I just got screamed at because I made a bit of noise letting go of the lat pulldown machine after the last rep (I still held it 85% of the way up then let it go) The clink made a 30 year old woman so upset she shouted at me in the middle of the gym.
Is this justified at all? I want to know if I am in the wrong here in any measure.
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I don't mind it because I've got my headphones in, but when someone is throwing weights around or clearly being unsafe then I'll be annoyed. It's usually repeat offense as well that annoys me, but I still probably wouldn't say anything unless it was impacting me. Still, being conscientious of others can't hurt, but I'd let it roll off and not let it bother you.
Wasn't talking about throwing weights around or being unsafe. I was using a machine so no way anyone can get hurt unless they jam their fingers under the machine which would be their fault. This was purely a noise thing. A clink of the machine as I release it towards the end.
Being yelled at for making noise is obnoxious. However, letting it go with 15% left can crack those plates on the lat pull down. I wouldn't have said anything to you, but I would have thought what I wrote in the previous sentence.
Fair enough. I genuinely never thought people (other than perhaps the elderly) cared about noise in the gym. Personally never minded people dropping their barbell after heavy deadlifts, grunting, clinking machines. Interesting to hear some people find the noise obnoxious.
I still don't know how to feel about it although I respect that POV. I just really think people shouldn't expect a gym to be quiet. As long as someone isn't shouting or making a big unnecessary ruckus I don't feel like there's anything wrong with some one-off noises as you complete a hard set. But I'll try to be mindful.
I hear you on the cracking plates.
I came here to say I second your POV. Aside from the guy at my gym who is constantly grunting AND moaning like hes deadlifting 500+ while also having intercourse for the first time, noise never bothers me. As long as you arent damaging the equipment or grunting obnoxiously loud, I dont mind.
The only real exercise I could see weight slamming being an issue for is deadlifts, but personally IDGAF. If you are moving weight, I dont blame you as when you get up there it takes a lot of additional effort to bring the weight down slowly. If you aren't moving weight but still making a lot of noise, Im going to assume you dont know what youre doing but I still wont judge you.
The funny thing about being a 10+ year gym veteran is you realize how few people know what they are doing, myself included for the majority of my time there. I just think its good people are working out and taking care of themselves, regardless of noise levels or quality of lifting form.
Was just going to say this.
Dropping plates can crack/break the machine. No one at a commercial gym is lifting hard enough to drop the plates like that.
Bc they’re bitches. Did you tell her to fuck of?
She came up to me (my back was turned away) tapped me on the shoulder and went on a 60 second shouting rant in front of the entire gym "you're so annoying" "I came here to work out in peace" (Wtf??) "your form sucks" yada yada. I was speechless as this had never happened to me before. I walked away.
Which gym? If it’s in Manhattan I’ll come there and Deadlift 🤣🤣🤣🤣
This. When I’m getting my swole on, it’s not a good time to confront me with some petty Karen sht. F outta here and go to the library!
It depends on the gym and the lifestyle they are promoting. the pro gyms don't mind a bit of noise, like pumping yourself up or grunting. louder talking in a group. But dropping weight on a machine or dropping dumbbells wouldn't necessarily be accepted either.
This is where a spotter could help, grabbing the weight before you drop it.
"I came here to work out in peace" tells me she is unreasonable.
Accidents dropping a weight happens. If it is one time event it is on them and they just don't get it....so say "sorry, I'll try not do it again, but accidents happen."
If it is a pattern than it could be on you.
There is a difference between working out loud and just being annoying/careful. At a gym your going to have people making noise on last reps; either grunts or dropping a weight, but if you are dropping weights, all the time or because your not careful, it is on you.
In this case it doesn't seem like it is on you though.
I never let go of the cable stack. I’ll hold on and let it go back to resting position pretty far sometimes, but you should never slam it.
Deadlifts are different. You can actually get injured if try to lower it back down. I also never drop dumbbells unless I’m doing heavy DB Bench and I can’t get them back to my knees to then put on the ground (think 85lb+).
This is the accurate response. Don’t ever drop machines/cables. Great way to eventually have a shitty gym
I thought even with free weights you're supposed to lower the bar. Part of a deadlift, to use the above example, is being able to manage it to the ground. If you're incapable of maneuvering it down, then it's too heavy in the first place. While I don't think anyone should be complaining about someone dropping a bar now and again, I think there is an assumption that if you are consistently dropping things then you aren't lifting properly.
