Strength Irritating people/things that annoy you in the gym III

[Leather Poisoning]

I was in the squat rack and see a guy in my peripheral vision as I'm doing reps
He says something to me but my headphones are in. So I rack the weight, take off my headphones and say "Yeah what's up?"
He points to a DIFFERENT squat rack where someone had left the bar loaded and says "Are you using that?"
And so I said "no mate, I'm using the one I'm standing in"

And then he looked annoyed at me!

 

[Mofra]

I was in the squat rack and see a guy in my peripheral vision as I'm doing reps
He says something to me but my headphones are in. So I rack the weight, take off my headphones and say "Yeah what's up?"
He points to a DIFFERENT squat rack where someone had left the bar loaded and says "Are you using that?"
And so I said "no mate, I'm using the one I'm standing in"

And then he looked annoyed at me!

Do you mind if I quote your post but respond to something entirely different?

 

[revival_mode]

lovely weather yesterday, took the bar and some kettlebells out in the back yard for a nice little work out in the sun

 

[GROTTO]

It's much easier to skip an evening workout IMO, using the excuse of a long or hard day. Start the day with a workout and you may be physically tired afterwards for the morning, but the mind is still ok. By the end of a working day you can be both mentally and physically tired, so your willpower is drained.

Ive worked out regularly in various time slots between 9am and 9pm.

I have to say the most peaceful is the 930am time everyone is at work or in bed. It does really set up your day and also your program for the week.

2pm is not a bad timeslot, can be empty, but you need to get in and get out by 3 to 3.30 before all the teens from school come in.

At 5pm, it can be very overwhelming if youre not used to it, gym is packed and everyone is on something.

 

[GROTTO]

I was in the squat rack and see a guy in my peripheral vision as I'm doing reps
He says something to me but my headphones are in. So I rack the weight, take off my headphones and say "Yeah what's up?"
He points to a DIFFERENT squat rack where someone had left the bar loaded and says "Are you using that?"
And so I said "no mate, I'm using the one I'm standing in"

And then he looked annoyed at me!

Do you mind if I quote your post but respond to something entirely different?

I once saw a campaigner use two squat racks at once and told a guy he was using it.

One for squats the other for OHP.

If I needed to use it, I wouldnt have thought twice. Mind you its only because I was bigger than him.

Probably would have crawled away if it was 'roid up guy. Tbh they wouldnt do that s**t in the first place.

 

[GROTTO]

2 18 year old males practicing tik tok dance moves between nearly every set this morning

Yes that beats the girl at my gym, juggling balls.

It doesnt beat the guy that was using dumbbells on the ground, to jump over them.

 

[GROTTO]

Yeah should have done it last year but think I will finally join the gym this winter, so hopefully have some stories

tbh I'd just buy the extra equipment to do what I need to do at home but unfortunately don't really have space..

You really dont need much space to get "some exercise" in and either get newbie gains or maintain gains, but to go into intermediate/advance stage you definitely need space.

Joining in winter is not bad actually, less people motivated to go. Just make sure you begin youre winter early.

 

[GROTTO]

Myself.

Bag packed, everything ready to go this morning for an early morning swim.

And I still cant drag my ass out of bed.
I really need to let this whole exercising in the morning I got in my head plans, go.

IIRC swimming in the mornings is usually very busy too.

I miss those swims.

 

[GROTTO]

Except Joey from Friends.

Didnt he do it with 5kg dumbbells lol.

 

[Shell]

Didnt he do it with 5kg dumbbells lol.

I think it was "damn you fifteens!"

So 15 pounds roughly 7kgs i guess

 

[GROTTO]

I think it was "damn you fifteens!"

So 15 pounds roughly 7kgs i guess

I think his insurance had expired.

 

[peternorth]

You really dont need much space to get "some exercise" in and either get newbie gains or maintain gains, but to go into intermediate/advance stage you definitely need space.

Joining in winter is not bad actually, less people motivated to go. Just make sure you begin youre winter early.

summer bodies are made in winter

 

[GROTTO]

summer bodies are made in winter

A healthy body is made all year round.

 

[Shell]

Thats fair. I have the same gym mindset as you (ive often spoken about the long term investment in big fu** off over ear headphones so no one bothers you at the gym).

I got myself a little timer and do everything to a set time now, i do have a 7 month old so i dont wanna be in the gym for any longer than i have to be (would much rather spend time with him).

Just fatten him up and bicep curl him. Win/win

 

[GROTTO]

Just fatten him up and bicep curl him. Win/win

Its not as stupid as it sounds.

Many mothers use their babies for squats.






Ive benched an ex girlfriend.

 

[Shell]

Geeze you wouldnt want to lose your balance and fall over would ya..

 

[Sky]

Insults someone for posting on big footy by posting on big footy. Bold choice

was going to write something in here but it opened up to this post so i apologise man it was 4 months ago but i was being a w***er

 

[GROTTO]

was going to write something in here but it opened up to this post so i apologise man it was 4 months ago but i was being a w***er

No one is perfect, we all make mistakes. You apologized.

 

[k31th]

Numbers are dwindling a little bit at my gym... but still had campaigners using the same equipment on a Friday arvo hahaha... you'd think I'd be able to get a clean workout in by now, but the newbies are delayed

 

[Contra Mundum]

IIRC swimming in the mornings is usually very busy too.

I miss those swims.

I can't do high impact cardo at the moment so I am back in the pool. I forgot about people with "lane rage" - its really ******* weird

 

[revival_mode]

I get back in for a couple of days and have been running as well.... Nope have to isolate and will probably get covid from my gf. campaigner

 

[k31th]

Numbers are dwindling a little bit at my gym... but still had campaigners using the same equipment on a Friday arvo hahaha... you'd think I'd be able to get a clean workout in by now, but the newbies are delayed

Monday arvo... clean run woo... about 1/3 of the Monday crew were there, comparatively to previous Monday arvos

 

[Shell]

I'm thinking of quitting my gym tbh. Just zero motivation to go at all.

Thinking I might buy some of my own equipment and buy a multi swim pass.

 

[Mofra]

The scales at my gym - according to them I've lost 35kgs overnight.
Freaking useless

 

[showdownhero]

Gralin we seem to be missing all the posts in this thread from September 2021 until yesterday