What do you hate most about gyms ?

my pet hate are people who hog the treadmills at busy periods, while there is clearly a queue of people who are waiting to use the equipment

Went once about 8 years ago. Never again.

I find gyms generally really intimidating but leaving pools of sweat on the equipment....yuck. :gag:

What do you hate most about gyms?

The prospect of ever having to attend one.

I find intimidating. the gym where I go, there is one side of the rooms which has weights and things.
just full of blokes chatting etc. I find it uncomfortable just walking past. when I am usualyy bright red after a workout anyway!!

:blush:

Lol I agree beth... Red faced with messy hair and a wet through t-shirt... Great! :hihi: Although on the programme I'm doing (like totally cardio work) I don't venture down near the weights... :hihi: ~ But I can keep an eye on whats going off down there! lol

I shudder at the thought of people leaving pools of sweat everywhere... :gag:
I'd never go to the gym at the busy times anyways cos I'm really self conscious and would feel embarrassed if someone was waiting behind me until I had finished... :blush:

Lol I agree beth... Red faced with messy hair and a wet through t-shirt... Great! :hihi: Although on the programme I'm doing (like totally cardio work) I don't venture down near the weights... :hihi: ~ But I can keep an eye on whats going off down there! lol

I shudder at the thought of people leaving pools of sweat everywhere... :gag:
I'd never go to the gym at the busy times anyways cos I'm really self conscious and would feel embarrassed if someone was waiting behind me until I had finished... :blush:

wet through t-shirt *que ryan etc* hubba hubba hubba ''hahahahaha'' (im phsycic y knows)

wet through t-shirt *que ryan etc* hubba hubba hubba ''hahahahaha'' (im phsycic y knows)

Lol I can see the number of forum members at Virgin increasing by the minute! :hihi:
Trust me, its not a pretty sight! lol

What is this 'gym' you speak of?

Has to be the lack of room in the changing rooms at busy periods. This also effects the water pressure in the showers too. People that judge you with their glares and stares!!!

I think alot of the big gym chains are getting toooooooooo greedy and have far too many members now. I am really put off going at busy times due to this.

Do gyms have a maximum capacity of people allowed in???

Treadmills are so dull they're soul destroying. I don't find any of the other machines half as boring, it's just treadmills.

I've been a registered member of various gyms (YMCA, Pinegrove and Fitness Centre) in the past but no longer go. In a sense I wish I'd never bothered because when I joined the YM in 1988 it put me off my running - time that in the past was spent on the road was now spent in the gym. Thus, my running fell by the wayside (which I've always felt was a shame because I was getting quite serious at it).

I used to go off-peak for obvious reasons; I'd practically have the place to myself including the spa pool and sauna. Then it got so busy it was a hassle and so I didn't renew my membership. I then joined the Pinegrove which was quite good but it had the (dis)advantage of having a bar within its confines. Thus, a 'good sesh' in the gym was normally followed by a 'better sesh' in the bar. The place closed down anyway.

The Fitness Centre is in town next to the Winter Gardens. A decent set-up but parking was a nightmare and I found membership quite expensive (at this point I bought my first home so had to weigh up my options financially. I quit!). That was probably 9 years ago.

Regarding the sweat on machines dilema, which I suffered from, I always took a towel with me to wipe my own sweat off the apparatus. Why others couldn't do the same I don't know. Also, every gym has a member who for some unknown, baffling reason is not aware that (s)he has the most disgusting problem re their personal hygene. Everyone else can smell him/her even before (s)he's entered the room. That probably put me off for life.

No thank you. I'm back into my running. It's cheaper, it's on my doorstep, there's no waiting for other people to finish, I can go when I like and best of all, I can do it entirely on my own!

For me the worst thing about gyms is the ****e music they tend to play. That's the only thing that stops me going more often. I'd prefer it if they didn't play music at all.

Treadmills are so dull they're soul destroying. I don't find any of the other machines half as boring, it's just treadmills.

Virgin's treadmills have their own TV screen on each machine... decent sized too! Rock on!

Virgin's treadmills have their own TV screen on each machine... decent sized too! Rock on!
My gym has TVs, but they're boring too.
I take an MP3 player, but it only delays the boredom - running outside is a lot more interesting (but it's not always dry, and doesn't have air con ;))

wet through t-shirt *que ryan etc* hubba hubba hubba ''hahahahaha'' (im phsycic y knows)

Oi Woman!

If u women wanna get wet just by lookin at me, thats fine! Means i dont have to do any work for a change! haha

To address a few issues:
Yeah i suppose gyms can be intimidationg, but depends on how comfortable you are with youself! Who cares really what people think!

Also, if people are stood round chatting etc then ignore them they aren't getting work done..

Treadmills = boring yes, but stick some music on or as patrice says watch tha telly.. you'll do half hour in no time!

