A question for the gym rats here

[ATRAIN]

u must shake ur head at me then

I try to do the workout as accurately as i can, but sometimes i know i'm doing it slightly wrong, but too embarrassed to ask someone

Don't be man, people ask me stuff all the time and I show them. No big deal at all. Make friends with some of the regulars and work out with them. Remember everyone starts somewhere, dont be ashamed at all.

[mrsmaalox]

This funny! Well I hate number 1 the most; that is why I have only ever used "Ladies Only" gyms. I just joined a new gym (went for the first time this morning) and they have a ladies only workout room so we'll see how that works out. Sometimes just looking at those sweaty guys makes me want to puke! #3 the socializers are a pain, especially in the ladies areas; but I usually only use the ellipticals so I just park myself on one and they can wait for me.
I'm very squeamish about the locker room/showers too. I pretty much use my own towel and keep a can of Lysol in my bag.

[tlongII]

It's #1 by far for me. I can't stand cleaning somebody else's sweat! The rest of those don't bother me.

[ATRAIN]

It's #1 by far for me. I can't stand cleaning somebody else's sweat! The rest of those don't bother me.

I usually wipe it before and after I use the machines.

[ATRAIN]

Another thing I hate is the hot chicks working out with some chode boyfriend....hahaha hey you know you all thought it at least once.

[florige]

I can't stand it when people don't clean equipment when they are done. And by the same token I hate it when the gym wipes run out. That's just disgusting.

I don't care much about people leaving weights on equipment other than I then wonder if someone is in the middle of reps.... so when I see this I hate having to check around to find out if anyone is using the equipment.

The conversation thing doesn't bother me because I just barge in to get to the equipment.

I don't guess I ever see #4. Do they ask you to find another one or something? I would just ignore them probably.
As for #5 I agree with ATRAIN.

So #1 by far for me is the most annoying.

I have NO PROBLEM at all if I'm on the treadmill if it's crowded and getting off after the allotted time. But when no one is there and there is open treadmills everywhere don't expect me to break my routine and move just because the one I happen to be on is your favorite.
Most of the time it's the older/middle aged women. One time this one woman went and told the trainer on me. I told her that I just got on and wasn't about to cut my workout short just because she wanted that particular treadmill to walk on. She either had to wait, or get on one of the other 10 that were open. I pay my money just like she does. Probably more.

[ATRAIN]

I have NO PROBLEM at all if I'm on the treadmill if it's crowded and getting off after the allotted time. But when no one is there and there is open treadmills everywhere don't expect me to break my routine and move just because the one I happen to be on is your favorite.
Most of the time it's the older/middle aged women. One time this one woman went and told the trainer on me. I told her that I just got on and wasn't about to cut my workout short just because she wanted that particular treadmill to walk on. She either had to wait, or get on one of the other 10 that were open. I pay my money just like she does. Probably more.

So what did the trainer tell you? What did you say. HO is lucky that it wasnt me that she told on.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

When I go to the gym I ignore everyone. I go in, do my thing, and get out. If someone is on the stuff I want, I move to something else. If people are hanging out, checking people out, dressing for success, whatever, I don't notice. Basically I don't care about anyone in there but the Chopper, therefore I have no peeves with anyone there. They could all be engaged in a giant circlejerk and I wouldn't notice or care.

I don't look at you...I don't talk to you...I don't care. I do my workout and get my ass out the door.

[florige]

Don't be man, people ask me stuff all the time and I show them. No big deal at all. Make friends with some of the regulars and work out with them. Remember everyone starts somewhere, dont be ashamed at all.

+1.

[SequSpur]

When I go to the gym I ignore everyone. I go in, do my thing, and get out. If someone is on the stuff I want, I move to something else. If people are hanging out, checking people out, dressing for success, whatever, I don't notice.

I don't look at you...I don't talk to you...I don't care. I do my workout and get my ass out the door.

yeah!

Praise Joel Osteen!

I don't notice anyone.. .. but I did notice some the other day walking up next to me at the sink in the locker room fricking naked.. I'm like wtf? gtfo of here... ... Gaylord...

[florige]

So what did the trainer tell you? What did you say. HO is lucky that it wasnt me that she told on.

