What pisses you off that people do at the gym?

[jcosley]

Originally Posted by Money Shot

this isnt really a gym etiquette problem but I fuc.king hate when friends of mine ask me for workout or diet advice and I take the time to help them out...only to have them quit a week or two later. I ask them how is their training going, and they say **** like "oh i havent gone in a few weeks, too busy."

then a few months later they ask for advice again. I just tell them Im not going to waste my time with them since they are only going to quit again anyway

I kinda hate this too...but i try to give advice to old school people who have been brainwashed by television on what is healthy....like my mom. I tell her what I eat and how i train...and shes like....but what about this "burn belly fat diet" .....SIGH!!!! I always try to tell her, YOU CANNOT TARGET ONE AREA AND BURN FAT FROM THAT AREA....IT COMES OFF EVERYWHERE!" Her eyes glaze over like i don't know what i'm talking about, and i just give up.

[Hansolo261]

trainers that are more out of shape than there clients.

[KrayzKajun]

Originally Posted by REVIVAL

people that talk on their phone....like this

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/ca...06082bGQxHtTt#

epic fail!

[Zerafian]

Anything that physically slows down my workout..People leaving head sweat on a seat, having to remove enough weight from a barbell to consider it a set,people that walk at a snails pace, and people that are to stuck up to let people work in with them...no matter how big and buff you are.

Who cares how people do reps, what they wear, or the sounds they make when they work out....focus on your work out and stop worrying about them. If its that bad turn up your music or find a pretty girl to look at.

[Acetyl-CoA]

I think the people wearing sunglasses either:

1. Are sensitive to light in gyms with huge glass windows exposing the gym to the sun

2. Like to stare at people but would be accused of being perverts if their glasses weren't on (they can turn head one way and turn eyes another way).

[MASSter]

Originally Posted by legendd

Most mad I've ever been at the gym...

The other day i was doin db flys, went to get a drink for less than a minute (and i left my phone and keys on the bench i was usin), and when I got back some fat b*tch was sittin on it with 5lb dbs. My ****t was just tossed to the side, I was like 'excuse me I was usin this'...she of course has headphones in so she takes em off and I repeat myself. She's like 'oh, well theres an open one over there' then puts her headphones in and ignores me. then she lays back down and does her flys for 20 minutes... if it was anyone but some 40 year old woman i woulda fought whoever it was. it is almost indescribable how heated i was.

She probably mumbled these words when you walked away "Fat Bitch". Hurts the ego a little bit to get punked by a fat bitch doesn't it.

[MASSter]

Originally Posted by Money Shot

this thread has been done so many times but its still funny



the all time worst though, is the naked old men with 2 inch penises walking around the locker room, having conversations with people like its a nudist

And you with your ruler trying to find the your sugar daddy.

[snobrder_ad]

Originally Posted by Acetyl-CoA

I think the people wearing sunglasses either:

1. Are sensitive to light in gyms with huge glass windows exposing the gym to the sun

2. Like to stare at people but would be accused of being perverts if their glasses weren't on (they can turn head one way and turn eyes another way).

LOL... theres a guy just like this at my old gym... i always thought this was weird. Guy's just everywhere in the gym and has some of the most rediculous workouts you'll ever see. Id cut him a little slack and props for working out 4-5 days a week, that i see him. but in the last year and a half, there has been ZERO transformation in his body.

[Vigor]

Couple things, most have been mentioned.

Can't stand guys who spend 2 minutes lifting, 30 minutes looking in the mirror.

When people put the weights back out of order.

When people don't wipe down equipment when their sweating all over the ****.

[joen212]

well 2day at the gym some dude was taking a crap and when he finished up left the bathroom with the quickness without washing his hands, guess so nobody would see him, went on his way and continued to do his sets, i'd say that pissed me off.

