name 2 things that drive you insane at your gym.

[SamuraiSid]

good point about trainers, we have some very overweight trainers at my gym and it is not motivational

The owner at the gym I go to is an amateur bodybuilder, and she has been in a few competitions, but everyone else that works there, save one, obviously have no interest in working out, or know anything about physical fitness.

Which brings me to anothing pet peeve.

when all they play through the gym stereo is club music. I hate that. i want something to pump me up, something loud. Not Britney Spears or Janet Jackson!:firedevil:

 

[cmc]

How about when you are in the middle of a good set and some one drops a fu**kin bomb. You are then at a toss up cus you dont want to ruin a good set yet you have to breathe to finish it...then the stench lingers...some hottie walks into the room and starts exercising near you..stench is still there and she thinks its you when some other jack azz did it. Makes a lasting impression. Lol...if you are ever in this position...immediately look at the girl ..snifff...and say "wooaaa what's in your diet?"

 

[atjnutrition2]

Here's one that bugs me. I may be the only one it bugs though.

At my gym we have two types of plates.....the cast iron (or whatever they are) and the rubberized. It drives me crazy when someone lifts a barbell with a regular plate on one side and a rubberized plate on the other. Maybe I'm just OCD.

 

[Andy G]

PROLONGED, unwarranted, unwanted conversations, usually not about anything that has to do with weight training or nutrition.

REALLY good looking 'cardio queens' that come over to the weight area and just distract me with their tight outfits. I've had so many good in the zone workouts that went to sh_t cuz I'm too immature to deal with it.

 

[JKBB44]

1) This retarded indian guy, maybe 20 years old, walks up to the mirror and pretends to wipe sweat off his brow and flexes his stomach in the mirror to show everybody his flabby stomach. Not one single cut in in his stomach.

2) An older man would come to the gym in a t-shirt cut up above his stomach and in baseball pants. What are you thinking?

 

[FincaChick]

Ummm whats with the calling out of races? I've seen all different people do the same things that the "mid east" and "indians" do... with that said:

1. Guys who try to bully or intimidate me off the bench with my free weights or machine.

2. Guys who wear pajama pants to work out in. (This guy was wearing Stewie head pants today)

3. People who work out in jeans.

4. Guys who try to talk to me when I'm in the "zone" with my headphones in.

 

[BoyFromAus]

PROLONGED, unwarranted, unwanted conversations, usually not about anything that has to do with weight training or nutrition.

REALLY good looking 'cardio queens' that come over to the weight area and just distract me with their tight outfits. I've had so many good in the zone workouts that went to sh_t cuz I'm too immature to deal with it.

f*kn oath....

1. people who wana have stupid convos should get the f*k out of the way.. maybe go to a corner or something.

2. i hate cardio queens who come into the weights area. Especially when they bend over and stick their butts out when doing their light weights. Distracting as hell.

 

[BoyFromAus]

How about when you are in the middle of a good set and some one drops a fu**kin bomb. You are then at a toss up cus you dont want to ruin a good set yet you have to breathe to finish it...then the stench lingers...some hottie walks into the room and starts exercising near you..stench is still there and she thinks its you when some other jack azz did it. Makes a lasting impression. Lol...if you are ever in this position...immediately look at the girl ..snifff...and say "wooaaa what's in your diet?"

ahahahaha wtf

 

[brownstown89]

1) This retarded indian guy, maybe 20 years old, walks up to the mirror and pretends to wipe sweat off his brow and flexes his stomach in the mirror to show everybody his flabby stomach. Not one single cut in in his stomach.

2) An older man would come to the gym in a t-shirt cut up above his stomach and in baseball pants. What are you thinking?

yea dude wtf im indian thats kinda offensive. Idk what u are but say ur white.. doubt u would like being refered to as the white guy who uses steroids cuz he cant get big naturally...and honestly thats the one thing i do look at is abs in the mirror to see if im getting a good squeeze etc.. its a different thing if u do it from a distance from the mirror but i mean after a set or 2 if u walk up close to the mirror and look i dont see how thats a problem.

