Add your gym rants here

[ChrisJTurner]

So I have been hitting the gym hard lately and have a few rants about noobs, twats and other amusing gym folk, so thought it'd be a fun off-topic to add your gym rant below.

Ill start with mine.

- People farting in the sauna.
This morning, some guy was stretching his leg above him whilst lying down. With each stretch, he let one rip.
I asked in the politest manner "Can you please F*cking stop that", which resulted in an apology.

Anyone else got any pet peeves?

 

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[ChrisJTurner]

Have another

People staying naked, longer than necessary.
Dry yourself, put your pecker away... dont walk around parading your shit.
Especially lifting one leg on the bench to dry your balls, when I am like 3ft away.

 

[Aaron W]

I think you're going to the wrong type of gym wink wink

 

[ChrisJTurner]

I think you're going to the wrong type of gym wink wink

I'm guessing you talk from experience then?

 

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[Fox]

I have been gyming in Colombia a lot lately and you see some funny things

- Someone doing dumbbell flies on an incline bench machine with the supports getting in the way. There were two free adjustable benches free at the time.
- people using the squat racks for 5lbs curls
- someone using the only two flat benches at PEAK hours for body weight dips. They were dipping about 4 inches and had their legs resting across the other bench.

The funniest moment was me doing incline bar bench with two weights on each side. I stopped between sets to take a break but remained sitting on the bench. When I leaned back for my second set someone had taken all the weights off the bar. They had just walked up and unloaded everyhting while I was resting between sets. Unbelievable.

 

[hatzil]

So I have been hitting the gym hard lately and have a few rants about noobs, twats and other amusing gym folk, so thought it'd be a fun off-topic to add your gym rant below.

Ill start with mine.

- People farting in the sauna.
This morning, some guy was stretching his leg above him whilst lying down. With each stretch, he let one rip.
I asked in the politest manner "Can you please F*cking stop that", which resulted in an apology.

Anyone else got any pet peeves?

reminds me when i made squats and suddenly had fart(without noise) and the guy next to me was lifting and then started choking lol, i couldn't stop laughing while trying not to.
but right now i do street workout

 

[ChrisJTurner]

- someone using the only two flat benches at PEAK hours for body weight dips. They were dipping about 4 inches and had their legs resting across the other bench.

Yup, its possibly the same person who puts his towel on the machine he is not using, but wants to use it next.

Did you manage to find the person who off loaded your weights?
Very funny.. though I can just imagine you were fuming?

 

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[ChrisJTurner]

reminds me when i made squats and suddenly had fart(without noise) and the guy next to me was lifting and then started choking lol, i couldn't stop laughing while trying not to.
but right now i do street workout

Ha ha ha Legend!

 

[marklov]

Sweat on the equipment.

I cursed out regular gym member that always leaves
a rank puddle of sweat on the bench area I like to use.

 

[Kingmaker]

 

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[AgainstAllOdds]

Cardio machines getting crowded right after New Year's. I like seeing people bettering themselves, but honestly 90% of these new people won't be there in a month. They're just there because of an arbitrary date that "motivated them" to create change. However, it didn't change laziness.

 

[Andy Black]

The funniest moment was me doing incline bar bench with two weights on each side. I stopped between sets to take a break but remained sitting on the bench. When I leaned back for my second set someone had taken all the weights off the bar. They had just walked up and unloaded everyhting while I was resting between sets. Unbelievable.

Maaaan. That's hysterical.

Cardio machines getting crowded right after New Year's. I like seeing people bettering themselves, but honestly 90% of these new people won't be there in a month. They're just there because of an arbitrary date that "motivated them" to create change. However, it didn't change laziness.

I'm going to love the gym this January. For the last few months I've been going at 8am when there's only been 3 people there anyway. I could be wrong, but I can't imagine the New Years resolution folks filling it up at 8am.

 

[TTG SS]

Dumb teenagers trying to lift way more than they can handle.

Usually kids attempting to successfully bench 225 for reps but results in all kinds of squirming, bouncing of the bar, and generally very poor form. Set the ego aside and stick with weight that will actually help you get stronger and build more muscle, not just injure your joints.

Another funny one was some poor kid trying to impress his buddies by "squatting" 315. By squatting, I mean maybe a 1/4 rep at best. Proceeded to load another 45lbs on the bar and went for it, his legs started shaking and he collapsed. Hopefully that puts his ego in check prior to him snapping his back in half. This kid had no business squatting more than 135.

 

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[wade1mil]

What irritates me about gyms are the people that are there all the time and look down on people that aren't experienced.

"You've been to the gym three times in your life and you haven't mastered every machine and lift? You pathetic human. I am so much better than you."

 

[Fox]

Did you manage to find the person who off loaded your weights?
Very funny.. though I can just imagine you were fuming?

I could only laugh. The pure cheek of doing that is too funny. I had only taken a 30-40 second break so they were fast too.

