+ 2 GYM ETIQUETTE!
I have to get this out now before I kill someone... or three at my gym! I've got steam piping out of my ears right now. I just got home from the gym. So here are a few of my rules. If you do this at my gym, and I kill you, don't say I didn't warn you. And in case you're wondering, I've already told a psychiatrist all this, so I'm covered.
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If I, or anyone is in the middle of a set, DO NOT walk up to me and tell me how ripped I am and try to start a conversation. I DO NOT CARE IF YOU ARE THE F^%&G OWNER! You should know better! In the middle of a F&^%#G set! Unbelievable. I hope you have a valid will, and your heir is not related to you.
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Do not grab a set of dumb bells from the rack and not move back away from the rack. I see this from very experienced lifters and it blows my mind. While you've grabbed those dumb bells and are doing your set, you could be BLOCKING someone else from grabbing a set from either side of you or from the bottom or top rack near where you're standing. So you may actually be disrupting more than one person's workout. Grab your DBs, and move away from the rack to do your set!
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Put the DBs back on the rack. They don't have to be in the exact numbered spot, just on the rack as close as possible to where they belong.
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Don't stand between the mirror and someone doing a set, or you'll probably get yelled at... if your lucky.
I'm sure I'll think of more after the steam clears from my brain.
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The group of noobs that come in the gym and hover around a station for 20 minutes. To top it off they don't know what they hell they are doing.
I prefer to blame it on the day. Easier than saying I'm just normally an asshole. LOL
edit: I do give Greg props for keeping his cool. Upstanding guy for sure.
I also hate when people can't re rack weights like they'll put 10lb plates on the outside of a bench rack and 45s on the inside
Wait a minute. You mean putting the smaller plates on the inside, correct?
Man, I hate that! Good one.
The naked asian guy who blow dries his pubes in front of the mirror. I mean, wtf? People who don't unload their weight or clean the bench off after. Sitting talking on a cell phone on a machine in street cloths treating the place like a singles bar. What do I expect from an LA fitness anyway......
"What do you expect from an LA Fitness anyways"? At the LA Fitness I go to they NEVER EVER EVER rerack the weights. The weights are all over the f'n place. Also, they don't have any bar bell locks to keep the plates from sliding off when I'm curling. I told the manager about this and the idiot told me "maybe your lifting too much." What an ass. He obviously doesn't know the EZ bar has a slight bend to it so when your curling the plates tend to slide off. So now I bring my own. LA Fitness blows.
If I want around reracking all of my weights, that would be like... exercise. And I don't go to LA fitness to exercise... I've got people to do that. ...Sheesh...
...end rant; but remember, you started it!
You must be trolling OR I don't understand you. If you're saying that having one 25 pound dumbell on one corner of the gym and the other at the other corner, and the 50's half way across the gym, etc etc is a good thing then honest brother I don't want to see how your room looks. I go to a gym to not have to get a pair of 50 pounders because I can't find the f$cking 55 pound dumbells anywhere. The gym is a mess (I'm strictly speaking about MY gym so don't get your panties in a bunch).
edit: Plus I could see this argument working if the gym was free but I pay every month to not have to clean their toilets, re rack their weights, and put up the plates off the ground so I don't break my f&cking neck.
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edit 2: After re reading and re reading your reply I think you think that I'm saying that I leave my stuff laying all over the place. I re rack ALL my weights even after I find them laying all over the place. If I use it I re rack it. Its the OTHER people. If thats what you thought then I apologize brother.
Calm down buckaroo...
It's called sarcasm and written in the first person -implying I'm the one who leaves my weights laying around because it's too much exercise to pick them up... which would be irony because one goes to the gym to exercise.
Didn't mean to upset you, Just playing into your peeve because it's one of mine as well. ;-)
Greg, sorry that I'm a douche today. Long ass day at work. Again, apologies.
I know. But what I do like are the hammer strength machines and the angled smith machines. Chalk would be nice too. Oh well.
Must be a LA Fitness thing...not reracking. Drives me fucking nuts.
Or how about those guys that stand in front of the weight racks pretending to be doing some sort of shadow boxing and kicking and striking AND looking around to see who's watching them. They try to show their ninja prowess as they struggle not to fall on their asses doing their round house and back kicks. Get AWAY FROM THE F*CKING RACKS.
Just had that happen last night I wrote it up on the other gym post!! I wanted to crack that guy in the worse kind of way!
With you bro was in the middle of a set and a guy walks up and was saying damn bro ur yolked mind helping me out , didn't rip his shit until he said it again. Slammed the bar down and said back the f$&k up. Dude walked off like I killed his mom, didn't feel bad at all. Then the motherf$&ker stands in front of me while I'm curling finally had enough told dude to get the fuck out of my way before shit gets bad. Next thing I know owner is coming up to me, thought it was that guy again didn't look and said I'm gonna f&@K you up if you don't back the f$&ck off me. No longer allowed at that gym
Oops! LMFAO! Did the owner come to you because the pussy complained about you?
Yeah ... But like I told the owner I am here to workout not to stand around and talk. He almost shit himself when I said that,he had this deer in the headlights look, He didn't say anything at the time and did a speed walk away from me and sat in his office. Then got a phone call later that night telling me that I wasn't welcomed back. It's cool though they had some fugly ass women there which was killing my flow lol.
