Is the New Gym Etiquette Just… No Etiquette?

by **BeastTomm** » Tue Nov 25, 2025 10:29 am

At this point I’m just gonna stick to the corner with my little set of weights and pretend the rest of the gym doesn’t exist.

by **AntLewis** » Tue Nov 25, 2025 9:21 am

It’s wild because reracking literally takes 10 seconds. But nope apparently that’s too much effort for the “creatine and selfie” generation.

by **DakBen787** » Tue Nov 25, 2025 8:36 am

Someone said “daycare”

But yeah, people treat the gym like their living room now. No respect for equipment or other lifters.

by **BeastTomm** » Tue Nov 25, 2025 8:04 am

Morning sessions might be the move… evening crowd at my gym is basically a daycare with dumbbells.

by **IronJZ87** » Tue Nov 25, 2025 4:33 am

Honestly I’ve started training early mornings just to avoid the chaos. 6am crew actually has manners.

by **BigMk91** » Mon Nov 24, 2025 8:46 pm

My gym staff stopped caring too. They used to call people out. Now they just shrug and say “yeah it gets busy.” Like bro… enforce something.

by **Maxr4677** » Mon Nov 24, 2025 8:24 pm

Bro that’s the worst. You find one dumbbell on one side of the gym and the other one is chilling under a bench like it’s hiding from taxes.

by **BeastTomm** » Mon Nov 24, 2025 6:36 pm

Exactly! I literally walked around for 5 minutes trying to find matching 30s. It felt like a cardio session before my actual workout.

by **Andyxx66** » Mon Nov 24, 2025 1:46 pm

For real though, I blame the new TikTok crowd. They use 5 different dumbbells for one “superset” and leave them like breadcrumbs across the gym.

by **Dnk567** » Mon Nov 24, 2025 12:55 pm

Same at my spot. Plates left on every machine like someone rage-quit mid-set. You gotta clean up before you can even start training.