I don’t know where in history it became unacceptable to let out a grunt while lifting weights or to drop your dumbbells on the floor. People working out are loud, it’s not your fucking privilege to have a low decibel level in a gym. Even if I was screaming, who is it hurting? Gyms should be expected to be more of a loud environment. Silence should be the exception not the norm, people who want silence are the minority and they should have to schedule their quiet times in a manner that doesn’t interfere normal every day gym goers.
Luckily never been to a gym that does this, sounds like a weird af rule. Moving heavy stuff around is always gonna be noisy, something like a deadlift is kinda loud even on a cushioned surface, and almost everyone listens to their own music or podcasts anyway.
Planet Fitness is like this because their business model is scamming people who don’t work out. Their ideal customer is someone who signs up for the membership and then never once sets foot in the gym. So they institute a bunch of rules which sound nice to people who don’t work out and keep out all the people who will actually show up and put wear and tear on the gym equipment.
Would not surprise me if there are other gyms that operate on the same philosophy
Lunk sounds alarmed
I don’t need silence but sounds that register as aggressive like yelling or dropping weights tend to trigger a flight response from me. Going to the gym is already intimidating enough.
Why is that behavior bad? The only unacceptable behavior in a gym is sexual advances, theft, and not cleaning up after yourself. Noise is not the issue.