I recently changed gyms and i really like the new place...but, NOBODY puts anything back after using it. Dumbells, plates, curl bars, cable accessories. WTF? The have a 'floor' staff member who pretty much has to walk around and pick up after these people.
This is pretty much why I built a gym in my basement. The main thing that pisses me off is most gyms only have 2-3 flat benches. Seems like every time I went on chest day, there'd be 4-5 assholes on the benches talking....taking 20 mins between reps.
When I go, I take little time between reps/sets. I cannot stand having to wait and it's typically due to assholes there to socialize and not lift.
I hate 1.Talkers 2.Question askers 3. Stalkers 4.Gawkers 5.Texters 6.Facebookers 7.Slow asses (5mins between a set) 8.Ties up four stations 9.Quarter reps, wtf! 10.Using the squat rack to do curls. My list keeps going...... But I'm getting pissed just thinking about some idiots :-)
I hate watching the quarter reppers at our gym. They load up the leg press with 45's all the way out and think they are doing something. Try 6 45's each side and do a full range of motion going to failure I say.
BigBmajI always find it funny that women hate gawkers, yet at the same time they wear clothes that make not looking impossible. Don't get me wrong I absolutely LOVE this new yoga pants trend, but I do have to take a look once in awhile. I think it was you I saw doing deadlifts in a picture you posted - be happy people are looking. Its a sign that you look good. If people aren't staring at me I feel like I have lots of work to do.
1/4 rep people are a problem only when they say "I just squatted 600". I used to hate this as well but occasionally I use it as a tool for getting used to a certain weight. Sometimes its even less than a 1/4 for a static contraction set.
Going to have to consider not doing arms in the squat rack. Sometimes I'll just monopolize a whole squat rack for my workout - pull-ups, deadlifts, rows, and biceps. Maybe that's why there is a line of people standing there looking pissed.
SOOO you have the bullshit mentality of if she's dressed sexy she should be gawlked at the entire time she's working out? Nice, that's a douche comment. As far as the other comments... Yep, you are the dude I can't stand in the gym, enjoy your work out.
The real smart ones will gawk at you without you knowing it ;)
You have to master the art of mirror watching. Bounce your eyes off of several mirrors. But if you can see their eyes then they can see yours.:-)
That's why I wear a hat and have the bill folded nicely.lol. I think that's the last place a woman wants to be gawked at or hit on, they are tired and sweaty. But then again every time I'm working the cables this girl always does her stretches right in front of me when I'm trying to keep an eye on my form and can't help but look.
Plus nobody comes up talks to you cause I'm with you and they know I'll fuck them up.;-)
Defo agree with the gym etiquette, need a bit of changing room etiquette at my gym, WTF I feel like some have joined just to see naked men get changed.
No homo.
Marcel1229No Curling at the Squat rack!....that should be one of them
True. If I need the squat rack and someone is in there doing bicep curls, I politely ask them to move. And they do.
Marcel1229lol don't you think it's annoying when people do the same muscle group everyday, for example like all they do is bench
Man, I've seen some absolutely baffling shit, and try to stay in my own little mental world at the gym, but sometimes the wackiness of certain people breaks my 'trance' and ultimately that is what really pisses me off - when the stupid shit breaks my focus.
This will calm your nerves......
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2eOZGC-8yXg
Haha lmao
lmao funny as hell
My fav commercial!
Marcel1229dude Planet Fitness looks like a great place to troll lol
Lol tell me bout it! Shit is sooo funny!
Hilarious! Bam! Bam! Pow! LMFAO!
Do I need to put my email address...bang bang boom! Lmao.
number 5 no need to grab more then two sets of dumbbells unless ur greg plitt
Number 4 really irritates me
Damn man, that's a little harsh. I get pissed when people even act like they want to come up to me and ask me how I'm pumping so hard. Just the body language alone. Or slamming weights when they definitely don't need to. Though I wouldn't want to kill one of them. I just give an indirect look that shows that I don't want to be bothered. I don't know bro, fuck em.
You took me too literally. I was being somewhat comical despite my anger. No need to put my personal freedom at risk over some ignoramus by actually killing them. No killing... at the gym. It can wait. JK.
And I was going to say throwing the DBs. Even if they're 200 lbs. each, there's no need to actually 'throw' them. Dropping them is okay, but I've seen guys where it's almost like they're trying to see how far they can heave them. Sometimes it's ridiculous, and really dangerous because they bounce like a football - you never know in which direction they'll fly.
And I too give that 'look' of disgust and shake my head like 'man it's pretty f'ed up how you throw the dumbbells'.
I HATE people that throw dumbbells. It's definitely my worst pet peeve. I lost it on one guy and told him the next time he threw the dumbbells I was going to throw his ass through the window. He stopped and I've never seen him do it again.
http://www.eroids.com/forum/general/general-talk/what-pisses-you-off-at-...
Some good shit
Good shit indeed! Thanks bro! I've just started reading that thread and I'm already cracking up. It's actually so pathetic sometimes that it's laughable.