Hush!

[teamfatboy]

To all you folks who like to make a bit of noise while lifting,

don't go to Nelson :grin:

[Jigga]

Before I clicked the link I knew it would be cityfitness. BJs richmond was the best gym in Nelson. It had a few massive regulars and a mean setup. Then they got bought out by cityfitness and some other small gyms opened up but the Nelson gym scene sucks balls now imo.

In saying that though a lot of people lift heavy weights without screaming and letting the whole gym know about it lol

[Draft]

Why is not wearing shoes in the gym a faux pas?

To be honest it think people need to pull their head out of their arse. Some people grunt while lifting. Get over it. I don't even notice anyone else most of the time I'm their.

Check out this gym.

Apparently "[t]he Lunk Alarm is sounded when patrons "Grunt, Drop Weights, do unapproved lifts such as deadlifting, or lifting too much (exhibition).""

[oldfella]

I've learnt something today.

"If anyone is grunting excessively we usually get the fitness instructor to approach them because its usually a sign they are not doing the exercise correctly."

Someone should tell those tennis girls.

[becbec]

LOL i was gonna join CityFitness Nelson

[runveerun]

Excessive noise from headphones? Whaaaaat? How else are you supposed to listen to music?

[weener lad]

Before we all go smashing the gym over this one, I have it from a good source the old mate went well overboard with the noise the next day.

[Ronin]

GYM CRIMES

Grunting too loudly

Not wearing shoes

Body odour

Not wiping sweat off gym equipment

Shorts that are too skimpy

Flaunting yourself in the changing rooms and shower

Using headphones too loudly

Now is it just me, or should the first one on the list be "not fucking putting your fucking weights away when you're fucking finished with them FFS"

[Growth]

Now is it just me, or should the first one on the list be "not fucking putting your fucking weights away when you're fucking finished with them FFS"

Damn straight!

Also, WTF @ headphones too loud...seriously? :SSSSS Should bust out a ghetto blaster just to make a mockery of that.

[teamfatboy]

and what on earth's a "body building tank top" :doh:

Putzes, the lot of them.

[TonganTerror]

GYM CRIMES

Grunting too loudly

Not wearing shoes

Body odour

Not wiping sweat off gym equipment

Shorts that are too skimpy

Flaunting yourself in the changing rooms and shower

Using headphones too loudly

Now is it just me, or should the first one on the list be "not fucking putting your fucking weights away when you're fucking finished with them FFS"

f*ck yeah the rats round the gym get told only once .....thats all it usually takes :doh:

[severe]

The bunnies who load up the weights on the leg press and only do 1/4 range of motion, then leave the weights are retards. There are women at the gym who cant use it because of the 220kg of plates. Putting your weights away is an exercise for the hands in my opinion.

Lazy people should be suspended.

I tell them if I see them. Name and shame.

I haven't yet discovered who leaves the weights next to the bench. Yes, I'm a nazi.

Grunting doesnt bother me, unless its for attention. like the guy at my last gym who lifted light weights but made all the noises for his 15+ reps. :pfft:

Loud MP3 players? well, sometimes the music at the gym is plain shit, so people need to drown that shit out. I dont like using mine, but sometimes I have to because of the gym playing lame radio crap to please an aging minority on teh treadmills or bikes (they must need Classic Hits to compliment the magazine reading).

As for Nelson, so many hot women down there, that they can be forgiven for almost anything. 8)

[Jigga]

As for Nelson, so many hot women down there, that they can be forgiven for almost anything. 8)

Ridiculous how often I get told this.

[severe]

As for Nelson, so many hot women down there, that they can be forgiven for almost anything. 8)

Ridiculous how often I get told this.

But now I am thinking... are they locals, or tourists?

[Chillicat]

Check out this gym.

A gym aimed at people who never go to the gym, or only go once. :roll:

[severe]

Why is not wearing shoes in the gym a faux pas?

To be honest it think people need to pull their head out of their arse. Some people grunt while lifting. Get over it. I don't even notice anyone else most of the time I'm their.

Check out this gym.

Apparently "[t]he Lunk Alarm is sounded when patrons "Grunt, Drop Weights, do unapproved lifts such as deadlifting, or lifting too much (exhibition).""

"Planet Fitness also provides its members with free pizza and bagels" :pfft:

[Matrix]

I agree with Severe here, that grunting itself doesn't annoy me unless it's for attention.

That pretty much sums it up.

Usually if someone is banging out a1RM, heavy triple or high rep squat/deadlift, then ther may be a bit of post valsalva grunting exhalation or even exhaustion/effort noise happening, but if someones doing say a dumbell bench press and making grunting noises(not exhalation) from the 3rd rep of ten, then I agree that they are just trying to attract attention.You can kind of tell whats genuine exertion noise and whats just posturing in the gym.Whats sad is that the posers that make sounds to attract attention to themselves dont underdstand that A:hey are making arses out of themselves and B:They are usually far from the strongest/best built people in the gym.

Case in point, an overweight guy at a gym that I used to train at would grunt like an animal doing 10kg side laterals (from the first rep and swinging them up!)and 25kg Barbell wrist curls! Thats pretty pathetic.

He'd also throw, not drop the bar down after a set of seated wrist curls then look around to see if any body was "admiring" him.

Ironically, in the year I trained there I never saw him at the squat rack or lifting platform, infact I never saw him training his lower body at all?