What are some stuff people do at the gym that make you cringe?

[Marco10]

I don’t go to gum

I go to gym and I have a list of cringe shit that get on my nerves

[FlySwimmer]

1. People who think I am to young to be there
2. People who make an excessive amount of grunts and moans (it is just weird af)
3. People who stare (idc the gender just stop being a creep)
4. People who go to the gym to do like 15 min of cardio and then leve
5. People who take mirror pics (especially when they do it near you)
6. People who ask for your number at the gym (like I don’t give a fuck about girls rn, I am here to work out and leave..)
7. People who decide you need a spotter when the machine makes it so that the weights literally cannot fall on you)
8. People who ask you for suggestions on workouts (like why, look it up or something, don’t bother me)
9. People who make fun of others who are just trying to get into shape
10. People who try to say hi to talk to me when I am lifting weights
11. People that drop weights on purpose (I get accidents happen, but you can set them down and you don’t need to drop them every time you want to set them down!)

Probs missing a few but that is a lot of them :)

[Marco10]

Good list, all those bother me too.

[zeitgeist057]

1. Phone addicts. Okay fine, be a phone addict. But don't be one while occupying space intended for working out, while others are waiting for the space. This is a subcategory of a larger group of "Resters" who spend 5 minutes resting for every 30 seconds of working out.

2. Multi-station hogs - "oh hey, I'm on that machine, that's why I left my towel. Oh yeah, and this one as well. Oh and the other one over there where I left my water bottle. I'm doing a circuit." on 4-5 different things, in a crowded gym where people are waiting for equipment.

3. Screamers. Ok, a little grunting or whatever is fine, yeah give it that final push. But the agro wtf I'm hearing you have an orgasm from the other side of the gym screaming? Stop. doing. that. Seriously, what if all 25 people in the gym just started screaming as loud as you are right now? Not pleasant? so don't do it.

4. General "can't follow the rules of respecting others" people. Don't wipe the station down, don't adhere to time limits, dress codes (you could work out naked for all I care, I'm a nudist myself; but if there's a dress code, respect it), playing their own music on speakers instead of headphones, don't re-rack weights, leave stations loaded, etc, etc.

All that said, I actually don't stress much at the gym. I've designed my workouts intentionally to minimize friction with the above types and I use equipment that gets underused. At the uni, that's things like the rowing machines, kettlebells, heavy bags, and floor. I get in on free weights and certain machines if the traffic is light enough.

[EternallyCorrect]

I rest 3-5 minutes between heavy strength sets because that's how long it takes to properly recover when doing more of a powerlifting workout. I go on my phone because otherwise I'd be staring at a wall. The phone complaint is the most ridiculous one of all in my opinion.

[zeitgeist057]

@EternallyCorrect you do you boo. Just don’t be surprised when people who came for a workout find you annoying for being on your phone 30 out of 35 minutes.

[EternallyCorrect]

I will.

[Siren777]

I'm too focused on my workout but I've made some amazing friends at gym that I workout with. I usually mind my own business.
Some cringe things I do with my gym friends...(not related to the question)
Hype them up or they hype me up and have a good laugh & continue working out.
Take workout videos and take creative pictures of them and they take of me. Lol who cares what people think you never going to be this age again. It's always a fun experience. Sometimes the steriod types are emotional so run away from all the testosterone in the room haha.

[Ms_Vanderquack]

Giving unsolicited advice, skipping leg day, walking on the treadmill, taking up equipment just to fuck around on their phone, taking mirror selfies, wearing makeup, not racking their weights, pounding a massive “sports drink” and protein bars after a light workout, grunting so loud everyone can hear you, dropping their weights, staring at the girls (or guys, that just doesn’t happen as often) or going for any reason other than to actually work out.

So yeah, I love the gym, hate the people there.

[Marco10]

You pretty much summed up my feelings beautifully, so thank you for that!

And agreed, love the place, hate the people, or most of them at least.

[zagor]

Lots of people walk on the treadmill. Not everyone is healthy enough to safely run.

