Why public gyms piss me off...

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I know this topic has been beaten down, but I still gotta rant....

Top 10 things that piss me off at the gym:
10. I can't walk anywhere w/o seeing guys skull f**k me
9. Stuck up gym staff
8. Working out after 10:00pm and having the stuck up gym staff tell me I can't buy a supplement behind their desk because they stop selling them at 10:00pm
7. Gym staff cleaning while I'm working out (i.e. using a leaf blower to clean the floor while I'm choking on the cloud of dust)
6. Watching a new Honda Accord/Civic, etc with someone wearing Abercromie workout gear... circle the parking lot to wait for a parking spot 1/2 an inch closer than the one that's already open.
5. Watching a pack of teenage males hogging a bench/machine/etc...and more or less socializing. You know the ones that workout in blue jeans and a wife beater, wearing nice leather shoes and frequently call people on their cell phone, all while sitting on the bench!
4. People that leave their sweat all over the bench/machine and don't wipe it off.
3. Watching people roll their shoulders while doing shrugs.
2. People that "collect" dumbells and tell you that they are using all 6 pairs when you ask to borrow a set.
1. Lat syndrome


I used to work out at a more "hardcore" gym and loved it. When I had to move for work, I was forced to join a fluffy 24 hour deal...

Get in...get to work...and get the f**k out!
 
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I know this topic has been beaten down, but I still gotta rant....
1. Lat syndrome
That’s because they have I.L.S. (Imaginary Lat Syndrome). I see this more outside the gym however. I get a good laugh when I see people inflicted with this especially when they look down at me :toofunny:
 
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That's exactly why over the past two years I built myself a nice home gym..... It may have cost a few bucks, but it was well worth not dealing with the aggravation..... I think some time next year I will be in the green because of the $32.99 a month I was spending at the gym.

My gym = :fool2:

My home gym = :head:
 

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Here is a new one on me....maybe this is showing my age....

guys who walk around the gym, doing their "sets" wearing a polo shirt and "poping" the collar...

This kid was working out with jeans on and had is cell phone hanging out clipped to his belt.

Am I missing something here? I'm embarassed to be associated to the same gym as these peckers....
 
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Yeah, I work out at a friends house.

All you need is an Olympic set of weights, a couple heavy ass pairs of DB's and a power rack...! But space could be an issue.
 
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I dont think anyone mentioned the fluffy music being played (justin timberlake, kelly clarkston, and what not)

Also, I was once showing my friend how to do an upright row the right way, and the staff said if I "train" people I will be kicked out. :wtf:
 

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How about just re-racking your **** after you use it?
 
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yeah ive been working out to paris hilton and kelly clarkson the past days at my gym....i have lat syndrome at times but i swear it is honest! when my work shift changes i will probably go to the gym at 3am so no one to bother me.
 

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LOL, nice.


Theres just a countless amount of stuff.
 
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As long as Ive got my Mp3 player I dont give where the **** I am as long as there's weights there :)

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I dont know about you guys but i notice that old people and old women are possibilty the most annoying aspect of fluffy gyms, especially the old women. at my gym there are 60 year olds walking around in skin tight work out clothes with their hair done and make up on walking around with their nose in the air and chit chatting, on the machine you want to use. younger guys and even teens i can deal with, they see you, hurry up, get off. Old women will see you, and continue talking and using the machine as a lounge. it really disgusts me. i go to a very well to do health club (i get a good monthly rate) with a snob factor like you wouldnt believe.


oh and old men doing 10 sets on an ab machine.
 
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...will see you, and continue talking and using the machine as a lounge.

When I need a bench or something and see this I usually ask how many more sets of this they are going to do.:whip:
 

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Mine may be one of the most disgusting problems you'll ever hear. I worked out at a gym that used to be an executive raquet ball court. They tore down most of the courts and put in hardcore machines and lots of weights. But, they still kept two of the courts and grandfathered the memberships for all of the previous executive club members. In the men's locker room there was a TV, a couch and two reclining chairs. The couch and reclining chairs were covered in vinyl. Apparently, the locker room was a big social area for the executive club members. Most of these guys were in their 60's and 70's, mostly retirees. They would sit around all morning watching ESPN. This would have been OK except they were all buck naked! Nothing like Grandpa's saggy bare ass on the vinyl couch, with his junk hanging out for all to see!:blink: They would sit there naked for the whole morning. It made the rest of us pretty uncomfortable and we would complain to the staff. They would just shrug their shoulders and say there was nothing they could do about it. Needless to say, I don't work out there anymore!
 
