i remember in high school i took weight training two years in the row, and i had to share the gym with the freakin football team. to say the least, i sorta got used to the grunting when they were doing the gnar gnar power thrusts or whatever theyre called. and when they bench, it sounds like a murder in process.

it gets annoying, but to exert energy like that..i dunno, it just happens. but like someone said, if youre lifting like that you shouldnt be in a typical gym.

as for low key grunting, everyone does that a bit im sure. if im pushing my limits or maybe trying to raise my bench max, i grunt some. no biggie.

but its not like they have a way of saying "so and so decibel level grunts allowed" so its either all grunts or no grunts allowed. they gotta do what they gotta do to keep patrons happy. its just the way it is.

after all if you cant handle the rules, find a new gym. its not like theyre limited.