Do you re-rack your weights or are you a douche?!!??

MiamiKid305
MiamiKid305 Posts: 357
in Fitness and Exercise
Your take on it.. goooooooooooo
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  • Frozen300
    Frozen300 Posts: 223 Member
    Other than bad body odour, it's gotta be the worst gym etiquette to have. Rack your damn plates, your mom isn't here to clean up after you.
  • haroon_awan
    haroon_awan Posts: 1,208 Member
    I think it's rude to leave all the weight on the bar, eg after benching.

    If you're deadlifting and leave 300lb on the bar on the floor then that's just straight up annoying. I don't wanna spend 2 minutes taking that $%& off and racking it.
  • Fit_NYC_
    Fit_NYC_ Posts: 1,389 Member
    Re-reack weights... it's just common decency.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    I hate people who do this.

    I have regularly had to take off 2-3 plates each side of the bar in the squat rack, because people have just left it on there when they're done. We also have 45kg (99lb) plates that have been left before on leg press etc. That ****'s heavy and I don't appreciate having to take it off before I lift!
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    I workout at home, so if I can't be bothered to take the weights of my barbell at the end of a workout, it doesn't amount to anything, in fact it's probably less work to adjust them to the right amount for my next workout, as it is to put them all back then get them all out again. So you can probably tell what my last workout was based on what weights are currently on my barbell and dumbbells.
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    no one is a douche.
  • Nutella91
    Nutella91 Posts: 624 Member
    i'm a douche. :/
  • jesz124
    jesz124 Posts: 1,004 Member
    i'm a douche. :/

    Seriously though? Do you not re-rack ya weights?
  • Ninguneado73
    Ninguneado73 Posts: 832
    i'm a douche. :/

    I think that'd be impossible
  • sandradev1
    sandradev1 Posts: 786 Member
    I workout at home, so if I can't be bothered to take the weights of my barbell at the end of a workout, it doesn't amount to anything, in fact it's probably less work to adjust them to the right amount for my next workout, as it is to put them all back then get them all out again. So you can probably tell what my last workout was based on what weights are currently on my barbell and dumbbells.

    Same here. Another bonus of lifting at home, you almost ready to go next session, just a few adjustments
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    1) Its a pain in the butt to find the weights all over the gym so to avoid the next guy to go through it, I re-rack
    2) We have a "coach" on staff who mainly checks if people aren't doing anything dangerous. He keeps check on who is not re-racking and since he's this HUGE fella, people listen to him when he tells them to re-rack
  • mverburgt
    mverburgt Posts: 13 Member
    I get to the gym when it opens each day and I am always having to remove plates that others left on or search for a missing dumbbell. I have limited time so I like to get in, keep moving and get out so I hate the time it wastes.
  • HMVOL7409
    HMVOL7409 Posts: 1,588 Member
    I rerack and tend to rerack others during rest sets. The gym owner saw me doing this and has since said something but you still find douche bags (male and female) who don't.
  • kaitlynelkins9
    kaitlynelkins9 Posts: 26 Member
    To be honest, I usually don't re-rack plates. At my gym, absolutely no one does. I really don't mind adjusting plates, and it appears no one else at my gym does either. It usually takes me some time to get set up in the squat rack though because it involves removing the plates that were left, taking down the bar, adjusting the clips to a height that works for me, putting the bar back up, and then putting on the plates again. But it doesn't bother me, and I just consider it steps in preparation of my lift. I always put dumbbells back in the appropriate rack though.
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
    i'm a douche. :/

    I stand corrected.
  • theycallyoumister
    theycallyoumister Posts: 222 Member
    Always. And at home too. One less thing to bother with when it's orderly. It's also safer.
  • LoveMyLife_NYC
    LoveMyLife_NYC Posts: 230 Member
    Your set isn't done until you re-rack your weights. I often wonder about the guys who squat over 300lbs, then watch a tiny girl (me) come over to re-rack the weights. You would think they would feel bad watching a girl put all their weights away...
  • Chris99mu
    Chris99mu Posts: 352 Member
    It def takes some time to re rack my 5's off the bar. But I like ppl to see how strong I am moving those 5's. I usually grunt real loud. To draw maximum attention.
  • Dauntlessness
    Dauntlessness Posts: 1,489 Member
    I don't know, sometimes I lose faith in the human race. I think I might need to take over and rule the world especially if they cant even be considerate enough to rack their weights. :laugh: :wink:

    Oh and what gets me too is when people monopolize 2-3 machines at the same time. I will jump in in the middle and just use them. Sorry, but your not the only person here buddy. haha
  • BOOMaggedon
    BOOMaggedon Posts: 244 Member
    Top level douches never rerack their weights. But what burns me more than that is when your gym provides towels and spray bottles to clean off the benches, cardio equipment, etc and the ULTRA DOUCHES can't seem to squirt a couple of squirts and swipe a couple of times to wipe off the equipment they just sweated all over. In fact if I had to do a Douche Bag Sacle

    SORTA DOUCHE - Maybe just has terrible BO. And maybe is rocking all spandex. But other than that...not too bad.

