People I hate at the gym
04-14-2011, 04:16 PM
#682
04-14-2011, 06:31 PM
#684
These are ok are far as a belt in and of themselves...
It's the other kind I posted that bothers me.
Companies who produce the former style (and people who buy them) don't understand the mechanics of a belt.
And people who wear them for their entire workouts don't understand the detriment it can be to wearing it for the whole time.
Just annoying to me I guess.
It's the other kind I posted that bothers me.
Companies who produce the former style (and people who buy them) don't understand the mechanics of a belt.
And people who wear them for their entire workouts don't understand the detriment it can be to wearing it for the whole time.
Just annoying to me I guess.
04-15-2011, 06:05 PM
#685
I shoot people
I'm sooooo sick of seeing inexperienced trainers putting their noobie clients through advance stuff. If the client is waaaay overweight and has no experience in the gym, they couldn't get up off the floor without getting winded... why da hell would you put a 45lbs bar across their shoulders and make them do squats? ??!!! (And with crappy form on top of that) 
This is what happens when you let people become trainers over a weekend crash course
This is what happens when you let people become trainers over a weekend crash course
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04-17-2011, 10:11 AM
#687
Safety Car
I'm sooooo sick of seeing inexperienced trainers putting their noobie clients through advance stuff. If the client is waaaay overweight and has no experience in the gym, they couldn't get up off the floor without getting winded... why da hell would you put a 45lbs bar across their shoulders and make them do squats? ??!!! (And with crappy form on top of that)
This is what happens when you let people become trainers over a weekend crash course
This is what happens when you let people become trainers over a weekend crash course
04-18-2011, 08:22 AM
#688
I'm sure these have been mentioned but the #1 thing that drives me nuts is the guys who will put 5 plates on a bar and then with 3 spotters they will move the bar 1/2", rack it, then get up in a tough-guy pose and look around to see who was watching. If you can't do a full rep correctly, lower the weight.
04-19-2011, 07:48 PM
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this threads straight comedy...most of the stuff in here i feel if you're truly just focused on lifting really wouldn't phase u too much. dumbell searchings always a good way to rest in between sets right? haha. weightbelts...well i think thats a to each its own thing. water gallons? im a fan. but i carry mine through the day cause my aims to kill at least one a day...i feel for the most part if you're a regular at a particular gym you can easily get the stuff you need to get your workout in...but the one thing i seem to not be able to shake is the inevitable EVERYONE DECIDES TO START THE WEEK OFF AND CROWD THE GYM ON MONDAY!
04-20-2011, 10:23 AM
#691
I shoot people
04-21-2011, 11:48 AM
#693
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My friend, who is a power lifter at LSU, carries around a "spit jug" on days where he has weigh-ins.
i understand the point, but its pretty disgusting to carry around a 40oz bottle of saliva
i understand the point, but its pretty disgusting to carry around a 40oz bottle of saliva
04-21-2011, 11:54 AM
#694
I shoot people
04-21-2011, 12:29 PM
#696
I shoot people
04-21-2011, 12:33 PM
#697
04-21-2011, 03:05 PM
#698
That was uncalled for...
I know it was mentioned in the OP, but it deserves repeating. I HATE people that slam the plates down when they're done using a machine 
Really?!?! It's like 200 pounds of steel plates crashing on top of each other making enough noise to disrupt every person in the building...
Really?!?! It's like 200 pounds of steel plates crashing on top of each other making enough noise to disrupt every person in the building...
04-23-2011, 08:23 PM
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i may have the best one yet...its not in the weight room, but in the health club. i haven't read all the pages of this thread, but i think most refer to the weight room or cardio machines....
how about the indoor lap pool?? finish my warm up in my lane, dude walks up on the pool deck with what looks like a speedo that is just way too small. he's not fat, but he's not ripped by any means. he's got his towel in his hand and walks along the deck to the furthest lane. i happen to be at the wall between intervals, glanced up and what do i see??? two saggy no butt tanned ass cheeks staring back at me as he walks to the far lane.
this dude was in a freakin' MAN THONG!!!! at an indoor lap pool. OMG!!! 
really??!! who does that??? at least in this country??
unfortunately, i had my 2nd siting of him this week.
how about the indoor lap pool?? finish my warm up in my lane, dude walks up on the pool deck with what looks like a speedo that is just way too small. he's not fat, but he's not ripped by any means. he's got his towel in his hand and walks along the deck to the furthest lane. i happen to be at the wall between intervals, glanced up and what do i see??? two saggy no butt tanned ass cheeks staring back at me as he walks to the far lane.
this dude was in a freakin' MAN THONG!!!! at an indoor lap pool. OMG!!! really??!! who does that??? at least in this country??
unfortunately, i had my 2nd siting of him this week.
