GYM RAGE.... Blog

Mmmmm I know I shouldn't get annoyed but I'm just blown away at how many people have no idea of basic gym rules and how slack some Personal Trainers are when it comes to doing their job!

Today’s gym experience was like a commercial for everything that you shouldn’t do at the gym.

I arrived at the gym this morning to discover I'd left my towel at home. I was a bit annoyed as I was lacking motivation and knew if I had to drive home to get my towel I'd be struggling to come back. So anyway I saw a sign saying that if you'd forgotten your towel you could pay for a disposable one. Luckily I had some spare change floating around in the car as I had left my purse at home. So $2 later and a flimsy towel I was ready to go!

I began my workout to discover that out of the whole gym there was only a few blokes using a towel and NONE of the women using any of the equipment had a towel. I was so frustrated, not that I wanted to work out without a towel but the fact that no one went around and explained to this people how disgusting it is to not use a towel when exercising! (I suppose maybe because none of them worked up a sweat there was no need for a towel). Actually there was one woman with a towel who had it hanging over the equipment instead of using it! And then when I thought I couldn’t get more frustrated I looked around and saw this older lady using the lat pulldown machine like it was a flying fox or something. I was so close to going over and trying to help but thought I’d be overstepping the mark. I was just so disappointed that none of the trainers that WORKED there went around and made any suggestions or helped any of the newbies learn how to correctly use the equipment.

Then when I’m thinking it can’t get any worse I go into the free weights section to see two rather large blokes swinging around weights like they were doing the shot put. There was seriously NO FORM going on. I’m still a bit lost as to why there is a need to pick up such a heavy weight that you can’t perform the exercise correctly. For sure you need to use a heavy weight and challenge yourself but not at the expense of good form and actually working the muscle you are trying to target.

So anyway that’s my rant for the day. I did my workout although it wasn’t quite as enjoyable as I had hoped.

I suppose I just wish that people would do their job properly and it’s so hard to watch people exercise when I know there not doing it right.

Some people might ask why I don’t say anything but I suppose when I’m not working somewhere having some stranger come up and tell you that you might want to change the way you are performing your exercise would be really offensive.

Anyway workout done and I’m off to enjoy the rest of the day.
Cheers Hilds

P.S Remember to take your towel when you go to the gym because it’s pretty gross seeing people sweating all over the equipment and not caring!