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Gym Courtesy

little chris

little chris

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I'm sure we've all been in the gym where some bozo does something where everyone knows its just a no no. The other night I'm doing some DBell curls and this moron cuts between me and the mirror to grab a set of dumbells obstructing my view and almost bumping into me if I didn't move instead of just waiting 20 seconds for me to finish my set.

I wanted to hear some of your experiences where you just said to yourself "where's the gym etiquette"?
 
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about 2 weeks ago i was doing skull crushers, and some fat asshole was doing standing curls, with 40 pounds none-the-less, and he fucking hit my bar with his bar cuz he was so close, completely ruined the set and pissed me off. so i stood up and said "get yer fatass in the fitness room, asshole." i only said that cuz he didnt apologize, just kept doin his set.
 
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im used to it - my gym is small so it gets packed quick. most of the guys there are on their lunch break. can get annoying but i just work through it.
 
dudes not using deodorant.

damn! i just wanna say something like:


"dude, you stink man! do you know this new invention called deodorant? yeah, its great, you should try it sometimes. BIATTTTCHCHHH!!!!!!!
 
Its simple. . . just get out of the way so other people can use the dumbbells. Its not your gym, everyone is entitled to use the equipment. Stand back about 10 feet, not 2. . .thats all you have to do.
 
Louden makes good point.

The worst I can come up with...one time I needed the squat rack for SLDL and squats. I enter the gym and there's a band of three dudes using it. I come back 20 minutes later, the same three schmucks are doing quarter squats in it. When I asked them how many they had left, they literally said "Well, we finished our 5 sets each of squats. So now we each have 5 sets of bicep curl."

I was like "You guys have just monopolized the only squat rack in the entire gym for over a half hour, and you're planning on doubling that by continuing on to an exercise that you could do ANYWHERE?" The guy's like "Well...I...nobody usually uses this thing." I said "just go."

-casualbb
 
Can't louden, in my gym there are various types of benches and machines all in the way. There's only about a 2-3 foot gap between the Dbells and the equipment. My gym is one of those old school hardcore gyms. Very small and always packed. It seems when someone else is doing these exercises I know to wait as well as 98% of others, so why can't this moron?
 
i never walk into someone or get too close to them when they are performing a lift, if its high risk i will wait until they finish

if it is something like curls though, i would walk infront of them. but wouldnt smash into someone ever!


i've had one girl start doing situps on the BENCH i was benching on WHILE I WAS SITTING ON IT about to do a set!!! there were 3 other benches free as well.....i think it was because i was the only guy ignoring her and concentrating on my set

i've also had a girl do situps underneath my dumbells as im DB bench pressing. now that is JUST stupid
 
I always throw my stuff on what ever equipment I'm using so that people will know its taken. I was benching the one day, walked over to grab something, came back and found some jerk stripping the bar, and taking my water bottle, towel and shirt off the bench.
Another time on the same bench, I was doing close grip bench with 295lbs for sets of 5. I went over to do a set for biceps. Well the guy using the hammer strength next to the bench, decided that was a good opportunity to strip 35lbs off one side of the bar to use on his machine. I came back to do my set, he sat there from 5 feet away and watched as I lay down and unracked the bar to do my set. Since now the bar was competely uneven The weights almost went flying off the other side. The ass just sat there watching me
 
little chris said:
Can't louden, in my gym there are various types of benches and machines all in the way. There's only about a 2-3 foot gap between the Dbells and the equipment. My gym is one of those old school hardcore gyms. Very small and always packed. It seems when someone else is doing these exercises I know to wait as well as 98% of others, so why can't this moron?
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same as my gym... but I still see guys pushed up aginst the mirror to curl & nobody can get bu them... like B fold said on another thread-- you dont need a mirror to workout-- they dont have mirrors at bodybuildiing contests ;)
 
you just need common sense and a little courtesy while working out in a gym. i always give people space, always re-rack my weight, and wipe the equipment if i sweat all over it. this is being courteous. acting like your the man throwing around weights and thinking your the most impotant person in the gym just makes you an asshole.
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Yeah its not so much the walking in front of me, but it was during the end of my set where I'm struggling to perform the final curls and side stepping this asshole. Its hard to focus on burning out those last couple reps and avoid being knocked into at the same time.
 
needsize said:
I always throw my stuff on what ever equipment I'm using so that people will know its taken. I was benching the one day, walked over to grab something, came back and found some jerk stripping the bar, and taking my water bottle, towel and shirt off the bench.
Another time on the same bench, I was doing close grip bench with 295lbs for sets of 5. I went over to do a set for biceps. Well the guy using the hammer strength next to the bench, decided that was a good opportunity to strip 35lbs off one side of the bar to use on his machine. I came back to do my set, he sat there from 5 feet away and watched as I lay down and unracked the bar to do my set. Since now the bar was competely uneven The weights almost went flying off the other side. The ass just sat there watching me
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damn dude, that almost calls for an ass whoopin, but i dont like fighting. :P
 
There's this one guy who drops his weights thunderously after EVERY set of DB bench.