05-04-2011, 04:48 PM
#700
the only people i kinda roll my eyes at are the ones on the treadmills or gliders who'er reading a damn book or magazine and not even coming close to breaking a sweat. I mean, why even bother?
Other than that it's some of the regulars who annoy me just because I see them there way too much and I can tell they're tools or bitches.
Other than that it's some of the regulars who annoy me just because I see them there way too much and I can tell they're tools or bitches.
05-04-2011, 04:48 PM
#701
the only people i kinda roll my eyes at are the ones on the treadmills or gliders who'er reading a damn book or magazine and not even coming close to breaking a sweat. I mean, why even bother?
Other than that it's some of the regulars who annoy me just because I see them there way too much and I can tell they're tools or bitches.
Other than that it's some of the regulars who annoy me just because I see them there way too much and I can tell they're tools or bitches.
05-04-2011, 05:18 PM
#702
I shoot people
the only people i kinda roll my eyes at are the ones on the treadmills or gliders who'er reading a damn book or magazine and not even coming close to breaking a sweat. I mean, why even bother?
Other than that it's some of the regulars who annoy me just because I see them there way too much and I can tell they're tools or bitches.
Other than that it's some of the regulars who annoy me just because I see them there way too much and I can tell they're tools or bitches.
05-04-2011, 11:02 PM
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I'm sure I've said it before...but people who fucking REAK. I can not stand to have some schmuck come next to me who fucking stinks to high hell.
Last thing you want to do is want to puke because some asshole has poor hygiene.
I've cut workouts shorts to get away from those people.
Last thing you want to do is want to puke because some asshole has poor hygiene.
I've cut workouts shorts to get away from those people.
05-04-2011, 11:22 PM
#704
I shoot people
I'm sure I've said it before...but people who fucking REAK. I can not stand to have some schmuck come next to me who fucking stinks to high hell.
Last thing you want to do is want to puke because some asshole has poor hygiene.
I've cut workouts shorts to get away from those people.
Last thing you want to do is want to puke because some asshole has poor hygiene.
I've cut workouts shorts to get away from those people.
wanna hear what's EVEN worst than that? There's a guy at my gym, he has terrible BO... and maybe people have hinted him before, so he tries to hide it with a shit load of cologne... So, when the dude starts to sweat... the mixture of strong BO and a shit load of cologne amplifies
It literally clears the whole side of the room... people just start working out where ever he's NOT.
05-04-2011, 11:39 PM
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Someone needs to hand him a bar of soap
05-05-2011, 03:16 AM
#706
^^or what's worse is when their BO seems to rub off on the equipment. Of course the people who really NEED to clean off the weights and machines when they're done using them, never do it, too.
It happened long ago, but I still remember going apeshit when I got on a cross trainer and slipped on the handholds due to a slathering amount of hand sweat from the guy before me.
It happened long ago, but I still remember going apeshit when I got on a cross trainer and slipped on the handholds due to a slathering amount of hand sweat from the guy before me.
05-10-2011, 01:36 PM
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how about the dudes with sweatbands on their heads, arms, wrists, and everywhere else??? suuuper beat. lookin like a walking air jordan advertisement isnt that cool there guy. -_____-
05-10-2011, 02:15 PM
#709
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this threads straight comedy...most of the stuff in here i feel if you're truly just focused on lifting really wouldn't phase u too much. dumbell searchings always a good way to rest in between sets right? haha. weightbelts...well i think thats a to each its own thing. water gallons? im a fan. but i carry mine through the day cause my aims to kill at least one a day...i feel for the most part if you're a regular at a particular gym you can easily get the stuff you need to get your workout in...but the one thing i seem to not be able to shake is the inevitable EVERYONE DECIDES TO START THE WEEK OFF AND CROWD THE GYM ON MONDAY!
LOL!!!!! I got a 4 day pass to Synergy gym and it was packed last night! oh yeah majority of those chest dudes were standing around posing!
Had a couple jersey shores homoes last night at the gym with their headbands looking around after every workout...*sigh*...
05-20-2011, 09:17 AM
#710
Safety Car
I am quite sure this had already been mentioned, but I go to the gym this morning to do chest and biceps; when I get there some guy its on the only decline in the gym, no biggie, he will be done after my incline.
