gym etiquette

[ct67_72]

People screaming curling 20lbs or people that do curls in the squat rack really don't bother me. It's the assholes that sit on a piece of equipment or a bench and do nothing but text or talk on thier phones!!!

Oooooooo yeah that's true too. But ill just ask them to move. But I won't ask the guy screaming to shut the fuck up

 

[vortrit]

I got pretty lucky this year. I workout at the gym at the university in the free-weight room where the wrestlers work out and there is very rarely anybody in there when I go in the afternoon. They mostly go at night. Sometimes there might be one other person there. The most people I've seen in there was 4 and that was because they were from the University of Kansas taking a tour of our campus.

 

[sparks1420]

not racking weight..if u can lift it you can put it back.people sitting of facebook between sets on the the bench..ive snapped at some people for that. if i can see facebook on your phone and your in my way im going to have to let you know..im usually very polite and nice to people..just people who have zero gym etiquette are the ones that get to me

 

[GearsMcGilf]

Old people with clipboards who sit on the machine you need to use resting for 5 minutes.

In China, the garbage cans all have ashtrays on top and dudes be spitting in it. After a coupla hours, it's holding a half gallon of saliva. It's fukkin disghusting.

Folks that use the gym for happy hour and keep tryin'a shoot the shit with you the whole time you're SFW. You end up spending 90 minutes there and only finish half your wo.

 

[Hypertrophy1]

I can't stand when people rest on the equipment. If you aren't using it get the $&"! Off the machine! The reason I am staring at you with this look of disgust on my face is because you morons make me sick just laying there resting while I am here working my ass off. Get your tired old ass off the machine and rest give me a chance to do my set there are not enough machines in the gym for people to be resting! Is your rest more important than my work no your work isn't worth a shit! So get off the machine to rest!

 

[ALBOB]

1. People who don't put shit away and/or don't wipe down the bench when they're done.

2. People who do curls in the squat rack.

3. People who leave the sink area in the bathroom a sloppy mess. There's paper towels people, wipe up after yourselves.

 

[vortrit]

2. People who do curls in the squat rack.

Sometimes when I go to the much larger gym on campus (which is rare) there are always people doing curls on the bench press benches.

 

[Jrluz14]

I'm glad my gym is 90% senior citizens. They're always on the machines and cardio equipment. Very rarely is someone using a bench or a set of DBs that I need. I'll admit though, I'm the guy on his phone in between sets. Usually I'm on here or BB.com but at least I'm never in anyones way since there's no one around.

 

[effinrob]

The worst and biggest of shit that pisses me off is this fuckin guy who smells so bad... i finally confronted him and told him he needs to shower after work before the gym or wear some deodorant because i want to knock him out. His stench is so bad that it is a public health concern and his odor lingers around for at least a minute after he leaves the area... its awful... i also hate the guys who work out nothing but there jaws... there are these 2 guys who just stand in the gym and never lift... and every time any girl is around there yelling at them... go to the bar to get bitches people go to the gym to excersise

 

[gymrat22]

1. really hot chicks in spandex mess up my routine all i think about is what machine can i hide behind to and not look obivious...

2.chicks on the treadmill looking like this i cant seem to stay focused on the weights for some reason


3.when i see a chick from high school i use to know and all she wants to do is talk about her life for 15 minutes and how she just became single and im on so much test all im thinkin about is my odds of gettin this chick home and doin this to her

all jokes aside just pick up the weights and lift!!

 

[chucky1]

#1: I cant stand these guys with there balls hanging out

#2 people who rack the 45lb plates backwards so you gotta grab it with two hands

#3 the idiot that wears every thing to do with BBing straps,gloves,belt,knee wraps, and tank top with those mc hammer lookin work out pants weighing 160 lbs at 6'2'' flexing in the mirror and talking for an hour strait maybe doing 2 sets of cable flys and then leaves, he dose the same thing every day, I want to strangle him

Every thing else I can deal with, people get out of my way at my gym and I got the ipod blasting so Im in my own little world

 

[Boomer182]

ya i never was a bragger... I hate it when guys just stand around talking about how much the "bench" like benching is the ultimate standings that make you a man. ugh., they will bullshit for literally 35 mins. this is why i workout alone and leave my phone in the locker or car.

There is a guy at my gym that thinks he is the shit, Yes he is big, but he doesn't do much more then me, and I am half his size. In between each set he runs over to the mirrors and looks at him self, or he struts through the gym. I also hate the obviously flamming guys that wear tight clothing or short shorts and are checking you out while you are doing a set.

 

[Boomer182]

I will say this Ronnie Coleman and his work out buddy have excellent gym manners.

 

[bigmanjws]

Not racking the damn plates and throwing dumbells on the floor are my 2 worst! The best gym where I live only has up to 100lb dumbells, and dick smokes keep throwing them around and they are bent all to shit........... Don't get me started on pumping up a little then taking 1400 cell phone pictures in the mirrors, if you want progress pics do that shit in the locker room. Fuck I could go on and on and on.

 

[Zaphod]

The worst and biggest of shit that pisses me off is this fuckin guy who smells so bad... i finally confronted him and told him he needs to shower after work before the gym or wear some deodorant because i want to knock him out. His stench is so bad that it is a public health concern and his odor lingers around for at least a minute after he leaves the area... its awful... i also hate the guys who work out nothing but there jaws... there are these 2 guys who just stand in the gym and never lift... and every time any girl is around there yelling at them... go to the bar to get bitches people go to the gym to excersise

Last week there was a curry muncher on the treadmill next to me. Smelled like ass gone wrong and fermented. When he dropped his ipod or whateverthehellitwas and it got demolished he fucked off and went somewhere else.

