name 2 things that drive you insane at your gym.

I workout at home, but am travelling in May and looking into guest/day passes at gyms in the area (Manchester, CT). I'm not sure I even want to go now! :)
 
people who use a machine like the lat pull down, and just sit on the machine for three minutes after each set so no one else can use it.
 
raginfcktard said:
imma go out on a limb here and say we hate everyone not on our level...i just hate people!

ok my personal two...1) the annoying regulars that interrupt me thinking we are ol' chums just because we both go to the gym everyday. 2) people that ignore you like you are some piece of **** when you ask if they are using a piece of equipment or dumbell cause they stand in front of the mirror by your dumbells talking to some skank trying to be a badass and trying to laid the **** out by me. that happened to me today if you can't tell and i am still a lil heated.

hot chick being misguided by their out of shape twat bf's....that closr to the top too!
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raginfcktard said:
imma go out on a limb here and say we hate everyone not on our level...i just hate people!

ok my personal two...1) the annoying regulars that interrupt me thinking we are ol' chums just because we both go to the gym everyday. 2) people that ignore you like you are some piece of **** when you ask if they are using a piece of equipment or dumbell cause they stand in front of the mirror by your dumbells talking to some skank trying to be a badass and trying to laid the **** out by me. that happened to me today if you can't tell and i am still a lil heated.

hot chick being misguided by their out of shape twat bf's....that closr to the top too!
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AGREED
 
1. I cant stand when dumbells are not put back on the rack! Especially when its like 20 lbs or something low. Its not even heavy! Put it up! 2. When somone tells you not to drop the weight! Now i dont throw the weight on the floor. It ticks me off though. especially when your dealing with heavy weight. I honestly want to throw the weight at them and say "ok you set it down easy without dropping it!" ha. I would be laughing pretty hard.
 
Doesn't drive me insane, but there's a middle aged guy at my gym that wears shades and a doo-rag. Reminds me of Macho Man Randy Savage in his later years OOOOHHH YEEEAAAHHH!!!!

But seriously... shades indoors at the gym? WTF!?
 
actually you can do deadlifts with a slow eccentric movement. It is hell on your lower back (muscle wise), but with correct form and controlled, slow movement, it is good. I never just let me deadlifts "slam" back to the floor. Always 2 parts to a lift.

smeton_yea said:
if you lower the weight too slowly doign deads you end of injuried like I did this week!...the point of the deadlift is to lift the weight theres no shame in putting it back down fastly!
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crazilyfter42 said:
Anyone who cares about other people in the gym...I could care less about what your wearing or doing just leave me alone and dont get in my way.
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This is how i feel.. I don't care what people do, wear, etc. Just leave me the **** alone..

These threads always make me laugh..

So you guys are sitting there, looking at other people like "look at this d-bag wearing that" while across the gym a group of other dudes are looking at you going "look at those d-bags doing that", then the big guys are like "look at these lil ****s" and the women are like "look at those big dudes gross"

Everyone thinks what THEY are doing is the best, and what everyone else is doing is gay..lol I am sure everyone of us, could use some constructive criticism on some movements, or could improve, and i bet we would all "feel" like it was not needed, and we were doing it perfect..:)

You don't really know why anyone is doing any specific thing. Some guy might be doing partials on bench press, and your over there laughing thinking he doesn't realize he is doing partial reps.

Are there people who have NO CLUE? Sure.. But really, i could care less.

People can be working around injuries, or any other number of reasons.

Do what you gotta do, and get out. You wanna people watch go to the mall..;)
 
You ever walk in the bathroom to pee or just wash your hands and some old perv is using the hand dryer to dry off his d**k???
GAG
 
1. theres this guy at my gym who looks like hes beein shootin test into his ass for hte last 40 years. he goes around in half cut off tee's with a fanny pack and outrageous body building pants telling everyone what their doing would be better if he let them train them...then he stands there for 15 minutes telling you all about how he got so big.

funny thing is he said he doesnt do squats or deads because he doesnt want to make people feel bad =/

2. people who fukin just bench and do bi's. im not being racist but theres like 20 african america taxi drivers at my gym everyday doin the same god damn thing EVERY DAY IM THERE. they do a set of like 135 for like 5, then stand there doin completely rediculous wing bi curls with like 60 pound weights. when i mean swing, i mean they legit swing the weight up to ttheir like mid chest and bending down. nice back workout if you ask me
 
spres444 said:
1. theres this guy at my gym who looks like hes beein shootin test into his ass for hte last 40 years. he goes around in half cut off tee's with a fanny pack and outrageous body building pants telling everyone what their doing would be better if he let them train them...then he stands there for 15 minutes telling you all about how he got so big.

