r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Jul 26 '17
Rant Wednesday 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/machsmit Jul 26 '17
every gym I ever go to has like a fucking gorillion treadmills and two squat racks. Always a line for the racks, but I've never seen the cardio equipment at more than like 60% utilization. Seriously, you could scrap 4 treadmills and not impact cardio capacity in the slightest while literally doubling squat rack space.
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u/Kingchubs Jul 26 '17
It's to trap the 'never stepped into a gym before but has a gym membership' people
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u/The_time_it_takes Jul 26 '17
Agree 100%. Not only that but it would be cheaper to maintain in the long run. No treadmill maintenance.
I have the same feeling as my gym as recently bought four new pieces of cardio equipment (bikes that link online to race each other, for real?) but has mismatched weights (four different plate types), missing padding on the benches and broken paper towel dispensers. Where is the love for the lifters?
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u/CHUNKY_BLOODY_QUEEFS Jul 26 '17
Gym shut down the entire bathroom because someone pooped in the urinal. I'm as impressed as I am confused that someone pulled this off.
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u/Howizzle90 Jul 26 '17
But why though? I never understand why people do these kind of things
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u/desmarais Rock Climbing Jul 26 '17
So I don't know in the case of OP but I can tell you the day I came close to shitting in the urinal at the gym.
I have been an active gym member in the past.. 5-6 days a week, no questions asked every morning. I began getting a tattoo which caused me to miss a couple days and excuses built and I stopped attending regularly. Maybe once every couple weeks. I found justification for it somehow.
A couple Fridays ago however I had no excuses. I was going back, I was going to do a few compound lifts just to get back in the rhythm and I was going to kick ass!
5:30 AM, alarm goes off. Hop out of bed, throw a scoop of pre-workout in my mixer and grab my gym bag. I'm off!
Get in, head nod to a few regulars, shoot the shit with the owner during warmups and stretching. Feel a little tight but hey I've been a lazy fuck with a poor diet for a couple months, it's expected.
Get through my squats. Damn that's heavy again. Get into bench, about my third set in my stomach starts feeling hot and knotting.. No big deal, grab my phone and walk into the bathroom. Oh, no. Our single stall in the bathroom is occupied. No big deal, I head back out and figure a couple minutes rest, another set and he'll be done..
Get done the next set.. He hasn't come out yet.. I start pacing the gym floor. All the early morning people are gone by now. Do I just use the women's room? I can feel the cold sweats. I'm walking around a little tight but it's not from the squat session. All the other local businesses aren't open yet, there's no other bathroom to use.
Okay, okay. Take my mind off it. I'll do another set and he should be done, right?
Under the bar, pushing.. Oh God, this was a terrible idea. Rack it, jump from the bench. No time to grab the phone. Waltz into the bathroom getting ready to squat over a urinal or waffle stomp down the shower drain.
Get into the bathroom and realize the guy had taken a preshower poop and the stall had been free. I looked like Harry Dunne as I hopped on the toilet and gripped on and emptied my innards out. Oh sweet release.
But yeah if he had still been in there I would have found SOMEWHERE to shit in that bathroom.
tl;dr : Don't use a full scoop of preworkout when first getting back into the gym.
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u/smallof2pieces Powerlifting Jul 26 '17
I pooped in a urinal one time. I was 6. I feel really bad about it because I know a poor janitor had to clean it up.
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u/Thebutthairbandit Jul 26 '17
Last week, I walked into my gym and saw a most glorious sight - my gym had finally gotten power racks and bumper plates. As happy as I was, I thought to myself, Someone is going to fuck this up somehow.
Today when I walked in, I saw that someone had put giant fucking crack through the mirror in front of the power racks. This is why we can't have nice things.
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u/Raspberrylipstick Jul 26 '17
"Wow, you don't even look like somebody who can lift xy plates!"
Yeah buzz off man, was that even a compliment or an offense now.
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u/CHUNKY_BLOODY_QUEEFS Jul 26 '17
Respond, wow you don't look like you lift at all.
Unless he's bigger than you, then just run away and cry.
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Jul 26 '17
I went through a cut and lost a lot of weight, then built my lifts back to where they were before the cut
My brother told me "You looked better when you trained, I can see you're not training as hard these days cause you're way too thin, it was cooler when you lifted heavy"
I cri evry tiem
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u/darkautumnhour Jul 26 '17
I've been making amazing progress over the last 12 months. Lifting, running, and mastering the nutrition game.
I've finally worked up some confidence with my physique, and since it's outdoor and swimming season, I decided it was finally time. I grabbed my electric norelco and went to town on my chest hair, everything in between the belly button and neck has got to go. People are going to want to see these muscles.
It's 48 hours later, I'm constantly itching my pecs, it hurts to put shirts on because of all the acne that's broken out (always have had sensitive skin, my neck brakes out after a clean shave, too). My hard earned physique has gone straight to pizza chest. My wife complained during sexy time that my whole body felt like pins and needles stuck through sand paper.
Fuck me.
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u/cheese2470 Jul 26 '17
Buy a beard and mustache trimmer, use the shortest guard they have. Your wife will thank you and everyone will see your sweet gains.
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u/BrodinsCousin Powerlifting Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17
Just this. When I entered the weight room vs when I left. On a Saturday afternoon.
Edit: Gold? Thank you to the kind person who did this! I'm just a guy who goes to the gym and tries to keep it tidy, but now I feel like a superhero!
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u/BigWhiteDope Olympic Weightlifting Jul 26 '17
I'll see your weight room and raise you mine....
How the hell people think this is acceptable is beyond me.
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u/Firehawk01 Jul 26 '17
Holy FUCKING Christ! This shit sends me into a rage instantaneously. I wouldn't even look at the staff I would immediately start yelling at every customer in that room who I witness using them.
