I'm sure it has been done before, but after a particularly exasperating trip to the gym yesterday I feel a need to vent about some of the stuff that goes on. I will express myself with a few "Don'ts"
Don't...
...put your giant gym bag on the bench in the locker room so that other people don't have any place to sit down. It is not a coffee table; it is a bench. It's intended to be a place to sit down.
...leave your laundry on the weight benches (or machines) to tie them up when you are off having a drink or a conversation. It's rude as hell.
...have long conversations while sitting on a machine between sets. In fact, if you are not going to do your next set within a minute (that's sixty seconds, if you are counting), get off the machine and let someone else use it.
...leave the bench or machine covered with your sweat. Really.
...use any bench or weight machine for more than 5 minutes. Might make an exception for a bench-press bench - those workouts can legitimately take a while.
...cover the timer on the treadmill so nobody can see that you've exceeded the 30 minute limit. Nobody is fooled. Your deviousness is even more irritating than your extended use of the machine.
...fill your quart water bottle from the drinking fountain on the exercise floor. Those are for people who want to grab a quick drink. Fill your bottle in the locker room.
...drop the weights.
Don't...
...put your giant gym bag on the bench in the locker room so that other people don't have any place to sit down. It is not a coffee table; it is a bench. It's intended to be a place to sit down.
...leave your laundry on the weight benches (or machines) to tie them up when you are off having a drink or a conversation. It's rude as hell.
...have long conversations while sitting on a machine between sets. In fact, if you are not going to do your next set within a minute (that's sixty seconds, if you are counting), get off the machine and let someone else use it.
...leave the bench or machine covered with your sweat. Really.
...use any bench or weight machine for more than 5 minutes. Might make an exception for a bench-press bench - those workouts can legitimately take a while.
...cover the timer on the treadmill so nobody can see that you've exceeded the 30 minute limit. Nobody is fooled. Your deviousness is even more irritating than your extended use of the machine.
...fill your quart water bottle from the drinking fountain on the exercise floor. Those are for people who want to grab a quick drink. Fill your bottle in the locker room.
...drop the weights.