[deadpool9]

Originally Posted by wood.aaronj

I used Six Star Muscle supplements from Wal-Mart when I was in a budget crunch and don't have anything negative to say about them. They've got all the basics at Wal-Mart now...protein, creatine, N.O., fat burner...I mean it's kind of tough to beat brah.

I used their Body Fortress brand protein for a while, because it had creatine and other supps included. It was the best I could do for a while due to my financial situation. It wasnt as good as ON whey by any means, but it did its job for its price.

[MarineVette]

Oh ****...where do I begin?

Skinny-HS kids doing curls in the Squat Cage.

People who don't mop up their sweat.

Trainers using two flat benches...one for the notebook, the other for the water bottle...while teaching some cow to do lateral raises with 5lb dumbells.

People who walk away from a bench to do something else halfway across the gym, then give you a dirty look for approaching it.

People grunting out loud like they're being assraped with a chainsaw while doing T-Bar rows.

Chatty Cathy's...if I want camraderie, I'll join the masons

People that dont put away their weights.

The weirdo... there's one in every gym. In mine this guy is a 5'5" hispanic man who wears long sweats or BDU's and a hoody and safety glasses. He carries a Camelbak motherlode (hydration pack built into a military rucksack) and a duffle bag you could fit a small corpse in. All he does is hack squats and leg presses with insane amounts of weight for his size grunting all the time...that and walks around the perimeter of the gym like he's looking for a place to plant semtex.

People that stand directly in front of the dumbbell rack.

The weirdos who go to the sauna/steamroom naked and start doing calisthenics while they're naked...not a problem at my current gym(co-ed Sauna), but damn..it was at the last 3!

When I'm doing dumbell flies or leg raises and some dolt gets too close that they almost get whacked...next time I'm going to hit them and act like I didn't see them. Maybe that will learn them!


The guy who blow drys his balls in the locker room

Morons who pour water on the heating element in the sauna and short it out.

Worst was this guy:
Mid 40's to mid 50's...fat, out of shape, just starting back..using the cables with 10 lbs...then his wife comes over and he sticks the pin in at 120 and laughs when she almost hurts herself.

[Luckylefty811]

has anyone said , the prettyboy spanish dude that is mad skinny and looks in the mirror after every set. i got a bunch of those in my gym nobody over 160 and they are all pretty tall about 6'3 or so. its so funny when they are in the gym they think its a club, ed hardy everywhere lolol.

[decatrender]

Originally Posted by REVIVAL

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- People that leave the gym and you see them at the supermarket and they still have their lifting gloves on.....is it to make sure they have a good grip on the shopping cart?

/rant...i worked at 5 different gyms

Bwahaha...That's funny.

[Obnoxious123]

Originally Posted by Zerafian

Anything that physically slows down my workout..People leaving head sweat on a seat, having to remove enough weight from a barbell to consider it a set,people that walk at a snails pace, and people that are to stuck up to let people work in with them...no matter how big and buff you are.

Who cares how people do reps, what they wear, or the sounds they make when they work out....focus on your work out and stop worrying about them. If its that bad turn up your music or find a pretty girl to look at.

seriously man. i don't know why everyone in this thread is annoyed by people who don't do **** to them, lol.

if i'm on a machine for a long time (sometimes i zone out and sit there for a little) and someone is too pussy enough to ask to work in with me(which i always ask if they want to if they ask me how many more sets i have), fck i'll take the machine all day. if someone is using something that i want, i just politely ask them how many more sets they have, and 90% of the time they will just say "work in with me man!"


the one time that i got pissed off at someone (didn't say anything to them about it though, pointless) was when i got up from the incline bench to get 80lbs dumbbells, which just had to be on the complete opposite side of the rack compared to where the incline was, so i grabbed them and tried to rush my way back, and this guy thought it was a good idea to stand DIRECTLY in front of the incline where i couldn't sit down without asking him to move. i was pumped as hell ready to lift some weight, ipod blasting etc, and i said "watch out bro" very nicely...he said "WATCH OUT BRO? WATCH OUT BRO??? I EXPECTED SOMETHING LIKE EXCUSE ME AT LEAST" i just sort of face palmed in my head and did my sets...lol

[RetardedNinja]

Fat old men standing around and talking in the locker room rubbing there chodes on everything.