[Ms_Vanderquack]

@zagor Then they need to get the fuck off the equipment and go for a walk outside.

[zagor]

That's what I do, but I don't judge everyone else.

[Ms_Vanderquack]

@zagor And that's why they get away with it.

[es20490446e]

People that do bro science. Aka that follow magic advice against scientific consensus of reputable organizations like the American College of Sports Medicine.

Examples:
- Repetitions till failure grow more muscle (on the first set yes, on the following you will be doing way less repetitions due to exhaustion).
- Consecutive sets of the same exercise with minimal rest (same as above).
- Only HIIT / only light cardio / no stretching / no strength training / no cardio needed (you will be lacking on what you don't do).
- You only need a small set of exercises (your body will become so efficient at it that it will no longer reach the required intensity).
- Only weights (you will grow muscle, but intramuscular coordination will be lacking, so bad athletic performance).
- No need to train core (core acts as transfer of energy, the amount of energy you can effectively do with your arms and legs depend on core force).
- Stretching more than 30 seconds (most stretching takes place in the first 15 seconds, better to do multiple alternate series).
- Training should be at certain heart beats (the more trained you are, the higher it needs to get)
- Running or doing certain exercise increases your likelihood of injuries, or "I will never be able to do that" (because you are already so weak as result of never doing it).
- More protein, more muscle (the amount of muscle you can produce daily is limited, consumes very little protein, so the limiting factor is rarely protein intake but training quality).

Also those people that are in the gym, but which exercises are so mild they are inadequate. They thing they are because they were when they started, but any person starting needs very little stimuli for progressing. After a while those exercises will do nothing.

[ShadezMcgee]

My gripes with people who are at the gym are the following:

1.) Mirror selfies

2.) People who hog a machine and spend more time on their phone than using it.

3.) People who have to be loud and obnoxious lifting heavy weight.

4.) People who don't rack their weights.

5.) People who don't wipe down the machine/disinfect it when their nasty sweaty ass has used it.

6.) Individuals who give unsolicited advice.

8.) Whwn people use more than one machine at a time for circuit workouts during busy gym hours.

[Marco10]

Good list! All these happen at my gym unfortunately

[lsksni]

1. Women who stream live while working out.

2. Members who are loud without reason.

3. Girl/boy magnets

4. Douche members (both men and women)

5. Entering the gym, walking on treadmills for 15min, going home.

6. Idiots who put on their earphones/headphones and don't listen when called.(Concentration my arse)

7. Going to gym only to impress opposite gender.(it is most of the time, obvious)

8. Idiots who think I invaded their personal space if I used their nearest equipment even if it was the only one which was free.

And many more.

[Marco10]

Good exhaustive list 👍🏼

[lsksni]

New one gets added everytime.

[Marco10]

Lmao, people never fail to surprise and amaze

[Miristheiss]

The old men that just walk around butt naked in the locker room and just hang out naked back there for like 20 minutes.

Guys that go crazy with their grunting. The ones that just scream it out for the entire gym to hear.

People that just throw plates around and drop them to the floor from a standing position.

[Marco10]

Yeah! The naked old timers exist in every gym I’ve set foot in 😂

People who throw weights are cringey as fuck.

[exitseven]

People sit on a machine and just check their phones.
Guys load up a bar with 4 or 5 plates on a side and when they squat they go down 2 inches, grunting the whole time. Then say the can squat 400 pounds.
They do not workout, just try to hit on the hot girls.

[Marco10]

Yeah these are annoying and worst of all, they don’t rack their weights afterwards 🤦🏻‍♂️

[exitseven]

One time I was working out in a brand new gym. I knew the owner and he was showing me around. Thee were two kids doing arm curls. They had the kind of dumbbells that are some plates on a bar spot welded into place.
One kid just dropped the dumbbells on the floor from waist high. One of the welds broke and the plates went spilling all over the floor. The two were laughing about it.
The gym owner took both of those kids by the scruff of the neck and escorted them out never to return.

