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

[Bald Headed Flog]

Had one the other day. I get into gym, do my stretches and stuff, then head over to the leg press. There's two in my gym. One is occupied, and has been since I entered the gym (read: not actually being used, just been reserved). This woman had loaded it up with 4x 20kg plates on each side, then moved to the side to speak on the phone.

Anyway, I do my sets with the few 20s I could find and a bunch of 10s and 15s to make up the weight since the rest of the 20s are gone. In the meantime, this woman had been on the phone the whole time. I move on to the squat racks, and see behind me in the mirror that after 20+ minutes of me being in this gym, she FINALLY starts her sets - sets of the worst quarter rep leg pressing I've ever seen. She does maybe 5 per set, then stops to rest.

So not only had she taken one of the only leg press machines in the gym, but she'd taken 8 ****ing 20kg plates in a gym where there is maybe 20 to go around (besides the ones for the squat racks which are kept in a separate area). Yes, this is nowhere near enough 20kg plates to begin with which is partially the gyms fault, but this clown took nearly half of what was available, and just left them on a reserved machine she wasn't even using for 20+ minutes. In total she had claim of these plates for probably close to half an hour.

Oh, and she didn't put them away after. Of course

 

[go you pups]

I definitely don't miss these days, at the gym I just left had to reprimand one absolutely OCD clean freak multiple times late last year/early this year to stop dousing every piece of equipment he used with sanitiser as it would either ruin the vinyl or contribute to rust build on the machines.

Just a little dab on a paper towel to the parts he was touching was fine if he felt he had to wipe it, but nah

 

[burge13]

Same guy for months and months uses a machine but puts his bottle and towel on a different one. Was asking for ages "you done on this one?" but given up now. Just move his shit and start. Acts like he owns the joint

 

[phantom13]

I definitely don't miss these days, at the gym I just left had to reprimand one absolutely OCD clean freak multiple times late last year/early this year to stop dousing every piece of equipment he used with sanitiser as it would either ruin the vinyl or contribute to rust build on the machines.

Just a little dab on a paper towel to the parts he was touching was fine if he felt he had to wipe it, but nah

What hes doing is better than the vast majority who didnt clean at all.

Its a fine line IMO.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

Same guy for months and months uses a machine but puts his bottle and towel on a different one. Was asking for ages "you done on this one?" but given up now. Just move his shit and start. Acts like he owns the joint

Boss owns the gym

 

[go you pups]

What hes doing is better than the vast majority who didnt clean at all.

Its a fine line IMO.

I agree to some extent

But his behaviour was ridiculous

Equipment was dripping sanitiser everywhere, 100% he's contributing to its deterioration

 

[Jugada]

Give me someone who cleans a bit.much over someone who doesn't enough any day of the week. If the products available to clean with deteriorate the equipment then that's a gym management issue

 

[Nuggs Bunny]

Can't wait for every 16 year old in the suburb to be lined up around the punching bag on Monday afternoon

 

[Over The Post]

Please please please tell me it wasn't rigged and Tyson knocked the slimy campaigner's head off

 

[Black Diamond]

It annoys me that the heavy plates are racked at the bottom. They should be in the middle and the lightest at the bottom, given it is much easier and safer to pick those ones up.

 

[Kram]

On the weekend there was 3 x 20kg plates on top of a 5kg on both sides of the squat rack..

 

[faible]

It annoys me that the heavy plates are racked at the bottom. They should be in the middle and the lightest at the bottom, given it is much easier and safer to pick those ones up.

I was thinking this just the other day whilst looking at my gym setup. It's also something entirely fixable on my own part given there's a total gym membership of 1.

 

[The Golden Glenferrie]

It annoys me that the heavy plates are racked at the bottom. They should be in the middle and the lightest at the bottom, given it is much easier and safer to pick those ones up.

Nope. An excuse for bros to not rack weights correctly

 

[Kram]

I don't care where people put anything just as long as it's all the same kg plates stacked together.

In saying that if I had a preference it would probably be big ones at the bottom.

 

[the_interloper]

Can't wait for every 16 year old in the suburb to be lined up around the punching bag on Monday afternoon

You know this is one thing boxing people don't realise, a teenager now is more likely to go into a boxing gym because of Jake Paul rather than Canelo Alvarez. The trainers at my gym reckons it's a circus, load of shit etc but I'll bet they end up benefiting from some kids taking it up.