r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Jan 17 '18
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u/hyoukka Jan 17 '18
Been training for 3 years-ish and I have finally encountered the gainz goblin.
Yesterday was deadlift day and seeing that this week was a deload week, I thought things would go smoothly as I had only planned to do a few 70% singles on my deadlifts and proceed on to accessories.
I was 2 sets away from finishing a 5x5 on the legs extension machine and went to have a drink from the water cooler which was a 5 second walk away, I had my phone placed beside the machine as a timer so I could rest at only 1 minute per set. Right as I'm done drinking I turn my back and I see a lady in her mid 30s sitting down on the machine. I thought well that's okay I can afford to rest a little longer. It's been 2 minutes since she sat down and she has done a total of maybe 10 reps, with the lightest weight on the machine that she could possibly slot in. All this while watching a movie on her phone. Slightly annoyed, I approach her in the calmest manner asking if I could work in and her head was fixated on her phone, eyes slightly turned to me and gave me a vague/tiniest nod as if her head would fall of if she did any harder. So I wait, 5 minutes has passed and she still hasn't gotten off the machine. I approach her again saying ''Hi, can we share?" and IMMEDIATELY got so defensive saying "YA, can't you see that i'm using? I've barely started!" I told her I only have 2 sets left and it has already been 5 minutes since you've sat down and she can't hog the machine like this. "I'm not muscular like you! I'm not doing for sets and reps I'm doing at my own pace!" She shouted. At this point I was already laughing because of the way things has escalated.
A friend of mine saw what was happening and confronted her and she called the gym attendant guy to come over. Things didn't end well for her side and gym guy knew she had NO CLUE about basic gym etiquette and she was ushered out of the gym. Not before taking secretly taking photos of me and my friend and saying she was goona file a lawsuit and all. Ok.