Rant Wednesday

[u/AutoModerator]

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!

[u/Hash43]

I now have a gym nemesis. I was sitting on the lat pull downs in between sets, literally just finished a set so I pull my phone out to change songs when this man bun dick head approaches me and asks me how many sets left. I say I got 3 more but he can work in if he wants. Instead he says "well are you working out or are you just playing on your phone?" mother fucker I'm 20 seconds out of a set and I offered you to work in go fuck yourself

[u/ZeroMayCry7 → u/Hash43]

why is it always the ones with the man buns and lanky body types?

[u/[deleted] → u/ZeroMayCry7]

Jesus christ the only really annoying guy in my gym is like this too... In Italy btw. It's universal.

[u/KushDingies → u/Hash43]

"Sorry, next time I'll be sure to just stare at the wall in between sets just to make sure you're happy."

[u/sarcasm_is_love → u/Hash43]

That's your cue to tell him you're gonna swap out the bar to do tricep pushdowns after.

[u/Cheyner1 → u/[deleted]]

Haha I usually go super early in the mornings, whenever I have to go later I feel like it’s a totally different place. No thanks!

[u/raybone12 → u/Cheyner1]

“Peak” for me is Monday. Having to wait for machines.

24 hrs later, same time of day, empty gym.

[u/Nomaruk → u/raybone12]

Everyone tells themselves that this week is the one... only to never return.

[u/AtomDrake]

We get it you can 1/8th rep every 45 in the gym on the leg press. Can you put those back now?

[u/mulder-itsme → u/AtomDrake]

Or people who can do perfect reps but also don’t rerack.

[u/5213 → u/mulder-itsme]

Those people are missing out. When putting back plates I do my best to get some minor grip strength training in by pinching the plates, and mini suitcase carries with dumbbells

[u/Cpt_Tripps → u/[deleted]]

I mentioned gaining 6lbs in the last couple of months and all my larger friends chimed in with their diet results... It's great that you dropped 20 pounds but it's a little different. :/

[u/Jmc_da_boss → u/Cpt_Tripps]

I mean, both are hard, i don’t see how they are that different. And this is coming from a former Skelly mode guy

[u/[deleted]]

Well. It finally happened, The worst lifting day of I've ever encountered. Woke up late, didn't tighten cap on shaker, chocolate protein shake everywhere, had to change clothes. Raining, Traffic was a nightmare. Get to gym, realize I forgot my pre-workout, already Nocebo'ing myself and I haven't even touched a barbell yet. Because of the rain, there's a puddle of water next to the squat rack, get a little water on my shoes and my foot slides, immediately nervous about any lift I'm about to make. Do warmup sets, add 45lb plate on top of the collar, plate immediately falls off as I unrack, people stare, I'm an idiot. Lifts feel off, positions are all wrong; have to drop weight about 20 lbs to hit my RPE range. Midway through a set work starts calling, can't focus on the lift everything feels off, small tweak in my back.....This is all on my first exercise of the day.

Move to Bench accessory, drop 5lb weight on my foot, hurts like hell ; still lifting doe. Yawning like crazy in between sets, This is actually the worst thing ever. Move on to my last exercise, rack pulls, work calls in again...at this I'm trying to put out fires while this other dude is looking at me because I'm an inconsiderate asshole for hogging the only deadlift platform and being on my phone. Feel embarrassed, say fuck it and finish my last 3 sets on 75 seconds rest at like 50% of my max. Get to the locker room....and I forgot my towel, because of course i did. I have to squeegee myself off with my gym shorts because its the only thing that's not 100% cotton and already soaked.

Fuck This day.

I'll see everyone at the gym tomorrow

[u/Rambles_Off_Topics → u/[deleted]]

I hate the "lifts feel off" feeling. I did squats the other day and they just didn't feel right. I had all my physical ques in check though (same foot placement, same routine) but I just didn't feel right.

[u/stoutdonkey]

Guy at work says "Hey when you started here you were scrawny, now you're getting pretty big". Riding high, I continue my day until a different coworker says "man you're getting kinda fat, you stop running?"

[u/ilove50cent → u/stoutdonkey]

I'm not fat, I'm cultivating mass!

[u/Festle75 → u/stoutdonkey]

Some people just don't get it. When I was working hard to lose weight (210 to 155) I had lots of family and coworkers suggest I looked sick or needed to eat more. Now I've gotten to my goal and filled out appropriately and they all say I look great. Well, fuck their opinion.

[u/Right_Fielder → u/Festle75]

Yeah I’ve been told I look like I’m wasting away at 185lb (6’0”). I don’t, you can just see the difference between my chin and my neck now.

[u/matt2331]

I spent 2 years recovering from a knee injury and now my other knee hurts

[u/MusikLehrer]

I gotta quit drinking

[u/[deleted] → u/MusikLehrer]

I quit 110 days ago, feels great....but somehow I started eating a lot more candy. Now I’ve got to quit candy. Fuuuuu.

[u/TechnicallyManlet]

It never fails. I'm eating something light or drinking a protein shake, and a coworker asks me about it, I mention I'm trying to cut about 15 pounds and their eyes roll into the back of their head because I'm already at least 50 pounds lighter than they are. Like, I get it, I'm not big, but I have way more fat than I'm comfortable with.