 

[Aaron W]

I'm guessing you talk from experience then?

ahh shit.... hahah

 

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[ChrisJTurner]

I'm going to love the gym this January. For the last few months I've been going at 8am when there's only been 3 people there anyway. I could be wrong, but I can't imagine the New Years resolution folks filling it up at 8am.

Well, we are 3 days into January and the gym has been rammed, to the point that I can no longer use the equipment I need.

I'm all for people creating change and would support anyone in that venture but it really does annoy me that the people who are clogging up the equipment, wont be there in 2 months time.
You can normally tell the ones that wont last because they are either facebooking/texting between sets, staring at women and/or watching TV whilst doing cardio.
I guess only time will make this situation better.

 

[ChrisJTurner]

Oh, another funny guy that normally goes on the cross trainer at the gym.

He does this weird thing where he goes fast whilst leaning forward pointing his elbows outward, then almost out of nowhere, he'll lift one foot up off the platform and begin riding the crosstrainer, one legged. I think he is just trying to show off but he just looks dumb as F*ck.

 

[Almantas]

Lads and girls who regularly come into the gym to socialize by sitting on benches and gossiping. By doing so, it leaves other busy people wasting their time waiting for a specific equipment.

In addition, although unknowingly, there are few guys who regularly engage in a protein farting competition at the gym. What's worse, they don't care that they are sharing same oxygen space with other gym users, farters proudly engage in this disturbing behavior without any efforts to silence their anal audio , sometimes it feels like training in a middle of a thunderstorm. I am holding on hopes that their back-end blowouts will stop and the participants of farting competition realize the negative effects of their human hydrogen bombs.

 

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[Jata]

Oh, another funny guy that normally goes on the cross trainer at the gym.

He does this weird thing where he goes fast whilst leaning forward pointing his elbows outward, then almost out of nowhere, he'll lift one foot up off the platform and begin riding the crosstrainer, one legged. I think he is just trying to show off but he just looks dumb as F*ck.

Pics or it didn't happen

 

[croman]

i cannot stand when people walk up the the dumbbell rack, pull the weight off and then stand right in front of the rack, like right up to it and proceed to do their set.

Hey,..F*cking stupid...

Take at least 3-4 steps back so others can get in there to grab other weight beside/below your weight you just grabbed.

Just ignorant.

Move over you retard.


Let other people get to the Dumbbells while you are completing your set.

This irritates me like nothing else.

 

[The-J]

Dumb teenagers trying to lift way more than they can handle.

I use a university gym (that is also open to the general public). I see this all the time. I don't mind... until I gotta help rack pull the weight off his chest because his spotter buddy can't do it.

Test your maxes safely, guys.

All in all, most resolutioners are chill, despite the fact that most of em won't last till February. It's mainly the kids that go with all 6 of their buddies and cause a ruckus, hog the benches and don't rerack the weights properly.

Some old guys are a bit annoying, too, especially the ones that used to go and now want to give unsolicited advice despite being completely out of shape. This isn't too common, though.

 

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[ChrisJTurner]

Pics or it didn't happen

Ha!
I'll wait till I see him do it again and make it a TMF exclusive!

 

[BellaPippin]

20 minute wait until people were finished with their bench press sets on the assisted squat machine.

It's fine on a slow day but with a full gym at peak hour? You think you can use the appropriate machine?

Mental note: get into the fastlane so I can go to the gym during slow hours.

 

[ChrisJTurner]

Mental note: get into the fastlane so I can go to the gym during slow hours.

Mental note: get into the fastlane so you can have your own gym at home

 

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[Bouncing Soul]

Resolutionists /thread

 

[ClaytonAlbright]

I used to get to the Gym right when it opened at 5am. There ended up being another guy that always came at the exact same time and seemed to leave at the same time I did every day. The annoying thing he did that made me stop going at the same time was he would hawk up mucus/spit constantly every single day in the shower. I don't know what was wrong with him but it was disgusting listening to that constantly daily in the shower.

 

[ChrisJTurner]

I used to get to the Gym right when it opened at 5am. There ended up being another guy that always came at the exact same time and seemed to leave at the same time I did every day. The annoying thing he did that made me stop going at the same time was he would hawk up mucus/spit constantly every single day in the shower. I don't know what was wrong with him but it was disgusting listening to that constantly daily in the shower.

There is actually a sign up in our gym showers that reminds members that if they decide to clear mucus in the shower, they'll be asked to leave and membership will be cancelled.

 

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[ChrisJTurner]

Its quite funny when you see people incline on the treadmill, yet clinging on top of the machine.

 

[BellaPippin]

Its quite funny when you see people incline on the treadmill, yet clinging on top of the machine.

Same with the ones taking off half of their body weight by supporting themselves on the stairmaster handles. Might as well just walk on the treadmill.