There have been a couple of things that really pee me off at the gym recently, and so I thought I would write down my own "gym rules". It made me feel much better to get it off my chest - feel free to add as many as you wish.
1 – If I arrive with a baseball cap over my eyes and my earphones in – I do not want to talk to anybody.
2 – Tapping me on the shoulder, making me remove my earplugs, just to say “hi” really annoys me – again I do not want to talk to anybody.
3 – If I am working out on a machine and can barely breathe – please stop trying to talk to me.
4 – A gym may be where you usually pick up girls, but they are usually in the cardio section – go over there and pick them up – leave me alone.
5 – If I pick up some weights, don’t feel that you have to pick ones up heavier than mine, then struggle to do the exercise – it will make you look - stupid.
6 – The gym is not a fashion parade, if you must wear only thin strips of spandex, please have the type of body that looks good in it.
7 – I do not care or even look at how much weight you can lift, so trying to show off is only going to give you an injury.
8 – Small grunting noises while working out are fine – sounding like you are having wild passionate humpies is not cool.
9 – Walking at 1mph on the treadmill while chatting to your girlfriend on the phone is not really a workout – you will get more exercise pacing up and down on the phone at home –so go home and stop hogging the equipment.
10 – I can see that you are staring at me, please go stare at somebody else – or at least do it inconspicuously. Standing right next to me watching me work out is freaky!
11 – The chat up line “so, do you work out?”, never works in a gym – think about it.
12 – Working out for 10 minutes, then going over to the smoothie bar for an oreo, double chocolate chunk shake, is not going to help you lose weight. Note – smoothie does not equal healthy.
1 – If I arrive with a baseball cap over my eyes and my earphones in – I do not want to talk to anybody.
2 – Tapping me on the shoulder, making me remove my earplugs, just to say “hi” really annoys me – again I do not want to talk to anybody.
3 – If I am working out on a machine and can barely breathe – please stop trying to talk to me.
4 – A gym may be where you usually pick up girls, but they are usually in the cardio section – go over there and pick them up – leave me alone.
5 – If I pick up some weights, don’t feel that you have to pick ones up heavier than mine, then struggle to do the exercise – it will make you look - stupid.
6 – The gym is not a fashion parade, if you must wear only thin strips of spandex, please have the type of body that looks good in it.
7 – I do not care or even look at how much weight you can lift, so trying to show off is only going to give you an injury.
8 – Small grunting noises while working out are fine – sounding like you are having wild passionate humpies is not cool.
9 – Walking at 1mph on the treadmill while chatting to your girlfriend on the phone is not really a workout – you will get more exercise pacing up and down on the phone at home –so go home and stop hogging the equipment.
10 – I can see that you are staring at me, please go stare at somebody else – or at least do it inconspicuously. Standing right next to me watching me work out is freaky!
11 – The chat up line “so, do you work out?”, never works in a gym – think about it.
12 – Working out for 10 minutes, then going over to the smoothie bar for an oreo, double chocolate chunk shake, is not going to help you lose weight. Note – smoothie does not equal healthy.