name 2 things that drive you insane at your gym.

heywood said:
As far as my two:

1) This is a universal complaint and not reserved just for the gym; the "too cool for school" f***ers who just can't be bothered to be friendly or friendly without being snarky sh*ts. I don't spend my time trying to be everyone's friend, I'm there to do my workout and get out but we might as well be friendly and civil to each other when possible in the meantime. This goes for the gym elitists as well; just because your muscles are bigger than mine you are not better than me...I am not jealous of your muscles but mainly am always respectful of the effort I know it took to get there.

2) Texting or talking on the phone at the gym. As far as I'm concerned, leave your f***ing phone in the locker or at home! I don't want to watch anyone talking on the phone in the weightroom and I certainly don't want to see any crackberrys there either. I consider this right up there with pissing on someone's grave as far as disrespect. Go outside in the parking lot or I will shove your damn phone where it might require surgery to remove.

The gym is like a place of worship, and if you don't get it you don't belong there. Certain rules apply and if adhered to the sanctity of the temple is not soiled.
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so you leave ur phone at home, god forbid ur mom has a stroke, or maybe a family member friend etc, gets in an accident you take ur time working out. maybe ur a single parent ur child gets in a wreck u take ur sweet old time getting a 2 hour workout in. u go see all the missed called find out the situation how u feeling then? wish you had taken ur phone there didnt u?

I dont have a problem with texting between sets either if im going 85-90% of my ORM on bench,squat,deads u better believe im going too take 4-5 mins between sets and send a couple texts out. Now i do see how if ur able to text or manage a phone conversation while doing cardio thats a problem. or if you talk on the phone while lifting but sending a couple texts out while lifting not a probelm just comes down to self control. Now i wouldnt text a gf, potential gf etc.. that u might get into arguement with and be worried about it while working out. i always send texts out, shuffle my ipod adjust my pants etc.. just so i dont sike myself out b4 going for a lift. baseball players always adjust batting gloves etc between pitches i guess it just comes down to self control
 
1. Post new years day and like 3 weeks before colleges let out for spring break every a**hole who has never been to a gym before shows up, mis-using the equipment, bumping into me, making it impossible to get a good workout, even when I go at 5am.

2. People who douse themselves with cologne or perfume before going to the gym so you can smell them 30 feet away. In the same respect, people who have no deodorant on and smell like BO 30 feet away. I mean I sweat more than anyone but use the deodorant, leave off the perfume.
 
brownstown89 said:
so you leave ur phone at home, god forbid ur mom has a stroke, or maybe a family member friend etc, gets in an accident you take ur time working out. maybe ur a single parent ur child gets in a wreck u take ur sweet old time getting a 2 hour workout in. u go see all the missed called find out the situation how u feeling then? wish you had taken ur phone there didnt u?

I dont have a problem with texting between sets either if im going 85-90% of my ORM on bench,squat,deads u better believe im going too take 4-5 mins between sets and send a couple texts out. Now i do see how if ur able to text or manage a phone conversation while doing cardio thats a problem. or if you talk on the phone while lifting but sending a couple texts out while lifting not a probelm just comes down to self control. Now i wouldnt text a gf, potential gf etc.. that u might get into arguement with and be worried about it while working out. i always send texts out, shuffle my ipod adjust my pants etc.. just so i dont sike myself out b4 going for a lift. baseball players always adjust batting gloves etc between pitches i guess it just comes down to self control
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I just don't like the part about being dependent on constant communication at all times. I got no problem with people doing their own thing per se, but I still feel that too many people these days with their electronic gadgetry have become too shut off from having meaningful face-to-face communication skills, and that includes going to the gym and not focusing on the task at hand. Trying to act like baseball players' pre-batting routine is the same thing is missing the point.

Those who have worked in retail/foodservice/etc. may be a little more understanding about what I mean...I really can't stand rude people who act like their needs are the most important thing in the world is all.
 
ehh i have a blackberry n my musics on there, so im always one to send a text here or there between sets just cuz its on me, and im always switchin songs on it neways.
 
heywood said:
I just don't like the part about being dependent on constant communication at all times. I got no problem with people doing their own thing per se, but I still feel that too many people these days with their electronic gadgetry have become too shut off from having meaningful face-to-face communication skills, and that includes going to the gym and not focusing on the task at hand. Trying to act like baseball players' pre-batting routine is the same thing is missing the point.

