posted Wed, 02/15/2012 - 22:20
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Gym Peeves/Bad Etiquette
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So working at a gym I see all kinds of crazy things, and all sorts of interesting individuals.
I decided to make this thread to see what peeved you guys the most at the gym, I have a few querks of my own.
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Not putting weights back to its respective racks!!!!!! This really pisses me off a lot. Whenever I step into the free weight section, I see dumbells lyinig around on the floor and the racks are empty.
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The cross fit kids that decided they need to take up half the gym, the squat rack, the pull up bar, and a power lifting station so they can do there bodyweight exercises.
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I would have to say people who are moving at a snail's pace on the eliptical equipment while they are watching their tv programs and people who pass gas, fart, etc and expect me to not give them a dirty look or move away....
Personally I think they should have nothing but FULL WHEELS all those quarters dimes and nickels!! WTF!! Makes nothing but more of a mess! AND 2.5 WHAT THE F IS THAT ABOUT USE THOSE FOR COASTERS!!!
Anon2.5's are for turning 495 into 500 lol not much else.
Yesterday was apparently a really bad gym day. I went to one of the Bally's that changed to LA Fitness, and let me tell you its not the LA clientelle. One guy had put six curl bars on the floor in a row, (some of which I needed)and was moving very slowly from one set to another using the lot of them.
Then a kid who couldn't have been more than 9 yrs old was walking from machine to machine, and seemed to always be in my way.
The locker room got worse. I saw a guy with his camera phone out kinda looking at me while I was changing, and then I heard a picture snick sound. I almost lost it.
AnonWOW. You have to ability to tolerate much more than I, if a guy took a picture of me in the locker room I would've ripped the phone out of his hands snapped it in half then launched it at his face and probably followed it up with a death threat, his reaction to that would determine whether or not he ended up bleeding from his nose, ears, and mouth simultaneously. I'm the complete antithesis of the "tough guy" that goes around starting shit just because he has muscles or someone that likes to fight, but that is just INSANE and no one should have to tolerate that.... ever
I'm a really laid back person, and not prone to rages, but I didn't want to get arrested or lose my gym membership over it. I try to keep it more in check when I'm on cycle. I agree though. I should have beat him over his head with the phone. Now that we all carry cameraphones, there should be a no phones out policy in locker rooms and showers. Too many weirdos as it is.
you shouldve asked him what he was doing later that night following with a wink.
LOL. My wife doesn't let me date guys from the gym. I'd be afraid he'd try to follow me out.
I think besides teenieboppers taking up space and working out in packs of 20, my biggest pet peeve it the regular that douse themselves in cologne that smells like panther piss- makes me want to gag. I even asked him to cut it back( politely) and he said he would- I think the dude just changed from one brand of piss to another- straight up BO would be more pleasent. Another issue I have is folks who ask to work in when they have to all but completely unload the bar every time ex: Im doing bench with 10 sets of 6 with 315 and joe pencile joins in and wants 10s on the bar, the way to fix this it to make them strip and re-load the bar. Mainly, since I know I'm geared and wound a little tight I try to be polite and ignore the petty shit. I don't have time for attitude or ego when I'm working out. Walk softly...
something that hit me today... i normally work out really really freaking early so noone is in the gym. maybe 1 other dude or a stripper or something but usually my gym is a ghost town... i went to the gym and met a friend there @ 10 am and it was kinda busy... i was doing flat bar curls and some guy came kinda close to me so i waited a second between reps for him to pass. no big deal.. my buddy yelled at him like he knocked me over or something. WAAY over reaction.. the guy that came close to me isn't in all that great of shape and i think my buddy took advantage of that and really laid into him... thats what pisses me off.. dude, made a small mistake and came a little close to me, no big deal. but to get verbally asaulted like that? no man, bad form... i told my buddy so too.. i think we get a little full of ourselves and get TOO aggressive. we all start somewhere and it doesn't help anybody to overreact to shit and cause a scene. i was embarrassed because i was with my buddy. anyway.. maybe you guys see it a little differently.
I see what your Mate was trying to do, he's trying to protect you from those around you. Which is commendable. But not always the best approach doing it full on.
A couple of times when my Mrs has worked out with me, she'll be standing about 6-7ft away from the mirrors and dumb-bell racks, like we all do, and she'll be doing her dumb-bell curls or from deltoid raises etc.
Then a young kid, who's been overheard by the Ladies who frequent our gym, mouthing off to his friends, "Women shouldn't be working out in a bodybuilding gym. They should go to Planet Fitness or somewhere".
