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Obviously that may not be realistic for you depending on your situation but I ran into many of the same issues you did and I now work out at home and the only gym idiot is me!
You would be surprised at what you can find out there on Amazon or craigslist. Lots of exercise equipment from free weights, treadmills, machines, etc.... that people just want GONE and will take pennies on the dollar for.
Germs, really? How many phones now days have a key pad?
And people are just resting between their sets, normal, especially when lifting heavy in which rests can be upwards five to seven minutes on the heaviest sets. Texting gives someone to do while just waiting for the time to count down.
The normal thing to do is just ask to work in, or ask how many sets they have left.
The people who drive me crazy are the circuit trainers, who think they are allowed to use five or more equipment and get all angry when someone else uses any of them while they are doing their circuit.
Why do you take your cell phone to an area that is so filthy? You are looking to get an URI.
I get the seven minutes of rest. But, I think it makes no sense to hug the exercise equipment when the resting between sets is so long. I have to assume these folks are so self centered they do not see what they are doing. Why not get off the exercise equipment and text standing up somewhere nearby? But, guess what? They want to hug the machine for 15-20 minutes and only use it for about 2-4 minutes of exercise. Highly disconsiderate!
it can work out cheaper over time to just buy your own weights at home..
Being there done that. I have a treadmill, a swedish ball, dumbells, and a stationary bicycle. But, once I am home I do not have the discipline to work out. I need to make the trip to the gym to exercise, otherwise I will not do a thing.
Obviously that may not be realistic for you depending on your situation but I ran into many of the same issues you did and I now work out at home and the only gym idiot is me!
You would be surprised at what you can find out there on Amazon or craigslist. Lots of exercise equipment from free weights, treadmills, machines, etc.... that people just want GONE and will take pennies on the dollar for.
I will probably sell my equipment one day. I just do not use it.
Why do you take your cell phone to an area that is so filthy? You are looking to get an URI.
I get the seven minutes of rest. But, I think it makes no sense to hug the exercise equipment when the resting between sets is so long. I have to assume these folks are so self centered they do not see what they are doing. Why not get off the exercise equipment and text standing up somewhere nearby? But, guess what? They want to hug the machine for 15-20 minutes and only use it for about 2-4 minutes of exercise. Highly disconsiderate!
25 years of going to the gym, including many years of wrestling and BJJ, no issues ever, only issues I ever known someone getting was from BJJ. To me the public trans system I use every day is much dirtier than the gym ever thought of being.
All you have to do is ask the person to work in. The sign of being done is walking away from the equipment, in which it is expected the person re-rack the weights, so a person is not going to go wonder off somewhere between their sets, and it is not their fault you will not ask to work in; you expect someone to read your mind?
What is self centered is you expecting someone to know what you want, and to know that you are too self conscious to ask to work in and should throw an invitation to you.
25 years of going to the gym, including many years of wrestling and BJJ, no issues ever, only issues I ever known someone getting was from BJJ. To me the public trans system I use every day is much dirtier than the gym ever thought of being.
All you have to do is ask the person to work in. The sign of being done is walking away from the equipment, in which it is expected the person re-rack the weights, so a person is not going to go wonder off somewhere between their sets, and it is not their fault you will not ask to work in; you expect someone to read your mind?
What is self centered is you expecting someone to know what you want, and to know that you are too self conscious to ask to work in and should throw an invitation to you.
I cannot relate to wrestling. That is not even in my vocabulary.
I still think that seating in a piece of exercise equipment texting for up to eight minutes while the gym is full and others are waiting lack of empathy for others. And then do a set that last 90 secs and go back to texting------totally pathologic.
BTW, in my old gym there was big sign that said cell phones to be used only in the lobby. I guess I am getting what I paid for. I never saw this in the other more upscale gym.
25 years of going to the gym, including many years of wrestling and BJJ, no issues ever, only issues I ever known someone getting was from BJJ. To me the public trans system I use every day is much dirtier than the gym ever thought of being.
All you have to do is ask the person to work in. The sign of being done is walking away from the equipment, in which it is expected the person re-rack the weights, so a person is not going to go wonder off somewhere between their sets, and it is not their fault you will not ask to work in; you expect someone to read your mind?
What is self centered is you expecting someone to know what you want, and to know that you are too self conscious to ask to work in and should throw an invitation to you.
re-rack the weights! I wish people would do this and do it correctly. I usually have to pull three 45lb plates off to find a 5lb plate. I think the people where I work out think this is the cleaning people's job to re-rack the weights. The worst are the people who leave them on the floor so you have to step over the plates.
BTW, in my old gym there was big sign that said cell phones to be used only in the lobby. I guess I am getting what I paid for. I never saw this in the other more upscale gym.
You make a good point. If you are going to make the effort to go to a gym, it may be worth paying a little extra to avoid the stress.
I don't like gyms anymore because of the germ factor, but I understand what you mean about not working out at home.
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