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8 Really Annoying Things People Do at the Gym
Summer is here and that means working on your summertime tan (with the proper SPF, of course). It also means working on that bikini bod. And that means hitting the gym. And that means dealing with some annoying people who do not understand basic gym etiquette! Look, we're all in this thing together. We're all huffing, puffing, and trying like hell to whittle away those last few pounds or quarter of an inch. This is the time for us to band together and support each other. It's not the time to act like a selfish ass. But some people just can't seem to help themselves. Herewith, 8 Really Annoying Things some peeps insist on doing at the gym!
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Water fountain tailgater. So you're at the water fountain, either drinking or filling up your empty water bottle, and there's the person behind you cooling their heels and doing it NOT very subtly. Gimme a break here, I cannot control how fast the water comes out of the tap!
Creepy dude on machine in front of you. This is the guy who deliberately gets on a machine in front of you as you're doing your thing on the elliptical or treadmill, and he spends the entire time looking back at you, obviously checking you out. So rude! Dude, I'm trapped!
Hot dude on the machine in front of you. This is the guy who gets on the machine in front of you and you are totally enjoying checking him out but he never ONCE looks back at you like the creepy dude does. Hello, I'm right behind you!
Cellphone droppers. It seems wherever you go in the gym now, there's a cellphone. It's on your machine. It's on your bench. It's on your mat. Once I dropped a kettle ball only to have it roll right over someone's iPhone. People, WHY do you need cellphones at the gym?
Speaking of cellphones ... The ones who get on their cellphone on the elliptical and spend the whole time talking right next to you. Ugh. Thanks, I wanted to know every single thing going on in your life.
The machine chatter. These are the people who get on a machine and then don't use it. Nope, they just sit there chatting with someone else, sometimes their trainer! Waste of money, much? And not only are you taking up a machine, but you are NOT gonna lose any weight that way, buddy. Get movin'.
The splatterer. This is the person who sweats, coughs, or huffs all over a machine for an hour and then casually walks away from it without cleaning it. Gross!
The stuff draper. This is the person who drapes their jacket, their purse, their duffel bag, their towel, whatever it is, over the machine next to them. And then the draper actually looks irritated when you ask him to move it.
What gym habits annoy you?
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LizB86
The "you're not using that machine correctly, let me give you a lecture on how to do it" know-it-all. Buzz off and let me do it my way!
KariAnne
Ginger
Javi05Eli07
Pretty much all those are reasons I stay away from the gym. I prefer to do mine at home and have my kids join in.
the4mutts
The women that come to the gym in packs, use all the treadmills at once, then all of 1 row of machines, take up every seat in the sauna, then act like high school children by squeeling and playing in the locker room.
Having a gym buddy is good. Having a pack of wild animals with you= not cool.
Lord K
justjess09
Melissa042807
People who hog weight machines, just sitting on them for like ten-minute breaks between sets. Dude, if you need that long of a break, you're doing it wrong.
Also people who do not wipe down their machines with the very handy wipes and nontoxic spray bottles conveniently put everywhere under the big signs. Noooo, they just leave it all gross and sweaty for the next unsuspecting person.
AND people who sit naked on the benches in the locker room with nothing under them. That's just nasty. I can get over you being naked - I don't have to look that closely - but for crying out loud, put a towel down before you sit on the common bench!
RhondaVeggie
KT