Gym Etiquette

[lph]

Well, I don't really go to a gym any more, but when I did attend aerobics class I always got a giggle out of the teenage girl mafia who stormed in as soon as humanly possible to get the very best spots up in front, holding spots for their very best friends with towels and water bottles... and then did the entire class in spotless makeup and without breaking a sweat. And without breaking eye contact with themselves in the mirror.

Funny, I always ended up with more than enough space around me, I tended to be a bit, uh, expansive once I got going

Now I get to gripe about the habits of the co-workers I share showers and a changing room with instead. We have a sort of complicated system because of how the building is designed, so first we have a large shared drying room intended for hanging up jackets, over-trousers, leaving outdoor shoes, bike helmets, other messy stuff that takes space. Then inside each changing room there are two drying racks for towels, and a small drying room intended for under-clothes only. The idea is to keep dirty and wet stuff out of the rather small changing rooms, and to be able to hang damp under-clothing out of "display", as it were. The women seem to have no trouble with this system. The guys however, have filled their entire inner drying room with towels, refuse to use the towel racks, and carry out armfuls of smelly socks and bib shorts and whatnot out to the shared drying room, where the aroma gets to entertain all of us...

[Pax]

lph - you have showers and changing rooms at work? Cool!

[Jolt]

People who don't put things back when they're done, causing others to have to spend extra time looking for equipment or use things that aren't quite right (like a stability ball that's too big b/c somebody has "hidden" the right sized one). Also people who get on the treadmill/bike right next to the one I'm using if it's not crowded and they could get on one where they're NOT right next to someone. Fortunately I don't use the treadmills/bikes very often since I'm usually outside.

[ny biker]

re: singing out loud -- I lip-sync while I'm working out. I assume the other people at the gym think I'm insane for it.

(I sing out loud when I'm riding my bike, but only when no one else is around.)

[lph]

lph - you have showers and changing rooms at work? Cool!

Oh yes The coolest part is I sort of got to be a part of designing them when the building was completely re-done.

[Pax]

Oh yes The coolest part is I sort of got to be a part of designing them when the building was completely re-done.

That's neat! Only place I could shower or change is 1/2 mile away at the gym.