funny thing is he said he doesnt do squats or deads because he doesnt want to make people feel bad =/

2. people who fukin just bench and do bi's. im not being racist but theres like 20 african america taxi drivers at my gym everyday doin the same god damn thing EVERY DAY IM THERE. they do a set of like 135 for like 5, then stand there doin completely rediculous wing bi curls with like 60 pound weights. when i mean swing, i mean they legit swing the weight up to ttheir like mid chest and bending down. nice back workout if you ask me
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what gym are you at?
 
1. The groupd of guys that do more talking than actual lifting.

2. People who take 5 minutes inbetween sets and hog the weights.

Bonus, men who wear bodybuilder style tank tops who should NOT be wearing them. LOL
 
1. At our "gym" we have a guy who, and I'm not joking, the entire time he is working out is talking on his bluetooth and then continues to leave weights on the machines every time right before he leaves. It drives me up a wall.

2. Old People- I know we love them, but at the YMCA that I go to it is ridiculous. You walk in the gym and it smells like a Nursing Home and then they will sit on a machine for 20 min and talk with an old friend. They are nice don't get me wrong but come on. The ones that have been there for a while are great though they just stay out of my way and let me do what I want and come and talk to me when I am finished. When a new one shows up look out!

We also have the guys at the gym that will walk by you when you are doing a set and see how much you are doing and right after you get off the machine they will go over and try to see if they can do what you are doing.
 
Jessep76 said:
1. When someone comes over and asks how many sets you have left and then just stand there really close starring at you. One ******* actually commented a second time asking how long I was gonna take when I was obviously resting in between.

2. When some guy or girl uses the bench press for something other than bench. Don't get me wrong I super set all the time but its when they aren't even using the bench for bench. Come on you know a quarter of the people here are needing to use that for what it's meant for!!

Bonus: some guy comes back from the water fountain or talking to his buddy on the other side of the room and hasn't put a towel or keys on the seat so you start unracking their weight and they come back saying, "hey man I'm like still on this, I got like 3 more sets" NOT ANYMORE ****!
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Hahahaha yeah ppl ask me how many sets I have left to and stare at you trying to hurry u up! That shizznitz is so funny. as far as the bench I find that true but seriously asking me how many sets and standing next to me is so annoying indeed.
 
spres444 said:
1. theres this guy at my gym who looks like hes beein shootin test into his ass for hte last 40 years. he goes around in half cut off tee's with a fanny pack and outrageous body building pants telling everyone what their doing would be better if he let them train them...then he stands there for 15 minutes telling you all about how he got so big.

funny thing is he said he doesnt do squats or deads because he doesnt want to make people feel bad =/

2. people who fukin just bench and do bi's. im not being racist but theres like 20 african america taxi drivers at my gym everyday doin the same god damn thing EVERY DAY IM THERE. they do a set of like 135 for like 5, then stand there doin completely rediculous wing bi curls with like 60 pound weights. when i mean swing, i mean they legit swing the weight up to ttheir like mid chest and bending down. nice back workout if you ask me
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rofl...sure your not.

I think you meant to say "there are 20 guys" instead of "20 africa america guys"

LOL
 
skinny/young guys who where bodybuilding.com t-shirts. I dont care if u spent a bunch of money on supps that arent doing **** for you and got a free t-shirt. O, and it's not gonna move the weight for u either.
 
one thing that really bothers me is,

i see my older cousin in the gym all the time (im 19 hes 21). he was someone i looked up to when i was older so it kind of bothers me when i see this.

i lift hard, heavy, aggressively because im there to get the job done. he goes in with this trainer and they just talk and text and laugh and the trainer just has him going through the motions. they do no compound movements, they barely even use free weights. legs consists of extensions and curls. i feel like he is wasting his money on this trainer. he told my mom he doesnt want to work out with me because he would slow me down... it would take a while to get used to but i wouldnt mind helping him, but i just dont think he really cares enough to work hard.

thats the thing that bothers me in the gym, it really takes me out of the zone at times because im just like WTF.
 
pistonpump said:
horrible horrible form....i want to say ouch for them!

built upper body but scrawny weak chicken legs below....drives me nuts!
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Yes! the guy that almost breaks his back arching while doing any kind of press:laugh:

A couple of my friends are beasts up top but never work their legs... they always have on long pants (legs have never seen the light of day) so no one knows what they have down there... probably white as a ghost too
 
The guy using wrist wraps while he's doing dumbbell rows with 50 pds, or the guy who tries a pull-up and cant do it then tries to play it off like he was strecthing.
 
imprezivr6 said:
This is how i feel.. I don't care what people do, wear, etc. Just leave me the **** alone..

