What do you want to say to certain people at the gym?
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Bry_Fitness70
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On almost a daily basis, I see things in the gym that I wish I could change. Admittedly , I’m reasonably certain that others have looked at what I’m doing in the gym over the years and have had critical thoughts about it. So in that spirit, and in the spirit of passive-aggressiveness, I’d like to help some of my fellow exercisers out by assessing them on a message board that they will never read:
1) Hunched over on the treadmill / stair master person. I noticed you are working hard. You are on that machine for a long duration and sweating up a storm. But why are you bent over and leaning on the handles the whole time? Or grasping the front of it like your life depends on it? Don’t you realize that you are failing to work several key muscles and also reducing the cardio benefit? Adjust the speed and the incline so that you can remain upright with a good posture, you will get a lot more out of it.
2) Heavy weight lifting with minimal nutrition guy. You work out like an animal, with your big weight belt strapped on tightly. You are very dedicated, I see you in the gym almost every time I’m here, grunting away. But you never seem to look any different. You are in your late 20s-early 30s and are in the prime of your life. You have big arms, a big barrel chest, a pot belly, and often tiny legs (because who wastes time on legs when you can work in another bench day?). I’m thinking that once you walk out of the gym, you don’t invest any effort into fueling your body properly, beyond that big protein shake. Have you considered logging your diet? If you are going to invest all of these hours in the gym, maybe you should consider nailing down your diet and seeing more progress? (There are also these machines and exercises that provide cardio benefits that you haven’t seemed to notice, but that is a discussion for another day…)
3) Circuit guy. No one piece of equipment can hold you down for long. You need 2, 3, sometimes even 4, all unoccupied and available for you when you are ready to pounce from station to station! Unfortunately, there are only so many machines available, and there are a lot of people trying to work out within a limited amount of time (and space). I know it is upsetting when some non-circuit slacker notices that a machine that has been unoccupied for 40-50 seconds and begins using it, when they should know full well that you are in need of that as soon as you finish this other machine you are on. Have you ever considered a home gym where you don’t have to interact with other people and their annoying need to utilize machines that you need?
(If you have an impaired sense of sarcasm /humor, this thread may not be right for you)
1) Hunched over on the treadmill / stair master person. I noticed you are working hard. You are on that machine for a long duration and sweating up a storm. But why are you bent over and leaning on the handles the whole time? Or grasping the front of it like your life depends on it? Don’t you realize that you are failing to work several key muscles and also reducing the cardio benefit? Adjust the speed and the incline so that you can remain upright with a good posture, you will get a lot more out of it.
2) Heavy weight lifting with minimal nutrition guy. You work out like an animal, with your big weight belt strapped on tightly. You are very dedicated, I see you in the gym almost every time I’m here, grunting away. But you never seem to look any different. You are in your late 20s-early 30s and are in the prime of your life. You have big arms, a big barrel chest, a pot belly, and often tiny legs (because who wastes time on legs when you can work in another bench day?). I’m thinking that once you walk out of the gym, you don’t invest any effort into fueling your body properly, beyond that big protein shake. Have you considered logging your diet? If you are going to invest all of these hours in the gym, maybe you should consider nailing down your diet and seeing more progress? (There are also these machines and exercises that provide cardio benefits that you haven’t seemed to notice, but that is a discussion for another day…)
3) Circuit guy. No one piece of equipment can hold you down for long. You need 2, 3, sometimes even 4, all unoccupied and available for you when you are ready to pounce from station to station! Unfortunately, there are only so many machines available, and there are a lot of people trying to work out within a limited amount of time (and space). I know it is upsetting when some non-circuit slacker notices that a machine that has been unoccupied for 40-50 seconds and begins using it, when they should know full well that you are in need of that as soon as you finish this other machine you are on. Have you ever considered a home gym where you don’t have to interact with other people and their annoying need to utilize machines that you need?
(If you have an impaired sense of sarcasm /humor, this thread may not be right for you)
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Uh, the dude that doesn't wipe down the machine when he's done.
I just want to tell him to be a sweetie and wipe the seatie!0 -
Nothing. am there for me and me alone. I focus on my workout and don't care what other people are doing.0
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Stop posing in the mirror n hogging all the weight area space0
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You forgot "stinky, crusty guy!" and "hot gym girl" who has 12 guys (and their drool) following her every move! :laugh:0
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What do you want to say to certain people at the gym?
You're doing it wrong0 -
Invisible lat syndrome isn't a valid reason to park in the handicap parking space.0
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Nothing. am there for me and me alone. I focus on my workout and don't care what other people are doing.
I don't see any reason why I would refrain from being constantly aware of my surroundings. Some of the most valuable things that I've learned to do / not to do in life have been learned from observing others.0 -
PLEASE dont curl in the squat rack!!! TYVM!!!!!0
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Re-rack the plates. Seriously.0
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What I'd like to say: Hot guy with the very sexy muscles, visible abs, and well-inked tattoo, would you like to grab a drink sometime?
AKA, never have the nerve to say.0 -
Please use some deodorant, please!!0
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It's not necessary to wear perfume to the gym. You're not covering your sweat stink by any measure, and now I have a sinus headache.0
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2) Heavy weight lifting with minimal nutrition guy. You work out like an animal, with your big weight belt strapped on tightly. You are very dedicated, I see you in the gym almost every time I’m here, grunting away. But you never seem to look any different. You are in your late 20s-early 30s and are in the prime of your life. You have big arms, a big barrel chest, a pot belly, and often tiny legs (because who wastes time on legs when you can work in another bench day?). I’m thinking that once you walk out of the gym, you don’t invest any effort into fueling your body properly, beyond that big protein shake. Have you considered logging your diet? If you are going to invest all of these hours in the gym, maybe you should consider nailing down your diet and seeing more progress? (There are also these machines and exercises that provide cardio benefits that you haven’t seemed to notice, but that is a discussion for another day...)
I used to work in a grocery store across the street from a gym. The swoll guys would come in shopping and I would check out their carts. Nothing but processed crap. All frozen meals or.Hamburger Helper type things. All I could think of was "Doesn't that all just negate what you did at the gym?" They were clearly muscular guys but muscularly fat or fatly muscular if that makes any sense. Their t!ts were nearly as big as mine.0 -
Dude in the rack who just squatted my warm up for your 1rm, please don't scream ala Rick Flair style "Woooo" to draw attention to yourself, I'm glad you making progress, but its blowing leafs in my breeze...0
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Wipe the machine down after you use it! I don't care how not sweaty you think you are, just wipe it down.0
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Re-rack the plates. Seriously.
QFT!!!!!!!!0 -
Uh, the dude that doesn't wipe down the machine when he's done.
I just want to tell him to be a sweetie and wipe the seatie!
:laugh: Yes!0 -
Hey, guy who can only lift half as much as me, I don't want your critiques or advice.0
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Umm, don't worry about how long I've been working out, thanks. Let me do me and you do you!
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Yes! I hate it when people don't put things back the way they were! Be it re-racking weights or putting stability balls back on the rack or moving benches back to where they were. Drives me nuts!
Also, the guy who runs while holding on/hunding over the handles on the treadmill? That just makes no sense to me...0
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