 

[raginfcktard]

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!

 

[cmc]

yea dude wtf im indian thats kinda offensive. Idk what u are but say ur white.. doubt u would like being refered to as the white guy who uses steroids cuz he cant get big naturally...and honestly thats the one thing i do look at is abs in the mirror to see if im getting a good squeeze etc.. its a different thing if u do it from a distance from the mirror but i mean after a set or 2 if u walk up close to the mirror and look i dont see how thats a problem.

C'mon people. No one here meant to be offensive. I'm white and sometimes turn purple when I lift heavy.

 

[Pleonastic]

Some stuff mentioned are really annoying.

But some things you guys let bother you shouldnt. I mean people can wear what they want. You say you hate it being a fashion show in the gym yet then you critique what they have on. Some stuff can be offensive or whatever but skull caps and tapout shirts are not.

Plus why do you care about some1 else doing "bad form". Unless your really trying to help them and think they will get better results changing thier form. Why do you care? Sounds like if your complaining about it you dont much care for them, and in your mind they are "doing it wrong" so be happy knowing they wont get good results.

Its they gym you go in there do your thing and get out. You dont have to worry so much about other people, unless ofcourse they really are obstructing your workout IE, hogging all the weights, being so loud you cant think... etc

Have fun.

 

[Chub]

some guy said to me i'd never get bigger doing deadlifts. i just wanted to scream at him!

"right, ok!" and i carry on

 

[xtraflossy]

PROLONGED, unwarranted, unwanted conversations, usually not about anything that has to do with weight training or nutrition.

REALLY good looking 'cardio queens' that come over to the weight area and just distract me with their tight outfits. I've had so many good in the zone workouts that went to sh_t cuz I'm too immature to deal with it.

I thought I was the only one:biglaugh:

 

[B5150]

Metrosexuals and their body sprays and colognes. For crying out loud - dudes don't wear cologne in the gym. The LA Fitness men's locker rooms wreaks all the way out into the gym.

A male should not have a scent on them that you can smell from anywhere farther than 12" to 18" from their presence - if that far. I should not smell you when you walk by. I should not smell you on the equipment after you use it. I should not smell you on me from the cloud that you tow with you when you walk by.

If you stink - take a shower.

 

[Liquid13]

I don't like the big guys that leave their towel on the bench or machine. Happened to me Tues and this guy was on the other side of the gym. So I took his towel and placed it on another machine. It fell off and laid on the ground though, lmao. Made me a little uneasy for a few moments, so I told my friend to pick it up (I was in middle of my set).

 

[JKBB44]

im sorry for the inappropriate comment. I am not a racist by any means i just wanted to give a description of the person. Really im very sorry.

 

[brownstown89]

its alright man that just bothers me i hate it when ppl say hes black hes white hes chienese hes this or that. we have one goal in the gym and thats to be jacked. but anyways a couple other things that are annoying in the gym..

1. has anyone ever been walking to the power rack to do deads and u get beat by like a couple secs and the guy who gets it does like 55 sets of 10 reps on 135 for squats?

2. i some how forgot this but i was back home to visit in ohio and the day b4 thanksigving was working out this FAT ASS guy with a pony tail was doing i guess a total body workout . I asked him if i could use the Tbar maching and he had like i think 474 more sets to go he said.. so i just used a barbell with the vbar attachment. and after i get done hes like come on lets get some sets in on t bar i was like thanks but i got mine in.. and he kept bugging me to do them. Then my friend made the misttake of asking him for a spot.. my friend wa going for 4 reps but that guy yelled and screamed till he forced him threw about 10. i wanted to hit him.

 

[Resolve]

1. People

2. People

 

[Harry Manback]

1) Leaving weights scattered on the floor/bars

2) Old men walking around naked in the locker room

 

[suncloud]

its alright man that just bothers me i hate it when ppl say hes black hes white hes chienese hes this or that. we have one goal in the gym and thats to be jacked. but anyways a couple other things that are annoying in the gym..

