1080: 21 Commandments of Gym Etiquette

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Sal Di Stefano, Adam Schafer, Justin Andrews, Doug Egge

Exercise, Health & Fitness, Health, Fitness

4.8 • 11.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Sal, Adam and Justin discuss the 21 Commandments of gym etiquette, what thou shall and shall not do to be a good gym citizen.

Teaching proper gym etiquette: The 21 Gym Commandments everyone NEEDS to follow. (1:42)
#1 – Bring a towel! (2:56)
#2 – Wear deodorant. (6:44)
#3 – Hand dryers are for hands ONLY! (9:37)
#4 – The order you put your clothes on. (12:06)
#5 – Put your weights away. (13:30)
#6 – Don’t be that person who shaves in the jacuzzi. (19:47)
#7 – Proper pool etiquette. (21:15)
#8 –Don’t do karate between sets. (22:23)
#9 – Taking up all the equipment for yourself. (24:40)
#10 – Doing curls/rows directly in front of the dumbbell rack. (26:10)
#11 – Don’t drop your weights. (28:18)
#12 – Misusing the intent of the gym equipment. (31:12)
#13 – Please no texting or reading on the equipment. (34:00)
#14 – Men stop wearing spandex. (35:21)
#15 – When to let people ‘work in’. (35:57)
#16 – Couples “working out” together. (39:27)
#17 – Teaching trainers how to spot properly. (40:20)
#18 – Please wear underwear if you are wearing short shorts. (41:50)
#19 – The proper attire for women. (42:50)
#20 – Please don’t ‘jerk off’ in the shower. (47:11)
#21 –The shower is NOT the bathroom. (47:39)

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0:06.0	MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, MIND, with your hosts.
0:09.0	Salta Stefano, Adam Schaefer, and Justin Andrews.
0:13.0	So in this episode of Mind Pump, now for those of you who've been listening to Mind Pump for the last four years,
0:19.0	you're gonna hear stories that we've told in the past, but here's what we did.
0:24.0	We compiled and put together a list of the commandments that people need to know and understand when they work in a gym.
0:33.0	When they work out in a gym, I should say.
0:34.0	The 21 commandments.
0:35.0	There's 21 commandments.
0:37.0	So if you work out in a gym, especially if you work in a gym, you need to know these and learn these.
0:42.0	It's more than gym etiquette again.
0:43.0	Oh, they these laws.
0:44.0	We went up to the top of the mountain and came down with the commandments that you all need to follow when you work out a burning bush towards.
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