Gym Etiquette: is this normal?

[C C Csiders]

Well, not strictly speaking gym etiquette, but that displayed in changing rooms.

I am a memeber of the Virgin Gym in Chelmsford, and in the past week I have witnessed three incidents with hair-dryers that I have never witnessed previously. So, I, like Marvin Gaye, need to know What's Going On?

Fiorstly, I was sitting downgetting dressed when the guy next to me grabbed one of the provided hair-dryers and proceeded to dry his feet with them. I thought that was disgusting enough. However, it was followed a couple of days later by a half-man, half-yeti drying his chest, back, and underarm hair with one of the dryers. Bearing in mind other people will want to use these.

However, the Creme de la Menthe of new ways of using a hair-dryer was reached yesterday, when I walked into the changing room and there stood, in front of the mirror, stark naked was a man easily in his mid-60's (possible under-estimate) drying his hair. Then with one hand he hoisted his testes up and with the other hand proceeded to dry his undercarriage with the hair-dryer. Disgraceful!

 

[Mad Cyril]

I try not to look at naked men when I am in any type of changing room.

Does taking detailed notes on peoples changing habits and posting them on an internet discussion board constitute any breach of etiquette.

:)

 

[Slipperduke]

Weird....why don't they use towels?

Things like this put me right off going to the gym. Well, that and my inherent laziness anyway.

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

So long as there's no direct contact between hair-dryer and genitalia / perineum, and provided all excess pubes are cleared away after use, then it's probably OK...

:eek:

 

[SUFC_Al]

The reason why I don't go the gym right there....

 

[mattytheshrimper]

pretty disgusting stuff! can't say I have seen anything like it at david lloyd

 

[DTS]

I am with you CC-Cisders that is really wrong.

I personally am a member of FF at London Bridge and you see so many weirdos in there its untrue.

My personal bug bare is when people get there kit off before hitting the showers and then leave it scattered all over the benches for the rest of us to have to fight around.

One girl in there I really hate as well. She is a fat asian bird - 30 something and really annoys me. I run for 30 mins most mornings and have done so for 2 years. It is hard work getting fit and having recovered from broken legs x2 it took me ages to get to this level. But they key is you have to keep going and pushing a bit further each day.

This fat cow has been going for the same period as me and yet does 2 mins yes 2 mins on the tread mill at 5km per house which is less than walking pace. Then she has the audacity to moan that she never loses any weight.

IS IT ANY WONDER AS YOU DONT DO ANY WORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAHHHHH :flamer:

 

[C C Csiders]

She is a fat asian bird

Looks like we have found the source of the avian flu outbreak at Bernard Matthews' farm.

 

[Benji91]

We have a gym where i work, so you'll always see people you work with day in day out.... obviously.

Anyway, my personal annoyance is when im trying to get changed people wanting to have a conversation with you about work. Whilst they are naked.

I dont really want to talk about whether i sent this email or that email in the office whilst fully clothed, let alone naked.

Its wrong, plain wrong

 

[Winkle]

I am with you CC-Cisders that is really wrong.

I personally am a member of FF at London Bridge and you see so many weirdos in there its untrue.

My personal bug bare is when people get there kit off before hitting the showers and then leave it scattered all over the benches for the rest of us to have to fight around.

One girl in there I really hate as well. She is a fat asian bird - 30 something and really annoys me. I run for 30 mins most mornings and have done so for 2 years. It is hard work getting fit and having recovered from broken legs x2 it took me ages to get to this level. But they key is you have to keep going and pushing a bit further each day.

This fat cow has been going for the same period as me and yet does 2 mins yes 2 mins on the tread mill at 5km per house which is less than walking pace. Then she has the audacity to moan that she never loses any weight.

IS IT ANY WONDER AS YOU DONT DO ANY WORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAHHHHH :flamer:

For everyones info I am running dragging my sad carcuss around 26.2 miles of the londons finest streets in April so I have been frequenting my gym everyday and I have got to say, I am with you on this one dave! I was on the running machine yesterday when some bloke with at least size 32 shorts ( and he was at least a size 44) his gut hanging over them, decided to try and run/jog for 1km.

Well, after 1 minute you could tell he was breathing rather heavy,******* it in, but didnt want to look silly, after 2 minutes I thought he was going to start chucking, but the one abiding memory was the sweat flicking off him onto me,(dont these people no what a towel is?) and then to finish me off was the hacking and clearing of the nasal passage.....its just not cricket is it?

 

[Slipperduke]

We have a gym where i work, so you'll always see people you work with day in day out.... obviously.

