Today's gym moan...

[loveawineloveacrisp]

Last week it was bare foofs on benches. I bet you're all waiting with bated breath for the next installment 😆

This week it's kids on scooters in the club - just whhhhhyyyyyyy?! Also, if you do have to take the scooters in it would be awesome if you didn't faff in front of the barriers for ages holding up the queue, and then once through the barriers stop dead and block the way.

Roll on February and quieter gym times 🙂

Outdoor shoes worn in the studios is my current bugbear. Take them off before you come in, especially when they are muddy. It's not rocket science is it?

At least you were able to get in, there was a queue for almost everything here 😮

Today I was doing sets of rdls and goblet squats on the gym floor and a group of 4 came in looked and me, rolled their eyes and started doing dumbell snatches directly in front of me - I could smell them and feel the air generated by their movement they were so close.

Like, find your own space pals!

Omg don’t. I’m about to literally scream at just how annoying this year’s January cohort is. I’m member of a Very very expensive gym chain in Ldn, as in £300 a month…you’d think people would be a little more respectful but no.
If I see another person filming themselves and me being unwittingly in the background I’m going to drop kick them out of the place myself

Omg don’t
same in my classes there’s SO MUCH FUCKING SPACE why the hell are you right next to me you absolute weirdos!!

Also someone reserved a treadmill with a towel and a backpack while they took a phone call - how on earth do they think that's acceptable at the busiest time of the busiest day of the busiest month in the gym. Like, fuck off and don't bring a backpack into the gym either.

Reserving machines should literally be jail time

They need to ban filming in gyms

If it's David Lloyd, they have a scooter squad club where they take their own scooters.

For me, it's simply the volume of people. Everyone on their new year resolutions kick.

Can't wait for them all to give up and go back to eating cake.

Also, plate banging for me! There's this thing that people pile weights on to drag along a runway. People drop weights onto this and it makes a hell of a racket!

They’ll be taking them in for scooter club. And riding them through the club to scooter club because their parents lack common sense and basic manners…

I'm aware this is my 3rd post in this thread, but I seem to have a lot to say on this topic.

David Lloyd must be over the safety capacity of members at this point - it was carnage at my one today.

The parking is ridiculous - just because you have a massive 4x4 doesn't mean you can take up more than 1 space. Ditto a Bentley. And some people just abandoned their cars in the middle of the car park for some reason. There's a massive overflow carpark a 2 minute walk away. Wtaf.

Also, control your children - if they are toddlers who are smacking and biting others, don't leave them unsupervised in the softplay. You still have to parent at DL.

@Shayisgreat yep it's David Lloyd.

@Elephantofthenight in my experience the more expensive the gym, the more twattish behaviour comes out.

Gosh that sounds super super annoying. Luckily my gym has no capacity for children and the minimum age is 18, still full of annoying twats though :)

I promise this is my last one...

What is with people videocalling in the changing rooms? I can overhear the whole convo, it's never urgent, and I really don't want to worry about your friend/mum/boss seeing my fat arse in the background.

@Shayisgreat I wonder if we go to the same David Lloyd!

Also, people with mobile phones in the spa. Can you really not be parted with your phone for half an hour?

What's wrong with a backpack?! As long as it's not massive and dumped in people's way (or used to reserve a treadmill 😂)

Much easier for me to put things in one little bag than it is to juggle things individually (phone, reading glasses to see progress notes/rep sets, glasses case to protect normal glasses when not in use, small towel for cardio, car keys, drinks bottle). The car keys are literally the only thing that could be left in a locker.

@loveawineloveacrisp I'm in Epsom but also part of a Facebook DL complaints page and a lot of similar things happening in moat other clubs too.

The phone thing in the spa doesn't bother me too much as long as the sound is off and no calls are made. I don't take mine in because it's nice to be uncontactable sometimes!

I would complain about this. Unacceptable