You want more?
Just to keep my promise and not be a "liar pants" as french_pedi called me….I am posting MORE rules at the gym.
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1. No farting when I am on a cardio machine next to you. I have had to cut my cardio short due to someone crapping their pants. For the love of God, I hate doing cardio…please do not interrupt my session if I am up there.
2. Please do not leave your McDonald’s or Taco Bell wrappers in the parking lot. First off, I am a very GREEN person. Yes, I drive a gas guzzling SUV, but…don’t pollute my earth with your crap wrappers.
3. If you are working with a trainer for 2 years and have not lost any weight…look at your diet or ask the trainer if he is REALLY helping you.
4. Guys who wear bike shorts to the gym (ya know the super tight bike shorts) who have smaller asses than mine..you do not look hot, you look wimpy.
5. Look at the calories in your "sports drinks". You are probably drinking MORE calories that you are burning off in the gym.
6. If you came to look pretty…"you look pretty"…there, you got your compliment, you can go home now. Sit your pretty lil arse on the couch and eat bon bon’s. I am there to sweat. It matters more what I look outside the gym than what I look like inside.
7. I can’t think of any more….someone help me out….
I just did not want to be a liar head anymore.
March 25, 2009 at 3:32 pm
LOL! Tell it like it is!
March 25, 2009 at 3:33 pm
I have one.
If i’m weight training and you’re on the cardio machine. Find something else to stare at other than me. I know i’m 15ft in front of you, but i can feel your stair. That’s why they have TV’s in the gym.
March 25, 2009 at 3:43 pm
here’s another one:
Don’t wear your f-ing sunglasses in the gym… its not sunny in there!!!! unless your blind or you’re a perv, there is no reason! It cracks me up when I see that! lol
oh, and another one - the obvious one… don’t grunt really loud and have crappy form when weight training, just to draw attention to yourself. you are not doing any good!!! just making a fool out of yourself!
March 25, 2009 at 3:46 pm
I really enjoyed this post. Thanks for sharing your rules. How about no cell phones in the gym.
March 25, 2009 at 3:50 pm
my biggest pet peeve:
dumb asses who drop their dumbells when it isn’t necessary.
If you drop the weight on the floor to get attention I’m going to drop the weight on your face after I volunteer to spot you.
March 25, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Exactly…the only think you should bring into the gym area is your water, ipod, gloves (yes, I do not like calluses on my girly hands) and a towel. Done and done.
March 25, 2009 at 5:11 pm
You are so friggin funny. I was LMAO at these.
Another one is, don’t steal DB’s that are being used by someone else.
Re: #4 - There is a guy who wears spandex bike shorts with the built-in butt padding while riding the stationary bike.
March 25, 2009 at 6:36 pm
Oh we have a guy with the spandex shorts who think he is hot shite…let me just say he has the ass of a 10 year old boy. It is not hot. He is like a stick. eeewwww
March 25, 2009 at 6:37 pm
4) Not that I wear bike shorts, but I thought a small bum was supposed to look good on a guy? You like a man who’s butt is bigger than a woman? Feh.
5) ALL sports’s drinks are sh*t. All muscle powders other than as a protein source or a green food source are scams. Creatine fills in your definition. Drink coconut water, people. Jesus.
Here’s one…
Don’t leave your towel on a piece of equipment and then walk away and forget about it. I’ll wait one minute, after that, I will take the f–king towel and throw it on the damn floor. I’m not going to go around to everybody in the gym asking them *wussy voice* "Excuse me, is this your towel".
I find I have to do this once a week, I’ve only had one person with the balls to call me on it in the last year and I told him "Next time don’t leave your f–king towel on the goddamn bench."
That’s all.
March 25, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Here’s another one… If you put weights on the barbells TAKE THEM OFF WHEN YOU ARE DONE!!!! Don’t be an ass and leave them on there for someone else to do your cleaning for you!
March 25, 2009 at 8:35 pm
here’s a new one: i saw a guy in the lockerroom wearing thong underwear. i am all about metro, but that was beyond anything i was prepared for. do they make men’s thongs or was he wearing women’s underwear? what was he trying to say wearing it to the gym? a cry for help maybe?
March 27, 2009 at 2:37 am
Here’s a few: when you’re done with the weight put it back. I’m sick of having to unload the leg press machine so that i can load up he squat rack.
I’m bigger than you; so- IF I’M NOT YELLING DURING MY WORKOUT, DON’T YOU YELL DURIING MY WORKOUT. I don’t need to hear your damn moans, screams, or any other sounds that should be confined to your bedroom… ya freak.
If you see me with my eyes closed, and my hands on my thighs, sitting in front of a station with alot of weight on it, this is not the time for me to hear "Don’t hurt yourself. hehehe" or "Are you sure you can handle it? hehehe" I’M MEDITATING TO CLEAR THOSE DOUBT OUT OF MY HEAD. STOP PUTTING THE DOUBTS BACK IN MY HEAD.
I can go on and on. But i have to do a giant set of delt raises in my office parking lot with my power blocks while french_pedi is asleep dreaming of the perfect pedicure kit.
Love the post.
March 27, 2009 at 3:25 am
lol @ #3 and 4. the rest were funny too.
March 27, 2009 at 5:09 am
ROFLOL nice 1. is the best LOL. thanks you made my day
March 27, 2009 at 5:58 am
I have one that if someone does it to me again, I will cause some physical injury, not sure if it’ll be to me or them yet though.