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ONly good thing about those kind of gyms is the squat rack is always free:D
 

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I live in a small town and we have only two places to go. the comunity center, which only has machines and maby some dumbells. then the bulls#it expensive a$$ed country club run by the tribal casino,..but it has free weights. yep we got the ol' rich bags that like to lounge and chat, then we have the old guys who'll make a career at doing 25lb bench presses and do all this breathing like blowing up a truck tire. and then we have the Gotti glammor boys,..hair gel, mp3, cell phone, and struting their stuff looking like their ready to blow out the biggest candle in the world. and those damned fancy basketball pants that swish. Thing is, I dont yield to any of these people,..if someone is camping on a piece of equipment and talking to their friend "justin" or "meagan"whatever, on the phone,..trust me they'll wind up moving along. It's enough I have to deal with these people on the road or wherever else, im not going to do it in the gym.
 

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That’s because they have I.L.S. (Imaginary Lat Syndrome). I see this more outside the gym however. I get a good laugh when I see people inflicted with this especially when they look down at me :toofunny:
Spaeking of "lat syndrome" anyone seen this jean ad where this skinny dude tackles some dude stealing his jeans and then walks around like he has lats, it pisses me off.:frustrate
 
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i think you guys might say i have lat syndrome but i honestly cant help it. have you ever thought skinny guys look like they have lat syndrome because our torso is slender? I actually try to keep my arms close to my sides but cant really and not to mention it feels gay walking around stiff arms next pressed against your side.....I think i actually have lats tho so when i get pumped it is really hard to keep arms at side. To bad I dont have pics
 
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i think you guys might say i have lat syndrome but i honestly cant help it. have you ever thought skinny guys look like they have lat syndrome because our torso is slender? I actually try to keep my arms close to my sides but cant really and not to mention it feels gay walking around stiff arms next pressed against your side.....I think i actually have lats tho so when i get pumped it is really hard to keep arms at side. To bad I dont have pics

Well if you actually have Lats then they aren’t imaginary! :) And when I say (I.L.S.) I mean they are really exaggerating it. Like holding their arms out like 6inches out.
 

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i think you guys might say i have lat syndrome but i honestly cant help it. have you ever thought skinny guys look like they have lat syndrome because our torso is slender? I actually try to keep my arms close to my sides but cant really and not to mention it feels gay walking around stiff arms next pressed against your side.....I think i actually have lats tho so when i get pumped it is really hard to keep arms at side. To bad I dont have pics
I have the same problem.

My lats aren't huge, but my shoulders are extremely wide and my arms are naturally turned so that if I stand up and relax and let my arms hang to the side, the tops of my hands face foward. To make it even worse, my elbows do not lock out, so my arms always look a little bent. I sort of walk around looking like I'm trying to look big. I can press my arms against my side but it feels really awkward. I'm not huge but at least I'm a bigger guy so I don't look like a total jackass.
 
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I have the same problem.

My lats aren't huge, but my shoulders are extremely wide and my arms are naturally turned so that if I stand up and relax and let my arms hang to the side, the tops of my hands face foward. To make it even worse, my elbows do not lock out, so my arms always look a little bent. I sort of walk around looking like I'm trying to look big. I can press my arms against my side but it feels really awkward. I'm not huge but at least I'm a bigger guy so I don't look like a total jackass.

I too have this problem at 190 lbs. My lats aren't really huge at all. Just decent sized.

ALL I wear now in the gym to boycott these show off ****s is a hoody and some shorts with some worn out ass running shoes or chuck taylors depending on the day. You can't see how big I am or what my size looks like. You can't see my ripped abs and you can't see my broad shoulders. I go in and lift waaaaaaaay heavier than any of those **** bags and get out. I also don't stare at the women who look like they are serious. I know how it pisses them off and so I don't do it. I know they get pissed too.
 

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Heh, here goes my list of things that I don't dig about the public gym.

10. People interrupting your set to ask you how to perform an exercise, or how you got your triceps to cut out like that.

9. People on the treadmills next to you talking about their day, what they're going to go eat, etc.

8. People who are using a machine BACKWARDS. Geez, ask someone.

7. People leaving their weights laying around (yep, I had to use that one.)

6. People who come over and turn the fan on when you had it off, work out for 2 minutes, and then leave without turning the fan back off.

5. People who stand in front of you while you're using the mirror.

4. People that hop from machine to machine whom obviously have no clue about what it is that they're doing, but somehow manage to block your progress at every turn.

3. Heh, I don't know why this gets under my skin, but guys who are like 130lbs. of skin and bone posing in the mirror like they're packin' muscle. lol

2. Someone showing someone how to perform an exercise THE WRONG WAY.

1. And finally, the number one thing... When someone's right next to you *****ing to their partner or what not about how they can't do it, don't want to be there, and might as well quit. I can't stand that. Everytime I hear it, I wanna *****slap that individual. It comes real close to breaking my concentration and in my opinion is highly inconsiderate of everyone whom is around them. Heh, that's my biggest pet peeve.