[Mofunfour20]

When people dont clean up after themselves, its not cringy more so inconsiderate. there's nothing wrong with saluting a fellow comrade that is also working on abs too, i dont see any disrespect. I usually mind my own business so at the gym because im too busy to invest into other people's problems. I guess you got time

[Marco10]

You guess I got time? Lmao. Noticing the grunting and the weight dropping means I got time? We all pay attention when people are inconsiderate.

[Mofunfour20]

I missed your point on how grunting and dropping weights in the gym is inconsiderate. I do both and nobody questions my consideration

[kidvid80]

personally when they make fun of other members especially overweight ones doing their best, they scoff or make rude comments. it happened to me 100 pounds ago and I didn't go back for a while I exercised at home. the people never bothered to ask it was just I must eat a lot, when I have metabolic problems started meds and lost over 100. I am so sick of bullying when someone is just trying to get a work out in, its like some people never grow up and dont realize this isn't high school anymore

[Marco10]

Body shaming stems from insecurity. These people who bully others obviously have issues. I’m sorry this happened to you, and I hope if it ever happens again, you use it as fuel to push further to prove all these motherfuckers wrong.

[kidvid80]

i am at a size 4 now so the same people who made fun of me now wanna talk but me i just get to the treadmill or bike and ignore them. of course you forgive but never forget, so i keep to myself and dont wanna be bothered with them. i had so much of it my whole life it gets hard not to take it personal some days, my modo has always been you never know the trauma or horrible things some of us are dealing with or the hell we been through so keep your negativity to yourself and thank you so much

[Not_Average]

I can’t stand when people do that. When I was bodybuilding and everyone looked at me, I’d always go out of my way to talk to those who were overweight and help motivate them. You have to be a real piece of shit to fat shame someone at the gym.

[kidvid80]

@Not_Average it happens more then people wanna admit because they are embarrassed, me, not embarrassed after all thats what a gym is for to work out, lol. sometimes people no matter what their size need alittle motivation not all of us were blessed with families and are completely on our own. so thank you for that, words can both cut very deeply but also be a source of great support, it is sad a lot of people don't realize that

[Not_Average]

-Bad form with heavy weights
-Guys trying to awkwardly hit on my girl as soon as I’m not next to her. There’s always this awkward moment when I come back to her and they realize she’s with me.
-People who visibly show annoyance towards people making some noise when they lift. If I have 500 lbs on my back, some noise is bound to emitted from me. If you sigh or give me a bad look for it, then you’re a fairy to me lol

[Marco10]

I agree about bad form and those who try to hit on your girl. These are some disrespectful motherfuckers.

Grunting loudly for all the gym to hear you is something I never thought was okay.

[Not_Average]

Someone being obnoxious and intentional... I agree. I just don’t know how to lift heavy ass weights silently. A strong exhale is a given. Sometimes when you have q lot of weight that exhale will come out a lot louder than you’d think m. If someone is really in their zone and they grunt with a heavy squat, then I’ll actually be envious. It’s the equivalent of a runners high. They’re in another world. Focus is at its peak at that point. I trained in a hardcore powerlifting and bodybuilding gym for a while so I guess I was used to it. I guess the distinction is is if someone is doing it to garner attention, or if they’re just in their zone.

[Marco10]

Exhaling to protect yourself from hernias and to be in the zone is totally fine. I guess I was referring to certain people I see at my gym who literally grunt like a cow giving birth for the whole gym to know they’re squatting 400lbs, mind you they do that with bad form. Might as well ask me to crush their kneecaps with a baseball bat.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

When I used to go to the gym, I detested the following:
1. Not wiping equipment after use
2. Flirting
3. Personal Trainers loudly coaching their customers
4. People who mind other people's business
5. People who selfishly hog equipment too long

Fortunately, we have a well-equipped home gym of our own.
No need to deal with any of the annoying factors above.