Those who have worked in retail/foodservice/etc. may be a little more understanding about what I mean...I really can't stand rude people who act like their needs are the most important thing in the world is all.
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oo dont get me wrong i love conversations in person and when im with ppl in person im hardly ever texting, im not the guy that has to text back the second i get a text. But college away from home i text old friends and i workout 11ish when im outta class text some ppl here and there u kno!?

and im not trying to act like a baseball player, im just saying some ppl have habits so that there not siked out. Lebron bites his nails when hes on the bench and his teams loosing,i often take my belt off straps off and change my song put my belt on straps on get a drink send a text and just bam lift. if i stand there and think omg this is past 405 i didnt think id ever dealift more omg im never gonna get it.
 
brownstown89 said:
oo dont get me wrong i love conversations in person and when im with ppl in person im hardly ever texting, im not the guy that has to text back the second i get a text. But college away from home i text old friends and i workout 11ish when im outta class text some ppl here and there u kno!?

and im not trying to act like a baseball player, im just saying some ppl have habits so that there not siked out. Lebron bites his nails when hes on the bench and his teams loosing,i often take my belt off straps off and change my song put my belt on straps on get a drink send a text and just bam lift. if i stand there and think omg this is past 405 i didnt think id ever dealift more omg im never gonna get it.
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Hey don't sweat it; I'm not trying (like anybody here) to go after every single person that does one thing that's minor. We all hate the 5-10%'ers that make it damned annoying for us to enjoy our own thing...either way wouldn't be the first time I've :footinmouth:'ed on this forum.

Cheers man and enjoy your workouts...time in the gym is precious
 
I have three, I know it says two but i apologize...
1.) People who come in just to tan and then lay in the strech room before they walk on the treadmill.

2.)People who ask me why I'm trying to show off by dropping the weights during a clean and jerk or snatch. Why the hell do you think they make bumper plates.

3.)The plates i train with are in kilograms, and the people who ask me how much it is in pounds, then once i tell them say "oh, well i can do that much" but always have something else to do if i ask them to join me.
 
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1. People who drop weights
2. People who grunt like a rabid dog while trying to lift small weights.
"GRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAMOGOOHJHJK!!!!!" *10 lb. clean and jerk*
 
Heartless88 said:
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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lol- hush kitty; Your hot and you know it (the most annoying type:laugh:)

Annnnd, yes, your with him becasue of #3. Your with him for other reasons too, but your with him for #3).
And hell, your also with him for for not paying attention to you also. Its mainly becasue he sees you all the time and has seen you naked enough to remember what you look like but that's besides the point. lol- I ALWAYS ignore the really good looking ones... It has them trying the entire time to get ME to check em out:laugh: :burnout:

In all honesty; we all love ya. IT's tough being an attractive woman (Chris Rock's "want some ****" just flashed in my head...)
You talk on your cell on ya do abs; I watch the fine booty on the cardio equipment when I do mine.
"We all need someone ,. to leeeeaannnn on"
 
mustangman said:
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1. People who drop weights
2. People who grunt like a rabid dog while trying to lift small weights.
"GRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAMOGOOHJHJK!!!!!" *10 lb. clean and jerk*
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you try to reverse press a 120kg snatch. theres a reason someone invented bumper plates.
 
People talking their heads off when it is the last piece of equipment I need to use.

and fat sweaty people !!!
 
This is a great post, god I get so pissed sometimes... I workout at the YMCA and its at a time where there is only old people in there... I like it becasue I can use everything but....

1.) When this old guy pry about 65 comes into the weight room, TURNS down my music, Does one set of lat raises, HORRIBLE FORM, not even CLOSE to right form.. and then leaves all without saying a word to me.

2.) When guys who I may think are very close to being gay, wear super tight no sleave shirts with their beer gut just stickin out,AND Super short shorts where you can almost see their junk... I mean I don't need to see that crap when im tryin to squat....
 
YES ^^^ i was working out the other day and this guy has a shhirt on that says diesel.. all he had on him was a massive gut and the shirt ws super tight around his 11 inch arms.. wooow.
 
heywood said:
Hey don't sweat it; I'm not trying (like anybody here) to go after every single person that does one thing that's minor. We all hate the 5-10%'ers that make it damned annoying for us to enjoy our own thing...either way wouldn't be the first time I've :footinmouth:'ed on this forum.