One time I was walking out of the steam room and as I was drying off I noticed there was an empy bottle of "Atro Glide" in the trash.

I was more creeped out then annoyed though.

[Kobraa84]

I hate when Juice heads pull up to the bench stack on an insane amount of weight. Do like 5 reps and when they get up theres sweaty puss all over the bench. Weight was so heavy they popped all the zits on there back haha...gross...=/

[Hansolo261]

Originally Posted by MarineVette

Oh ****...where do I begin?

Skinny-HS kids doing curls in the Squat Cage.

People who don't mop up their sweat.

Trainers using two flat benches...one for the notebook, the other for the water bottle...while teaching some cow to do lateral raises with 5lb dumbells.

People who walk away from a bench to do something else halfway across the gym, then give you a dirty look for approaching it.

People grunting out loud like they're being assraped with a chainsaw while doing T-Bar rows.

Chatty Cathy's...if I want camraderie, I'll join the masons

People that dont put away their weights.

The weirdo... there's one in every gym. In mine this guy is a 5'5" hispanic man who wears long sweats or BDU's and a hoody and safety glasses. He carries a Camelbak motherlode (hydration pack built into a military rucksack) and a duffle bag you could fit a small corpse in. All he does is hack squats and leg presses with insane amounts of weight for his size grunting all the time...that and walks around the perimeter of the gym like he's looking for a place to plant semtex.

People that stand directly in front of the dumbbell rack.

The weirdos who go to the sauna/steamroom naked and start doing calisthenics while they're naked...not a problem at my current gym(co-ed Sauna), but damn..it was at the last 3!

When I'm doing dumbell flies or leg raises and some dolt gets too close that they almost get whacked...next time I'm going to hit them and act like I didn't see them. Maybe that will learn them!


The guy who blow drys his balls in the locker room

Morons who pour water on the heating element in the sauna and short it out.

Worst was this guy:
Mid 40's to mid 50's...fat, out of shape, just starting back..using the cables with 10 lbs...then his wife comes over and he sticks the pin in at 120 and laughs when she almost hurts herself.

wow lol........

[red_cat]

Originally Posted by MarineVette

Oh ****...where do I begin?

Trainers using two flat benches...one for the notebook, the other for the water bottle...while teaching some cow to do lateral raises with 5lb dumbells.

Worst was this guy:
Mid 40's to mid 50's...fat, out of shape

You're not known for being the "sensitive type", are ya? lol Second guy deserves it for being a dick to his wife though.

[Elwood83]

Originally Posted by jcosley

I kinda hate this too...but i try to give advice to old school people who have been brainwashed by television on what is healthy....like my mom. I tell her what I eat and how i train...and shes like....but what about this "burn belly fat diet" .....SIGH!!!! I always try to tell her, YOU CANNOT TARGET ONE AREA AND BURN FAT FROM THAT AREA....IT COMES OFF EVERYWHERE!" Her eyes glaze over like i don't know what i'm talking about, and i just give up.

I encountered this last night. My roommate decided to have some friends over for a BBQ and I was making my usual food (low carbing right now). For a little while I was pouring oil over my salmon as a way to get some good fats, but I realized that it would be much easier to just drink the oil straight (actually doesn't have much of a taste) and not have to worry about getting all the oil off the plate. So I shoot down a tbsp and this girl who is probably in the 230-250 lb range noticed and was like "Oh my god, did you just drink oil? That's so bad for you!!! I thought you were on a diet....You're not going to lose weight ingesting all that fat!!" Just laughed and pointed out that I'm averaging a couple pounds a week in weight loss and that was the end of that.

