Some Rules for Gym Noobs.

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  • shor0814
    shor0814 Posts: 559 Member
    Wow, my day was interesting as well. I went in and nothing unusual happened. In fact it has been that way all year. I might have to look for a nwe gym where there is excitement. ;)
  • dlvuyovich
    dlvuyovich Posts: 102 Member
    If someone is resting on a machine between a set, simply ask them if you want to get a set it. Much better than the pouty death stare, or the huff & puff. I would gladly let you in if you ask, we are not mind readers.

    For everyone:
    No need to go rushing over to someone, dangerous situation aside, to 'spot' them if they have not asked.
    Please, and this happens a lot from men to women, don't assume I don't know what I am doing and need your unsolicited input. Maybe we are having an off day, maybe we are trying something new. I was told once to "be careful to not put too much weight on it because you might get sore and won't be able to brush your pretty hair".
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    dlvuyovich wrote: »
    No need to go rushing over to someone, dangerous situation aside, to 'spot' them if they have not asked.
    Please, and this happens a lot from men to women, don't assume I don't know what I am doing and need your unsolicited input. Maybe we are having an off day, maybe we are trying something new. I was told once to "be careful to not put too much weight on it because you might get sore and won't be able to brush your pretty hair".

    LOL, if there is a situation where I want to spot someone because they're doing something horrendously stupid. I'm just going to use my camera phone and record it, because world star hip hop.
  • jkal1979
    jkal1979 Posts: 1,896 Member
    Here is something that I noticed today.

    Please clean out your locker when you are done, especially now that there is snow on the ground. Nobody wants to clean up the mess left behind by your wet, salt covered street shoes.
  • sklarbodds
    sklarbodds Posts: 608 Member
    mosertheninja wrote: »
    #7. It's perfectly ok to admire your physique you've worked so hard for, and to see if you're hitting your muscle groups right. But don't blatenly check yourself out, and lift your shirt up to admire your abs. That being said, if you're 130lb male, and you have abs...we really aren't that impressed.

    What about 165?
    mosertheninja wrote: »
    #8. Don't get caught staring at boobs and *kitten*.......
    Caught being the key word LMAO :smile:

  • runner475
    runner475 Posts: 1,236 Member
    It was this weekend Saturday morning @ 5 am and saw a guy in weight room
    1) with 15 pound dumbbells
    2) next to 15 pounds he also had 30 pound and 60 pounds dumbbells.
    3) one EZ barbell with weights on. Didn't know how much.
    4) and after every curl sets he did jumping jacks.
    5) Claimed 2 benches to spread the dumbbells on. That's right, he kept the dumbbells and EZ bar on the bench - not on the floor.

    I so remembered this post. It would be unfair to suggest he's a new member but I have never seen him 5 am gym time. Maybe he is a new member, maybe not. I don't know.

    OHH!!! And after he was done he kept 15 pounds where 30 pounds had to go and 30 pounds went near 10 pounds.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    dlvuyovich wrote: »
    I was told once to "be careful to not put too much weight on it because you might get sore and won't be able to brush your pretty hair".

    automatic punch to the face???
  • JeffseekingV
    JeffseekingV Posts: 3,165 Member
    runner475 wrote: »
    It was this weekend Saturday morning @ 5 am and saw a guy in weight room
    1) with 15 pound dumbbells
    2) next to 15 pounds he also had 30 pound and 60 pounds dumbbells.
    3) one EZ barbell with weights on. Didn't know how much.
    4) and after every curl sets he did jumping jacks.
    5) Claimed 2 benches to spread the dumbbells on. That's right, he kept the dumbbells and EZ bar on the bench - not on the floor.

    I so remembered this post. It would be unfair to suggest he's a new member but I have never seen him 5 am gym time. Maybe he is a new member, maybe not. I don't know.

    OHH!!! And after he was done he kept 15 pounds where 30 pounds had to go and 30 pounds went near 10 pounds.

    However stupid that is to do, at least he did it at 5am on Sat. Ain't no way that would fly with me if I had to use the bench.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    That's just ridiculous.
  • Papatoad194
    Papatoad194 Posts: 251 Member
    edited January 2015
    Nice post! and be nice to us old guys trying to train.
  • JeffseekingV
    JeffseekingV Posts: 3,165 Member
    Papatoad194 wrote: »
    Nice post! and be nice to us old guys trying to train.