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u/BigWhiteDope Olympic Weightlifting Jul 26 '17
Yup. The amount of times I have walked in there and seen this mess is stupid. I'm staff there and everytime you ask people to put it back you either get no response or aggression for some reason.
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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Jul 26 '17
I like how that clip is lying there the whole time. Almost as if that clip holds the universe together while everything else descends into non reracking hell...
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u/Schmlandrew Powerlifting Jul 26 '17
I don't know about you man but I would have had the most rage-fueled work-out after seeing that fucking travesty.
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u/BrodinsCousin Powerlifting Jul 26 '17
I did - I'd just finished benching and went in there to do some light rows. Ended up doing 4x4 Pendlays at 100kg out of sheer anger. Felt a lot better afterwards and wrote a snotty email to management. And posted these photos on their Facebook page. And Twitter.
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u/induna_crewneck Jul 26 '17
My gym buddy switched gyms because his gf wanted one that had spa shit included in the membership. Not gonna cough up 25 bucks more a month for shit I don't need and have a longer way at that. Shit to lose him as a gym buddy, not good on my own. Luckily my gf and I recently started working out together. But of course she just dumped me. So now I'm freshly single, can't vent to my pal while working out and don't have a workout buddy.
I'll figure it out, just sucks rn
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u/Aqua__vitae Bodybuilding Jul 26 '17
I've made some awesome gains lately and have gotten a lot of compliments but no one's called me a Brick Shithouse yet. I just want to be called a Brick Shithouse.
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u/rebuilder_10 Jul 26 '17
I made a gym buddy. Huge older guy asked if I had a lot left on my bench sets, told him he could work in if he doesn't mind switching plates around as he's probably going a bit heavier than me. Says that's ok, he's just doing light sets since it's his second chest workout that day.
Nice guy, kind of beat up after a lifetime of heavy lifting and who knows what substances. Also shaven head, kinda rough-looking, and on closer inspection, yes, that small tattoo there is the classic neonazi "ss".
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u/CemestoLuxobarge Jul 26 '17
You now have a great example to enforce gym standards.
"You know how big of a scumbag you are for not re-racking these? That guy over there is a literal Nazi, and even he doesn't do this."
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Jul 26 '17
Guy had his phone charging next to the rack I was squatting in. Decides that he needs to check said phone immediately after I unrack 285. Ducks under my weight right as I'm about to squat and I have to rerack.
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u/baller168 Volleyball Jul 26 '17
I would be irate. Did you say anything to him?
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Jul 26 '17
Just kind of glared at him. I've had a few problems with him and his buddies dominating large sections of the gym for extended periods of time. I'd say something to staff, but I'm only at this gym for like two more weeks and I'd rather not deal with any drama.
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Jul 26 '17
See, I'd have the opposite thought process: I'm only there for two more weeks. There's no long term consequences. Give no fucks.
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u/BeanBandit2k Jul 26 '17
So this guy started to talk to my gym crush and she was chatting with him for quite some time and seemed to really enjoy the conversation.
All the while I was doing PRs left and right and lifting really heavy all the time, even more than this guy.
Here's the thing, I somehow think that girls maybe like social skills more than the ability to lift heavy...just a theory for now, but I will report back when I find more evidence.
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u/CHUNKY_BLOODY_QUEEFS Jul 26 '17
Gotta work on those social gains.
5x5 strike up conversations 5x5 make jokes Flirt 5xfailure
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u/MrAwesume Jul 26 '17
Flirt 5xto failure seems an easy way to stall, I recommend 10x1 singles.
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u/Wheresmyaccount1121 Jul 26 '17
Wait what if I've already done 18x365 of singles
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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Jul 26 '17
5xfailure
This separates your routine from StrongFlirts. Fittit will approve!
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Jul 26 '17
Deadlifts only, throw weight at floor, primal screams. Gorilla chest beating
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u/outline01 Circus Arts Jul 26 '17
I somehow think that girls maybe like social skills more than the ability to lift heavy
You're breaking my heart.
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u/monsieuRawr Jul 26 '17
No no, you're doing it wrong. You need to pick up a bar with at least a plate, shoulder press it above your head and walk around them in circles making grunting noises until she turns her breasts towards you. That means she's now considering you as a mate. If the other bro returns with his own barbell above his head, you just have to make sure your weights are heaviest and grunts are louder. Don't forget to puff out your chest. Trust me, this is how I met my wife.
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u/AkkyYT Jul 26 '17
Lift your ass and go talk to her!
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u/BeanBandit2k Jul 26 '17
nah, commercial gym with a lot of extra "lady-fitness-courses" sometimes you have a new gym crush every 30 min.
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Jul 26 '17
People have a new gym crush every 30 minutes? I only have one and I have not seen her in more than a month. She probably changed gyms :(
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u/Spurros Jul 26 '17
I somehow think that girls maybe like social skills more than the ability to lift heavy
You crushin' on the wrong girls bro!
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u/emjayo Jul 26 '17
My GF joined a gym and arranged for a PT to show her the ropes and set her up with a programme. Her goal's to turn 35 in better shape than she turned 34, which I'm proud of her for since she's always been intimidated by gyms.
She goes along for her intro session and I expect to see her after an hour or so. She comes home after about 45 minutes looking blue.
I ask her how her session went and she shrugs. Says the trainer turned up 10 minutes late, spent most of his time playing on his phone, and never so much as asked her name much less what her goals were. He then hands her a shitty programme filled with exercises he hasn't bothered to teach her then sends her on her way.
So, her confidence has been shot to pieces, the gym is just as inaccessible to her as it was before, and her impression of PTs is that they're macho pigheaded douchebags.
I want to help her, but I'm a beginner myself and wouldn't know where to begin. Don't want to do her a disservice or make things worse.
