Do people who scream very loud at gyms hinder your training?

[pumpchaser]

A good gym is funky - noise, shouts, clanging of plates, music - bring it all on. That motivates me a lot more than gyms i've been in that are so quiet, sterile and perfectly chromed that everyone stares and criticizes the one guy busting his ass working out seriously. Sure some go over the top but that's OK with me and hardly noticed if you're doing your own thing vs. having the time to stand there doing nothing but picking your ass. Anyone seriously working shouldn't have time to care much.

Better some noise, some 'tude and intensity than a f---- library. Noise is part of what makes a good gym - I want the funkiness, sweat, grunts, screams n' music. The great gyms from the old days were like this, the whole vibe was imperfect but magic.

 

[Flex]

It startles the old women and they give me evil looks but that just encourages me all the more to let em drop since I am nausuated by their thick perfume anway...
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Speaking of crazy old women, a few weeks ago i almost got in a fight with one at the gym haha.

This lady is known as being nuts. Her face is hideous and she's very overweight, yet she STILL wears tight, and i mean TIGHT, bright red, ripped, see-through, fishnet spandex. i am not being sarcastic.

anyhow, i was wo a few weeks ago, and i proceeded to walk along the mirror a few times back and forth to grab weights and put others away. on my way back, she stands up and gets right in my face.

"Um, EXCUSE ME!", she yells.
I look at her, but can't hear her cuz my headphones. I turn down my music.

"This is now the FOURTH time you walked right in front of me while i was working out".

I said, "uh, ok".

She then says (and this got me REAAL fired up) "you're pretty oblivious huh"?

shouldn't have said that, bitch.

i said "WHOOOOOA, why don't you fuckin' relax". "I didnt know you need to be able to stare in the mirror to workout".

and she then says "well if you had shoulder surgery you'd care if people walked in front of you".

so i said "nah, i dont think so", and i put my headphones on and walked away.
I felt like telling her "You know, working out doesn't make you any less ugly. Obviously its not doing anything for your fat ass, so you must be under the impression that it helps your appearance"

AND THESE ARE THE FUCKIN KINDA PEOPLE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET TO MY GYM. the place used to be a great hardcore gym, fulla meatheads. they now got rid of all db's over 80lb and and turning the place into a planet fitness.

ya, that's smart. get rid of all the in-shape muscleheads who know what they are doing and who have been loyal for years. No muscleheads? no hot chicks that go there to see muscleheads. No hot chicks? no teenage boys and older guys that love staring at hot chicks. No teenage and older guys? No teenage girls and women that go to make sure their boyfriends/husbands aren't checking out hot chicks.

Makes me fuckin' sick to my stomach

 

[Flex]

^oh ya, forgot to mention she was curling 2.5lb db's

 

[mino lee]

flex: fucking hell.......... i dare you to say "the red spandex makes you look fatter than you really are." not even direct. but within her ear shot. ........


hmmm. nevermind. maybe it's just plain wrong to say that. ah. whatever.

 

[pumpchaser]

Knuckleheads like the spandex nut should be used for motivation for the next set. If she bothers you again, say nothing and instead mention it to gym management.

 

[Flex]

flex: fucking hell.......... i dare you to say "the red spandex makes you look fatter than you really are." not even direct. but within her ear shot. ........


hmmm. nevermind. maybe it's just plain wrong to say that. ah. whatever.

haha, good idea, bro.

i'm on my way there now. I usually just give her a deathstare, but maybe i'll say something today.

 

[Flex]

Knuckleheads like the spandex nut should be used for motivation for the next set. If she bothers you again, say nothing and instead mention it to gym management.

Nah bro, its mngmnt thats bringing in these type of people. That's REEEEEal smart. Get rid of all the big, dedicated, loyal muscleheads who know what they are doing and bring in the fat, old, outta shape people who only know how to sit on the bike and start peddling

 

[Flex]

A good gym is funky - noise, shouts, clanging of plates, music - bring it all on. That motivates me a lot more than gyms i've been in that are so quiet, sterile and perfectly chromed that everyone stares and criticizes the one guy busting his ass working out seriously. Sure some go over the top but that's OK with me and hardly noticed if you're doing your own thing vs. having the time to stand there doing nothing but picking your ass. Anyone seriously working shouldn't have time to care much.

Better some noise, some 'tude and intensity than a f---- library. Noise is part of what makes a good gym - I want the funkiness, sweat, grunts, screams n' music. The great gyms from the old days were like this, the whole vibe was imperfect but magic.

THANK YOU I'm glad someone finally agrees with me

 

[pumpchaser]

Management WILL listen to reasonable complaints that make sense about a nut running around challenging people. If they're not listening, you're in the wrong gym.

 

[BulkMeUp]

ya, that's smart. get rid of all the in-shape muscleheads who know what they are doing and who have been loyal for years. No muscleheads? no hot chicks that go there to see muscleheads. No hot chicks? no teenage boys and older guys that love staring at hot chicks. No teenage and older guys? No teenage girls and women that go to make sure their boyfriends/husbands aren't checking out hot chicks.

Makes me fuckin' sick to my stomach

In shape muscleheads are more likely to go to the gym frequently and use it. Which is why they are in shape. But the out-of-shape wannabe in-shape nuts dont use the gym as much (plus there is the possibility they would hire a personal trainer). Which means the managment has more 'space' for more members which brings them more revenue. Guess which type of member the management prefers. My money is on the out-of-shape ones. Sad but true.