    I'm 3 years older than you man
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    bwahahaha
  • runner475
    runner475 Posts: 1,236 Member
    Papatoad194 wrote: »
    Nice post! and be nice to us old guys trying to train.

    Dude, I'm a year younger than you!!!
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    runner475 wrote: »
    Papatoad194 wrote: »
    Nice post! and be nice to us old guys trying to train.

    Dude, I'm a year younger than you!!!

    Pffft...I am three years older!!
  • cliffodom1
    cliffodom1 Posts: 57 Member
    sklarbodds wrote: »
    mosertheninja wrote: »
    #7. It's perfectly ok to admire your physique you've worked so hard for, and to see if you're hitting your muscle groups right. But don't blatenly check yourself out, and lift your shirt up to admire your abs. That being said, if you're 130lb male, and you have abs...we really aren't that impressed.

    What about 165?


    What about 185...but I am 6'2" so...
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    I don't want to be THAT Guy, but that Noob that is infringing on your workout, paid the same price to be there as you. As long as they don;'t do anything contrary to the agreement of their contract, they have as much right to be there as the serious lifter. Live with it or build your own Weight Room in your home. As I did. Take comfort in the fact that 80% of the people that joined in January will be gone within 2 months anyway, and you may have helped play a part in mentoring the other 20%.
  • gotolam
    gotolam Posts: 262 Member
    TheRoadDog wrote: »
    I don't want to be THAT Guy, but that Noob that is infringing on your workout, paid the same price to be there as you. As long as they don;'t do anything contrary to the agreement of their contract, they have as much right to be there as the serious lifter. Live with it or build your own Weight Room in your home. As I did. Take comfort in the fact that 80% of the people that joined in January will be gone within 2 months anyway, and you may have helped play a part in mentoring the other 20%.

    Within limits, you can do whatever you want so long as it doesn't start infringing on other members. When you set out to take a couple stations and somehow think you have dibs on all of them is where it gets ridiculous.

    I had a New Year's Resolutioner get in my face because I apparently "took" his bench. I literally did three sets of rows and kept my eye on this bench. Not once did anybody come near it during that entire time. I wasn't exactly powering through my workout so it had to have been close to ten minutes. When i finished my rows, i walked over and started de-loading the weights. Dude comes running over and starts yelling at me because how dare i take a bench if there were already weights loaded on it. As if no one has ever walked away from a bench without first deloading it.



  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    As if no one has ever walked away from a bench without first deloading it.

    right- like it NEVER happens.

    LMAO- I was sitting on the rails of the power cage resting- playing on ze phone. Guy in the squat rack (who I'd been psuedo watching) grabbed his sweatshirt and walked off- and as he walked past me I looked up and I was like- hey are you doing with that?

    "yeah man- it's all you."

    "Oh No- I'm good- just saying- you left your weights on there that's all. "

    no idea if he was new- but come the fu*k on- it was like 95 pounds MAYBE.... just TAKE THEM OFF. (Also- why would I need your squat rack when I have the power cage with two hundred pounds already loaded up???!?!?)


    Yeah- I was that guy- called his *kitten* right on out.

    anyway
    I came in here to share this LOL
    How to Declare War on New Years Resolutioners: http://youtu.be/VVt_wzsVgQk

    love me some brofessor
  • RGv2
    RGv2 Posts: 5,789 Member
    TheRoadDog wrote: »
    I don't want to be THAT Guy, but that Noob that is infringing on your workout, paid the same price to be there as you. As long as they don;'t do anything contrary to the agreement of their contract, they have as much right to be there as the serious lifter. Live with it or build your own Weight Room in your home. As I did. Take comfort in the fact that 80% of the people that joined in January will be gone within 2 months anyway, and you may have helped play a part in mentoring the other 20%.

    You don't believe in common courtesy?

    Also, many of these "rules or courtesies" are policies that I've seen in every gym I've ever been a member at, and every agreement I've ever signed indicated you are saying you will follow said policies. Just typ'n......you know, I don't want to be that guy.
  • wolfsbayne
    wolfsbayne Posts: 3,116 Member
    My gym isn't crowded at all this year. A Planet Fitness DID open up in October, though, so I figure they are pretty crowded. Same ol' meatheads in the weight room. I'm a lucky girl.

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