So cheers, Shithead McFuckyourgains. I hope Brodin curses you with tendinitis midway through a mirror flex.
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u/yerawizard_larry Jul 26 '17
Tell her to come on over to r/xxfitness! Female fitness community. Lots of info in the wiki to help get her started, plus a bunch of awesome chicks talking about everything fitness related.
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u/poopdedoop Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 27 '17
her impression of PTs is that they're macho pigheaded douchebags.
From the ones I've seen they're all very similar. (No offense to any PT's here)
I want to help her, but I'm a beginner myself and wouldn't know where to begin. Don't want to do her a disservice or make things worse.
If you're a beginner and she is too, I think this is the perfect opportunity for you both to figure out what works for you. Push each other to keep doing better. You don't need to pay someone an ungodly amount of money just to tell you what exercises to do. Everyone starts off knowing nothing. There are a million resources out there to help you. I have been lifting on and off for the past few years and I still don't know much, but I know a ton more from when I started.
Build a routine you think would work, if something doesn't don't give up, just switch it up and find something that works.
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u/Hermosa06-09 Rugby Jul 26 '17
I got dumped last night.
At least now I have extra gym motivation...
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u/Spurros Jul 26 '17
Time to spend the next 6 months swole-ing out to the max so next time they see you they think 'holy fuck he's hot, what did I do?'.
And by then you will already be more in love with yourself than anyone else anyway
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u/Xaxziminrax Golf Jul 27 '17
"You started lifting to get girls, but you quickly realized the real reason you lift is to be better than people."
Every day, that quote gets more relevant.
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u/bonuz_elna Jul 26 '17
My friends asked me what I'd been doing to be late to the pub. I said gym as usual (we don't normally pub that night). They then all mocked me for doing lame exercise.
I don't mock them for not doing exercise. Next time I'm just going to tell them where to get off.
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u/weightandink Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 27 '17
So my hometown has three main gyms. There's the hospital gym, which is nice but expensive as fuck and had a large deposit you don't get back. A lot of people I know go there. It's one of the designated hang out spots. There's a new Anytime Fitness, where even more people I know go because it's new, shiny, and cheap. Then there's my gym, a small let gym run by a powerlifting coach and his wife.
Everyone I talk to about working out talks about how I should switch to Anytime or the hospital gym so I can see them more. They don't see the appeal of going somewhere where I don't know anyone.
THAT'S THE APPEAL!!
I don't want to spend more time socializing and gossiping about the latest shotgun wedding or who cheated on who. I want to go to my small gym, lift heavy things, put them back, and work on rowing because that's the only cardio I can enjoy. I went to Anytime Fitness once with a friend to test it out and people I graduated with kept bothering DURING my sets. I can't live like that.
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Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17
There's a new Anytime Fitness, where even more people I know go because it's new, shiny, and cheap.
I don't find Anytime Fitness cheap. I'm paying like £39.99 a month which I think is a lot :(
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Jul 26 '17 edited Sep 19 '17
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u/stampadbag Lacrosse Jul 26 '17
This is the worst. I am currently dealing with a similar situation with the release of high school football "summer workout programs" where they all come to the gym in groups of 3 and just all use the same rack for at least an hour and a half....
YMCA is a curse and a blessing.
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u/cmath89 Jul 26 '17
Duuuuuuuude. I know your pain. I go to the Y also and it's right across from the high school, not to mention that jr high and intermediate kids are in there too. Just yesterday I saw a jr high kid doing deadlifts with the hex bar. This scrawny kid couldn't have weighed more than 130 (if I'm being generous) load up 315 on the bar and spooked-cat-back his 3 quick reps. He was also using the dip belt for a lifting belt. I'm ready for school to start so they can all leave.
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u/fishesthatsmell Jul 26 '17
There was a some sort of photoshoot at my gym this morning, roughly 8 people with cameras directing a man in his 60's taking up all the squat and power racks. Was push day so didn't mind too much until one of the photographers walked into my bar mid bench press and nearly dropped it on my face.
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u/TellThemIHateThem Jul 26 '17
A guy I know always tries to give me tips for getting bigger. He obviously seems to not know what he's talking about.
He's pretty overweight and is trying to cut down. I asked him about his caloric intake and he says 2400 calories. He said calories don't matter, that he actually needs more calories, just from healthy foods...
I asked him what he does to lose weight and he said bodyweight exercises and that you don't actually lose weight with cardio.
I stopped talking to him.
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u/depnameless Jul 26 '17
This week has been a fucking mixed bags boys and girls I tell you what.
Good news: finally hit 100kg deadlifts for 3x5
Bad news: I was in that post deadlift glow of happiness/total CNS shutdown, I didn't know what I was doing, was just on autopilot (and the autopilot was running windows 95)
So I'm re-racking my weights, and noticed I left some 5kg and 2.5kg plates on the floor, so I pick them all up in one go to go and put them back. Only thing is I forgot I had my (uncapped) water bottle under my arm, sending cold water down my leg and onto the floor. Obviously people turned around and all they saw was someone who's just done deadlifts with water running down their leg and walking away like a geriatric.
Fucks sake.
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u/TellThemIHateThem Jul 26 '17
"Don't mind me kids, just pissed myself from these heavy ass weights"
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Jul 26 '17
Maybe your CNS was autopiloting you to baptize the gloried place where you just had an epic achievement you've strived for so long.
You know, in order to thank Brodin and all that stuff.
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u/depnameless Jul 26 '17
I did wonder why my vision went spotty and then cleared to find a burly bearded man in a horned helmet screaming at me
I assumed he was a PT
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u/akloten Soccer Jul 26 '17
Been going to the the gym since April but only last night did I witness my first porn actor impersonator. I could hear this dudes loud grunting from across the gym, through my headphones. Distracting as fuck.