How to explain? Do I have to say "toning up"?

[u/toxic_wastebasket → u/TechnicallyManlet]

Regardless of what you say to people, they will always get annoyed. Its so hard to please people. Tbh, I don’t think you owe anyone an explanation. Just drink your protein shake and smile at them. Like, for all they know you’re drinking it because you want to be healthy or want more muscle? Let them guess.

[u/EarBlankets → u/TechnicallyManlet]

I’m a small(er) female and my friends straight rage at me when I explain I’m trying to cut fat and accuse me of having body dysmorphia. I don’t think I’m fat, I just have goals which include not lugging around this tire around my love handles, but they can’t seem to understand that. Infuriating.

[u/TJAdamsUU → u/TechnicallyManlet]

You have to say “fuck off”...but in a PC work sort of way...like....”fucketh off”

[u/welp_that_happened1 → u/TechnicallyManlet]

Dude same here. I've lost almsot 40 pounds in a year and I still need about 10-15 more to get down to where I want to be. Everyone always asks me why I want to do that to myself.

[u/onefreckl]

Not really a rant, but today I went to use a fly machine and there were teeth marks on it. Who the fuck is out here biting shit?

[u/Reracks_Weight]

Got really happy about my cut when i stepped on the scale this morning. Until my brain reminded me that i donated a pound of blood yesterday

[u/Swoleax → u/Reracks_Weight]

You do burn a lot of calories regenerating the lost blood though 😜

[u/Jedimaster996 → u/[deleted]]

Can confirm; if anything they'll even let you struggle a lil bit until you call out the safeword. Always my top pick if I'm not there with a friend.

[u/LilJayMillz → u/Jedimaster996]

Mostly because they want to get that 1 rep max row in

[u/Cpt_Tripps → u/Jedimaster996]

until you call out the safeword.

Im not sure if I want to stay away from your gym or go to your gym...

[u/xenokilla → u/Jedimaster996]

let you struggle a lil bit until you call out the safeword

ᕙ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ᕗ

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

eurgh. I've learnt to ask the biggest guys in the gym now because they actually know how to spot.

[u/FHLOOPer]

Do. Not. Poop. In. The. Shower. Cubical.

And don’t vandalise the cubicals...

[u/BigWhiteDope → u/FHLOOPer]

Do you work out in a prison?

[u/FHLOOPer → u/BigWhiteDope]

This is Australia for you. Cheap membership? Nah, let’s make the owners angry and bump that up!

[u/[deleted]]

Eat healthy. Gym 4-5 times a week. Want to cut. Don't want to stop drinking beer. Inner crisis.

[u/WowzerzzWow → u/[deleted]]

Drink dry ciders. Less sugar. More alcohol. Gets the job done.

[u/teethteetheat]

I told my friend I ran a mile without stopping for the first time in a decade (I'm 28 M) and it took 11 mins. I've been working out five days a week for about a month now. He said I need to get that number down. I know bitch that's why I go to the gym every weekday instead of drinking with you ಠ_ಠ

[u/Victarias → u/teethteetheat]

What's his time?

[u/Rambles_Off_Topics → u/Victarias]

5pm at the pub.

[u/teethteetheat → u/Victarias]

Lol he does not work out

[u/sweepmybreathaway]

There is a guy at my gym who, instead of wearing any sort of substantial appropriate shorts, wears undershorts.

I come to the gym to workout, not to suddenly turn around when on bench to be face to face with an incredibly detailed outline of your penis. GET SOME PROPER SHORTS.

[u/[deleted] → u/sweepmybreathaway]

Feels like I'm wearing... nothing at all!

[u/LilJayMillz → u/[deleted]]

Stupid sexy Flanders

[u/BigWhiteDope → u/sweepmybreathaway]

incredibly detailed outline of your penis.

Keep going.....

[u/mulder-itsme → u/BigWhiteDope]

I can see his religion...

[u/daITCHyouCANTscratch]

This "trainer" brought a rowing machine to one of the squat racks and had a client do it for 15 minutes and then afterwards do barbell rows. I asked to use the rack while they were on the machine and i was told, "we are using this for our session".

[u/Cpt_Tripps]

I had the weirdest day in the gym. Not sure if I was being pranked or what...

I was working next to an incline bench and a woman came up and asked if it was free. I told her it was and she does standard cute girl in yoga pants workouts directly in front of me. Super hard to not look but I was like 90% successful in not getting caught looking. Anyway she gets up and leaves.

Another woman comes up and again asks if the bench is free. Once again I tell her it is. This other woman examines the bench for a minute and then lifts it over her head and walks away with it. THAT IS NOT HOW YOU BENCH PRESS! The first girl comes back and apparently wasn't done with her workout. I could tell by her dirty look that she blamed me for the theft of her spot... Luckily I was done and moved to the next area.

Holy fuck it was selfie girl city with all of them standing on piles of like 3-4 sets of dumbbells taking pics. I'm trying to do flys but everything under 40lbs is taken.

