What is cringy to you at the gym

[Fapadrol]

Shadowboxing for no reason infront of a mirror like they're the next rocky

This.

I'm pretty tolerable with people doing random ****, but this sets me off.

[2RDEYE]

definitely shadowboxing

saw a dude benching the other day and after every set he started shadowboxing right beside his bench

was just like an "ooooook..." moment for me when i walked by him

[kweir22]

When people move their head forward at the top of a pullup or the top of a BB row. Looks stupid and is probably dangerous srs.

There's also this one middle aged manlet that walks around like he's huge, and half reps literally everything. Annoys the fuk out of me because people prolly think he's stronk

[nosirrahx]

We got a guy that not only shadowboxes but also practices the most autistic looking "kicks" you have ever seen. He spends an hour in the free weight room flailing but never touches a weight.

5% ROM guy is also pretty special. His most ridiculous looking move is his 5% ROM triceps pressdown which amounts to using the whole stack, jumping up to get downward momentum, locking out and then kind of wiggling for few seconds.

Women having a yellversation on the cardio equipment. I once got a detailed description of embarrassing medical conditions against my will. This is Northampton, no one is ever going to tell them to knock it off.

[MBisonSon]

There were some of juice head trainers who seemed to always be preoccupied with what I was doing, like always looking at me.

Not that it was especially bothersome, I imagine they were just mirin potential, I have a pretty good frame for bodybuilding but I'd never consider saucing.

[MajorTendonitis]

Old men hitting on young girls and obviously getting rejected.

At least I try lol

[Casca]

People that set-up to stretch right under one of two pull-up bars in the area even though there are plenty of other spots for them and then act annoyed when other people want to do pull-ups.

[MajorTendonitis]

People benching way heavier with dumb bells than they should , then dropping them all the time at the end of the set . Idiots

[bobbydigitaloa]

I video my top sets and don’t give a single fuk if someone doesn’t like it.

One thing that gets annoying is when someone sees me doing weight and they start adding weight to theirs, acting hard and then half squat something like 315. It’s embarrassing..

[AusPower]

People benching way heavier with dumb bells than they should , then dropping them all the time at the end of the set . Idiots

You put down 100+ KILOGRAM dumbbells quietly

[cannonballdooky]

A lot.

Fat fuks quarter repping on the bench and thinking they're tough.
Young kids ego lifting.
People who set up shop on the squat rack and literally never leave for over an hour.
Middle aged dudes who just go there to bs and hang out.
Girls who dress like flat out whores and do the same booty workout yet don't like when guys check them out or flirt.
People who don't re-rack their weights. The funniest is when twinks are benching like 90 lbs and leave it. I'd destroy that evidence asap.

[PeaceWithin]

People that set-up to stretch right under one of two pull-up bars in the area even though there are plenty of other spots for them and then act annoyed when other people want to do pull-ups.

I will add to this... Our pull-up station is (unfortunately) part of the big cable crossover station. Like dead center...

People that setup there to make a whole CrossFit routine including kipping pullups, 25 pieces of equipment, and burpees...

[Fapadrol]

You put down 100+ KILOGRAM dumbbells quietly

I was about to say there's not a single person on here that can rep out 100kg dumbells, but then I saw your sig.

Fair play.

[Burgerbuger]

Those people who sit on the functional trainers/cable cross overs with 5 pound weight settings and do random exercises for 1 hour lengths.

Those guys who stand close to the dumb bell weight rack while flexing in the mirror while you try and go around them with heavy ass dumb bells in your hand.

[Dave22reborn]

This one guy does one set every ten minutes, and won't leave the equipment he's using.

Then there's the guy who treats the gym like a social club, and looks clueless when the people he talks to aren't there.

[BigNik78]

The chicks who get on the assisted dip/pull-up machine and try to do a leg press down? variation, and the same chicks who get on the hip abductor machine and try to do splits on it. Also the 5'2 fatherless, bloated, bicyclers who yell at every rep and talk at the top of their lungs.