(This kid is about 22-23. Weighs about 160lbs, (when holding 2x20lb dumbbells), and struts amongst his friends because he's the one that tells them how and what to train.)
Well this kid, who didn't realise whose Mrs she was, decides that he wants to train his front delts, walks in front of my Mrs, who is in mid-set, picks up his 15lb dumb-bells and starts training. My beloved looks at me, in total disbelief, looks at the kid, looks at me and see's me already approaching.
I did the same.
I picked up a set of 40lb dumbbells, stood DIRECTLY in front of the kid, and began a set of dumb-bell curls, backing up half a step on each rep.
As I was about to knock him over, he side stepped out of the way, said, "I'm training here", and I turned, dropped the weights and returned his comment, "LITTLE boys shouldn't be working out in a bodybuilding gym. They should go to Planet Fitness or back to kindergarden. MY Mrs is training here, get in here way again like that again I'll let her loose on you".
He turned, apologised to my Mrs for not, "Realising", he'd got in her way, tried, DESPERATELY, to apologise to me, picked up his belt and gloves and left with his tail between his legs, with his posy following just as quickly behind.
So there are times when a gentler approach does work. But if your Mate is on a cycle, it could have just been a release that he was looking for.
But he was just looking out for you and your safety too, which is a good thing, and Kudo's to him for doing it. But if the guy apologised straight away because he genuingly didn't realise what he'd done, acceptance of ignorance has to be remembered too.
I wish some little punk would say that when I'm around. I have moments where I would like to use someone as a punching bag. A person like that would be perfect.
Actually most of the guys at my gym are cool. There will always be that one annoying fucker.
But why does that one annoying sh*t ALWAYS have to be the guy who's so scrawny he looks like a pen refill when he wears all blue? LOL
Obviously that guy proved to be a punk, but muscles don't mean you can fight either. The bigger guys at my gym that have the attitude "I'm big get out of my way" I would love to knock out. I'm a big dude, but don't carry an attitude. Quiet confidence. It goes both ways at the gym with punks who don't know how to lift with an attitude and us juiceheads who think they own the gym
Muscles don't mean you can fight, I TOTALLY agree.
BUT...along with my size, my 1st Kyu Brown in Judo and my 2nd Dan in Goshin Ju-Jitsu does help me when you get the not so well informed who thinks, "The Bigger They Are, The Harder They Fall",
In MANY cases that IS true, but it's also, "One Hit And Tumble Is All It Takes", when it comes to the bigger mountains.
Or they think they can disrespect you and yours because you can't catch 'em when they run off.
"DUDE!!! That's why I drive a Nissan 360Z, so I can catch your bich ase" LOL.
Anonbecause that is the ONLY reason he doesn't get beat silly as he looks so pathetic and wimpy it wouldn't be any type of contest at all and result in extreme dissatisfaction and possibly more anger ;-)
LOLOL You're SOOOO right LOLOL
(Have you been talking to MY Baby Darling? You seem to know me so well LOL)
Anonno.. ;-) It is how I feel about it. ;0
DAMN!!!!
I can rabbit on at times.
Apologies for that.
(I'm stuck at home, bored out of my mind, with nothing else to do). LOL.
Anonno worries it was a good read..;-)
Thank you, Lady hrdbdyGRRRL
I think sometimes people are unaware of the fact that they might be in someones way. I've seen it a few times, asking them nicely to move always works.
Overreaction is never good and could lead to conflict. Rarely is anything achieved through conflict.
Your buddy should listen to you.
Anontrue. There's a lot of people that don't know what they're doing at my gym ( mostly kids ) but I usually with a degree of seriousness but still respect, just let them know about it and they comply and usually apologize. It annoys the living hell out of me but I give them the benefits of the doubt since they're noobs. Now if some little twerp were to act differently to my polite request... I couldn't guarantee his safety. Although since ( and this is pathetic since I'm barely 190 lbs. I know... ) I am one of the most muscular people in my gym, I don't foresee that as an issue. I hate my gym... I miss Gold's it was so nice, other juice heads respect your workouts :'(
"Barely 190 lbs"??? There's MANY lifters out there who would kill to be anywhere close to you. So you go and show your bulk off with pride, Mate.
Guaranteeing someones safety I fully understand. If me or mine is shown respect, I'll give it back to you 100% and with a smile too. But when my smile is met with contempt by these kids, or my politeness is thought of as a weakness, THAT is what riles me the most and ANYONE will get a bad reaction.
