Working out in cul-de-sac?

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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!

I can't see the harm, provided he's moving when people need access. It's not really any different to kids playing football or cricket in the street.

A bit odd, perhaps a bit amusing even, but I can't understand why he couldn't find somewhere in his own house/garage/garden? Don't think it would bother me unless he had loud music on, at least he's keeping the local kids' group of football players away..xx

Maybe he’s hoping you or another female lady will go out and fuck him… coz he’s so hot and manly!! 🤮

Good point! 😀

Reminds me of the woman I saw doing yoga in her front driveway. Why?! They want attention.

Is he at least easy on the eye?

Play streets seem to be acceptable, do you want to ban those too?

But are you exercising on the pavement, or are you setting up weights in the middle of the actual road?

The OP says her neighbour has to move his stuff out of the road to let people drive in and out. I think that’s the weird part, no?

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.

Those schemes are at set times and for everyone’s kids to play together, as a social activity for a community.

So I think they’re a bit different from one bloke (who could actually use the pavement or his own property rather than the road) to exercise alone with his headphones in whenever he feels like it.

If someone took an armchair outside, into the middle of the road, and sat there reading a book in the path of neighbours’ cars so they had to wait for him to move every time they tried to get in or out to go to work or whatever, people would absolutely think that was odd. Not sure why lifting weights is any less strange a thing to choose to do in the road.

Me too. Is he in the road ?

He's positioning his equipment so that he's actually blocking vehicles from coming and going? That's strange! It's entirely possible to exercise (including lifting weights) without blocking off your neighbours' access to their own homes. Very entitled of him to think otherwise.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.)

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

Is he hot though?

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.

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.

Ndn not men. I don't have men.

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

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 🤣