These threads always make me laugh..

So you guys are sitting there, looking at other people like "look at this d-bag wearing that" while across the gym a group of other dudes are looking at you going "look at those d-bags doing that", then the big guys are like "look at these lil ****s" and the women are like "look at those big dudes gross"

Everyone thinks what THEY are doing is the best, and what everyone else is doing is gay..lol I am sure everyone of us, could use some constructive criticism on some movements, or could improve, and i bet we would all "feel" like it was not needed, and we were doing it perfect..:)

You don't really know why anyone is doing any specific thing. Some guy might be doing partials on bench press, and your over there laughing thinking he doesn't realize he is doing partial reps.

Are there people who have NO CLUE? Sure.. But really, i could care less.

..;)
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I hear yah! i feel the same way man. I got my headphones and rock music blaring. I ignore everyone, while im in my zone! Its funny cause at my gym everyone thinks im an a$$. I just dont care what everyone is doing, im just there to do my job. Maybe after im done and had my protien shake, ill talk to yah. Plus i dont have much time to talk, i try to push my whole work-out with in an hour. If i stop and talk my workout will last forever! No wounder the guys who are there for 3 hours they stop and talk in between sets.......:laugh:
 
eggnog631 said:
one thing that really bothers me is,

i see my older cousin in the gym all the time (im 19 hes 21). he was someone i looked up to when i was older so it kind of bothers me when i see this.

i lift hard, heavy, aggressively because im there to get the job done. he goes in with this trainer and they just talk and text and laugh and the trainer just has him going through the motions. they do no compound movements, they barely even use free weights. legs consists of extensions and curls. i feel like he is wasting his money on this trainer. he told my mom he doesnt want to work out with me because he would slow me down... it would take a while to get used to but i wouldnt mind helping him, but i just dont think he really cares enough to work hard.

thats the thing that bothers me in the gym, it really takes me out of the zone at times because im just like WTF.
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that's ultimately my biggest issue as well. why anyone would pay for a membership and then waste their time doing nothing is beyond me. the placebo effect of "i'm working out" was ruined when your hubby drove the car up to the front door to let you out, because apparently, walking is too challenging.
 
1. when the old dude that was jacked years ago sets up a bench under the squat rack, sets up the spotting bars for minimal extension of arms, puts on 315, and then pushes it 3 inches of the spot bars only to let it crash on them every rep and does this repeatedly. He then talks about how partials are the only way to get buff.

2. When people don't rack their weights or when they put them in the wrong places.
 
packers1200 said:
1. when the old dude that was jacked years ago sets up a bench under the squat rack, sets up the spotting bars for minimal extension of arms, puts on 315, and then pushes it 3 inches of the spot bars only to let it crash on them every rep and does this repeatedly. He then talks about how partials are the only way to get buff.

2. When people don't rack their weights or when they put them in the wrong places.
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for number one, he might of been doing lockouts, which are awesome for tricep strength and increasing 1rm on bench.
 
Glad i found this thread got some things i wanna say
1. Hate the personal trainers, they dont have half the size i have and im not even that big of a guy, and think their hot ****.
2. group of kids thatll walk up to me being half my size and ask me what supplements i take and i tell them all you need is food and they think im joking so they chuckle when im being serious.
3. people who stare at you as your doing your workout with such high intensity and heavy weight and they look at you like your some kind of freak, and when they follow you around and as soon as your done with a machine they use it pretty much doing my workout thinking itll help em get to where im at.
 
I think I've found the worst that drives me the most insane. I wanted to switch gyms from 24hr Fitness to LA Fitness because I heard parking is free and its just a little closer to me. I went on a 3 day pass and not only did the people there not care about getting me as a new costumer but they didn't have a fck'n military press or a real pull up bar!!! W T F!?!??!?!?!?!
They had the pussy pull up machine but that doesn't allow for close grip and you just look like a jerk off in my opinion when you are trying to use the machine without using the 'help you up' part.
 