1. has anyone ever been walking to the power rack to do deads and u get beat by like a couple secs and the guy who gets it does like 55 sets of 10 reps on 135 for squats?

2. i some how forgot this but i was back home to visit in ohio and the day b4 thanksigving was working out this FAT ASS guy with a pony tail was doing i guess a total body workout . I asked him if i could use the Tbar maching and he had like i think 474 more sets to go he said.. so i just used a barbell with the vbar attachment. and after i get done hes like come on lets get some sets in on t bar i was like thanks but i got mine in.. and he kept bugging me to do them. Then my friend made the misttake of asking him for a spot.. my friend wa going for 4 reps but that guy yelled and screamed till he forced him threw about 10. i wanted to hit him.

stop hating you silly indian...



i'm one too at least half of me is. we share the dubious distinction of being in the same group as DJbombsquad


so 3 indians on this forum so far.


pet peeves at the gym:

the 45 year old guy wearing a cut off tank top to show off his navel while wearing ballet tights that somehow end at mid calf length. straight up "nancy boy". i don't care what your preference is, but please god, don't make it obvoius.

EDIT : sorry in advance if my humor is a bit off key this morning.

 

[thaOrleanyte]

Gym pet peeves.......

Well at my current gym around 3pm is when the BCP marines come in. Bcp is a program for fatties to lose weight. They come in towards the middle of my workout and workout like grazing cattle. They just kinda move in herds from machine to machine.

SQUAT RACKS ARE FOR SQUATS....................and for me to do whatever I want. So if your not squatting get out of my way.

Bad form..... dont get mad if im trying to help you deadlift with out dominating your spine

dike girls

Showers without hot water

 

[ticco]

old fat ladies in spandex

skinny fat guys with bad form

 

[Gutterpump]

1. People

2. People

Haha yeah that about sums it up :biglaugh:

 

[pistonpump]

Ummm whats with the calling out of races? I've seen all different people do the same things that the "mid east" and "indians" do... with that said:

1. Guys who try to bully or intimidate me off the bench with my free weights or machine.

2. Guys who wear pajama pants to work out in. (This guy was wearing Stewie head pants today)

3. People who work out in jeans.

4. Guys who try to talk to me when I'm in the "zone" with my headphones in.

basically just guys then.... haha

 

[thaOrleanyte]

no ****

 

[TexasTitan]

Oh, man....there was an old guy at my gym that walked around naked in the locker room...and stood in front of the mirror using a blow dryer to dry his sack..... uke:

Imagine a guy using the things you use to dry you hands naked and spread out like the Da Vinci sketch.

its alright man that just bothers me i hate it when ppl say hes black hes white hes chienese hes this or that.

You mean...describing people?

Me pet peeves.

-Jackasses who do the "300 Workout" and walk around like they are just so god damn hardcore.

-Crossfit faggots

-The guy who feels the need to one up you. On DB press, I start with a low weight, like 60s. Just what I always do. Some guy comes up and grabs 70s and starts repping right next to me. I move to the 80s next set like I always do and he gets up and leaves.

-Curl Jockeys. Especially squat rack curlers. They think its called the curl cage.

-People who give you tips when they are in no place to do so. I was doing zurchers and some asshead walks up and says, dude, youre just going to hurt your back. I laughed and kept doing them.

-Wild packs of bros.

-The chick who thinks everyone is staring at her and trying to hit on her. Once I asked a girl if she would be done with a machine soon. She gives me a bitchy looks and says, no, Im not done. I was like, Ok, when will you be. If it will be a while, Ill just do the other things in my workout. She scoffs loudly and says, fine you can have it and walks away. I was like WTF.

-The 1/4 reppers on squats.

-The people who suck at spots.

-People who assume youre on steroids because you lift more than them.

-People who are smaller than you and move less weight and feel the need to compensate by giving you attitude for no reason.

-People who violate thread rules and list more than two things.