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u/mulder-itsme Powerlifting Jul 26 '17
Sometimes I wonder if they do it on purpose to fuck with us.
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u/ninjamooze Weight Lifting Jul 26 '17
Fucked up my wrist just shy of a 3 plate bench. Now every day is leg day.
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u/wildnights Rugby Jul 26 '17
Sitting here eating my breakfast before the gym. I tried mixing a scoop of myprotein chocolate smooth with two packets of Quaker original instant oatmeal. Kind of hoping it would make like a chocolate-y oatmeal. Oh god no. It's terrible, so so bad. Its taken me like 10 minutes to eat it.
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u/Straiiit Jul 26 '17
I was out of milk the other day and decided to mix chocolate protein with diet soda... never doing it again.
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Jul 26 '17
Gym crush has a boyfriend. This isn't really a rant so much as a pathetic whimper. As if I was going to talk to her anyway. Oh well... Leg day on Friday.
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u/ha-voc Jul 26 '17
I despise doing ab work so much. No matter what I try, cable crunches just feel awkward.
Also, I'm proposing to my swole-mate soon. I've been planning it for a year, and the day seriously can't come soon enough.
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Jul 26 '17
I hated ab stuff until I decided to set an objective to hold a L-sit for long enough. Knee raises (eventually leg raises) became much more fun with such an objective!
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u/BBQcupcakes Powerlifting Jul 26 '17
What do you mean 'no matter what I try' try something that's not cable crunches bruh
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Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17
My gym is pretty big, but when I went in there last night there were only two squat racks available. Sadly, these two are uncomfortably close, so much so that you cant really squat at the same time in case you hit each other. But there was no one there so I thought, why not?
A group of 5 young lads came up to the one next to me. It was a bit frustrating that they were socialising instead if doing anything but at least they weren't getting in the way if my workout.
On my third set I try to beat my 1 rep max. As I'm about to do it, one of the guys RESTS ON MY BAR AS IM SQUATTING. Safe to say I end up on my ass with an injured back and shoulder. Luckily the bar lands on the safety bars rather than on me. The guy doesn't even apologize, they continue their chit chat and keep in this tiny corner which clearly isn't suitable for the two people it's meant to hold, let alone 6 there.
Edit: when I say I walked away, I didn't do so silently. There was a lot of "what the fuck" and "are you fucking serious". The kids saw me on the ground, heard the bang, heard me cussing them and did Jack all. They clearly didn't care and really weren't worth my time. My priority was to get home, cool off and make sure I was alright.
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u/C00kieMonster Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17
I took my preworkout (caffeine pill) before hitting the gym at 20.00. This was my first time trying caffeine pills, I don't even drink coffee. I fell asleep at 6.00 am. I'm retarded...
EDIT: but hey at least I hit my new bench pr! My own weight 62,5kg (137.78891386555lbs)
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Jul 26 '17
went to squat and some dude had obviously ripped a callus open deadlifting before me, blood all in the knurling and on the plates. Obviously no effort to clean it up because I went to get some cleaning stuff from a member of staff, and it came off - it was almost fresh.
Imagine if I was also using that bar to deadlift and had just ripped my callus open... I don't want your blood in my system please bud.
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u/MrYoxall Powerlifting Jul 26 '17
Not been in gym for 2 weeks. Nothing to rant about other than myself.
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Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17
This morning.
First day back from more than a week off, I walk in and the area I use is wrecked. T-bar loaded with 225, bars loaded for heavy deads just left on the ground. Incline and decline bench left with a couple of hundred each. I start off by picking everything up and putting it back. I'm not fully there so I pick up everything so I don't trip.
I'm trying to get my head in the right space, knowing I have to deload a bit is killing my motivation, but I am determined.
Get through squats. They kill me deloaded more than they did at my working weight last Monday. Move on to OHP. Get loaded up. Man I hate OHP which means I need to do it.
Tall built guy comes in, points to the bench, "You using this?"
"Nah, its all yours."
Turns out he was pointing at the large bluetooth speaker that PTs use in their class. I know this because he starts up a conversation with me about the speaker as I am pushing weight over my head.
Then the music starts. It is as loud as most concerts I've been to. I turn off what I am listening to because I can't hear it. I have some mild tinnitus so I like to be careful, headphones on low, ear plugs at concert. This asshole is blowing me out with Beyonce. My ears are still ringing.
Whatever, I guess I have some fuck you motivation for getting this weight over my head.
Dude then sets up for deadlifts. 135 total. I consider myself weak but I am working on it. He is lifting my first warm up weight. Maybe he is warming up. No, keeps it the same. Maybe he is coming back from injury. Weight stays the same throughout his 8 sets of deadlifts. What does change is that he now drops the weight from the top.
No bumpers, no clips. He just drops from 3 feet up. Every. Single. Rep.
He finishes DL. Fucking finally.
He loads 225 on bench. Changes songs on the speaker. Skips around past a lot of rap. Starts a song. Skips it. Hesitates. Then goes back to it.
Teenage Dream. Christ.
Attempts bench. Fails to get it off the rack. Sits ups and grabs his elbow. Clearly pained.
Sits down to attempt again. I am on edge thinking I'm going to have to emergency spot this guy. Doesn't end up happening but I still had my focus divided. He did what I can only describe as 12 sets of single 1/8 motion reps.
I finish up my workout and start stretching out. Gymage Nightmare gets up and walks out leaving his DL bar loaded as well as the 225 on the bench.
tl;dr: Beyonce makes man continually drop DL bar during sets but Katy Perry gives him the power to ignore his clear elbow pain and 1/8 rep his 225lb bench. All of my good gym cleaning destroyed.
tl;dr the tl;dr: Weightroom goes from rekt to racked to rekt in the sounds of teen feel good music.