He uses 30#. That's fucking ridiculous. I called him out in front of the entire gym.

I said "You know dropping the weights is really not good for the weights, and its REALLY not good for the nerves of the other people trying to work out."

You know what his response was ?

"Well I'm not the only guy who does it"

"Oh so just because other people do it that makes it right? I'll tell anybody who does it to stop, you just happened to be here."

Seriously, what a shmuck.
 
guys who take up more then one work area at a time. For example, if im wanting to do T bar but the guy who is taking 10 min on the bench has his shit on it cuz he has 2 more sets left. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
 
I hate it when people have a posedown in front of the mirror. Can this be done at home in front of your own mirror?

It is embarrasing and makes other people feel uncomfortable.

I thought that the gym is a place to train?
 
louden_swain said:
I hate it when people have a posedown in front of the mirror. Can this be done at home in front of your own mirror?

It is embarrasing and makes other people feel uncomfortable.

I thought that the gym is a place to train?
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I dunno dude.....yeah it's annoying but only if the guy looks better than you!!
 
Originally posted by louden_swain I think there's a difference between having a posedown and looking at your form while doing a certain exercise.
I hate it when people have a posedown in front of the mirror. Can this be done at home in front of your own mirror?

It is embarrasing and makes other people feel uncomfortable.

I thought that the gym is a place to train?
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nasty locker room...you don't want to know what kind of shit gets left on the floor at my gym. yuck!

the posing in the mirror doesn't bother me...it's when someone stands there and makes love to their reflection! Now that is entertaining and annoying at the same time!
 
I have about 3 to 4 kids from high school that are always using one machine for about 15 minutes, just talking, standing around - annoys the hell out of me esp. when I need to use it and I have to laugh because they really don't know what the hell they are doing and they are there every day so I don't even get a break - I'm hoping they change their time when school is let out. Also, cell phones - people pay big bucks for a trainer and they stand and talk on their cell phones. I'm sure 1 hour you can live without using the phone. ALso, people that don't take the weights off the machine they are using. Very inconsiderate.:mix:
 
I'm going to post my funny gym story in this thread now just for the sake of letting others know about this guy I met.

Scenario: 8:00pm Monday evening (yesterday) at the gym I am a member of.

I have gone to the leg press machine in order to do my calf training for the evening, I'm going to be doing standing raises on the machine.

I do my warm ups and go up to my working weight, as I get off the machine to stretch I notice this guy standing right in my personal space next to me looking at me (I have ear phones on and loud music so it takes a lot to get my attention). I ask him if he is waiting for the leg press machine, he asks if he can do sets of 10 between my sets. I say yes as I am pretty aimiable when I am not completely focused on lifting a weight.

Okay the machine is set at maximum distance from the weights because I am doing calf raises, the guy gets on the machine and uses it for typical leg pressing, now you need to note his range of motion was so low it was a joke due to the machine being set up for calf raises, he does them really fast and I swear he never breathed. That's fine he might be doing a speed set, i don't judge. I get on for my set and I do my set of calf raises which took me some time as I was doing a fair few and it was tough as hell for me. As I get off the machine the guy starts talking to me, he says "you should try doing them like I do them, watch this" he gets on the machine and does exactly what he did before i.e. leg pressing but hardly moving due to him being hardly able to bend his legs due to it being set up for calf raises.

I was hoping he knew what he was doing and I could gain some pointers off him. But when he told me how his way worked the legs much better particularly the top part I almost fell over in disbelief. He didn't realise I was doing calf raises, I tried explaining to him how I was doing calf raises, after talking to him for a short while longer it became apparent he never trained calves. I was subject to watching him bounce up and down "working" his quads for the full 6 inches range of movement he had. Then I was deafened as he just lets the weights go on the negative (every time he just let the weights go especially at the end of the set).

Of course the dude was seriously fat and in absolute dire shape i.e his belly was by far his most prominent feature with limbs which were just regular size at best.

What topped it off was later on at about 8:45pm when I was doing forearm curls with a barbell not far from the leg press machine and I saw the same guy go and do the exact same thing to someone else. I could have cried.
 
I hate it when people don't rerack their weights.

Or when you have plates by the squat rack and it's obvious you're using them, and someone takes them while you are off getting a mouthful of water.

I guess if so many people didn't leave the weights lying everywhere when they were done the above wouldn't happen. RERACK THE PLATES DAMMIT!!

