D-Bags at the gym

BigT555

I keep track of my sets and reps on my phone. Being on my phone while I rest between sets doesn't matter. I'd just be sitting there anyway.

I wear tank tops. Sometimes cut off tees.

I wear beanies.

No beard.

Am I a douche?

I guess because I know one when I see one, and because I don't relate to them, I guess I'm not.

In my gym, the douches are the guys that wear full sweats with their hoodies on their head through their whole workout so you can't see their face. They throw plates, Not set, not drop, Throw plates on the floor because they are so badass, they can do that, I guess. They are the douche bags that DL 5 plates on each side of the bar, and then walk away without re-racking.

I don't know. Most of the guys in my gym are nice, and there are only a few douches. Even the big guys, with beanies and tanks are awesome dudes. the douches are more in their behavior rather than how they dress.

Have you started seeing the guys with the exercise gas masks on? That is the douchiest thing I have ever seen!

I saw that once and just laugh.

besides the fact that they look ridiculous, they've been proven to have zero benefit

MKEgal

In my gym, the douches are the guys that wear full sweats with their hoodies on their head through their whole workout so you can't see their face. They throw plates, Not set, not drop, Throw plates on the floor because they are so badass, they can do that, I guess. They are the douche bags that DL 5 plates on each side of the bar, and then walk away without re-racking.

Those people get pointed out to the gym staff for breaking the rules & being a lunk,
then the staff reminds them of the rules & if they keep breaking the rules they'll be thrown out.
One of the benefits to going to a gym in a nice area, with decent people - very few jerks.

There was one who consistently didn't clean things when he was done using them, was reported to the staff many times by several people, my friend even said something to him, and he copped an attitude.
One time when my friend happened to use a machine after him, and sprayed it down to clean it off, the lunk took the spray bottle & sprayed chemicals in my friend's face!!
THAT got reported to the manager AND I called the police, who pointed out to the jerk that he'd committed a crime & could go to jail. Unfortunately, despite seeing the video evidence they decided not to arrest him. :P
He's toned it down a _little_ bit since then.

And there are people who ignore the "no phone use except in lobby" rule, all over the gym floor as well as in the locker room!
Saw a gal yesterday holding a very loud conversation on her phone (or maybe with herself) while on the elliptical.
My phone stays in the locker. No reason for me to need to be attached to it all the time. This is my time to work on my health.
(I do have a disconnected smart phone I use as a pedometer, so it's in my pocket, and I log onto MFP through wi-fi to record when I'm done with weights or cardio. But that's not interrupting anyone, I'm not hogging or blocking equipment, etc.)

MKEgal

Have you started seeing the guys with the exercise gas masks on? That is the douchiest thing I have ever seen!

I saw that once and just laughed.

What on Earth...?
What's the supposed benefit to that?
I could see possibly regulating reproduction, 'cause they're certainly showing how stupid they are.

yopeeps025

One time when my friend happened to use a machine after him, and sprayed it down to clean it off, the lunk took the spray bottle & sprayed chemicals in my friend's face!!
THAT got reported to the manager AND I called the police, who pointed out to the jerk that he'd committed a crime & could go to jail. Unfortunately, despite seeing the video evidence they decided not to arrest him. :P
He's toned it down a _little_ bit since then.

Yeah that would be a fight.

PikaKnight

Is it just me or is there a recent immergence of douche bags at the gym? I'm talking about the dudes in tank tops/cut up shirts wearing beanies, covered in tats, long nasty beard, on their phones after every rep and listening to beats headphones. Typically these guys can be found only doing bicep curls or working the heavy ropes like an MMA fighter. I'm all for fitness but it's like they're gremlins and someone poured water on them.

TIL that you are automatically a douche bag based on appearances, clothes/tats you like, and if you like bicep curls or heavy ropes.

I hope people that might be using the phone to update their reps are aware now that they may very well fall into this category. I hope these people don't care what category you've decided to place them in and continue with their workouts.

Soccermavrick

The phone I agree with, it has no place unless it is an emergency. Many gyms even have policies against them. Then again if you are not in my way, I really could care less.

Of course the ones that annoy me come in in jeans, construction boots, claim a machine for twenty minutes at a time, do not know the words "work in" and talk on the phone between sets.