1. People sitting on benches or machines when its obvious that others need to use them. I can assure you that 8 minutes between sets is far too much, even for core lifts.
2. Using one of two squat racks at my gym for lifts that could be done on virtually any of the benches or inclines eg shrugs and presses.
 
it bothers me but it's actually kind of good, kids who stand around andhold long conversations between sets, it opens up weights and machines for me, but when i hear them talk about ppl not working out long enough when they're taking 10 minutes between each of their sets makes me mad

and today this one guy made me mad, we have 3 sets of dumbells in 3 corners of our gym and him and i were the only ones at that set of dumbells, i'm doing shoulder presses and get up to rest and take a drink, but i didn't leave the area and he grabs weights and starts doing curls so close to my seat that i have to wait like 5 minutes for him to get done before i could do my next set, sorry dude i have other responsibilites besides being at the gym for 6 hours after i just worked all day, grab your dumbells and take a step to the left so i could do my next set
 
1) I hate when kids at my school come in and try to talk to me when im in the middle of a set, not to mention i have my ipod in so clearly i cant hear them lol

2) I also hate when kids come in and take forever on a machine cuz all they do is text or talk on the phone the whole time they are there

3) I actually have a friend that brags all the time about how much he can bench (225) he is a skinny kid, but one day i was spoting him and he cant even do it i pretty much did the whole f***ing thing for him, and not to mention he can only do like one rep, that pisses me off then after he does his one rep he just gets in his car and leaves like eh is satisfied for the day.

4) I also hate kids that come in and drink like a ton of creatine and take a ton of ridiculous supps and expect to just get jacked by doing basically nothing at the gym, and i have a friend that takes NOXplode and Cell Tech at the same time and only lifts like a couple of times a week and does no cardio either so basically he is getting wicked fat but is too dumb to relize it.

sorry i had more than 2 but i get pissed really easily and i really needed to vent.
 
1) people who do not do full reps
2) the little guidos who were wifebeaters and only work beach muscles every ****ing day and use way to much weight than they should be using and have no form or any ****ing idea what they are doing.
 
the absolute number one thing i HATE however....curling in the squat rack.

gyms have racks with dumbbells and small barbells for bicep work. get the **** out
 
bigpapa said:
1) people who do not do full reps
2) the little guidos who were wifebeaters and only work beach muscles every ****ing day and use way to much weight than they should be using and have no form or any ****ing idea what they are doing.
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3) I actually have a friend that brags all the time about how much he can bench (225) he is a skinny kid, but one day i was spoting him and he cant even do it i pretty much did the whole f***ing thing for him, and not to mention he can only do like one rep, that pisses me off then after he does his one rep he just gets in his car and leaves like eh is satisfied for the day.
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There's a guy at my gym that does nothing but one rep max bench three times a week, and then one rep deadlifts on two other days...facing the cardio machines of course (:rolleyes: ). Takes him like 45 minutes to do a handful of sets. He's about 5'2", 130 and wears wifebeaters and usually an army hat cockeyed or something.

Only mildly annoying attention whoring but he sounds like an archetypal example of what drives you both crazy.
 
this is gonna open a can of worms im sure but.. when i do my 5 sets of 1 or so for deadlift im sure some older ppl who are more massive then me are like wtf is this kid doing?? he takes so many minutes between his sets.

NO **** its gonna take some mins im moving 85% or so of my ORM, i dont just throw on 315 and do 3 x 10 on super slow deadlifts like some..

Also when someone whos about 240 or 250 that tries to get me to switch my deadlift routine when hes deadlift about 40 pounds more then me. I wish he would understand that once i put on weight and move up into his weight class ill be lifting 10 x more then he is. whew had to vent.
 
james1 said:
for number one, he might of been doing lockouts, which are awesome for tricep strength and increasing 1rm on bench.
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Yea there was a huge guy that looked like a tough old Santa in a gym I used to frequent that did that with 5+plates aside. He would then drop it down and bench 4 a side for 8-10 reps. The funny thing was he always needed a hand up from the bench...couldn't do it on his own lol.
 
please understand this first part is not racist....just how it is. But the black groups that come in(mostly white neighborhood) come in a group of about 10, but 2 workout, and the other 8 sit on machines/benches or waste space. And are rude if you need it. Its like they cant survive away from each other.

Also small groups of high school tools or college tools. Its like its stamped on the forhead. *hhuhu huhuhu hu hu look at my arm dude huhhuuh uh uh u i am so gona get some huhuh uh u huh u uh huh uh*
 
i'm 18 and i'm a senior at my highschool, and the kids there don't really know much and when i try to help them out (when they ask me), they completely ignore my advise.