If they're too heavy to rerack all at once, view the walk to and from the rack with each individual plate as extra cardio. I can rerack my plates, and I carry the 20kg ones one at a time, as my upper body is pretty weak still.

Also, reracking them between sets when you are done with one set of plates is a good way to make sure you rest long enough.
 
most anoying thing to date:
i was doing military presses on the smith machine and working heavy. I was on rep 5 of an an 8 rep set, my face is red as a turnip from the strain and some kid asks me how many sets i had left. I wanted to stop the set - rip the kids arm out of his sockets and proceed to beat him with them.. but it was onlly a kid who does not know any better... still rude though..

great article about the subject:
http://www.t-mag.com/nation_articles/254tc.jsp
 
louden_swain said:
I hate it when people have a posedown in front of the mirror. Can this be done at home in front of your own mirror?

It is embarrasing and makes other people feel uncomfortable.

I thought that the gym is a place to train?
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Unless your an 'Arnold" type person, and have won, or is winning competitions and look REALLY good, then its ok... But not if you weigh 115 pounds and only do DB culrs and cable flyes... trust me, ive seen that happen
 
i disagree Oak

one guy shouldn't be able to pose in front of the mirrors just because he is in better shape than others. Either everyone has a right to pose, or no one does, there shouldnt be a pecking order at the gym
 
i disagree Oak

one guy shouldn't be able to pose in front of the mirrors just because he is in better shape than others. Either everyone has a right to pose, or no one does, there shouldnt be a pecking order at the gym
 
I train at Golds Gym and everyone friendly and helpful.. . . its never an ego war to see who can lift the most. There aren't that many dipshits working out at Golds.

I rarely ever see any acts of studpidity. . . .this might suprise a few people.
 
I train at Golds Gym and everyone is friendly and helpful.. . . its never an ego war to see who can lift the most. There aren't that many dipshits working out at Golds.

I rarely ever see any acts of studpidity. . . .this might suprise a few people.
 
I just love laughing at the scrawny bastards who I see in the gym 2x a week, and all they ever do is train their biceps..... absolutely raping them with like 20 sets... I almost piss myself.... especially the ones wearing wife beaters.... ahhh...
 
gmanlax7 said:
i disagree Oak

one guy shouldn't be able to pose in front of the mirrors just because he is in better shape than others. Either everyone has a right to pose, or no one does, there shouldnt be a pecking order at the gym
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What i meant was, ya, everyone can, but a Pro or Amature BB will hit poses with grace and style. I think its essential for BBers to pose after a set. but just some moron who poses for attention, or to impress the laides, prolly wont get any attention or ladies, just a few laughs.

i think when huge guys pose its prety kool:), although ive only seen a few:(
 
if you got a good physique there's nothing wrong with posing for a few secs here and then.

i know i do it and damn do i love it!
 
i flex in the mirrors sometime, not for attention, just too see what my muscles look like at the time.
 
louden_swain said:
I train at Golds Gym and everyone is friendly and helpful.. . . its never an ego war to see who can lift the most. There aren't that many dipshits working out at Golds.

I rarely ever see any acts of studpidity. . . .this might suprise a few people.
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Same thing here. I think Golds attracts people who are serious about working out and have good gym etiquette. Even guys who looked pissed off are glad to spot you.

One thing I hate though, guys that have conversations yelling across the gym to each other about what happened over the weekend.
 
exactly sermon, i dont workout to impress anyone but myself, for me its all about self respect and doing what i love, so why not check out how im doin? :D
 
bottom line... dont do your lifts blocking the db's...
if you are doing very heavy shrugs, I understand... but you deserve to get cut in front of if you block half the db rack. Go find another spot to do your shit.
 
needsize said:
I always throw my stuff on what ever equipment I'm using so that people will know its taken. I was benching the one day, walked over to grab something, came back and found some jerk stripping the bar, and taking my water bottle, towel and shirt off the bench.
Another time on the same bench, I was doing close grip bench with 295lbs for sets of 5. I went over to do a set for biceps. Well the guy using the hammer strength next to the bench, decided that was a good opportunity to strip 35lbs off one side of the bar to use on his machine. I came back to do my set, he sat there from 5 feet away and watched as I lay down and unracked the bar to do my set. Since now the bar was competely uneven The weights almost went flying off the other side. The ass just sat there watching me
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There's no doubt this second guy needed an 'education' in courtesy, like a parking lot ass-kicking.
 
danielson said:
i've had one girl start doing situps on the BENCH i was benching on WHILE I WAS SITTING ON IT about to do a set!!! there were 3 other benches free as well
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I know what you mean. I especially hate it when people do situps on a bench when in my gym there is a ton of ab equiptment and benches specifically for abwork.

Then they end up doing like 1000 reps with garbage form.
 
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