Hogging weights, loud grunting and sweaty benches: 11 gym dos and don’ts from fitness experts

Here’s what professionals have to say about good workout etiquette, from using equipment to being on your phone I like to think of myself as a fairly laid-back person.

Other people’s behavior is not my business.

There is one notable exception: my gym nemesis.

He brings his computer to the gym and takes work conference calls at full volume.

He has four to six pairs of dumbbells around him at all times – then doesn’t put them away.

Intellectually I understand he is a fragile, flawed human like the rest of us, but in my gut I sometimes wonder if he arrived here from another galaxy.

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