name 2 things that drive you insane at your gym.

SamuraiSid said:
1) Oh man, i really hate it when all these young kids come into the gym and watch me lift a ton of weight, and see how big and massive i am, and start asking me questions. Im always sayng in the gym how I have to stay in the zone so that I can mantain my rock hard super coolness.

2) When all the hot girls are constantly checking me out, and accidentally bumping into me, sothat they can feel my rock hardness (not like that!). Its hard to keep focused when Im lifting such heavy heavy weight!
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you're a homo, you're "that guy"
 
this used to be when I went to 24 hour fitness, and is one of the reasons I ultimately got a gold's gym membership and rarely go back to 24.

24 by majority is noobie, which is fine to a certain degree... but what bothers me is there are probably 3 pec dec machines, and 3-4 cable crossovers at the gym I went to and STILL they are always at near 100% utilization... by noobs obviously.

ever find it ironic that the pullup bars, the dip apparatus, the squat cage and others are usually vacant... but things like the pec dec, and even the cable crossovers are taken up by noobies trying to striate their non-existent pecs, or do the "front double bicep" cable curls at 20% bodyfat preparing for their non-existent competition?
 
The usual people stripping weights when I am trying to super set two things together. D@mn boy, there are four benches open, why do you have to strip my weights off?!?!?!

Crazy, shifty form that looks like its really going to kill someone. There is this older lady who does these crazy arsed db movements...I swear she is having a seizure...looks like her spine is going to fly right out of her skin. The only thing that is worse is that she walks around like she owns the place bossing people around, pushing people off benches, complaining about the equipment, etc.

I don't mind old guys...and usually I can even stand to say a few words to them as to not seem rude when they approach me. What drives me freakin psycho is when they say "Yeah, when I was your age, I used to look just like you". I will reply "oh really? you lifted a lot as a kid?" their reply..."I lifted some, but I didn't have to work that hard really" Bull fookin shizer!!! In your d@mn prime you didn't look half of what I look like...now get your saggy arsed ballz back to the locker room and get out of here.


I pray we get a good gym in my town someday...I used to lift at World Gym in Peoria...God, I miss that place :-(
 
drivehard said:
Crazy, shifty form that looks like its really going to kill someone. There is this older lady who does these crazy arsed db movements...I swear she is having a seizure...looks like her spine is going to fly right out of her skin. The only thing that is worse is that she walks around like she owns the place bossing people around, pushing people off benches, complaining about the equipment, etc.
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God that is too funny. There is an older lady at my gym that does that EXACT thing. You described her to a T.
 
1. People who disturb me during a set of any exercise (usually it's something that requires a lot of coordination like squats). Often to ask a stupid question such as "are you using the squat rack?"

2. Couples who virtually copulate in the gym whilst working out. I can deal with couples having a little hug or a peck on the cheek, but full-on snogging?? I didn't know the gym was that much of a turn-on!
 
drivehard said:
What drives me freakin psycho is when they say "Yeah, when I was your age, I used to look just like you".
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I think in my head, "Yeah right! keep dreaming if it makes you feel better about yoruself." And i know they dont know how to lift cuz i watch. And a protein shake is still like a mystery to them. They think im buff only cuz i drink protein shakes, as if its steroids or something!
 
-Crossfit faggots are plagueing gyms everywhere now. I hate seeing d-bags call themselves warriors or doing the "warrior x challenge". I watch these pussys doing turkish get ups and attempting cleans and I see that I have no faith left in mankind. I watched this group of 30 yr old maggots do a "warrior" workout program they prolly found on youtube for six months, and they improved about as much as the American economy has.

-hardasses in the gym

-Men that do thigh workouts with rubber bands around the legs

-Excessive grunting and screaming; a sure sign of mental retardation

-fat people doing tricep kickbacks and calf raises, wtf?