1. when people ask me what i'm doing when i deadlift.
2. this kid hex bar deadlifts 500 lbs and says that he's just as good as me - but barbell deadlifts are totally different from hex bars, cause i can do 500 for reps on a hex -_-
3. the guys who bring their girls in and just cuddle on the seat on the leg press
4. the guys who do preachers, skull crushers, and bench everyday
5. the guys who do barbell curls on the squat rack... and then ask me if they can work in curls when i'm squatting
6. the guys who literally jump and stomp the ground hard as hell when they hang clean.
7. when kids thought that creatine was a steroid and told everyone i was juicing as a result
8. horrible rap blasting in the weightroom, i mean i like rap but i can only lift to metal/rock. i don't wanna hear a song about lickin' lollipops while i lift.
9. people who do shrugs while rolling their shoulders back and try to make a world record by doing as many as they can, as fast as they can, and as dangerous as they can.
10. the guys who come in and just talk.
 
hitsquaddd said:
i'm 18 and i'm a senior at my highschool, and the kids there don't really know much and when i try to help them out (when they ask me), they completely ignore my advise.

1. when people ask me what i'm doing when i deadlift.
2. this kid hex bar deadlifts 500 lbs and says that he's just as good as me - but barbell deadlifts are totally different from hex bars, cause i can do 500 for reps on a hex -_-
3. the guys who bring their girls in and just cuddle on the seat on the leg press
4. the guys who do preachers, skull crushers, and bench everyday
5. the guys who do barbell curls on the squat rack... and then ask me if they can work in curls when i'm squatting
6. the guys who literally jump and stomp the ground hard as hell when they hang clean.
7. when kids thought that creatine was a steroid and told everyone i was juicing as a result
8. horrible rap blasting in the weightroom, i mean i like rap but i can only lift to metal/rock. i don't wanna hear a song about lickin' lollipops while i lift.
9. people who do shrugs while rolling their shoulders back and try to make a world record by doing as many as they can, as fast as they can, and as dangerous as they can.
10. the guys who come in and just talk.
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Lol i had number 7 happen to me too.
 
The dudes who think I don't know what im doing because I can get my workout done in 45 minutes or so, and they are there for an hour and a half.

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1. People who talk on their cellphones while doing abs(although that is an impressive skill, they should try it while squatting)

2. The guy who brings his 17 year old kids and their friends with him and then acts like he's their personal trainer for 2 hours. I watched him load up a 45 degree leg press with 16 plates and almost sh1t my pants when the kids legs slipped off the platform and the sled smashed into the safety stops, nearly folding the kid in half. I wish i could do this image better justice.
 
1) when i take a five second walk to the water fountain and when i get back an old man is already unloading the weight off my squat bar when there is a perfectly good and empty squat rack right next to it!

2) guys that only do curls

3) people who write off how buff you are as not valid because your taking creatine!
 
I do abs while I talk on the phone, and can do it while squatting too. God bless my breast.. I just stick the phone in between. Walahh. :D

1. When I go to the gym with my boyfriend and he does not pay attention to me yet everyother guy there is!

2. When I am alone trying to work out but the creepers are looking, I totally get up and move on to my next work out. I need my body guard with me!

3. When I see pruny little guys acting like are actually big, then I turn around and see my boyfriend looking all HUGE AND BUFF lifting more weight then my body times ten. LOL SO SEXYY
 
Heartless88 said:
I do abs while I talk on the phone, and can do it while squatting too. God bless my breast.. I just stick the phone in between. Walahh. :D

1. When I go to the gym with my boyfriend and he does not pay attention to me yet everyother guy there is!

2. When I am alone trying to work out but the creepers are looking, I totally get up and move on to my next work out. I need my body guard with me!

3. When I see pruny little guys acting like are actually big, then I turn around and see my boyfriend looking all HUGE AND BUFF lifting more weight then my body times ten. LOL SO SEXYY
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LOL and #3 Explains why your still with him in spite of #1 hahaha...
 
TheLastRonin said:
LOL and #3 Explains why your still with him in spite of #1 hahaha...
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that was a good one. WAKE UP call.
I am not with him because of #3.
I am not shallow
I just said I hate when pruny guys think they look big when they don't.
Just like when ugly bitchs think they look hot and they dont. LOL
#1... its not like I am ugly, the whole gym wouldnt be looking for no reason.

but still you got me thinking... :bandit:
 
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