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Things people do at the gym that drive you crazy.
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By *hagTonight OP Man 1 week ago
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There are few things, 5 I would say that the biggest one would be when a group of people is using a machine so you have to wait longer for the machine.
It would be interesting to see what drive you crazy at the gym too  |
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The people who walk around like they are the ultimate badass just because they training at the gym trying to appear super intense stomping around glaring at everyone like ffs mate your doing a set of cable laterals not storming the beaches of Normandy on d-day |
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Absolutely sitting on a machine/ bench playing on phone or taking selfies... I don't mind people filming themselves to.review technique but FFS not to upload to insta or wherever..... Also not cleaning kit after you have sweated all over it, very very poor etiquette  |
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Aerosol deodorant, why stink the changing rooms out whilst squirting everyone in the face when you miss your arm pit. Should be roll on only.
Oh, and poor technique on the rower, when there is a lot of noise and movement but the actual "oar" isn't really moving at all.
And people on their laptops pretending to be at work when sat on a machine, wrong in so many ways.
I best stop now before I keep going on. |
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Not unracking weights, if you’re big and strong enough to lift said weights you’re big enough to put them back where they belong!
The awkward or look or response you get from someone when you ask if you can “jump in” on a machine when they can clearly see the place is busy!
People who profusely sweat all over a bench/machine and don’t put down a towel!! |
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"Supersets in a crowded gym 🤣"
I actually do mostly these, I find it really hard at my age to train to failure without super setting but if someone wanders over I tell them to just go in between me as I’m sometimes taking four minutes between sets.
What bothers me as the people that are not super setting sat on a machine or bench for 5 minutes on their phone between sets
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That fucking music. I despise what they play at the gym. There seems to be this understanding by people who run gyms that nobody will get any benefit without hardcore techno pumping out at them at full blast.
It's not as if anybody is even listening to it. Everybody has earphones and is listening to their own choices.
I tend to listen to classical music but it's always accompanied by the gym speakers going BOM BOM BOM BOM.
I hate the gym. I hate it. I have to go but I detest it. Luke |
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Gym hogs are the worst. Between sets people just sit sit on a machine looking at their phone. It's not a park bench. I know you want to use it again. Get off and let somebody else use it.
I think gyms would be less crowded without gym hogs. I'd be in and out a lot quicker if I wasn't waiting for machines all the time. The throughput of people would be much quicker. Surely it's worth gyms having a policy of turfing people off machines they aren't using. |
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Not putting weights back
Not putting them back in the right place
Someone doing drop sets and using 4 sets of dumbbells.
Eight lads round one machine, and its the one I want
The lad who point at my dick in the loo and says "nice" |
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By *igR93Man 1 week ago
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Are super setters listed on here who take up 3 machines?
People who leave equipment by a machine then go across the gym talking to people then coming back to say they’re using that
Poor hygiene
The gym know it all
People who lie about being natty
I can go on |
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By *hagTonight OP Man 1 week ago
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"Not putting weights back
Not putting them back in the right place
Someone doing drop sets and using 4 sets of dumbbells.
Eight lads round one machine, and its the one I want
The lad who point at my dick in the loo and says "nice""
Yes, not putting the weights back too  |
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Hogging equipment, including extensive rest, whilst sitting and having large groups of friends join them, partway through and taking forever - especially anything in short supply in your gym.
Not re-racking 
Leaving somewhere dirty
Excessive noise making, such as letting heavy weights fall - typically, whilst wearing noise cancelling headphones
Bad BO, smellable from a distance  |
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People not re-racking their weights
The dumbbells not being in the right positions
Old guys walking shamelessly stark-bollock naked around the changing room
Someone takings all the 20kg plates to do their shitty half reps on the leg press
Not finding any barbell clips only to find near the chest press machine for some absurd reason |
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How long have you got.....
People who don't re rack weights or put stuff away, are going straight to hell.
People who get pissy if you dare to walk infront of thier tripod while they're recording in a PUBLIC gym
People who fcuk off with all the whiteboards (I have my own in my gym bag now!)
People who you see wearing the exact same gym stuff 2 days on the trot, it's dirty, wash it peasant!
People who walk off with your stuff that clearly isn't gym property (good luck working out in those pink weight gloves babes, they're an extra large on account of my frying pan hands, and you look tiny) and no Steve, that pink skipping rope is infact mine, thanks.
The 4 hr long mirror flexes when all I wanna do is watch my form,
People on machines just texting out war n peace,
People who don't wipe up thier sweat after using a machine, I don't wanna sit in anybodies sweaty ball soup thanks,
People who don't wipe the sunbed and put thier baby wipes/tan wipes/empty tan accelerator bottles in the bin.
People who can't clean the shower after they've used it.
People who just leave thier stuff strewn across the changing room like it's a teenagers bedroom floor.