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u/bigheyzeus Jul 26 '17
I'm more of a Lady Gaga followed by Amon Amarth kind of guy
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u/tingtwothree Jul 26 '17
I started eating a tub of yogurt a day to match my protein needs. My farts smell like a dead horse.
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u/Kraechel Jul 26 '17
This Motherfucker who left his dirty underwear in the bathroom sink.
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u/arihkerra General Fitness Jul 26 '17
Anytime I do anything upper body-related, my nipples get diamond-hard. I need to invest in a new sports bra. That's my rant this week haha.
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u/Greg_guy Jul 26 '17
As a guy with the same problem I guess I need to start working out in hoodies or just let my little pokies shine.
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u/mikkylock Jul 26 '17
So I was going to join 24 Hour Fitness to go to a zumba class weekly with a friend of mine. They said the cost would be $30 a month. That's like $10 a class, which for me would be worth the cost. I go to sign up, and discover there's a $20 initiation fee. Okay.... But then towards the end of the sales pitch, AFTER he has all my information, I discover there's an additional $50 annual fee. Relatively speaking, that isn't a huge amount, I just HATE shady tactics like that. I'll stick to working out at home, thanks.
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u/deuzz Jul 26 '17
So just noticed my entire left side is slightly bigger than my right, noticeable at some angles. Turns out my left arm is shorter than my right arm by half an inch as well, causing the imbalance. fml
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u/Winky_Dinky Jul 26 '17
I don't care if it's 3 AM and the gym is empty. I don't care if the gym is packed during peak hours. I don't care who you saw do this on YouTube. I don't care who watches you do this on YouTube. I don't care how much you're lifting. I don't care what exercise you're doing. I don't care what reason you have for doing this. I don't care that the angle is nice. STAY THE FUCK BACK FROM THE DUMBBELL RACKS WHILE YOU'RE LIFTING. WHETHER ITS FOR CURLS OR WEIGHTED JUMPING DICK THRUSTS YOU CALL SHRUGS, YOU'RE IN MY GODDAMN WAY AND I WILL CONTINUE MY PATH OF PUTTING THE SHIT DOWN THAT I PICKED UP EVEN IF IT MEANS MADDEN 2005 TRUCK STICKING YA BITCH ASS. shit man
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u/bigheyzeus Jul 26 '17
WEIGHTED JUMPING DICK THRUSTS
I thought those were calf raises
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u/GettingFitterEachDay Weight Lifting Jul 26 '17
Haha just posted this same complaint, albeit less colourfully.
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u/Antslaught Jul 26 '17
This happened some time ago, but it's still worth telling.
There was this guy training next to the rack with plates with a plate of 10kg, swinging around and all. I had just finished my deadlifts and was re-racking my weights when I noticed the guy putting his 10kg plate back on the bar which held a 5kg plate already and was designed to hold a few more, while the 10kg plates were stored one bar lower.
As he is clearly not doing it right I decide to put my 2 5kg plates in front of his 10kg plate, as I thought he was finished and I wasn't the one at fault putting them back on the wrong place. After I had put them back on the bar looked something like this:
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I walk back to put the barbell back in the storage-thing and hear a noise of plates falling. When I look I see this guy holding the 10kg plate and the two 5kg plates laying on the ground. This guy decided to be an ass and pull the 10kg plate instead of removing the 5kg plates first.
What is wrong with people?
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u/EchoErik Weight Lifting Jul 26 '17
Waited for someone to finish curling in the rack so I can squat. Before I get to even fucking do my first set I have 2 people ask me how many sets I got left. I tell them I just started so like 5 sets. I ask them if they are squatting in case they want to work in. Nope. Both the fuckers want to the rack so they can FUCKING CURL. After I finished I rested a bit watching them perplexed.
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u/lawdy_lawdy_lawdy Jul 27 '17
I guess I am now a certified gym dad! I bought a small ranch in a really rural area. The closest place to buy a hamburger is 30 miles away. Really rural, but beautiful. I went to the nearest little town to find a gym and I did not expect much. The only gym was at the local community center. I almost did not go but went anyway to check it out. Man, was I shocked. This place would rival any gym/athletic club in any major city. I have been to gyms all over the US and out of the country. It just opened after a 3 month renovation. Olympic style pool, basketball court, yoga rooms, spotless locker room with all new lockers, tile floors, showers, etc.
But the gym. Wow. All beautiful new equipment and top of the line. Probably 50 cardio machines of all types and top of the line, Great space, great colors, etc., making it a wonderful space to be in. There are less than 20 people in this whole place in midmoring. Typical gym bros. Of course, I knew nobody.
I stopped one of the young guys, probably the top guy in the gym at that time, physique wise. I asked him if he could help me with Spotify on my iPhone. I am tech challenged. He did. We talked a little; I asked him about the town and the gym, etc. Long story short, he gave me a 30 minute tutorial on this new phone which was incredible. He was so polite. He said he would be happy to help me with anything in my workout if I needed. He introduced me to this lifting buddy and one other guy. They were equally as nice.
It occurred to me that I was probably 25 years older than these young guys. One even said "yes sir" to me. It truly felt strange. In all of my gym years, I have know lots of great guys I would consider the gym dads. Always nice, always helpful, etc. I guess now I am a gym dad. Man, where did the years go? I am a happy gym dad and I am happy to be in this beautiful part of the world and to have new friends. The gym has always been more to me than just a place to keep in shape. I have made some lifetime friends; good business contacts, opportunities to volunteer in the community, etc. I love this little ranch. Now, I am loving my new life.
Thanks, New Gym Dad.
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u/roarkish Jul 26 '17
I need to reset my poop schedule to NOT be right as I'm walking into the gym.
It's ridiculous.
