Gym ettiquette?
I know you want to get huge but do you ever think about gym ettiquete? I know i don't but after reading the following article i feel like maybe i should!
Most people who work out do so in public gyms. To be respectful of others and help to make the gym experience a positive one for everybody, there is a particular etiquette to follow. Most of this gym etiquette come down to common sense and courtesy yet needs to be mentioned because anyone who exercises in gyms sees ongoing infractions.
First of all, return your weights to the rack and strip the plates from bars and machines after use. There is nothing worse than a gym with dumbbells lying all over the place. It's messy and it makes it hard to find what you are looking for. There is also nothing worse than a bar left on the floor with five 45-pound plates aside or a leg press machine left with ten plates aside. You'd think that someone strong enough to use such heavy weights has been around gyms long enough to know better.
It's just plain lazy and ignorant to expect others to come along and clean up their mess. It also makes it difficult for some individuals who are smaller and weaker to have to remove a ton of plates from a machine when they want to use it. This would have a negative effect on their experience. Make putting your weights back part of your workout.
Put towels down on benches or machines or clean up after yourself. It is totally disgusting to approach a bench that you want to use and find it covered in sweat. Not to mention unhygienic. Be polite, bring a towel to the gym and use it. It's a great habit to get into and you will find that you like having a towel to mop up your sweat as you train.
Leave your cell phone in the locker room or your car. Unless your wife is pregnant and due any second, surely you can go an hour or so without a phone call. Spend your time in the gym focusing on training and use it as a break from your everyday life. Talking on the cell phone is distracting to others around you in the gym who are trying to concentrate on their workout session. Leave the outside world behind and just train. You'll get better results as well.