This past summer I started lifting weights again in a local gym. It has improved my overall health and performance in other sports. I am mid 50s and have been lifting weights on and off since my teenage years. I have experienced some things in the gym that make me think I am just becoming and old curmudgeon or people just don't care about others and just do what they do.
Experience 1 - people that are working out on one machine but are not finished on that machine but go put their stuff on another machine to save it for them when they finish on the machine they are working on(stuff like water bottle, keys, phone, sweat shirt) - To me I find this kind of rude? The gym was maybe 30% full and there were many open machines . If the next machine I want to use is in use I just go do something else and wait until it is open.
Experience 2 - a few times people have asked to work in with me, I usually have 1 set left and tell them I will be finished after my next set. I maybe rest like 60 secs in between sets. Then the person sort of stands 3 feet away waiting for me to finish. Not behind my but like right in my eyesight as I am finishing my last set. Then I had another guy ask me again, I had just finished my first set, was starting on my 2nd when he asked, I told him after I had to stop, that I have these 2 sets left. In both instances, 80% of the machines in the gym were empty. Then when I finished my last set and as I am getting up he starts wiping down the machine. The guys does one set and then goes another machine. Thought maybe he was doing a circuit or something but never got back on the machine. Why can't people just wait? If you are in a hurry get there earlier. Just because you are in a hurry doesn't mean you can interrupt other peoples workouts just so you can do what you want.
Experience 3 - younger kids seem to sit on the machines forever on their phones, I mean almost 5-10 minutes between sets. I have completed workouts on other machines while the same kid is still on the other machine looking at the phones. If I was waiting for that machine, I would just go do something else. Again the gym was not that full but in some cases their is only one of the machines(leg extensions) in the gym.
What are your thoughts on 2, would you let someone work in when 80% of the machines in the gym are not being used? I mean go do something else and wait your turn like I did. Don't interrupt my workout because you can't adjust to the situation.
Experience 1 - people that are working out on one machine but are not finished on that machine but go put their stuff on another machine to save it for them when they finish on the machine they are working on(stuff like water bottle, keys, phone, sweat shirt) - To me I find this kind of rude? The gym was maybe 30% full and there were many open machines . If the next machine I want to use is in use I just go do something else and wait until it is open.
Experience 2 - a few times people have asked to work in with me, I usually have 1 set left and tell them I will be finished after my next set. I maybe rest like 60 secs in between sets. Then the person sort of stands 3 feet away waiting for me to finish. Not behind my but like right in my eyesight as I am finishing my last set. Then I had another guy ask me again, I had just finished my first set, was starting on my 2nd when he asked, I told him after I had to stop, that I have these 2 sets left. In both instances, 80% of the machines in the gym were empty. Then when I finished my last set and as I am getting up he starts wiping down the machine. The guys does one set and then goes another machine. Thought maybe he was doing a circuit or something but never got back on the machine. Why can't people just wait? If you are in a hurry get there earlier. Just because you are in a hurry doesn't mean you can interrupt other peoples workouts just so you can do what you want.
Experience 3 - younger kids seem to sit on the machines forever on their phones, I mean almost 5-10 minutes between sets. I have completed workouts on other machines while the same kid is still on the other machine looking at the phones. If I was waiting for that machine, I would just go do something else. Again the gym was not that full but in some cases their is only one of the machines(leg extensions) in the gym.
What are your thoughts on 2, would you let someone work in when 80% of the machines in the gym are not being used? I mean go do something else and wait your turn like I did. Don't interrupt my workout because you can't adjust to the situation.
