Dealing with Gym Jerks? How do you handle it?

I would try talking with them and ask if you can work a set during their rest... BS I know but atleast they get the hint nicely that they need to hurry the f up. I agree with everyone to go with free weights and dumbbells but sometimes people hog up those too.

I should take my own advice though, I still have trouble dealing with this:

Seeing as you're in college station this doesn't surprise me...Aggies. I'll just echo what people above said, just learn to do different exercises to hit the same muscle group. Between machines, free weights, cables, suspension trainers, and pure body weight exercises you can almost always find another way to do the exercise. More than one way to skin a cat.

but like you said, these muscle guys are always hogging machines. I need to use biceps/tricep and the fly and lat machines are the worst.

I have started just going right up and telling them I need to do a set of 20 and I wait for their set to be done.. then I rudely "work in."
If I can do it as a female on a male-dominated military base, you can do it too.

god- I am sick of hearing about "muscle guys and meat heads" hogging equipment and being dumb and all this other crap. People cry cry cry about body shaming- and you know the people who put in the most work- get *kitten* on the absolute most of all groups of people. Most of them are there to get there workout in- and go home.


GO ASK NICELY TO WORK IN
GO ASK HOW MANY SETS THEY HAVE TO DO.

You don't have to be rude. Why "RUDELY" work in- that's just so uncalled for and makes for a miserable lifting experience.

Just ask be polite and work it through.

It has nothing to do with you being a female- or not- it's not a frigging gender war.

but like you said, these muscle guys are always hogging machines. I need to use biceps/tricep and the fly and lat machines are the worst.

I have started just going right up and telling them I need to do a set of 20 and I wait for their set to be done.. then I rudely "work in."
If I can do it as a female on a male-dominated military base, you can do it too.

god- I am sick of hearing about "muscle guys and meat heads" hogging equipment and being dumb and all this other crap. People cry cry cry about body shaming- and you know the people who put in the most work- get *kitten* on the absolute most of all groups of people. Most of them are there to get there workout in- and go home.


GO ASK NICELY TO WORK IN
GO ASK HOW MANY SETS THEY HAVE TO DO.

You don't have to be rude. Why "RUDELY" work in- that's just so uncalled for and makes for a miserable lifting experience.

Just ask be polite and work it through.

It has nothing to do with you being a female- or not- it's not a frigging gender war.

True story, and the people who do put in the most work are the nicest people at the gym, and will always let you work in, or at least give you a heads up, and hold a bench or a rack for you as soon as they are done.

Thanks, RG. I was using "guys" as an inclusive term. Did not mean to imply it was exclusively male.

LOL it's called common courtesy. We all pay for the equipment and use of them. Resting is not sitting ON the squat rack itself for five minutes. Not only disrespectful to people who want to use the equipment in a timely manner but it's also disrespectful to the gym. I don't care if people are that exhausted that they need to rest for five minutes but don't sit on the equipment. The gym I go to also provides olympic bars for curling, deadlifting, stripping.... just kidding about the last one but they are provided for a reason.

Glad you had this amazing experience where someone curling shared with you and laughed with you but in a lot of cases, that doesn't happen. I think you need to "back up" and think about that possibility.

You do not get to tell me how to rest- or anyone else. If I or anyone else want to sit on the barbell while they are resting- fine-I'm going to- as a matter of fact- I do it 3 times a week. If someone is waiting for the equpiment- I move along- I make a mini plan with them and I do my thing- I don't rush- and I may not rest for quiet as long- but I'm not going to cut out resting entirely- you can just wait. I'm very amicably- I'm the first usually to come up with a plan with someone to make sure we can all get a work out in.

As long as no one is waiting and being held up- get your panties unwadded- it's not bothering you or your work out so let it be. If i'ts holding you up- that's a different story- but we are talking two different situations which require two different responses/actions.


And "disrespecting" the gym for sitting down? BAW HA HA HA H HAHA just no.

It means nothing to the gym if people sit down. - disrespecting the gym is throwing plates around- jumping around on equipment like 5 year olds -leaving crap lying around or in the middle of the walk way- spitting on the floors- not throwing paper towels away- sitting down is not disrespecting the gym. It means nothing to the gym- it's just sitting.

but like you said, these muscle guys are always hogging machines. I need to use biceps/tricep and the fly and lat machines are the worst.

I have started just going right up and telling them I need to do a set of 20 and I wait for their set to be done.. then I rudely "work in."
If I can do it as a female on a male-dominated military base, you can do it too.

god- I am sick of hearing about "muscle guys and meat heads" hogging equipment and being dumb and all this other crap. People cry cry cry about body shaming- and you know the people who put in the most work- get *kitten* on the absolute most of all groups of people. Most of them are there to get there workout in- and go home.


GO ASK NICELY TO WORK IN
GO ASK HOW MANY SETS THEY HAVE TO DO.

You don't have to be rude. Why "RUDELY" work in- that's just so uncalled for and makes for a miserable lifting experience.

Just ask be polite and work it through.

It has nothing to do with you being a female- or not- it's not a frigging gender war.