What Are Your Gym/Fitness/Routine Moans?
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Hoofy said:
13m said:
Hoofy said:
Am I allowed to complain about how expensive they are given that I don't want to use their facilities everyday because most gyms don't provide everything I want so I have to go elsewhere?
What is it your require, Grasshopper, that is not at your gym?
Were you not tempted to shout "WHOAH THERE BOY" after each set?
Obviously the volume you use would be in direct proportion to size of said "whinnier".
Oddly enough, I find it's not even the guys that are lifting the most weight, or exerting themselves the most. It seems to be the person that's kind of halfway; fairly ripped/big, obviously works out, but is neither massive nor actually lifting a HUGE amount of weight. Bit of an attention-seeking thing?
Very occasionally I will let out more than a bit of huffing and puffing & I'm embarrassed at that, never mind a full-on "NNGNHHGNHGHGNHRARRRARRAGH".
Edited by Centurion07 on Friday 1st July 10:34
I went back to the gym after becoming bored/disillusioned........and within minutes wondered why I'd bothered
In no particular order: People hogging equipment, even when texting/chatting, lazy f
kers leaving weights scattered everywhere. And worst of all, old men getting changed right in your personal space. If one bloke had been any closer I'd swear his knob would've touched my face! 
In no particular order: People hogging equipment, even when texting/chatting, lazy f
kers leaving weights scattered everywhere. And worst of all, old men getting changed right in your personal space. If one bloke had been any closer I'd swear his knob would've touched my face! jogger1976 said:
I went back to the gym after becoming bored/disillusioned........and within minutes wondered why I'd bothered
In no particular order: People hogging equipment, even when texting/chatting, lazy fkers leaving weights scattered everywhere. And worst of all, old men getting changed right in your personal space. If one bloke had been any closer I'd swear his knob would've touched my face!
In no particular order: People hogging equipment, even when texting/chatting, lazy f
kers leaving weights scattered everywhere. And worst of all, old men getting changed right in your personal space. If one bloke had been any closer I'd swear his knob would've touched my face! 
as I only ever do barbell lifting at the half rack the only thing that really ever gets on my nerves is the people who put 100-150kg+ in 25kg weights on a barbell for deadlifts and leave it on the floor. pisses me off as i always start with squats, so i have to take all those weights off.
I wouldn't mind so much if it was a bar left with 2x10kg plates on it as I'm comfortable enough to clean & press it up.
I wouldn't mind so much if it was a bar left with 2x10kg plates on it as I'm comfortable enough to clean & press it up.
ambuletz said:
as I only ever do barbell lifting at the half rack the only thing that really ever gets on my nerves is the people who put 100-150kg+ in 25kg weights on a barbell for deadlifts and leave it on the floor. pisses me off as i always start with squats, so i have to take all those weights off.
I wouldn't mind so much if it was a bar left with 2x10kg plates on it as I'm comfortable enough to clean & press it up.
They are arsebikes. Selfish, I wish gyms would have zero tolerance for fI wouldn't mind so much if it was a bar left with 2x10kg plates on it as I'm comfortable enough to clean & press it up.
kwits. Halb said:
ambuletz said:
as I only ever do barbell lifting at the half rack the only thing that really ever gets on my nerves is the people who put 100-150kg+ in 25kg weights on a barbell for deadlifts and leave it on the floor. pisses me off as i always start with squats, so i have to take all those weights off.
I wouldn't mind so much if it was a bar left with 2x10kg plates on it as I'm comfortable enough to clean & press it up.
They are arsebikes. Selfish, I wish gyms would have zero tolerance for fI wouldn't mind so much if it was a bar left with 2x10kg plates on it as I'm comfortable enough to clean & press it up.
kwits. ambuletz said:
agreed. it doesn't help either that my gym has no sort of barbel lever for lifting it up so you can slide weights off. sure, I use a small 2kg plate instead, but it's still a faff.
Even after I had tweaked my back, I still deloaded the bar. And I use more weight than most.There's a young PT in my gym who lifts around 260, and he deloads the bar and puts all the plates back.
A nice trick is to use a 25kg plate as the first plate and then load up with 20kg. Makes it a tad easier for quick deload.
Halb said:
Even after I had tweaked my back, I still deloaded the bar. And I use more weight than most.
There's a young PT in my gym who lifts around 260, and he deloads the bar and puts all the plates back.
A nice trick is to use a 25kg plate as the first plate and then load up with 20kg. Makes it a tad easier for quick deload.
I bought a pair of full size Olympic rubber 10kg plates, so I can leave these on the bar at all times - Adding and taking off the iron tri-plates is now so much easier, as they're larger than the heaviest 25kg non-rubber plates!There's a young PT in my gym who lifts around 260, and he deloads the bar and puts all the plates back.
A nice trick is to use a 25kg plate as the first plate and then load up with 20kg. Makes it a tad easier for quick deload.
1000 yard stare carpet carriers. Finish a set, glare through people and walk around their equipment like they're on patrol. Stains.
People who leave barbells loaded especially, I make it my purpose to shake my head as I'm removing the weights in a hope that the one responsible isn't such a jerk next time.
People who leave barbells loaded especially, I make it my purpose to shake my head as I'm removing the weights in a hope that the one responsible isn't such a jerk next time.
was lifting around noon today. was kinda busy. noticed one person go around and pick up 2 pairs of 5kg plates for whatever workout he was doing. their aren't many 5kg plates but there are plenty of 10kg ones all over. I don't get why the idiot didn't get one pair of 5's then 1 pair of 10's instead. seems greedy to me.
also at some point - and for some unknown reason - my gym decided to remove almost ALL of the blue 20kg plates except for one pair, and a bunch of slightly small rubbery 20kg plates. idk why. they never reduced any of the much heavier red 25kg plates.
(having said that, before they removed them I did notice quite afew of the blue 20kg plates missing some allen screws on the centre of the plate. (ELEIKO's)
also at some point - and for some unknown reason - my gym decided to remove almost ALL of the blue 20kg plates except for one pair, and a bunch of slightly small rubbery 20kg plates. idk why. they never reduced any of the much heavier red 25kg plates.
(having said that, before they removed them I did notice quite afew of the blue 20kg plates missing some allen screws on the centre of the plate. (ELEIKO's)
ambuletz said:
was lifting around noon today. was kinda busy. noticed one person go around and pick up 2 pairs of 5kg plates for whatever workout he was doing. their aren't many 5kg plates but there are plenty of 10kg ones all over. I don't get why the idiot didn't get one pair of 5's then 1 pair of 10's instead.
Sorry, I'm not getting your point here. Guy wants to add/split only 10kg, why get a 10 plate? Am I being dense? 
ambuletz said:
Hoofy said:
I witnessed old man changing room syndrome the other day. Two guys. One sitting down, the other standing, one foot on the bench in front of his friend chatting away about CGT while drying himself.
thankfully ive never had that situaion yeet.
Old boy - must have been well in to his '60's - flab everywhere, just strolling around unnecessarily.
Then he went over to the hairdryers to firstly dry his bald head and then 'finished off below'. Very strange indeed.
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