Tank tops, hey we are there for a reason. They want to admire their hard work, good for them.

yopeeps025

Is it just me or is there a recent immergence of douche bags at the gym? I'm talking about the dudes in tank tops/cut up shirts wearing beanies, covered in tats, long nasty beard, on their phones after every rep and listening to beats headphones. Typically these guys can be found only doing bicep curls or working the heavy ropes like an MMA fighter. I'm all for fitness but it's like they're gremlins and someone poured water on them.

TIL that you are automatically a douche bag based on appearances, clothes/tats you like, and if you like bicep curls or heavy ropes.

I hope people that might be using the phone to update their reps are aware now that they may very well fall into this category. I hope these people don't care what category you've decided to place them in and continue with their workouts.

Yea for OP whine session. LOL

lishie_rebooted

Have you started seeing the guys with the exercise gas masks on? That is the douchiest thing I have ever seen!

I saw that once and just laughed.

What on Earth...?
What's the supposed benefit to that?
I could see possibly regulating reproduction, 'cause they're certainly showing how stupid they are.

Altitude training.

My ex used one. Thought he was a badass

smantha32

One time when my friend happened to use a machine after him, and sprayed it down to clean it off, the lunk took the spray bottle & sprayed chemicals in my friend's face!!
THAT got reported to the manager AND I called the police, who pointed out to the jerk that he'd committed a crime & could go to jail. Unfortunately, despite seeing the video evidence they decided not to arrest him. :P
He's toned it down a _little_ bit since then.

Yeah that would be a fight.

I was just thinking that too. A lot of doucheyness can be stopped by a throat punch.

auticus

The only thing that I cannot stand are:

* people that take up multiple stations / equipment at the same time
* jack offs curling in the squat rack.

rachelg145

Does the guy with the fanny sack around his big belly in a skin tight phil collins concert t-shirt strutting around like he's david beckham count as d-baggy enough?

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lishie_rebooted

I thought the 'gas masks' were to simulate high altitude. For people that train in low altitudes but have to perform in high altitudes, there is a benefit. I could be wrong, but that's the idea. I don't think if it as douche-ie. I always think they're training for something. The ones in my gym are always too badass to laugh at. They look like they might cut you.

It is for altitude training.

BigT555

I thought the 'gas masks' were to simulate high altitude. For people that train in low altitudes but have to perform in high altitudes, there is a benefit. I could be wrong, but that's the idea. I don't think if it as douche-ie. I always think they're training for something. The ones in my gym are always too badass to laugh at. They look like they might cut you.

it works differently then actual high altitude training though, with altitude training you have to deal with low air pressure and lower oxygen levels, the mask just provides resistance to your breathing, like inhaling through a straw. it works your diaphragm but nothing else

Karabobarra

In my gym it's the ones that talk on their phone the entire time while at the gym and monopolize a machine. . I have asked them if I could use the machine but I either get a look of disgust for interrupting their conversation or a motion that they are almost done then proceed to talk another 20 minutes while sitting at the machine before completing their one more set.

Most of them don't speak English and I am not sure if they understand it either. One in particular doesn't even use a blutooth and holds the phone next to his ear the entire time....smh. no wonder he looks so scrawny. ...I could probably take him. Lol

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cranshinibon

I wish I could record the d-bags at my gym. I don't have a problem with people wearing tank tops or tattoos but I do have a problem with the aforementioned nipple revealing string bikini esq tank tops. I had originally judged people that wore tank tops with tattoos not because of how they acted but by whether or not I was intimidated / jealous of how they looked. Now that I am starting to realize that most of those guys are there for the same reason as me, I could care less....except when they hog benches and prevent me from doing my workout.

I actually thought one guy was a huge dbag just because he wore a tank top and looked at himself in the mirror (like checking himself out) I actually wound up talking to him one day and realized he was actually a pretty cool guy. You shouldn't let appearance bother you unless they're actually BEING a d-bag and it affects your workout, otherwise ignore em.

I've got one guy that I've seen walk in front of others in between their sets and use the machine without asking....they were wearing a tank top, but the tank top didn't make them a douche.....the cutting in front thing did.