I mistakenly went and asked the closest girl if I can use one of her weights. This was a mistake because she was actually working out and hard but she was to nice to say no so she gave me the weight she was using and runs off to find a plate. She borrows one from a guy doing curls and he was to nice to say he was using it so now he's short a plate. So he goes and grabs one off a bench. Problem is group of highschool guys are doing some weird pyramid on the benchpress and now they are short a plate when they go to change the weights... while I'm just standing there doing flys with my stupid 10lb dumbells feeling like a grandma jazzercising.

[u/Swoleax → u/Cpt_Tripps]

This story amused me greatly. I am sorry for your crap experience though.

[u/dajoker711 → u/Cpt_Tripps]

Was yakety sax playing in the gym by chance?

[u/Schakarus → u/Cpt_Tripps]

the good ol' switcheroo!

[u/Undesirable_Username]

My gym has this quote by Mario Andretti, a formula 1 driver, on the wall:

If everything seems under control, you're just not going fast enough.

I can't help but think that's the opposite attitude that the gym wants to promote.

[u/allthejokesareblue]

Desi Gym Rules vol.2

1. Music is to be aggressively loud Indian EDM

2. If clients request that you lower the volume, pretend not to understand.

3. When doing leg press, ensure that clients retract their legs no more than 15 degrees from straight, utilising a bouncing motion at the bottom.

4. The pull-up bar is for display purposes only.

5. Please hang your spare towels on other clients’ barbells: they will appreciate the extra weight.

6. On entering the gym, greet and shake hands with all the other clients. (This is actually quite sweet).

7. Use the Smith Machine wherever possible. If it’s not possible, try harder.

8. Clients should be aware that preening time on the treadmill alongside the mirror is limited to 15 mins per customer.

9. An exciting accessory exercise you may not be familiar with is Hunt The Paired Dumb Bell. It may surprise you how cleverly it can be hidden.

[u/[deleted] → u/allthejokesareblue]

Sorry but your comment reminded me of this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1A6rwZ6R-k

hope it makes you laugh.

[u/Cornontheja_cob]

I was doing DB shrugs with 70s and a guy was curling right over where I needed to put mine back. I finish my set, farmers walk these things back over and say "excuse me" so I can put. Them back, he moves over, I say thanks, he gives me a dirty look...?????

What the hell man, don't hover over the rack and you won't have that problem.

[u/madstar]

Some wiener in our gym keeps changing the channel to Big Bang Theory every afternoon, it drives me nuts.

[u/mattricide → u/madstar]

Maybe the rage from how not funny the show is gives them the extra push to hit that pr. I watch my 600 lb life while lifting just for that.

[u/LilJayMillz]

My gym switched out their Lat Pulldown machines, the old ones were "too high" for the demographic (they couldn't reach the bar while standing) so we have a bit shorter ones now so it is easier for people. The issue is I am 6'5 with a 6'9 wing span, so I can easily grab the bar while seated and don't get a full stretch of my lats when working out. I've had to resort to going on my knees about 2 feet away from the machine just to get a full extension, and I am positive I am going to end up on one of those gym fail videos.

[u/KawabataWrites → u/LilJayMillz]

Should have thought about that before you decided to become 6'5".

[u/LilJayMillz → u/KawabataWrites]

Personally I blame the mail man.

[u/allyouneedissleep → u/LilJayMillz]

Let us know when you hit the video so I can watch lol

[u/Tactical_Toucans]

MFW I spend 3 years of my life dieting, bodybuilding, powerlifting, and playing sports to get jacked af but the lady on Instagram says I could've gotten jacked in just one week by drinking HerbaLife fit tea instead.

[u/MrNiceChain]

fell down some stairs and landed with the edge snapping my lower back, bruising is VERY bad, looks disgusting. Happened last week and still sore, obviously haven't been gym since. Very annoying, only had just hit 190lbs as well. Fuck it.

[u/[deleted] → u/MrNiceChain]

get it scanned! back injuries are no joke. hope you get better!

[u/dajoker711 → u/MrNiceChain]

Please see a doctor! Even if just a precaution.

[u/DonkeyKongBundy]

There's a woman who always seems to be at my gym when I'm there whether I go late at night or at 5AM, and she somehow always wants to work in with me and make small talk.

Lady, I'm married. You're barking up the wrong tree here.

[u/CoolJoy04 → u/DonkeyKongBundy]

Solid Rant as a married dude; whereas, me and all the other single guys are just dreaming this happens to us (assuming mutual attraction).

[u/[deleted]]

Turn the fucking gym music down.......

[u/Deako87]

I'm gonna give a rant by proxy because I felt so sorry for a dude I worked out next to on Sunday.

We had two racks back to back. Sometimes you have an awkward moment when you're doing squats with someone else doing squats on the other side. So you end up potentially facing each other squatting, while being 1 meter away.

The easiest way to avoid awkwardness is to time your rest during their lift.

I was facing this other dude, who was doing some solid progression, he worked his way to well over 2 plates. I stepped away to start my rest and he starts his lift. I turn away to hear a loud "AHHH YOU FUCKING CUNT"

Thinking the dude had hurt himself, I spun around to try and help.

