Posted this as a thread a while back..
Pretty much say it all
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03-19-2013, 07:35 PM #31
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03-19-2013, 07:56 PM #32
- leaving your weights on and walking away. Are you circuiting? Are you done? Wtf.
-people who set up 5 exercise circuits. Srsly???
- curling in front of the db rack and looking pissed off when i reach around to grab a dumbbell.
-old guys in the locker room who will put on a shirt and go comb their hair , balls hanging out. Seriously??
-throwing a stack of weights on a machine and using your entire body to lift it.
Only a few things bug me
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03-19-2013, 08:03 PM #33
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03-19-2013, 08:24 PM #34
lol @ #10
Women don't have to put up with that, but when I worked at a gym, complaints about an exhibitionist hanging out, literally, in the men's locker room was a weekly occurance. Right up there with the dude in running shorts that lets the room see his nuts when he straddles a bench.Bender, part of being human is having self-control. -Amy Wong
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Obese : 6-8%
Moderately overweight: 4-6%
Average: 2-4%
Lean 1-2%
Very lean .5-1%
^via female sticky on realistic goals
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03-19-2013, 08:37 PM #35
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03-19-2013, 08:46 PM #36
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03-20-2013, 06:08 AM #37
My biggest complaint right now in the gym are the sh!tty ass dumbbells. They're the ones that you put together with different weight plates (10lbs, 5 lbs, and 2 1/2lbs.) They extremely old, and constantly falling apart. It drives me nuts. The only day I don't use dumbbells is on leg day. Every time I try to use the dumbbells, if I use three different weights, at least one of them is loose. I told my husband this morning that we need to say something to the desk staff about the weights. If they're going to use old weights, they need to have someone in there multiple times a day, making sure that all the dumbbells are tight and not about to break apart. Or just leave a damn alan wrench out for the gym patrons to use to tighten the weights themselves.
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03-20-2013, 06:16 AM #38
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03-20-2013, 06:33 AM #39
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03-20-2013, 08:15 AM #40
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03-20-2013, 08:47 AM #41
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03-21-2013, 07:40 AM #42
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03-21-2013, 07:44 AM #43
Thanks for these everyone! We work hard in the gym. Sometimes all you can do is roll your eyes and/or laugh. It's nice to see that the lifting hasn't gone so far to your heads that a little laugh isn't "b**ching".
Apparently I'm not the only B**** on the forum since so many responded. This thread is going to prompt me to add a signature.
....CHILAX.... It's not that serious.
I needed those laughs today!
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03-21-2013, 07:46 AM #44
Haha!!
Yesterday morning - doing shoulders, FOCUSED. Ear buds in and putting in work. Some guy says something to me making me take off my ear buds and lose concentration. I have him repeat what he said: "So do DO smile, huh?"
My response: "Sorry dude, I'm in the zone. On a mission that doesn't involve smiling and attracting unwanted conversation in the gym".
So.... my pet peeve is those people who feel the need to interrupt you to talk about pointless crap when you're trying to focus and workout. I think men are intimidated by a strong woman who knows her way around the gym and isn't there to chat.
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04-03-2013, 12:39 AM #45
I make it a point to stare at them, ESPECIALLY if it's packed, and go over and ask them if they're using actually using it. " Uh yeah... hey.. You uh, are you guys actually using this?"
They usually flock somewhere else at the point. Or I'll just work around them, kind of making a point. I'm not normally rude or anything, but SERIOUSLY.Vae Victis!
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04-03-2013, 05:40 AM #46
My latest petpeeve - people that don't know how to put down/ drop dumbbells.
Do not drop them on an angle. In fact, there's probably no need to drop them/throw them at all. But if you are going to drop 'em, make sure they hit the ground "flat" - otherwise you're going to bugger 'em and they'll be loose/warped as hell.
And this is something even experienced lifters doI don't lift weights, I flex under duress.
My 12 month progress thread
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=155962953&p=1113020323#post1113020323
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04-03-2013, 06:08 AM #47
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04-03-2013, 01:20 PM #48
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04-03-2013, 02:11 PM #49
There's a man at my gym who squats 225 and grunts so loud I can hear him through my noise-canceling headphones. Now, I can't squat that much myself, but it still doesn't seem like it warrants that level of loud.