-Kids ages 12-20 in the gym

-People that go to socialize

-"doctors" who wear scrubs to the gym
 
I was at the gym yesterday spotting my partner. He was stuck on a rep and I went to help him and he yells "Don't touch it I got it!". So I hovered, and he racked the bar on the real low rack a couple inches above his head. Then this ******* on abench beside me goes up to my partner and says "Your partner let the weight drop on you... he didn't do his job". Oh my ****ing god I got so pissed. My retarded lift partner (who grunts really loud on really light weight) made me look like a douche bag. Not to mention I was ****ing annoyed by the ******* who appearantly was busy watching us rather than doing his own workout.
 
Hokay, I can understand that, ill conceed that a large proportion of teenagers in the gym are there for girls/social aspect.

Anyway the 2 thing I hate:
1. People who sit around doing 20 something sets on the barbell and chatting for 15 mins inbetween each, seriously I was there for an hour the other day and this one a$$hole didnt move off.
2. People who just piss about, particulaly hearing comments such as 'well I lifted 30 last week but really had to push myself so im back to 25 this week' just wtf! If you dont wanna push yourself then get your sorry ass off the weights
 
People who stand in the only clear walkway around the equipment when the gym's really f-in crowded and talk 2 abreast so nobody can get thru and then look annoyed when somebody wants to go somewhere on the other side of the gym.
 
heywood said:
People who stand in the only clear walkway around the equipment when the gym's really f-in crowded and talk 2 abreast so nobody can get thru and then look annoyed when somebody wants to go somewhere on the other side of the gym.
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This and when they have a conversation right in front of the drinking fountain.
 
Motox said:
-Crossfit faggots are plagueing gyms everywhere now. I hate seeing d-bags call themselves warriors or doing the "warrior x challenge". I watch these pussys doing turkish get ups and attempting cleans and I see that I have no faith left in mankind. I watched this group of 30 yr old maggots do a "warrior" workout program they prolly found on youtube for six months, and they improved about as much as the American economy has.

-hardasses in the gym

-Men that do thigh workouts with rubber bands around the legs

-Excessive grunting and screaming; a sure sign of mental retardation

-fat people doing tricep kickbacks and calf raises, wtf?

-Kids ages 12-20 in the gym

-People that go to socialize

-"doctors" who wear scrubs to the gym
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What is wrong with working the hip flexors? They are a muscle that needs to be worked too. They are a great workout to help increase the lockout on your squat and deadlift.

And because I am 20 I shouldn't be in a gym?
 
it takes a whole lot to piss me off in the gym. if a guys grunting, it can be annoying but hey at least hes in the gym...if guys are hogging a barbell or something, well it happens..
but tonight these two dudes (i'm in college and lift in the schools gym) come in, in their cut off plaid shirts....straight up hillbilly style. They think its funny dress like idiots for intramural volleyball. So they are in here looking like they should have mullets. And first of all they hover over me while benching, and steal weights without even acknowledging me or asking if i'll be needing them. Then i go to get some water, clearly going straight for the fountain and hillbilly number 1 makes a b-line to cut right in front of me at the foutain. and i step back and let him go, and hillbilly number 2 jumps right in. Sorry BUBBA that I was actually moving weight while you were standing around and you got thirsty. and Then i went to re-rack some plates, and hillbilly number 2 clearly sees me walking with the plates in each hand just DOESN'T get out of the way...yo' idiot, MOVE!!!!

Some people are just jackasses for no reason.
 
carpee said:
it takes a whole lot to piss me off in the gym. if a guys grunting, it can be annoying but hey at least hes in the gym...if guys are hogging a barbell or something, well it happens..
but tonight these two dudes (i'm in college and lift in the schools gym) come in, in their cut off plaid shirts....straight up hillbilly style. They think its funny dress like idiots for intramural volleyball. So they are in here looking like they should have mullets. And first of all they hover over me while benching, and steal weights without even acknowledging me or asking if i'll be needing them. Then i go to get some water, clearly going straight for the fountain and hillbilly number 1 makes a b-line to cut right in front of me at the foutain. and i step back and let him go, and hillbilly number 2 jumps right in. Sorry BUBBA that I was actually moving weight while you were standing around and you got thirsty. and Then i went to re-rack some plates, and hillbilly number 2 clearly sees me walking with the plates in each hand just DOESN'T get out of the way...yo' idiot, MOVE!!!!

