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andydp
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 Posted: 01/25/04 - 16:57 Post subject: Etiquette question for when you are
in the gym. (what else could you possibly think ?)
OK Here's the situation:
You are at the gym doing your usual workout, you see someone using a machine incorrectly. Do you -
Wait for them to finish and politely mention they are using the machine wrong and they could get hurt ?
See a staff person and tell them what happened, hoping they go to the person and correct the situation.
Just flat out ignore the situation.
If YOU are the person using a machine the wrong way:
Would you appreciate the fact someone came over and helped you do the exercise right ?
Tell them that's the way you've always done it.
Ignore them.
Bonus: If its a member of the opposite sex - would you think its just a ploy to talk to you ?
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msparks
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Posted: 01/25/04 - 17:14 Post subject: Re: Etiquette question for when you are
| andydp wrote: | | See a staff person and tell them what happened, hoping they go to the person and correct the situation. |
If you're really concerned about the person's safety, alert the staff. Otherwise, you might be told to mind your own bidness. However, were the staff person point out a potential problem, that staff person can always say, "It is my bidness."
| andydp wrote: | If YOU are the person using a machine the wrong way:
Would you appreciate the fact someone came over and helped you do the exercise right ?
Tell them that's the way you've always done it.
Ignore them. |
Or C, thank them.
| andydp wrote: | | Bonus: If its a member of the opposite sex - would you think its just a ploy to talk to you ? |
It depends. After alerting you to the potential problem, does he/she linger in that vicinity?
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spongebob
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Posted: 01/25/04 - 17:52 Post subject:
What about point and laugh and then squirt them with a water bottle?
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Maddies Wench
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Posted: 01/25/04 - 17:52 Post subject:
I tend to follow the golden rule...I would want to know so I would tell you if:
You could get hurt doing something.
You're about to waste money on something I have wasted money on.
You're fly is down.
There is something in your teeth.
You're tail light is out.
You know, the common courtesy stuff.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 01/25/04 - 18:15 Post subject:
Define "using a machine wrong".
Do you mean "wrong" like doing lat pulls behind your head wrong or wrong like trying to do the wrong exercise for the machine?
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ShannonG
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Posted: 01/25/04 - 19:16 Post subject:
I like the point and laugh technique, myself.
But then, the last time I set foot in the gym it was 1993 and I was wearing a pink and grey g-string leotard.
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andydp
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Posted: 01/25/04 - 22:33 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | Define "using a machine wrong".
Do you mean "wrong" like doing lat pulls behind your head wrong or wrong like trying to do the wrong exercise for the machine? |
Using it wrong in the sense if you keep doing it that way you are going to hurt yourself...
Examples: Too much weight on a lat pull down and/or legs not held down. Going too far down on a dip. Getting your knees ahead of your feet when you do squats.
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copdotcom1
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Posted: 01/25/04 - 22:35 Post subject:
I never mind it when members of the opposite sex use this ploy to talk to me 
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Floridaboiler
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Posted: 01/26/04 - 05:35 Post subject: Re: Etiquette question for when you are
| andydp wrote: | in the gym. (what else could you possibly think ?)
OK Here's the situation:
You are at the gym doing your usual workout, you see someone using a machine incorrectly. Do you -
See a staff person and tell them what happened, hoping they go to the person and correct the situation. I am a little shy about walking up to strangers so i would tell the staff and let them handle it.
If YOU are the person using a machine the wrong way:
Would you appreciate the fact someone came over and helped you do the exercise right ? Yep
Bonus: If its a member of the opposite sex - would you think its just a ploy to talk to you ? I doubt it but in my mind as she walked away that is what I would be thinking! (Not like I could do anything about it anyway since I am married!) |
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purple hayes
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Posted: 01/26/04 - 09:01 Post subject: Re: Etiquette question for when you are
| andydp wrote: | | Wait for them to finish and politely mention they are using the machine wrong and they could get hurt ? |
No, I wouldn't say anything UNLESS they were in immediate danger of injury.
| Quote: | | Would you appreciate the fact someone came over and helped you do the exercise right ? |
Yes, if I was in immediate danger of injury.
| Quote: | | Bonus: If its a member of the opposite sex - would you think its just a ploy to talk to you ? |
probably
This topic gets discussed on weight lifting boards quite a bit because everyone seems to think they have the inside scoop on technique, but someone can almost always post a contradictory viewpoint from a reliable source.
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