Stuff that annoys you in the gym

Really don't get this.

Saying someone slim shouldn't be doing cardio unless it's for sport is like saying someone musulcar shouldn't be lifting weights unless it's for sport.

But the main thing that annoys me is when people bitch about other people not exercising "properly." as in, not running fast enough, walking on the treadmill, spending the whole time on the bike, etc... okay it might not be good enough for your standards but at least they're doing something and if they're doing it wrong it's only them who won't reap the benefits.

In short, it annoys me when people don't mind their own.

Of course, if someone's not using equipment properly and you tell them how to use it properly, that's a different matter.

I don't mind people taking it easy, but when there are no spare machines and somebody is reading a book while doing their workout it does wind me up.

Agree with this. I do an uphill walk on the treadmill and burn about 300 calories in 25 minutes, but I get the "why isn't she running" looks/ comments. Tbh it's no one's business but my own what I do in the gym, I pay my membership and what makes other people think they can comment on what exercise someone else should be doing/ is capable of? I'm actually losing rather a lot of weight thankyouverymuch :P

Someone who doesn't look to be 'pushing themselves' might have good reason anyway, they might have a dodgy knee, or a heart condition that means they can't strain too much. It doesn't matter, they've still got just as much right as any other paying member to use that equipment how they see fit. Wish people would mind their own business.

But people can't help but be competitive.

What's being competitive got to do with it? Of course you can help staring or making comments to people you don't even know about how they should be spending their time in the gym. It's more to do with a haughty/ holier-than-thou/ know-it-all attitude than competitiveness really.

Freshies in the gym who stink of BO and curry.

I hate women who purposly go to the gym to pull a guy.

When people walk right next to the bar whilst you're power cleaning

1. People who use the squat rack for things such curls or military press, when they can't lift more than ~45kg, because they have smaller 'fixed' bars for that.
2. People who put 200kg on a bar and then do quarter squats
3. People who use a station/machine/bench and then walk off for 10 minutes and expect nobody to touch it
4. People who try to correct you when they don't know what they're talking about
5. The people who grunt real loud when they lift and then look around to see if anybody was watching

Absolutely nothing wrong with pressing in the rack.

Agree with this. I do an uphill walk on the treadmill and burn about 300 calories in 25 minutes, but I get the "why isn't she running" looks/ comments. Tbh it's no one's business but my own what I do in the gym, I pay my membership and what makes other people think they can comment on what exercise someone else should be doing/ is capable of? I'm actually losing rather a lot of weight thankyouverymuch :P

Someone who doesn't look to be 'pushing themselves' might have good reason anyway, they might have a dodgy knee, or a heart condition that means they can't strain too much. It doesn't matter, they've still got just as much right as any other paying member to use that equipment how they see fit. Wish people would mind their own business.