What pisses you off the most when going in to workout?

[Liftforlife7]

Just people looking at you...F*&@#, if you dont know me don't F*&^ing stare. Look at your weights and focus on your goals. The Fuq are you looking at me for....

[victory2012]

When someone uses a squat rack to do curls when they could use the weights that are fixed on. Most irritating.

[getgoinggirl]

The typical annoyances don't really ruffle my feathers anymore, especially since I'm in early enough that most of that crowd know what's what.

It's just the crazy **** that really gets to me. As in the butt naked chick sitting indian style ON TOP of the counter in the locker room to pluck her chin whiskers.
Or the hairy shirtless dude standing by and rubbing his bare stomach while watching me bench. Me: Can I help you?? Him: I like you style.

Da fuk??

[Sylar112]

When im doing an intense workout and i lose 5 to 10 minuts finding the same weight X_X and the gym is kinda small so it's very hot

[ro90029]

When pre workout has begun to take effect. Headphones are in. Music is blasting. Then the gym regular proceeds to step right in front of me and start a conversation. Catching up and shooting the **** is okay, but starting a full on convo about weekend plans is not cool when i have a barbell in my hands. Rant over.

[freeshead]

just hate the most when a people do showoff with heavy weight which they simply cant handle and cant even completely even a half rep and still shouts hard in the gym like they are the most intelligent and powerful bodybuilder

[Upwards44]

Im a noob to the gyn but last time I went there was this really over weight man sitting on a bench just relaxing, I asked if he was done and he said 5 more min of him not doing anything at all on it he got up and the seat was filled with ass sweat very noticeably wet and he didnt bother to wipe it down at all. I was in complete discust and havnt gone back since. Instead I put together my own home gym and I honestly feel like I get a much better workout at home then at a gym where you get the weird looks and crap

Me and you are very a like buddy.

[n4pst3rCOD]

What pisses me are the people that just come near you to show off or that does not have enough patience and keeps nagging you for almost everything.

[Sundev14]

People who leave weights on the barbell when they're through.. ie, 405lbs on a barbell in the middle of the gym and are nowhere to be found


Edit: Also people using multiple pieces of equipment at once(cycling) scattered all throughout the workout sanctuary.

[rockwholesale]

Getting there and not having your Ipod/music. Nothing can thwart your enthusiasm like not having good tunes to listen to.

[FunkDaddy]

A lot of these problems can be solved simply by having a bit of social aptitude and if needed, some freakin balls.

One guy put his towel on the chest fly cable machine and then went over to talk to his buddies, I finished up my decline press and went over and started my set on the cable flies (we're talking 10 minutes after he "claimed" the machine and hadn't come back to it) Mid-way through my SECOND set, he finally notices me and walks over and says he was on it. I feign ignorance and tell him if he wants to work in that's cool. He says no, the "machine is his...didn't I see his towel?" I said I did see the towel, in fact I saw him put it on the machine 10 minutes ago and return to the huddle with his friends halfway across the gym. Completely missing my point he says "So you did see me put my towel on it". I said yes and after 10 minutes I figured he'd forgotten where his towel was.

He muttered some curse words and left. Only to come back 5 seconds later as he forgot to grab his towel lol

Not trying to be some big shot here and am completely fine with guys who are doing supersets and lay their towel on a machine/bench so somebody doesn't sneak in during the 30-60 seconds they are away. But "claiming" a machine and then fukking off to BS with your boys for 10 minutes? I'm not waiting for you. That's piss poor gym etiquette. I also don't care if some 18 year old thinks I'm an A-hole and tells his friends the same.

[GreMillionaire]

damn 120lb teenagers with their sleeveless shirts with the giant holes in the side looking at their abs in the mirror. Dude, being skinny and having abs is like being fat and having tits! now go put on a shirt! oh and they tend to get out 20 pairs of dumbbells so they can do drop sets from 30lbsall the way to 2lbs. one more thing. people leaving those damn busa balls all over the place. "when you're done doing 15lb curls while standing on the ball have the decency to put it up.". Thank gawd for my powerlifting gym. otherwise I'd probably be doing a couple of dimes for murder 2.

Jesus, this so much. We have one kid who grunts and screams while using the Smith machine and then proceeds to drop the bar only to go to the mirror and flex. It's the funniest **** I've ever seen.

[bhujerban]

I walk into the gym and I can hear the music playing on the stereo. And it's some awful Bruno Mars or Maroon 5 crap. Or worse, Train. And suddenly I rage and can't get the headphones in the ear fast enough. Usually I have to listen to the entire f*cking song too, despite going as quickly as I can to get better music in my ears.

