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Man Expelled from Gym for Grunting

Oh shut up! If someone is intimidated by a grunt at a gym, then they have more pressing concerns...like their shadow that keeps following them. They should stay in bed if they are that worried. What a stupid rule.

Edit: Shut up to the people who made the rule, not to any of the posters... :p
 
Agent Smith said:
Oh shut up! If someone is intimidated by a grunt at a gym, then they have more pressing concerns...like their shadow that keeps following them. They should stay in bed if they are that worried. What a stupid rule.

Edit: Shut up to the people who made the rule, not to any of the posters... :p
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Good for you, that you're so confident. I have gone to some gyms, but I'm still a bit uncomfortable doing exercises in a room full of people. If people around me lift three times the weight I lift, strut around like they own the place and grunt loudly, then yes, I get more uncomfortable.

It has to be up to the gym itself to decide the business concept. They seem to have made one that is for (wussy) people like me, who want to get in shape without having to put up with the people who mark territory. They obviously have enough customers who like it since they're in business. And no, I'm not going to stay in bed and worry just because I'm not always confident.
 
My partner's gym stopped men from wearing vests because they said the sight of bare shoulders intimidated the women. He cancelled his membership. He's too hairy to work out in a t-shirt without working up a right stink.

I wonder if there's any link between the "grunters" being the ones that use the facilities more often, but paying the same membership fee. This guy gets banned, they have room for two more average members, and therefore double their cash intake.
 
Scarlet Fever said:
please do! i wanna hear what a Lunk Alarm sounds like :D
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It sounds like a really loud grunt. :D

I dunno - I worked in a gym long ago and far away for a summer job while in college. The grunting was definitely done more by men than women - it's perfectly possible to forcefully expell air from your lungs without vocalizing - which leads me to believe it's some sort of macho thing.

Although the occasional "Eeeeeeaaaaarrrrgh!" as someone finished 10-15 reps with an extreme amount of weight seems to be what a gym is all about. So, OTOH, a gym where everyone is silently working out would seem kind of eerie. Because even if people lifting weights don't grunt, there's always the inevitable clang of equipment slamming into place (or a bar hitting the bench) as people do their final rep and are about to be crushed.

I dunno, I guess I really don't have an opinion other than to say that there seems to be a difference between grunting when your finishing a series of reps and being an overbuilt, hypermacho, arrogent jerk who thinks they own the gym and won't give anyone the time of day. It's the latter of these two people who used to piss me off.

Isn't there like a war or something going on that folks should be more concerned about?
 
Sol said:
Man, I hate grunting tennis players. This is supposed to be a civilised sport where people play in white shorts and drink mineral water afterwards. Grunting in a court while being watched by a silent audience is very improper. Is the aim to irritate the other player?

As for the gym, it is the natural habitat of the grunters. If one customer felt threatened the gym should have politely warned the grunter to keep it down; calling the police seems like an over-reaction. He should be given a full refund and a written apology.
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I like it when she grunts. It turns me on.
 
kirk26 said:
I like it when she grunts. It turns me on.
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Me too. Pretty much any animalistic thing a woman does turns me on. I think that in a past life I was a four legged carnivorous predator, tearing at the rear haunches of delicate does. Rarrr!

Err, what were we talking about, again? :D
 

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Ah...the gym...the place I'm suppose to be going to... :eek:

Here's some thoughts:
1. How big is this guy (remember he's a 40 year old corrections officer) compared to the other clients? I'm thinking that telling someone who is rather large in stature (insert name of favorite wrestler or governator here) for the average joe to stop grunting at the gym might be intimidating for some.
2. I do agree with the "three strikes" and you're out. Some sort of warning would be appropriate.

When I've gone to the gym, I haven't encountered much grunting. What I did find annoying was this one struggling middle age woman making this high pitched "hee hee hee hee " noise that sounded like it was from one of Michael Jackson's old records. :eek:
 
I think the Lunk alarm is a nice idea actually. It saves the staff from having to confront a possible 'roid rage' event. A friend of mine works at the gym where I work out at and she tells me all kinds of horror stories of hypermacho men freaking out because the radio wasn't on the station they wanted or the drinking fountain water wasn't cold enough, etc. In a place were testosterone flows freely with the sweat its understandable why some people, especially women would be intimidated by grunting men. I think that's why women-only gyms are gaining in popularity.
 
asphalt-proof said:
I think the Lunk alarm is a nice idea actually. It saves the staff from having to confront a possible 'roid rage' event.
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On the other hand it might not work so well if the grunter has his headphones on and music up really loud when the alarm goes off. And how does he tell whether the alarm was meant for him?
 
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