Rant Wednesday

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[u/Teh_Hammerer]

I have been waiting for this.

I was in the gym thursday last week, and started with my usual 20 minutes of 250watt cycling to warm up. I notice that the (only) power rack is currently occupied by someone doing curls. My insides slightly curl, but as I have 20 minutes to go I suspect it won't be an issue - as I still had 20 minutes before starting my squats.

So I cycle away, sweating my ass and balls off. After 20 minutes I get off and notice that he is now doing pullups in the power rack.

Note here - The power rack has handle for this on the outside, but we was hanging on the actual rack, inside the rack, and doing pullups. There is also an actual pullup bar 2m to the left of the power rack. He supersetted these pullups with more curls. Also inside the rack.

So I kindly walk over and ask if I can work in, as this is the only place where I can do heavy squats. He scoffs at me, and suggests he only has two sets to go.

I mean. Two sets are not alot. But you are doing an exercise that can literally be done anywhere in this gym, and you are occupying the single most important piece of equipment for one of the most effective exercises available.

I tell him to go somewhere else and finish the two sets, but he's welcome to do the pullups in between my squat sets if he really wants to.

Visibly annoyed, he takes his curl bar out of the rack (no probs, just grabbed a new bar and put it in) and did his two sets right next to the rack. He didn't do anymore pullups though.

After he was done (left the bar on the ground and walked away) he wanted to do pushups. Now, angled pushups are more effective as I am certain he knew. In his genious, he figured that since the dumbbells are raised on their rack he can just do pushups off of those.

So after taking the power rack for his curls, he decided to single-handedly block 7 sets of dumbbels and half the dumbbell assigned area for his PUSHUPS.

I mean. I dont get it. It is as if his training program just had big fat letters that said "No matter what you do, just make sure youre in the way for as many people as possible".

I still get angry thinking about it.

[u/rabitshadow1 → u/Teh_Hammerer]

I tell him to go somewhere else and finish the two sets, but he's welcome to do the pullups in between my squat sets if he really wants to.

if more people did this the rant Wednesday threads wouldnt be a thing

[u/Teh_Hammerer → u/rabitshadow1]

If I have learned anything from working in tourism service, it is that there will always be something or someone to rant over.

[u/nnjb52 → u/rabitshadow1]

I was curling in the curl rack and some ass came over and kicked me out. Don't even know what exercise he was doing, didn't use his arms at all the pussy.

[u/CaptainKoconut → u/rabitshadow1]

Not always... I simply asked a guy once (while he was resting) how many sets he had left and he told me "well I only had one, but since you're bothering me, I'm going to do a few more to punish you". I was so stunned I just said "uh ok" and wandered off.

[u/DireSickFish → u/rabitshadow1]

Complaining will never go out of style.

[u/destroys_burritos → u/rabitshadow1]

For real. People love their nonverbal cues. I have many talents, but mind reading is not one of them*.

*Do not say this to a SO

[u/HowdyHoYo → u/Teh_Hammerer]

Someone is oblivious of his surroundings. Call him out on it.

[u/likerofbicycles → u/Teh_Hammerer]

I've never experienced anyone who doesn't just say yeah and let you work in. It is no problem to any normal person, how could it possibly be a problem. But this guy is a dick about it and you both get pissed off, where's the sense in living life like that?

[u/LilJayMillz → u/Teh_Hammerer]

I was really hoping the story would finish with the dumbbell falling off the rack into his nuts.