If it was one time then it's not justified at all because it easily could've been a mistake, injury or you pushed yourself too hard to failure. Imagine dropping the weight because you pulled a muscle and someone starts shouting at you.
If you do it consistently then it's just inconsiderate to other gym users tbh
i rather the grunts and clincks than silence at the gym tbh. Silence in the gym is scary af imo. Only exception is that twat that plays his own shit music at max volume on his own speakers, messing up my flow and irritates me to no end.
Noise of machines/weights should never be an issue to someone in the gym, if you're working out safely and being respectable but that leads to a loud noise because you lift heavy that's not your problem. If you were safe and responsible, which it sounds like you were, she needs to get a pair of headphones or a home gym...
Never drop the weights on any machine or cable that have stacked, pin operated metal plates. It makes a horrible clacking sound that can crack the weights and hurt people’s ears. Dropping dumbbells or loaded barbells (even from overhead) is fine since the noise can be super loud, but isn’t high pitched.
People who get annoyed about this usually say it’s because they’re feeling uncomfortable ie subliminally threatened by those who are making the noise. It’s an insecurity imo. While there are a lot of obnoxious noises that some people make in the gym such as noisily dropping weights or excessive shouting etc (and you know what I’m talking about), even if that takes place you have no reason to get mad about it. We all work out in our own way and it’s our escape from the world we all share in. There is no use complaining about others in this kind of environment.
you're good. the girl prolly just has her days.
Nah mate gotta change away from that shitty gym with pleb gym members.
I forgot headphones at the gym once. Once.
What are the best over-ear headphones for the gym? The high-end noise cancelers (Apple, Sony, Bose) are all said to be not sweatproof - but is that solved by just replacing the cups more often? Or does the sweat damage the electronics.
I'd like to be able to focus more on my podcasts at the gym. Currently I'm rewinding all the time because I miss a point, and would get through more material if I had better noise isolation. I use molded earpieces, they block about as much noise as airpods pro. But if folks are getting good results with cans I'd like to hear about it. Thanks.
I don’t think you’re getting better ANC than in-ear. I use AirPods Pro which work well, but commercial gyms like Crunch are too loud for podcasts.
In this situation, the woman overreacted. However, I probably wouldn't drop/let go of a machine.
Overall, I think the more experience someone has in the gym, the more lenient people have to be about then dropping weights. For example, if someone deadlifts 500 lbs and doesn't control it perfectly on the way down or cleans 275 lbs and drops it from the clean position, they get the benefit of the doubt. If someone is slamming a 135 lb deadlift or dropping 20 lb dumbbells... then yeah, they are annoying.
I disagree. Just because you can only deadlift 135 lbs doesn't mean you're working relatively harder or not than the person lifting 435 lbs. If you care about noise/dropping plates, it should apply equally. The rule of thumb should be "don't be a dick". And frankly, people lifting heavier weights should be more careful, because bailing out of a 300lbs back squat which could roll away from you has a lot more opportunity to do real harm than the 100lbs back squat would.
^ this. "Don't be a dick" is a great rule of thumb.
Fair enough, and I agree with the don't be a dick comment. I guess I was probably being a bit presumptuous here. My 135 lb deadlift example was assuming someone was relatively new to strength training and should be focused on form and control rather than maximum output vs the more experienced lifter, who should know how to properly bail on a lift (and also very focused on form) that might be going for a 1 rep max. It does get nuanced with experience level, goals, etc.
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Common sense rules mate. If you're lifting and grunting, and putting down heavy plates - that's all good. No one expects you to soft-land your 90% of max / PR deadlift. If you're doing lifts to failure - damn right there's going to be noise. Grunts, and the plates are going to clang on the way down. This is a gym not a library.
Well, next time lower them all the way. Otherwise you wreck the weights. Common sense, right? But yeah, she shouldn't have yelled. Uncalled for.
I didn't actually let go. I held firm for 85% and then released pressure and let the weight pull me up and it clinked. I generally never fully let go of the machine before the weights are fully down. I don't think the issue was me damaging the equipment and she didn't bring that up. It definitely wasn't hard enough to crack the plates.
After the incident I listened for sound and could hear people making noise after heavy sets. Not sure what this lady was on.
But fair enough will be more careful. Next time though I might fight back. The worst part of it was how patronizing and humiliating it was.
Fair enough.
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