So I start with the Regular chest press and do 3 sets, when I'm done, this guy is still on the decline, no worries.
Then I go to incline; 3 sets, is the guy done? Yep....no wait he's going back and forth between two exercises,
I skip the decline for now because I don't have time to wait all day.
I go to the first butterfly machine, do 2 sets, the guy is still on the decline,
I go to the second butterfly machine, do 2 sets, you guessed it the guy is still using the decline.
I go to dumbbell curls do a couple of sets, and I notice right beside me is a curl bar on the floor that no one is using..I start on my third set of curls, and the guy that was hogging up the decline machine comes sits down and starts using the curl bar that was just left on the floor. When I finish my third set of curls, I look back at the decline, this guy is BACK on it except this time he's having an obviously important conversation with another guy, while the bench is just there not being used.
I start on my curl bar, and still notice the curl bar from earlier just left on the floor, the guy comes back to use that bar then goes back to the decline for the rest of the time I was there.
Obviously I never got to use the decline or I would have been late for work.
I was at the gym for over 40 minutes, and this guy held two regularly used machines hostage the entire time. I could see if the gym was empty, but while it wasn't crowded, there were certainly a good number of people in there, including a few who were doing chest, but this inconsiderate a-hole felt like he was the only person in the gym.
Usually I ask to work in, but this guy went back and forth to a completely different area and I wasn't going to waste my time waiting for him or wait for him to finish his conversation with his friend.
To top it all off he then had the nerve to look at another guy funny when that guy took a quick cell phone call..
Asshole....
So I start with the Regular chest press and do 3 sets, when I'm done, this guy is still on the decline, no worries.
Then I go to incline; 3 sets, is the guy done? Yep....no wait he's going back and forth between two exercises,
I skip the decline for now because I don't have time to wait all day.
I go to the first butterfly machine, do 2 sets, the guy is still on the decline,
I go to the second butterfly machine, do 2 sets, you guessed it the guy is still using the decline.
I go to dumbbell curls do a couple of sets, and I notice right beside me is a curl bar on the floor that no one is using..I start on my third set of curls, and the guy that was hogging up the decline machine comes sits down and starts using the curl bar that was just left on the floor. When I finish my third set of curls, I look back at the decline, this guy is BACK on it except this time he's having an obviously important conversation with another guy, while the bench is just there not being used.
I start on my curl bar, and still notice the curl bar from earlier just left on the floor, the guy comes back to use that bar then goes back to the decline for the rest of the time I was there.
Obviously I never got to use the decline or I would have been late for work.
I was at the gym for over 40 minutes, and this guy held two regularly used machines hostage the entire time. I could see if the gym was empty, but while it wasn't crowded, there were certainly a good number of people in there, including a few who were doing chest, but this inconsiderate a-hole felt like he was the only person in the gym.
Usually I ask to work in, but this guy went back and forth to a completely different area and I wasn't going to waste my time waiting for him or wait for him to finish his conversation with his friend.
To top it all off he then had the nerve to look at another guy funny when that guy took a quick cell phone call..
Asshole....
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05-20-2011, 06:50 PM
#712
I shoot people
I usually just ask blatantly... "Hey man, how many more sets do you have? Is there any way I can work in?"
THAT said... I have to admit... there's been times where I got annoyed and asked with a rude-like demeanor... and the other person was totally nice about it, and said something like "Oh sorry, I didn't know you were waiting"... and I felt kinda bad. Sometimes you just gotta speak up.
As for hogging the machine? Meh'... people have different routines, For example... there's a machine I absolutely LOVE! It's by the company call "Freemotion". See picture below... (cont. below)
It's totally versatile, and can be used to work on just about any parts of the body with different attachments/angles. On arms day, if the gyms crowded, and I get my hands on this machine, I'll just freakin' do the entire arms workout with it (with different attachments, angles etc etc). And yeah, I'm hogging it, but if anyone ask... I'd let them work in. At the same time, if you're going to give me the evil eye from across the gym floor and not say anything, I'll fucking sit on it for an hour if I want.
Sometimes, if I'm in a good mood... I'll gesture something... like "Are you waiting for this?" If they nod, then I offer if they want to work in. But giving me the evil eye will not get me to do that.