:)

What annoys me about the gym is the shower afterwards! I normally go to Ponds Forge before work in the morning. And I'm getting pi**ed off at pensioners looking where they shouldn't be looking whilst having a shower.

Although it hasn't happened in a while now, it's not nice. Only my lady is allowed to take a look at it (and on occasion, use it!!).

Other things that annoy me about the gym are:

People taking in mobile phones

Not wearing a training top (men) - I think Ponds Forge banned this for obvious health and safety reasons

Meatheads - Who grunt at the top of every repetition when lifting weights and posing in the mirrors.

One thing I did notice last week and weeks prior is this couple who go to the gym, but engage in a snog-fest before they start their workout!! Get a room!

This confused me. People have put that "when people sweat and leave pools of sweat"

what else are you supposed to do in the gym. People should wipe it up yeah, if you dont work up a sweat and look red in the face, as far as im concerned you haven't worked hard enough

Ya know what annoys me, poncy birds who jus sit about tryin to look pretty on machines that wont make a difference to their figure. I feel like saying "hunny, get doing a cardio workout, thats what you go to the gym for" to workout!!:rant:

Treadmills = boring yes, but stick some music on or as patrice says watch tha telly.. you'll do half hour in no time!

:)

I still do excersise on the treadmills, but they're still duller than anything else I could ever imagine and it's what I dislike most about going to the gym.

I still do excersise on the treadmills, but they're still duller than anything else I could ever imagine and it's what I dislike most about going to the gym.

Well, mix it up with weight training, it does actually burn more calories :)

This confused me. People have put that "when people sweat and leave pools of sweat"

what else are you supposed to do in the gym. People should wipe it up yeah, if you dont work up a sweat and look red in the face, as far as im concerned you haven't worked hard enough

Ya know what annoys me, poncy birds who jus sit about tryin to look pretty on machines that wont make a difference to their figure. I feel like saying "hunny, get doing a cardio workout, thats what you go to the gym for" to workout!!:rant:

Like the lass at our gym who goes, walks around the equiptment for and hour, dosn't do owt (she has full make up on and hair all done) then goes and gets changed. It annoys me more wen she looks at me like crap just cos I have worked up a sweat and actually done somat!!

Like the lass at our gym who goes, walks around the equiptment for and hour, dosn't do owt (she has full make up on and hair all done) then goes and gets changed. It annoys me more wen she looks at me like crap just cos I have worked up a sweat and actually done somat!!


she winds me up something chronic. Have u seen the skinny one or the other one who wears the blue baggy t-shirt like every single day? I haven't seen the posing skinny one since last year.
they hog the god damn machines what we wanna go on. :rant:

Well, mix it up with weight training, it does actually burn more calories :)
I do, it's still dulllllllllllllllll :D
My workout is very varied, there really isn't anythng you can do to take the boredom out of treadmills though.

I do, it's still dulllllllllllllllll :D
My workout is very varied, there really isn't anythng you can do to take the boredom out of treadmills though.

To be fair there is, you could make love while running.. Burn double the calories :)

I do, it's still dulllllllllllllllll :D
My workout is very varied, there really isn't anythng you can do to take the boredom out of treadmills though.

Not if there is a fit guy infront of u with a nice bum:)

To be fair there is, you could make love while running.. Burn double the calories :)

:confused: how the hell could you do this :confused:

Not if there is a fit guy infront of u with a nice bum:)

...Secretly imagining that the faster you run, you'll manage to grab it! :hihi:

:confused: how the hell could you do this :confused:

U dont need an instruction manual, get another human of opposite sex.. or the same sex whatever ur preference, set the treadmill to roughly 5.5.. Let the love making commence.. And also get a wild wilderbeast to chase u to add pleasure! ;)

And also get a wild wilderbeast to chase u to add pleasure! ;)

what in a sheffield gym :o

...Secretly imagining that the faster you run, you'll manage to grab it! :hihi:


LMAO yeah, but then do something stupid and fall flat on your face :hihi:

LMAO yeah, but then do something stupid and fall flat on your face :hihi:

Oh yes... My day will come! I'm very easily distracted I'm afraid :hihi:

Oh yes... My day will come! I'm very easily distracted I'm afraid :hihi:

Im distracted my the buff men in the free weights gym. phwoar comes to mind :hihi:

Im distracted my the buff men in the free weights gym. phwoar comes to mind :hihi:

Lol same here... I'm going to have to start going in the women only section, to avoid any sort of buff-man-spying-related injury! lol

why do you ahve to analayze everything lestr? you're just too dam serious...:hihi:

why do you ahve to analayze everything lestr? you're just too dam serious...:hihi:


Come on you know, these things have to be exposed.

oh yes. Im easily distracted.
looking round all the time.

oh yes. Im easily distracted.
looking round all the time.

Same here... then I realised I've either stopped peddling on the bike, or I'm about to fall out the treadmill... This chick will never learn :roll: :hihi: