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    Default Doesn't anybody go to the gym to workout anymore?

    So a new gym opened up by my house but apparently its the new pickup spot and its ruining my workout. The worst part is, its the trainers that won't leave you alone! They seem to think that they can mack on every girl that comes along because they work there!

    My general strategy is wear neutral clothes, a baseball cap, no eye contact, and headphones. You can do this, but the trainers STILL have the audacity to hop onto machines next to you and start talking to you!

    Today I finally left early because I was sick of talking while I was trying to do my cardio. I understand its their job to get new clients but I go there to work out and I just want to be left alone. Should I just say I already have a personal trainer? As a sidenote, today I saw this total hottie that used to be my regular but I haven't seen him in a year since I stopped dancing. Talk about embarrassing! I just walked by him and didn't say anything...

    Help! right now I don't even want to go back to the gym!!! What would you do?

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    Default Re: Doesn't anybody go to the gym to workout anymore?

    On an interesting note. Trainers aren't usually paid to be there and are independant contractors who make money selling personal training.


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    Default Re: Doesn't anybody go to the gym to workout anymore?

    In the UK they are paid, while they are there they can book clients for private training sessions which they carry out in the gym in the hours they are not scheduled to work on the floor.

    To get back to the OPs point, I really, really hate this. I look like shit when I go to the gym. Usually I've just woken up, I'm unshowered, hair in a cap, no make up, sweats, (and not the cute hot pant kind, the baggy bf t-shirt kind) and I still get guys coming on to me! I agree the trainers are the worst, they disguise they're come on with training advice that you haven't asked for, it really really bugs me.
    I also hate it when people use the gym for a social. If your not using a machine, get off it, don't stand/lean on it while discuss what your doing at the weekend. Some of us are here to workout and to do that we need the machines so go stand by the vending machine while chatting and let the rest of us get on. I don't like going to the gym, I wanna get in, do my stuff and get out and I hate these assholes slowing me down.

    Ok, rant over.



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    Default Re: Doesn't anybody go to the gym to workout anymore?

    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    On an interesting note. Trainers aren't usually paid to be there and are independant contractors who make money selling personal training.
    Basically, she's being hustled like she hustles customers at work!

    I think that a good tactic is to use some of the excuses that customers use to refuse lapdances.
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    Default Re: Doesn't anybody go to the gym to workout anymore?

    Ah... the joys of having a small gym as part of being in a gated community


    Do you not have any female only gyms you could use near you? There are plenty here on the Gold Coast because of the reasons you stated.. a lot of women just want to go to a place where they won't be "checked out" or "hit upon" etc so they opt for female only gyms.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Hatshepsut View Post
    Basically, she's being hustled like she hustles customers at work!

    I think that a good tactic is to use some of the excuses that customers use to refuse lapdances.
    "Hi, would you like personal training?"
    "Maybe later."
    "Hi, would you like personal training?"
    "Sorry, I prefer a trainer who has bigger pecs."
    "Hi, would you like personal training?"
    "OMG HERE'S A DOLLAR GO AWAY!"


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    ^^^ ^^^


    ( i know it's lame to post just 'laughing' however i honestly found it so hilarious!)


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    Default Re: Doesn't anybody go to the gym to workout anymore?

    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    On an interesting note. Trainers aren't usually paid to be there and are independant contractors who make money selling personal training.
    Yeah at my gym you have to pay them everytime you want a session. Or I guess you could pay up front for the sessions, but either way they're selling themselves, so they have to do what it takes to make money! Just like we flirt with guys to get money, right?

    But my fave trainer does not flirt. He is like a drill sergeant and he kicks my ass! That's what is attractive to me at the gym. Sweat and burning calories.

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    Default Re: Doesn't anybody go to the gym to workout anymore?

    The trainers at most gyms in NY are paid to be there. They make more money on the clock when they have clients though. I HATE how they mack on everyone. It's impossible for a girl to stretch in peace.

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    Default Re: Doesn't anybody go to the gym to workout anymore?

    I refuse to go to one gym in my town because it's a total pick up joint. I'd go in looking like shit and still get hit on. Then I joined and all female gym, that went fine until the girl that uses it as her social circle started following me around during my workout and talking to me.

    I now belong to Gold's gym and it's perfect. People go there to train and workout. I'm never bothered.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lysondra View Post
    "Hi, would you like personal training?"
    "Maybe later."
    "Hi, would you like personal training?"
    "Sorry, I prefer a trainer who has bigger pecs."
    "Hi, would you like personal training?"
    "OMG HERE'S A DOLLAR GO AWAY!"
    Love it!

    The trainers trying to sell their sessions bug me, that and the guys that follow you around to hit on you is so annoying!

    My bf has a similar prob.. he looks like a bodybuilder so everytime he goes to the gym people are constantly asking for training advice. His workout is interrupted all the time.
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    Default Re: Doesn't anybody go to the gym to workout anymore?

    It's amazing how you can do everything you can to show that you are not open to conversation and some people are just too dim to realize it.

    Well, let's see. You can tell them right off the bat thanks but no thanks, I don't want to waste your time. Hints don't seem to work. I think you have to be polite yet straightforward on this one.

    Or switch gyms? Or maybe the hours you work out?

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    Default Re: Doesn't anybody go to the gym to workout anymore?

    OMFG! I could write a rant about the gym that would be a novel. I have memberships at TWO different gyms and I use different gym locations all over the place because I travel.

    Kids in the gym, I HATE THEM!!!

    Pervs staring.

    Shitheads trying to pick up.

    Dumbshits trying to sell me shit, or give them my friends number so they can sell them shit.

    People talking on their cell phones or texting while zoning out on a machine.

