Why public gyms piss me off...

pistonpump said:
haha sucks huh? well i know exactly if i can push the weight by feeling my reaction to the negative portion of the exercise. so i have yet to be embarrassed with the weight crushing me LOL....and i dont intend on it in the future.
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I started skipping the bar portion all together. I've been using DB's alot lately.
 
The bar has it's benefits but I'll be damned if doing a bench press doesn't destroy my shoulders. DB"s I can go hard and heavy.
 
I'm new to this board, but after reading this thread, I just had to sound off a bit. I recently quit using the local gym because I almost couldn't stand it anymore. Here's a few examples:

1: $50 a month and no fu**in' squat rack, only a smith machine... and when I improvised a squat rack from their pullup/dip station I was threatened with being kicked out.

2: This one small guy (now I'm not huge, but I have some decent size, 5'10", 220lbs) who I would notice trying to copy me. Perfect example, I was doing preachers with 75lbs, slow strict, & controlled, this moron grabs 50lbs and starts doing barbell curls right next to me, he's swinging the weight like he's about snap his friggin spine, and the whole time he's friggin' staring at me with a stupid smile on his face... I still don't know what the hell that was about.

3: Clowns wearing belts to do friggin machine work, seriously like bench, shoulder,& row machines.

4: ILS is a huge problem there

5: People asking me how to perform an exercise, then after I tell them, they argue with me.

6: Nobody does squats, or lunges for that matter... this one guy actually came up to me a couple weeks ago when I was squatting on the fukkin smith machine and says "Damn man, most guys don't have the stones to go that deep", so I say "That's because no one here knows how to squat" I guess he thought I was making a joke.

7: I had to save a couple guys with their ego training, their 'partners' actually walked away to use their cell phones while supposedly spotting their 160lb buddy trying, not very well, but trying to use 100lb dumbells.

8: Idiots coming up and asking me about training splits, then arguing with me and going right back to bench press/curls every frikkin day.

9: People feeling they need to tell me why they aren't going to lift heavy that day (I'm not kidding, this happened multiple times)

There are tons and tons more instances I could rant about, but it's time for me to head out to my garage for an enjoyable workout.
 
Ranting as well...

fil3113 said:
There are tons and tons more instances I could rant about, but it's time for me to head out to my garage for an enjoyable workout.
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I hear ya! As much as I like my Gym I'm at now there is one person there that makes it awkward. I always seem to be doing the wrong thing. If I don't ask to work in she gets upset. When I ask to work in she gets upset. If I wait to closely to where shes training someone (she's a trainer) she gets upset. She even gets upset when I let her work in with me. I had told her I needed a break so she could go now. I'm standing there and so is she I guess she didn't hear me. She looks at me all ticked off and says something about how Im not using the machine then jumps on it. She even made fun of the way I look when Im waiting (I just kinda of pace with my arms crossed) and said its annoying. I so wanted to tell her how she looks doing anything. She looks like she's very very angry. And I'm not the only one saying this. I had 2 friends leave that gym and say the same things about this trainer. The rest of the trainers there are very nice and friendly. All the trainers there seem to be ex or current local pros (shes a current pro) but shes the only one with the anger issue. Its sooo hard not to point out her 5 inch receding hair line and look of constant anger when shes putting me down. All this to say, when I finally have the room and the extra cash I will be investing in my own home gym with free weights, power cage, pull up/dip stand, and a pulley system.
 
I wish I had lats. grrr. The only problem in my school gym is that the damn thing closes at 11, and you cant have water bottle upstairs, you have to use the fountain. Oh, the the dbells only go to 100 (not that i can use it.. dunno why im whining)
 
Skyblue said:
I wish I had lats. grrr. The only problem in my school gym is that the damn thing closes at 11, and you cant have water bottle upstairs, you have to use the fountain. Oh, the the dbells only go to 100 (not that i can use it.. dunno why im whining)
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Don't worry about the whining on the 100lb DBs. I once overheard some teens contemplating on which gym to join at and mine was mentioned but they didn't want to go there because the DB's ONLY go up to 125lbs. But they were also contemplating on which "Oral" to use. One of the guys mentioned he didn't want to start them until he signed up for a gym and STARTED working out! None of them had even began working out yet...
 