My gym's not bad. We have a lot of NPC bodybuilders runnin' around in there. It's kinda like a dungeon, which is a winner in my book. It's actually underground. Sure, it's 24 hours... Sure, you'll get some old folks, some kids, and some completely clueless people that come in there... But, it's better than a lot of the other public gyms that I've been in. Lucky me I guess.
 
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I have the same problem.

My lats aren't huge, but my shoulders are extremely wide and my arms are naturally turned so that if I stand up and relax and let my arms hang to the side, the tops of my hands face foward. To make it even worse, my elbows do not lock out, so my arms always look a little bent. I sort of walk around looking like I'm trying to look big. I can press my arms against my side but it feels really awkward. I'm not huge but at least I'm a bigger guy so I don't look like a total jackass.
Yeah I cant lock my elbows out too when i work out. You should see me with a huge Pistonpump(bicep) hehe my arms are bent almost 90 degrees! I think im one of those guys that look normal but after i pump up i pump up HYOOGE...

I cant stand women with beautiful legs or wearing hot workout clothes....I get distracted:thumbsup: i try not to look but damn im a man right? I look but i can tell when someone is getting annoyed so i dont stare. You also see those guys that act like they are doing an exercise but they are just on that piece of equipment for a better view...

I started to workout at a different time and I feel like body slamming the guy who decides to vaccum right next to everyone in the gym one by one while they are in the middle of a set.
 
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I too have this problem at 190 lbs. My lats aren't really huge at all. Just decent sized.

ALL I wear now in the gym to boycott these show off ****s is a hoody and some shorts with some worn out ass running shoes or chuck taylors depending on the day. I also don't stare at the women who look like they are serious. I know how it pisses them off and so I don't do it.
Chuck taylors style shoes or any shoes that are used alot for "skateboarding" are really nice to use in the gym speciallty for squats since they have a nice flat bottom. I love when a really good looking woman walks into the gym. I just get a glance of them and thats it and then laugh while all the other guys stare at them hehe.
 
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Chuck taylors style shoes or any shoes that are used alot for "skateboarding" are really nice to use in the gym speciallty for squats since they have a nice flat bottom. I love when a really good looking woman walks into the gym. I just get a glance of them and thats it and then laugh while all the other guys stare at them hehe.

The guys that take 10 minutes between sets and talk to the women while they're in the middle of a set it's hilarious.

I'm doing weighted pull ups @ reps of 12-16 and they are doing reps of 6 with no weight with a 10 minute break. Wow.
 
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You also see those guys that act like they are doing an exercise but they are just on that piece of equipment for a better view...

The set up at my gym makes this awkward sometimes. The Thigh Abductor (Bad girl) machine is lined up DIRECLTY in front of the area where I do Tricep pulldowns. And that machine usually has a good looking woman in it. I like looking downwards when working out but in this situtation I look to the side. Its just awkward looking straight ahead while having a woman in the fully abducted position being in front of me when Im doing a set.
 
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The set up at my gym makes this awkward sometimes. The Thigh Abductor (Bad girl) machine is lined up DIRECLTY in front of the area where I do Tricep pulldowns. And that machine usually has a good looking woman in it. I like looking downwards when working out but in this situtation I look to the side. Its just awkward looking straight ahead while having a woman in the fully abducted position being in front of me when Im doing a set.
that is awkward but i wouldnt complain. id be pushing even harder thinkin about how hard i wanted to hit it. ...sounds like a good gym lol
 
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JrKarp I have the same problem. The Natural way my arms hang pushes them out. This posture is also the reason my rear traps do not show unless I rotate my shoulders back some which feels unnatural.
 

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JrKarp I have the same problem. The Natural way my arms hang pushes them out. This posture is also the reason my rear traps do not show unless I rotate my shoulders back some which feels unnatural.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. Looks like there's a couple in this thread, so maybe it's not that uncommon.
 

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You know what else drives me crazy? Those douchebags who use the fcuking walkie talkie feature on their nextel phones at full volume right next to you while you're in the middle of a set.
 
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You know what else drives me crazy? Those douchebags who use the fcuking walkie talkie feature on their nextel phones at full volume right next to you while you're in the middle of a set.
wow that would make me :frustrate :rant:
 

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haha My arms hang out pretty far, but that's just because I have big lats! lol
 
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My gym has recenlty turned into a fashion show. It seems some of the people there to "lift" pay more attention to their bandana on their head, always adjusting it, etc., then training. Lord forbid if they should even break a sweat.

One thing that really bothers me is the TOOL rests his cell phone, hat, towel, water, and whatever else he decides to bring, on a bench while he uses another piece of equipment. I tore into a dude the other day about it. After he did them same thing at another station, I sat on all his crap and gave him the "ooops, sorry dude" with a smirk.

