Pet peeves at the gym

Never had a personal trainer try and talk to me, if they bother you tell him to get a real job and walk away.

Things that bother me
-socializing in the gym
- high school kids in gym (no age limit>? or a kiddie zone?
- every kid doing the shit they see on IG to isolate the long head, and lu raises lol
 
The usual shit

- ppl texting while sitting on equipment
- ppl who blast music on a speaker instead of headphones
- ppl taking selfies or filming themselves doing band assisted chin ups (not even body weight)
- ppl in general actually
 
The usual shit

- ppl texting while sitting on equipment
- ppl who blast music on a speaker instead of headphones
- ppl taking selfies or filming themselves doing band assisted chin ups (not even body weight)
- ppl in general actually
In general, this is what a typical LOL: workout looks like
 
When I went to public gyms :

- squat rack being occupied for a long time and you need to squat
- bench stations always having a 30 minute wait time

In one particular gym I went to, predatory personal trainers trying to sell you their stuff. These were guys obviously on gear for a long time. No mental thought behind any training routines... or life in general for that matter. One of them was really annoyingly hostile when he realized I squatted about the same as him after only training for like 8-9 months (and like 3 months at this gym) while being quite skinny at the time. He wanted to hook me up to his ''amazing PT deal'' which I refused. He would frequently repeat upper body exercises after me with more weight / reps after I done them if he was present, idk how you could be so insecure if you're like 90-100kg at 185cm 8% bodyfat to go out of your way to stop doing stuff like a leg press to do some tricep rope pushdowns.

Other than that the many positives of a gym like air conditioning + heating, easy to clean up, no need to worry about dirt on barbells etc outweigh those of a homegym. I have had mostly positive experiences other than equipment being occupied in larger commercial gyms (with sufficient equipment) where almost nobody talks to each other.
It has always annoyed me when the bench bench or squat racks are busy for long periods of time. I had to go to the gym at home. I do workouts like squats, bench press and deadlifts at home, and the rest I already go to the public gym.
 
Had a guy "super setting" shoulder shrugs and laterally raises with the only good leg press machine yesterday. I really wanted to hurt him. Like what the actual fuck.
At such moments, I want to burn this person and directly incinerate him with my eyes :) Especially when he is on the phone in the simulator
 
TRIPODS.

Don't even get me started on these wanna be influencers and their fucking tripods recording their every move with an average physique from 10 feet away.

I knocked one over last week and told the fucking kid if I see it again I'm gonna break it

Your not you when your hungry, have a snickers!
 
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