What NOT to do at the gym..
I ended up going to the gym a little late last night at about 7:20. I get there, warm up for a few minutes and get down to the gym floor. I notice a machine I use (there’s only one) is taken over by a guy talking on his phone. I figure I’ll skip it for now and move on to the next. I finish that up, look back and he’s still standing on the platform of the machine talking on the phone. I’m getting a little bugged now. I go over to do my squats and finish that up. He’s still there. I go and do leg extensions and he’s still there by the time I finish that.
And let me tell you that he was literally just standing there not even using the machine. He was standing there, facing the mirror, talking on the phone. I head over his way and notice that he’s standing next to the machine now. He has an earphone in one ear and his phone on the other ear. I ask him very loudly if he’s done with the machine and he tells me he has one more set so I decided to stand there and wait for him while giving him the evil eye. Truthfully, I don’t even know what his goal was in using the machine because his "set" didn’t consist of much movement. He held the phone with his shoulder next to his ear and did his "set" and finally he was done.
He took that machine up for 25 minutes! I got there at 7:20 and wasn’t able to use it until 7:45! Are you kidding me? I suppose it would be different if he was actually using it but he wasn’t. He was simply standing there, facing the mirror, chatting away on his phone completely oblivious to the fact that his actions are against gym etiqutte. Phones should be banned from the gym. Seriously. I would never ever think of doing anything like that. I don’t even take my phone in with me.
Not quite sure what was going through his head and why he thought that was ok but it wasn’t. So please take note and realize that there are people who want to be in and out…we don’t have time for your phone love sessions or deep talks. Take it outside.
PS Please wear deodorant as well. Big difference between stinky sweat and stinky B.O.
July 16, 2009 at 2:25 pm
preach it girl!!!
July 16, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Interesting you know the same things in the gym are always available and the same things are always unavailable. Seems if you want to do some bench press the muscle heads have those if you want to some squats, well any day of the week you can get in on a squat rack. Nature of the beast.
Plus it is a gym, you are there to work. Nothing more annoying than seeing a dolled up girl putting on a performance, or the rooster man strutting around with half a shirt on. I feel your pain hang in there or go to a real gym.
July 16, 2009 at 2:29 pm
You know my DREAM is to BUY a gym, just so I can EXPELL all these losers out!! you know who you are…phone talkers, sandal or jean wearer, girl cruiser, non-wiper, make up wearer!! I would throw them all out!!!!
July 16, 2009 at 2:29 pm
wow…you are spot on!!
i hate that too!
read my blog "gym-peeves"…you’ll probably agree with every one of mine!
July 16, 2009 at 2:29 pm
Oh, so freakin hillarious!!!
July 16, 2009 at 2:30 pm
That’s hillarious. don’t get me wrong–every guy "needs" dumbells like that to simply contribute money and keep membership fees flowing. but, I prefer the ones that sign up for the automatic bank account withdrawal and never show up. There really should be a guy hired to walk around the gym with a wiffle bat and smack people in the back of the head when they do stupid stuff like that. And NO CELL PHONES in the gym! If you’re time is that important that you have to work while working out, you should have a job that pays enough for you to have a great home gym!
July 16, 2009 at 2:31 pm
I don’t take my phone w/ me either. It’s EXTREMELY ANNOYING that people can’t put their phones in a locker for 45-90 min’s. If you’re THAT busy or social, then don’t bother coming to workout. Sheesh.
July 16, 2009 at 2:55 pm
I used to take my phone with me just in case my kids had an emergency and needed to get a hold of me. But I put it on vibrate and the couple of times my kids did call I went outside to take the call so that I didn’t interrupt anyone. I’m sorry, but there is no such thing as talking quietly in a gym! And there is nothing more annoying than having to listen to someones private converesation while you are trying to work out!
Nowadays I leave my phone in the car or at home and my kids have the number for the gym. If there is an emergency the gym can page me.
July 16, 2009 at 3:23 pm
My gym has a posted sign that say no cell on the gym floor. The gym even explains the policy.
It amazing how people need this otherwise they would just waste our precious time in the gym!