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Only valid excuse to record yourself at the gym is to check your form,and if I was going to do that I'd make sure noone else is in the frame
What drives me crazy are people who sit on a machine for 20 minutes on their phones. I get you need a minute or two between sets but some people are ridiculous. 5 minutes of lifting and 20 minutes of checking email. It’s one thing if the place isn’t crowded but have some awareness. >

What if I got an important work email during my squats ? >

You gotta do it mid squat then >

I can’t squat during business >

Have you ever tried? >

We need to have a national conversation about cameras and recording in general. Great it’s not illegal to film people in public places (I’m not arguing that it should be), it’s also not illegal to fart in a crowded elevator but we all recognize it’s rude. >

Gyms are technically private. All filming in gyms without prior consent should be banned imo. And not just because I look like a massive tomato after working out and would be eternally mortified to seem myself in the background of one of these thirst traps >

Another tomato face! I totally get the tomato faced look after any exercise! >

Tomato’s unite! Haha! Yeah it’s pretty bad. I’m also ridiculously pale white too so it doesn’t take much to go full tomato. >

Haha! I’m freckled so I’m a spotted one! >

I'm monkey brown n look like a spoiled tomato. Add wicked O brace-face too >

Especially in the locker room. I was getting dressed and girls were taking pictures in the mirror. I have no idea if I was in the photos or not. >

I saw one time on r/iamthemaincharacter about some guy doing just that, showing his muscles in a locker room with other men changing. Horrible behavior
Edit: it is this one >

The fact that he even posted it…. 🤦🏻‍♀️
And it was so awkward for me because I was getting changed. I couldn’t go over and tell them to stop, and I certainly didn’t want to cause a scene. >

The audacity, its fine to flex your “progress” but almost anywhere else is fine. I hope its not the op who posted it. >

Maybe we just normalize photobombing >

Every time I see a picture being taken in public I will do everything in my power to be in it in the worst way >

My gym literally has a posing/picture area lmfao >

I think this is actually a good idea, nice lighting and mirrors people will just go over naturally lol. But I am very sick of seeing people filming or taking photos in the locker rooms. Slightly less so at those posing on their equipment but still annoyed they're on a machine/bench they're not using. >

Ill smack a phone out someones hand? 
Filming in a gym locker room where we change??? I have taken my bra off if it gets too sweaty so yeah no. No one is filming my titties without paying first
People dont do this at the gyms ive been to.. ive never seen this :O >


No one is filming my titties without paying first

r/brandnewsentence >

The only payment i take is soul juice >

r/brandnewsentence again >

I'm for this, I'm sick of the broccoli head fucks hogging gym equipment >

I've always felt on the fence about it. The influencers are annoying but some people just want to video their form or take progress pics. Its getting to the point where influencers are getting so annoying that I agree with you. >

Progress pics can be taken at home or in the car. We are unfortunately at the point of society where there is no excuse. >

Can't evaluate my form at home. >

It’s a pretty sad story of our society that to check form the solution is to record yourself at a gym. If only there was an environment where people congregated to do a shared activity like lifting, or a business that specialized in training or equipment. >

lmao its not sad at all?
What are you on about? I would never ask some rando about form for two very obvious reasons which you would know if you actually gymmed:

Generally people dont want to be bothered by you asking them to check their form when they are training and in their own world. Some people are ok with it some are not. Its simply annoying but this isnt the end of the world. Next reason is more important.
You have no idea if the other person knows fuck all about said form or even if they do you dont know if they care enough to actually help you or simply tell you you're ok so they can politely end the interaction and move on to their own business. Many people get big at the gym by either steroids or hirring a trainer or they might have been good at it at some point but have lost touch a long time and are simply doing maintenance nowadays. >

I was checking my form out thirty years ago. Here’s how:
1) pictures or video telling you how your form should be
2) go to gym and do the movement. Look in the mirror.
3) do they match?
This isn’t surgery. >

