Teenagers at the gym

[ijustwanttoworkout]

AIBU to be sick of it?

Obviously now exams are over a lot of teens have started coming to the gym. It’s rammed tonight, lots of (mainly girls) hogging each machine, spending more time chatting than working out, and one girl was actually screaming as she ran on the treadmill.

I wish they had a set period of time after work for those of us who want to actually work out

What was she screaming at?

I agree about hogging machines.

Though better they are at a gym than some of the other things that they could be doing, and even better if they are not looking at screens whilst exercising.

This is one reason I go in the early mornings. People only go to the gym at 6am if they’re actually serious about exercising.

About how fun it was to run on a treadmill 🙄 so, so annoying

I’m tempted to start coming before work. It would be a pain for me to get here though!

Maybe try it & see if it’s worth it?

For some reason, I find that lunchtime is a good time.

I’m going to on Wednesday. Just so infuriating

Are there not any staff about?

They should be supervising people if there are surely? Not all stood at a machine chatting and no one working out. Not screaming and being dramatic/silly.

Yeah, that’s deeply irritating to be fair.

There doesn’t seem to be. It’s just so frustrating because you can’t get a good workout done!

Yanbu. There is a leisure centre with a gym where I live and it is mainly used as a place for young people to hang out after school. I do understand it. There are not enough 'third spaces' for secondary aged kids and I am sure their parents prefer them to be at the gym than just hanging round the park etc. But if you're paying full whack as an adult, you just want to get your workout over with with minimal disruption.

I exercise at home now instead. It is a lot more peaceful!

If it's a pure gym then I feel your pain. It feels like a sodding creche sometimes.

Even if staff are about, I doubt they are empowered enough to do anything. Gyms also seem to be accepting of poor behaviour because it means more money, at least in the short-term.

Our local Puregym used to be like this, not just with teens to be fair but people of all ages who would stand 3 people around 1 machine taking turns and chatting for half an hour at a time, even with your usual gym goers it was always too busy to get a good session done during peak times.

My husband & I both switched to a smaller independent gym and because its just slightly more expensive (£35 a month compared to the Puregym £17 a month) it seems to only have people who actually do want to train, total different environment and we both massively prefer it!

I think because there’s no easy way of accessing my gym apart from by car means that it doesn’t have this problem luckily. Outside pool will be packed with kids in the holidays tho!

I've only ever gone to adult only gyms and have experienced more than my fair share of irritating/inconsiderate gym users, so think it's more of a case that you've been lucky until now rather than it being teenagers in particular!

Might be worth a complaint to the staff - I would have thought there's supposed to be some supervision especially at peak times?

The issue for me is my local gym is a) definitely in financial trouble and b) so far away from work that by the time I’m done for the day I’m definitely not going to want to get home, get changed and then go back out to the gym

Teenagers scare the living shit out of me

Suggest it to the gym manager. I know our local gym has slots for 11-14 year olds. They can come at other times but they have to have an adult with them.
Over 14s should know better and someone should have a word with them. Are the gym staff not picking up on this?

Obviously NOT in favour of kids hanging around hogging machines and not using them properly. However if they are allowed to use the machines they will be properly paying customers who have had gym inductions and everything.

Yabu, it might be annoying but go at a different time. Teens have as much right to be there as you.

Feel sorry for teens...too much screen time, too much hanging about, kicking balls, going on childrens play equipment, going to gym, followed around shops in case shop lifting, too many hoodies, too much this, too much that....

Not really. I’m an adult with fitness goals, paying full price for my membership. They’re children there to mess about and their parents pay a discounted rate.

I’ve had to leave because it is literally impossible to get a workout in. The sooner they get back to school the better

This is one of the reasons I go at 6am!