Gym Pet Peeves and Salads Galore

Yesterday I decided to go to the gym after school while Billy was out doing his tempo run in 82 degree weather. I got to the gym, changed and realized I forgot 2 (technically 3) very important things….both socks and my headphones.

The sweaty feet didn’t necessarily bug me BUT the lack of headphones did. I have a major pet peeve at the gym and that is when people use an elliptical that is clearly broken or malfunctioning and it makes a loud noise every few seconds.  Usually it just somewhat bothers me because I can just turn my music up full blast so that I can’t hear anything but Jay-Z rapping but without the headphones I had to listen to the loudest elliptical in the world squeaking away a few machines down from me.

That feels good to get off my chest.  Wow, I am really dealing with some hard things lately;)

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I got home right at 5:30 because I am on a strict schedule and can’t miss a moment of my Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune tv hour.  I really do look forward to these two shows all day and it turns out I am getting a lot smarter because of them.   Can’t you tell the Wheel of Fortune has been helping me a lot with me spelng on the blog.  hahaha.

Next task was to make dinner to go.  I used to make incredibly random salads like this all of the time and didn’t have an excuse for them, it is so nice now to be able to blame pregnancy on my gross mixtures.  A turkey/hard-boiled egg/cottage cheese/grape/salsa/tapatio salad.  If a restaurant owner is reading this, you better not steal this salad idea from me without my permission.

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Salad eaten while enjoying the game.  After spilling on myself 2 bites into the salad I transformed my blanket into a bib and it worked wonderfully.  Anyone know where I can buy matching mommy and daughter bibs?

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For dessert I had Birthday Cake Oreos.  I may not like chocolate anymore but Oreos are definitely an exception.

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Billy’s softball team didn’t win but he played really well.  I got a new paparazzi lens for my camera and so I took about a trillion pictures last night. I can use the lens as a telescope now so that I can see his every move even when he is in the outfield….creepy?  Yep.

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Get it out there in the open…What are YOUR gym (or running) pet peeves?

What are some of your weirdest salad combinations?

Forgotten anything lately when you went on a run or to the gym?

Hot, medium or mild salsa?  Chunky or smooth salsa?

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Oh I have a ton of gym pet peeves! Not wiping down the machine after use, people talking vs working out while standing on cardio equipment or around ST machines (hello others want to get a workout in), people walking at a verrry slow pace using the treadmills that have fans, women wearing only a sports bra and shorts and they are walking or lifting (its not that hot), holding onto the treadmill w/hands, personal trainers doing moves/workouts incorrectly and those are just a few;-)

My salad combo–cabbage, cottage cheese, rice, beans, ketchup.

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What in the world?!?!?! Sounds like something on Fear Factor.. : )

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Gym pet peeve- BO. I’m sorry but these days there’s no excuse. Spray on that dee-oh or pay, mister!

I don’t really have weird salad combos aside from the fact that I’m happy to combine all fruits and veggies- grapes, onions, strawberries, peppers, lettuce, blueberries. You name it, I’ll combine it.

I bring my stalker-lens to my boyfriend’s basketball games but NEVER get to use it cause I get stuck scoring for them :( Don’t you ever have to score for Billy? It’s so stressful!

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the sound of vibrams on the treadmill or indoor track. super loud and annoying.

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My treadmill started getting super loud 2 miles into my tempo run yesterday. I turned my headphones up and made everyone suffer around me. If it had been in the first 5 minutes I would have changed – but I was committed by mile 2 :)

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My gym pet peeve is when the naked middle aged women stand around and chat or when they talk to me…um, please put a shirt on!

We buy medium salsa, but then we spice everything else like crazy, so it’s practically hot.

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Haha I love that you workout to Jay-Z…N**gaz in Paris is possibly the best song to run to…GREAT beat! I can’t stand it when I’m running on the treadmill and despite there being multiple of free treadmills, someone gets on to the one right next to me!

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Treadmill foot slappers…they can clear a room out. Body odor–I’ve worked at a gym before and on a daily basis had someone that did not use deodorant and smelled like cat pee. IT WAS THE WORST!! We had to tell him that he needed deodorant which was just awkward to the max!

