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.

  • themagicschoolbus [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    There is no space, it’s like telling someone who hates the government to live in the woods. All the woods are owned by somebody, you would get shot by a ranger for trying it. Us loud gym people deserve our own space equal to everyone elses

    • AHopeOnceMore [he/him]B
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      2 years ago

      Sounds like you have a club in the making already. You can call it the Loud Lifters and become petty bourgeois (make your own CrossFit-like space since they're already loud).

      • TerminalEncounter [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        Instead of a lunk alarm, they have an alarm that goes off if the ambient noise goes below, say, lawnmower at 8 am Sunday morning.

      • MattsAlt [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        They're usually called barbell clubs, but the ones I've been to would have people look at you just as funny if you're making a ton of noise. Dropping things is generally more accepted though