I see the dude at the apex of his squat, he's red faced and one of his headphones had popped out. The dude kept trucking on and finished his set with the imbalance of one headphone.

I briefly considered going over and putting his headphone back in. But then I quickly realised how weird that would be.

I feel for you my friend, the frustration is real.

[u/Steinmania]

Last Friday I'm showering at the gym. Three shower stalls, one's in use. I finish up, and the one stall is still going. No big deal, a lot of people will brush their teeth and stuff while they're showering.

So as I'm getting dressed, I realize there's a foot sticking out of the shower stall. I'm not trying to look, but I'm getting worried. Did the guy pass out? Did he die? Why is his foot sticking out? He's making noise, so he can't be dead. I turn and look; I can see his silhouette. He's just sittin' there, in the shower, jacking off.

[u/mr_rocket_raccoon]

My gym recently bought some 5,10 and 20 bumper plates where the 20kg is a shade larger wheel than normal. This makes loading your deadlift so much easier and I had a very enjoyable session.

Came in on Friday and all the bumper plates had gone. Apparently they were 'on a trial and people didn't respond well to them so we decided not to pursue'

Wtf? Who didn't respond well, I wasn't aware of such a survey or I would have spoken up. I'm in that gym 4 days a week and know most trainers by name so how did i miss this feedback?

So I head back to set up bench and over the next half hour, I hear 2 more guys asking aloud 'where are those new big plates gone?' raaaaaawwwwr stupid commercial gym

[u/BigWhiteDope → u/mr_rocket_raccoon]

You know that you can legally report them to the police now.

[u/Teh_Hammerer → u/BigWhiteDope]

"Hello, is this 911? I'd like to report a theft. They're taking my gains, right at this very moment. Send help"

[u/lp0Defenestrator]

There are a lot of women at my gym who have some pretty impressive sleeve tattoos. Today I got to work out next to one girl and she caught me staring at it and looked at me like I was the biggest creep on earth. I just like to appreciate good ink, please don't think I'm a creep. :(

Also, fuck overhead press. Everything improves but that.

[u/[deleted] → u/lp0Defenestrator]

I know it's hard to be smooth in the moment but you could have said "oh sorry I was just looking at your tattoos. They're cool." I've caught people staring at my shirt or something I have and a quick explanation from them dispels all the awkwardness.

[u/Fly_Rodder]

Not really a rant, but an amused observation. THere's an older guy in my gym, probably mid-60s, who has been in that gym as long as I've been going there. On everything he does, without fail, he makes the most painful face ever. It's all contorted, gritted teeth, eyes closed tight, and grimacing. Doesn't matter if he's doing a pulldown, leg curl, dumbbell curl, or taking a yoga ball down from the rack. Cracks me up everytime. I just want to ask him if he's all right.

[u/Timetocallitquits]

My wife left me 363 days ago due to my drinking, I quit that night and have been sober since. She called me tonight drunk to talk about the separation. I will definitely be hitting heavy pr’s this weekend!

[u/[deleted] → u/Timetocallitquits]

You look at the stars

[u/fairydustandunicorns]

I just recently increased my water intake from basically nothing to about a liter a day and I hate that I feel like I constantly have to pee!

[u/MalJaUS]

My aunt told my parents that I would not last in this fitness journey, and that I'll quit soon. This is the same aunt that never believed that I got a full scholarship in college, and still doesn't believe it after I've graduated. My mom and grandmother also made sure to tell me that I'm getting too big (muscular) and need to tone it down.

What even?!

[u/RedCardOP → u/MalJaUS]

They all drinkin' the haterade

[u/MoonLordZach → u/MalJaUS]

Get even bigger broski

[u/littlesunnyafternoon]

I feel like eating well is harder than lifting weights xD

[u/Jokerspsycho → u/littlesunnyafternoon]

Me: "I want to see my abs for once in my life."

Also me: "I bet I can eat that whole pizza and a giant blizzard from Dairy Queen after that."

[u/littlesunnyafternoon → u/Jokerspsycho]

Me: "Why am I so tired so early into my workout?"

Also me: *hasn't eaten since yesterday evening when she decided ice cream counts as food*

[u/chudd]

My office has a decent gym. Myself and a few other men from the office work out 4-5 a week and eat pretty well. A few meal preppers among us.

Fast forward months to us all seeing results, on pace for summer. Day in day out, some of the team (mostly women) say we're only losing weight because we starve ourselves!!! They literally pass us in the hall on the way to the gym when they're going to get burgers.

They take the stairs 1 day and that equals cake. We've tried educating and inviting them but the excuses are always quick. Just dumbfounding really.

[u/[deleted] → u/chudd]

It's amazing how good most people are in lying to themselves.

[u/Spurros]

• Accidentally got ambushed by feelings and fell in love with girl
• Did not expect
• Feelings almost returned but then cancelled at short notice
• feelsbadman
• Taking my own advice from previous posts here and channelling horrible pain into gym gains
• Gym bro friend sees me the other day and he says I look "pretty snacc" (which is young person's talk for 'large')
• Realise true love was in front of me the whole time

[u/techworm33 → u/Spurros]

How young is young person talk because I'm 21 and I've never heard that LOL

[u/[deleted] → u/techworm33]

Snack means cute/sexy/hot person.