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I hate loud machines at the gym! I hate it even more when I am on one of them… but don’t notice until I am almost done because I don’t hear it over my headphones!
Some other pet peeves are talking on the cell phone.. or just standing on cardio equipment talking to someone else and NOT using it (and not having any intentions of using it).
Perfume and cologne get me too. I suffocate when someone spray too much of that junk on before coming to the gym!

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Gym pet peeve are the meatheads staring at you while you are doing free weights. I mean come on a girl using dumb bells isn’t that crazy! Also big dudes using the 10pound weights for an hour so I can’t get anything done!

I always seem to forget the sports bra…but I am tiny so I can pull off the normal bra easily.

Mild chunky salsa for me please :)

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I loved all the pictures you included. That’s a great idea to take a salad with you to the game. It beats being sucked in by the concession stand! That is what I have to fight off during my son’s baseball game. I just started on the elliptical myself and that thing is killing me. I agree about the noises!!

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I’ve gotten on this kick lately where I have to have craisins in all my salads. So even if the only dressing I have is sundried tomato or southwest or something else that definitely doesn’t go with the sweetness of the craisins, I still throw them in there. I know it’s weird, and I’m actively seeking help. Confession is the first step, right?

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I hate the broken/noisy machine thing too. I also get bugged by…

Mostly stuff in the cardio cinema since it is enclosed like: talking really loud, having really bad gas (nowhere for the air to escape) gross!, and people being on my favorite treadmills (the ones that don’t turn off after 60 min).

Not a pet peeve… but I love it when guys lift up their shirts and flex their abs in the mirror when they think no one is looking, not bc I think it’s sexy or something, but because it is so funny.

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One of my biggest pet peeves is guys who just sit on weight machines forever between sets! Sometimes I’m just not in the mood to ask if I can work in. And men wearing too small shorts… I live near “Boyztown” in Chicago and there are a lot of too small shorts happening in my gym… I don’t need to see all of that.

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I don’t like talkng to people at the gym. I’m not trying to be mean, I just want to get my workout done and leave. So, sometimes I’ll wear my earbuds even if I’m not listening to music so no one will talk to me.
Also, I hate when there’s 10 treadmills available and someone get on the one right next to me!
Love your salad combo – I put apples and cashews on my salad last night and it was so good!

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Ohh I have a lot of gym pet peeves too.. Girls who wear a ton of makeup then just stand around the gym trying to look pretty (vommmm!); smelly people (BO has the be the worst, but “I bathed in cologne” is a close second); people who either stand around and chat ON THE INDOOR TRACK or those who walk in pairs around the track so that runners have to run out around them; people who stand by the treadmill the second your 30 minutes are up, even if you only have .3 of a km to go in your workout. Ugh… Haha I don’t know why I go to the gym :-P

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Haha. I am always shocked when I see someone in the gym with a full thing of makeup on their face AND their hair meticulously blow dried, straightened, and worn down. How does someone workout with their hair down?!

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YES! Haha it’s the worst. I’m sure I resemble a sweaty swamp thing when I work out, but at least I feel awesome after :)

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This has nothing to do with your post but I had a dream last night that you came to visit me. First you were driving through the night to come see me (although I think it would take longer than that) and you were supposed to meet me at church. But then I decided that we should go out for breakfast instead. And then we missed each other and then you called me to tell me you were going to Navy Pier for a coaching event that was a once in a lifetime opportunity so you would meet up with me later. I don’t think we ever got to see each other. Sad stuff.

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Pet peeves: men who try to show off how much they are lifting by grunting really loud.

Salsa: medium, chunky.

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Ha!! I didn’t even think of that one, that’s bad too!

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The broken machine by far!!! I hate when people come to the gym and just stand and talk. At least get on the treadmill next to the person you are talking to.
Hot salsa!!

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Gym pet-peeve: It really annoys me when people don’t clean up after themselves and leave their towels and cups on the machine for someone else to take away. So rude. It’s not like the gym staff are suppose to be maids and it’s not like I want to touch your sweaty towel, which I have to do if I want to use the treadmill. Gross-a-roni!