 

[Jayhawkk]

People who et pissed off at the way other people lift

People who get pissed off on how other people dress



:gives::laugh::laugh:

 

[lciaccio]

Shitty music! I know eveyrbody has preferences, but c'mon. I go to colelge and workout in a college gym(obviously, but not all bad ) however, im tired of hearing akon and shawty got low. How can that motivated you?!

People who do the same routine day in and day out, and dont understand why they never see reuslts

 

[thaOrleanyte]

Shitty music! I know eveyrbody has preferences, but c'mon. I go to colelge and workout in a college gym(obviously, but not all bad ) however, im tired of hearing akon and shawty got low. How can that motivated you?!

People who do the same routine day in and day out, and dont understand why they never see reuslts

yo its better than constant new wave and shitty 80's

 

[DT5]

MMA "i train ju-jitsu, im a highly trained specialized fighter" kids.

your nothing but a kid with issues who grew up in a trailor park. doesnt make you some trained fighter.

 

[DT5]

Imagine a guy using the things you use to dry you hands naked and spread out like the Da Vinci sketch.



You mean...describing people?

Me pet peeves.

-Jackasses who do the "300 Workout" and walk around like they are just so god damn hardcore.

-Crossfit faggots

-The guy who feels the need to one up you. On DB press, I start with a low weight, like 60s. Just what I always do. Some guy comes up and grabs 70s and starts repping right next to me. I move to the 80s next set like I always do and he gets up and leaves.

-Curl Jockeys. Especially squat rack curlers. They think its called the curl cage.

-People who give you tips when they are in no place to do so. I was doing zurchers and some asshead walks up and says, dude, youre just going to hurt your back. I laughed and kept doing them.

-Wild packs of bros.

-The chick who thinks everyone is staring at her and trying to hit on her. Once I asked a girl if she would be done with a machine soon. She gives me a bitchy looks and says, no, Im not done. I was like, Ok, when will you be. If it will be a while, Ill just do the other things in my workout. She scoffs loudly and says, fine you can have it and walks away. I was like WTF.

-The 1/4 reppers on squats.

-The people who suck at spots.

-People who assume youre on steroids because you lift more than them.

-People who are smaller than you and move less weight and feel the need to compensate by giving you attitude for no reason.

-People who violate thread rules and list more than two things.

wow, those things dont bother me at all, because they dont involve me. if someone does 1/4 squat, why do u give a ****? maybe he has bad knees and feels like squatting. should he explain this to u before he squats? dude, your 160 lbs. less complaining about what others do, and maybe you would grow, mentally and physically

pleassseee....

 

[Joshua86]

1.) People who don't use good form.

2.) Idiots giving gullible people advice.

 

[lciaccio]

people who put 800lbs on the leg press and take all the weights off one side first and the machine flips over hhahahah

 

[TexasTitan]

wow, those things dont bother me at all, because they dont involve me. if someone does 1/4 squat, why do u give a ****? maybe he has bad knees and feels like squatting. should he explain this to u before he squats? dude, your 160 lbs. less complaining about what others do, and maybe you would grow, mentally and physically

pleassseee....

You and I know damn well they dont have bad knees, they just dont go down all the way. Bad spotting does affect me. I get shitty spots. Despite my weight, I outlift most in my gym. This thread isnt, things that affect you in the gym, its things that drive you insane. If you want to talk about growing up, maybe you should learn to capitalize your sentences and not slaughter grammar. Or learn some reading comprehension. Im sure your SATs were just great. "pleassseee"

What you dont see is that I was 140 in December because I was training for something else. Ive only been able to train seriously since 2 weeks ago because my job finally let up. I see your 200 at 6'0''. Youre not some freak of nature or that big, so keep your **** to yourself. Not to mention you dont know my height.

 

[cmc]

people who put 800lbs on the leg press and take all the weights off one side first and the machine flips over hhahahah

Haha..that's pretty funny. Similar thing happened today at the gym ....I was way on the other side and out of no where..CRRRRAAAASHHHHH. Poor guy who ever it was woke up the living dead.

