Stupid-face gym people
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Almost forgot the third type we have. The insecure couples who sort of lift together. The kind that follow each other around the entire place and just take up space. There's absolutely no reason for you to stand there while your girl does lunges for 15 minutes just looking miserable until its your turn to do a completely separate lift across the gym. Likewise there is no reason for you to sit there while your man is doing squats. It's not a swingers club. No one is going to grab your girl or your man if you are not in a 3 foot radius of them at all times.0
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I work out at the Marine Corp gym. So you can imagine the things I hear from them.0
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Almost forgot the third type we have. The insecure couples who sort of lift together. The kind that follow each other around the entire place and just take up space. There's absolutely no reason for you to stand there while your girl does lunges for 15 minutes just looking miserable until its your turn to do a completely separate lift across the gym. Likewise there is no reason for you to sit there while your man is doing squats. It's not a swingers club. No one is going to grab your girl or your man if you are not in a 3 foot radius of them at all times.
There's a couple of young people at our gym like that except she follows him around and does nothing.
My husband and I work out together but we are doing the same workout so if we're using the cable machine and one side is occupied or when we're doing lat pull downs or anything that doesn't involve free weights while he's doing his lifts I'm resting and vice-versa (I know that's not what you're talking about. At least I hope not).
And also: You don't know a lot of swingers do you? Trust me. They aren't going to just grab someone and run off with them. They have a lot more manners than that.
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age, we all grow up/0
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Hilariously written - and so true. You had me nodding in agreement and falling out of my chair laughing at the same time.0
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I hate D-bags like that. *facepalm*0
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We have a guy who purposefully lets out loud girlish screams every time he lifts. I don't really care about grunts, I've let them out before during particularly tough lifts.. but you can tell it's on purpose because him and his bro's giggle every time. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't every day he does this.. you'd think the joke would get old by then right?
Then this one girl who we try to avoid followed me and my gym partner around the gym telling us that we were pressing too much on the leg press and we would blow our knees out (completely not true..) and even took a picture of us and put it on facebook without our knowledge. Even creepier is that when she took the picture we didn't even know she was there, let alone taking pictures of us! Then to put it on facebook? Weirdo.
Of course I'm far from the perfect gym goer, I've done a few things to annoy people I'm sure.. lol0 -
And also: You don't know a lot of swingers do you? Trust me. They aren't going to just grab someone and run off with them. They have a lot more manners than that.
Nah, don't really know swingers...and also, the following around doing nothing thing you mentioned is EXACTLY what I am talking about.0 -
Finally I hate guys who do not remove weights from the smith machine after using it. Usually its the younger guys that do this.
Not at mine. It's the people that think the rules don't apply to them, regardless of gender.
Why are you using a smith machine in the first place?0 -
And also: You don't know a lot of swingers do you? Trust me. They aren't going to just grab someone and run off with them. They have a lot more manners than that.
Nah, don't really know swingers...and also, the following around doing nothing thing you mentioned is EXACTLY what I am talking about.
It is annoying. Especially because this particular girl takes up space.0 -
Why are you using a smith machine in the first place?
+5 MFP points goes to you.0 -
LOL! Ok, you reminded me of what I don't miss about going to a bigger gym. I use my work gym which is smaller but has everything I need to get my workout done. One thing that annoys me there is that some of the guys who lift the heavy weights leave them near the weight bench or pretty much where ever they throw them down and so I'm always tripping over them when I come in to workout. Ugh!0
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Why did you do your deadlifts last? Bro! C'mon bro!
I kid, I fortunately don't have any of them at my current gym but they were all over the place at 24 Hour.0 -
Maybe you should try Planet Fitness? Though, I would be annoyed too.0
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We have a guy who purposefully lets out loud girlish screams every time he lifts. I don't really care about grunts, I've let them out before during particularly tough lifts.. but you can tell it's on purpose because him and his bro's giggle every time. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren't every day he does this.. you'd think the joke would get old by then right?
Then this one girl who we try to avoid followed me and my gym partner around the gym telling us that we were pressing too much on the leg press and we would blow our knees out (completely not true..) and even took a picture of us and put it on facebook without our knowledge. Even creepier is that when she took the picture we didn't even know she was there, let alone taking pictures of us! Then to put it on facebook? Weirdo.
Of course I'm far from the perfect gym goer, I've done a few things to annoy people I'm sure.. lol
I would almost die laughing if I heard a guy letting out girlish screams at the gym, but it would annoy me if it was one of my friends doing it and I was there with them.0 -
This is exactly why I bought a home gym.
I despise gym culture.*
*Yes, I know this is an overbroad generalization. But I have yet to encounter a gym where 'bro' culture doesn't slap you in the face within 2 minutes of entering.0 -
This is why me = no gym. This. Very. Reason. Also the girls who (loudly) giggle like a gaggle of geese and occupy the cardio machines for an hour all the while talking and not really doing anything else. Even my YMCA got bad. But I guess they pay as well to be there so what can you do? I left, that's what I did, I now jog outside and use my bands and strength videos at home 0
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Maybe you should try Planet Fitness? Though, I would be annoyed too.
They are there also, just in quieter form, they undercover their bro-ness!0 -
Maybe you should try Planet Fitness? Though, I would be annoyed too.
They are there also, just in quieter form, they undercover their bro-ness!