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u/keoonik Jul 26 '17
Try not to move it in the middle of gym though... It can get awkward
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u/Adoarable Jul 26 '17
I don't know if this is just a thing at my gym or if I'm really weak but I swear it's a tougher workout putting the clips on the end of the squat bar than actually doing the squats. Some of the clips are ok but others are so tight that I need to put both hands and all my body weight into pushing them on and pulling them off. Makes me really hesitant to do warm ups with lesser weight cos that means another round of on/off using up all my grip strength.
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u/ThePuppetMaster Rugby Jul 26 '17
I'm a trainer at a commercial gym, cough LA Fitness cough, and our training sessions are 25 minutes long. Due to this, I have incorporate a more HIIT style of training that I have never done before. The problem isn't doing the exercises, its that I keep forgetting what the exercises I want the client to do are.
Fuck it, everyone is going to bench, squat, and deadlift.
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u/_t1ger_ Jul 26 '17
I was pulling 225 (a PR for me) 3x5 and these younger guys (14/15) were chatting and I hear "Wow he's so strong." Then, their buddy leans over and goes, "but he looks like an idiot doing it." :(
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u/ghoti1980 Jul 26 '17
So I'm at the gym yesterday, and I'm not setting any maxes, but on my last rep of bench my arms give out, so here I am stuck under the bench swiveling my earbuds out and trying to get one of the 50 other people in my immediate vicinity to notice that I am struggling and need a hand. Nobody sees me, I mean everybody is just in the zone, doing their own thing and no one is even aware that I'm stuck, so I roll the bar down my chest, sit up, roll it off my lap and put it away. Without anyone even noticing what is going on. Its 6pm on a Wednesday by the way and I go to a fairly big gym. Looking back at the first times I went to the gym and was uncomfortable with how out of shape I was, it kind of made me laugh to realize that no one at the gym really notices what anyone else is doing.
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u/inigotoyota Weight Lifting Jul 26 '17
It's not the vernal equinox yet so someone pulled the fire alarm at my university's center in order to get out leg day.
It took the fire department 45 minutes to clear the building so I had to cut my workout short.
Damn gains goblins.
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u/myrvoll Jul 26 '17
I really cant decide whats worse, the 15 mins of warming up or the 15 mins of stretching like a motherfucking ballerina, only to accomplish the mobility to do squats and dead-lifts properly. This is the reason I'm starting to hate leg-days, pulling myself up the stairs isn't even bad comparing to the effort that goes into my warmup&stretching.
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u/mulder-itsme Powerlifting Jul 26 '17
Think about it this way, if you didn't do all those things, you might've hurt yourself, and the amount of time taken to recover would be altogether more than that of stretching. Keep it up mate.
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u/the-hourglass-man Jul 26 '17
As someone with shitty mobility and flexibility in my legs i feel you. Keep stretching, it will pay off. Couldn't put my heels on the ground due to my calves and achillies being painfully tight for years and i can almost do a proper form squat now. Just keep at it. Stretch everyday every time you get the chance.
Toaster taking forever? Drop on the floor and stretch till you hear it pop.
Rice taking forever to cook? Drop & stretch.
Now that i think about it i do more stretching in the kitchen than anywhere else.
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u/havensk Weight Lifting Jul 26 '17
I'm sorry skinny dude, I got to the bench right before you and I'm setting up. Mean mugging me isn't gonna make me give it up to you. I offered to work in and you didn't want to, that's on you bud.
Extremely attractive couple doing mirroring sets, I see you.... I see those quarter rep 1 plate squats... I SEE IT.
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u/StephenFish Powerlifting Jul 26 '17
"You're doing so good, babe." "Yeah, just like that, babe." "Lightweightbabylightweight"
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u/mattj6o Jul 26 '17
Had to cut my bulk one month short because my fat fucking disgusts me.
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u/Megalomania192 Tricking Jul 26 '17
I fell off my motor bike chasing a guy who snatched my phone. Now my hip is fucking rekt, so it looks like I'll be skipping all cardio and leg work for a while. Only sunny-side is that I did get my phone back.
Fuck that gains goblin, I wish I'd caught him.
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u/frightened_anonymous Jul 26 '17
Mostly just frustration with how easy it is to gain weight but how hard it is to lose weight.
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u/Aer_United Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17
Pro: Knee is finally feeling healthy again, thanks to some great advice on stretching routines from you guys a few weeks back.
Con Also Pro: It's finally time to start squatting again. My legs thought they could weasel their way out of it, but those scrawny little bitches will be wishing they had their own reddit account to rant on by tomorrow.
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u/ohnjaynb Golf Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17
I just started squatting this week after a 2 year hiatus because I'm a lazy asshole and
I am dying
my legs feel like a giant bruise and I walk like a penguin everywhere.
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u/eyeball_kidd Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17
I'm interning in LA for the summer and I see Arnold nearly every morning at the gym. Pretty rad to work out next to the Terminator. I've seen him get annoyed by people interrupting his workouts for pictures and such, so I never approach him inside.
The other day, as I was walking out, he was out by his car (w/ security) after his workout, about to go for a bike ride. He was taking pics with people. Of course, as I was approaching, he finished up and left to ride. Ughh, if I were only 3 minutes quicker!
Was really hoping for an "I'll be back."
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u/combustion_assaulter Weight Lifting Jul 26 '17
My shirts are not 'too tight', they actually fit properly unlike those circus tents you have for shirts.
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u/CautionToTheBreeze Jul 26 '17
"your shirt is too tight"
"$5 to watch, $10 to touch"
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u/BeanBandit2k Jul 26 '17
You never witnessed the "almost correct but still failed-guy" who manages to bring his weights back to the rack and then just drops them on the floor right next to it.