Yeah, but you're gonna need surgery if you make a habit of turning your head 45 degrees to stare in the mirror while squatting 2x+ your body weight. >

Tbf if you are unsure about your form or not experienced you shouldn't be squatting 2x+ your body weight. >

Counter argument. The way you get to a point where you can do 2X lifts is by monitoring your form to avoid injury and look for ways to improve. >

Yeah of course. But you don't have to do it by making everyone around uncomfortable. You can watch videos on proper form and ask trainers or your friend or even some random dude at the gym to check if your form is good etc. Just because filming yourself is easier doesn't mean you should do it. >

yes ban all influencers everywhere expecially on social media >

Depends on the situation in my eyes. Taking a selfie with none in the background is fine. Taking a instructional video on proper form is fine. Setting a video up to make a viral video or recording others at the gym should be completely unacceptable >

My question is that why do you jump to someone wanting to make a viral video as being completely unacceptable? I mean, most of the viral videos ARE just them showing them doing the workout reps which end up being similar to the “instructional video” example.
I’ve just had to accept that everyone who pays for the membership at a gym has the same right to the equipment. They may not use it the way I like, but they did also pay for access to it the same as I did. It’s a tough one for me. >

No, they’re just as often thirst traps to gain attention online >

And that's your business why? >

Because they spent 5 minutes working out and 10 minutes not working out. At the gym. On a machine or in a space meant for working out.
If you're at the gym you should have the common decency to not waste the time of others. These people do not care about the time of others.
Everyone is held up by their camera adjustments, photo taking, talking if it's live/video, and posing. >

I don't care that other people are taking selfies, but I don't really want to be part of your livestream to a bunch of simps jerking off. >

I see it on Reddit all the time. When did this become a thing? I guess I haven’t had a gym membership in 6-7 years but never once saw it irl. >

where do you live? i think it's more often in the big city. >

Sounds legit. My last big city gym was Charlotte, NC which is really more suburban sprawl and my last gym was in small town Texas so that might explain it. Now I just use the gym at my condo so I probably don't have perspective. >

Unfortunately it's not always contained to gym equipment areas. I've seen guys not care and take pics or even take videos of themselves flexing in gym changing rooms. Like... there are other people around... many of whom are in the process of getting dressed or undressed. It's inappropriate and creepy. >

1000% agree. So vain and annoying >

Reddit would legislate based on how annoyed y'all are >

I respect people's right to choose if they want to film and shoot photos, but if you spaz at people for accidentally walking into your frame, or being too close to your photo session etc you're an idiot.
Some of us are there to solely tap in, do the work and function in that space without tripods and gimbles and phones left right and center presenting potential obstacles.
Most people are reasonable and I've yet to come across anyone personally in a gym that's spazzed at me, but it does happen and people are way too addicted to their devices to be trusted with better social etiquette. >

Yes and no. It's important to correct your form. Not everyone wants to pay for a trainer. So taking pictures or videos for that should be alright. 
But for some influencer or thirst trap shit naw. >

Excuse me, I don't know anything about gyms or what you're talking about exactly, but just wondering why does the picture have to be taken at the gym? >

The form of your body when doing exercises is important. Incorrect form can cause an injury or minimize the impact of the workout. Unless someone working out with you or you're in front of a mirror it cab be hard to know if you have the correct form.
Some people take videos so they can review it afterwards. Personally I don't but I know some people who do. >

I mean… this isn’t a valid argument for most gyms, because they have mirrors everywhere. >

I don't think you go to the gym often, do you? >

😂 Yes and no. No I don’t workout at the gym. Yes, I have been to many gyms once or twice, because I am an electrician who does commercial service work, so I have installed lighting, machinery and tanning beds at gyms. 
Sorry, I didn’t realize I had to go to these gyms regularly to notice they have mirrors all over the place. I guess they took them down as soon as I left. 🤣 >