    DOUCHE - Doesn't know that they need to re rack their weights. Asks if you are almost done with equipment 5 minutes into your work. Sings outloud once in awhile.

    TOP LEVEL DOUCHE - Knows they should rerack their weights but choose not to because they are far too douchy for that. Asks if you are done with equipment while you still using it. Grunts like a wildebeast while doing drop sets.

    ULTRA DOUCHE - Throws their weights on the floor when done and walks away. Never wipes down equipment. Answers their cell phone during workouts. Takes your equipment in the middle of your workout. Wears a confederate flag bandana. Poses after all curl sets.

    SUPER MEGA ULTRA TOP DOG DOUCHE - Does all the above.
  • Trev50
    Trev50 Posts: 14
    I re-rack my wights AND I am a douche. I don't have to be one or the other. But seriously, this is one of the things I complain about. Douches also sit on weight benches and machines between sets instead of getting up and letting other people work in between their sets. And...they stand in front of the rack in everyone's way while they lift the dumbbells instead of standing a few feet away. I can complain all day about douches.
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
    Top level douches never rerack their weights. But what burns me more than that is when your gym provides towels and spray bottles to clean off the benches, cardio equipment, etc and the ULTRA DOUCHES can't seem to squirt a couple of squirts and swipe a couple of times to wipe off the equipment they just sweated all over. In fact if I had to do a Douche Bag Sacle

    SORTA DOUCHE - Maybe just has terrible BO. And maybe is rocking all spandex. But other than that...not too bad.

    DOUCHE - Doesn't know that they need to re rack their weights. Asks if you are almost done with equipment 5 minutes into your work. Sings outloud once in awhile.

    TOP LEVEL DOUCHE - Knows they should rerack their weights but choose not to because they are far too douchy for that. Asks if you are done with equipment while you still using it. Grunts like a wildebeast while doing drop sets.

    ULTRA DOUCHE - Throws their weights on the floor when done and walks away. Never wipes down equipment. Answers their cell phone during workouts. Takes your equipment in the middle of your workout. Wears a confederate flag bandana. Poses after all curl sets.

    SUPER MEGA ULTRA TOP DOG DOUCHE - Does all the above.

    lol this be awesome!
  • Valeius
    Valeius Posts: 1
    Being able to work out at home is a lot better for me, since I don't have to pay the money to go a gym and/or pay for gas (lol). I have been to a gym and seen this stuff before though. This one guy who was lifting just walked away from his mess of dumbells, he was a fairly big dude by the way, and I asked are you going to put the stuff you used back? Than he answered with, what are you going to do about it?, and he lunged towards trying to make me flinch while I stood there and looked at him with a confused face and almost laughed while he walked off.

    Douche is one word, but babies with muscles is a lot more clearer.
  • xMonroeMisfit
    xMonroeMisfit Posts: 411 Member
    hate this. currently i am a weakling. so it pisses me the eff off when i have to kill myself re-racking someone else's heavy weights.
  • jesz124
    jesz124 Posts: 1,004 Member
    It is totally douchey to not re rack your weights.Sadly though, it doesn't fail to surprise me in the slightest when I get to the squat rack and it's still fully loaded. Some people are just lazy feckers.....
  • angieleighbyrd
    angieleighbyrd Posts: 989 Member
    I'm a douche. But my weights are also in my living room
  • lacroyx
    lacroyx Posts: 5,754 Member
    I re-rack my weights. Also, it doesn't bug me when I have to re-rack other people's weights. I see it as an added bonus workout.
  • tachyon_master
    tachyon_master Posts: 226 Member
    Yes, I do. And I've not had issues with others not doing it either - yet. But then there's also signs all over the wall in the heavy lifting room at my gym about re-racking your weights. And there's always staff around ready to rip you a new one for not playing by the rules.
  • taylorwaylor
    taylorwaylor Posts: 417 Member
    Re-rack... I hate when people dont! Some guys left their weights on the squat rack and they were on the other side of the gym... So i had to go over there and ask if they were done... And im assuming since im a small girl they didnt think i could take the weights off.. So THEN they went and took them off..
  • AmyMgetsfit
    AmyMgetsfit Posts: 636 Member
    I lift from home and re-rack. My husband uses them too and I hated it when he did that to me. He did it once and he got an earful when he got home from work that day and never did it again. That was back when he was lifting really heavy. So now we put our own weights away when we are done. It is only common courtesy. I hate clutter and it would probably bug me even if I was the only one using them if they weren't stacked neatly where they belong.

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