I don’t think I have weird salad combinations. I like lettuce, black beans, corn, carrots, cucumbers, cheese, green olives, sunflower seeds, and eggs. Nothing too risque. I work by the National Geographic headquarters and they have the BEST salad bar at a subsidized price and then I get to put all kinds of yummies on my salad – like mozz balls and marinated olives and popcorn chicken. It’s great.

I forgot socks the other day for my lunch-time walk. I couldn’t stand the thought of putting my feet in my sneakers without socks so I had to run to CVS and by some cheap socks (that I now keep in my office for emergencies).

I like mild salsa – usually of a black bean/corn variety, a fresh salsa, or a green salsa. So, I guess that would mean chunky?

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Running pet peeve- Dog walkers who have their dog on a retractable leash. Then they walk on a running path and let their dog run all over the place. I have been tripped on several occasions by the retractable leash when the dog darts across the path. Grrrrrr.

Salsa- Fresh, chunky, and full of tomatoes!

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Pet Peeve: When someone sweats ALL over the machine and doesn’t wipe it off- GROSS! Also when hairy men wear really short shorts- WHY?!

I like medium smooth salsa, but I also love that mango salsa. YUM! I don’t know if they carry it at your Costco- but ours has “Mateo’s Gourmet Salsa”. It has a yellow label. It is SO good. I’ve brought it to parties before and people think it’s homemade. You should see if they have it!

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I had my iPod die yesterday about 10 mins into my run! Urgh! I hate loud cardio machines, but I also have a lot of grunters at my gym and without my iPod their grunting actually scares me, and I have tripped up on the treadmill before.
Nothing too weird, but I throw any leftovers I have on top of spinach with either hummus or greek yogurt (okay that maybe be odd) and call it a salad!
I have forgotten my runners a few times in which case I drive back home, good thing my gym is only 5 mins away.
Medium chunky :)

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I don’t like it if people talk to me at the gym. I mean they don’t really but sometimes you get the occasional guy who wants to start up a conversation. Not the time buddy!

Medium chunky salsa is the best!

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I hate when I forget headphones at the gym.i can run without them, but for some reason doing the elliptical without them just won’t work for me.

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I had a very simliar gym experience last week. I didn’t forget my headphones, but the girl next to me on the treadmill had the sniffles. And no matter how loud I turned my music up I could STILL hear her sniffles ever 10 seconds. It drove me absolutely insane. And then she was there the next day, I thought I was going to lose my mind!

When I’m at Whole Foods I definitely make the weirdest salad combos because everything is so good. I don’t even know if you can call it salad at that point, more just a bucket of food :) But I hate normal house or garden salads- booooring

And I like medium to hot salsa! I could eat a whole jar in one sitting

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My pet peeve in fitness classes is when someone decides to do their own thing, or stands directly in front or behind you literally two feet away. I am the queen of strange salad combos, I love salsa on them (well duh) I really could put anything over a bed of lettuce!

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Dont think anyone is going to steal you salad idea, sorry.

I can’t stand it when the tough guy is shadow boxing on the treadmill. Ok I get it your tough, lets blast the Rocky song for you. Little does he know I could keep running for a couple hours longer than him… ; )

I went to change for a run after work the other day. No pants. No run.

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Gosh, I feel so mean/rude about this comment, but heavy breathing drives me crazy!!! There is a man who religiously takes all my early morning classes and he just HAS to be 2 feet from me at all time. His breathing/panting/gagging/suffocating drives me crazyyyyy. He is so loud and I know he doesn’t do it on purpose, but it’s obnoxious. Sometimes I just can’t take it and I crank the music up incredibly loud—it doesn’t help. ha!!
I turn every lunch and dinner into a salad. Seriously I dump the entire meal into a tupperware container with spinach, cap it, shake it, and eat it! My husband it totally use to it, but it can be a problem when we are at restaurants. I order a side salad and then dump it on my entree…

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I hate forgetting my headphones at the gym! The one by me plays “easy listening” stations which are not ideal when you are running or sweating it up on the elliptical. Also, then I have to listen to the muscle men grunting and slamming weights into the floor. Ugh! I also feel more comfortable with them in at the gym because people hardly approach a person who can’t hear them, and I like the gym to be “me” time!

