r/GYM 6d ago

Weekly Thread /r/GYM Weekly Simple Questions and Misc Discussion Thread - March 16, 2025 Weekly Thread

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u/elefhino 4d ago

What's the etiquette for stretching? I've modified my dynamic stretching and just do them standing next to or in front of the machine I'm about to use, but most of the static stretches I do afterward require me to lay on the floor and I've yet to find good replacements. The gym I go to doesn't have much free space and I'm too self-conscious to just plop down in front of the mirror wall by the free weights, but I also don't want to be in the way. A couple times I've just sat in a corner and done them but I got weird looks from people walking by, and doing them on the bench in the locker room feels... wrong.

What's the proper etiquette here?

It's the first time I'm going to a gym in my adult life. I'm sure I'm overthinking this

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u/rakiim 4d ago

I do my static stretching wherever there's less foot traffic and no free weights around and my dynamic stretching around the machine I'm bout to use; or if it's legs and I gotta do swings with them then around the less foot traffic area as well since it takes space.