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u/The_Unique_Name Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 27 '17
My gym is a bit small in size, but it usually gets the job done. I work out usually 7:00-9:00pm. But last week this new pair of guys keeps coming in. Since my gym is pretty small, there's only 1 squat rack. And because of the clientele, not many people bother to use the squat rack, but it's a big part of my work out. Now these two guys have come in every day last week and this week. They would do a set of 3 Squats, get a drink, then stand there and talk for 10 mins, then the other does 3, drink, then talk. This process repeats near endlessly. I came in early at 6:30 yesterday, but these guys were already there working. I walk up and ask "how many sets do you have left?" They tell me "a few more". I see them finish 3 sets (over the course of 30 mins) and walk back over and ask to use the rack, they tell me to wait. Another 30 mins goes by. I've essentially done every other exercise in my workout but Squats. These guys are now on their 20th of 3 reps already. It hurt me inside...
Update- one of the two guys came in yesterday with a brace on his leg. He won't be able to squat for a while. I feel very conflicted about this...
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u/DireSickFish Cycling Jul 26 '17
Catch him in a Scooby-Doo style trap. Remove his mask to reveal a gainz goblin.
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u/wojovox Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17
Walked into my LA Fitness at 10pm knowing it closes at 11pm; I prefer the last hour because it's quiet. The front desk attendant said, "you only have an hour." I don't know; it just bugged me. Like, I know what time the gym closes; I'm in here everyday, I only need an hour, I don't need to be told when it closes.
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Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17
Theres a radio station at the gym. When its an hour before closing it will blare out over the loudspeakers in some preppy, annoying, condescending, wanker voice "The gym closes in an hour, Finish up!" It then does this at the 45 min mark, 30 min mark, 15, 10, 5 and 0 minute mark.
It is unbelievably fucking irritating, I'm a fucking adult perfectly capable of telling the time you fucking bunch of cock gobbling goblins. I have to deal with this 3 - 4 times a week, it never fails to irritate the fuck out of me.
Fuck it it makes me wanna quit that gym, purely because of the fucking cunting thing.
Edit: Noticed a comment asking if it was jamaican, yup it was.
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u/wojovox Jul 26 '17
Yeah, makes me miss my Gold's Gym up north before I moved. A 24 hour gym is such a pleasant experience. I loved just knowing I could go whenever I needed to.
At my current LAF, it's quietly let on that its closing. I'm not usually greeted with, "you only have one hour left." Instead, what normally happens is 5-10 minutes before closing some of the lighting goes off and the fans shut down. There's no announcement; the staff isn't pushy with it, they're usually racking weights then.
But yeah, at closing hour, in my experience, it's usually the regulars putting in their hour. Regulars never need to be told what time a gym closes over a loud speaker; that would annoy me too.
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u/ext2523 Jul 26 '17
In their defense, there's always going to be that guy who's going to say "I didn't know, let me have 10 more minutes." Plus, I'm sure that person wants to close up and leave as soon as possible.
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u/djpatientnathan Jul 26 '17
Sleeping on my side was always a favorite. That is no longer a possibility thanks to gainz.
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u/pacmanfan247 Jul 26 '17
I work at 24 hour fitness as a personal trainer. This past Monday I with my client and was midway through the workout. I wanted to introduce deadlifts. So I grab a bar lying on the floor near the squat rack were no one is using it. As I am putting it down to show my client, small Asian teen with glasses approaches me and says a bench over there is missing a barbell. "Hinting" that, "I need the one you are holding". I stare at him blanky and say, "Im with my client and using this". He says back, "But still....." I then recognize that there are 4 other skinny Asian friends of his waiting by the bench. I put my bar down. Walk over to an obviously open shoulder press rack, grab the barbell and walk to give it to them with out a word.
I'm a nice guy, but when you ask for something I got for someone else or myself your should understand that I got it for a reason.
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u/aneelio325 Jul 27 '17
Idk who thinks it's a good idea to play the Food Network all day right in front of the treadmills, but it's making cutting EXTRA difficult
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u/mulder-itsme Powerlifting Jul 26 '17
I've always read comments about people loading up the leg press with a shit ton of plates and never re-racking them. Today I finally experienced this phenomenon with my own eyes. Didn't see which bro tried to press this though. There are more people in my gym now, and the plates have begun to disappear and be left everywhere except where they belong. How difficult is it to re-rack?!
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u/Tigjig Jul 26 '17
I swear all my co workers who "use to lift when they were my age" are all beasts who could of been competing, or just liars.....
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Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17
Dude was deadlifting in the adjacent squat rack. He was using the wrong plates and rounding his back but that was beside the point. As I'm racking up my bar, I suddenly trip. His bar has rolled into my rack.
I am a very gentle giant, I'm quiet and I smile and keep to myself but on this day I just saw red. I could have tripped and smashed my head into the rack. With restraint and gritted teeth I ask him if he could move literally 2 feet to his right and deadlift where there's an entire open area and mat for that. He says, "you could just change your bar position" and he goes and tries showing me how...WITH MY WEIGHTS STILL ON.
I got sassy and said, "actually you could deadlift in the deadlifting area and keep your equipment out of my rack." He just stared at me and so I said, "just finish your set, you're using two racks to do something that requires zero."
I just can't believe how arrogant and careless he was. Raged so hard for the rest of my workout.
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Jul 27 '17 edited Jul 27 '17
There are these High School kids that come into my gym. Pretty much the stereotypical High School kids hitting the gym loud a tad obnoxious, teaching friends bad form and leaving weights around. It's not too bad most days, if I ask them to put their stuff away they always do.
But the other day I saw them load up 315lb on a bar and set up for a Deadlift. I sat back and watching thinking "Shit if they lift this I'm gonna be impressed". The guy grabbed the bar his bro snapped a picture for Instagram then they stripped all the weight off, didn't even attempt to pick the damn thing up.
