Gym & Misc Irritating people/things that annoy you in the gym II

[peternorth]

Yep

what if someone wants to use them too?

 

[FlowersByIrene]

what if someone wants to use them too?

Use what? my dumbbells? i say no

 

[raven echo]

This morning I got to the gym - empty!

Pure bliss - only had three people come in later (including resident hottie who I'd marry in a heartbeat)

Always a positive when the resident hottie turns up

 

[Brad Goodman]

I just bought some Olympic Dumbbells because the weights at jetts don't go beyond 40's


So i bet there are a few people form my gym, online on some other forum in an "irritating people at the gym thread" calling me out for being a tosser or something.

But i'm not going to lie, it does look pretty badass Incline Dumbbell Pressing 46 kilos in each hand - which is two 10kilos plates on each end of the dumbbell. The things are huge.

Is that even allowed? I'm telling Jetts.

 

[FlowersByIrene]

Is that even allowed? I'm telling Jetts.

The 45 kilogram gym manager can try and stop me

 

[manboob]

The 45 kilogram gym manager can try and stop me

He's like totally "functionally strong" n stuff.

 

[Ed_Gein]

Probably the wrong thread, but i really hate my gym. Well, actually it's the people that work there. There is a girl that works there i used to make small talk with, "How was your weekend?" etc, well i found out through someone else that she thought i was apparently trying to chat her up. LOL. Was in no way interested in that way, but that didn't stop her making that assumption - and now most of the people that work there i get that blank-ish type stare where you know something is up and they never speak to me beyond short greetings. But the thing that annoys me is that this girl is continually flirting, laughing and chatting with all the better looking, bulked up guys that go there. Would like to slit her throat to be honest.

 

[manboob]

Channelling your username big time!

 

[peternorth]

http://www.menshealth.com/deltafit/exercises-make-trainers-cringe

thoughts?

 

[manboob]

No problems with the first two!

 

[saj_21]

http://www.menshealth.com/deltafit/exercises-make-trainers-cringe

thoughts?

Any exercises done poorly are bad for you. Don't read to much into that junk article, they are good exercises and done with proper form will only benefit you.

 

[Damon_3388]

Any exercises done poorly are bad for you. Don't read to much into that junk article, they are good exercises and done with proper form will only benefit you.

This.

Upright rows and leg press are staples of my routine. Do them properly, and they're fine.

 

[peternorth]

Any exercises done poorly are bad for you. Don't read to much into that junk article, they are good exercises and done with proper form will only benefit you.

i like upright rows my second ever trainer was impressed with my form and weight lifted. got confidence from it which i reckon has helped me do every other exercise

 

[Mofra]

But the thing that annoys me is that this girl is continually flirting, laughing and chatting with all the better looking, bulked up guys that go there. Would like to slit her throat to be honest.

There's your goal: become one of the better looking, bulked up guys

 

[peternorth]

very fit, confident and intelligent girls walk out of a class......and i wasnt there to work out with them.

im angry with myself

 

[saj_21]

What are people's thought on people running in the gym?

I go to anytime fitness, it is one of the larger ones. However a couple of people think it's a good idea to do sprints or suicides through the main thoroughfare. Admittedly this is in the morning when there may only 5-8 people in the gym. But still shits me.

 

[bkozican]

What are people's thought on people running in the gym?

I go to anytime fitness, it is one of the larger ones. However a couple of people think it's a good idea to do sprints or suicides through the main thoroughfare. Admittedly this is in the morning when there may only 5-8 people in the gym. But still shits me.

No treadmills ?

 

[peternorth]

What are people's thought on people running in the gym?

I go to anytime fitness, it is one of the larger ones. However a couple of people think it's a good idea to do sprints or suicides through the main thoroughfare. Admittedly this is in the morning when there may only 5-8 people in the gym. But still shits me.

that is odd. look, my previous gym had a bball court (well, half court if that), tennis courts, and squash courts. it was great! for a while mt PT made me do suicide runs on the tennis court. fantastic.

i guess it depends on the size of the gym. if there's room, and an unspoken assigned area for it, ok. but if it interferes with others working out then it is not on

 

[BrockBlitz]

My biggest pet peeve at gyms is when someone is taking a PT client and they are doing an exercise wrong and the PT says nothing. They stand there like a F*%$Ktard looking at their phone going 'ok one more and then we will hit the bike' or some such shit. The average standard of trainer is sooo abominable.

 

[peternorth]

could be relevant to life really.....but you know when you go at set times you see the same people on these days? after a while you say gday but much time has elapsed where its awkward to actually introduce yourselves. but you feel like you know each other through chatting or exchanging ideas on working out.

 

[peternorth]

My biggest pet peeve at gyms is when someone is taking a PT client and they are doing an exercise wrong and the PT says nothing. They stand there like a F*%$Ktard looking at their phone going 'ok one more and then we will hit the bike' or some such shit. The average standard of trainer is sooo abominable.

trainer should at least be encouraging their client. or, i guess some clients dont want be have a cheerleader there during exercises (i think when miranda was giving birth in sex in the city she told horse face parker to tell the nurse to stfu).

looking at the phone is totally unprofessional!

 

[Belnakor]

could be relevant to life really.....but you know when you go at set times you see the same people on these days? after a while you say gday but much time has elapsed where its awkward to actually introduce yourselves. but you feel like you know each other through chatting or exchanging ideas on working out.

i just ignore everyone. I used to do the nod, but i've even phased that out. Talking to other people is distracting.

 

[bkozican]

My biggest pet peeve at gyms is when someone is taking a PT client and they are doing an exercise wrong and the PT says nothing. They stand there like a F*%$Ktard looking at their phone going 'ok one more and then we will hit the bike' or some such shit. The average standard of trainer is sooo abominable.

I was doing a leg session 2 weeks ago, I've started at 60 all the way up to my max and back down.....I watched a PT and a lady do one set on the shoulder press. I could see the $$$ in his eyes.

 

[BrockBlitz]

I was doing a leg session 2 weeks ago, I've started at 60 all the way up to my max and back down.....I watched a PT and a lady do one set on the shoulder press. I could see the $$$ in his eyes.

Thats the big issue. The profession is dirty be cause it is not professional. 8 weeks and apparently you know how to be a trainer. Joke.

I don't like the idea that PT's have become more personal motivators that trainers. That's the bit that annoys me more than anything. That and it tends to be a cop out profession these days. " I didn't know what I wanted to do so I became a PT" type scenario. It's the friggin health industry - this is important stuff. It's not like your going to bugger up someones nails, hair or some spray paint on their car. This is life altering stuff if you get it wrong. It's just so disappointing that the minimum standards are so low. The public look to these people for advice and they think they know all because of a cert 3/4. It's terrible frustrating to watch and the main reason I don't go to a big gym.

 

[peternorth]

Thats the big issue. The profession is dirty be cause it is not professional. 8 weeks and apparently you know how to be a trainer. Joke.

I don't like the idea that PT's have become more personal motivators that trainers. That's the bit that annoys me more than anything. That and it tends to be a cop out profession these days. " I didn't know what I wanted to do so I became a PT" type scenario. It's the friggin health industry - this is important stuff. It's not like your going to bugger up someones nails, hair or some spray paint on their car. This is life altering stuff if you get it wrong. It's just so disappointing that the minimum standards are so low. The public look to these people for advice and they think they know all because of a cert 3/4. It's terrible frustrating to watch and the main reason I don't go to a big gym.

what if your trainers started to train people at your current gym?