Comments on: Why do people hang out on gym equipment?

By: Champ

Champ — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:26:59 +0000

I have the answer for you! I can speak with authority on this subject. – I’ve trained and competed in natural bodybuilding so I was always very focused and driven to complete my workouts at a steady pace with no interuptions. I’m always conscience of the machines I use, and the time I’m on them. I wiped stuff down, will work in with people when necessary. .I don’t hog a machine or claim something with a water bottle or towel or something.. OK – to answer your question -
Whether your working out to compete or working out within an allotted time like you do and you are in the gym for no other reason than to work out and get the heck out of there you need to go in with the following mindset:
**You are not there to make friends so do not worry about offending anyone. If someone is on a machine and they are not using it tell them straight to their face – "Do a set or get off, I ‘m trying to workout here"… something like that – 9 out of 10 times that person will immediately move.. if not – complain to the staff at the gym.
** Even if being assertive is not in your personality you need to take on a different mind set when working out. For guys it may be different, I’ve had arrugments with people and I’ve seen other guys actual get physical about this stuff. For a female that approach probably won’t work.
Remember – your position/issue one this is the winning one – you want to work out while the other person are screwing around… try this approach.
Conduct yourself as if you owned the gym. It is your gym.. you want to keep it clean, organized and keep people moving..
If you have a lot of crumbs that do this in your gym and there is no other equipment to use to keep your workouts moving, you might want to find another gym.

Good Luck,
Chris
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By: ┤_╜L±└⌐ ╓.≡╜-╟

┤_╜L±└⌐ ╓.≡╜-╟ — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:45:59 +0000

Yeah, it happens where I go too. Once that really peed me off was when the other person chatting was a senior instructor, and it was when the gym was packed.

Why do they do it?!? Why does a dog eat its own vomit?!? I guess they can’t help being the way they are. Idiots. Morons.

How to handle it? Best is to complain to the management, I guess. Despite what one answerer says, it could work. I should have said something to the management or at least written a formal complaint, but at that particular time I didn’t want any more aggravation than I already had at that time, so I just let it go.
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By: hehe

hehe — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:11:59 +0000

tell them to move
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By: rayray

rayray — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:31:59 +0000

LOL…I say excuse me mother#$%^er…can you look at yourself in the mirror in the bathroom instead? THANKS.
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By: sarge927

sarge927 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:45:59 +0000

Sorry I can’t be more helpful — I had the same problem at my local Bally’s, so I let my membership lapse and bought a Bowflex and a treadmill instead. There really is no talking to those idiot gym mooks. They’re not really there to work out; they go to socialize and preen in front of the mirrors. And the problem is the management won’t do anything about it because these guys are regulars who know all the managers (and usually all the members of the staff) by name. You could try talking to the staff, but don’t expect much help.
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