gym once.













    once.
    d'oh!!!!!!

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  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    GTFLYGIRL wrote:
    I just hate the gym this time of year.

    I'll like it a whole lot better in 3 weeks when all the resolutionists stop coming!!!
    that is my pet peeve! all of these resolution people are taking my treadmills and parking spots!!
  • PJGARDEN
    PJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    ok so I have a gym question for you guys. I am normally at the gym every day of the week....no exceptions. I had foot surgery about month ago. Yesterday the doctor cleared me to do some light upper body weights but thats it. I am still on crutches and can't get around all that well. In fact I am really slow getting up and down and moving at all. I really want to start working out again but I'm afraid I would be getting in other peoples way. Do you guys think I should just wait at least until I'm off crutches?
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Jwmcc wrote:

    2. I don't mind the people who chat on the phone while by themselves on a machine, but I can't stand those who gossip/chat during a class. I can't count the number of times I've had to do punishment sets cause people like that piss the instructor off.

    A-HAA!. Thank you. I am an instructor who owns a small fitness center of a jazz-dance based fitness program. And it does piss me off when people are holding a side conversation DURING the cardio. It is dangerous. Shut the fuck up and listen to my damn cues so you don't trip. I don't think I could get away with making them do punishment sets, but you have given me fodder to make a joke and maybe get the idea across.
    PJGARDEN wrote:
    ok so I have a gym question for you guys. I am normally at the gym every day of the week....no exceptions. I had foot surgery about month ago. Yesterday the doctor cleared me to do some light upper body weights but thats it. I am still on crutches and can't get around all that well. In fact I am really slow getting up and down and moving at all. I really want to start working out again but I'm afraid I would be getting in other peoples way. Do you guys think I should just wait at least until I'm off crutches?

    I would think you should probably pay attention to what your doctor suggests. Why not ask him/her if you could do something like stationary bike though?

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  • PJGARDEN
    PJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    JaneNY wrote:
    I would think you should probably pay attention to what your doctor suggests. Why not ask him/her if you could do something like stationary bike though?.

    He said I can start swimming or use a stationary bike in two weeks. Just the weights for now. Its killing me to not work out.
  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    New one from last night. To the underpaid employee who must mop up the bathroom, your efforts are much appreciated. But do you think in the future you could wait until I was finished at the urinal before you started to mop at my heels?
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    LMAO!!! dam that was funny. i fuckin those people who mark their territory, fuck you!
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  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    LMAO!!! dam that was funny. i fuckin those people who mark their territory, fuck you!

    Are you talking to me?!? You make it sound like I went in the locker or something! :D
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • Drop The Leash 10
    Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    no fuck the people who mark their territory! :D
    I will be what i could be
    Once I get out of this town


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  • mookie9999
    mookie9999 Posts: 4,677
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    no fuck the people who mark their territory! :D

    Well in that one blanket statement you've accounted for all of the dogs I've ever owned, and my poor Uncle Phil.
    "The leads are weak!"

    "The leads are weak? Fuckin' leads are weak? You're Weak! I've Been in this business 15 years"

    "What's your name?"

    "FUCK YOU! THAT"S MY NAME!"
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    ***Attention***

    If you belong to one of the sports clubs (bsc, nysc, psc etc) you can go on the web site and vote on your favorite type of music apparently.

    Also I met with a trainer this morning and he was asking me a lot of questions about what kind of music I work out to, so maybe they are trying to change it up.
  • Detroit2NYC
    Detroit2NYC New York, NY Posts: 337
    Funny Gym Story: I was in the bathroom at my gym a few weeks ago and, as usual, I was minding my own business, trying not to look at or make eye contact with anyone (especially naked people). Out of the corner of my eye, I couldn't help but notice an older, rather androgynous looking woman with a spiked hairdoo walking around the locker room completely nude from the waist up. As I walked through the locker room to the sink to wash my face, she followed me, but I still did not acknowledge her. When I was finished with the sink, I went to throw out my paper towel and she stood right next to me looking directly at me (old saggy boobs just blazin out for all to see). When I still didn't look over, she said directly to me, quite proudly, "I just swallowed 3 vitamins without swallowing my gum!"

    Not knowing what the hell to do at this point, I smiled and did a nervous fake laugh in her general direction without my eyes falling directly on her, then ran out of the room!

    Who talks to strangers while naked?!
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    Detroit2NYC wrote:

    Who talks to strangers while naked?!

    seriously you should go to this all-women's gym I used to go to, it's like a nudist colony in the locker room.
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    This thread is starting to remind me of those 1970's/early 80's "women in prison" type movies. Like something Linda Blair would have starred in.
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  • Detroit2NYC
    Detroit2NYC New York, NY Posts: 337
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    seriously you should go to this all-women's gym I used to go to, it's like a nudist colony in the locker room.

    I mean, I guess its cool that people are comfortable enough in their own skin to get naked in a public locker room, but I can't believe just HOW comfortable some of these people are! They will full on squat around and bend over and stuff.

    Maybe I'm a prude, but if I have to change at the gym, I usually go into the bathroom stall, which makes me look even weirder cuz they think I have some deformity or a huge birth mark or something to hide. Really, its just cuz I don't offer free shows....at least buy me a drink first!
  • GreenTeaDisease
    GreenTeaDisease Posts: 3,359
    Detroit2NYC wrote:
    I mean, I guess its cool that people are comfortable enough in their own skin to get naked in a public locker room, but I can't believe just HOW comfortable some of these people are! They will full on squat around and bend over and stuff.

    Maybe I'm a prude, but if I have to change at the gym, I usually go into the bathroom stall, which makes me look even weirder cuz they think I have some deformity or a huge birth mark or something to hide. Really, its just cuz I don't offer free shows....at least buy me a drink first!

    I could care less if people see me naked, but I like to take into consideration that maybe some people don't *want* to see me naked, just as I don't want to see *them* naked. it's one thing to be comfortable in your body, but you have to be considerate of other people. I usually just quickly change facing the lockers and keeping my towel in strategic locations.
  • Detroit2NYC
    Detroit2NYC New York, NY Posts: 337
    GreenTeaDisease wrote:
    I could care less if people see me naked, but I like to take into consideration that maybe some people don't *want* to see me naked, just as I don't want to see *them* naked. it's one thing to be comfortable in your body, but you have to be considerate of other people. I usually just quickly change facing the lockers and keeping my towel in strategic locations.


    Agreed.
  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    PJGARDEN wrote:
    ok so I have a gym question for you guys. I am normally at the gym every day of the week....no exceptions. I had foot surgery about month ago. Yesterday the doctor cleared me to do some light upper body weights but thats it. I am still on crutches and can't get around all that well. In fact I am really slow getting up and down and moving at all. I really want to start working out again but I'm afraid I would be getting in other peoples way. Do you guys think I should just wait at least until I'm off crutches?

    No - you're fine.
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  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    The women's locker room sounds pretty kickass.

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