😂 yes because if you had actually gone to the gym to work out then you'd realize the importance of form and how the mirrors are not very useful to check your form 😂 >

Real unpopular opinion: get off social media and no one would be posting >

I haven’t been to a public gym in a few years. It’s fucking shocking to me this is a thing. I loathe our society’s vanity. >

Doubt that imposing primary school rules would be a good financial decision for a gym. 
Also, you fight fire with fire. Whenever I see someone taking more than normal time on a machine I'll go bother them by asking how many they've left, and if they can share it. 99% of times they do share it, or finish their shit faster >

I think a designated area for photos and longer phone use may work better. People posing is annoying, but so are people that hog a machine while just sitting there and scrolling through tik tok for 15 minutes. You want to pose and record video? Here is a mirror that looks out onto a nice backdrop. You want to sit on your phone? Here is a cushy chair just for that. >

This isn’t an unpopular opinion. It can’t be, if I’m not even going to the gym and still see/hear this vocalized at least once a month. >

My gym has selfie tripods for the patrons.  They have plenty of space for the selfies though so it actually works better.  There are a lot more really buff people than my last few gyms and they basically de-robe and take the pics.  They don't get in my way though so I'm fine with it. >

Yea we need it for “progress pictures”😂😂 we’ll go with that >

My female friend was getting changed in the ladies changing room recently and another woman and her friend were doing a livestream video. My friend said she was naked at the time and rightly pissed off. She confronted the woman but got brushed off so reported it to management. >

There was a case a few years back of some trashy model (Playboy maybe?) who posted a pic of herself laughing at an elderly woman showering at the gym and some caption of like 'I can't unsee it and now you can't unsee it' or something like that. It was horrible. Posting involuntary pornography of someone just going about their day, That poor woman.
Some people are the worst. >

I feel bad for y’all going to influencer infested gyms but I’ve literally never encountered anyone filming in an even remotely annoying way. >

Was coming to say this. Have literally never had this be an issue. >

Before cell phones people went to the gym to look at themselves in the mirror and be social butterflies.   Not actually work out.   Only difference now is they post it online like the world cares. >

Been doing bodybuilding for over a decade now. I don't think I've ever been annoyed by these people. I still don't understand what the big deal is. 
What I'm seeing are people recording their sets and taking reasonably timed breaks between sets. But people assume they aren't working out if they see them fidgeting with their phone. >

I've been working out at gyms for a similar amount of time, but now I've noticed it getting much worse. Girls are filming themselves constantly, taking 30 minutes on one station and young guys on their first day with noodles for arms flexing and taking selfies while surrounded by their 5 buddies all doing the same shit...damn I'm getting too old for their shit >

Oh, I don't personally care about being in someone's videos. I'm talking more about that I don't think they are hogging machines/benches/platforms any longer than a regular person. >

I think they do, I can make it through two stations and still see these types on the same machine. I also really hate being in someone's video >

Selfies are one thing but the real problem are people setting up fucking tripods to record themselves. I understand that recording yourself could help with form maybe, but most people do it for their 11 followers on social media. Gyms are pretty tightly packed to begin with and they're in the way >

Gyms don’t typically have rules about taking videos and pictures of yourself because it’s free advertisement for the gym. I’d totally be down for banning pictures and videos but I understand from a business perspective, why it doesn’t happen as much >


I disagree with permanently banning anything.
I believe that mirrors for pictures of gains should be in a more dedicated area for people who do wish to do that because they shouldn't be punished and kept from making thier living just because other people dont like it.
I never understood this new sense of entitlement that people have, the gym isn't for you to go in and compare yourself with the others there or even be worried about them. You go to make YOURSELF better. This is why Planet Fitness has such issues getting more serious "gym rats" because they punish you if you are doing "better" than the guy next to you. >

lol gyms already have a tough time making money. good luck convincing them to perma ban clients >