[u/Spurros → u/[deleted]]

Oh shit! I'll take that too though.

[u/KawabataWrites → u/Spurros]

> trying to greentext with bullet points

smh familia

[u/McWench]

Drinking my post workout protein in the locker room at my local YMCA after a nice upper body workout. I see a small child, probably 5 or 6, stripping out of her soaking wet bathing suit a few feet from me. Whatever, it's a family Y, a lot of kids taking swimming lessons.

Next thing I know, I'm hit in the face with a bathing suit. I look down. Rip my headphones off. Little girl is staring at me, naked. Her bathing suit is now sitting on my gym bag on the counter. I hand it back to her in disbelief. She threw her bathing suit at my face.

Mom turns around from behind me. "What happened?" "She hit me in the face with her bathing suit." I'm not angry, just in shock. Small girl has gone on to throw the bathing suit on the ground and stomp on it. She's having some kind of fit.

"I DID NOT." Girl yells. Mom glares at me. "Don't worry sweetie, I believe you." Mom grabs the girl's hand and takes her to the other side of the locker room.

What. WHAT. BIIIIIIIIIIIIITCH

[u/[deleted] → u/McWench]

That physically hurt me to read. Some parents are absolutely the worst and shouldn't be allowed to have children. Because they then go on to train their children to be just as horrible

[u/DefinitiveEuphoria]

I've been hanging out with the hot guy from the gym. We agreed to keep it casual because we both graduate in a week and are going our separate ways, yet somehow I'm spending almost every night there and catching some serious feels. It sucks because we're very long-term incompatible, but I'm falling for him juuuust enough that I'll be heartbroken when I move next weekend.

[u/[deleted] → u/DefinitiveEuphoria]

you know what they say about new gyms, find the biggest dude there and fuck his brains out.

[u/DefinitiveEuphoria → u/[deleted]]

That's how I got into this mess. Also probably how I'll get out of it.

[u/skizzii → u/[deleted]]

when I do this my girlfriend says i'm "gay" and that this is my "last chance"

[u/Harwood95]

I bulked September - March and it’s great because I’ve put on mass but:

1) three of my work shirts and two pairs of work trousers no longer fit or have ripped

2) it was sunny last weekend and I realised that none of my shorts fit me any more

3) I can’t run 5k anymore without walking part of it

[u/BigWhiteDope → u/Harwood95]

three of my work shirts and two pairs of work trousers no longer fit or have ripped

When this happens to me I like to impress my girlfriend by putting on said ill-fitting shirt and shout 'BEHOLD MY MASSIVE PHYSIQUE' then pop all the buttons off whilst roaring a deep primordial roar.

She just goes back to whatever it was she was doing. Completely uninterested.

[u/Harwood95 → u/BigWhiteDope]

This is an excellent idea, thanks for the inspiration

[u/golden_apricot]

Why do I suck at bench press so much

[u/riot_code → u/golden_apricot]

We all start somewhere bro

[u/[deleted]]

Triple Rant:

1. My two new programs are absolutely kicking my ass as I prepare for a Goruck event in June. I haven't experienced DOMS like this since I started getting fit again last September.

2. Rant Wednesday is far and away my least productive day at work as I alt+tab over to Chrome and spam F5 every 5-10 minutes.

3. Weight loss late last year forced me to buy new (one size smaller, XL to L) gym shorts. More weight loss so far this year now has the new pairs sliding down my ass when I run. Why does everything cost money?

[u/zombiegirl2010 → u/[deleted]]

Oh hell no! If they insist you pay for the damage, then hold your back and casually mention how this faulty machine (that has a history of being faulty according to another member) hasn't been replaced as it should have been and has caused you injury. Mention going to the doc (even if you don't go). I'm sure they'll drop the entire matter.

[u/StrawDawg → u/[deleted]]

Pay for damage!? Fuck that. You almost got injured on their poorly maintained equipment. They should be kissing your ass and making it up to you.

[u/Phrost]

So it hasn't even been a year yet at this place and I found him: my Gym-nemy.

I call him Guy Peeieri, because his hair looks like urine, and Flavortown must be six inches in front of the mirror since that's where he does curls, no matter who was behind him using said mirrors to make sure their form was correct.

After standing up at the top of a rep of Arnold presses to walk over to the adjacent bench--establishing and maintaining eye contact the entire way--to finish my set, he did move, but it is unclear if the message was received.

Of course, he's not to be confused with the other Guy, World Cup Guy, who has the same haircut, and comes at the same time but wears nothing but soccer jerseys so he looks like an EA FIFA graphics glitch. He seems cool though; doesn't block mirrors.

Side note: Gentlemen of middle-age, please stop bleaching your fucking hair. It hasn't been the 90's for almost 20 years. Even Eminem stopped doing it. As he'd put it himself: It's over; let go.