The trainer was this girl who was sort of new and inexperienced. She didn't no any better so she came over and asked if I could move. She was really nice and you could tell she wasn't too sure of what she was doing. I told her that I only had 6 more minutes to go and I will be off. I said it loud enough so the older woman could hear me. So the older woman got pissed and grabbed her bag and stormed out. The experienced trainers would had told her right away that she would have to wait until I got off. But you should have heard how she came up to me. "You have to hurry up and finish up". I'm looking at her like who are you? If she had asked nicely or something I probably would have moved. But she's approaching me like it's her gym or something.

[florige]

When I go to the gym I ignore everyone. I go in, do my thing, and get out. If someone is on the stuff I want, I move to something else. If people are hanging out, checking people out, dressing for success, whatever, I don't notice. Basically I don't care about anyone in there but the Chopper, therefore I have no peeves with anyone there. They could all be engaged in a giant circlejerk and I wouldn't notice or care.

I don't look at you...I don't talk to you...I don't care. I do my workout and get my ass out the door.

You don't check out the hot girls there at all?

[tlongII]

When I go to the gym I ignore everyone. I go in, do my thing, and get out. If someone is on the stuff I want, I move to something else. If people are hanging out, checking people out, dressing for success, whatever, I don't notice. Basically I don't care about anyone in there but the Chopper, therefore I have no peeves with anyone there. They could all be engaged in a giant circlejerk and I wouldn't notice or care.

I don't look at you...I don't talk to you...I don't care. I do my workout and get my ass out the door.

You ignore the hotties???

[tlongII]

You don't check out the hot girls there at all?

Didn't see your post before I posted!

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

Oh, I check out the hotties. I'm a man after all....that's the one form of multi-tasking all men are good at.

[florige]

Didn't see your post before I posted!

I try man but them girls be looking riiiiight sometimes.... Especially when you KNOW they are doing stuff around you to get your attention.

[tlongII]

I try man but them girls be looking riiiiight sometimes.... Especially when you KNOW they are doing stuff around you to get your attention.

Like when they're on that machine that works their inner thighs. They're all spread eagle and squeezing their legs together.

[florige]

Like when they're on that machine that works their inner thighs. They're all spread eagle and squeezing their legs together.

I think that is every guy's favorite machine for women. I love it when they are all spread out on that workout mat stretching and stuff......

[SpursWoman]

Wow ... every reason a lot of women don't like going to the gym all validated in one thread. Good job.

[florige]

Wow ... every reason a lot of women don't like going to the gym all validated in one thread. Good job.

I think those also are the reasons alot of them come as well...

[SpursWoman]

Judging from what I hear in the locker room, not as many as you guys would obviously like to think.

I really don't care one way or another about anyone in there and what they are doing ... unless you're hogging a machine I'd like to use. And by "hogging" I mean, 50 sets of 50 reps ... WTF? Increase the weight if you aren't getting a burn yet, dumbass.

And yeah, the sweat thing is pretty disturbing.

[florige]

Judging from what I hear in the locker room, not as many as you guys would obviously like to think.
I really don't care one way or another about anyone in there and what they are doing ... unless you're hogging a machine I'd like to use. And by "hogging" I mean, 50 sets of 50 reps ... WTF? Increase the weight if you aren't getting a burn yet, dumbass.

And yeah, the sweat thing is pretty disturbing.

[to21]

I think that is every guy's favorite machine for women. I love it when they are all spread out on that workout mat stretching and stuff......

Moose knuckle!!

[Cry Havoc]

u must shake ur head at me then

I try to do the workout as accurately as i can, but sometimes i know i'm doing it slightly wrong, but too embarrassed to ask someone

Men aren't scared to admit that they could learn something. Stupid people continue doing something wrong, knowing it's happening.

[E20]

When I go to the gym I ignore everyone. I go in, do my thing, and get out. If someone is on the stuff I want, I move to something else. If people are hanging out, checking people out, dressing for success, whatever, I don't notice. Basically I don't care about anyone in there but the Chopper, therefore I have no peeves with anyone there. They could all be engaged in a giant circlejerk and I wouldn't notice or care.

I don't look at you...I don't talk to you...I don't care. I do my workout and get my ass out the door.

+1.

Same here. When I work out I focus on my workout and usually don't know what's happening around me. Part of it's I wanna focus and make it a quality workout the other part is don't get distracted cause I don't want to waste half my day in the gym.