I love salsa and am a huge fan of chunky when its a fresh version. I love the fresh veggies! I usually put salsa on my eggs in the morning to spice them up. Plus, then I don’t have to chop veggies to put in it :)

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I get annoyed/worried for people who run SUPER fast on the treadmill but look like they are one foot step away from falling off! Also, it’s hard for me to not get annoyed at people who don’t pick up their feet and stomp on the treadmill. It’s so loud and the TVs only go so high so often I have to switch to closed captions. Slamming the weights down is also annoying. If you can’t lift the weights and gently set them down, that’s too much weight for you. ONE MORE: people who pop their gum! But hey at least they are there getting their workout in!

I used to always like smooth salsa but recently we found this salsa that has the usual stuff in it plus corn and black beans, so now I like chunky. I also like mild to medium. I just can’t handle the heat!

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ahhh so many pet peeves at the gym..def not wiping the machine off after use…people that stand around the machines talking but not actually using…I also cant stand seeing people work out in jeans/jean shorts, really? Jean shorts are just offensive on their own without even working out in my own opinion…bahaha.

hmmm weirdest salad combinations..really, i can slap anything onto lettuce and call it a salad…but maybe its a little weird when I put eggs and olives onto my salad. i know how much you love olives after all ;)

ive more then once forgotten socks/sports bra for the gym…terrible, absolutely terrible.

medium chunky salsa is where its at!

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I can’t stand it when 2 people are on cardio machines (treadmills) and are talking so loudly that everyone can hear their conversation around them. I have actually told 2 women to stop talking so loudly because it was disturbing everyone around them lol. Also, guys wearing heavy cologne and getting on the treadmill next to me. The sweat increases the strength of the cologne, ew.
I don’t have weird salad combos- I’m really picky. Lettuce, tomatoes, chickpeas, carrots, and chicken. Thats it, every time.
I always forget bobby pins, and then I have whispy hairs plastered to my face. Can you say gorgeous?!! haha
Mild salsa, and I specifically put back the chunks in the salsa jar. I go for smooth all the way!

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I could never go without my headphones either, the music in our gym is just annoying!!!!

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Major gym pet peeves : when people don’t wear deodorant!!! Or same as you–squeaky machines. SO annoying.

I teach fitness classes-so when people are in them but are clearly NOT following along and are doing their own thing….I’m like REALLY?! hah.

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I forgot my headphones yesterday too! THE. WORST. Also, #gympetpeeves was trending on Twitter yesterday afternoon. You’re incredibly timely :)

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Gym Pet Peeves: 1. When old creepy guy stared at my crotch while I was using the Hip Abduction machine- after weeks of this dude being a complete creeper, this was the finale? 2. When dudes fart and crop dust it around . If that isn’t motivation to lunge walk away faster I don’t know what is. 3. When people do the same exact workout day in and day out.. If I know your gym routine by heart it’s time for a change. 4. along with #3- people who have OCD about what treadmill, weight bench or weights they use. I get having a favorite and all- but don’t give me the stink eye because I wasn’t aware that these things have your name on them. Next time you tag them, use permanent marker. 5. When men grunt loud enough for the whole entire gym to hear.. Dude your squatting 90lbs. Get over yourself!

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Simply MUST try these oreos!! I saw they have B.C. Oreo ICE CREAM now too!

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Pet peeve …. when people circle the parking lot looking for a parking space that will save them a few steps, and then come into the gym and get on the treadmill.

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hmm gym pet peeves are definitely right now when the temp is getting humid outside and the gyms in NYC are never well circulated! you start sweating as soon as you get in there

weird salad combos.. i thought mine were weird til yours in this post! haha! but i love making a burger salad.. veggie burger on a salad with onions, tomatoes, everything from a burger and use ketchup and mustard as a dressing :)

i could def not run or work out without music!!!

hot salsa! and defff chunky!