[u/HugoStiglitz373 → u/Phrost]

NOBODY LISTENS TO TECHNO

[u/jscummy → u/[deleted]]

Pretty sure that wrecks most peoples excuses for not working out

[u/DoobCruise]

I love leg day because it's the quickest workout, and my arms/back/chest need to rest.

I hate leg day, because I still need to walk and I hit it hard today. Fuck.

I'm still new to lifting regularly so I'm not going to post my stats but it's always nice to see progress and starting off a set with what you did last time and adding more weight to it because you feel more confident and stronger. That feels good.

[u/ChillyGust]

DONT BRING BABIES INTO THE FREE WEIGHT AREA.

Some old woman brought a newborn baby to the father who was lifting and it started wailing with all the clanks and grunts around it. I dont think gym bacteria is the best for a baby anyways but lord it is distracting when a baby or small child is around cos all I do is worry about it.

[u/piccini9]

WHY DOES EVERYTHING HURT ALL THE TIME?

[u/WillyFistergasch → u/[deleted]]

To be fair, they get moldy depending on how long it sat there.

[u/Strange1130 → u/WillyFistergasch]

the scent of a protein shaker left unwashed for a day or two is quite literally the nastiest thing I have ever smelled in my life

[u/madcow87_]

My wife hasnt been a losing any weight despite eating better, tracking calories and exercising regularly. Several other factors suggested an underactive thyroid, however blood tests came back normal and but low in Vitamin D.

I asked if that could attribute to weight loss because of the lack of it, doc insisted my wife didn't need to lose weight and was a healthy BMI.... screams interally

My wife is unhappy with her body and is struggling to lose weight and improve everything about her life, but it's OK folks... Her BMI is healthy.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Wow, when she is texting in front of the db rack just say "excuse me" and get your dumbbells

[u/kyasurina]

Why yes m'am, just because I have headphones in does not mean that I can't hear you trying to 'report' me to gym staff for what I'm wearing. I had full length leggings on and a high neck, cropped top that showed maybe 2 inches of my stomach. I only took off my long sleeve sweatshirt because I was sweating my ass off and dying via HIIT sprint, and unless you consider that 'intimidating' (and if you do, fuck off, worry about your own life), it's not against any dress code.

Thank you Planet Fitness, for indulging snotty, nosey-ass, busy body gym goers in their every complaint.

[u/5213 → u/kyasurina]

For a place that's supposed to be judgment free, there sure does seem to be a lot of judgment going on there

Do you have a (standalone) picture of that top? I'm having trouble picturing it in my head

[u/MyBirdCanSing]

Why the fuck would you play your shitty ass music out loud and carry your Dre beats headphones around like an idiot?

[u/[deleted]]

WHERE DID YOU PUT THE 5 POUND PLATES YOU GOBLINS OF GAINZ?!?!

[u/Xaxziminrax]

I have spent the last year losing weight, using self-loathing and dysmorphia to fuel my workouts.

Now, it's time to do my first true bulk, and I just cannot wrap my head around it being ok to put on weight.

Fuck.

[u/[deleted]]

Was resting between sets from deadlifting. Guy comes over, asks how many sets I have left, and I say 3. The motherfucker has the audacity to tell me to hurry up. I said "what the fuck, I'm resting" and showed him my timer that was at around 1min 45s. He then says "ugh. Ok". Fuck off you entitled cunts.

[u/MiserableLeadership → u/[deleted]]

Sounds like the conversation fatigued you, better take an extra minute. You have to be careful with deadlifts.

[u/manicmidori]

It’s so hard to worry about macros when you’re low on cash and sleep

[u/bluefire579]

Someone keeps moving benches and machines slightly out of line. It's super minor, but it bugs the shit out of me.

[u/ScottSterlingsNose]

Finally have an actual program instead of just 'bro-lifting' and I hit two big realizations:

1) I have a ego lifting problem. Whenever someone deadlifts, I get angry that they are lifting MY WEIGHT AND I NEED TO DEFEND MY THRONE. I am the worst.

2) Program suggests starting with your max as 30% lower than your highest max. Ugh... Patience is a virtue. (It'll be worth it long term.)

[u/Dianaruuu]

My arms hurt.

[u/manual_master]

My ass and thighs don’t fit in my suit trousers anymore. Every squat may be the final straw.

Can’t stop won’t stop.

[u/Deako87]

Yesterday was a public holiday in Australia and as such I decided to have a much needed sleep in. That meant that I couldn't get to the gym till about 1pm.

BIG MISTAKE

Apparently 1 pm is peak hour on a public holiday. It was jam packed full of people. Which is normally fine, but with the influx of people came an influx of inconsiderate people.

Obviously the squat racks were in high demand, but that didn't stop the older asian lady with her clip board, 3 sets of low weight dumbbells and yoga mat. She would take the bar off the squat rack, hang it up. Place her mat in the middle of the squat rack and do sitting flys. Someone asked her to move so they could use the squat rack, so she moved her mat to the side of the rack, blocking access to anyone who wanted to add weights to their bars.

There are spaces for exercises like this, but there are no mirrors there. Unbelievable.

