Imagine how is your feeling when you're running on treadmill and listening your favorite song from your i-Pod then suddenly someone near you yelling or singing loudly. Or maybe, this is worse if someone laughing at you just because you can't lift a 5 kilos dumbbell. How does it feel? Annoyed, isn't it?
Life is full with rules, not only at school, office or dining table. When you're at gym, there are some important rules or etiquettes that must be obeyed. Men's Guide this time will explain 13 fitness etiquette which you have to know so people won't go away from you at gym. Remember, some rules are not made to be broken!
- Rules in Using Weight
- Let's start it with a simple problem which actually has high etiquette. Sometimes you just left the weight bars just like that. Hey, not everyone can lift 100 kilos barbell at bench press like you!
- Or when you finish with your dumbbell, you just left it on the floor. Inside the mess that you made, dumbbell on the floor can make someone stumbled.
- Put dumbbell back on its place and put down the weight bars from its cross after you have done with them. Except if another player ask you to leave the dumbbell or the weight bars for him.
- Let's start it with a simple problem which actually has high etiquette. Sometimes you just left the weight bars just like that. Hey, not everyone can lift 100 kilos barbell at bench press like you!
- Lift Slowly, Drop Slowly
- Gym isn't a place for a lifting weight contest where you can drop over your barbell or dumbbell just like that after you lift them! Drop them roughly can surprised people and also can hurt yourself or they around you. And, you don't want to be fined just because you break the gym's floor or break the barbell, do you?
- Gym isn't a place for a lifting weight contest where you can drop over your barbell or dumbbell just like that after you lift them! Drop them roughly can surprised people and also can hurt yourself or they around you. And, you don't want to be fined just because you break the gym's floor or break the barbell, do you?
- Watch Your Mouth!
- Don't yelling without reasons, it's clearly disturbing. Sometimes we need yelling to help us letting go a big power when doing hard exercise. But, if you yell when doing a little stretching, it's kind a weird, right?
The second one is – even you already knew that they're not good to be yelled at – animals' name, disgusting things, bad words, in Indonesian, local, or foreign language, for mostly people can come out easily. It can make other people feel uncomfortable so, stop swearing!
- Wear Your Suitable Clothes!
- Jeans are casual but besides it's uncomfortable and less moving, it's really unproper to wear them for exercising. T-shirt, pants, and shoes are 3 important things that you have to pay attention at. Chestless? No way!
- Choose a thicker fabric for your bottom clothes for its lasting. Cotton, polyester, and nylon still can be some choices as your bottom. But, choose the thicker one, okay! Right gym wear also has to breathable then it can absorb your body humidity more effective and will give cooling effect to you.
- Jeans are casual but besides it's uncomfortable and less moving, it's really unproper to wear them for exercising. T-shirt, pants, and shoes are 3 important things that you have to pay attention at. Chestless? No way!
- Wipe Your Sweat!
- After using a bench, wipe your swear on it. So, don't forget to bring a little towel for your exercise to wipe your sweat. It's better if you use the towel on your bench as a layer. Of course, you don't want to lay down on other people sweat!
- After using a bench, wipe your swear on it. So, don't forget to bring a little towel for your exercise to wipe your sweat. It's better if you use the towel on your bench as a layer. Of course, you don't want to lay down on other people sweat!
- No Smokin' While Workin'
- Have you seen ashtray at gym? Seldom? Well, it means no smoking at gym. How you be able doing cardio for an hour if you're smoking? Besides it's bad for yourself, the smoke is also dangerous for other people.
- Have you seen ashtray at gym? Seldom? Well, it means no smoking at gym. How you be able doing cardio for an hour if you're smoking? Besides it's bad for yourself, the smoke is also dangerous for other people.
- To Talk or Not To Talk
- Imagine if you're holding 100 kilos barbell while your friend is telling you about his love story. Annoying and breaking your concentration! So, don't talk to them who are focusing and concentrate in the middle set, wait until they finish with that.