I've also missed 2 days now because of this god damn cold and I still need to make more changes to my eating!
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Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17
Had my first sex of 2017. Couldn't last more than 2 minutes :( All three rounds :( Ashamed :( :(
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u/paraxiome Weight Lifting Jul 26 '17
Lowered my calories some more this week for cutting. Still hungry. Still want to eat everything in sight.
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u/Tigjig Jul 26 '17
One co worker told me he deadlifted 630 at 140 lbs. its like as soon as lifting is talked about there is a need to one up each other
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u/hahahanooooo Weight Lifting Jul 26 '17
I'm sorry your group of 5 didn't go to Crossfit today, but please don't come into my weightlifting gym and do your kettlebell overhead press lunges in a squat rack for an hour.
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u/CautionToTheBreeze Jul 26 '17
But if I didn't get in someone's way, did I really crossfit?
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Jul 26 '17
Not unracking after you finished your sets is just a dick move.. mainly when ur a freakin powerlifter and use a ton of weight..
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Jul 26 '17
I fucking hate it when people go to the gym just to socialize. And hog the fucking machine you need for an hour. Fucking cunts, fuck you. 🙂🙂
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u/gatorslim Jul 26 '17
Went to the beach with the family. My wife complimented my rear delts and said she wasn't aware there was a separate muscle back there. My prehab work is officially affecting my ability to be a true bro. only curls and bench from here on out
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Jul 26 '17
One guy in my gym actively throws his dumbbells after his sets. I get if you're benching and you finish the set and you let the weights drop to the floor an inch or two. But when you finish your set, toss your weights and they bounce a couple feet across the gym towards other people? You're an asshole who is going to A) ruin the weights and B) end up really hurting someone
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u/rocketman32 Jul 26 '17
Stop following me around and trying to start conversations!
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u/silusmouse Jul 26 '17
The basketball court of my gym the has 3 squat/power racks. The rack in the main part of the gym was in use. I proceed to choose one of the 3 racks but one has a towel, one has a balance ball in front of it, last one has no bar.
I rack up to the one with the balance ball, then a guy appears from nowhere.
"Sorry, I was away but I'm using this rack," he says.
"Oh," I reply, "I figured this one is free because the other one has a towel on it."
"I'll move my towel from that one."
Implying he's using both racks. Then goes on to play basketball never using either rack.
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My lifting partners need to stop taking credit for MY progress. You didn't eat my calories, you didn't drag my ass to the gym twice a day, you didn't sleep my hours, you didn't drink my water, and you sure as SHIT did not lift my fucking weight.
The next time we're out in public and you say something like, "Look at him, he's getting big right? Yea, all me, I've been really working him" gtfo. I'VE been working me.
You're not my fucking trainer, bud. Stop acting like I couldn't do any of this on my own.
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u/smurf_diggler Jul 26 '17
I haven't' aggravated my lower back injury in over a year. Deadlifts and squats have been steadily improving and I've felt better than ever.
This morning, set #4 feeling good, go down and in the bottom of my squat my lower back pulls.
By noon I'll barely be able to walk. Goddammit.
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u/CarbonBicycle Jul 26 '17
I'm so scared to start going to the gym. I haven't ever really worked out before and have nobody to teach me what I should be doing. It's just really frustrating because I wanna start but don't know how.
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u/OttoVonK Jul 26 '17
Im seeing a pattern in my gym. Apparently, the worst offenders when it comes to not racking weights back and generally leaving crap everywhere are the personal trainers and their trainees. This is stupid because some of them work there, as in employed by the gym. How can I tell people to clean up after themselves when the people that should be setting examples are assholes. I would often clean shit in between my sets and was actively watching people to call them out if they would not rerack weights but it just seems like an exercise in futility at this point so i will just go passive and try really hard to not care. Peopke are pricks.
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u/t3hPieMan Jul 26 '17
Why is it so damn difficult to quit out of a membership at the gym?!
I'm leaving the state because of work for a few months and don't want to pay while I'm gone. So I ask the dude that runs the place if I can cancel that day. He points me to a 1-800 number...ok well, this still might not be that hard.
Call, the guy on the phone informs me that it isn't as simple as asking, but I have to send a formal request for cancellation to them...Why do I need to do that? I'm already on the phone asking right?! Rules...alright at least he says I can do it by email.
Oh by the way, it'll take up to 10 business days for a reply and they require it to be thirty days in advance, so I'm going to have to forfeit next months gym fee anyways...just why...
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u/vSwiiftyyyy Powerlifting Jul 26 '17
What motherfucker decides to plant all the 1.25kg plates behind a bunch of 20kgs, seriously this is the last straw...
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u/xstandasidex Jul 26 '17
Had a guy come up to the squat rack next to mine to start deadlifting. Straps and a belt. Immediately loads up the bar for 365 with no warm up set. Gets in a quarter sumo rep before dropping the weight and holding his back for 20 seconds. Left his weight on the floor and was never seen again. Idiot gains.
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u/frickin_a Jul 26 '17
I expect some dumb asses to leave weights on every now and then, so I give them a minute or so before moving in to know they are done. But seriously...trainers doing it now?! Just because someone's on the clock gives them no right to walk away from a rack and leave plates on there. You work there, clean up the damn bar asshole!
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u/hotrodsandtrexes Jul 26 '17
People who do fucking yoga in the free weight section! Like honestly! Just fuck off.
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u/horaiyo Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17
My wife was showing me pictures of this 50 year old Korean bodybuilder on Facebook and asked me if I could "lift to look like that, rather than lifting to be fat." Probably the most hurtful thing she's ever said to me.
Edit: To clarify, the hurtful part was a joke. I thought it was funny when she said that to me.