hmm yea. Well youve got to start somewhere. Im glad ive been working out for the last five years or so. I cant imagine what id look like without lifting and exercise. ( fat, pimply, pale, white, holding an xbox controller and slice of pizza0
 
Its hard to find a decent spot at my gym. When you ask most people for a "lift off", the assume you dont need a spot at all after that. That or they find the need to help you finish EVERY rep. :wtf:
 
I go to 2 different gyms, the school gym, and the one I work at.
The one i work at is very family oriented, and is for rich, white yuppies. All they do is stand around the locker rooms in towels and talk about their new sports cars and stuff. Go lift OMG
 
spatch said:
Its hard to find a decent spot at my gym. When you ask most people for a "lift off", the assume you dont need a spot at all after that. That or they find the need to help you finish EVERY rep. :wtf:
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hahahahaha.... the same clown that uses his weight belt for bench presses always asked me for a lift off on the leg press, the leg press!, then he'd sit there and move the sled about 3 inches pressing like hell with his hands on his knees to help... I'd always ask him if he wanted me to stick around and he'd get all offended and say "I got it !"... I'd just walk away shaking my head
 
I work at the school rec center, and I "supervise" the free weight room to make sure no one gets injured or be there for poeple when the need spots or anything. I spend most of the work day watching the most retarded people ever!! Don't come to the gym and sit on a bench while your friend does a half-assed chest a bis workout! I think the thing that gets me the most is people who don't clean up the weights. That means I have to do it at 12:00am and although you are happy you finally curled 75lbs put it away!!! I could wite a book on the people I watch at work!
 
So whats wrong with having ILS?haha

There are a hundred things that are irritating at a public gym.So Ill keep it simple.

#1) The 6'2" 165lb circuit trainig numbskull who has the brass to say hes using that machine.Well no #### your using them all!!!
 
I hear ya.I just joined a new gym that is opening shortly.It is small so I am hoping it attracts the hardcore type!We shall see!
 
I hate it when your working on good form and then someone steps in front of you so you cant see the mirror anymore. GRR
 
i hate seeing people doing the same machines evry time they are in the gym not even toucheing the free weights, fat loss clients that think CV fitness is the best way to loose weight really pisses me right of, staff who did a weekend course who think they now it all try telling evey one how to do it right.
 
1)The middle aged women that look absolutley disgusted every time you take a dumbell more than 60 lbs off the rack.

2)Staff members that reply to my question of "are you getting heavier dumbells soon" with "no, we dont want those rude meatheads in here." I think I am going to buy a set of 130's online somewhere and bring them into the gym. On days that I need them I am going to be as rude as possible (ie not showering for 4 days before hand, screaming after every rep, spitting lugies in the garbage cans and missing, etc.)

3) Happened again today.. the dudes that find the need to help you finish EVERY rep
 
hahah lat syndrome. Never heard that term till just now. I would love it if my Lats developed as easy as my Bi's and Tri's.

This thread makes me happy that i work out in a gym in small town Iowa. People go to lift weights, not to dress preppy. I've seen my fair share of the people who work out for a month and quit, but they've never been a bother.
 
I've been going to 24hr fitness for about a year now. Before that, I had a small gym in a spare room at home. I go at lunch time and it's in a mostly business area so luckily it's not crowded or full of weirdos. There are too many people who leave the dumbbells randomly placed or they put em back in the wrong part of the rack. Once in awhile someone will ask me to spot them, so I'll help when asked. I've tried to share some info I've learned from working out and reading here to some coworkers that go to the gym as well, but they end up doing their own random workouts. I do wish people would use a towel like the rules say and wipe down afterwards. It's pretty amusing watching a new guy go to every machine and set it to max and use the machine in the weirdest ways. Welcome to bizzaro world. I thought about hiring a PT but most of them aren't even in good shape themselves and I overheard them trying to sell supplements. I wish my gym didn't have a pool, those people get the floors all wet and make it hard to change clothes in a dry area.
 
dlew308 said:
I've been going to 24hr fitness for about a year now......I do wish people would use a towel like the rules say and wipe down afterwards......I thought about hiring a PT but most of them aren't even in good shape themselves and I overheard them trying to sell supplements....... I wish my gym didn't have a pool, those people get the floors all wet and make it hard to change clothes in a dry area.
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This is exactly like the 24 HR I go to!!!!
 
the thing that gets me is whenever i do deads and make the slightest "clang" on the floor i get some jealous trainer telling me that i need to be quieter, yeah like 400+ lbs is going to be silent.

