Gym Etiquette

[antipcman]

Throw in there the people who camp on their bench. They set up shop and use the bench as a spot to hold their towel and water bottle but never actually use the thing. Or that asshole posing in front of the mirror taking up space that could be used for actual exercising.

My gym is overloaded with celebrity look-a likes. One guy is the spitting image of Dan Bilzerian. I would have asked him for an autograph but I knew it wasn't him because he wasn't flanked by countless dime pieces in underwear and he didn't seem to have any 5-figure assault weapons anywhere near him. Another guy looks like the Starting pitcher for the Mets, Noah Synergaard. And finally, a guy last week looked like Bernie Sanders but he was wearing a Trump Shirt. Kind of had me messed up for a second. I wanted to ask him why the switch all of the sudden.

 

[Reddog82e]

Throw in there the people who camp on their bench.

I just joined a new gym there is a guy who does exactly that. And he doesn't ever seem to workout but is always sitting on one of the racks. And always comments on how people are doing things or how they use a machine. I swear I only see him flex or miming his music with the gestures while wasting a great piece of equipment.

 

[Happycamper]

There might be a thread about this on here, but anyways, this is what I hate when I go to the gym. In no particular order. Feel free to add.

1. Taking three or more pairs of dumb bells for your sets. Take a pair at a time, no one has time for that shit.
2. Don't stand directly in front of the dumb bell rack, Ill drop a weight on your foot.
3. Wipe your sweat off where you were sitting.
4. Feel free to lift heavy, but throwing your weights means you have no control.
5. Don't scream with each rep, you sound like a retard.
6. When you bring your gym bag on the floor its obvious you have a strong attachment to your gear and are affraid its going to get jacked from the locker.
7. Curling in the squat rack. Wtf
8. Taking the bench press bar to do dead lifts. There's another place for that.
9. Guys who shadow box in front of the mirror. You look like an idiot.
10. I hate seeing guys wear vibrams, spandex pants and an altitude trainer all at one time.
11. Re-rack your weights where they belong. Don't leave them on the other side of the damn gym.
11. People who want to "work in" with me. Just wait dude.
12. Take selfies in front of the mirror or anywhere else. You look gay.
13. This doesn't really bug me but if you're a girl and your cycling var its sooo obvious.
14. Pick up your empty vpx and water bottles when your done.
15. Trainers that try and kick you off the machine you're on. Im going to tell you know and make you look dumb in front of your client.

I love all of these, I feel the same way. Just curious about the girls on var - what makes it so obvious we are cycling??

 

[antipcman]

I love all of these, I feel the same way. Just curious about the girls on var - what makes it so obvious we are cycling??

You can spot a var girl a mile away. Epic hardness and vascularity but preserved femininity.

 

[Agrex110]

Theres this kid at my gym thats fairly small. his max is 1 plate on the bench for a few reps. i shit you now, he does a "set" and rests for 5min, then does another set. he does this for about 5 times.

And i curl in the squat rack i dont give a fuck. i use 10lb plates and pyramid up to 5 on each side, then pyramid down

 

[bigpoppachump]

I get to the gym I recently began using around 1 to 2am in the morning which just so happens to be the time of night that a few strippers from the local titty bar show up to work the glutes, do a little running and some tanning. Life is good since it's usually only me and a handful of strippers in there at that time

 

[antipcman]

Payback to squat rack curlers

 

[Sector51]

I just joined a new gym there is a guy who does exactly that. And he doesn't ever seem to workout but is always sitting on one of the racks. And always comments on how people are doing things or how they use a machine. I swear I only see him flex or miming his music with the gestures while wasting a great piece of equipment.

I give him the mean death stare, then he will move

 

[antipcman]

I just joined a new gym there is a guy who does exactly that. And he doesn't ever seem to workout but is always sitting on one of the racks. And always comments on how people are doing things or how they use a machine. I swear I only see him flex or miming his music with the gestures while wasting a great piece of equipment.

I saw a guy the other day jumping around like a raging lunatic ready to fight Mayweather... only he was "getting hype" to press 105 Dumbbells for 2 reps. Kind of annoying.

Today there was a girl who was talking nonstop on her phone through her earbuds and was doing every exercise completely wrong, probably to get somebody's attention. I felt bad that she was fixin to blow her back out with her horrendous form but the phone chatter suppressed my intrinsic motivation.

 

[Jruiz]

I lift fucking hard ... I grunt fucking harder... I splurge my sweat all over the fucking place...i give two fucks what you think... Better be lifting or gtfo my way...kill everything... And lastly but not least, definitely slap at least 2 chicken leg unproportioned motherfuckers on my way out that bitch!! !!lol, but seriously there is massive stupidity in every gym i go to.

 

[Leancuisine]

There's this guy that just joined my gym. MY gym motherfucker.
Nike from head to toe, chin strap. Faded haircut. First time I saw him he was wearing sunglasses on the damn stairmill. Next time I see him he's sitting on a bench eating a fucking cookie... then he goes to the stairmill. Last time, hopefully for a while, I saw him, I shit you not, he was wearing a tank top, and a hood. Literally just a hood, it wasn't even attached to his shirt. Wtf.

 

[Leancuisine]

Theres this kid at my gym thats fairly small. his max is 1 plate on the bench for a few reps. i shit you now, he does a "set" and rests for 5min, then does another set. he does this for about 5 times.

I remember when I started lifting hitting 95lbs on bench was a challenge. Everyone starts somewhere.
He's actively trying to better himself. Not everyone is rocking 19" guns more striated than a fish fillet.

