To think that normal gym etiquette is to not go at the same pace as the rower next to you?

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It's just wrong.
The unwritten rule is that you have to be going slightly faster or slightly slower than the person on the rowing machine next to you. Otherwise it looks like you're in the same boat which you clearly aren't.

I've got the added problem of being ginger, and under no circumstances am I allowed to go on the equipment next to the other ginger in the room. This is very rare as I'm usually the only one. But people might think we're brother and sister.

I especially couldn't go on the rower and row at the same pace as the other ginger in the room. Can you imagine that? We'd be sibling boat rowers.

So AIBU?

So fucking what if you're ginger, I get sick of the constant drip drip drip of anti ginger comments on this site and other places.

You just wouldn't aim it to any other demographic, would you?

Don't get me started on swimming pool etiquette. Looking at you woman today swimming with a list to the left which meant i had to keep adjusting my line. And you, fast splashy swimmer causing a tidal wave with your dramatic and crappy technique with no thought to swimmers coming the other way!

Oh dear OP you need a flashing neon LIGHTHEARTED on this title

YABU it’s my goal in life to twat the runners on each side of me on the treadmill

Wtf

You board op
Your talking crap anyway

I do get it but I couldn't help burst out laughing!

Did you give the other ginger hair the look?

🤣🤣🤣

I'm with inwood. It's a race. If you're next to me, I WILL race you.

My husband never has this problem. No one ever goes on the erg next to him. I blame it on the puddle of sweat they would have to swim across to get there.

@Tableclothing that link was hilarious 😂😂 thanks for sharing

Errrrrrr this has taken a turn 😐😳

Yeah, definitely meant as lighthearted!
Also, I've been ginger all my life. I'm 38 and never colour my hair. I personally love the ginger jokes as I'm incredibly quick witted and have a much better retort to give anyone that says anything about me being ginger. I'm allowed to laugh at myself. I LOVE my ginger hair, it's wavy and waist length and I think it's beautiful and absolutely one of my best assets, so maybe that's why I don't mind joking about it.

Lighthearted folks. Keep it lighthearted

This thread started hilarious and then someone took it way off the other way, lol wtf

OP, I joined a gym in May, go 3 times a week and only on reading this have I realised it doesn't have rowers!!!

There's some fucking idiots on this thread

OP I agree that it's not the done thing to row at exactly the same pace as your neighbour.

My gym has ten treadmills in row. I was once the only person using one. Someone came and got on the treadmill right next to me and proceeded to attempt to break the sound barrier. WHY? It's the gym equivalent of choosing the closest urinal to someone else (I imagine).

Oh I hate it when I do the same pace as the rower next to me 🤦‍♀️

No, the aim is to beat the person next to you while maintaining a better posture than them

The ginger comment is weird.

The rowing thing drives me crazy. It's natural to fall into the same stride as the person next to you. I'm a fighter and I fight hard against it.
Have been known to fall off a rowing machine from time to time when I laugh too much at whatever podcast I'm listening to.

I've always wanted to be ginger.

On another note, I take great pleasure in going much, much slower than the person next to me but pulling much harder (men do not like it).

Ace post OP- cracked me up

OP I love you

Haha yadnbu op.
It is the unwritten law of them gym! I had a lady once stand next to me on the mats and start copying my workout, first lunges and then Squats. Worst of all when I went up, she went down and vice versa.

The gym I am registered to attend has only one rower. I can never race or have someone in my boat, regardless of hair colour.
Shall I
A) join another gym. Which will cost money, unlike current free gym
B) never go to the gym
C) sit next to the mirror and race myself?

@Aroundtheworldin80moves good luck in racing yourself! Although I suspect that you'll be going the same speed which isn't allowed.

I'd love a free gym around here. We have 3 rowing machines the only thing worse than 2 synchronised rowers is three in a fucking row!

A row of rowers rowing.

I thought the unwritten rule was you don't use the machine right next to someone when there are plenty others free?