Cheers man and enjoy your workouts...time in the gym is precious
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yea i wasnt trying to be rude or anything but i see why some ppl answer there phone between sets like young ladies that have kids w/e maybe someone coming in at lunch breaks they need there phone on em. ive seen some ppl about to bench heavy weight (for them) say like 185 and there all in the zone siked they get a text and pop up to answer it.. i mostly text between lifts switch my songs etc so i dont sike myself out i tend to do that alot =( so texting switching songs drinks of water etc.. all help.
 
The macho man randy savage look alike; american flag print pajama pants and bandana and sunglasses resting on the top of his head. has a tan line from his sunglasses even in the dead of winter. starts off the workout with 4 shirts on and between each exercise takes one off until the final torn up stringback is revealed. and sings out loud.
 
tengle56 said:
The macho man randy savage look alike; american flag print pajama pants and bandana and sunglasses resting on the top of his head. has a tan line from his sunglasses even in the dead of winter. starts off the workout with 4 shirts on and between each exercise takes one off until the final torn up stringback is revealed. and sings out loud.
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oh, c'mon man...everyone can use a little Rex Kwon Do, can't they? Remember, he learned this stuff from many years in the OCTAGON!

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKmUsVeKp1o"]YouTube - Napoleon Dynamite - Rex Kwon Do[/ame]

...I wish I had the power of grizzly.
 
What is it with the people who have to sit down to put on their socks and shoes? -- and they do it in an area that makes it a pain in the ass to get **** out of my locker. First of all I wouldn't sit down on that bench if you paid me because I saw the 800 pound guy who was flossing with it when he sat down on it nude earlier. Second of all, get the f--k out of my way :)
 
partial reps w/ way too heavy weight. guy was doing one-arm preacher curls the other day w/ 70lb. dumbells. had about a 2" inch range of motion at the top of the rep. he thought he was really doing something.. so sad..
 
swollwilliams said:
partial reps w/ way too heavy weight. guy was doing one-arm preacher curls the other day w/ 70lb. dumbells. had about a 2" inch range of motion at the top of the rep. he thought he was really doing something.. so sad..
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What is funny is that you watch videos of the pros and many of them do similar range of motion.
 
heywood said:
oh, c'mon man...everyone can use a little Rex Kwon Do, can't they? Remember, he learned this stuff from many years in the OCTAGON!



...I wish I had the power of grizzly.
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haha thats the guy! except he needs to be way tanner and have some mardi gras beads around his neck
 
olylifter90 said:
you try to reverse press a 120kg snatch. theres a reason someone invented bumper plates.
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i don't date fat chicks :)

someone asked if he could spot me on deadlifts yesterday. i remember thinking "how does one person help spot on deadlifts, and is this guy hitting on me..."
 
some of the things u guys are talkin about used to bother me untill .......the weird buff middle aged spandex guy that no matter what part of the gym u are in is right in front of u doin some lunges or weird streches on his hands and knees u get up and go to another part of the gym in horror and confusion sit down on a machine to start lifting again look up and there he is again..w. t .f and if the weird uneasyness of this isn't bad enuf you look in the mirror just to see the weird giant b****** stareing at u out of the corner of his eye. you dont know if u want to run out of there,punch him in the face,or take a burning hot shower to attempt wash off the weirdness that just happened....anyway after being stalked by weird spandex guy none of that other stuff bothers me at all..if some little tough guy wants to mean mug me and stare at me..thats a 100 times better than weird spandex guy tryin to brown eye me every time i try to workout eeehhhhuuggg.....havin flash backs gotta go take a burnin hot shower
 
.. the cougars that come into the gym. I somehow see it a contradiction to have on an inch-thick coat of makeup on to hide the wrinkles, when you are doing cardio on a treadmill for gods sake, and then coming over and taking up space on my bench, while talking on the fuking phone:rant::rant::rant::rant:

...sorry had to vent.
 
i have to admit i am the jackass in a few of these stories, i drop my weights when i go heavy and i tend to leave them there ans rerack them all when im done. in my defense though i never have the energy to move let alone gently lower the weight to the floor. i have a hard time remaining standing after heavy deadlifts.