 

[ALBOB]

throwing dumbells on the floor

Oh yeah, good one, I forgot about that. There's a pencil neck at my gym that comes in and does dead lifts with 135. That's it, 135 constantly for about a dozen sets. And at the bottom of every single rep he slams the weights down on the floor. Just dropping a weight that light wouldn't make as much noise as he makes, he actually pushes the weight down to the floor. It's insane. One of these days I'm gonna slam the bar down on HIM.

 

[banker23]

Oh yeah, good one, I forgot about that. There's a pencil neck at my gym that comes in and does dead lifts with 135. That's it, 135 constantly for about a dozen sets. And at the bottom of every single rep he slams the weights down on the floor. Just dropping a weight that light wouldn't make as much noise as he makes, he actually pushes the weight down to the floor. It's insane. One of these days I'm gonna slam the bar down on HIM.

On the flip side...people that critique your shit when not asked. DL's are my weakest lift, so when I am lifting 350 for 5 reps I am spent and haveto drop the weight the last few inches. This bro whose DL is his strongest lift is like "that weight's too light to be dropping like that."

We ain't that far apart to be dissing like that I say and I ain't dropping for theatrics- it's because I am pushing beyond my comfort zone...just like he is when he is pulling 500 for 1 or 2 reps.

 

[GreenOx]

Now here is another perspective from the little guy, no mass trying to workout in front of you hulks all pumped up and pushin double your weight feeling like a freakin toothpick. some of you guys are hard to approach with those linebacker eyes and veins popping out all over the place. some of you guys are actually cool and may comment or say your doing it wrong and then there's the guy just waiting for you to look at him so he can pounce down your throat - if i am watching some monsters work out it is because i am impressed with whatever they are doing at the moment or I am trying to see how its done properly - not just to eye ball you.

ok I feel better now!

Later

 

[Zaphod]

Now here is another perspective from the little guy, no mass trying to workout in front of you hulks all pumped up and pushin double your weight feeling like a freakin toothpick. some of you guys are hard to approach with those linebacker eyes and veins popping out all over the place. some of you guys are actually cool and may comment or say your doing it wrong and then there's the guy just waiting for you to look at him so he can pounce down your throat - if i am watching some monsters work out it is because i am impressed with whatever they are doing at the moment or I am trying to see how its done properly - not just to eye ball you.

ok I feel better now!

Later

Well said!

 

[HialeahChico305]

Male species with spandex shorts at the gym = wtf

 

[Zaphod]

Male species with spandex shorts at the gym = wtf

Those are called fags.

 

[lymbo]

hero

purple guys who walk around in old unwashed dirty sweats, unlaced work boots, holding a gallon of water and have old wrist wrap's on but are doing chest??? typical jersey hero...

 

[lymbo]

guys in unlaced work boots who wear dirty sweats, carry around a gallon of water and have wrist wraps on but are doing chest who think everyone is looking at then...they think they are that Animal Pak guy????

 

[chucky1]

guys in unlaced work boots who wear dirty sweats, carry around a gallon of water and have wrist wraps on but are doing chest who think everyone is looking at then...they think they are that Animal Pak guy????

his name is Frank McGrath and those guys are the shit. dont hate

 

[lymbo]

his name is Frank McGrath and those guys are the shit. dont hate

I dont hate anyone...i was talking about "the want to be's"

 

[chucky1]

I dont hate anyone...i was talking about "the want to be's"

we all what to look like them, well most of us lol... but I get what your saying. sorry didn't mean to call you a hater.

 

[suprfast]

My golds gym just picked up on the cross fit craze. We just lost close to 400sqft which is reserved 100% for cross fit members. They bought them their own racks and forgot to buy bars. We lost close to 3 bars out of 8(and we need 10 just in the freeweight section). Crossfit. You pussy jumping fags need to dance with richard simmons in a warehouse.

 

[~RaZr~]

My golds gym just picked up on the cross fit craze. We just lost close to 400sqft which is reserved 100% for cross fit members. They bought them their own racks and forgot to buy bars. We lost close to 3 bars out of 8(and we need 10 just in the freeweight section). Crossfit. You pussy jumping fags need to dance with richard simmons in a warehouse.

^^^This!
I think we had one gym, in my town, that was a down and dirty, SFW! kind of place. Get in, lift and get out

Unfortunately I think the owner fucked up and didn't pay so the place got shut down. All that is left are the commercial "no judgement, friendly" places.

 

[suprfast]

^^^This!
I think we had one gym, in my town, that was a down and dirty, SFW! kind of place. Get in, lift and get out

Unfortunately I think the owner fucked up and didn't pay so the place got shut down. All that is left are the commercial "no judgement, friendly" places.

My Golds is pretty damn cool(not sure if its a golds thing or not). I used to go to a few other smaller gyms that didnt allow chalk but golds doesnt give a shit what you do. And at 5am, I get everything to myself until 600 when crossfit pansies come in.

 

[ct67_72]

Now here is another perspective from the little guy, no mass trying to workout in front of you hulks all pumped up and pushin double your weight feeling like a freakin toothpick. some of you guys are hard to approach with those linebacker eyes and veins popping out all over the place. some of you guys are actually cool and may comment or say your doing it wrong and then there's the guy just waiting for you to look at him so he can pounce down your throat - if i am watching some monsters work out it is because i am impressed with whatever they are doing at the moment or I am trying to see how its done properly - not just to eye ball you.

ok I feel better now!

Later

This is fine. I actually wish some of the younger guys would ask for my help. Most people are intimidated because Im working with more weight than them. But its only because I worked hard to get here. Ask away!

Oh yeah the unlaced boot thing, we have a couple guys, one in particular, that comes in, jeans, unlaced work boots, 10 lbs of keys hanging off his belt loop.