Commercial/public gyms don’t, this is where the ban needs to be enforced. >

life time is too harsh. maybe like a week >

Sorry I didn’t mean clients banned permanently, just if anyone’s seen recording they’re kicked out. But there needs to be signs/warnings that recording is banned initially >

yeah, i’m totally fine with kicking out or short term ban for repeat offenders, but a life time ban is too harsh for the crime >

I'm for banning them if they are rude and violate other members' privacy, or use it to attack and mock them, but in general is a stupid hill to die on. 
A few of the people I watch make content for informational use, fun skits or to show progress rather than tell. >

Yea but I don’t want to be in the background of some randos instructional videos >

I don't know why this is getting downvoted. This is a legitimate reason people don't go to the gym, appearing in others' videos. >

I appreciate my privacy >

I joined a sub for dieting to talk about dieting, but all it is is people posting selfies, taking pictures of their bodies.  People  these days are narcissists.  I refuse to post a picture of myself online anyway. >

My bitch sister cried because the day she wanted to go to the beach to take photos the sky was ashen because a bushfire was devastating a local town and the smoke was blowing in this direction. >

Taking selfies and pictures of yourself is fine and there is zero reason to ban someone for doing this. It's a good thing that people are happy with themselves to do this.
Taking photos and videos of others is not ok and should get you banned. >

i think there should be allocated areas for personal progress documentation/educational filming/photos. >

You should try going to a real gym >

scratch gym, add society, at least for the purposes of selfies. >

People taking constant selfies need to go to a psychiatrist. End of discussion. >

In changing rooms too. 
My gym changing room is pretty much surrounded by mirrors. Like bro I just had a shower I don’t wanna be in the background of ur picture whilst I’m barely covered in a gym towel >

Unfortunately, a gym subscription, exactly like a car, a house, fancy food, offspring, etc, is a status symbol. Something you can just post and it speaks for itself. Hence a lot of people will just buy the smallest subscription available, take a thousand photos and post them regularly to make it look like they're gym habitué. 
It's all fake and staged, like their personality. >

Love going at 1-3am, I’m naturally awake all night and it’s always empty. Maybe a couple others. >

I'm fine with that when it's almost empty. It's great when people enjoy themselves. But when it's crowded any activity that blocks other people is a shit move. Work out at home if you can't be nice. >

I support filming the police but going into say the public library or the post office to start shit by filming the 60 year old clerk is just BS. >

1000000% agree! People had good form and were strong long before we had this obsessive need to take pictures and videos of ourselves. >

I don’t care about taking photos for yourself to see the changes, but people bringing a bunch of fucking studio equipment to film themselves lifting bothers the shit out of me. >

I'm against banning taking pictures in a gym, but also my gym is a small one, and during my schedule it's not ver crowded, we are usually the same people so we have a lot of respect between each others and in the rare occasions someone take a picture he use common sense. I still get why it should be banned in some gym if it become a problem. >

I record for my lifting coach. People like me exist. >

I'll never understand why people get so bent out of shape over shit like this. I've worked out in numerous gyms across multiple countries and have never had it affect my experience. If some guy wants to take a video of himself benching, how does that affect me running on the treadmill? If some chick wants to spend her time taking booty pics in front of the mirror, does that take pounds off my deadlifts? Are there actually people in the gym spending their workout time  on the lookout for selfie-takers instead of going headphones-in head-down? If so, seems like a shitty way to spend your time. >

O N E. H U N D R E D. P E R C E N T. >

Oh my god the people who actually SET UP CAMERAS on tri-pods. Absurd, stupid, narcissistic, self absorbed, IN THE WAY, ass holes, no one gives a fuck about your TikTik, fuck offf
I could go on. >

How will people do form checks then? >

find a mirror? >

Guess you don't workout, cant check side form for squats and other exercises in a mirror. Fuck up a squat, say goodbye to your back. >

I work out. I ask trainers/gym bros or girls help and advice. I don't feel the need to film yourself(and others in the background)all the time, to check the "form", and then post it online >

