My gym pet peeve is... What is yours?

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  • hananah89
    hananah89 Posts: 692 Member
    Oh, i just thought of another one. Squatters, i dont mean people who do squats (what's not to love about squats :) ), I mean those that have taken up residence on a piece of equipment. I know, rest between sets, but seriously, 5 mins between a set is taking the piss.

    I regularly rest 5 minutes between sets when I'm squatting heavy.

    Oh, and I'm on my phone during my rest periods.



    Ok fine but move aside at least

    Why?
    So others can get a set in while you rest

    If they want to approach me and ask me to set in, then that is fine. But I'm not just going to unrack my weights and step aside after each set on the off-chance that someone might be waiting on me.

    yes. they can ask if it bother them so much. but it seems like in my gym, the guys ignore me because i'm usually the only girl in the racks at 6am so they go ask the other bros in the other racks.
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    Those girls who go with their boyfriends all made-up and cute and ****e, not to work out, but to sit on the equipment with their feet up texting and watching their boyfriends lift. Get the *kitten* off and let people lift. Go text in your car.

    Yes!
  • Sarahs2576
    Sarahs2576 Posts: 418 Member
    Douche bag who wears a t-shirt that says "I Love Boobies" and he climbs on the treadmill next to me...and of course we are facing the mirror.
  • SuperSexyDork
    SuperSexyDork Posts: 1,669 Member
    Oh, i just thought of another one. Squatters, i dont mean people who do squats (what's not to love about squats :) ), I mean those that have taken up residence on a piece of equipment. I know, rest between sets, but seriously, 5 mins between a set is taking the piss.

    I regularly rest 5 minutes between sets when I'm squatting heavy.

    Oh, and I'm on my phone during my rest periods.



    Ok fine but move aside at least

    Why?
    So others can get a set in while you rest

    If they want to approach me and ask me to set in, then that is fine. But I'm not just going to unrack my weights and step aside after each set on the off-chance that someone might be waiting on me.

    Very, very valid point.
  • phatguerilla
    phatguerilla Posts: 188 Member
    No curling in the *kitten* squat rack!



    I always curl in squat rack lmao!!!

    wait your turn

    There was a bro doing db rows in the squat rack yesterday.... undergrads in the college gym is my pet peeve! :p
  • desiv2
    desiv2 Posts: 651 Member
    I am mildly annoyed by the guys who do circuits and call dibs on a bench, some dumbells, two machines, and a squat rack for 45 minutes.

    Also annoyed when I go to use a machine and I see a sweaty outline of a human on it.. lol

    Also the girls who stare at me and my gym buddy like were nuts when we go to use the squat rack....

    Wow I had more than I thought! lol
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    I don't care what other people are doing in the gym. My only pet peeve are people who care what I am doing in the gym.




    Ok I do have one: the guy who stretches on the bench in front of me whose junk falls out of his shorts. I don't like that guy.
  • wolfgate
    wolfgate Posts: 321 Member
    R A C K

    T H E

    E F F I N G

    W E I G H T S ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

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    Yep. This is the only one that really bugs me. I can handle all the other stuff.
  • SuperSexyDork
    SuperSexyDork Posts: 1,669 Member
    Oh, i just thought of another one. Squatters, i dont mean people who do squats (what's not to love about squats :) ), I mean those that have taken up residence on a piece of equipment. I know, rest between sets, but seriously, 5 mins between a set is taking the piss.

    I regularly rest 5 minutes between sets when I'm squatting heavy.

    Oh, and I'm on my phone during my rest periods.



    Ok fine but move aside at least

    Why?
    So others can get a set in while you rest

    If they want to approach me and ask me to set in, then that is fine. But I'm not just going to unrack my weights and step aside after each set on the off-chance that someone might be waiting on me.

    Fair enough i just am not that lazy i guess

    Or maybe you're not lifting enough weight.

