Like most of you the gym is the place I relieve stress. There are however occasions where certain individuals/behaviors at the gym have either irritated me or just been so messed up IDK what to even say. So how about a thread for rants about stuff at the gym that pisses you off or makes you go WTF. Complain about Mr. Bad BO, The Grunter or Ms. over-the-hill-over-the-top Cougar.
From my bicep/forearm/back workout Friday: 3ft. Rule Violators. :mad:
There is a 3ft. Rule regarding the dumbbell rack. It is there so that others may get a DB without having to wait for you to finish your set. But Nooooo. You have to drag the 5’s, 10’s and 15’s over infront of the rack with the 40’s to do your triple drop sets of side laterals. You stand so damn close to the rack I couldn’t toss a water bottle between you and it. Just what I wanted to do for MY workout, wait for your ignorant ass to finish before I can even grab a DB. So pretty please with cream and sugar, keep your skinny ass at least 3 feet from the DB rack so others can use them too.
My rant for the day is all the idiots out there who think 5-10 seconds it takes to wait to pass safely are more important to them than my safety, (I wonder if I slung my BCM cross body if they would get the hint).
Part of my New Years resolutions is to swear less and be more forgiving. Rather than call some idiot a dumb (fill in with colorful Marine Corp language), I’d just look at them and say, “Well bless your heart”, (Texan for F*ck off and die). Yesterday I kind of used that phrase a lot, at full volume, in a rather angry tone… The looks I got from some people were rather entertaining.
Fresh back from my morning session at the local gym before heading back to grad school. Saw this thread when I signed in and boy, howdy, do I have a good one…
I don’t mind if you’re a certified trainer from a reputable source (ACE, NFPT, etc), but unless I know you and visa versa, don’t try to “give me pointers.” Especially if you’re barely old enough to sign for your own membership at a gym. The reason my form looks so “poor” doing a clean and press is because you have no idea what that even is. Son, I’ve been lifting weights since junior high football, so going on 13 years now. Hell, I was even an ACE/NFPT trainer at one point. I know I don’t appear to be in the best shape of my life, but after 5 knee surgeries, come see me.
By the way, I don’t mind the grunting. If it reminds someone to breathe, it’s all gravy.
This thread basically sums up my signature line, I wish I had seen it sooner.
I have so much to talk about just within this one thread. You can always tell the guys that know what they’re doing because they just do what they do, they don’t try to be verbose and boisterous to ensure everyone sees what they’re doing. Everyone sees what they’re doing because it’s impressive.
I would have to say one of my all time favorite moments is while lifting at Texas Tech University’s rec center. I was watching two guys that were probably from Kansas or Midwest state who obviously got their cues from jersey shore do cable flies. CABLE FLIES. And after each set one would “WOOOOO” and then they would aggressively high five so hard it made a sound that would replicate a .22.
I’ve got others that haven’t stuck in my head but as new hilarity finds its way to me I will continue to share.
Used to workout at a Gold’s Gym…I’ve seen some pretty funny and scary shit. (and AWESOME…its nice working out next to Monique Minton lol)
We had one guy that i called “capt. Insano” that would come in and load up a bar with 6 or 7 45’s on each side and proceed to sumo style deadlift it . All while screaming and slaming it down as loudly as possible (and dusting everything in a 10ft radius with chalk). I’d just go about my business, but it was good for a laugh. His 1/4 dept squats were funny to watch also.
Yes I love the overweighted knee bends. I saw a group of five young Lance Pickles in the base gym the other day. With 8x45 pound plates on each side of the leg press and one was taking a video with an iphone while one did partial knee bends. Classic
Don’t do sit-ups , push ups or jump rope in the corner with the pull-up bar when the other corner is perfectly empty, which is most of the time.
Yes, I will freely make an ass of myself and suggest you relocate to the empty corner, the pull-up bar is bolted to the wall in case you failed to notice.
Also, don’t use the flat bench for the dumbbells for your personal water bottle and notebook table. If your ass isn’t on it, leave it alone!
All of the above reasons are why I put a gym in our house when we bought it.
Worst thing I have to worry about is the wife leaving a towel on the stair stepper.
At the gym early in the morning doing my back and shoulder circuit. 3 sets and I get done quick. Fat lady sits on the rowing machine, and just sits there meditating. I work around her and do the rest of the circuits (lats and shoulder press) while she is sitting there. I ask if I can jump in and lard butt tells me that she isn’t done. SHE HASN’T DONE A SET YET!!!
The gym manager got an earful because he was too busy hitting on the MILF/cougar on the treadmill to keep track of the gym. Good thing I am friends with his boss’s, boss’s boss’s boss.
I could never quite understand the people who buy gym memberships so they can go to the gym and…run on the treadmill. That’s it. They just run on the tread mill, stretch and leave. I never understood that. My treadmill is “outside”.
Also, I can’t stand the people that go to the gym and spend more time socializing and posturing than getting their workout done. Put in your work and get the hell out of my way.
Finally, I absolutely despise people who do not rack their weights when they are done. Here I am waiting on any given set of weights while I watch the guy just using them over on some other machine now. I walk over to the tough guy and ask if he is still using the weights and the answer is almost always “Nah. I’m done. Go ahead bro.” Oh ya? You’re done? Well why the hell don’t you signal to the rest of the members that you are done by putting your shit away???
My gym rant is all the new year’s resolutioners. My gym was pretty empty till Jan 1st. Now it’s packed. I figure in another month they’ll all be gone. I need to start going about 2am.
They come at the beginning of the year due to new years resolutions and slowly the flock thins after a month.
They return again towards the end of May due to the approaching warmer months when they want to bask in the warm rays normally near water bodies. They again fade as summer draws to an end.
Then some stragglers find their way in after feasting during the fall gorging holidays because they feel bad about themselves.
It’s a perennial cycle. I haven’t written my ecological dissertation on this piece yet.
No giving of ‘brah logic’ while I’m under a heavy load.
No talking at the top of your lungs on a cell phone near me.
Rack your weights please.
Unless you are an oly lifter, stop dropping the damn bars just to hear loud noises.
Get out of the front of the mirror and do some work.
High fives while screaming and fist pumping are gay. Never do any of those things near me.
Spandex is a privilege - not a god given right. Know what is appropriate.
If your ass does not go below the crease of your knee - it was not a squat. Do not call it one and do NOT think you have done anything more than damage tissue.
If you are the asshat that covers every bench in the place with chalk - please stop. You do not need chalk for cable machines.
10a. You do not need straps on a cable machine.
I really don’t need to hear about you needing to get your “swoll” on. Or how I need to get all “swoll” like you, or lift weight like you, when you have a hundred fuking pounds on me.
Me coming in to the gym at 0500, banging out a Spartan workout in 30 minutes and then hitting cardio is done for a reason. Do not approach me in the locker room talking about how short a workout I did and how I “looked winded” towards the end, when you stand around between 6 rep sets for ten minutes talking to your bros. 320 reps in 21:18 beats your two hour bro-fest.
And speaking of the locker room, old men in the locker room bother me. Big time.
Im not trying to cover any ones ass here. I do in fact rack my weights, however, I do hear a lot of people complain about the weights not being in the proper order on the rack. I would like to say that the people running the gym need to take a better role in making sure stuff is done right. I call people out for leaving their weights out and when they give me any flak over it I point to the sign. But if the Owner/Operator would take command in enforcing rules it would make things a lot easier.
