‘What are the most annoying habits you see at the gym?’ – 21 stupid actions from people who put the ‘dumb’ into dumbbell
12.
‘People who don’t put weights away, people who leave cans of energy drink or empty water bottles lying around.’
–HD_Sanders
13.
‘People who dither about when the machine they want is being used and rather than go and do something else they just sort of awkwardly wait near you.’
–Careless_Squirrel728
14.
‘Slamming weights. Don’t mind people dropping weights if they’ve actually trained to failure. But deliberately slamming them down to get everyone’s attention makes you a knob.’
–Fit_Cicada7954
15.
‘People who don’t wipe down the equipment. Sick of seeing a perfect sweaty imprint of someone’s sack or ass.’
–Eyupmeduck1989
16.
‘Definitely the bench hogs, they do a set, but then sit on their phone for ten minutes for a break, before doing another set. Maybe there needs to be little buzzers on the equipment that the desk can set off!’
–keepthebear
17.
‘I hate it when people work out DIRECTLY in front of the mirrors. Unless they’ve got bad eyesight, there’s no need for it.’
–Notagelding
18.
‘People who think the gym is the right place to wander about eating a massive salad covered in some honking dressing out of a Tupperware container.’
–BitterOtter
19.
‘Folk not exercising chatting away for like an hour, especially if they are near – just really distracts me.’
–AnyDevelopment4623
20.
‘Shadow boxing.’
–jdanes52
21.
‘People bringing bags and massive coats in with them despite there being a changing room and reception more than happy to give you a token if you don’t happen to have £1 for a locker.’
–tom_l_92
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