    I'm not unracking 135lbs in between each set when I'm benching and I'm d@mn sure not unracking and re-racking 240lbs in between sets when I'm squatting.
  • Yanicka1
    Yanicka1 Posts: 4,564 Member
    Oh, i just thought of another one. Squatters, i dont mean people who do squats (what's not to love about squats :) ), I mean those that have taken up residence on a piece of equipment. I know, rest between sets, but seriously, 5 mins between a set is taking the piss.

    I regularly rest 5 minutes between sets when I'm squatting heavy.

    Oh, and I'm on my phone during my rest periods.



    Ok fine but move aside at least

    Why?
    So others can get a set in while you rest

    If they want to approach me and ask me to set in, then that is fine. But I'm not just going to unrack my weights and step aside after each set on the off-chance that someone might be waiting on me.

    Fair enough i just am not that lazy i guess

    :noway:
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Oh, i just thought of another one. Squatters, i dont mean people who do squats (what's not to love about squats :) ), I mean those that have taken up residence on a piece of equipment. I know, rest between sets, but seriously, 5 mins between a set is taking the piss.

    I regularly rest 5 minutes between sets when I'm squatting heavy.

    Oh, and I'm on my phone during my rest periods.



    Ok fine but move aside at least

    Why?
    So others can get a set in while you rest

    If they want to approach me and ask me to set in, then that is fine. But I'm not just going to unrack my weights and step aside after each set on the off-chance that someone might be waiting on me.

    Fair enough i just am not that lazy i guess

    Yeah. Because it is lazy to continuously rack and unrack 300lbs+ after each set.
  • wolfgate
    wolfgate Posts: 321 Member
    Oh, i just thought of another one. Squatters, i dont mean people who do squats (what's not to love about squats :) ), I mean those that have taken up residence on a piece of equipment. I know, rest between sets, but seriously, 5 mins between a set is taking the piss.

    I regularly rest 5 minutes between sets when I'm squatting heavy.

    Oh, and I'm on my phone during my rest periods.



    Ok fine but move aside at least

    Why?
    So others can get a set in while you rest

    If they want to approach me and ask me to set in, then that is fine. But I'm not just going to unrack my weights and step aside after each set on the off-chance that someone might be waiting on me.

    Fair enough i just am not that lazy i guess

    Or maybe you're not lifting enough weight.

    I'm not unracking 135lbs in between each set when I'm benching and I'm d@mn sure not unracking and re-racking 240lbs in between sets when I'm squatting.
    I could work in with you because we're doing about he same weight! Throw a little more weight on the bench, squat good to go. Wouldn't even be embarrassed that I'm a man. #Impressed
  • meeper123
    meeper123 Posts: 3,347 Member
    @goodmorning ( i am not going to quote spam) I am not lifting a lot right now thats true only about 70-90 pounds i have a shoulder injury if i dont sit there and refuse to let anyone else use it either most people i have encountered are nice enough to put their extra weight away
  • Chieflrg
    Chieflrg Posts: 9,097 Member
    A young lady working at one of the gyms I go to thinks its okay to hug me from behind when I'm zoned out between sets. I had to talk to management twice now.
  • ryry_
    ryry_ Posts: 4,966 Member
    The overwhelming anxiety I get knowing that whatever I'm doing somebody is not going to like it and post about it on a message board
  • Trechechus
    Trechechus Posts: 2,819 Member
    A young lady working at one of the gyms I go to thinks its okay to hug me from behind when I'm zoned out between sets. I had to talk to management twice now.

    Da *kitten*!?
    Creepy.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    People who give a flying ****** what anyone else is doing, unless they're in someone's way or truly doing something stupid and dangerous.

    Leave me alone, I'm there to work out.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    Old women in the locker room with stuff sagging everywhere and copious amounts of pubic hair who insist on walking around stark naked for long periods of time, bending over, reaching for things, socializing with strangers, etc. is all of that really necessary? Please put something on before you do these things. There is always at least one in every women's locker room.
  • KeepCalmNGetyaSweatOn
    KeepCalmNGetyaSweatOn Posts: 361 Member
    When there are only 8 floor mats, it's 7 pm so it's really busy, and 1 person decides to double/triple up the mats, and there are none left! :huh: I have actually told someone off before because of it. Come on mother****er, you're not the only person in this huge gym! ****. lol
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    People
  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
    old ladies with their horrible pungent perfume.

    other than that pretty much nothing else.

