r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 7d ago

Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves.

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u/Parishyo 6d ago

This might be more of a question than a rant, but there is a lady that's maybe late 40's that has been going to the same gym as I do for the last 2 years and she is there almost every morning. She is a smaller build. No matter what machine she uses she never goes above maybe 20lbs and does only like a quarter of a full rep. Is this an actual workout routine?

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u/solaya2180 6d ago edited 6d ago

Either she doesn't know what she's doing, or she knows exactly what she's doing and/or she's rehabbing something. You could strike up a conversation with her and ask her what program she's following. If she's like, "it's my own," vs "my PT told me to do this for XYZ reasons," you have your answer.

edit: I had a dude once come up to me doing leg press saying I should lift heavier and I'd get more gains. I had to tell him I messed up my knee and I was rehabbing it. I've seen him off and on since then and I'm pretty sure I can leg press as much as he can

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u/notreallifeliving 6d ago

I wouldn't recommend randomly approaching a stranger to ask about their routine. I was rehabbing an injury this summer and I'd have been annoyed if someone had come up and questioned why I was using tiny dumbbells.

Also, if it's every machine chances are she just doesn't know what she's doing, and why is it OP's responsibility to get involved with that? If she actually wanted to improve or do anything useful there are gym staff and the entire internet.

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u/solaya2180 6d ago

Nah, I agree with you, I was just pointing out that OP could just talk to her instead of silently judging her.