Is the New Gym Etiquette Just… No Etiquette?

[BeastTomm]

My gym’s been PACKED lately and nobody reracks anything anymore. Dumbbells everywhere like it’s a scavenger hunt. Is this just the new normal or am I getting old?

[Charles Harris]

Nah bro, you’re not crazy. Gym etiquette is basically extinct now. It’s every man for himself out there.

[Dnk567]

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.

[Andyxx66]

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.

[BeastTomm]

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

[Maxr4677]

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.

[BigMk91]

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.

[IronJZ87]

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

[BeastTomm]

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

[DakBen787]

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