And BEFORE anyone says, "It's a roid-rage issue".
Is It Boll**ks!!!
It's a common courtesy requirement that I expect and I WILL give, EVERYTIME.
Using the Smith bar to bench the bar for 20 sets of 20. Afraid to get 45 pounds stuck on your chest? Really?
When the idiots in the gym start throwing medicine balls into the mats while they prance about, and the sound echoes through the gym like gunshots...I wanna snap at every one of those occasions.
Why the hell would you go to the gym to throw a ball at the floor for thirty minutes?
You MUST know, or have seen, at least one of these.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_-91_iXATY8#!
bwahahaha!!!
LOL. You know you've met at LEAST one of them, Mate. LOL.
i AM the face....
LOLOL
This isnt really a pet peeve but im sure other people at my gym find it annoying. My gym has a couple girls in the 17-24 range id say that come in a pack of 6-7 at the same time every night. They sit on the equipment and text and gossip. I rarely see them work out its more of a social thing for them i guess. But at the same time they wear little booty shorts and sports bras so i cant get mad at them. Just something nice to stare at between sets ;)
Nothing worse than the 'Gym Skank'.
But as you say, it's something better to look at than the usual hairy dude next to you LOL.
i cant stand the young kids in their teens who want to get big fast so they jump on the band waggon of roid use, and walk around with sleeveless shirts showing off there pimply shoulders and back WHEN THEY DONT HAVE ANY MUSCLE BELLIES OR DEFINITION. theres a couple of these teenabusers at my gym, i actually caught myself snarling at one by accident the other day bc i was so wrapped up in my thoughts on how his appearance is annoying the hell out of me.
It's sad when us seasoned lifters snarl at these youngsters but I also find myself growling and being less approachable when I'm lifting/resting between sets to them more than I am to older lifters. It's not a 'Young .V. Old' scene, it just rubs me the wrong way when they strut around with pins for arms and legs trying to look as big as they can by holoding their breath. (Some look like if they wore all blue they'd look like a f-ing pen refil).
when this greasy dude got off the treadmill(and he ran for prob 20 min?) Went to the incline sit-up I use and laid on it dripping for what seemed like 5min then did like 10 sit-ups got up and didnt wipe his slime off.
OOOO!!!! He'd have tasted that bench if I was you, Mate.
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Or when Your in the sauna and some disgusting old guy wearing a speedo walks in hairy as fuck BLASTING billy idol and CHER extremely loud and starts stretching and dancing in the middle of the fucking room creeping everybody out lol
stretching like a 10 year old girl cheerleading with his leg up all the way against the wall above his head.
This dude was dancing to gay shit for 20 mins I was cracking up at first but It really started to piss me off and annoy me
That must be one of those gym/bathhouses?
And your membership stops you pushing him into the stones too, I bet LOL
"his leg up all the way against the wall above his head"........NOOOOOO!!!!!!!
I hate it when people take ONE weight of each dumbbell to do stupid shit.
Dumbbells are made in pairs!!!! use them!!!!
If not then grab one weight at time. Not 7 dumbells, each 5 or 10 pounds heavier than the next...
I'd have to disagree... partially. There's many times when I only need one dumbbell. If I took both, because they're a "pair", then that dumbbell is just sitting by me when someone who is also only needing one, will have to wait.
For example, if I'm doing dips w/ weight, I prefer to use a single dumbbell instead of grabbing a bunch of plates.
Dumbbell hoarding, however, is a completely different story.
D*ckwads using their mobile phones to txt in between sets when you're waiting for the machines.
"IF YOU'RE TRAINING, TRAIN. IF YOU'RE TXTING, GET THE F*CK OUT OUT MY WAY".
ARRGGGHHHH!!!! That psses me off, SOOOOO, fking much.
AnonMaybe they're doing what I do... using their iPhones as stopwatches to time rest between sets
Stopwatches, fine.
But there's a difference in using a stopwatch to keep check on rest periods and taping on their phones like Woody-Bloody-Woodpecker on speed.
What about sexting during a 3-5min rest between squat sets?
I also have an app on my iPhone that works as my logbook along with stopwatch etc.
I hate the kids who come to the gym with there hair gel in wearing shiny afliction shirts or tap out gear.. those are the guys who usually have the worst form ever. I love my ripped shirts and dirty old gym cloths.. and my 2nd generation original golds gym tank that my dad gave me.. RIP
Those are the kids who usually get their ass whopped with the quickness lol. They all think their ufc/mma fighters beating up punching bags,but the punching bags don't hit back.......