[ChrisMaster69]

The best response, this, it saves me typing lol

[genericname85]

loud moaning noises and basically throwing weights to the ground. like wtf bro. this equipment is for all of us. yeah sometimes a bit of grunting helps you lift the heavy stuff but people didn't come to see your show. they came to use the equipment that you're ruining.

[genericname85]

like yeah if you lift till failure, you might accidentally drop a weight. that's something you should seeas an accident you feel sorry about. not a gesture you are proud of.

[Marco10]

These people are the worst and they top it off with dancing in front of the mirror after slamming the weights, not all of them, but there’s that type

[genericname85]

my gym addresses this quite cleverly. they say "if you're too weak to let your weight down gently, take less weight or leave the gym. and they will throw people out. cause the equipment is made to take drops but drops still will ruin it over time.

[Marco10]

That’s a good way to handle it. Mine doesn’t do anything about that.

[kyleelyn199723]

The girls that wear big branded gym wear but only do cardio and leg work outs/ only go to the gym to take pics. can't stand the juice head men that go to family like gyms and start lifting like they are at a meat head gym

[Marco10]

Lmao I know exactly the type! They’re the worst

[kyleelyn199723]

Buying into big brands I can’t stand and the meat head guys start grunting at family gyms 😭 like you are at the wrong place for all this

[Marco10]

Yes. I stopped wearing brands very long ago. And those men who grunt exist and multiply so rapidly.

[Inexpensivefurniture]

Ooooh man okay:

-Dropping weights
-Not cleaning your machine after using it
-Blocking a machine you aren't using
-Staring at people while they work out
-Not putting things back after using them
-Loud grunting
-Singing along to your music out loud
-Flirting with strangers
-Being loud in the changing rooms

[KatieCC]

Getting ✨stared✨ at, like bro I'm here to lift and get swole like you, how'd you feel if I just dead fish glared at you while you're trying to keep composure under weights? Not comfy? Huh... Deadass feel like I'm being sized up, this isn't national geographic, boi there are mirrors and you ain't a lion.

[danielp27]

Don’t blame them if you wear tight shit

[KatieCC]

@danielp27 Nah Nah Nah, we like it airy and cool thank you very much, none of this skin-tight crap. Tho, I'm not super impressed with the immediate comment on my possible attire, I have a right to wear what I'd like to and not be gawked at kind sir. Perhaps we should teach the men not to be rude? Just a thought...

[danielp27]

Lol you have every right to wear what you want but don’t get mad when men look at what millions of years of evolution designed them to look at

[KatieCC]

@danielp27 touché

[danielp27]

tushy*

[TodsShadow]

-Stare
- it’s annoying when I go to use a treadmill or something and the women next to me might look over and then get off as if I was ruining her experience. Guys don’t really care
-that one dude power squatting 200lbs making shouts every rep
-I also hate it when the gyms almost empty and this one guy always tried to work out behind me. Like fan out fam it’s okay

[zagor]

One thing that pisses me off is when people would drive their big SUV's to the gym to do their aerobic workouts. Yeah, fine at night on weekdays, but on weekends or days off I ride my bike the six miles to the gym. Provides aerobic workout and warmup and doesn't burn fossil fuels.

[Marco10]

You took it a step further to the gym’s garage lol. I see what you’re saying though.

[Anonymous]

I hate watching 80 yr old men blow dry their balls in my face.

[Marco10]

Lmao this made me laugh out loud. It happens everyday at my gym.

[Ripper_E]

Doing exercises completely wrong. Not even somewhat right. Just completely wrong.

[Marco10]

Lol it’s a daily sight

[EternallyCorrect]

What gets on my nerves most is people who go to the gym and somehow find things to complain about, rather than training and minding their own business.

[The_Maphio]

I have my personal gym at home, which only me, my partner and friends use.
No cringe and drama allowed.

[friendzoned4life]

Any time I see fat women walking 2kilometer a year while playing on the Phone while women that almost have no body left are running like they have a pack of tijgers behind them.

To the first one I wanna say get the fuck off your Phone and do shit

To the second Kind I Just wanna ask why are you running