Working out in cul-de-sac?

Elefunks · 2024-05-20T18:13:08+00:00

Guy takes his weights into middle of culdesac most evenings and does a full work out with mats and barbells etc. I've had to put music on as its hot and both my bedroom windows are open and I can hear him panting and straining. It's just fucking weird isn't it? He's got a back garden!

Minesril · 21/05/2024 19:00

If you can't put your weights down quietly, they're too heavy for you. What an attention seeking idiot. Is there really no room in his house? I live in a tiny house and manage to find room for my workouts.

LittleMonks11 · 21/05/2024 18:50

Topofthemountain · 21/05/2024 08:21

Also it’s a cul de sac, so people can go the other way round, if he’s directly outside his own house,

By definition of cul-de-sac there isn't another way round.

You need to sit outside with paddle boards and give scores Strictly Come Dancing style.

😂

JJathome · 21/05/2024 09:58

LittleMonks11 · 21/05/2024 07:38

I don't believe that he doesn't have a flat surface in his house, drive, garden, garage etc such that he needs to perform his gym routine for the entire neighbourhood. This would annoy the hell out of me. How long does the show last for?

You don need to watch, you can get on with your own stuff. Curtain twitching is not mandatory.

yodog · 21/05/2024 08:56

Wouldn't bother me at all.

LittleMonks11 · 21/05/2024 08:54

Is he trying to impress somebody?

Topofthemountain · 21/05/2024 08:21

Also it’s a cul de sac, so people can go the other way round, if he’s directly outside his own house,

By definition of cul-de-sac there isn't another way round.

You need to sit outside with paddle boards and give scores Strictly Come Dancing style.

SissySpacekAteMyHamster · 21/05/2024 08:07

Ask to join him and get a neighbourhood fitness routine going. Could be great for neighbour relations.

Much better than pointlessly getting in your car to repeatedly make him move, that's just so petty.

midgetastic · 21/05/2024 07:59

Wouldn't bother me !

LittleMonks11 · 21/05/2024 07:38

I don't believe that he doesn't have a flat surface in his house, drive, garden, garage etc such that he needs to perform his gym routine for the entire neighbourhood. This would annoy the hell out of me. How long does the show last for?

JJathome · 21/05/2024 07:32

Mama2many73 · 20/05/2024 22:54

I don't think anyone would dispute getting out and doing exercise is a bad thing.
I think most comments are that
A) he is blocking a road
B) everyone else around hom has to listen to his huffing etc most nights of hhe week.

Totally no consideration for those who live around him!

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He moves if required, and it is clearly not often, as otherwise it would be pointless to work out out there. Also it’s a cul de sac, so people can go the other way round, if he’s directly outside his own house, which it seems it is, then I can’t really see how any one else is impacted.

Mama2many73 · 20/05/2024 22:54

Cozytoesandtoast00 · 20/05/2024 19:30

I think what he’s doing is great!
I would love to see more people exercising outdoors father than sitting inside.
Why is it weird? Just because he doesn’t fit in with societal norms? Good on him.

I don't think anyone would dispute getting out and doing exercise is a bad thing.
I think most comments are that
A) he is blocking a road
B) everyone else around hom has to listen to his huffing etc most nights of hhe week.

Totally no consideration for those who live around him!

MiniPumpkin · 20/05/2024 22:38

id probably be annoyed at this too. I find my neighbour generally annoying, maybe because I’m jealous that he’s twice my age and does not sit still. Forever in the driveway or garage fixing something. Meanwhile I sit on the sofa with my snacks..
most irritating is when he uses the weighted work out balls. He THROWS it full force in the garage it the noise just booms right across the street… 🙄

LakeTiticaca · 20/05/2024 22:20

RandomButtons · 20/05/2024 19:45

Probably doing it out there because it’s a hard surface and he won’t have to pay for it if it gets wrecked by dropping weights on it

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I would recommend videoing him so when the road is full of holes you can send it to the council and the council can bill him for the damage 🤣

NewmummyJ · 20/05/2024 21:52

But have you even worked out if everyone in the cul de sac hasn't seen you?

longdistanceclaraclara · 20/05/2024 21:50

Ndn not men. I don't have men.

longdistanceclaraclara · 20/05/2024 21:49

My men has done this since lockdown in the back garden, 1 grunt, 2 grunt, 3 grunt etc. it's just as annoying in the back garden as it would be out the front. He's a twat.

JJathome · 20/05/2024 21:38

Can’t say I’d be remotely bothered by this , it’s obvious there is not much movement on thr cul de sac as he wouldn’t do it otherwise. He’s not doing any harm. Let him crack on. People are so intolerant.

SurelySmartie · 20/05/2024 21:33

Is he hot though?

Dontsayyouloveme · 20/05/2024 21:33

Oh dropping the barbells would drive me insane! That IS out of order (as is the rest imo) 🤬🤬🤬

Screamingabdabz · 20/05/2024 21:29

TwattyMcFuckFace · 20/05/2024 19:25

I'm laughing at the advert in this thread.

Perhaps we should all grab our exercise mats and get out in the street 🤣💪💪

Oh thank fuck someone else had that ad! I get paranoid thinking it’s my phone telling me I’m fat and I should get my fat arse up. (It would be right.)

SisterAgatha · 20/05/2024 21:28

christmaspudding43 · 20/05/2024 20:36

The dropping the weights would irritate me, it irritates me in the gym too. Any hint of annoyance on his part at having to move his stuff for people to drive past would irritate me. I feel like that's not too unreasonable of me.

Unreasonably, it would irritate me because I work shifts and trying to sleep in the summer is shite enough as it is when it's hot, light and everyone is outside in their gardens/playing football/music etc. Add in someone huffing and puffing and chucking weights around and I'd probably give up altogether. But I recognise that's my issue and don't expect any of them to adjust their lives due to my shifts! I just seethe quietly.

I agree with this. If he’s dropping his weights in the same spot there’ll be a pot hole there in a year.

ChillyAlice · 20/05/2024 21:25

Quite pleased with himself, is he?

I'd be amused if any of my neighbours did this, not bothered. I actually quite like unusual stuff going on.

AhBiscuits · 20/05/2024 21:22

Meh. I couldn't get worked up about it.
I live in a cul-de-sac and my neighbour is often out there doing yoga or skipping. He's not harming anyone and trying to improve his health.

decionsdecisions62 · 20/05/2024 21:18

Yes we have one in our cul de sac. Infact are we neighbours?

ThirtyThrillionThreeTrees · 20/05/2024 21:16

My neighbour used to do this during Covid, complete with a lot of performative grunting. Didn't bother me hugely but there was plenty of less public places to do it.

We all used to call it "the mid life crisis advertisement". He just wanted attention and thought he was hot.