There's also these other guys that wear their backwards baseball hats with the stickers still on and also wear tank tops.I think wearing their hats that way showcases their overly cocky attitude walking around the gym but the thing that makes them dbags is the fact that they hog the dumbbells / horde them around , talk on their cellphones loudly, and pay no attention to where they are going / what they are doing and have seen them bump into other people without so much as an apology

I enjoy wearing my light sweatshirt when I workout, and sometimes I'll put my hood up because I don't like when sweat pours down the back of my neck (not to mention I don't like drenching the benches with my soaked shirt). Some people would say I look like a douche, but I could care less, because I just do my own thing and enjoy my workout without bothering anyone else.

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JoRocka

I thought the 'gas masks' were to simulate high altitude. For people that train in low altitudes but have to perform in high altitudes, there is a benefit. I could be wrong, but that's the idea. I don't think if it as douche-ie. I always think they're training for something. The ones in my gym are always too badass to laugh at. They look like they might cut you.

to be fair also- it's an altitude training mask- not a gas mask.

Although the breathing effects are similar- the psychological ones are different.

yes- I've run miles in an actual pro-mask (gas mask) it sucks balls.
You're ENTIRE face is in the mask.

it's a whole other thing.

I also don't see a point in using it unless you're ACTUALLY training for an event-which most people aren't. But who am I to judge. Stay out of my way - I'll stay out of yours and I don't care what you're doing wearing or playing on your phone.

cranshinibon

This closely resembles something a douche bag would say, if one could actually talk. :laugh:

lol confusion level 10

stillhere1981

Planet Fitness gets a lot of internet hate, but their no-lunk rules ban that sort of thing so I don't see much of it. What I do see are people coughing all over the water fountain and dudes getting on the elliptical right next to me even though there are tons of other ones open and then doing it again when I move to a treadmill. Back off man!

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cranshinibon

This closely resembles something a douche bag would say, if one could actually talk. :laugh:

lol confusion level 10

Muscle confusion, undoubtedly.

is that like curling in the squat rack with a medicine ball?

SrMaggalicious

i friggin' LOVE my home gym....the only one who gets rude is my dog, when he knows I'm done and I start my stretching routine He'll sneak over and hog my mat, trying to lay with me. :bigsmile:

mantium999

Tattoos....Check
Tank top....Check, when its hot
Beanie....Check, when its cold
Headphones.....Check
On my phone....Check, use it to log sets and as a rest timer
Beard...Nope

I workout in my garage though, so I guess this prevents me from being classified as a d-bag. Nuts.

bigpapa36

Everyone has their own version of a D-Bag. There just happens to be a bunch of them running around at my gym in SoCal. I have tats as well and pull out my iPhone for a song change from time to time so I guess I could be classified as a mini douche. I've been laughing at some of the comments...not sure what the "wearing a hat indoors" remark was supposed to be lol. Bottom line is we are all here for a reason and that's to achieve a goal...d-bags or not...keep up the hard work !!!

dym123

I don't normally workout at a gym, but a couple of weeks ago I decided to do a trial PT offer at a local high end gym and actually saw the guy the OP describes, only the beard was expertly coiffed. Decided working out from home is best.

MKEgal

One time when my friend happened to use a machine after him, and sprayed it down to clean it off, the lunk took the spray bottle & sprayed chemicals in my friend's face!!
THAT got reported to the manager AND I called the police, who pointed out to the jerk that he'd committed a crime & could go to jail. Unfortunately, despite seeing the video evidence they decided not to arrest him. :P
He's toned it down a _little_ bit since then.

Yeah that would be a fight.

I'm actually surprised my friend didn't react very violently & physically. He has more of a temper than I do, less control due to several head injuries (mostly from his time in the Army), is stronger, and used to be Army Airborne, so could probably do more damage than I would (unless I'm armed, which I'm usually not while I'm working out).

If he'd done it to me, at the very least I would have been screaming so everyone in the gym would hear, pour my water bottle in my eyes, hog the drinking fountain to wash my eyes until the ambulance got there, and most definitely pressed charges for the assault.

stillhere1981

I definitely made a comment to some dude at the gym yesterday that was not wiping off the machines. Yuck!

George_Baileys_Ghost

SRS! We should open a gym where people like that are shamed with alarms. A real nice place where no one is judged except for people who dress a certain way, or who lift/exercise with an intensity or style that we don't understand or like. We could paint everything purple, and serve pizza and candy. We'll teach them to be who they want to be.