borrowed from some random site...

1: Wear proper attire
Show up in proper workout attire—nothing too distracting. Assume people are there to focus on their workout. Likewise, stay focused on yours—don’t leer or stare at other people.

2: Arrive early
If there’s a spinning bike or area of the weight or yoga room that you’re partial to, arrive early to get it. Don’t assume you can just show up and claim it.

3: Wipe off sweat
Wipe your sweat off every bench, seat, pad, or bar after you’re done using it.

4: Don't grunt or groan
Keep your grunts and groans to yourself—unless you’re in distress.

5: Don't spit
Don’t spit—seriously. If you want to spit, go workout outside.

6: Don't rest at station
Don’t rest or take a break on a machine or at a station. Someone could be waiting to use it.

7: Ask kindly to work in w/ someone
If someone won’t leave a station, kindly ask, “Would you mind if I work in with you?”

8: Allow someone to work in w/ you
If someone asks to work in with you say, “Yes,” get up, and allow them to do their sets between yours.

9: Make sure spotter can support weight
When asking for a spotter to help you, make sure the person can fully support the weight you’re trying to lift.

10: Communicate w/ spotter
Make sure you and your spotter are on the same page by demonstrating what you want.

11: Spot your spotter
Offer to spot your spotter when he or she needs one.

12: Return weights & pins
When you’re finished, replace all free weights to their proper stacks and return the pins in weight machines to the lowest weight.

13: Clean your locker
Clean out your locker of smelly clothes and damp towels.

14: Get over sweat
People sweat—sometimes a lot—at the gym. Get over it!

2/27/2008 12:42:30 PM

nice post count

2/27/2008 12:43:39 PM

like anyone here goes to a gym....

we can't even get people together to play basketball.

2/27/2008 12:44:12 PM

15. If you're sick, STAY HOME!
Nobody wants to hear you hack up a lung or cough all over the machinery.

16. Group Fitness Challenege
GO TO IT! (see front page)

[Edited on February 27, 2008 at 12:46 PM. Reason : .]

2/27/2008 12:45:03 PM

^today's a big day for you!

[Edited on February 27, 2008 at 12:46 PM. Reason : big not bit]

2/27/2008 12:46:03 PM

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"like anyone here goes to a gym..."

yeah, but they might decide to take their lazy ass outta the house one day--i'm just tryin' to help people not be that guy

2/27/2008 12:47:58 PM

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"yeah, but they might decide to take their lazy ass outta the house one day--i'm just tryin' to help people not be that guy"

good werk,

i salute you.

2/27/2008 12:48:44 PM

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"we can't even get people together to play basketball."

not true, I met a girlfriend at a TWW basketball get together.

that was years ago though. America is lazier and fatter now.

2/27/2008 12:59:29 PM

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"4: Don't grunt or groan Keep your grunts and groans to yourself—unless you’re in distress."

This is the only one I disagree with. While, yes, some people do it excessively, if you're lifting hard you're going to make some kind of noise.

Besides, everyone has headphones on these days anyway.

2/27/2008 1:03:37 PM

i would prefer more of a yell then a grunt.

a nice AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH THATS WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT.

is better than

UGHGHHGHGHHUUUUH

2/27/2008 1:05:32 PM

bwahahaha, i just chuckled in class because of that^

2/27/2008 1:07:08 PM

if i'm doin a heavy weight, i'm gonna grunt on my exhale for each rep- i can't help it and i'll be damned if i'm gonna do less than potential capabilities because someone doesn't want to "hear it"

i mean damn, most people at all the gyms i go to these days have their ipods blasting anyway so what should they care

2/27/2008 1:09:05 PM

if you have to grunt then youre lifting more weight than you should be.

2/27/2008 1:09:53 PM

i don't really expect people to be completely silent but some dudes you would think were giving birth--i mean, damn...

the main things that irritate me are dudes that like to lounge on equipment they're not using and chicks that give me the evil eye when i don't wipe-down every damned thing i touch

2/27/2008 1:10:32 PM

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"if you have to grunt then youre lifting more weight than you should be."

interesting argument. is there any evidence to support this claim?


if not, ibtf.

2/27/2008 1:11:02 PM

^^^have you ever done powerlifting?

or tried to push yourself when working out?

i believe they even have an episode about this on sports science

grunting or even yelling while performing an explosive movement will increase your power

[Edited on February 27, 2008 at 1:12 PM. Reason : ^]

2/27/2008 1:12:07 PM

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"if you have to grunt then youre lifting more weight than you should be. "

its called controlling your breathing to make the lift efficient, what bothers me is people that try to hold their breaths while lifting so that they dont grunt


that shit isnt safe

2/27/2008 1:13:00 PM

not really true.

you could be lifting 50 lbs 100 times. at around 80 you might need some extra ummph.

there is nothing wrong with grunting. i mean i do a little grunt to myself. i doubt anyone can hear it. it helps.

its better than holding your breath

[Edited on February 27, 2008 at 1:13 PM. Reason : gg chris]

2/27/2008 1:13:23 PM

Don't curl on the squat rack

2/27/2008 1:13:55 PM

^^^I've seen someone pass out when trying to break a PR on squats cause they weren't breathing- shit was scary, but thank god he was in a rack and had spotters

[Edited on February 27, 2008 at 1:14 PM. Reason : ^]

2/27/2008 1:14:00 PM

So should I not have pooped on the elliptical machine?

2/27/2008 1:14:08 PM

i mean granted, there are your grunters and your screamers



screamers are wasting energy by screaming during non integral points of the lifts, the guys that scream after theyve put the weight back into a resting position

yea thats annoying



i mean guys that are excited about maxing a little more than they had expected yea let em scream, it gets me pumped to see people improve


but screaming all day while walking to the water fountain and putting your gloves on isnt cool

2/27/2008 1:17:11 PM

heh, ellipticals are for women and dudes with knee problems

2/27/2008 1:17:58 PM

and what do we call dudes with knee problems?

2/27/2008 1:18:42 PM

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"4: Don't grunt or groan Keep your grunts and groans to yourself—unless you’re in distress."

Maybe chicks should just do their pilates in a seperate gym.

2/27/2008 1:19:28 PM

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"its called controlling your breathing to make the lift efficient, what bothers me is people that try to hold their breaths while lifting so that they dont grunt that shit isnt safe"

winnar.

2/27/2008 1:19:32 PM

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"grunting or even yelling while performing an explosive movement will increase your power"

I target in on someone and yell obscenities in their direction with every movement.

2/27/2008 1:22:14 PM

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"and what do we call dudes with knee problems?"

gimp?

2/27/2008 1:23:06 PM

i guess that makes me a gimp

2/27/2008 1:24:25 PM

i dont know. i thought we could make a gay joke out of it. guess not

2/27/2008 1:26:00 PM

i can run maybe once or twice a week for no more than 2 miles at a time

any more than that and my knees let me know that they are not fans of it

2/27/2008 1:27:17 PM

it's DiamondAce, there's always a gay joke implied

2/27/2008 1:27:46 PM

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"9: Make sure spotter can support weight"

2/27/2008 1:31:56 PM

Is this diamondace's friend?

2/27/2008 1:32:50 PM

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"Don't curl on the squat rack"

And dont do other things in there there, that should be done elsewhere.


Also, don't interrupt me mid set.

2/27/2008 1:39:22 PM

Also, don't walk up close to someone lifting. This would especially include someone in the rack, doing deads in the open, or doing oly's in the open. It's not just dagerous for them, but for you.

2/27/2008 4:10:58 PM