# How much noise do you make at the gym?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-noise-do-you-make-at-the-gym/567821
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [January 16, 2011, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-noise-do-you-make-at-the-gym/567821 "2011-01-16T15:21:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Blaster\_Master](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blaster_Master)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2011, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-noise-do-you-make-at-the-gym/567821/21 "2011-01-18T16:39:42Z")
I am a gym rat, and I chose the second option. Breathing is important, so on heavier sets I will exaggerate it a bit to make sure I’m still breathing properly. I will occassionally grunt for the last rep or two of a heavy set or a burn out set, but I think people SHOULD be making some noise if they’re doing that sort of stuff.
I used to make tons of noise way back in high school, but when I graduated and started going to a regular gym, it stopped being cool and just started being rude. The people who grunt or scream on every single rep, even when it’s clearly not very difficult are just obnoxious and get obvious roll-eyes from me. Seriously, I’ve seen guys grunt when curling 10 lbs for sets of at least 15 or 20 on every single rep. And then there’s the other extreme of the guys who do way more weight than they can do properly and scream loud enough that I can hear them across the gym over the music in my headphones. The former guy is just a little bit obnoxious, but the latter one definitely breaks my concentration and I’m often forced to time my sets to avoid lifting at the same time, which just makes it even more frustrating.
And yeah, spotters who yell… stop that. It breaks my concentration too. This is half the reason why I only ask people to spot me that I kind of know, because they’ll shut up and let me lift. The other half being that they actually know how to spot and don’t just immediately lift the weight up at the first sign of trouble, but that’s another rant altogether.
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### Author:  [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-noise-do-you-make-at-the-gym/567821/22 "2011-01-18T17:55:50Z")
> [@stpauler](#):
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> On a side note, there were two guys that would work out every day together at my gym. They would LOUDLY grunt after every rep and then would literally chest bump and scream at the end of the set. I saw them for two weeks and then they were gone for good. I talked with a trainer and he was surprised that management gave 'em an ultimatum to STFU and they decided to just leave the club.
Were they there to PUMP. YOU. UP?
I exhale strongly but no yelling. But then, I don’t lift that hard. At my gym, the owner rented some space in another building for the super lifters. So all their purple-pantsed, gamma-ray induced screaming was kept away from us mortals.
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### Author:  [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-noise-do-you-make-at-the-gym/567821/23 "2011-01-18T17:56:24Z")
I do BIG weights I make BIG noises. That being said I work out in gyms where candy asses don’t hang out.
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### Author:  [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-noise-do-you-make-at-the-gym/567821/24 "2011-01-18T18:01:45Z")
I’m out of the gym now to save money, but I selected “other” for my normal gym behavior.
Most of the time, I’m quiet and controlled and trying to focus on breathing properly.
Once in a while, though, when I’m lifting big (for me) weight (like the first time I squatted 280), I’ll let out an inadvertant yell. It’s never on purpose; it just happens when I’m trying to max out and am giving everything.
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### Author:  [@MegaBee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MegaBee)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2011, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-noise-do-you-make-at-the-gym/567821/25 "2011-01-18T18:17:23Z")
I will occasionally shout loudly in order to get that last rep up. I also workout at home.
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### Author:  [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2011, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-noise-do-you-make-at-the-gym/567821/26 "2011-01-18T18:41:03Z")
> [@Lanzy](#):
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> I do BIG weights I make BIG noises. That being said I work out in gyms where candy asses don’t hang out.
Do I detect a note of “you can’t HANDLE the truth!!” in that post?
So you are saying that there are gyms…and there are gyms? Gym rats shouldn’t work out where wannabees work out, and wannabees, if they work out where real gym rats work out, should expect to put up with a lot of noise?
Good to know.
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### Author:  [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2011, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-noise-do-you-make-at-the-gym/567821/27 "2011-01-18T21:19:18Z")
> [@stpauler](#):
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> While I agree it’s not a library, there’s a level of manners that do need to be adhered to.
Exactly. As a paying member of the gym, you have the freedom to do anything that doesn’t interfere with my workout. The minute you start bothering me, you’re out of line.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2011, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-noise-do-you-make-at-the-gym/567821/28 "2011-01-18T21:32:00Z")
> [@Lanzy](#):
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> I do BIG weights I make BIG noises. That being said I work out in gyms where candy asses don’t hang out.
> [@WordMan](#):
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> Do I detect a note of “you can’t HANDLE the truth!!” in that post?
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> So you are saying that there are gyms…and there are gyms? Gym rats shouldn’t work out where wannabees work out, and wannabees, if they work out where real gym rats work out, should expect to put up with a lot of noise?
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> Good to know.
All that noise is just bragging and hot air being expelled.
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