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Get it out there in the open…What are YOUR gym (or running) pet peeves?
People that grunt on the elliptical. People that sprint on the treadmill next to me. Makes my treadmill shake and makes me cranky. People that sit on weight machines just to watch the tv. Other people.

What are some of your weirdest salad combinations?
I use salsa as salad dressiing all the time!

Hot, medium or mild salsa? Chunky or smooth salsa?
I buy the costco size chichi medium chunky salsa. I prefer hot, but they don’t carry the hot one in costco sizes =(

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Why is that when you go on the elliptical without headphones you hear all the creaks of the machine?? It drives me NUTS!

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Yes, definitely a gym pet peeve when I’m using the cardio machines is not having my music. As for salsa, the hotter the better!!

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I can’t afford a gym, so I run outside always, no matter what! My pet peeves are:

BIKERS WHO DON’T ANNOUNCE THEIR PRESENCE *$%!#%@! (can you tell that’s a big one?)

Runners/walkers/fisherman/other people who don’t return my friendly greetings

Young hooligans who hit on me (“Damn, shorty!”) I am 5’8″ and also 10 years older than you. Motorists who hit on me. People standing around eating McDonalds who hit on me. Sense a pattern?

Gnats. Gag. Literally.

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my gym pet peeve makes me feel like a terrible person but it happened to me today so I can’t help but share.

The gym I go to is mostly populated by old people. Today, I went in the treadmill room and there were old me walking at about 3.0mph on ALL of the nice treadmills and there was one old rinky dink one left in the corner. I got on it to run and I discovered that it can’t go above 7.0mph without making terrible noise.

Long story short, I hate it when old people at the gym insist on using the best machines to mosey for an hour and I’ll be running outside today.

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Gym pet peeves – people that count their reps out loud, grunt, or sing along out loud to their headphones, not wiping down the machines, hogging the machines and/or sitting on them without using them, wearing inappropriate attire, body odor.

Mild, chunky salsa!

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Oh, gym pet peeves are hilarious!
Noisy machines are definitely on my list. The second thing is when the person on the treadmill next to you has really bad breath and is breathing super heavy. So gross!
I only go to the gym to swim now, so I’m mostly pet peeve free!

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People wearing too much perfume/cologne at the gym, I would rather deal with b.o., not wiping down machines, trying to talk to me while I am working out, talking/texting during spin class, wearing flip flops/denim shorts/jeans at the gym, the entire parking lot (why can no one drive properly at my gym?!), when lifting-being asked to “work in” aka swap sets on the same machine. Damn just wait 5 minutes for me to be done!!

This could go on forever, but its time for me to get to the gym to be annoyed by something! Thankfully I usually just space out on the treadmill. That reminds me, when people get in the way of the one thing I am looking at when I run. UGH

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Gym Peeves:
(1) When a group of more then 2 people decide they are going to take over the entire row of ellipticals/treadmills and go like 2mph, talking for 45 minutes, while you get stuck on a stationary bike.
(2) People (ahem men) who don’t unload bars after they use them and leave like 130 pounds worth of weight on it.

Thank god I’m a runner so I only have to deal with gym peeves once or twice a week. ;)

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Oh, I saw those Oreos just yesterday and *almost* got them. Are they good? (Silly question, I know.) I have just two gym/running pet peeves. I have a really hard time listening to someone running flat-footed…”SLAP! SLAP!SLAP! SLAP!” …I”ll do anything to get away from them! Also, I have a hard time being patient at the gym when all 15 of the treadmills are being used by people walking.

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I guess it also bugs me (makes me sad) when people don’t return a friendly wave or ‘hi’ when I’m out running. I live in an area now where very few people (non-scientific estimate: 2 out of 10) return greetings. Bums me out, especially having moved from Colorado where that almost never happened.

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Hahaha you always make me laugh out loud when I read your posts. Just like you, one of my biggest pet peeves is using the broken machines and the atrocious notice that comes from them. Another big one is when people have their music up so loud that I am forced to listen to their music because I can hear it clear as day through their head phones. Like you said..we live rough lives. ;)

I packed my clothes to run after work so hopefully I didn’t forget anything…when I do forget stuff, it is usually my sports bra. Good thing my my “nearly A” bra can still do the job! Haha.

