reneGade20 said:

My pet peeve is when there's hardly anyone at the gym for most of the year...and suddenly everybody and his brother/sister is there in January...and you can't find a spot to save your soul.

I'll just work out with my kettlebells at home in January...then go back in February when everyone's crapped out again.

Genesia said:

Ah yes! We call them "The Resolutioners" . And yes, they usually start to fall off around February .

What a great thread...

I think you guys have mentioned most of them. I usually have my ipod on and the bill of my cap so low as to avoid eye contact with anyone. I really dislike all the chit-chatters. Working out is, ultimately, boring. I go and get the hell out as fast as I can. But, if I do make eye-contact, it's all over. As a gay man in L.A (where working out is the law or something) if you make eye contact (for whatever reason) then it's assumed your cruising and these mofo's will stalk you the entire session. They will echo every set you're doing and just fucking stare. It's creepy. And let's not get started with the whole shower fiasco. I only shower if it's a time crunch and I have plans afterwards. I shower and face the the shower-head and never look back. Because, I can guarantee some sick mofo (usually some out-of-shape fool) is checking me, or whoever, out and jerking off. It's sick. It's not a fucking bathhouse boys! Jesus-fucking-christ, that bugs the shit out of me.

MuthaFunka said:

Is that really gym specific?

MuthaFunka said:

They get sore a couple times and it's all over.

I hate the Monday night water aerobics instructor who does not believe in playing music during the session. BORING! And the bitch be having us do the same leg lift shit over and over. I need more cardio. I quit going because of her. I wish she'd quit.

And I hate personal trainers that think being a muscle bound roid ranger is the only way to be. I said I wanted to lose weight, not be a body builder.

meow85 said:

LOL It happens A LOT in the gym though! There are people that accidentally fart as they exert energy! Hell, I'VE DONE IT!

Genesia said:

Yep. After that 1st workout, them muscles are achin' and then they have to work through the pain for the 2nd workout - hilarious!

MuthaFunka said:

I won't do bendy exercises in the gym for fear of queefing.

JuliePurplehead said:

1. When you ask someone to spot you and they suddenly become your official trainer. "Come on man, do one more, don't puss out on me now, Yeah that's it, feel the burn!.

2. When someone weighs themselves before they start working out, and immediately after they finish. Yes dumbass you weigh 2 or 3 pounds less, but all you did is lose water weight, weigh yourself at the beginning and the end of the week fool.

3. When the person who works the front door acts like a bouncer in a club and won't let you in the gym without your card even though he sees you everyday.

Peeves:

People looking at my ass!!! Im at the gym to work out, not to feel like a piece of meat. For this reason I cover up as much as I can with layers of clothes.

People who dont wipe the machine down when they are done.

People who stand around and chat.

People who pass gas when they work out. Its not like we can walk away.
Your in the middle of your workout and someone farts!!! OH HELL NO!!!

bboy87 said:

At least they aren't funkin' up the place!

reneGade20 said:

Yeah, that's fucking annoying. My college gym was awful for that. For some reason the asian dudes (I live in Seattle, so that's 40% of the college population) were especially prone to hanging out on the machines, talking, or doing nothing at all. I'm like, why? Why here?

CalhounSq said:

A young kid did that to me the other day. I let him work in with me.

What I hate is when someone just cuts in on your machine, right in the middle of your sets. This usually happens when I'm resting between sets.

I can't STAND people that bring newspapers, books, magazines or cell phones into the gym. The gym is a place of BUSINESS, not a library or office.

I don't shower at the gym any more because of people that blow their nose in the shower. What the hell?!?

My iPod crashed, so now I have to listen to the piped in music. Suffice to say they never play any Prince. Bummer.

Dudes need to re-rack their weights when they're done.

All in all, though, I work out at a really great gym. In fact, I'm heading over there in about 30 minutes!

I belong to 2 gyms and most of the members are of the 20 - 30's professional Thankfully, I don't have to worry about or encounter what most of you have posted.

My biggest gripe is personal space, especially in a class. If I happen to kick the shit out of your dumb ass for being up my ass during a kickboxing class, step the hell back the next time.

And lol at the nekkid men comments. One of my exes told me about how many of them would walk around naked in the locker room like they were home. To quote him,"I don't want to have to see another man's hairy ass or droppy balls in my face when I walk in the locker room." he said one used to lotion his whole body while naked, bend over and expose his scrotum for all to see.

The other day I was in the gym and guy comes into the restroom with a sandwich in one hand and a bag of chips in the other. He is eating the sandwich and he walks into the stall. A few minutes later he walks out of the stall after taking a shit and doesn't even wash his hands. Then he proceeds to eat his sandwich. My question is: What the fuck did he do with his sandwich while he was taking a shit? Keep in mind he had a sandwich in one hand and a bag of chips in the other. That's a nasty mutherfucka! True story.

jaimestarr79 said:

Okay, eww!

chocolate1 said:

WHY THE HELL would someone be eating at the gym anyway?
GROSS!!!

JuliePurplehead said:

LMFAO, if there wasn't just the slightest chance my wife or kids might actually read some of my posts, THAT WOULD BE IN MY SIGNATURE.

JuliePurplehead said:

x 100 badrillion

MuthaFunka said:

Guess I'll have to take your word for it. I'm too lazy to ever be at the gym

I did work for a few months a couple years ago cleaning one though, so I've got a few of my own horror stories about nasty, sweaty people.

JustErin said:

Thats why fat people go to the gym, to lose weight, asshole.

meow85 said:

Eesh!

Wowugotit said:

Oh.

Well you learn something new every day!!

MuthaFunka said:

You think using a machine after some sweaty fool's been using it is bad, try cleaning a room full of them after a day full of sweaty fools.

Not to mention short n curlies in the sauna room seast.

JustErin said:

meow85 said:

Aw fuck! THANKS, MEOW!