- Don't talk too much to them who are exercising. Hey, they go to the gym for exercise, not for gossiping. And make your socialization after they finish doing exercise.
- Imagine if you're holding 100 kilos barbell while your friend is telling you about his love story. Annoying and breaking your concentration! So, don't talk to them who are focusing and concentrate in the middle set, wait until they finish with that.
- Mirror For Me, Mirror For You
- The mirror around the gym isn't only for looking at yourself. The mirror also can be used to keep your balance and check your movement while exercising. So, don't block other people view who doing exercise in front of the mirror, it can break their concentration.
- The mirror around the gym isn't only for looking at yourself. The mirror also can be used to keep your balance and check your movement while exercising. So, don't block other people view who doing exercise in front of the mirror, it can break their concentration.
- Excuse-Moi
- Always say "excuse me" before you do exercise in other people's exercise or exactly when they finished. It's very impolite if after someone done with the bench, you suddenly use it.
- If you want to interrupt others exercise with the same equipment, watch the weight he used. If the weight is lighter or heavier than what you want then you'd better wait for that guy finishing his exercise because it will give trouble for both of you to change the weight when you're taking turn in exercising.
- Always say "excuse me" before you do exercise in other people's exercise or exactly when they finished. It's very impolite if after someone done with the bench, you suddenly use it.
- Learn to Share
- Don't be selfish! People won't like you! Don't monopolize a bench or a machine. In case, the gym is a little bit quite and there's no one who wants to use them, it can be allowed.
- It works at the dispenser gym also. Don't taking a drink too long. If you're filling your bottle/drink jar/pitcher then there's someone behind you who just want to drink a glass of water, then stop your filling and let that person to take his/her water first. After that, you can continue your filling.
- Don't be selfish! People won't like you! Don't monopolize a bench or a machine. In case, the gym is a little bit quite and there's no one who wants to use them, it can be allowed.
- Don't be too Helpful
- Don't you automatically come into and help someone who seems having a problem or difficulty when holding a weight. That "difficulty" sometimes is really made to push all the power to get maximal set. Your interruption actually just disturb it all. For safety, you can come close to him/her, give him/her a help if asked.
- Don't also he a hero by offering help to hold that weight if you're actually can't lift it. Just give it to the trainer at that gym.
- Don't you automatically come into and help someone who seems having a problem or difficulty when holding a weight. That "difficulty" sometimes is really made to push all the power to get maximal set. Your interruption actually just disturb it all. For safety, you can come close to him/her, give him/her a help if asked.
- Good Smell, Train Well!
- It's okay to use cologne or parfume to handle your bad smell but don't use it too much. It can disturb people's breathing if you use it too much. And if before doing exercise you just have another activity and already had sweated a lot, go to a shower to refresh yourself and clean your sweat. Of course, you don't want to make them unconsciousness.
- It's okay to use cologne or parfume to handle your bad smell but don't use it too much. It can disturb people's breathing if you use it too much. And if before doing exercise you just have another activity and already had sweated a lot, go to a shower to refresh yourself and clean your sweat. Of course, you don't want to make them unconsciousness.
- Be Mr. Nice Guy, not Mr. Show-Off!
- It's bad to humble other people. Don't laughing at someone who can't lift a dumbbell which is its weight is the most lightest for you! Remember that above the cloud, there's always another cloud. So, there must be someone stronger than you.
- A person who like to show-off as also blacklisted! Compare your biseps or show-off your sixpack to everybody isn't a good way to get the popularity. It's better for you to join a body contest, besides it can be seen by all people, you can be very famous too.
- It's bad to humble other people. Don't laughing at someone who can't lift a dumbbell which is its weight is the most lightest for you! Remember that above the cloud, there's always another cloud. So, there must be someone stronger than you.
From : http://www.l-men.com/13-simple-rules-of-gym-etiquette