Other people in the background I understand a little. I mostly do it when the gyms empty. Posting online can help immensely, instead of a few people critiquing you, you've now got hundreds. 
Anyway, there's like cctv littered all over gyms, people aren't bothered about those cameras but instead are bothered about that 1 guy taking a few 30 second videos once a week. >

I agree with that. It just makes lot of people uncomfortable when someone is filming their entire workout and disturbing others. >

It really is one of those things where a few bad eggs ruin it for everyone. There is no reason at all to film yourself for the whole hour or so you are there. >

My unpopular opinion: too many people want to ban something just because it's a minor inconvenience, annoyance or pet piece. People are going to do things you don't understand, agree with or think is annoying. Life is all about dealing with that and living your life. >

NGL, there has been an increase in female influencers streaming their workouts live and they've been recording what people do and recording "caught staring moments" all while doing improper form, clearly fishing for reactions and labelling people as creeps when dudes just genuinely want to help them before they injure themselves.
But yeah there should be restrictions and proper ground rules imposed on recording. It's still a shared space among paying patrons. >

Selfie and pictures are fine. We should ban people who make a video. >

I record my form pretty often. Videos are important in my opinion. But theres a clear difference in someone recording themselves for the sake of reviewing their form and someone taking selfies and/or “vlogging.” >

Selfies are good for business. Gyms are not in the health business, they’re in the vanity business. >

I wish they'd ban music. I'm FORCED to wear headphones to block out the utter tripe they play on speakers. >

Wait....would you just work out in.....silence? Just hearing the grunts and groans of those around you? >

Not silence, the sweet sound of clanging metal >

gotta pose for the hoes bruh >

I just don't understand why people think others want to see them work out. Working out is really common and normal. Unless you're bringing some new content to the table, I don't need everyone I went to high school with starting alternative social accounts for their workouts. Not everyone is an influencer >

You'd be surprised how you can motivate people in your circle. 
Look I full understand that influencers filming and taking photos at the gym with a very entitled attitude acting like they own the place is very annoying. But for just your normal average person filming to check form, keep track of progress and or to share to their friends and family is fine. As long as you aren't a douche about it and get in the way and then complain about people walking in front of a camera. You can take pictures and film yourself in a courteous fashion, without disturbing other people. Just a little self awareness goes a long way. 
You'd be surprised how many friends or family members that follow me on social media have reached out to me to tell me that I motivated and inspired them to start working out. That's just from me sharing my progress. It's not a fair assessment to say no one wants to watch. I think you can motivate people. Especially if you come from being out of shape and skinny to being a beast. >

Oh God yes. Those guys trying to make a profitable YouTube channels. They freak out, when you walk in camera. Dude, you don't own the place. >

Here’s my opposite opinion. I feel like taking videos of oneself working out is normal and often times can really help identify issues in form and help improve a workout routine. 
I also believe most people are generally good and aren’t up to anything bad. And I believe that we should write our rules for that big middle of generally good people. People should get the benefit of the doubt and not be attacked at a suspicion. That’s the kind of world that’s a good place to live 
And those that abuse it, we punish them hard, but we shouldn’t punish normal good people and take away the little good things that make life better because a few people would abuse it. >

There's plenty of men that gym selfies too but sure blame all the women >

I don't think this is an unpopular opinion.
However, as others have noted, filming your form, or a PB, should be allowed. But I think everyone could agree, progress pics can be taken pretty much anywhere. I don't think anyone is going to say, "no weights in the background, must be not at the gym, you probably didn't even go!" 
If you just want to pose at the gym, maybe the gym could set an hour aside each day and charge a reduced membership for "selfie hour" access only. That way those that want to, can go snap pics, those that only wish to just get in their reps, can do so the other 95% of the time. Compromise. >

