Are You Irritating People at the Gym? 8 Rules of Public Exercise Etiquette

And don't use the weight benches & machines as park benches as you talk to your buddy!

Don't monopolize a machine by resting on it 5 minutes between sets. Let someone else work in.

And please don't use the only #$%$ squat rack in the room to rest the bar on after you finish your little biceps curls with the olympic bar.

1. Don't talk/text on your cell phones, especially in the locker rooms (cell phones have cameras, how do other people know if you're talking or sneaking quick pictures for a website). Just put it away.
2. Don't talk to me while you're naked in the locker room.
3. Re-rack your weights
3a. Re-rack your weights in the right spots! You see where it says 30 on your dumb bell? And you see where it says 30 on the rack? Good chance that it goes there
4. Don’t talk to people wearing headphones beyond “are you done”/”can I work in”/”can I get a quick spot”. If they’re wearing headphones they don’t want to be bothered.
5. Don’t offer unsolicited advise telling people what they’re doing wrong
6. Throw away your trash. I bring a water bottle. You bring a water bottle. I put mine on the bench, you left yours on the bench and $#!T which one is mine. In the trash it goes
7. Actually work out, walking around talking to everyone for 45 minutes, pausing occasionally to sit on a bench so other people can’t use it and then leaving is not a workout.
8. Don’t grunt loudly. Some noise is ok. But if you resemble someone who’s having open heart surgery without anesthesia it’s quite distracting and intimidating.
9. If your nipples are showing, you need a different top. Sadly, this point is for the guys.
10. Don’t flex in the mirror. We get it. You’re huge and your testicles have shriveled up to the size peas because of steroids. Go flex at home.

Lets face facts people, if you go to a gym regularly, you are going to get in someone's way at some point and they are going to get in yours at some point, its just the way it is. Learn to be patient, YOUR workout is NOT the most important thing in the day to the rest of the world. Get over it and perhaps make a friend at the gym to talk to when someone is using your machine or bench. Its life, you're supposed to enjoy it.

I've been working out for over 25 years. Basic gym Etiquette:Always carry and use a towel, please wipe your sweat off the machines. We don't like to sit in--or grip your sweat. Clean up after yourself sweathog.No reason to SLAM the dumbells in the rack, or DROP the weight plates..if you do that you're either lifting to heavy (cant handle the weight) or your trying to draw attention to yourself--which is dumb and we could care less.Don't hog the machines. Its over-crowded in most gyms as it is, its rude to just sit there on that bench and daydream when someone is standing around waiting to use it..if you're between sets, be cool, and ask them to join in and alternate..most of us want to get the workout done and get outta there. Finally, put you #$%$ weights away..don't leave your toys around for others to clean up.

Nothing bothers me more than people who talk loudly on cell phones. It's so obnoxious!

Number 8 in the article is 'don't stare at my butt as I walk by'. How about don't wear super tight clothes on your butt, or how about, go to a girls only gym. I'm not saying it's right to drool, but if you are wear super tight clothes, we are going to look. Get over it.

I'm sure the person who wrote this article NEVER did anything to irritate anyone at HER gym.

This wasn't a real article. It was some vapid article written by some modern girl with the sensibilities of one of those Kardashians. I didn't know I would be reading an article written by "Kelly Bundy". I am reading real etiquette in the comments below. Another insipid web article. @ Lynnie ... You're close, I'm thinkin' the whole gym would like a new "her" (referring to the writer of the article).

just sitting on a machine chatting with someone is rude to those who want to use it

5. Please try not to make loud grunting noises when you are doing your reps. If you have to sound like a gorilla being strangled by a vine, mayhaps your weight is too heavy.
Isn't that why they are at the gym?

Don't sit on a machine and text or talk on your cell phone. Bottom line is if you are not at the gym to work out, leave.

How about not trying to bully someone who working out into giving up his station because you want to use a particular exercise machine at that instance.

"wear real workout clothes"

Why?

Wipe down the machines! OMG, just DO IT!

I wholeheartedly agree with the yapping on the cell phone. Its incredibly annoying.

this article irritates me.

Who care if someone is wearing jeans? How about 'don't bring your sick kid to the kids care to mingle with my not sick kid.'

Don't stand in line waiting on a machine,eyeballing the user and making him nervous....