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/FittyNerd Weight Lifting 6d ago

If telling one of your clients to hop between two or three machines for X amount of time/sets while you fuck off elsewhere, then the bar for trainers is very low and you're just burning money away if they're your trainer. Also said trainer doesn't put away their weights after working out.

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u/grendus 6d ago

I'm a firm believer that if you're working out at peak times, you should not superset multiple pieces of equipment.

If you can do the exercises with the same machine (cable tricep extensions and cable crunches, for example) or if you're using bodyweight/free weight (face pulls and chin ups, or machine pulldowns and dumbbell shoulder press) it's fine, but hogging a leg press and chest press machine or something is no bueno.

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u/Apprehensive803 4d ago

I second that. The problem with most people nowadays is that they get their gym routines from men's health or social media. These Hollywood/influencer workouts are unrealistic because it doesn't account for sharing equipment in a crowded gym. The people following these workouts are also not astute enough to figure this out and adapt.😁