    Unfortunately, I've yet to discover a gym without these problems. Except the kid annoyance, that's due to demographics but it sure hasn't stopped me from bitching and reporting it. KIDS DO NOT BELONG IN THE WEIGHT ROOM

    Dealing with the relentless talkers, I wear my head phones and pretend not to hear them. If they persist, I've found being blunt and to the point works best. I interrupt them and tell them they're ruining my workout and please leave me alone from now on. If they still babble, I tell them to fuck off.

    I have to go to the gym daily and I can't put up with being fake and polite when people act like idiots. I mean I'm not at work?

    Sorry, needed to get that off my chest.

    Also, if you need to commiserate please enjoy:

    http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/pdx/394506229.html

    This had me in tears!!!!
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    Idea: Tell them you're broke. If a guy says that to me when I'm trying to sell a dance, it gets rid of me fast as hell. Probably would work on others sales people who make commission, such as trainers.
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    ^Pssssttttt, your stripper is showing.

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    Remember when you were a little kid and you used to cover your ears and say, "I CANNOT HEAR YOU, LA LA LA LA LA"? Headphones work the same way. I'm very rarely interrupted at the gym because I simply don't hear anyone who tries to talk to me. Even if you do hear them, pretend you don't. You're so into your iPod and your workout that you simply have no idea anyone is talking to you; they aren't even there. No one wants to talk to a nonresponsive person and eventually they'll leave when they get nothing back.

    Passive resistance. Like Ghandi.

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    At my gym the personal trainers actually have to pay a monthly (or weekly, can't remember) fee to use the gym as a base for their own independent business. So basically they pay a house fee, which stays at the same fee no matter how many clients they do or do not have. They're just like us, they're working on commission and they're gonna hassle people into getting training sessions because that is the only way they make any money.

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    Default Re: Doesn't anybody go to the gym to workout anymore?

    Quote Originally Posted by Darcy Foxx View Post
    At my gym the personal trainers actually have to pay a monthly (or weekly, can't remember) fee to use the gym as a base for their own independent business. So basically they pay a house fee, which stays at the same fee no matter how many clients they do or do not have. They're just like us, they're working on commission and they're gonna hassle people into getting training sessions because that is the only way they make any money.
    Yup, my gym is like this. I always felt bad and tipped my trainer, hahaha.


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    I hate to say it, but when I was going to the gym regularly, the BEST way to not get hit on was to go with a male friend.

    It's unfortunate that so many people see the gym as a pick-up spot, but it's like a non-alcoholic version of a bar these days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yekhefah View Post
    Remember when you were a little kid and you used to cover your ears and say, "I CANNOT HEAR YOU, LA LA LA LA LA"? Headphones work the same way. I'm very rarely interrupted at the gym because I simply don't hear anyone who tries to talk to me. Even if you do hear them, pretend you don't. You're so into your iPod and your workout that you simply have no idea anyone is talking to you; they aren't even there. No one wants to talk to a nonresponsive person and eventually they'll leave when they get nothing back.

    Passive resistance. Like Ghandi.
    ! This does work. Or if I'm really not in the mood for music, I just pretend I don't speak English.

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    I really wish I could pretend not to understand English. It would be so convenient in so many situations.

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    Wow, that sucks about the personal trainers in Aus (that they pay housefees). At my gym we get a few free sessions, then we have to pay. I never got my free sessions though....the trainer is some guy I went to HS with, and it'd just be weird. Meh

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    i workout at the y, so i don't get hit on much, but i've been gawked at my old dudes. one trainer hit on me once. i was a captive audience on the elliptical. here's the gist...

    him: i have a girlfriend. you're really cute. what do you do?
    me: i'm a stripper
    him: oh yeah? can i pay for sex with you after the club closes one night?
    me: i don't do that.

    he was being paid by the gym for that conversation, by the way. i wish i'd bitched, but i felt stupid for saying my job and didn't want the entire staff to know.

    the only trainer who is actually hot seemed to be flirting with me for a bit, but i realized he was just trying to get booked to train me. it's one thing for a stripper to flirt for money (it's a free taste of our service). i'd rather he sell himself by giving me a little good info or something. the funny thing is that i think he's the best trainer there, and i've thought of hiring him, but now i won't, because i thought that was a really shitty and insulting way of trying to make money.

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    I understand that they're trying to get clients, but any personal trainer worth spit would NOT come over and try to strike up a conversation with someone while they're actively working out. That's awful. Just so everyone knows, the proper response to someone who tries to have a conversation with you while you're lifting is

    "FUCK OFF, I'M LIFTING AND THIS SHIT IS FUCKING HEAVY ASSHOLE!"

    While doing cardio, you should completely stop, rip off your earphones and scream.

    "WHAT THE FUCK IS SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE TO INTERRUPT ME FROM USING THE MACHINES THAT I HAVE FUCKING PAID TO USE?"

    Both of these statements work wonders. No one ever bothers me at the gym anymore. I do want to say that I understand trainers are trying to get business and I have bought their services, BUT only from ones that approached me when I was not in the middle of ACTIVELY working out. That's beyond rude, and on the personal trainer type forums they bitch like MAD about people doing that to them.

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    ^^^ Lol! Ok, I will have to try it.

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    I always wear a hat too. I forgot once, and a salesguy (that I've never met)approached me,

    Him: By the way, you look so much prettier without the hat. Like way better, you should stop wearing it. (said w/smug grin)
    Me: Um, no, my hat is douchebag repellant. It deters unwanted advice from random strangers.
    Him: oh, ah, i guess i should stop talking to you then, huh?
    Me: Yeah, it's in your best interest.
    Him: (walks away quickly)

    I do not go to the gym to "look pretty." I go to the gym so I can sweat!
    Hmm, maybe the women only gyms are better?

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