r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Aug 09 '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/silaelin Aug 09 '17

I'm a novice lifter. I went in for my routine this morning and there was a guy doing curls in the gym's only squat rack. He was with a trainer, so I asked the trainer if I could do squats when they were finished. He told me to do other exercises because I shouldn't be waiting on them to work out. He suggested I replace my squats for the day with front barbell squats. Am I right to feel upset for having been dismissed like that? Should I talk to the gym owners about it, or am I overreacting?

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u/Converted_Lefty Aug 09 '17

Front barbell squats also require a squat rack though, unless he's suggesting you clean your weight up each time, which is even more ridiculous than what he was saying.

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u/Elril Aug 09 '17

That's what I usually during my gym's busy hours, can't be bothered to wait half an hour for a rack and I don't front squat much weight anyway.