THE GYM IS as much about working out as it is getting away from the stresses of daily life.
Work and family commitments can weigh us all down from time to time and for many, a good blowout in the gym is the perfect antidote for us when we’re feeling a little sorry for ourselves.
But very often, and it’s always the littlest things, that end up really getting under our skin. Like the overweight sweaty guy who never wipes down his machine after the spinning class! (I’ll swing for him some day…)
Here’s another 15 things that really, REALLY drive us around the bend:
This is for the bedroom, women’s tennis and manual labour, not the gym. We know you’re under pressure, that’s why you’re here. Keep the noise down please.
2. People standing over you implying ‘are you finished yet?’
If you’re in the line for the checkout with your shopping being processed, would it be out of order if someone asked ‘are you done’? If you’re in the middle of a ‘natural break’ somewhere, is it rude to ask ‘are you done?’ YES! P*** off and come back when I’m done. Your muscles won’t shrink in the four minutes it takes for me to finish this set.
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3. People who wear their 14-year-old brother’s t-shirts to look buff
C’mon man, you don’t need to shop in the baby section. You’re 44-years-old.
4. A lack of equipment for strong people
Okay, now we’re getting into serious stuff. It appears gyms fall into a few categories. There are leisure centres where the boys go for a 40-minute sauna, there’s a gym where the emphasis is on vanity and just plodding around, and there are gyms where the emphasis is on getting stronger, faster and fitter. Some gyms have an identity crisis and try to be all three. This is a mistake, we think, because very often at the more serious end of things there isn’t enough heavy weights, meaning the queue for same is like Newland’s Cross at 5pm on a Monday.
5. People focussing on arms, arms and arms
The Johnny Bravo’s of the world, you know who you are. 28-inch waist, 28-inch arms. Wear pants the next day please those legs repulse me.
6. Music too low…and on repeat…and terrible
A cardinal sin. It can’t be that expensive to download some fresh music and plug it into a speaker. Maybe if the music was up higher there’d be less talking, and hogging of machines?
Spuggy from Byker Grove. Move along.
7. People thinking it’s Byker Grove
Yes, the boys’ club. The girls’ club. We’re all guilty of it. Marking your territory at the squat rack with a towel and leaving it for 15 minutes while you talk to the lads about Balotelli’s goal last night. Unforgivable.
8. People who don’t return the weights
Wes we’re all busy, we all have places to be, but at least have the courtesy to allow the next guy or girl find what he’s looking for so he or she can be where he or she needs to be. And that’s not running across the room to find a dumbbell you left in the corner.
9. People who tell me my programme is all wrong
‘No that’s wrong, you shouldn’t do that, that’s pointless’. Grrrrrr…..Lectures are for college. That is all. Keep your wisdom to yourself.
10. A lack of space
Is there anything worse than doing your session in a room more packed than the downstairs of Coppers? Spread out lads!
11. No free water
Granted, we’ve to pay for it now and the thing usually dribbles it to you so slowly anyway but still, if I’m in this heaving sweat-box after work I’m getting even more stressed, not less! Personally? Every gym should have three of these.
12. People hogging the machines
Do a set, check the phone, reply to other half, quick sconce at the hot guy who just walked in, receive text from other half, ponder what to have for dinner, do another set, repeat. Before you know it the gym is closing. Tip: get it done, wipe it down, move on, leave the phone in the bag unless you’re an emergency response paramedic.
13. People who bring kids in
While I do like the idea of training kids early, your 5-year-old should be with her child-minder in the crèche. There’s time enough to work on her glutes.
14. Guys pulling up their t-shirts to wipe their forehead so they can show off their abs
14 things that really annoy us off in the gym
THE GYM IS as much about working out as it is getting away from the stresses of daily life.
Work and family commitments can weigh us all down from time to time and for many, a good blowout in the gym is the perfect antidote for us when we’re feeling a little sorry for ourselves.
But very often, and it’s always the littlest things, that end up really getting under our skin. Like the overweight sweaty guy who never wipes down his machine after the spinning class! (I’ll swing for him some day…)
Here’s another 15 things that really, REALLY drive us around the bend:
1. Grunting
This is for the bedroom, women’s tennis and manual labour, not the gym. We know you’re under pressure, that’s why you’re here. Keep the noise down please.
2. People standing over you implying ‘are you finished yet?’
If you’re in the line for the checkout with your shopping being processed, would it be out of order if someone asked ‘are you done’? If you’re in the middle of a ‘natural break’ somewhere, is it rude to ask ‘are you done?’ YES! P*** off and come back when I’m done. Your muscles won’t shrink in the four minutes it takes for me to finish this set.
3. People who wear their 14-year-old brother’s t-shirts to look buff
C’mon man, you don’t need to shop in the baby section. You’re 44-years-old.
4. A lack of equipment for strong people
Okay, now we’re getting into serious stuff. It appears gyms fall into a few categories. There are leisure centres where the boys go for a 40-minute sauna, there’s a gym where the emphasis is on vanity and just plodding around, and there are gyms where the emphasis is on getting stronger, faster and fitter. Some gyms have an identity crisis and try to be all three. This is a mistake, we think, because very often at the more serious end of things there isn’t enough heavy weights, meaning the queue for same is like Newland’s Cross at 5pm on a Monday.
5. People focussing on arms, arms and arms
The Johnny Bravo’s of the world, you know who you are. 28-inch waist, 28-inch arms. Wear pants the next day please those legs repulse me.
6. Music too low…and on repeat…and terrible
A cardinal sin. It can’t be that expensive to download some fresh music and plug it into a speaker. Maybe if the music was up higher there’d be less talking, and hogging of machines?
7. People thinking it’s Byker Grove
Yes, the boys’ club. The girls’ club. We’re all guilty of it. Marking your territory at the squat rack with a towel and leaving it for 15 minutes while you talk to the lads about Balotelli’s goal last night. Unforgivable.
8. People who don’t return the weights
Wes we’re all busy, we all have places to be, but at least have the courtesy to allow the next guy or girl find what he’s looking for so he or she can be where he or she needs to be. And that’s not running across the room to find a dumbbell you left in the corner.
9. People who tell me my programme is all wrong
‘No that’s wrong, you shouldn’t do that, that’s pointless’. Grrrrrr…..Lectures are for college. That is all. Keep your wisdom to yourself.
10. A lack of space
Is there anything worse than doing your session in a room more packed than the downstairs of Coppers? Spread out lads!
11. No free water
Granted, we’ve to pay for it now and the thing usually dribbles it to you so slowly anyway but still, if I’m in this heaving sweat-box after work I’m getting even more stressed, not less! Personally? Every gym should have three of these.
12. People hogging the machines
Do a set, check the phone, reply to other half, quick sconce at the hot guy who just walked in, receive text from other half, ponder what to have for dinner, do another set, repeat. Before you know it the gym is closing. Tip: get it done, wipe it down, move on, leave the phone in the bag unless you’re an emergency response paramedic.
13. People who bring kids in
While I do like the idea of training kids early, your 5-year-old should be with her child-minder in the crèche. There’s time enough to work on her glutes.
14. Guys pulling up their t-shirts to wipe their forehead so they can show off their abs
Okay, that’s enough, once more and you’re out.
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