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By *hagTonight OP Man 1 week ago
From the land of haribos. |
"How long have you got.....
People who don't re rack weights or put stuff away, are going straight to hell.
People who get pissy if you dare to walk infront of thier tripod while they're recording in a PUBLIC gym
People who fcuk off with all the whiteboards (I have my own in my gym bag now!)
People who you see wearing the exact same gym stuff 2 days on the trot, it's dirty, wash it peasant!
People who walk off with your stuff that clearly isn't gym property (good luck working out in those pink weight gloves babes, they're an extra large on account of my frying pan hands, and you look tiny) and no Steve, that pink skipping rope is infact mine, thanks.
The 4 hr long mirror flexes when all I wanna do is watch my form,
People on machines just texting out war n peace,
People who don't wipe up thier sweat after using a machine, I don't wanna sit in anybodies sweaty ball soup thanks,
People who don't wipe the sunbed and put thier baby wipes/tan wipes/empty tan accelerator bottles in the bin.
People who can't clean the shower after they've used it.
People who just leave thier stuff strewn across the changing room like it's a teenagers bedroom floor.
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Hi just, yes, you are right there, those are good points, yes, people who doesnt rack the weights or puts stuff away too |
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By *hagTonight OP Man 7 days ago
From the land of haribos. |
"People not re-racking their weights
The dumbbells not being in the right positions
Old guys walking shamelessly stark-bollock naked around the changing room
Someone takings all the 20kg plates to do their shitty half reps on the leg press
Not finding any barbell clips only to find near the chest press machine for some absurd reason"
Yes, the dumbbells not being in the right positions too |
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People hogging machines/weights, while they sit on their phones in between sets.
Groups of 18/19 yrs old standing around lots of stations and not really knowing what to do. They get in the way.
People not controlling the weight and letting them bang down.
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By *oltMan 7 days ago
Doncaster |
"Not re racking weights and people on phones . Bounce music should be banned. Ego lifters and PT who have absolutely no idea what they are talking about .
So pure gym 😂"
exactly haha. That's why I go to an independent bodybuilding gym . Totally different vibe. |
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"Not unracking weights, if you’re big and strong enough to lift said weights you’re big enough to put them back where they belong!
The awkward or look or response you get from someone when you ask if you can “jump in” on a machine when they can clearly see the place is busy!
People who profusely sweat all over a bench/machine and don’t put down a towel!! "
Could nt agree more with that everything that you have said. |
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By *hagTonight OP Man 7 days ago
From the land of haribos. |
"People hogging machines/weights, while they sit on their phones in between sets.
Groups of 18/19 yrs old standing around lots of stations and not really knowing what to do. They get in the way.
People not controlling the weight and letting them bang down.
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Hi longleggedblond, yes, you are right there, good points, yes, people hogging machines and weights while they sit on their phones in between sets too |
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It shouldn’t bother me but… people who wear jeans in the gym! It pisses me off. Why do they do it?
Also this one might be specific to me but - the gym “joker”. In my gym there’s a guy who constantly shouts and comments on everyone’s workouts. If you’re doing squats he’ll shout “imagine you’re squatting on a 2incher”. If you’re making a noise he’ll say “moan like you’re taking it hard”. Work out in socks and he’ll shout “you can get them sweaty and sell it on onlyfans”. He’s annoying as fuck but everyone else seems to love him, so maybe i have the problem?   |
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These have probably been mentioned already but..
Taking too long on equipment because they’re playing on their phone or chatting.
Using an adjacent machine as convenient shelving for their bags, which should be in a locker.
Not cleaning equipment when they’ve finished with it. |
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People on their phones. I was at the gym tonight and some young lad was on a machine that I wanted to use who was on his phone looking at clothes. I told him if he wants to look at clothes then get off the machine and go home and do it. |
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The list is endless.
Some people just believe the world revolves around them and we all get in the way, so self centred and inconsiderate. I would love my own set up, but as yet not going to happen.
We pay for use of the communal commercial gym, but so does everyone else so people should be more conscious of others around them. |
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By *zeroMan 7 days ago
Glasgow |
"It shouldn’t bother me but… people who wear jeans in the gym! It pisses me off. Why do they do it?
Also this one might be specific to me but - the gym “joker”. In my gym there’s a guy who constantly shouts and comments on everyone’s workouts. If you’re doing squats he’ll shout “imagine you’re squatting on a 2incher”. If you’re making a noise he’ll say “moan like you’re taking it hard”. Work out in socks and he’ll shout “you can get them sweaty and sell it on onlyfans”. He’s annoying as fuck but everyone else seems to love him, so maybe i have the problem? "
Didn't know Purple Aki was still kicking about. |
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Especially the one's that just sit on a bench flexing in the mirror 