Some people are just jackasses for no reason.
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No, they have a reason: they're jackasses plain and simple!
 
I recommend that happens again you give him an rx of dropped 45 plate on his foot.

Cures hillbilly jackass disease every time...
 
I could fill f***ing pages, but I'll be brief.

1) THE BIG ONE - The 50% of the gym who are fascinated with flat bench and curls. The ones who scream when they up their max by 5 pounds like they'd just won the Lotto. The same ones who pull up their shirts and flex their abs but to not look in the mirror but look around to see who is watching them. But, they give me looks like "Don't f*** up the equipment" when I do a T-Bar or squat. Learn to lift, seriously.

2)The insanely poor quality of most corporate personal trainers, like the ones at my gym. I sit back between sets and watch them "workout" people and am amazed at the sh*t workouts and the incredible excuse for form they are teaching people. I talk with the guys who have been lifting hard for 30+ years and know their sh*t and to a one, they are stunned at anyone would pay a cent for them. But what can I expect from a distance runner and a soccer player who never lifted basically in their lives before paying to get certified.
 
bradspencer74 said:
I could fill f***ing pages, but I'll be brief.

1) THE BIG ONE - The 50% of the gym who are fascinated with flat bench and curls. The ones who scream when they up their max by 5 pounds like they'd just won the Lotto. The same ones who pull up their shirts and flex their abs but to not look in the mirror but look around to see who is watching them. But, they give me looks like "Don't f*** up the equipment" when I do a T-Bar or squat. Learn to lift, seriously.

2)The insanely poor quality of most corporate personal trainers, like the ones at my gym. I sit back between sets and watch them "workout" people and am amazed at the sh*t workouts and the incredible excuse for form they are teaching people. I talk with the guys who have been lifting hard for 30+ years and know their sh*t and to a one, they are stunned at anyone would pay a cent for them. But what can I expect from a distance runner and a soccer player who never lifted basically in their lives before paying to get certified.
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What is your last sentence inquiring? I happen to play soccer, and I don't quite get what you're getting at there...
 
Liquid13 said:
What is your last sentence inquiring? I happen to play soccer, and I don't quite get what you're getting at there...
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Nothing against you if you happen to play soccer but know what you are doing in the gym as a Personal Trainer -- ie Teaching others how to lift. My workout partner started out playing as a matter of fact, and knows his stuff after 8 years in the gym.

But when, like this person, you ask another guy on staff to write you out a workout to follow when you are paid to do it for other people, there is a problem. When you think that simply playing a sport in HS makes you qualified to teach people how to workout, when you have never lifted yourself, there is a problem.
 
bradspencer74 said:
Nothing against you if you happen to play soccer but know what you are doing in the gym as a Personal Trainer -- ie Teaching others how to lift. My workout partner started out playing as a matter of fact, and knows his stuff after 8 years in the gym.

But when, like this person, you ask another guy on staff to write you out a workout to follow when you are paid to do it for other people, there is a problem. When you think that simply playing a sport in HS makes you qualified to teach people how to workout, when you have never lifted yourself, there is a problem.
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I agree bro,... old gym I was at had a few young guys, just in college, who were runners in HS, and had NO experience with weight lifting. Here they are, trying people on how to get bigger, and stronger yet they JUST started working out themselves.
 
bradspencer74 said:
Nothing against you if you happen to play soccer but know what you are doing in the gym as a Personal Trainer -- ie Teaching others how to lift. My workout partner started out playing as a matter of fact, and knows his stuff after 8 years in the gym.

But when, like this person, you ask another guy on staff to write you out a workout to follow when you are paid to do it for other people, there is a problem. When you think that simply playing a sport in HS makes you qualified to teach people how to workout, when you have never lifted yourself, there is a problem.
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Understood. Just bustin your balls for calling out specific sports :wave2:. A football player could be just as much in the dark about how to lift properly as a runner.
 