 

[thaOrleanyte]

You and I know damn well they dont have bad knees, they just dont go down all the way. Bad spotting does affect me. I get shitty spots. Despite my weight, I outlift most in my gym. This thread isnt, things that affect you in the gym, its things that drive you insane. If you want to talk about growing up, maybe you should learn to capitalize your sentences and not slaughter grammar. Or learn some reading comprehension. Im sure your SATs were just great. "pleassseee"

What you dont see is that I was 140 in December because I was training for something else. Ive only been able to train seriously since 2 weeks ago because my job finally let up. I see your 200 at 6'0''. Youre not some freak of nature or that big, so keep your **** to yourself. Not to mention you dont know my height.

DT5..........i think you found his button....push it some more!

 

[thaOrleanyte]

oh **** texas got banned. Guess he deserved it. all i've ever seen him do is talk sh!t.

what i hate...........sh!t talkers behind a computer!

 

[brownstown89]

texas seems like one of those guys on youtube who are 13 weigh 110 pounds bench 555 and squat 720 deadlift a 1000. who comment and dog on everyones videos.

 

[FitFinley]

1. People on the treadmill while reading and moving at 0 miles an hr
2. Those old ass men walking around naked in the change room, then they bend down right in front of you. (reminds me of that scene from life)

Along those lines...

I swear I am not making this up. One time I was at LA Fitness in San Diego and a guy with long hair and a beard (looked homeless) in the lockeroom had one leg on the counter one leg on the ground blow drying his balls like it was perfectly normal. Every person that walked by he would say "hey, nice work out, yeah"

Image permanently burned into my mind. Scarred for life.

Also there is some asian guy at my gym who always throws down his weights or slams them on the cable machines. Never re-racks anything then leaves after a 20 minute workout. I always have to resist following him to the parking lot.

 

[walugi]

agreed! I saw this kid doing bench press and his elbows were flared like a crusifix. hes going to have elbow trouble if he keeps doing it this way and not the powerlifting way. up and down

What do you mean by this? Aren't you meant to point your elbows out?

At my gym we have two types of plates.....the cast iron (or whatever they are) and the rubberized. It drives me crazy when someone lifts a barbell with a regular plate on one side and a rubberized plate on the other. Maybe I'm just OCD.

haha yeah that gets me too. I might unrack 5 plates just to get to a rubber one so my bar is symmetrical

some guy said to me i'd never get bigger doing deadlifts. i just wanted to scream at him!

hahahaha... was he big? Wonder where he read that. Women's Health maybe

Things that piss me off:

1. Guy who uses a preacher station JUST to hold the ****en ez curl bar. Has his towel over the pads and isn't even sitting down. I ask him if he's using it and he gets all shitty. He looked like this weird Asian frankenstein.

2. Groups who've convinced that some revolutionary, weird ass movement is going to get them huge. Too bad it usually requires 3 pieces of equipment.

3. I can't think of the word but its what you americans call guys from new jersey who are poofters and do that fist pump dance. Starts with G i think. but yeah, the australian equivalent of them at the gym. Usually old guys though

4. The gym i go to has heaps of international students, and since australia is close to asia a lot of them are asians. I'm asian myself, but i hate the girly asian guys working out with light weight, wearing jeans and with their hair all perfect. They're hardly breaking a sweat but they'll have the im too cool look. They're not all asian but it seems scrawny white guys have already given up and only the asians are left. I'm hoping they're gone after a few months after they dont get any bigger. That being said, i've seen some absolutely huge old asian dudes. I saw this guy who really reminded me of Bolo (from Bloodsport) except with the fricken widest back ever. Too bad he was playing squash shirtless... :31:

5. edit: one more.
I don't care if guys are small, i'm hardly the biggest guy, but I hate it when people are working out and they don't look like they're at least mildly suffering. If you're not going to push yourself then theres no point occupying a bench

 

[MoTiV]

First off I'd like to thank you for this post and YES I will be listing more than 2 pet peeves.

FYI, I workout in a college gym


-Guys who get pissed when you don't let them work in with you. I don't know you and I'm just going to assume your a retard. Also, when I say 30 second rest I mean it.