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THAT said... I have to admit... there's been times where I got annoyed and asked with a rude-like demeanor... and the other person was totally nice about it, and said something like "Oh sorry, I didn't know you were waiting"... and I felt kinda bad. Sometimes you just gotta speak up.
As for hogging the machine? Meh'... people have different routines, For example... there's a machine I absolutely LOVE! It's by the company call "Freemotion". See picture below... (cont. below)
It's totally versatile, and can be used to work on just about any parts of the body with different attachments/angles. On arms day, if the gyms crowded, and I get my hands on this machine, I'll just freakin' do the entire arms workout with it (with different attachments, angles etc etc). And yeah, I'm hogging it, but if anyone ask... I'd let them work in. At the same time, if you're going to give me the evil eye from across the gym floor and not say anything, I'll fucking sit on it for an hour if I want.
Sometimes, if I'm in a good mood... I'll gesture something... like "Are you waiting for this?" If they nod, then I offer if they want to work in. But giving me the evil eye will not get me to do that. .
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05-20-2011, 07:07 PM
#714
I shoot people
they are very popular with the trainers too, because they can put a client through an entire workout with it, especially if the gym's crowded.
05-23-2011, 10:18 AM
#715
Safety Car
I bet when I go to the gym tomorrow that guy will still be on the decline bench. 
Here is another type of person I get annoyed at sometimes at the gym. The person that always assumes that everyone who works out wants to be Mr. Universe. There was a guy I used to work with a while back, and sometimes I see him at the gym.
He usually asks me to work in with him, but we have completely different workouts. He is about my height but he is huge. He's not fat at all, instead he's solid, all muscle and then some. Clearly well over 215 lbs. He probably has about the same height weight ratio as Maurice Jones Drew, only taller/heavier. He obviously works out for mass, which I don't; I'm going for the lean yet muscular look.
I'm pretty happy with my size, 71 inches, 183 lbs. just would like to continue to build muscle and burn fat but not looking to go to much over where I am now. In fact if I could gain muscle AND lose a few pounds that would be an added bonus.
Anyway I didn't really have a workout planned for that day other then a few shoulder exercises but since he was doing shoulders too, I reluctantly decide to work out with him, doing his Mr. universe exercises. Later on he comments to one of his work out buddies, a lady who incidently looks like Ms. Universe about how I'm trying to get big like him, and she makes a comment saying that I need to eat more..
I realize that different people have different goals and I have no problem with people who want to be big, but why do a lot of people assume that everyone in the gym wants to look like them?
Here is another type of person I get annoyed at sometimes at the gym. The person that always assumes that everyone who works out wants to be Mr. Universe. There was a guy I used to work with a while back, and sometimes I see him at the gym.
He usually asks me to work in with him, but we have completely different workouts. He is about my height but he is huge. He's not fat at all, instead he's solid, all muscle and then some. Clearly well over 215 lbs. He probably has about the same height weight ratio as Maurice Jones Drew, only taller/heavier. He obviously works out for mass, which I don't; I'm going for the lean yet muscular look.
I'm pretty happy with my size, 71 inches, 183 lbs. just would like to continue to build muscle and burn fat but not looking to go to much over where I am now. In fact if I could gain muscle AND lose a few pounds that would be an added bonus.
Anyway I didn't really have a workout planned for that day other then a few shoulder exercises but since he was doing shoulders too, I reluctantly decide to work out with him, doing his Mr. universe exercises. Later on he comments to one of his work out buddies, a lady who incidently looks like Ms. Universe about how I'm trying to get big like him, and she makes a comment saying that I need to eat more..
I realize that different people have different goals and I have no problem with people who want to be big, but why do a lot of people assume that everyone in the gym wants to look like them?
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05-24-2011, 10:47 AM
#717
When people are using things I want to use.
Yesterday just happened to be one of those fluke days that everyone seemed to be on or using what I was hoping to use at any given time. I usually have something that I can either replace it with, or just do something else and come back...it was a little frustrating though.
Yesterday just happened to be one of those fluke days that everyone seemed to be on or using what I was hoping to use at any given time. I usually have something that I can either replace it with, or just do something else and come back...it was a little frustrating though.
05-24-2011, 06:06 PM
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I shoot people
me: "Oh, I just started..."
him with an attitude :"I didn't ask you when did you start... I said 'how many more sets?'..."
me with an attitude: "Oh, well if you put it THAT way... then I have 20 sets left..."
him: "20?! You're gonna do 20 sets??"
me: "I am NOW"
yeah, he walked away pissed and gave me the evil eye the whole time
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