[Dave22reborn]

The chicks who get on the assisted dip/pull-up machine and try to do a leg press down? variation, and the same chicks who get on the hip abductor machine and try to do splits on it. Also the 5'2 fatherless, bloated, bicyclers who yell at every rep and talk at the top of their lungs.

That leg press down is giving them a firmer, bigger ass. Same with the adductor machine.

[devin45k]

The fat fukk that goes to the gym once on their own, then goes to the gym with a group being know it all fitness guru. Tells everyone else how to do their workouts and basically does nothing the whole workout. At the same time they are acting like they are working out.

You see this with a lot of younger broads

Honestly when I am at the gym, I am pretty much in my own world. Someone really has to do some retarded ass **** for them to catch my eye.

I go to planet fitness sometimes cuz I get in free. The way people workout is so bad there. Someone actually doing a lift correctly catches my eye there. People find new ways to figure out how to lift incorrectly on machines even.

[MajorTendonitis]

You put down 100+ KILOGRAM dumbbells quietly

Not exactly. We had this one guy who’s dropping 80 and 90 pound dumb bells on a regular basis . I don’t think the gym owner is all that impressed .
Should just go lighter imo

[Dave22reborn]

The fat fukk that goes to the gym once on their own, then goes to the gym with a group being know it all fitness guru. Tells everyone else how to do their workouts and basically does nothing the whole workout. At the same time they are acting like they are working out.

You see this with a lot of younger broads


Honestly when I am at the gym, I am pretty much in my own world. Someone really has to do some retarded ass **** for them to catch my eye.

I hear ya, I focus on my own **** and get the hell out. But if someone is on something I want to use, and they're on it a long time, it strangely increases my aggression, and I actually lift more, or do more reps.

Or if someone is doing something that is beyond stupid.

[Kansas123]

One time these 3 binches were LAYING DOWN around a bench in the DB area no weights out, just talking and chatting. That was the ultimate cringe moment.

Also excessive texting.

I sit on my phone because I feel like it’s more awkward to stare at the ground. But I’m more of a strength lifter so longer rests

[Kansas123]

People who talk to their friends the whole time they lift and they’re screaming. When me and buddies go to lift we still talk in a manner that people right next to us can hear us

[Dave22reborn]

I sit on my phone because I feel like it’s more awkward to stare at the ground. But I’m more of a strength lifter so longer rests

Shouldn't you be prepping yourself for the next set?

[Ace Corona]

At a gym I used to go to a middle aged father trained his twink teenage son, they would stand in front of the barbell rack and do multiple sets, and wouldn’t let anyone else grab a barbell.

[Kansas123]

Shouldn't you be prepping yourself for the next set?

What is there to do? Other than barbell exercises it takes 5 seconds to get ready for your next set

[BeardBrahhh]

"ab check" in the mirror

[gwem32170191]

Girls who dress like flat out whores and do the same booty workout yet don't like when guys check them out or flirt.

You on that ****gy time brah? Those girls are there for staring at between sets.




Anyway my list is:

- People who put dumbbells on the incorrect spot on the rack. Read you fukkin moran.
- People who stand right in front of the dumbbell rack to do their set
- People who camp out on a machine, taking 5 minutes break between one of their twenty five sets.
(caveat I think that adequate rest is okay for compounds)

[StinkholePatrol]

This thread gave me alot of insight on how to piss people, i've been getting bored inbetween sets. Thanks boys

I think tomorrow i'm going to come in wearing 3 belts: one around my waist, neck and cock. Take as many dumbbells as i can and start long sets in front of the racks while using every bench I can find around me to hold my excess dumbbells and finally at the peak of every 25lb curl im going to scream as loud as i can for dramatic effect.

Sounds like a good youtube series.

[bongowongo]

people taking pics/videos of themselves, people are fukking losers that do this a lot. the only saving grace these people have is that "other people do it."

people not wiping down after sweating all over the machine/bench

guys acting confused/too cool to spot people

using more than 2 sets of dumbells at a time

super setting around the gym when its crowded

Maybe I havnt seen this done as extensively as you, but making videos during your lifts is a good way to check form lol

[PisseninMisc]