1) when my girlfriend thinks im checking out the fat chicks in the gym..... (just happened yesterday)

2) when people are stutter steping and half juking me because we are crossing paths and in turn i end up stutter steping and half trying to juke them
 
I freaken hate it when people do squats and stuff. What the hell is your problem? Nobody cares about your big legs. Do bench like everyone else you douchebag.
 
buster0371 said:
1) when my girlfriend thinks im checking out the fat chicks in the gym..... (just happened yesterday)
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Lol, this is why I've never been a fan of going with girlfriends to the gym, they think you're looking at every girl in there rather than training.
 
i'm sure this has been said already but retards doing curls in the squat rack :31:
get a clue!
and dudes that have their ipods turned up to 11.. it's fine to listen to tunes but i don't want to hear your shitty music too!
 
elshano said:
and dudes that have their ipods turned up to 11.. it's fine to listen to tunes but i don't want to hear your shitty music too!
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To be fair I turn my music up pretty loud, but it's to drown out the incessant drone of the music in the gym and the persistent, annoying voices of other prats in my gym.
 
1) People that throw uncoordinated punches at the top of a situp on the decline bench.

2) The personal trainer who approaches you in the locker room when you've got your shirt off, and strikes up a friendly conversation with the intention of selling you steroids.
 
1. those guys who scream their head off and slam the weights when they get done (expecially when they are doing the lift totally wrong)

2. and like yall said before those little punks thinking they are hot **** walking around with their chest all bowed out in a wife beater
 
One guy yesterday in my gym walked around with his traps flexed the whole time. I would have to say it was quite funny, as he looked EXTREMELY serious.
 
I don't mind squat rack curlers at all when the gym is not too busy. They pay the same membership. The whole squat rack is for squatting only thing is BS. It is an elitist I am better than you attitude. Now would I ever curl in the squat rack? Nope. I don't even curl, but when others do, it's fine as long as its not too packed.

When the gym is absolutely packed, from 5pm till around 8pm then it can be a nusance.

I don't really have anything I hate about the gym. I do know what I like seeing though. I like seeing people there who are trying hard by lifting weights they can lift. Not trying to show off by doing heavier weights with improper form. I also like seeing young girls all cute and all trying to do deadlifts like one of the boys. Of course she has 2 1/2's on each side.
 
I was just at the gym right now doing some shoulder work. I'll tell you, when I lift weights it sounds like im trying to squeeze a ****, but louder.

I don't really grunt, I do this squeezing noise. It must annoy people to no end. I'm also pretty fat and not buff so that probably adds to the whole "the gym is serious business" insult.
 
Bruce9241 said:
I was just at the gym right now doing some shoulder work. I'll tell you, when I lift weights it sounds like im trying to squeeze a ****, but louder.

I don't really grunt, I do this squeezing noise. It must annoy people to no end. I'm also pretty fat and not buff so that probably adds to the whole "the gym is serious business" insult.
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Honestly I don't mind anyone who makes a normal (for them) noise...it's their way of getting what we all go to the gym to get.

The other night one of the "hot sh*t" dudes was slamming every single one of his weights (on the cable rack no less). I wish they would make the dudes that do that sh*t fix the f*cking equipment when it breaks because of their disregard for it. I wanted to throw a 5lb'er at him discus style to see if I could knock all of his teeth out for being such a f*cktard.

If you want to slam your weight that loud, go to a gym that has bounce plates for f*ck's sake!
 
Was at the gym today for a few hours, there was this couple there looked a lot older then me (25+) anyway saw the guy lock his arms around the girl and push her to the ground. she cried and just walked off. I was kind of shocked and being there early there were not many people there to see it. The other person in the gym didn't even notice. IDK wtf was with that guy I mean first off a girl... second how low.. putting your hands on a girl!?? saddd I didnt say anything :dunno: i just walked away to the other section. :33:
 
1. Guys who go to the gym just to solely hit on girls. They aren't there to work out, but they are sitting on the bench next to a girl as she tries to lift.

2. People who don't wear real clothes to the gym. This is includes guys and girls. I don't want to see a guy in biker shorts that don't even really go past his crotch. I don't need to be seeing girls in sports bras. Thanks.
 