[MSW1992]

There's these two Italian chics that work out at my gym that hog 4-5 sets of dumbbells between them EVERY DAY. Obviously won't be using all of them at the same time, so whenever I go and ask to work in with them it's super awkward because they don't speak much English. Most of the time I'll just walk up, take a set and just walk away. It's always them too, screw them!

[HotCheetos]

Most of the stuff is just funny to me, like the 120 pound kids checking their abs, or the kids who bench and curl every day and a year later they're still doing the same weight.

The people in the racks doing curls is probably the worst if there aren't any others free.

[sunsp4rk]

Not being able to use overhead headphones due to them falling of my head when laying on my back on a bench, resulting in having to use my cheap blackberry ear-buds. Other than that, there's really not much that annoys me.
EDIT: And the music the gym plays, sounds like a 12 year old wannabe-gangster's iPod playlist.

I AGREE! hah

[Cadences]

Thankfully my gym doesn't play music, so you just get the ******t noise of weights being dropped and what not which really isn't bad.

Can't say much really bothers me at the gym, I'm pretty focused on doing my own thing when I'm there. If anything, it would have to be people not putting weights back.

[Jesse13713]

When I go down into the basement and a cat has just finished using the litterbox. Awful pre-workout odor.

[Worldsgreatst]

Battery cutting out or bein very low on my iphone or some dink head doing like 15 sets on the bench

[Sundev14]

saw this out of shape trainer. Training people



Rageeeeeeed

Round is a shape.... just not one meant for being aesthetic as fuark

[Davis1891]

Well there's several reasons why I own my own gym now. Keep in mind, I live in a tourist hotspot so all of our gyms are of the hotel variety...
First off.... little kids. Like 5, 6, 7 year olds pissing around on everything like a bunch of monkeys, while their parents either run on a treadmill or sit around in the hottub. Two different occasions I almost injured myself. Srsly. Get a goddamned leash or something. Hotel management was next to worthless on enforcing parental guidance.
Spitting. Yes, I've witnessed some plump fellow clear out some lung oysters about ten feet away from me, while on a stationary bike. That one I didn't find the willpower to keep my mouth shut on. Disgusting.
But the worst? Stealing my ****ing shaker cup. It was there, then it was gone. I have serious rage when **** is stolen from me, no matter how little $$$ it's actually worth.
Now I stay at home.
My biggest beef now is trying to find my headphones. And buying new weights.

[Bench905]

3. No parking. I have 3 kids I take to the childcare. Its a pain having to park far and still drag 3 kids with me

4. People who bring a friend and that friend is taking up space and equipment

I love that my gym has about a 12-20 spots near the front that are reserved for people with small children.

My gym also doesn't allow guests during peak hours.

[flyp313]

guy rubbing his fat stomach while watching a girl bench press lmfaooooooooooooooooo

[DarkTopaz88]

Only thing that bugs me is a lack of available equipment.

[StormStronger]

Headphones in, mid-set, being interrupted by a skinny lad giving me tips on bicep curling. Why do people feel the need to give their unwanted advice to others.

When another person follows you round and asks on multiple different bits of equipment how many sets you have left. Once is excusable, but four times in a single session is just weird

[banman83]

I always start the workout off in the squat rack. My YMCA only has one, so I have to snag it quick. But a large portion of my full-body workout revolves around this rack (Miltary press, squats, deads, hang cleans, clean and jerk, push press). The only other compund lift I do NOT in the rack is bench press. So I come in and theres only 3 people in the gym, but one of them is in the rack. So I idly cycle while waiting for this guy to finish, and I kid you not he spends over an hour in the god dam rack. But not doing useful things, doing 1/4 ROM squats, box squats with horrible form, barbell curls, deads with a rounded back, and pwercleans using horrible form and 65 lbs. I went and did some curls and face pulls and swam for 30 mins but he is still there when I come back. And this is that older awkward guys who has no idea what hes doing, but still wears a headband and writes every damn thing down in his stupid notebook and drinks 8 gallons of water and argghhh I hate you.

End Rant.

[wolf23447]

People hogging weights or equipment when they are taking forever. Smaller or weaker people giving me tips. Teens acting like their huge.

[Deathbot187]

This one spouse who always gets on a nearby treadmill when I do saturday cardio. She reads her kindle quietly, yet EVERY 30 SECONDS she steps onto the side rails to wipe her entire face methodically with the towell. Why is she even there if 50% of her time is spend NOT exercising?