Ohhhh, and the others who seem to have the need to wear their shorts past they azz and have their sweaty underware all over the benches, or just to see their azz's as they attempt a couple of pullups.
 

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lmao Yeah, that's another thing. High fashion on the gym scene. What's the world coming to?
 
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Fact is we all work out our ****ing lats. I'm not surprised we ALL have the same problem. That's because WE DO HAVE LATS. I was looking in the mirror today and saw how my arms were all pressed out after I had eaten a bowl of oatmeal and then had some Chaos. I was pumped. When I'm pumped they press out and blow up. Then my arms hang out to the side. They do it even when I'm not pumped. It's just the way it is. Some people have lat syndrome and they really don't have lats. We do.
 

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lmao I love the quote man. It's bound to become a classic.
 

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wow....after reading all these replies..I am SOOOOO glad I dont go to a gym LOL
 

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I have to go to a gym. I don't think that I can justify spending $8000-$10000 to get all of the equipment and free weights that I use for my workouts. lol But, if I could justify it... I would. Also, there's something to be said for going to a public gym. Good things. Like the comradery that's shared between the folks that go and are serious about their trade. Other competitive bodybuilders, powerlifters, and people that are there truly to train. After going to the same gym for awhile, day in and day out, week after week, month after month, year after year, with these same people... Well, they get to be like your "gym" family I guess. That's the one redeeming quality that the gym has I suppose. Well, that and someone else can make your shake for ya after you're done lifting. lol
 
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I have to go to a gym. I don't think that I can justify spending $8000-$10000 to get all of the equipment and free weights that I use for my workouts. lol But, if I could justify it... I would. Also, there's something to be said for going to a public gym. Good things. Like the comradery that's shared between the folks that go and are serious about their trade. Other competitive bodybuilders, powerlifters, and people that are there truly to train. After going to the same gym for awhile, day in and day out, week after week, month after month, year after year, with these same people... Well, they get to be like your "gym" family I guess. That's the one redeeming quality that the gym has I suppose. Well, that and someone else can make your shake for ya after you're done lifting. lol
i havent met any gym friends. I just talk to people if i recognize them from somewhere else. I dont like to socialize at the gym it gets in the way of training hard.
 

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I'm with ya there. I don't talk while I'm working out, but I will talk to people after I'm done and drinkin' a shake or in the locker room or somethin'. On rare occassion, I'll help a newbie while I'm inbetween sets. Unless they just ask me a really dumb question. Then, I'll just laugh, shoot 'em a crazy look, and go on with what I'm doin'. But, you can tell who's in there to learn. I'll help them out when I can. But, I won't compromise my training for it.
 
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Yes indeed I love the quotes of Saluu the Roid Monkey!

especially these...

the roid monkey keeps on coughing help me i love this **** i love being on sus and test e and m1t and dbol, then i go to the gym and see these skinny wimps benching pressing 40 pd dumbells while the monkey slams them 110 pd dumbells hard to the ground so everyone looking at me like im from a different planet or from the amazon.

screw the pundits screw anthony roberts im the ulitmate steroid guru im the ultimate guinea pig the masses said dont take dbol and m1t togehter i did. the masses said dont take 1g of test i did , now im starting tren soon i cant wait to be an animal inside the clubs. chicks look for two things in side the club when they are drunk who is the biggest roid monkey if you have a big gorilla chest and arms the size of any black guys banana down under consider yourself laid.

DRunk chicks want a monkey that can overpower them in bed and that is where saluu the roid monkey comes in.

anthony roberts can suck it, screw his new book , the monkey tells it like it is swolecat is juiced up monkey screw his hard work when you take that much juice as he does i be twice his size, his liver is probably the size of pamela andersons fake breasts. His heart is probably the size of arnolds chest . It aint about how you train or diet it is all about how much you willing to inject yourself if you inject yourself more than those crackheads and heroin addicts in the corner of your street than consider yourself the saluu roid monkey fan club member .
 
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well i wish there were more people like you at my gym. I dont want to ask for a spot but sometimes that would really help since i work out solo i could use a spot for those extra 2-3 reps.
 
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Yeah I never have a spot either.
haha sucks huh? well i know exactly if i can push the weight by feeling my reaction to the negative portion of the exercise. so i have yet to be embarrassed with the weight crushing me LOL....and i dont intend on it in the future.
 

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lol Yeah, that was a pretty great quote. Yeah, it'd be nice to have a spot every once in awhile. There's only a few guys that I really trust in there to spot me, and they're typically just as busy as I am. So, I don't bother 'em with it. Well, unless I'm droppin' the weight on myself and can't rerack it. lol Then I'll bother the hell out of 'em, "Help! Spot!" lol Not that I do that, but hey it could happen.
 

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