The OP was wishing for quiet. :P0 -
My pet peeve is the people who use my building's gym late at night and leave it a complete disaster when I show up at 5am. The free weights are all in the wrong order, old towels and water bottles are left on the benches, kettle bells are randomly scattered across the floor, jump ropes are on the floor, waiting for my tired self to trip on them, barbells have huge weights left on there that I struggle to remove...
Granted this probably bothers me a lot more than others because I'm kinda OCD about things being in the proper order, and I get a little workout by trying to organize everything again, but really I'd rather people just be considerate and leave things where they found them.0 -
Maybe you should try Planet Fitness? Though, I would be annoyed too.
They are there also, just in quieter form, they undercover their bro-ness!
The OP was wishing for quiet. :P
Yeah, your right, but their still annoying, with their flipped up hat brims and tiny man-shirts, posing around like some damn puffed up pigeons!0 -
Get that here as well usually collage kids, steroid boys or something of that nature. Our gym is fairly small and i don't take there **** either. When they come up to me and ask if i am soon done. i reply with "You will know when i am done when i put my weights back" They slam weights around and just cause noise.0
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Get that here as well usually collage kids, steroid boys or something of that nature. Our gym is fairly small and i don't take there **** either. When they come up to me and ask if i am soon done. i reply with "You will know when i am done when i put my weights back" They slam weights around and just cause noise.
I don't think I would ask you when your done...I would just wait politely and try not to piss you off. I mean that as a compliment 0 -
Get that here as well usually collage kids, steroid boys or something of that nature. Our gym is fairly small and i don't take there **** either. When they come up to me and ask if i am soon done. i reply with "You will know when i am done when i put my weights back" They slam weights around and just cause noise.
Also kind of obnoxious. Your answer is just an eff you. I'd hit you with the followup .. "ok, so you wanna ballpark when you'll be putting those weights back?"0 -
All these gym "horror" stories and gripes make me love my gym all the more! I try to work out in the morning or early afternoon when it's mostly just the older crowd, and a few younger people like myself who don't want to deal with how busy it is in the evening.0
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The point is, maybe someones a bit snarky back they might get the point, doubt it but i have had a few say, ok sorry np, then i will reply with something light hearted and funny to break an existing tension.Get that here as well usually collage kids, steroid boys or something of that nature. Our gym is fairly small and i don't take there **** either. When they come up to me and ask if i am soon done. i reply with "You will know when i am done when i put my weights back" They slam weights around and just cause noise.
Also kind of obnoxious. Your answer is just an eff you. I'd hit you with the followup .. "ok, so you wanna ballpark when you'll be putting those weights back?"0 -
Am I mean if I say "get some headphones and deal with it"? There's always going to be obnoxious people who don't mesh well with you personally, just learn to ignore them.
I couldn't possibly care less what anyone is saying or doing at the gym; and we have some loud obnoxious people. I just put in my earbuds and tune them out!
Eta: I also see no problem with asking how many sets you got left. Sometimes when I see a guy on his 8th set of half-squats I will ask. If he answers snotty then I will stand there and stare him down until he leaves. *shrug* Don't hold up equipment for like 20 minutes.0 -
The point is, maybe someones a bit snarky back they might get the point, doubt it but i have had a few say, ok sorry np, then i will reply with something light hearted and funny to break an existing tension.Get that here as well usually collage kids, steroid boys or something of that nature. Our gym is fairly small and i don't take there **** either. When they come up to me and ask if i am soon done. i reply with "You will know when i am done when i put my weights back" They slam weights around and just cause noise.
Also kind of obnoxious. Your answer is just an eff you. I'd hit you with the followup .. "ok, so you wanna ballpark when you'll be putting those weights back?"
Possibly .. I'm guessing I wouldnt get the snark since I'm not walking in bro-ing it up. I get the urge to just *****-slap and dismiss the "type" of person we're talking about ... You can tell if someone's looking for data so they can optimize a set, or if they're someone asking a question just to get in your face...
Edited because that last sentence just didnt sound like english ...0 -
That sounds like a lunk alert.0
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Am I mean if I say "get some headphones and deal with it"? There's always going to be obnoxious people who don't mesh well with you personally, just learn to ignore them.
I couldn't possibly care less what anyone is saying or doing at the gym; and we have some loud obnoxious people. I just put in my earbuds and tune them out!
Eta: I also see no problem with asking how many sets you got left. Sometimes when I see a guy on his 8th set of half-squats I will ask. If he answers snotty then I will stand there and stare him down until he leaves. *shrug* Don't hold up equipment for like 20 minutes.
well like I said I do have headphones with me, but I'm trying to teach my wife proper form since she's just starting to lift heavy. Having to block out the obnoxious bros with headphones also blocks out my wife... and besides that, why should the other 100 people there have to either put up with or change their own routines because these two jagoffs can't act like adults? Noise from working out is one thing. this was over the top, unnecessary, and quite rude. And quite out of the norm for this gym. We're there a lot and most of the people we see, we see a lot. Everyone keeps to themselves for the most part (but is friendly at the same time). We're all there to work, not to bro out. There are exceptions to the level of work some people do, but we chose this location because we liked the atmosphere. Even this chit-chatty ladies sitting on machines, doing two reps at 10 lbs every five minutes between gossip aren't half as obnoxious as these guys.
BTW, when he asked the older gentleman about how many sets he had left, there was an open, unused, and identical rack right next to him. The bro could have *at least* waited till the guy put the bar on the rack before interrupting him...0
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