:wtf:
 
welp it's a flood of the new people at the gym, must be new year's resolution time. I've been enjoying the gym being not as crowded.
 
psycho said:
#5 would definitely piss me off....
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Once in awhile there's people working out in jeans, even if it's against the "rules", and it's really funny seeing people trying to workout as they talk on the cellphone.
 
The best thing I have ever seen at the Rec at school is this 140lb kid who wears jeans and under armor (generic Wal-mart brand).
 
dlew308 said:
and it's really funny seeing people trying to workout as they talk on the cellphone.
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That right there is something that get's me extrememly pissed. Everyday I see someone using a eliptical or something pertaining to cardio, and they always stash their cell phone in the cup holders, they answer the dam thing like five or six times and talk like nothing is going on. Put the phone in your locker, hit the w/o and leave. If you can talk and w/o at the same time, then your wasting your time and everbody else's time as well.
 
I have a couple numbered but not in any order.

1. Walking fast on the treadmill holding a book, reading a book,weird.

2. Old woman the other day while I was warming up on the elliptical smelled like Grandma Rose perfume. Is it Christmas in the gym?

3. Watching a guy about 19 the other day do a "Bend over and pick up a penny" squat on the smith machine. He just hurt MY back watching that!

4. Just bad exercise form torture in general. I didn't know you could do that with a lat pulldown machine. Momentum swinging orgasm type exercises.

5. Dude, I'm not for the last time looking at your girl!(In my mind) Oh, He's pissed because she's watching me.(I'm not conceited) just realistic

6. I talk to one guy at my gym who used to be a trainer there. I'm doing Incline DB presses and he is sitting on the flat bench next to me doing alt curls. In the middle of conversation, a girl who looks like a brunette version of Courtney Love with her ass kicked up into her chest comes over, says excuse me and proceeds to do tricep dips on the end of the bench he isn't using, while listening to our conversation!
Out of nowhere, she's like 14!15! We are talking about creatine. She is like, Are you a trainer or something? I'm like No. Are you a nutritionist? Um No. I just do this as a hobby(weirdo) In my mind of course. Where is the personal space these days?

7. I'll add more later. Oh yea. I'm at the urinal taking a piss when this dude looks over the splash guard and stays there till I'm done. What tha? If it happens again, I am going to knee that splash guard until it comes off the wall.
 
fil3113 said:
I'm new to this board, but after reading this thread, I just had to sound off a bit. I recently quit using the local gym because I almost couldn't stand it anymore. Here's a few examples:

1: $50 a month and no fu**in' squat rack, only a smith machine... and when I improvised a squat rack from their pullup/dip station I was threatened with being kicked out.

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my gym is same like yours,no squat rack,only smith machine.I improvised using barbell bench.

equiment hogging is a common scene.Even PT does that to whether they are training their client or socialising.
 
The Ones That Didn't Make The List (But Should Have)

1) Pencil neck weasels who come to the gym to find women and socialize among themselves.

2) Wussy sized "boys" who do their one-a-day sets on the rack or machine that they've asked to work in on.

And my personal favorite.....

3) People using the seated cable back row like it's a row boat and never arching their backs (I see this often and sometimes their personal trainer is watching them without correcting them)
 
spatch said:
2)Staff members that reply to my question of "are you getting heavier dumbells soon" with "no, we dont want those rude meatheads in here." I think I am going to buy a set of 130's online somewhere and bring them into the gym. On days that I need them I am going to be as rude as possible (ie not showering for 4 days before hand, screaming after every rep, spitting lugies in the garbage cans and missing, etc.)

3) Happened again today.. the dudes that find the need to help you finish EVERY rep
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2) DAMN SPATCH, you've brought back some weird memories of this 2 car garage sized gym that I once trained at. They had the nerve to call that "shack" a fitness center and it only had a few benches, a small supply of dumbells (went up to 90 pounds), and a Universal gym. But what often pissed me off was when the owner's husband (who knew absolutely NOTHING about working out) would interview potential new members and would tell them, "We don't want bodybuilders here." Needless to say, that shack didn't last very long.

