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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by mrvmax:
I think this is a picture of our society as a whole. It has been almost 4 decades since I have been a member of a public gym (I do use them at my employer) but it was nothing like that.

Well, I've been going to gyms for three decades, and "random old naked guy wandering around the locker room" has been a constant the whole time.

There's a reason it's a common gym trope.

So if what you say is true, there must have been something in the water starting in the 1990s to suddenly spawn all of them.

The two gyms I was a member of the longest when I was younger never had the old geezer crowd, it was mostly younger people. There were women who dressed to impress, but nothing on the scale of people today, definitely more modest in dress. And there were not people with cameras filming themselves. Nobody living out of their vehicles using the gym for shower and toilets either. It was much different then even if there used to be old guys walking around naked in the locker room………..

Thanks for the replies.

The body spray is terrible. I can wholeheartedly agree with that, but it is better than multi-day no shower BO.

I reprimand people everytime I see them on the phone. It’s pretty easy to see who is choosing music and who is camping out. I have trained our members fairly well so they know we don’t tolerate camping, or supersets.

Photos and videos are a severe Planet Fitness Policy violation. Photos I can overlook if it’s not rampant and other members aren’t included. Videos are a one stern warning, then cancellation.

Re-racking weights is another area I have trained our members in. If I catch someone not re-racking, I’ll go ask them to do it. I’m always nice, polite, and professional, however I’m respectful to everyone, but I carry myself in a way that says FAFO without me having to say it.

I should mention, almost everyone that comes in, is great. It’s truly an easy job, and quite enjoyable. It’s also pretty entertaining. Yesterday I had had my fill of “Dick” which prompted the rant. I do genuinely hope he just gets mad and cancels his membership. It’ll make it a lot easier than opening an investigation and after it’s all done, cancelling his membership.

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Originally posted by mrvmax:
The two gyms I was a member of the longest when I was younger never had the old geezer crowd, it was mostly younger people.

The worst/funniest was back in college. The university fitness center (which was really nice) was open to students and staff, as well as alumni if they paid an annual fee. So there was a wide range of ages there, mainly college aged, but ranging up to fairly old professors and alumni.

My junior year, there was this one old guy who apparently ended up on the same gym schedule as me. And it never failed that over half the time when I was finishing my workout and heading into the locker room, there he would be... Buck naked and splayed out, drying his body off under the wall-mounted hot air hand dryers like an absolute barbarian. Dude gave zero fucks about anyone else around.

It was surprising the first few times, but when it was every few days for an entire school year, you sorta just started having to shrug and think "Oh look, Old Dude is drying his balls again!" and just roll on.

Left out the part about why you really work there. The "chicks"

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
Left out the part about why you really work there. The "chicks"

There are a lot of attractive women, and plenty that are very clear on their willingness, even with a wedding band on my finger. My wife is my best buddy. I wouldn’t do that to her.

That said, if I were a single man, I’d get more ass than a toilet seat.

Got some laughs from this thread.

My gym issues, the 'Cell phone parkers' as already mentioned.

The ones that don't wipe down the machines. Now, some I can forgive, like the elderly. They do 1 or 2 quick sets and move on. Annoying but can be overlooked. But then you have the mook, sweating like a pig, grunting and muttering like he's passing a pineapple, sideways. Gets up and just walks away, leaving the padding looking like it just went through a car wash, skipping the drying cycle.

My gym also has the modesty rules. What's with the current trend of female workout shorts/pants with the bungy cord that goes right up their ass crack?

Then, there are the posers. I have literally watched girls, dressed like they are ready for their shift at the strip club, just walking around the gym. Never hit a machine or free weight, just walking around. There were 2 in particular, lasted 2, maybe 3 days then gone. Guess they didn't get enough 'likes'.

I go to the gym faithfully three times a week along with my wife. Everything you ranted about is accurate. I have one guy who is nearly 80 who is Mr. Friendly. I go to work out and am perfectly happy to have conversations that go something like "hey Bob". THAT'S IT. I'm there to work out. I can't get Mr. Friendly to get the idea that I DON'T WANT TO TALK. PERIOD. Short of boring him a new asshole he just doesn't get it.

I don't want to threaten him and he's surprised me a couple of times where he nearly got punched out - sneaking up behind me when I'm concentrating. The optics of punching out an 80 year old are not good. I've considered bear spray or a compressed air boat horn but they would disrupt everyone else. Any suggestions?

The old dude(s) getting confronted for not wearing a towel in the locker room makes me imagine their response being "well damn, I thought this was America!"

Back in 2010, I needed a staff member to kindly explain to a fellow patron, that no she couldn't use the only working hamstring curl machine exclusively for 30 minutes without letting other people work in, that's only for the cardio machines. Said patron was pissed. I'd tried to reason with her earlier, but she was having none of it.

My all time favorite was using a coed sauna post workout. It was packed, so a lot of us were standing, and those seated were not making any effort to make space. There were two average looking women having to stand as well. A few minutes into it, and a very attractive woman walks in to the sauna. A couple of gym bros start talking her up immediately, and try to create some space between them, so she can sit. She declines, but the look they got from the two average looking women that were standing well before the very attractive woman shows up was "YOU MOTHERF**KERS!"

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Originally posted by Tonydec:
What's with the current trend of female workout shorts/pants with the bungy cord that goes right up their ass crack?

The intent is that it bunches the spandex up in the buttcrack area, to either accentuate the globular curves of their buttcheeks, or else create a semblance of curves for those who suffer from Noassatol syndrone.

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Originally posted by Sig Sauer: For Hire:
The old dude(s) getting confronted for not wearing a towel in the locker room makes me imagine their response being "well damn, I thought this was America!"

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:

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Originally posted by Tonydec:
What's with the current trend of female workout shorts/pants with the bungy cord that goes right up their ass crack?

The intent is that it bunches the spandex up in the buttcrack area, to either accentuate the globular curves of their buttcheeks, or else create a semblance of curves for those who suffer from Noassatol

Then there are the well built, muscular, extremely attractive women that wear those and it is quite pleasant.

I also have a gay guy that wears them too, and it’s not very pleasant.

I used a municipal pool in the East Bay area when we had a local office. I would swim then run, shower and head to the office. One old guy would swim, shower and then dress in the following order.

1) Shower
2) Dry off
3) Pull on sweatshirt
4) Stand up on the bench (with just his sweatshirt on)
5) Apply some type of post-swim skin cream alllll oooooover his body.
6) Step down and finish dressing.

Weird as all get out.