Anyway, my personal annoyance is when im trying to get changed people wanting to have a conversation with you about work. Whilst they are naked.

I dont really want to talk about whether i sent this email or that email in the office whilst fully clothed, let alone naked.

Its wrong, plain wrong

I used to have that! But the gym in South Quay had communal showers, so at one stage there were five of us from the same office standing around discussing office politics. It's very weird.

I don't mind if it's your football team, or your platoon in a time of war, but seeing the bloke who orders the paperclips soaping down his testicles is just wrong.

 

[DTS]

Along the same lines I used to work at LTSB Head Office in the City before going self employed.

Having had surgery on my knees the surgeon cleared me to start going to the gym. Robin that I worked with who was a sort of Kenny Everett/ Timmy from Rent-A-Ghost look a like said he had a 2 week free pass for the gym and did I want to use it. He was a nice bloke and so I accepted.

Went to our local gym after work and we had a good work out ( No snyde comments please). Finally we call it and a day and headed down to the showers. To my horror it like Slipperduke's tail of woe was communal showers.

It was only Robin and I in there - I was not keen but he was clearly not gay as he had made a pass at everywoman between the ages of 16-65 in our office - However to my horror Robin came out with these pearls of wisdom

"Your bottom half is much more developed than your top half isnt it"

Needless to say I didnt go to the gym again and left LTSB soon after.

DtS

 

[C C Csiders]

"Your bottom half is much more developed than your top half isnt it"
DtS

I'm shocked, and I must say, a little disappointed that you reached an advanced stage of arousal whilst sharing a shower with a male colleague.

 

[southend_utd_fan]

The thing I hate is some guys pi22ing in the Stream room, What ****s! The loo is only a 10 sec walk down,lazy ****s! :guns: :guns:

 

[C C Csiders]

The thing I hate is some guys ****ing in the Stream room, What ****s! The loo is only a 10 sec walk down,lazy ****s! :guns: :guns:

Thank God I read the second sentence I thought you had blokes, fiddling with themselves (put politely to avoid the asterisks).

 

[adwebb16]

The thing I hate is some guys pi22ing in the Stream room, What ****s! The loo is only a 10 sec walk down,lazy ****s! :guns: :guns:

The hairdryers i dont have a problem with, ive seen that and it makes sense.

But that is just disgusting, i'd have to say something if that was me, ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! At least ****ing in the pool feels nice and no one can see, like farting in the jacuzzi................Joke!

 

[Shrimpersarmy]

This is a quality thread!!

Completely agree with the point about people talking to you in showers/changing room while they are naked, it's just soooo wrong!!

A few of my pet hates include:

- People who clearly try to outrun you on the treadmill. The second you step foot on the thing they come and start running on the vacant treadmill next to you and continue to run until you stop despite the fact they are clearly about to collapse and should have stopped ages ago. The casual glances every few minutes to see how knackered you look are just as annoying.

- Same situation with weights. You are feeling quite pleased as you have just struggled to complete 20 bench presses on 20 kilos, and then some smug **** comes along and does 50 on 90 kilos :mad:

- Gym instructors asking you every 10 seconds if you want one on one training/private lessons or whatever they are called. £30 an hour, you're having a fcuking laugh!!!!

 

[Prodigal Son]

I am with you CC-Cisders that is really wrong.

I personally am a member of FF at London Bridge and you see so many weirdos in there its untrue.

My personal bug bare is when people get there kit off before hitting the showers and then leave it scattered all over the benches for the rest of us to have to fight around.

One girl in there I really hate as well. She is a fat asian bird - 30 something and really annoys me. I run for 30 mins most mornings and have done so for 2 years. It is hard work getting fit and having recovered from broken legs x2 it took me ages to get to this level. But they key is you have to keep going and pushing a bit further each day.

This fat cow has been going for the same period as me and yet does 2 mins yes 2 mins on the tread mill at 5km per house which is less than walking pace. Then she has the audacity to moan that she never loses any weight.

IS IT ANY WONDER AS YOU DONT DO ANY WORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AAAHHHHH :flamer:

Dave, you should join Cannons which is around the corner, often full of lovely ladies, a pretty serious gym so alot of them are fit in more ways than one.

 

[chadded]

Can't see what the problem is talking to someone when naked. Unless the conversation is along the lines of ''Ooh I say Leroy, you're looking big these days,'' what's the big deal?

My pet hate in gym's are people wearing trousers, sweatshirts, or anything else slightly fashionable/massively impractical. Unless you come out of a gym with a T-shirt literally dripping with sweat, what's the point in going the first place?

 

[Ricey]

I am so glad I have cancelled my membership there!