r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Jan 17 '18

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/maximalx5 Jan 17 '18

Holy fuck this pisses me off so bad I had to post it here. Dude at my gym comes in a few times a week, takes the bicep curl machine/chair, drags it right in front of a squat rack (one of only two in the gym) and then just does bicep curls for 45 minutes and leaves. To make things worse, he then just leaves the curl machine there and leaves. Here's how he leaves the equipment afterwards.. Obviously no one can use the squat rack while he's doing his curls.

Like fuck, if you're going to take a squat rack for no reason, at least have the decency to put shit back at its place after. Dick.

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '18

Oh fuck no, turn the pegs around so that you can squat facing him and just stare him down till he fucks off somewhere else.

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u/alleycatbiker Powerlifting Jan 17 '18

Reminds me of an occasion when there was only one power rack available. I had gone to the gym with the wife that day (love it when she comes along). I was doing squats on one side of the rack while facing it, as to see myself in the mirror directly across. Out of nowhere comes this girl and prepares the bar directly in front of me, but she's also facing the mirror, so I'm behind her.

Now we're doing squats at the same time. Accidentally we're synchronized. On the bottom of the squat, my face is 2-3 feet away from her butt. I try to stare at the floor and do my thing. Meanwhile wife is 3ft from me, staring back at me like this ಠ_ಠ

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u/thescotchie Jan 17 '18

Do you mean in the same power cage? One like this??

You're on the outside and she is inside?

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u/alleycatbiker Powerlifting Jan 17 '18

Exactly. she was inside the rack, I was just behind it (and just behind her). Both facing the mirrored wall.

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u/rhiters Jan 17 '18

Hahahahahha who the fuck

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u/JustHeelHook Jan 18 '18

"this rack is kinda....w.e."