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#Post#: 70415--------------------------------------------------
Gym equipment
By: NFPwife Date: September 27, 2021, 7:40 pm
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I saw something at the gym today that made me think about the
right lane thread.
There were two women side by side on the only two rowing
machines at our gym. They were using the machines, technically.
They'd row once or twice, chat, then row once or twice. There
was a guy walking around them in a "let me check how long
they're on this" way and he was fuming.
I was near the whole thing and either the ladies were completely
oblivious or they played oblivious really well.
Once I noticed how angry he was, I paid more attention to the
situation. They rowed once every 1-2 minutes and, from the time
I noticed it, they were on the machines about 10 minutes. They
sat and chatted a bit before finally getting off the rowers. By
that time he'd given up and used something else.
Were they rude? They technically used the rowers, not at a pace
or effort that seemed like exercise, but they were pulling every
so often. Granted we only have two rowers, but the frequency and
intensity of their rows shouldn't matter. They were on them and
using them so I thought, "Kind of like the right lane thing, it
might inconvenience someone, but not rude." (I don't think the
fellow member felt the same way.)
What do you all think? Is it rude to use a piece of gym
equipment in this manner?
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Re: Gym equipment
By: Rho Date: September 27, 2021, 8:54 pm
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Is it rude to sit at a table in a restaurant over an hour after
finishing the meal to drink one cup of coffee and chat?
They were using the machines but not in the way the machines
were designed.
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Re: Gym equipment
By: Winterlight Date: September 27, 2021, 9:56 pm
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Agreed. Rowing while talking would have been fine. Camping out
on the equipment and chatting like they're on a park bench was
rude.
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Re: Gym equipment
By: holly firestorm Date: September 28, 2021, 12:13 am
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You are probably right that they were oblivious, though. Rude,
but without even knowing they were.
A staff member should have gone over to them and pointed out
that there were people waiting to use the machine, so if they
weren't serious about using it, they should let someone else do
so.
Plus, how the heck do they think that make believe exercise is
going to do them any good anyway? Maybe one of the trainers
should have come over and led with that. It would be different
if they did some serious rowing and then took a break, went back
to rowing and took a break. But, the way you described it
sounded like more break than rowing. Maybe they were waiting for
their trainer to really get started and didn't want to lose
their spot?
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Re: Gym equipment
By: NewHomeowner Date: September 28, 2021, 4:45 am
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They were only on the machines for 10 minutes. That's not
excessive. I'd be more inclined to call them Rude if they hung
out for an hour, keeping other people from using the machines.
It's possible they only went to the gym as a way to get out of
the house for awhile without kids or husband, hence the
chatting. It's not something I would do (gyms? EEK), but I can
understand them, I guess. 10 minutes.
#Post#: 70428--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gym equipment
By: DaDancingPsych Date: September 28, 2021, 5:22 am
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It's the ten minutes that won't allow me to deem this as rude.
Admittedly, I'm not a gym goer, but I would think that if a
machine is being used that one needs to assume that it will be
used for a certain amount of time and to find something else to
do and come back. I would think that ten minutes is appropriate
for a rowing machine. Don't get me wrong, holding up a machine
just to talk is not cool and probably the ladies should have
focused their workout a bit more, but I would not want others
determining whether I was working hard enough or not.
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Re: Gym equipment
By: oogyda Date: September 28, 2021, 6:47 am
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In my experience, most gyms have posted time limits for use of
the equipment. So, if they were within that time, they weren't
rude.
You timed them at 10 minutes from the time you noticed them.
Even if we double that, I don't think 20 minutes is unreasonable
or rude.
They were there first and were using the machine. I'm not going
to judge their effort.
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Re: Gym equipment
By: Rose Red Date: September 28, 2021, 7:00 am
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The gym I used to attend have sign up sheets to reserve
equipment in 30 minutes blocks. If nobody else signs up after
your time's up, you can sign in for another 30 minutes, etc. I
guess one reason is so one person doesn't hog a machine for
hours and also you know when it's your turn.
For gyms that's free for all, the guy can politely ask how long
they'll be. But I must say the women were a bit rude.
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Re: Gym equipment
By: Effie Date: September 28, 2021, 8:00 am
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Ten minutes might not be a big deal to people who are not on a
schedule, but if someone is trying to get a workout on their
lunch break or before work or between work and picking up their
child after school, ten minutes IS a big deal. Especially when
the limited equipment is occupied by people who could get the
same workout sitting on a park bench chatting. Heck, yeah, those
two were rude. The guy should have gotten gym personnel
involved.
#Post#: 70434--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gym equipment
By: oogyda Date: September 28, 2021, 8:46 am
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[quote author=Effie link=topic=2169.msg70432#msg70432
date=1632834047]
Ten minutes might not be a big deal to people who are not on a
schedule, but if someone is trying to get a workout on their
lunch break or before work or between work and picking up their
child after school, ten minutes IS a big deal. Especially when
the limited equipment is occupied by people who could get the
same workout sitting on a park bench chatting. Heck, yeah, those
two were rude. The guy should have gotten gym personnel
involved.
[/quote]
Someone who is on that tight of a schedule should adjust their
expectation of being able to do exactly what they want exactly
when they want. Since it would take at least half of those 10
minutes to get gym personnel involved, it would be wisest and
most effective to simply chose a different workout.
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