3) I think there's one in every gym. The guy who hardly works out, runs his mouth constantly, but is always there to spot you when you never need one or never ask for it.
 
i was away for a week staying with familly i phoned up a gym to get some info and was told that to train there i would have to pay 20 pounds for an induction from some stupid gym instructer, i was not plaining on useing the stupid machines anyway but they said thats the rules i trained in a garage instead
 
I have an update to my Gym experiences. I'm walking into the gym last week, I round the bend at a machine going back towards the locker room. There is a guy, decent size but no monster, with a winter hat pulled down to his eyebrows. He was also wearing a tank top:think: . It's 70+ degrees outside. I know that some of you reading this wear these "skull caps" to be more "hardcore". You know what, stop doing that, it looks gay. Don't wear leather boots in the gym with your hardcore hats either. It looks gay also.

Do you want to be hardcore? That thing over in the corner of the gym is called a "Power Rack". Go over and get familiar with it and you will be sweating so bad you'll take that damn goofy hat off. See, You're not chilly anymore, bye bye goofy hat. Save it for making snow angels OUTSIDE! I'm out.
 
There's a big sign at my college gym. It says "Two Set limit on all machines."

I guess some rules were made to be broken.
 
well i dont know if this exactly goes with the topic on hand but i cant stand guys that i see in the gym often but never workout legs, I ****ing hate that, its kinda funny this guy is looks big upper body but if i take him to the squat rack or leg press and the guy is like a baby lol.
 
pistonpump said:
well i dont know if this exactly goes with the topic on hand but i cant stand guys that i see in the gym often but never workout legs, I ****ing hate that, its kinda funny this guy is looks big upper body but if i take him to the squat rack or leg press and the guy is like a baby lol.
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DOES EVREYONE HERE HAVE ROID RAGE??? JUST KIDDING!!!

I am 158 as of last night....and I haaaateeeee all the big hotshots throwing up a decent amount of weight starring me down. Im not big, i dont claim to be. just cause you can do 5-10 lbs. heavier then me in bench doesnt mean you are the ****. 100lb dumbbells on flat bench is nothing impressive to me. Good for you that you can do your own weight....lets hit some squats or walking lunges a-holes. Maybe I can only hit 100 pounders 8 times or so on bench......i dont give a rip about upper body. last week i asked a guy if he was using the 90's that were next to him while he was using 95's. (dumbbells) he told me "just use the 85's they are only 5 lbs lighter".......i flipped. I told him in a pissed off way...."ill just grab the 100's....they are only 5 pounds heavier. maybe you should try to hit your own weight....oh wait, they dont have 150's here!"

i felt alot better after i saw him on my leg day the other night. i wish people would be more humble.....it would save me the time of humiliating them....
 
jjb81speed said:
DOES EVREYONE HERE HAVE ROID RAGE??? JUST KIDDING!!!

I am 158 as of last night....and I haaaateeeee all the big hotshots throwing up a decent amount of weight starring me down. Im not big, i dont claim to be. just cause you can do 5-10 lbs. heavier then me in bench doesnt mean you are the ****. 100lb dumbbells on flat bench is nothing impressive to me. Good for you that you can do your own weight....lets hit some squats or walking lunges a-holes. Maybe I can only hit 100 pounders 8 times or so on bench......i dont give a rip about upper body. last week i asked a guy if he was using the 90's that were next to him while he was using 95's. (dumbbells) he told me "just use the 85's they are only 5 lbs lighter".......i flipped. I told him in a pissed off way...."ill just grab the 100's....they are only 5 pounds heavier. maybe you should try to hit your own weight....oh wait, they dont have 150's here!"

i felt alot better after i saw him on my leg day the other night. i wish people would be more humble.....it would save me the time of humiliating them....
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:think: :think: :wtf: :whiner:
 
well saw a new one at the gym on Sunday, two guys doing arm excercises listening to their music on their cellphone without earplugs, the guy just laid his cellphone down on the bench blasting music (which sounds horrible from cellphone speakers), and the two guys start chugging away
 
When really really fat guys wear cut off sleeves but have a huge ass pot belly and walk around like they got arms really gets to me.
 
There's a guy at the place I go to that does the chest press machine. When he does, he lifts his ass completely out of the seat, as high as he can get it. Literally his hips are as high as his hands. Looks rediculous!!
 
Actually that reminds me. Something like that also happens with the chest exercises. When he is doing bench his back is so highly arched you could stick a basketball under there. It is funny as hell too b.c. it looks like he is trying to 'hump' something.
 
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