-Crappy music. That MTV channel they play in college gyms is ok once in awhile but usually sucks.

-Slamming weights. I've gotten headaches from guys slamming the bar down when doing deadlifts and it's not even impressive weight usually 315 or less.

-Yes your bigger than me, congrats. No your not better than me, I don't want to bodybuild thank you or gain weight.

-Guys who think that their half-squat is the same as my parallel squat. It's not and your a retard.

-The skinny wannabe fighters punching in front of the mirror with 5 lb weights in their hands. Also, don't jump rope in the middle of the gym you retard.

-Squating in the curl rack. Dammit hurry up I need to do my 10 sets of curls today so I can come back Friday and do them again.

-Rerack your weights retard. If your big enough to throw them around and drop them your big enough to put them away.

-Yes I do use the squat rack for an hour and I dont care because you used the bench for an hour yesterday.

-Uneven weights. For some reason I'm gifted at always putting the heavier 45 on my right side.

-That naked fatass who was whacking off next to me in the lockerroom. You **** ass now I can never go back there. I hate you.

-Not enough girls rub up against me

:squintfinger: :squintfinger: :squintfinger: :squintfinger: :squintfinger:

 

[sethroberts]

1. Guys who can't cover themselves with a towel -- yes, I know you are proud of your johnson and all but cover it up (really old and fat guys seem to have no modesty when they should have the most).

2. The tough guy attitudes -- if you are a badass, everyone will know it, you don't need to be an ass.

3. People who don't know the concept of working in. Of course this has limitations -- some housewife who squats the bar should not ask to work in with guys doing 500+.

 

[Jayhawkk]

People who compare their weight to others on a forum and automatically think because they're lifting less weight at the moment that they can't lift more weight...

 

[maurice02]

There has been this one guy that acts like a bad ass there. He is probably 5'6, 140. He swings when he does curls, he has trouble benching 95 pounds, and he constantly sticks his tongue out, flexs, and lifts his shirt up in the mirror when he does shoulder presses (WHYYY???).

Well, he has been leaving the weights on and does sorta a circuit run....I had it and asked him if he was gonna take them off and he did. Nice. Well, that was Thurs and Fri he was back to leaving them on again.....seriously.

 

[Chubbinmuffin]

I think some of you are talking about me. I sometimes workout in flipflops, board shorts, and wife beaters! I always wear a "skullcap" or a beanie... whatever you want to call it, but it's more like a hat 'cause it has a visor on it. And yes, even when it's 163 degrees outside!


Don't really have many petpeeves anymore since I started working out at a different gym, everyone there is pretty cool, everyone knows their place and the rules. No one has a huge ego. But holy hell... have any of you worked out on an airforce base gym? Everything you guys have said can relate to that gym. (no offense to anyone serving, I grew up in a military family)

 

[suncloud]

-Slamming weights. I've gotten headaches from guys slamming the bar down when doing deadlifts and it's not even impressive weight usually 315 or less.

someone was doing sets of 8 deadlifts, and every time he finished his 8th rep, he'd drop the weight onto the "power platform", which echoed throughout the gym.

the sad thing, is he never repped to failure, so he could have easily just put the weight back on the ground. secondly, he was DL'ing 155 lbs. oke:

 

[John Smeton]

someone was doing sets of 8 deadlifts, and every time he finished his 8th rep, he'd drop the weight onto the "power platform", which echoed throughout the gym.

the sad thing, is he never repped to failure, so he could have easily just put the weight back on the ground. secondly, he was DL'ing 155 lbs. oke:

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!

 

[suncloud]

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!

dunno, he lowered them to the ground for 3 sets of 8. rep 8 he just drops it when its at waist level - for all 3 sets. maybe he's doing it right, and i'm a sucker for abuse

 

[p00ndawg]

is flexing in the mirror annoying? I sometimes do it just to rush blood to my arms or legs. I try not to show off or anything, I just kinda do it to stretch myself out and feel the pump.

I think it could be annoying, but I dont really care, the pump feels great!