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I need to try those bday oreos…they sound amazing!

You and your salads crack me up! They sound delicious though!

Gym pet peeves = sweaty people that don’t wipe off the machines. Or people that use weights and text between sets…hogging the equipment.

I love pickles on my salads…and olives but I know you hate those lol.

I always seem to forget either socks or a sports bra when I go to the gym! For me, it works best to get dressed and then go to the gym. Helps me to make sure I have everything that I need!

I love hot and chunky salsa. Haha that sounds kind of gross…

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I hate when people come to the gym solely to socialize and they take up treadmills walking at a 0.5 speed while loudly talking to their friend on another treadmill as everyone wants to hear their convo! booooo to that!

You are so cute watching Billy’s game :)

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Oh this is perfect! People who put the incline on the treadmill WAY UP, crank up the speed, and then have to hang on for dear life while their legs do all the work. Not much core work going on if you are hanging on. Or the ones that show up in full hair and makeup, wander around for a while, talking on their cells phone and then leave. Bet they tell their friends how hard they worked at the gym. PERFUME/COLOGNE.
Medium/Chunky

The Kidless Kronicles

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My gym pet peeve is when people talk on their cell phone very loudly so that I can hear them over my music.

Also, I just wanted to say that it occurred to me after reading this post that I really like your blog because you never try to be anything else but you. I usually find myself smiling at some point during your posts:)

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Gym pet peeve … when people don’t wipe down the equipment after using it! Yuck!!!

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I have so many gym pet peeves, but I feel guilty about them because everyone is just trying to be healthy, right? But that being said … I go to a very small gym with only a few machines but has a pool that has water baby classes. I hate when the toddlers run around the gym and their parents aren’t watching! I don’t want to be responsible for your child getting injured because they are putting their hands in my weight machine or are trying to get on the treadmill with me! There is also an older gentleman who goes and always uses the stair climber. He doesn’t know how to use it properly and constantly slams each step down hard and loudly! I think it is so obnoxious :(

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UGH- this happened to me yesterday!! When there are a ton of open treadmills, but someone comes and uses the one right next to you. Come on, man!! Also, I’m very non-adventurous and picky when it comes to my salads. I cannot eat fruit/raisins/craisins/croutons in my salad. Bring on the veggies!

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I have a ton of gym pet peeves but last night added a new one. this guy comes into hot yoga about 1 min before class starts and sets up practically on top of me (really crowded class), and proceeds to BURP all through class. loudly. grossest thing ever.

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I’m a big supporter of the creeper camera lens. like, a BIG supporter. haha. and I’m a wimp, so I go for mild salsa, chunky, especially for mixing with queso!! at restaurants, if the salsa is hot, I love the taste, but I’ll only dip straight in so I get juice only. :p

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I totally agree about the elliptical thing. I mean– there are always like 10 other one open too… just pick a different one!! Drives me crazy!!

I don’t get weird stuff in my salad… I’m way too picky of an eater for that. Sadly.

Oh– and I HATE when I forget a regular bra and/or undies at the gym. Especially when I don’t notice til after I get out of the shower and I have to be to work in 2.2 minutes b/c I’m running late (of course). UGH! Worst mornings ever!!

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Oh I love your salad combo. Yum, yum, yum!! I will literally throw anything into a salad. Seriously it is just weird but it works. :)

Yay for softball season. I love it!!

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Oh and my gym pet peeve is the dam bone heads that drink there muscle milk and walk around grunting. Yeah waking up at 5am to walk around the gym and grunt sounds fun to me too…..haha!

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I have too many gym pet peeves to count. I do hate it when people get on the squeeky machines. It totally throws me off. I have forgotten my ipod before, and I had to leave. Weak mind? :) I am not a spicy kind of gal, so mild salsa for me:)

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Pet peeves – people smacking their gum! I use gum during workouts so I don’t have to get water every five seconds, but come on people, chew with your mouth closed! Also, people who take fifteen minute rests (a tiny exaggeration) ON the equipment.

