If you're absolutely sure you don't want a concrete floor you might want to consider a rubber flooring and rubber coated plates, especially for your dead lift area. If you go with concrete you'll...
Glad you brought this up man. I try to set a good example at my school gym... but wiping disgusting sweat off of equipment does not seem to be "#trending" on everyone's iphones. Maybe "#gymhygiene"...
Well I got the straps a few weeks ago and my shrug has gone from my 275 plateau up to 315! I'm still trying to figure out which way I prefer to set them up but that will come eventually.
I don't care if you are wearing headphones... If I need to ask you how many sets you have left while you are resting because it's either busy or you are dicking around on the equipment, I'm going to....
The ILS (Invisible Lats Syndrome) guy walks around the gym with his elbows sticking out to the sides, his chest constantly flexed, and his fists clenched....
Yes! Your olympic bar will eventually break from slamming it. My university gym goes through several a year and there is even special rubber and wood padded flooring in the power rack area to help...
Sometimes if the manufacturer used a cheap dye to color the straps... sweat can make the dye bleed out and leave red, blue, or dark marks on your wrists.
The gymnast: This person uses the gym and equipment to do gymnastics-like exercises and never uses equipment for what it is meant for. He’ll do upside-down handstand...
Ok, so there might be something that this thread hasn't covered yet, I went back and scrolled through a few pages and didn't see a post or reference about it.
I see stuff like this all the time, people who are clearly new to the gym but are way too comfortable that they are doing exercises wrong while being obnoxious and looking for attention.
I usually don’t mind spotting but I hate doing for people who are attempting way too much weight. Along with the usual questions: “How many are you going for?” and “Do you want a lift up?”… I’ll also...
I would add that limiting the amount of workout buddies in your group is a good idea. A group of three guys doing the same routine is probably as high as it should go. Any group larger than that...
One particular thing I find to be bad etiquette is when groups of people pretend they’re the only ones at the gym or have a sense of entitlement to the equipment.
Drives me crazy… Guys will walk up to the weight rack way too drunk with confidence and grab the 20 lb dumbbells, stand as close as they can to the rack and mirror, and do a set of 15 of bicep curls...