Deffman777 said:
1. Guys who go to the gym just to solely hit on girls. They aren't there to work out, but they are sitting on the bench next to a girl as she tries to lift.

2. People who don't wear real clothes to the gym. This is includes guys and girls. I don't want to see a guy in biker shorts that don't even really go past his crotch. I don't need to be seeing girls in sports bras. Thanks.
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AHMEN to you!
first of all every time i go to the gym i seriously feel liek I have to get up and move on to my next workout station even if I havn't started or finished because some ******* is sitting there trying to check out my tits or my ass. it discusts me! like come ****ing on dude.

and yes pls no short shorts and sports bras
 
Another one, and I think most will agree with me on this:

When you are done with sweating up your bench or machine, please take the spray bottle and disinfrickin' fect! I don't want your stank ass smell (or mine) to spread to everyone.

If it sounds like I'm being a hypochondriac I'm not. I'm just trying to be a good gym citizen...do unto others an' stuff. Maybe more people will follow up their set with a quick squirt & wipe (that sounded bad, but u get my drift) if they see more people cleaning up. Each person doing a little housecleaning goes a long way.
 
sooo does anyone love the guy that brings in his gf assuming they just starting going out and to impress here his workout is..

Shurgs
Leg Press
Curls
abs

just so he can show her hes lifting huge weight on leg press and squat.. curls so his 12 inch biceps get pumped and veins pop and abs so he flex em for her and start the foreplay at the gyym.
 
heywood said:
Another one, and I think most will agree with me on this:

When you are done with sweating up your bench or machine, please take the spray bottle and disinfrickin' fect! I don't want your stank ass smell (or mine) to spread to everyone.

If it sounds like I'm being a hypochondriac I'm not. I'm just trying to be a good gym citizen...do unto others an' stuff. Maybe more people will follow up their set with a quick squirt & wipe (that sounded bad, but u get my drift) if they see more people cleaning up. Each person doing a little housecleaning goes a long way.
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I hate when gyms don't have wipes or spray bottles readily available to clean your own equipment. My gym owner thinks that it will leave residue so he'd rather clean it at the end of the week. There are signs all over the gym that say "Don't sweat on the equipment." It's a trip. Needless to say I carry a towel.

Also, I hate when men get offended when I try to give him form advice. I used to do it when it was something that would hurt him like hip/knee position in a squat, etc (very few and far between). Usually they would get offended, but then pay attention to the fact that I'm lifting close to their weights, but with better form. I don't even try now...I figure, I'll worry about me and you can take your butt to the physical therapist on down the road.
 
heywood said:
Another one, and I think most will agree with me on this:

When you are done with sweating up your bench or machine, please take the spray bottle and disinfrickin' fect! I don't want your stank ass smell (or mine) to spread to everyone.

If it sounds like I'm being a hypochondriac I'm not. I'm just trying to be a good gym citizen...do unto others an' stuff. Maybe more people will follow up their set with a quick squirt & wipe (that sounded bad, but u get my drift) if they see more people cleaning up. Each person doing a little housecleaning goes a long way.
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This is a frustration point with me...

My gym no longer hands out sweat towels because they are "watching costs"...so I can't wipe my sweat off of the machines I use. They do have spray bottles and towels in a few spots in the gym, but I am allergic to that ****. I break out like crazy every time I even get a smell of it. So really I feel bad about leaving the stuff a bit sweaty at times...but there isn't much I can do.
 
I went to the Squat rack ( no weights on the bar no one around me) I got done with one set then out of the box jumps this guy saying hey man I was using this next you should ask around before you use it!!!!! what I said to him was next time tap me on my shoulder and say I am using it I would of moved on. but also I am not a fuC$ing mind reader A$$ hole.
 
1) People who tell stories about other people thinking their on juice when they clearly don't look like they are. Come on people, you can find a better way to stroke your ego!!

2) Personal trainers who are fat and out of shape but still feel that they should be giving people advice on working out. Practice what you preach!!!
 
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