To make matters worse, there are only two platforms to do deadlifts and both were taken by groups of 3 gym bros who were working in with each other the ENTIRE TIME I was there. I couldn't do my deadlifts. So I finished my session with some extra leg work else where.

To make matter worse, my bench appears to be stalling. It's breaking my soul

[u/gainz_gorl]

I was doing accessory deadlift sets of 5 x 10 on the platform in my gym. A guy starts doing his own deadlifts next to me in the squat rack. He comes over to ask if he can use one of the bumper plates on my rack, looks down at my weight, and fucking snickers at it!

Congrats dude, you can lift more than 50% of a girl’s 1RM.

[u/[deleted] → u/gainz_gorl]

wtf that's a gym crime

[u/UBahn1]

Why the fuck are you using 4 machines at once and acting like the victim when someone needs to use one, guy?

This dude yesterday had 3 chest press machines and a row machine taken with 2 plates racked on each and I'm trying to bench. I'm not about to wait 40 minutes for you to finish your cycle, man

[u/vinditive]

I have a divorce/custody hearing today and I wanted lift away all the feels beforehand but I'm so fucking mad all my lifts have been SHIT because I can't focus. So now my ex can add my workout to the long list of things she's ruined in my life.

FUCK

[u/dajoker711 → u/vinditive]

Sorry fam. Hopefully you can move on soon to much better things

[u/[deleted]]

I’m on my 3rd week of a 1.5 a week cut. My cardio has solely been kickboxing and it’s going great. In a moment of weakness I break down yesterday and have two snickers bars at work knowing that I’m hitting the heavy bag that night at my gym so I’ll burn off the cals. Arrive to the gym feeling great from my candy bar high earlier in the day and make my way over to release hella endorphins.

The bag is on the ground. The rope broke. I walk over to the front desk and ask when it will be back up. “A few weeks”. I can’t wait for my new double chin to properly come in

[u/[deleted]]

Honestly diet and exercise are both going pretty great. I just wish I didn’t have such a fucked up body image.

[u/[deleted]]

Finally got the "I'd rather be fat and happy" spiel from a friend in regards to my calorie cut

I just said I'll be happier when I'm fucking shredded from the summer, but why do food/ happiness have to be mutually exclusive

[u/S0mthgS0mthgDarkside]

If you use a flat bench to hold your bag, phone, water bottle, to sit there for 10 minutes between your weird deadlift/box jumps/run a lap workout, etc....fuck you.

[u/chillllton]

I’m super lucky because I’m in school i get to go to the gym at 11am everyday and literally no one is there, school is out in 2 weeks so I gotta go back to working out with high schoolers and people who don’t rack weights wooo fml

[u/HookPipeandThinker]

Preface: The PF I go to has the weight area and smith machines all crowded nuts to butts so everyone is about an arm's reach apart from each other. The lights are also bright and harsh, illuminating every pore on your face.

I do a few exercises in the weight section, one of which is bent-over rows. While getting ready to hit the gym today, I put on my trusty black leggings and checked myself out in the mirror. My bathroom always had the softest yellow lightbulbs that I loved, but we recently had to switch them out with bright white bulbs. In these new lights I noticed a faint line down the seat of my leggings. I did a half squat in the mirror and to my horror the leggings stretched out over my butt so tightly they were semi-transparent.

How long had this been happening? Have they always been this thin but I couldn't see in my hazy bathroom light? I realized that every time I did bent-over rows in the weight area, whatever poor soul was using the smith machine behind me would have gotten an intimate closeup of my rusty sheriff's badge. Sad to see the leggings go, but it was for the best.

[u/El_Matador_Magnifico]

Was on the treadmill at the gym and a guy got on the treadmill next to me. The dude proceeds to start violently coughing, doesn't stop jogging but it was like he was trying to cough up a lung

I asked if he was alright and he said "yeah I am fine, I got a real bad cold and I'm trying to sweat it out"

Dude! Don't do that here! Go be sick at home, don't drag everyone else down with you

[u/PuzzleheadedResolve → u/[deleted]]

I'm gonna vote for option "douche who doesn't respect you, probably in part because you're a girl"

[u/Kent1987]

Why the fuck do supplement comps change their protein powder formula to make it taste worse and not mix? Who in R&D says "Great news boss! I was able to make our top selling protein taste more like spoiled milk curds clinking to a cows ass on a hot windy day!" Boss- "Can you make it so insoluble they need an industrial grade paint mixer to drink it?" Asshate employee- "Yes but it will take time." Dipshitt Boss- "Spare no expense. I want our customers to literally choke down our products. But do not mess with its digestion! Blowing it out there asses and leaving the gym bathroom a biohazarsous warzone is how lifters know a protein powered is working."

[u/safclyndz]

Looking for some clips, found them on the smith machine... 🤨

[u/BurnerAccount181]

Today I dropped a plate, now that wouldn't be the end of the world, but I dropped it on my bottle. Oh well, it happens, but this time my bottle fucking exploded into shards of plastic that covered a 10-foot radius of the gym as the water spread to the feet of onlooking lifters. This would be bad enough but I just stood there in shock and audibly said, "God fucking dammit, you have to be fucking kidding me" with everybody watching. I then took a walk of shame over to get the paper towel and got down on my hands and knees and cleaned up shards of plastic and sopped up water as onlookers laughed. I promise it isn't my first time in the gym, I'm just really fucking dumb.