 

[gator22]

Its about milf 30 so Im about to go pervert stare right now, shit get me motivated as hell.

Bro take some videos of em and share. Maybe we could critique their lifting style.

 

[Sector51]

I get to the gym I recently began using around 1 to 2am in the morning which just so happens to be the time of night that a few strippers from the local titty bar show up to work the glutes, do a little running and some tanning. Life is good since it's usually only me and a handful of strippers in there at that time

Now that makes life even more interesting

 

[bigpoppachump]

Now that makes life even more interesting

It was nice while it lasted but there are these two Spanish dudes in there at night now too.

The one guy and this is no bullshit comes in every night now for the past week and does one set to failure on every machine in the joint every night wearing regular street clothes ie button up shirt and khakis style clothes. In talking from the glute machine all the way to assisted dips and pull-ups. You'd figure with all the info about fitness available online these days people would do some more research on how to go about it.

The other guy I've only seen twice but he's a special one too. Last night he stayed on the bench for about 30 minutes. He came in strutting like a peacock with the tightest medium t shirt he could find with absolutely "0" chest development. He proceeded to bust out about 10 sets of varying reps with 1 plate per side and then he would stand maybe a foot or less in front of the mirror and do his best mean mug stance for around 5 minutes. I was watching and waiting for him to trip over something in between his mirrors sessions and bench set marathon because he kept staring down at his chest as he walked. I didn't stick around to see what the rest of his routine looked like. The other guy caught me laughing at him a couple times lol.

 

[antipcman]

It was nice while it lasted but there are these two Spanish dudes in there at night now too.

The one guy and this is no bullshit comes in every night now for the past week and does one set to failure on every machine in the joint every night wearing regular street clothes ie button up shirt and khakis style clothes. In talking from the glute machine all the way to assisted dips and pull-ups. You'd figure with all the info about fitness available online these days people would do some more research on how to go about it.

The other guy I've only seen twice but he's a special one too. Last night he stayed on the bench for about 30 minutes. He came in strutting like a peacock with the tightest medium t shirt he could find with absolutely "0" chest development. He proceeded to bust out about 10 sets of varying reps with 1 plate per side and then he would stand maybe a foot or less in front of the mirror and do his best mean mug stance for around 5 minutes. I was watching and waiting for him to trip over something in between his mirrors sessions and bench set marathon because he kept staring down at his chest as he walked. I didn't stick around to see what the rest of his routine looked like. The other guy caught me laughing at him a couple times lol.

I have a guy who is very short who does a similar thing. My gym has the benches anchored to the ground approximately 2-2.5' from the dumbbell racks. This little micro machine will do a lat spread between the benches and the mirror, directly in front of people. Irritates the piss out of me. The most massive kid in the gym is this nice fucking gorilla that spots me when I need him. I watched micro machine pull his little pose in front of nice gorilla and the results were glorious. All the gorilla had to do is stand up and he knocked the lil fellar over as if he wasn't there. The lil guy gave a look but almost broke his neck turning back around and getting on with his day for fear the gorilla might make the him his thunder buddy.

 

[gator22]

There needs to be a sign above the mirrors and a horn that can be blared " you're a douche bag, rack your weights pussy". This idiot just left with out re racking his weights. Oh don't worry bro I'll clean up after you. ( sarcasm). Pisses me off

 

[bigpoppachump]

It was nice while it lasted but there are these two Spanish dudes in there at night now too.

The one guy and this is no bullshit comes in every night now for the past week and does one set to failure on every machine in the joint every night wearing regular street clothes ie button up shirt and khakis style clothes. In talking from the glute machine all the way to assisted dips and pull-ups. You'd figure with all the info about fitness available online these days people would do some more research on how to go about it.

The other guy I've only seen twice but he's a special one too. Last night he stayed on the bench for about 30 minutes. He came in strutting like a peacock with the tightest medium t shirt he could find with absolutely "0" chest development. He proceeded to bust out about 10 sets of varying reps with 1 plate per side and then he would stand maybe a foot or less in front of the mirror and do his best mean mug stance for around 5 minutes. I was watching and waiting for him to trip over something in between his mirrors sessions and bench set marathon because he kept staring down at his chest as he walked. I didn't stick around to see what the rest of his routine looked like. The other guy caught me laughing at him a couple times lol.

Well looks like I got a new workout partner lol. The one set on every machine guy approached me tonight asking if I could help him "to make for better workout" lol. I needed someone to help me stay motivated and on track so with his enthusiasm and our schedules who knows we might both benefit from this. I told him be there 2am Monday after work and to bring a pair of shorts and a T-shirt His English sucks but I don't think it will hurt us getting our big on.

If the other little shit approaches me I might just open palm slap the shit out of him lol

 

[antipcman]

There needs to be a sign above the mirrors and a horn that can be blared " you're a douche bag, rack your weights pussy". This idiot just left with out re racking his weights. Oh don't worry bro I'll clean up after you. ( sarcasm). Pisses me off

When lazy people put their weights in the wrong spot I've been known to drop mine directly next to where they belong and put the lazy person's where they belong in a very sped up way; shames the pi$$ out of them for being a douche.

 

[Ozzy619]

Theres this kid at my gym thats fairly small. his max is 1 plate on the bench for a few reps. i shit you now, he does a "set" and rests for 5min, then does another set. he does this for about 5 times.

And i curl in the squat rack i dont give a fuck. i use 10lb plates and pyramid up to 5 on each side, then pyramid down

Wait, you curl in the squat rack or the kid does. Because you wrote I. Those be fighting words on my squat day especially when I'm geared up wearing my power lift shoes. The whole pyramid scheme set me off