If I am concentrating and looking in the mirror while doing heavy squats or lunges for example. I am looking in the rmirror for a reason, to watch my form.and that look of pain on my face is concentration, which is very much broken when you walk in front of the mirror in front of me!
March 27, 2009 at 6:13 am
Wow I like this blog! this is probably one of the few blogs that is very true I think that we have had the same problems at the gym i was at before at the Next Level Fitness here is another rule that should be imposed at all gyms and i beleive it is but not a lot of people pay attention to it. Most gyms provide each bench with a spray bottle and towel can anyone guess why? I hate it when this happens but no one and I mean no one should have to have this happen to them when you go to sit down on the bench press or any machine for that matter you expect t be able to start your workout right away but you can’t because the stupid arse before you never wiped down the bench when they were done in you just sat down on a freaking puddle of someone else’s sweat!
March 29, 2009 at 8:36 pm
LOL Makes me appreciate working out at home!
April 2, 2009 at 11:54 pm
I think we can begin an encyclopedia of gym rules. I was thinking thinking I could then give each new person I see at the gym a printout. "
Hello and Welcome! Here are the RULES!"
:D
April 8, 2009 at 1:44 pm
i love coffee to death, but who can seriously drink coffee while doing cardio! this isn’t borders or starbucks… it’s a gym!
April 12, 2009 at 6:39 am
A lot of anger on some of these comments. Don’t let someone ruin your day by their very impolite actions. It really isn’t worth getting worked up. I like the comments concerning helpful hints at the gym. I will add one that you didn’t list. Don’t bring your cell phone to the gym. I see some people talking (or texting) on their cellphone more than working out! The whole purpose of being in the gym is to workout your body and that cellphone is a distraction to your workout. I noticed in California that some of the gyms (24 Hour Fitness) don’t allow cellphones in the gym. I wouldn’t go that far because one or two times a year, I do take my cellphone in the gym because I know that I’m about to receive a call from some impatient construction or project manager that has to have an answer right away. Anyway, what can someone actually take a picture of?
April 15, 2009 at 11:01 am
These are very good, specially the on that dblkhulk posted. It seems that the rules of the gym are the same all over the world as well as the problems.
But it is nice to see that there are idiots outside Finland! I have thought that they all workout at gyms here!
April 18, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Sometimes I wish I could do the #1. There is a guy at our gym, that I would love to stink out at times.
April 18, 2009 at 4:11 pm
oh man I accidently let one rip and slowly sulked away when the girl on the treadmills face got all screwy……..sorry random girl I’m sorry just my 10 mph sprint at the time was pushing it out I swear! I’ll go run on the track….
April 18, 2009 at 4:23 pm
great blog,made me smile. guys in thongs talking on cellphones whilst they are dropping thier guts looking at the girl doing squats drinking a starbucks brought into her by her personal trainer wearing those massive raybans that make you look like a beetle! hilarious. i want to go to that gym.
April 18, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Please don’t try to chat me up and ask me questions when I’m working out. I’ve got headphones on for a reason, other than the obvious one.
April 23, 2009 at 8:00 pm
One more, DONT sit on a machine, do one half-ass set, and then get on your cell phone for a half hour.
If I need the machine, I will come by and snap the damn thing out our your hands with by gym towel!
June 11, 2009 at 9:30 pm
Great blog…
How about do not try possing and showing your misseries if you do not have the size, form? I have seen guys that have probably 2 months training and doing poses and pulling up their t shirts. Mate that is not on!
Cheers
June 15, 2009 at 1:16 pm
You will never become satisfied if you look at the negative experiences of your gym experience (or any experience for that matter). Complaining is acknowledging the negative, and the best thing to do is to 1) Fix it or change it .. 2) Ignore it .. or 3) Accept it. I usually go in that order if the preceding step does not work. For example, pick up the trash on the ground if you cant STAND looking at it. If someone craps their pants next to you, look at them and say "do you mind?".. or switch machines if you can. If you can’t fix or ignore it… just accept it and let it be.
June 15, 2009 at 1:57 pm
Wow, someone MIGHT be having a bad day? LMAO
June 15, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Or you can bring baby wipes in case of such an occasion and wipe the offender’s ass if you don’t like crap in their pants.
June 15, 2009 at 2:18 pm
keep workout groups to 3 or less, if not you are taking WAY too much time on a machine others want you use and you are having WAAAY too much rest time in between sets so you are wasting your time and more importantly mine….
June 16, 2009 at 10:21 am
I have a couple:
-Don’t lift your dumbell sets right in front of the weight rack, no one can use those weights your standing in front of until your done.
-Don’t have long conversations standing in front of or leaning or sitting on unused equipment, others want to use the equipment and your 30 min conversation is keeping everyone waiting.
June 16, 2009 at 10:31 am
"Yo dude, do you REALLY NEED to do your set of standing barbell curls RIGHT next me me when I am benching? In the exact spot that leaves me just about not enough space to even get my full range of motion? It’s the middle of the day and we’re not packed in here. F’n MOVE.
July 3, 2009 at 8:19 am
God your great!!
November 11, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Please if you are a trainer in any gym, look better than 80 % of the clients you train.Nothing worse than a male trainer with a beer gut who can barely spot you correctly.Worse yet, a trainer checking out the gym scenery while your client isn’t counting the reps & sets and their form is going to injure them.You wonder why they never show up again?? Hmmmm