    ^This, particularly in the pool. There's nothing worse than turning your head for breath in mid-lap & getting blasted with the unexpected old lady perfume bomb........

    When you show up in the morning to hit the pool & the lifeguard hasn't bothered to make their way into work, & the attendant signing you in doesn't bother to tell you even though they know you're there for the pool so that you get changed, rinse off & stand outside the locked pool until the same attendant walks in & finally tells you what's going on.......
  • mjrkearney
    mjrkearney Posts: 408 Member
    Some days racking somebody else's plates is the hardest part of my routine. That, and having to re-arrange the benches so I can get into the squat rack. It's not so much a peeve as just another part of the workout.
  • Macstraw
    Macstraw Posts: 896 Member
    Old women in the locker room with stuff sagging everywhere and copious amounts of pubic hair who insist on walking around stark naked for long periods of time, bending over, reaching for things, socializing with strangers, etc. is all of that really necessary? Please put something on before you do these things. There is always at least one in every women's locker room.

    It ain't just women..............
  • bimpski
    bimpski Posts: 176 Member
    I have few. most have already been mentioned. one that hasn't is when the air conditioning isn't on. if it's too hot, I don't get in a good work out at all!
  • Alehmer
    Alehmer Posts: 433 Member
    The "I blew off 60% of my shirt with deez gunz" guy.

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  • Laces_0ut
    Laces_0ut Posts: 3,750 Member
    @goodmorning ( i am not going to quote spam) I am not lifting a lot right now thats true only about 70-90 pounds i have a shoulder injury if i dont sit there and refuse to let anyone else use it either most people i have encountered are nice enough to put their extra weight away

    you sound like you are new to lifting and thats great...but the gym doesnt work the way you think it does. you should read up on gym protocol.
  • Morninglory81
    Morninglory81 Posts: 1,190 Member
    Oh, i just thought of another one. Squatters, i dont mean people who do squats (what's not to love about squats :) ), I mean those that have taken up residence on a piece of equipment. I know, rest between sets, but seriously, 5 mins between a set is taking the piss.

    This ^^^^...while they play cards on their phones.
    If I fail on the last rep on my set I rest a full 5 min and hit all my reps in my next set. 5 min is not excessive if you are working at your max weight.
  • benlogan87
    benlogan87 Posts: 18 Member
    - Banging Weights on the machines. Control, control, control.
    - Sitting on your phone texting, during a set, no focus. Half assed rep. If your not going to do it properly, take a hike.
    - Getting on a machine, banging out a rep as fast as possible, with too little weight, then sitting there flexing after the "set".
    - Not putting the pin all the way in, hits on the inside of the machine as the weight goes up..cling, cling, cling. (Only apparent on certain makes of equipment where the weights are inside a metal column.

    Just to name a few.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Oh, i just thought of another one. Squatters, i dont mean people who do squats (what's not to love about squats :) ), I mean those that have taken up residence on a piece of equipment. I know, rest between sets, but seriously, 5 mins between a set is taking the piss.

    I regularly rest 5 minutes between sets when I'm squatting heavy.

    Oh, and I'm on my phone during my rest periods.



    Ok fine but move aside at least

    Why?
    So others can get a set in while you rest

    If they want to approach me and ask me to set in, then that is fine. But I'm not just going to unrack my weights and step aside after each set on the off-chance that someone might be waiting on me.

    Fair enough i just am not that lazy i guess

    Lazy? DYEL?

    Because if you really did, you'd know and understand that 2-5 min is the normal resting period.
  • mandasalem
    mandasalem Posts: 346 Member
    The "I blew off 60% of my shirt with deez gunz" guy.

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    This thread was pure ridiculousness until that picture.

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