For those of you who don’t go to the gym, then you don’t actually realize how much space they take up. I’m not saying the influencers I’ve encountered were rude by any means, but they’d take up so much space with equipment and some of them had a team of people for recording, like it was a full on production. This made it really uncomfortable to be in the gym, so I agree that there needs to be a better medium. Get a home gym at that point. >

Common redditor L >

I have been going to the gym for a very long time, I have had the chance to travel a lot with work and as a consequence I have been to more gyms than I can count. I am currently a member of three separate gyms, one near my home, one near my office and one cheap chain for when I'm elsewhere in the country, I've even gone on trips just to train in a certain gym. 
In all my gyms, in all my time, I have never seen anyone spend so long taking selfies in the mirror that a machine doesn't get used in a proper span of time. 
I've seen billions of selfies, millions of set videos, thousands of shirt lifts, pull downs and pouts. I've even seen someone gym with a professional photographer shadowing them. But even then, I haven't seen the machine get used in a reasonable span of time. >

Is it really such a widespread issue? Been going to the gym and have never seen anybody taking pictures. >

OP is just raging because some girl was getting more attention on instagram than he was grunting and doing mullet curls >

Yes. 
I let my phone in the locker with rest of my stuff ( wallet, keys etc). 
I remember like 2months ago, there was this guy using his phone for about 40 min while sitting on the bench. >

Powerlifters, amiright 😒 all that rest for 1 damn rep. Lmao >

Where do you live where people do that? My gym has no such rule, because.. well..  nobody does that.. >

Ban?
Gee.  Maybe hand out a few warnings first. >

Big agree from me. Especially since a lot of this is in the locker room too. Talk about an invasion of privacy. >

I go to a private gym that is specifically for powerlifting and bodybuilding. It wouldn’t make any sense for them to ban cameras because it’s how people track their progress and improve their form. A lot of people in that world do and while it may just look like they’re posing for social media, they might actually be tracking growth in a certain muscle group or prepping for the stage. Are their people who clearly just use it for views on instagram? Sure but it doesn’t mean that’s always the case. >

cant say shit im gonna get downvoted >

When I go the gym, I work with a PT, he sometimes films what I do so I can see where my form looks bad, etc. 
Should that also be banned? >

Yes, he can just tell you. That's why you have a PT. Why not film yourself and get rid of the PT? >

Gyms attract narcissists. I mean it’s expected >

Need to be able to record to see form for places where there are either no mirrors or coaches who are useless, so shouldn’t be outright banned. >

I've seen women dressed in work out clothes walk in and take a few selfies then walk out without ever touching a piece of equipment.. >

I feel bad for the women who make tik tok videos of themselves sticking their ass in some guys face while wearing super tight leggings so they can shame him when he looks. What are they going to do now???? >

I normally just do my progress pics/poses in the private bathrooms at my gym, but I don't see what the issue is. Pretty much any time someone is doing that, it's probably because they're trying to find something to do while they're resting in between sets. >

I understand where you're coming from and it's definitely a huge problem at gyms, but there are also people who are coming to the gym to actually get in shape and taking selfies helps track their fitness journey and provides motivation when they see improvements after weeks or months of sticking to a workout routine. As with all things in life, there needs to be a balance. >

Thats a great way to lose customers, makes perfect sense. >

A great way to build loyal customers that don't want to be in a gym with people filming >

Just go to planet fitness if you’re that insecure >

Awesome comment... Just go be an actor if you want to be filmed >

Sky’s the limit for someone like me 🔱 >

Everyone over 50 in here ngl 💀 >

What gyms should do is make their policies on photography up front and visible so every one knows if photography is allowed or not. The gals at my gym take pics all the time and not once has it caused me any grief. 
I think posts like this are just projecting insecurity. >

Agreed. Stems from insecurities and resentment. 
I’m a small guy and I see big dudes flexing and posing all the time. None of it affects me. They earned it. 
OP acting like it’s a 3 hour photo shoot >

Its nice to record yourself on squats and deadlifts to check your form.