when Im laying on the crunch machine...and I see an upside down face smile at me while he is removing a 10 pound weight from my stack....right as Im ready to start crunching.....I love these guys.....
also the girls on the cell phones....I tell them to stop.....cuz I cant hear myself grunting...and they laugh and walk away....
My gym is great...its the Fitness 19 in Fremont CA....great people...but at this time of the year with all the resolutionest...its a bit crowded
Russ k1usa
It ain't how hard you hit; it's about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward. How much you can take, and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done. Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived."
TOTALLY- the dumbells aren't chained to the rack friend..
Well this is one that I have to reply to for the simple reason that there is a reason why some of us stand there, it's because I don't want people walking infront of me while I am in the middle of the set. The whole lack of respect or gym etiquette. I don't walk in front of you when you are using the mirrors. I want to ensure that I am using good form so don't walk or stand in front of me.
Well this post is long and not sure if many will read this but I thought I would add a couple that I didn't read yet. But before I get to mine, I have found a way to deal with what most of you are complaining about. I wear my mp3 player to drown out everyone and keep me focused and I wear a hat nice and low so that I don't see to much of the dumb stuff going on.
By the sounds of things I have a good gym, fair bit of hardcore and just a little fluff, so it's a good mix. And the owners are great, get us stuff when we need it.
1. The individuals who make up their own exercises. 1 legged standing barbell curls! not sure how that helps
2. lack of gym etiquette or respect, ask before just taking a bench or machine, I have my gym bag there for a reason.
3. as many have said the ones with to much body english and too much weight, I am impressed by your 4 plate 1 inch squat with knee wraps, NOT. Thanks for coming out.
Dumbell Islands! Hate these guys, and people that don't re-rack. Horrible! I use to work at a gym and I would get pissed off repeating myself to dumbshits to re-rack their shit.
Dumbell Islands! Hate these guys, and people that don't re-rack. Horrible! I use to work at a gym and I would get pissed off repeating myself to dumbshits to re-rack their shit.
Yep- and my favorite from this morning..
Leaning plates AGAINST the rack instead of lifting it the 4 inches to replace it ON the rack.
And these are 45s! - 2.5s and 5s I'd chalk-up to newbie idiocy, but c'mon!
How about the people that try to start a conversation while lifting? I have done it all - wear headphones, look angry and nothing... finally I bought 3 of your T-Shirts that say Shut The Fuck and Train, so far it has done the trick.
Better yet though is the guy/girl that clearly does not know how to wipe his own a** and decides to do squats next to you letting that funk just clear out the room.
Dumbell Islands! Hate these guys, and people that don't re-rack. Horrible! I use to work at a gym and I would get pissed off repeating myself to dumbshits to re-rack their shit.
Dude i work at a gym right now and there is this great big Jackass who uses Dbs all the time and then puts the lightest weights on top of the heaviest so that by the time im down to the 120's im already tired. But the best thing he ever did to piss me of was say how he hates how people leave their shit on the bar or laying around as he leaves with 455 still on the bench press. I wanted to hit him with Db to the temple.
I hate ass monkeys that use their cell phones on any peice of cardio equipment.....yapping away like they are movie stars.I find the nearest sweat covered towel and wack them in the face with it.
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The management
The worst part of all of the aforementioned is the management that allows it to continue happening in spite of complaints all while collecting your hard earned duckets to get a good workout you ain't gettn'! If I owned a gym I'd have one of the 15 pretty faces standing behind the counter pick up shit and keep the order even if I had to do it myself and you better believe I'd say something as management to all the offenders.
New owners bought my buddies gym and started telling people to hang up their cell phones and turn them off while the dudes on his call!LOL!!! "Work out or leave" this new management guy said! Hell Yeah! He might even be a member here with an attitude like that!
I wanna' be able to shield my children form the rain under my pecs or triceps.
I go to the gym at 1:oopm when no one is there! I have all the weights to myself! If there are alot of people I dont pay any attention to them,all i care about is lifting as balls out heavy as possible! I dont like hearing all this shit that gyms are giving bodybuilders a hard time! It fucking pissing me off!
The worst part of all of the aforementioned is the management that allows it to continue happening in spite of complaints all while collecting your hard earned duckets to get a good workout you ain't gettn'! If I owned a gym I'd have one of the 15 pretty faces standing behind the counter pick up shit and keep the order even if I had to do it myself and you better believe I'd say something as management to all the offenders.
New owners bought my buddies gym and started telling people to hang up their cell phones and turn them off while the dudes on his call!LOL!!! "Work out or leave" this new management guy said! Hell Yeah! He might even be a member here with an attitude like that!
Its gotta be the way these clowns dress. Who the hell in their right mind wears knee high rainbow socks and short shorts to go workout in??? WTF? And dealin with the damn kids from my school jaw dropping when I start a set and all of em wanting to talk and shake my hand when Im done. Breaks my focus. Theres a time and place for it. When Im tired and breathing heavy, headphones blaring, not the place for it.
I want to smack the kids who have been coming in to the gym everyday for monthes and even years and never have gotten stronger. And when I go in each week stronger than before and they say, "Its gotta be roids." I hate the ignorance.
Alright everyone or it seems like everyone hates something so let me post mine... hehehe.
I hate the little old men who fuckin look gay and are in my way..
I hate the women who talk the whole time and dont lift....
I hate the people who do 50 sets of the same machine and do 1 set every 30 min.....
the motha fucking personal trainers who are fat and fuckin sloppy....
In Miami when i lived there at my other gym i loved it except for the fact that I always lifted alone and am fucking hardcore lifting like a madman.... lol and these spanish guys would say I was a "fuckin Nazi machine" in spanish and (although I look like a fuckin Nazi I am not) i cant help it that im white.... Too bad they aint know im half hispanic and speak spanish fluently lol hehehe...
I hate people at the gym who feel it necessary to talk to me while I'm working out. But I'm not talking about while I'm resting; I'm talking about while I'm lifting. Unless you are yelling some sort of motivational phrase there should be no reason to talk to me while I'm lifting, period. I don't want to hear about your pregnant wife, car problems, or shitty job. I've gotten rid of a few workout partners because they couldn't get it through their skulls to just shut up.