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SandyQ Posts: 84 Joined: 2003/01/11	2003/01/18, 08:36 PM 1) If you sweat, PLEASE wipe yourself with your towel rather than walking around dripping!!! Do guys think this is a turn on? NOT! Its Gross!! 2) PLEASE wipe your machines after having your sweat-filled muscle shirt against it!!! 3) PLEASE use deoderant! I know you'll be showering after your workout, but this is for the people who have to put up with your smell BEFORE you shower! and the last: 4) Just because your a man, PLEASE be respectful of women on the machines -- let them "work in" to one of your MILLION AND ONE sets or don't stand there tapping your foot, trying to intimiate me. We need to use the machines as much as you guys!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks for your time!
Lumina20 Posts: 966 Joined: 2001/10/31	2003/01/18, 08:50 PM lol yeah that sweat thing is gross.
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/01/18, 09:01 PM Nice post SandyQ. Is that what goes on at your gym? Some people don't give a hoot for others, and that really turns me off. There was one guy at our gym, he used to do leg presses 630lbs=14 plates. The poor girl who used to use the machine after him had to strip off all the weights so she can do her excersises. Of course the girl would ask me to help her remove them instead of asking the jerk who left the weights on the machine. Add that one to your list! -------------- The trouble with jogging is that, by the time you realize you are not in shape for it, it is too far to walk back! Franklin P. Jones Ivan Montreal Canada
sandysford Posts: 1,139 Joined: 2002/11/18	2003/01/19, 12:48 AM I think I will copy this post and hang up in our gym! Good one SandyQ -------------- I will lift my own weight someday!!!!!
SandyQ Posts: 84 Joined: 2003/01/11	2003/01/19, 09:04 AM Opps! I have one more to add! LOL PLEASE get off the treadmill after one hour (even tho its a 30 max time limit) when its busy to give someone else a chance and don't try to fool me when I look at your time by putting your towel on top -- its a dead giveaway!!! Please feel free to add your own!!!
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2003/01/19, 11:24 AM And the number one as Dave or Jay would say, when you are using a machine or bench, you do not own it!!! Let someone else work in! Do not sit there and read War and Peace between sets and block everyone else! -------------- The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!
UAPrncess Posts: 9 Joined: 2003/01/18	2003/01/19, 11:24 PM These are all soooooooo true!!Poor girl and the 630pounds.
ageis Posts: 198 Joined: 2002/10/25	2003/01/19, 11:45 PM Number one kinda bugs me a bit, I don't know why. I honor all of her complaints except for #1. I don't think I'd wipe myself off everytime I break a sweat because its gross. There's sanitizers and paper rolls to clean the machines. I kinda like the idea of sweat dripping off while the air cools me off when I walk to my next set. For me, I don't think it's a turn on. Maybe I'm just lazy but not lazy enough to clean each machine I use
erirvine Posts: 196 Joined: 2002/11/20	2003/01/21, 09:26 AM I agree and the sting from sweat in your eyes is a sweet pain. I always wipe down the equipment and myself when i start dripping. And as for it been a turn on, I go to a gym to train not to pull. If I wanted to look attractive there I would not have made the progress I have. Training is about pushing your limits not looking pretty all the time. By the guideline of wheter its attractive I could criticize overweight people, but it is ridiculous to think they should hide away, they have the same right to train as anyone else!
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2003/02/08, 11:46 AM This original post is one that should always be at the top! -------------- Failing to plan is like planning to fail!
jshaddow Posts: 21 Joined: 2003/02/21	2003/02/26, 07:14 PM I'm going to add to your list sandyq, but this one is for the ladies: If your ass is falling out of your shorts, don't wear them!! I swear that some girls actually believe they are at the gym for the daily whore pageant!!!
Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2003/02/27, 01:16 AM LMAO @ jshaddow! that is too funny. -------------- Bettia.... When you feel like giving up, take it to the limit one more time!! You will SUCEED :-)
dougherty36 Posts: 89 Joined: 2003/02/22	2003/02/27, 11:30 AM I can understand your complaints. Do you guys live in big cities where alot of people are there all the time. I live in a small town, and the gym is pretty big. I never have to wait for a machine and everyone always removes the weights and cleans the machines. It probably helps that not many people are there all the time.
JennVice Posts: 120 Joined: 2003/02/25	2003/02/27, 11:39 AM oh! the sweating thing is TERRIBLE! .. .ok not so much the sweating thing but the deoderant! you can't even breathe it gets so bad ... then again I live in the land of hippies
Kalanchoe Posts: 400 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/02/27, 01:00 PM I was at the gym this one time for about an hour and there was this guy there who was there when I arrived and still there when I left. He did sod all but sat on his arse, winking at me. i absolutely HATE it when people (esp guys) just sit and stare! I'm the only girl I've ever known to use the free weights at my gym and some of the looks I get are just plain unpleasant! Katie xx -------------- My body only feels good when it burns!
jshaddow Posts: 21 Joined: 2003/02/21	2003/02/27, 04:28 PM I totally know what you mean katie!!! It's like, can you please work out like you're supposed to and stop staring freak! Go to a bar if you want to pick up someone, not a gym. You know!
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2003/02/27, 04:37 PM Drop a 5lb weight on thier foot, they will get the message. I was once watching the form of my wife at the gym one evening and I guess it looked like I was staring, but who cares, it was my wife, and one of the guys came over to me and said " She's not bad eh?" and I said, actually terrific, thats why I married her. The guy didn't know what to say, walked away and I was killing myself laughing inside myself! Good thing I'm not the violent type. -------------- Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt! Ivan Montreal Canada
jshaddow Posts: 21 Joined: 2003/02/21	2003/02/27, 04:48 PM That's hilarious, carivan!!! Maybe I should hire someone to go with me to the gym to say that!j/j.