There's another guy we call the crybaby. Because all he does is lie on the ground and do alternating crunches with an ROM of like 2".
I saw a girl today doing what I can only refer to as "stationary half-lunges" while holding one single 5 or 8 pound dumb bell between her two hands.
Sometimes I see people and I'm not sure who's more confused, me or them.I have a vagina so its not my fault I'm a pussy.
There's always room for one more blade, there's always strength for one last breath.
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04-03-2013, 02:16 PM #50
OH wow I really enjoyed this thread too, thanks!!!
I also hate Monday nights at the gym! IDK if its just my gym but that is when everyone is like oh hey im going to start working out.... but they have not plan or idea what they are doing so they are just wondering around playing with weights and taking up room.... UGH! Friday night is the best because only the serious and dedicated people will skip going out for drinks to come to the gym lol
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04-03-2013, 02:55 PM #51
People who leave the plates on the power rack! I try not to hover if I think someone stepped away between sets because I don't want to be a pain in the ass, so people need to clear their plates off to signal that they're done.
Also: people who hover and passive-aggressively watch me from 5 feet away, even after I tell them I only have 1 or 2 sets left
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04-03-2013, 06:29 PM #52
When people take every bench and bar in the gym, create their own little set-up, and take up the ENTIRE area as if it's their own home. They workout for close to 2 hours, chatting and laughing in between, oblivious to the fact that they are hogging practically every necessary item. And they couldn't care less. And this isn't a slow gym, it's Golds and it's ALWAYS packed! I seriously could not find a flat bench once in the entire gym because they had FIVE of them so they could jump on them in their circuit workout. GRRRR.
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04-03-2013, 10:10 PM #53
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A few things really, really peeve me.
1. When dudes ask if they can "work-in" my squats.
Really, bro? You want me to give you permission to watch me bounce my rear up and down from close proximity? No.
2. When people walk dangerously near the bar while I'm mid-set.
Oh yeah, you definitely won't feel these two plates when I drop them on your head, go ahead and grab your weights from the rack I'm using, asshat.
3. When people ask if I'm using the (identical) bench next to the one I'm currently using, especially mid-set.
Thanks for asking, man, I was totally going to move to that bench... this one was just not giving me the right vibes.
4. When people count out loud. Count in your motherfKing head the same way everyone else is, bro. You're throwing me the FK off.
One... two... seventy-eight... twenty-one... ARRRrggh!
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04-03-2013, 11:33 PM #54
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04-05-2013, 11:21 AM #55anonymousGuest
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04-05-2013, 12:00 PM #56
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04-05-2013, 12:02 PM #57
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i hate people who don't put their weights back, but the other day i was trying out a new technique for deadlifting and strained my back. I couldn't bend down, and i had loaded up 2 plates on each sidce (don't laugh i know ). Was trying my very hardest to put the weights back was only able to put back 1 plate. I felt very bad that i had left 3 plates and the bar on the floor.
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04-05-2013, 12:20 PM #58
This.
Makeup/no makeup - I dun curr what's going on on your face. Whatever makes you feel motivated enough to actually be in the gym.
Same applies to clothes. When I go, I'm very focused on myself and don't look at people's clothes and hair. The only things that bugs me are people in the way of equipment or prolonged texting between sets while I'm waiting for the same equipment (rarely happens when they notice someone is waiting for it) and not putting weights back. Also, don't invade my personal space bubble.
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04-05-2013, 12:36 PM #59
Laughing is the only way to get through encountering pet peeves...
Here's my recent list:
*Walking completely away from a machine (EX. Walking to a water fountain across the gym) and then the guy comes up to me and says "Oh uhh I still had one more set." What do you think I'm going to do? Stop in the middle of my set, so you can start yours? No. I'm going to finish while you wait there.
*people who spit their water on the gym floor...I really do not know what triggers this, but I've seen it from guys and girls. It's strange...Can anyone answer?
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04-05-2013, 12:41 PM #60anonymousGuest
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