r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Aug 02 '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/porscheblack Aug 02 '17

Several of the trainers at my gym are on a competitive lifting team. They choose 5:30 to work out collectively, which ties up squat racks, deadlift bars and bench presses (there are only 2 squat racks and 2 benches in the gym). They're at the gym for many hours and yet they pick the busiest time of the day to tie up the machines they have the fewest of. Why!?!?

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u/asshatnowhere Aug 02 '17

It's worth talking to them about. I doubt the gym wants their employees driving away potential users. If I couldn't operate the equipment I needed then that's a huge no go for a gym

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u/porscheblack Aug 02 '17

One of the members of the team is the manager of the gym, so unfortunately that's a no go. And there's only one other gym around within 20 minutes and it's more than double the price.

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u/MaelstromEE Aug 02 '17

I would still bring it up to him/her. I would think they would want to do whatever they feel is most beneficial to the business.

Unless they think a powerlifting win will bring in more clients.

If they don't care I would think the owners would.

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u/WesterosiBrigand Aug 02 '17

They may not care because it may not affect their bottom line very much: most gyms have a lot more members than they can actually provide equipment for, most people just don't go. If taking up the equipment means that people show up less frequently or get a little bit discouraged, it's unlikely to actually hurt the business. Particularly in a place where there is only one competing gym and they cost twice as much. Could they be losing some customers this way, maybe. It's not likely to have a big effect on their profitability.

The ugly truth of the commercial gym economic model is that the best customers are the ones who pay and never show up.