[Fielder]

Originally Posted by jcosley

I kinda hate this too...but i try to give advice to old school people who have been brainwashed by television on what is healthy....like my mom. I tell her what I eat and how i train...and shes like....but what about this "burn belly fat diet" .....SIGH!!!! I always try to tell her, YOU CANNOT TARGET ONE AREA AND BURN FAT FROM THAT AREA....IT COMES OFF EVERYWHERE!" Her eyes glaze over like i don't know what i'm talking about, and i just give up.

Urg, i know how you feel about this one! I'm not a big guy, Not by any stretch of the imagination but i do have an idea of what i am talking about when it comes to diet and training, Yet people, mostly people who have never been to a gym before still try to either give me advice or tell me i dont understand what i am talking about. I had one guy tell me his arms grew from 11inches to 16 inches in 4 weeks when he was a builder (he has 10inch arms now) *Sigh*

[NeXeD]

7ft tall skeleton doing barbell curls with 65lb barbell curls with the only squat rack in my gym.

1. How the **** are you this ****ing tall i ****ing hate you. (I hate being short)
2. If i were your height i'd be playing pro Lax (i know not much money but im good)
3. Seriously? You need the squat rack and the olympic bar with just a 10 on each side to do your curls? Go do some ****ing pullups and chinups you dumbass.

With that said... i don't mind people doing curls on the ONLY squat rack in my gym... as long as there is a ****ing plate on each side..... Anything less makes me want SMASH.

[MarineVette]

Originally Posted by put5onyo

Judging by this thread....


People that worry about what everyone else is doing, instead of just working out like they should be.

In all honesty, I don't give a **** what anyone else does in the gym, unless it impacts me or gets in the way of me attaining my goals.

[msd8683]

People working out in jeans, or worse yet, Jhorts-(you know jean shorts)....terrible! C'mon, invest in a $9 pair of champion workout shorts from Target!

[msd8683]

Originally Posted by MarineVette

Oh ****...where do I begin?

The weirdo... there's one in every gym. In mine this guy is a 5'5" hispanic man who wears long sweats or BDU's and a hoody and safety glasses. He carries a Camelbak motherlode (hydration pack built into a military rucksack) and a duffle bag you could fit a small corpse in. All he does is hack squats and leg presses with insane amounts of weight for his size grunting all the time...that and walks around the perimeter of the gym like he's looking for a place to plant semtex.

The guy who blow drys his balls in the locker room

Bwhahahaaaha! I love it!

[kldd22]

Originally Posted by Obnoxious123

the one time that i got pissed off at someone (didn't say anything to them about it though, pointless) was when i got up from the incline bench to get 80lbs dumbbells, which just had to be on the complete opposite side of the rack compared to where the incline was, so i grabbed them and tried to rush my way back, and this guy thought it was a good idea to stand DIRECTLY in front of the incline where i couldn't sit down without asking him to move. i was pumped as hell ready to lift some weight, ipod blasting etc, and i said "watch out bro" very nicely...he said "WATCH OUT BRO? WATCH OUT BRO??? I EXPECTED SOMETHING LIKE EXCUSE ME AT LEAST" i just sort of face palmed in my head and did my sets...lol

thats when i would of been like well how bout get the f^ck out of my way

[Superhuge2]

Originally Posted by MarineVette

Oh ****...where do I begin?



Trainers using two flat benches...one for the notebook, the other for the water bottle...while teaching some cow to do lateral raises with 5lb dumbells.

And they always have to do this in front of the 120-150 pound dumbbells.

[Musclesguys]

there was this 40 year old hairy guy washing his arm pits in the sink of the locker rooms =\

[dazraf26]

two new ones...

*wearing a mouth guard...WTF????

*hey fat boy stop TXT!!!!!!!!!!!!! and start working!!!!!!!

never seizes to amaze me how people can not put the dam phone down!!

[Superhuge2]

I hate how the locker room smells like **** every ****ing minute because all the overweight muscle ass holes are in there taking these huge protein dumps.