8 Annoying People In A Fitness Class

Hello fellow fitness bloggers,

Ever since I started my fitness journey (coming up to a year now), I’ve always attended weekly fitness classes at my university. Since then, I’ve accumulated a number of growing frustrations that occur within the class hall.

I thought I’d share with you as a way of, primarily, venting, and secondarily, to see if anyone else puts up with the following people constantly…

1. Late comers

The class started 5 minutes ago, and a group of chatty, oblivious girls wander in. I know being 5 minutes late might not be a big deal in other circumstances, but in a class environment, 5 minutes is setting up with equipment, warming up and getting your mindset going.

What I don’t need when I’m now in the zone and ready to go, is people rushing round you late, dashing in between everyone trying to find a space and attempting to get the hang of what routine we’re on. Whats even worse is when the instructor has to interrupt the class to tell them they’re too late and have to leave. Talk about killing the moment when you’re about to finish a set!! Be on time people.

2. Space Stealers

So you’ve got there ON TIME to make sure that you, as mentioned before, set up your equipment. Could be dumbbells, mats, steps, whatever class you’re in, but this means that once their placed down, thats your space. Your little bubble to work out in. Now these ‘Space Stealers’ work in a number of ways.

1) Before you even start, they place their equipment inches in front/next to/behind of yours, forcing you to move into a space that you didn’t want.

2) While working out, they’ll shuffle and travel to a spot that they very much prefer, much to our dismay.

3) Sometimes the instructor asks to move equipment to the side, this is their chance to pounce. Since theres no equipment marking where your bubble is, the world is their oyster. Or the gym floor space. They place their ‘innocent, clueless’ self in the exact spot you quite liked. *sigh*.

3. Chatterboxes

As the predominant class takers are female, its understandable that the urges and cravings for a good old chinwag are there. Trust me, I know. But pick your times ladies. There’s nothing worse than having a murmuring background noise when you’re listening in to what exercise is coming up within the next 3 seconds. Oh, yep, missed that transition and first couple reps.

4. Over-Squatters

You can pick these out a mile off. These are the girls that seem to think if you do 5 squats, you’ll turn around and see Kim K’s booty staring right back at you.

To tell who these culprits are, all you need to do is scan the class for someone completely over-squatting, in all the wrong ways. Legs out too wide, leaning forward, hunched over and nearly on their toes. Combine that posture and ‘technique’ with them squatting way too deep for the counts set by the instructor, ultimately forcing them to really struggle with a squat set. I feel like I need to give them a hug!

5. Show Offs

Mostly guys are guilty of this, not just in the gym but classes too. However, the difference in classes is, they’re doing their extra heavy set with those extra loud noises in a confined, closed space with other women present. In a gym, its different, you can get up and walk away, in a class…there’s no escape! Its almost addictive to watch if any more blood vessels are going to pop in their eyes.

Women are guilty too, but they dont ‘show off’ using the same techniques as men. It actually all happens in the water breaks and cool downs. Its almost as if they heard the instructor say “Now time for a competition to see who’s the most flexible by doing some irrelevant over-sexy stretches halfway through the class when everyone else is taking in some water!”

6. Face pullers

Ok, i’m holding my hands up to this one. The Face Pullers can be the grimacers that bare their teeth just to make sure they get through a set. They can be the puffers that blow their cheeks out to relieve the pressure almost. Or they can be frowners that look like an evil rage has overcome them. Seeing as I’m guilty of the first one, I’m not gonna slate you face pullers. Call me bias but, if it helps you get through a set then KUDOS to you!

7. The Farter

Come on, it had to be said. To any guys reading, if you’ve never experienced being in the presence of a lady when she farts, then you need to come to more exercise classes. Bare in mind that not all womens farts are as intoxicating as the ones inside of a class hall. It’s something about the sweat, the heat and perhaps the movement of air from the air con that makes it grow and get almost like an angry smell that won’t fade.

The worst part, is that your worried people will think its you thats let rip when you know its the masculine, boxer lady in front of you and can’t do anything about it!

8. Full Facers

The classic girls that come to pull. Well, try to. They have their ‘full face’ of makeup on, will pout all the way through the session, constantly check themselves out, take a selfie, do everything half-heartedly, and by the end of it, you look like you’ve been dipped in hot treacle, while they haven’t got a hair out of place. Unbenknowst to them, the male instructor their attempting to impress, think they’re just as much as an idiot as I do.

There was a study that proved men find women more sexy sweating at the gym then all done up for a night out. Take note and ditch the lippy!

Do you peeps agree with some of these? Or have any more to add?? Im sure the list is endless….;) Are you a culprit like me (number 6) of any of these? I can forgive, I promise.

Love Life, Lexi!