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A couple rules I have for the gym that I see often broke:
1. DO NOT wear your pajama’s to the gym. Why is it that people think it is ok to wear flannel pj pants to the gym?
2. Do not wear your underwear around the gym. Yes…there is an older man who is about mid to late 60’s and he wears these Joe Boxer boxers, and he thinks they are shorts. He always comes up and makes conversation….but I am embarrised for him.
3. If you are able to read a book while doing cardio, it does not count as cardio.
4. If I am lifting in front of a the mirrors please do not stand in front of me. Yes, this happened today…just a foot in front of me. I felt crowded…how could they not?
5. If you are getting all dolled up to pick up a piece of A$$ at the gym, go to the bar….
Thank you….more to follow. 
February 11, 2009 at 12:57 pm
amen!
February 11, 2009 at 1:01 pm
LMAO. #5) I see girls with their makeup on and their hair pulled back so nicely wearing nice matchy outfits. And I feel like such a shlub in my dirty baseball cap and sweats. But I’m stronger than they are, and I clean up nice HAHA.
#4) People sometimes don’t understand personal space. I can’t stand when someone gets to close to me. I feel like I can’t move.
February 11, 2009 at 1:04 pm
Wow…I think everyone has the same rants about the gym…
My gym always has these girls that walk around in the tinest little shorts I’ve ever seen, it’s disgusting…and I’m sorry make-up!! Big no no!! Like come on girls, honestly they make girls everywhere look bad hahaha.
February 11, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I have a motto that I follow…."it doesn’t matter what you look like inside the gym, it matters what you look like outside the gym." That pertains to the make up part…you still can’t wear yoru pj’s and undies to the gym.
February 11, 2009 at 1:15 pm
It’s usually the guys that are trying to "impress" you with their strength that like to stand in front of you and swing those dumbbells like they were ringing a bell. Sometimes I’m tempted to ask "how’s your back feeling now, moron?"
February 11, 2009 at 2:00 pm
I wish the biggest problems I had to deal with is girls wearing makeup and people reading on the cardio machines. My gym has become a daycare for adults that still have not learned how to clean up after themselves…in the weight room as well as the restrooms. Cant wait for this time of the year to be over and all the seasonal people are gone.
February 13, 2009 at 2:25 am
lol..funny stuff..and its true. Gyms are like little worlds you enter and you see all kinds of things. Wacky outfits, girls who do anything to get attention, but then feel violated when they get it. guys hitting on girls and making it seem like they are just striking up a conversation. etc ..etc ..etc
February 13, 2009 at 2:29 am
Lol, I agree. How about people that wear slippers to the grocery store? What’s up with that, so you can’t take a minute and put on shoes?
February 19, 2009 at 1:16 pm
So I took your advice Lisa and didn’t wear my undies while at the gym…. and hmmm not too comfortable going commando while lifting and let me tell you the treadmill—was definitely a no no (LMFAO)
February 26, 2009 at 2:22 am
Well goll-darn it, Lisa!! you just took ALL the fun outta the gym for me.. No panties.. No PJ.s.. No make up.. and (here’s the worst) NO pick ups??? oh jeez.. what’s next.. NO GRUNTING??!! you gonna take that away from me too?? hahahahahahah
February 26, 2009 at 8:31 pm
That is too damn funny…and so very true!!
March 1, 2009 at 10:00 am
Ever since I’ve read this blog, I’m noticing more and more people wear their PJ’s to the gym. Now I can’t stop thinking "what the hell?"
March 3, 2009 at 11:36 am
Hey now I wear pjs to the gym! Its March and in Chicago there is snow! Its cold. I believe in keeping your muscles warm especially the largest muscle groups in your body. (Blood flow)
I dislike the people who lift in jeans. I think thats just silly. PJ pants or track pants have mobility and warmth.
Plus on upper body days i don’t need shorts but I want to stay warm. Leg days I wear track pants or shorts (more for full range of motion)
This should be posted on the walls of the gyms:
3. If you are able to read a book while doing cardio, it does not count as cardio.
March 14, 2009 at 5:30 pm
I think it’s weird if people/men wear khaki dockers shorts. ???
March 14, 2009 at 5:36 pm
a) Jeans and a Polo shirt or Shorts and a Polo Shirt
b) Sandals
and speaking to #4 - that is a cardinal rule in the gym, you can walk in front to grab some dumbbells really quick, otherwise get the f*** out of the person already there.
March 14, 2009 at 5:43 pm
my previous gym actually did post the "if you can read these magazines while doing cardio then it is not considered cardio" on the magazine rack
March 14, 2009 at 6:06 pm
While I am not offended by someone dressing up (or down for that matter) - it is really irrelevent since I am there for me. What tends to happen is that MY purpose for being there gets hindered when others have a totaly different porpose for showing up (i.e. the pickup). If they respect themselves, their fitness goals, and their space - they are more likely to respect mine. If they are there to focus on someone else - we will bump heads - guaranteed. Good rules!
March 14, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Can’t say I’ve seen PJ’s yet but I have seen some shorts/tights that I wish I had a pair of pjs to give them. It would have been a step up.
Can I add one?
#6 The machine hog..this guy comes in every Monday to hog three machines. He puts a towel on each and barks at anyone who comes near them.
March 15, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Couldn’t agree more about the cardio… PJs really don’t bother me. I used to wear PJ pants to class in college with flip flops. I’m not much for dressing up to go to the grocery store… as though I really care what people think of me there.
However, I don’t mind a little eye candy at the gym…
March 23, 2009 at 2:43 pm
Oh, does this ever fall into the "don’t get me started" category.
1&2) How about wear more clothes to the gym? Guys showing off 11" inch arms covered in tattoos in their little tiny teeny tank tops. This is a gym, not a carnival sideshow, are you taking notes? Save it for the damn beach.
3) Hell yeah, you shouldn’t even be able to have a conversation while you’re doing cardio.
4) This happens to me a least once a week, when I’m doing lateral raises, someone will walk into my trajectory so that I have to stop mid set. One of these days I’m going to keep going and see how they like a bar bell to the chin.
5) Spot on. How come they can have a "Living Well Lady" gym and other all female gyms but they cant have an all male gym? I’d sign up in a New York minute.
Great post.
March 25, 2009 at 3:40 pm
great post! lol I’m going to read the other on next, but I had to comment on here first
all that is true, I hate when people stand in front of me, its like "hello"!! what are you doing??
March 26, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Ok I just cant stand the pervs at my gym…. Not like the guys checkin girls out or looking at an attractive female. Im talking about the 50 or 60 yr olds who will position themselves in a place where when your doing dead lifts they can get there looks in. EW thats border like illegal dude, get your head out of my ass sicko! Oh yeah and there should be a rule against cell phones. I thought I had seen it all when I saw a lady going a 1/2 mile and hour with her cell phone annnnnnnd magazine…. Seriously?
March 27, 2009 at 3:23 am
ahahaha… funny. my favorite part was the book/cardio.
April 2, 2009 at 11:04 am
I agree with all your points but would like to add my pet peeve as well. I hate it when people do not unload their plates when they finish lifting. Nothing I hate worse than to have to spend about 10 minutes of my workout unloading and reracking plates so I can lift.
April 8, 2009 at 1:41 pm
haha when i worked at the gym my biggest was getting dolled up… i go there to look good when i’m not there!
May 25, 2009 at 9:02 pm
Wow… The flannel PJ’s.. KILL MEEEE.. this guy wears the SAME pair every day… bright blue with clouds and stars on it….