Oh gosh, my combinations are always weird! This week, I had a salad with spinach, chickpeas, blueberries, goddess dressing, broccoli slaw, tomatoes, and a little balsamic vinegar.

I forgot my SHOES not too long ago! I had to teach TWO zumba classes barefoot. My feet were so so so sore hahahaha.

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Oooh.. that is one of my pet peeves to!! One of my big pet peeves as a gym instructor is when I have two people in my class that TALK the WHOLE time.. they are doing the movements but totally facing eachother talking and laughing.. Its not only disrespectful but super distracting to everyone in class.
sigh. vent. over.

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I actually just quit my gym because it annoyed me so much! Now I’m saving the $50 a month and working out at home or local parks.

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Oh man, I hate it when people use the equipment wrong. I know it’s not my problem, but it bugs me! There’s one lady who “uses” the rowing machine. I don’t even know how she thinks she’s getting a workout!

I’m also a totally competitive treadmill runner so it bothers me when someone faster gets on the one next to me. Not cool! ;)

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I hate it when I pack my gym bag in the morning (still sleepy-eyed) and forget to put in a VITAL item….like a sports bra….or shorts. I often get “PMS brain” and have a habit of forgetting things (or being extra super duper clumsy) when I’m a week out. Whoohooo! Go Hormones!

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I don’t really have too many pet peeves, because I think as long as people are at the gym it is great. So I try really hard not to judge. Sometimes though when people are talking on their phone I get super distracted, because I like to people watch and find myself eavesdropping and then don’t get a good workout because I was listening to other people’s convos the whole time haha. Yes, I’m odd.

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where did you find those oreos?? my husband has been looking all over for him!! where in utah county??

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Biggest pet peeve would be talking loudly on the phone while on any cardio machine. It’s even hard to drown out their voices with my music because they are talking so loudly and asking for the other person to repeat this and that. Garsh. I’m always surprised when they go on for over 30 minutes like that!

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I have a gazillion pet peeves. #1 Excessive locker room nakedness. I mean, come on, wrap a towel around it please before sitting on the bench and having a conversation. #2 Not doing a stretch test before wearing your yoga pants to a bendy class. If I can see the color of your panties (or worse, the color of your skin) through when you bend over, it’s time to invest in some new pants. #3 Setting up your stuff right next to me, despite the fact that there is tons of space around me. I could go on and on. I’m sure I’ve never been guilty of breaking the gym code of conduct myself ;)

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Oh man, I’m super impressed you ran without socks, I don’t think I could handle that!

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I LOVE birthday cake oreos!! Just needed to share that with you!!! :)

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I know I’m late but my pet peeve is when I’m waiting for a class to end so I can go set up for the next one and other girls barge on in while the class is either still working out or doing a cool down to claim their spots. Drives me NUTS! Also, I think it’s super rude to pack up before a class is over just to skip the lines to put things back. Funny thing is its always the same people every week that do both of these things!

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My new pet peeve is guys that don’t wear deodorant and decide to get on the treadmill next to me… ew.. mouth breathing didn’t even help..

what are birthday cake oreos!? I really must introduce these into my meals… I like birthday cake and I like oreos they must be amazing!

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I have to say I’m the same on gym pet peeve. Drives me crazy when people turn their tv up over someone else’s. I don’t have weird salad combos, but HAVE to have fruit and a sweet dressing! Mild and CHUNKY salsa! My mouth is still watering from your mention of BDay Cake Oreos! They are awesome!

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gym pet peeves: full hair and makeup and not exercising…it is a gym not a night clu people. Inappropriate clothing choices, meaning jeans and hiking boots on a treadmill with a button down shirt! Girls incorrectly using weights, on my vacation a girl was doing squats with a weight behind her head, fine cool, glad she was using weights. However when she would squat down she would just push her butt back wards so it popped out a bit and stood up and didnt bend, of course she was also wearing a bra and spandex shorts, so every man was drooling. Rant Over! :)

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