Borrowing from David Letterman's TOP 10" Concept

I'm sure if he  worked out a public gym during peak times, his list would look something like this:


Although everyone is entitled to their good days and bad days, there is no excuse for flat out bad behavior. Here is a top ten list of those that are most inexcusable:

10. This isn't American Idol: Keep the singing, grunting and hyperventilating for the shower!

9. Not Putting Equipment Back where it Belongs: No, the 50 lb dumbbell does NOT go back in the 5 lb weight spot. There is a ZERO after the 5.

8. Chatting-Cathy and then Some: Chatty Cathy loudly regails her friend about her shopping spree at Target, her date with her dreamboat, her mani and pedi, her boss who she has a crush on, yada, yada, yada...

7. Exercising while on your Cellphone: Unless a person is expecting some majorly important news, there is no need to hold their cellphone hostage on the treadmill. Further, the last thing anyone needs to hear is the new 'Baby Got Back' ringtone.

6. Hijacking Equipment: Oblivious people who somehow don't see that you are waiting for a machine or in between sets.

5. Stalking other People: 'Heavy Breather' is standing right on top of you waiting for you to finish your set and/or 'Meathead' comes over to talk to you while you are obviously hard at work. No space...bad breath...hovering. Back-off buddy! This isn't a meat market!

4. Hogging Equipment: 'Camping-out' on equipment or running on the treadmill for 3 hours when there is a sign clearly stating that there is a 30 minute time limit on equipment. Let's learn to share...

3. Romper Room Fitness: It is so much fun when there are children running throughout the gym, hopping on and off equipment, screaming and yelling during your yoga class. Ohmmm!!!

2. Sliming up the equipment: Leaving behind sweat, dead skin cells and/or dandruff all over the equipment. This is not a forensics lab people!

1. Stinking up the Joint: Lack of deoderant, a bath in cologne or major gastrointestanal disorders are never really that aromatic...no matter how great you think any of it may smell.

on 8/14/2008

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runningbear Thank-you!!
runningbear on 8/17/2008 in response to ShawnPhillips

ShawnPhillips funny, nice contibution...
ShawnPhillips on 8/17/2008

runningbear Ah ha!
runningbear on 8/16/2008 in response to plucky

plucky p-lucky! :-P
plucky on 8/15/2008 in response to runningbear

runningbear That's great (on both counts!) You are lucky indeed.
runningbear on 8/15/2008 in response to plucky

plucky Actually, the only other job I would pick would be no job. I'm lucky enough to be very happy with my chosen profession... That shows you how much I like the gym!
plucky on 8/15/2008 in response to runningbear

runningbear You must not like your job! I love teaching, but the workouts really help relieve the stress of those days when a kid decides to test the boundaries - and my patience.
runningbear on 8/15/2008 in response to plucky

plucky No doubt about that - vent away, I'm listening. Well, at least a bad day at the gym is better than a good day working!
plucky on 8/15/2008

runningbear That obvious ; ) Hey, we all need to vent once in a while...
runningbear on 8/15/2008 in response to plucky

plucky Did you have a bad day at the gym...? ;-P
plucky on 8/15/2008 in response to runningbear

plucky I personally don't mind the daisy dukes & bikini top, as long as a female is wearing them! Send her over to my gym, it will distract me from all the heavy grunting ;)
plucky on 8/15/2008 in response to PureCanadian

PureCanadian That's too funny - Sadly, I see a few women at my gym who are like that. No daisy dukes/bikini top, but pretty close. Nobodys paying attention to them though so I don't think its working.....
PureCanadian on 8/15/2008 in response to n8ball

n8ball The only reason I complain, is because of a married gal that did such a thing when I was stationed in Saudi Arabia 12 years ago... she had absolutely no idea what she was doing in a gym, but loved the attention being one of only a handful of US women in the whole country! I wanted to gag, she became the butt of a lot of jokes by the time we left that place, lol.
n8ball on 8/14/2008 in response to runningbear

runningbear Definitely!
runningbear on 8/14/2008 in response to n8ball

n8ball I would add one, the lady who walks around in a bikini top and daisy duke shorts while barely exercising, there for the attention, not the workout!
n8ball on 8/14/2008

runningbear The reflex grunt is excusable; it's the guy whose grunts don't equal the weight he's lifting (and girl, for that matter), whose intent is to draw attention to themselves.
runningbear on 8/14/2008 in response to OldeButGoode

OldeButGoode Great pet peeves. My only difference would be " a man doing real heavy weight can't help but grunt occassionally", he should of course keep it to a minimum. Thanks !!
OldeButGoode on 8/14/2008


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