in any case i was setting up the weight to do some barbell curls when i left to get the plates (about 10 feet away form where i was lifting) and by the time i got back the clamps i had on the barbell were gone. After looking around and muttering a couple curses i said ****it and went to grab two more. By the time i got back the entire barbell had disappeared and was nowhere to be seen. some jackass must have dragged it to the other side of the gym. I loaded up another bar and got through one set. When i came back from the water fountain the clamps were again gone. This was even more frustrating since i made an effort to clearly leave my keys and phone right next to the bar. I went to go get the clamps yet again and when i got back some other jackass was starting to unload my weights AGAIN to take the bar. Needless to say it was very difficult to restrain myself from punching him and making a huge scene so that it wouldnt happen again. Sadly **** like this happens to me all the time.

That and my own clumsiness. I walk into plates and barbells at least twice a day, my shins are in constant pain, theyve got to have dents by now
 
Two things that drive me insane at the gym:
1.) People who just chill on equipment for 15 minutes in between sets. TURN UP THE INTENSITY!
2.) People who use the same piece of equipment for their whole workout. Let me have a shot!
 
theres a guy at my gym who ive seen a few times this week..

richard simmons shorts, high knee socks, and purple/pink tank top with a half moon..

and hes a saggy old guy

i tried to take a pic on my phone but i almost got caught :(
 
1) When young kids come in and chalk up their hands before every lift they do (even though it usually only requires the bar and a set of 5lb weights). Not only is it unnecessary, but there's nothing more annoying than having everything covered in chalk.

2) When guys yell while doing a lift. I can understand an intense exhale or the occasional grunt, but nobody cares that youre shrugging 500lbs so theres no need to yell.
 
spres444 said:
theres a guy at my gym who ive seen a few times this week..

richard simmons shorts, high knee socks, and purple/pink tank top with a half moon..

and hes a saggy old guy

i tried to take a pic on my phone but i almost got caught :(
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You should've done it anyway... When he asks why you're taking a pic of him, tell him that you need proof because your friends will never believe what you're telling them. People like that deserve to be embarrassed imo.
 
1. people who stare no matter wtf ur doing, even if youre sitting
2. fat/out of shape clowns instructing their wife/kid/friend how to lift
 
1. People who arrive at the same time as me, are there as long as me, but don't get even half as much done as everyone else.

2. When i'm in the middle of a set and someone rips @$$ or asks me if i'm almost done
 
GeekPoop said:
1. people who stare no matter wtf ur doing, even if youre sitting
2. fat/out of shape clowns instructing their wife/kid/friend how to lift
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yesterday, a mom was instructing her son how to get bigger. he's 5'10" around 125-130ish, and she has him doing dumbell tricep kickbacks. argh! he'd probably have much more success if she weren't stalking him around the gym, explaining how pinkies "up and out" extend the contraction of the 15 pound dumbells. at least her heart is in the right place though.
 
The only thing that bothers me is people who stink bad. The rest of the nonsense doesn't affect me. That is their own business. And if someone wants to talk at the wrong time, that is why i wear headphones when i am not deadlifting or benching.
 
#1 - Unsolicited DUMB advice
#2 - The prevalent pussy-attitude of lifting (i.e. machines, no chalk, etc)

Thats why I bought my own gym... and just sent in my cancellation to my now old gym.
 
Last week I saw this guy splash water from the fountain on his face then go to mirror and shadow box! I was laughing my as* off!

I hate when people grab dumbbells from the rack and do there set right in front of the rack so you can’t get to the weights. Back up son!
 
its always the scrawny 140 pound guy listening to fallout boy doing side raises with 20lb dumbells that shadow box inbetween sets.
 
when your deadlifting and some litle pencil d*** that works there tells you not to slam the wieghts to much. its like look bud when you find out how to be gentle with a quarter ton let me know.
 
americanmusul said:
when your deadlifting and some litle pencil d*** that works there tells you not to slam the wieghts to much. its like look bud when you find out how to be gentle with a quarter ton let me know.
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Ain't that the truth... I hate that!

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People who assume if you are a guy at the gym you are there to get HUGE! Enough with the effing "advice" on how to bulk up...I AM AN EFFING RUNNER who lifts so that I dont skinny as **** with my shirt off. YES I know I have chicken legs damn...
 
1. The music is the worst - boy bands, dance music etc.
What ever happened to some good 'ol Lynrd Skynrd? Guess I got old!
 
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