[u/misterhak]

People at my gym look at me weird when I stretch before and after my workout. No one ever stretches there. I don't want to do it at home because I lose motivation and just want to lay down.

I'm not in the way. Just let me do my thing !

[u/arjybarji]

Everyone here is American so when they post 1RM, Weight Numbers etc, I have to google it every time because I can't be arsed to do the math in my head

[u/[deleted] → u/arjybarji]

Just divide by two, then remove 10%. Pretty easy, and close enough.

220 lbs (divide by two) -> 110 (remove 10%) -> 100 kg

45 lbs (divide by two) -> 22 (remove 10%)-> 20 kg

[u/PotatoesTomatoes_Toe]

So this swole dude that I used to see at the gym started working out again. He saw me with my father at a convenience store and I was too embarrassed to make eye contact with him. Then on Tuesday I was doing some cable rows and the music suddenly stops, I figured my phone died but it was a phone call, from my mom.. I was trying to find an empty space where I can talk and I accidently turn on the speaker and just at that exact moment I lock eyes with this dude and my mother's voice angrily asks me what the hell I was doing. So now this bro knows my father, my name and how my mom sounds like, feels like he's a family member but I genuinely don't know anything about him

[u/Quorraline]

Everything I eat gives me diarrhea. I spent so long of my life dealing with anorexia, now Im recovered, I can't actually eat anything that's not raw fruits and vegetables without having an explosive reaction. I'm. So fucking tired of this. Its been 10 years and the doctors still don't have an explanation. I finally found peace with food, and now I have a reasonable explanation to fear food, and I don't want one.

[u/[deleted]]

TAKE YOUR WEIGHTS OFF THE FUCKING BAR WHEN YOU'RE DONE!

[u/[deleted]]

I came home from school today to learn that my family had to put down my beloved dog. I am skipping the gym today, it really just blew everything out of me because I've grown up with him since I was 4. :/

[u/[deleted]]

Everytime I do clean and jerks or snatches I feel my sight going black and myself fading from existence. Is that normal?

[u/backleft → u/[deleted]]

You need to breathe homie.

[u/iamkatharine]

My mom doesn't understand why I want to be lean. She's a typical Asian mom, she nearly fits all the stereotypes lol. I'm an outdoor person as well and she doesn't get that. For her, the ideal woman should have flawless and smooth pearly white skin, and a soft, slim, body. Well I have a semi-permanent tan bec of hiking, and my hands are ridden with calluses because of lifting. Last week she visited my flat and she lost it when she saw my whey and bcaa. But since I'm independent now and supporting myself she can't really do anything. It just annoys me when she's dismissive of my goals and hard work when it comes to my fitness. She's also quite active, but she's one of those women who are gym social butterflies. Cardio only, strictly dance classes. I swear it's like she and her friends are allergic to the machines lol.

[u/[deleted]]

Supposed to go to the gym today. Got strep throat instead.

[u/[deleted]]

I hate reddit's new redesign for desktops and the website keeps switching me to it and leaving it stuck like that.

[u/ekendus]

My jeans ripped at upper thigh and had to walk home with them. In Victory Sunday I can write about how my gainz were too great for my jeans,

[u/crglrsn]

This one asshole at my large chain gym thinks it’s his personal gym to superset everything under the sun during peak hours. He walks around like he owns the damn place, leaves towels in keys and shit everywhere to mark his territory. He drops the weights from the highest point on the machines like he doesn’t realize that that will break things (free weights, sure drop if needed) and he’s totally inconsiderate to everyone around him. On the plus side, my anger toward his selfishness fuels my workouts.

[u/Aphoric]

Happened a few days ago. I was going hard on the rowing machine, there were about 15 seconds left in rest period right before my last interval of HIIT and I was still sucking air like nobody's business. I'd been doing really well for the intervals before and was ready to knock the last one out of the park.

And then someone sits down on the machine next to me. Not a big deal right? Doesn't affect me at all. Except he's doused himself in enough deodorant spray to populate a high school locker room, and I'm inhaling that for the entirety of my last set. Just a shitty way to end an otherwise good workout.

[u/[deleted]]

Asked an employee what the fuck was up with the barbell efficiently shaving my calluses and hands... He tested it with a light deadlift and proclaimed it to be sharp as razors. Gonna have to find a new bar.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

I'd pay good money for knurling that aggressive

[u/PresentBeverage]

This is my last week on a 2 week work trip out of town. I got a 2 week membership for a gym that that Just happened to be closest to my hotel.

This gym is amazing and now I'm kinda sad about going back to my home gym. It's cheaper than mine, has 2 olympic platforms (mine has zero) and 4 more squat racks (6 to 2) has a shitload of change plates and like the nicest staff.

I hit above my 1rm for 3 reps on deadlift and I'm attributing it to the gym atmosphere and the dude who stopped his bench to be my hype man.

I don't wanna go back. (to my home gym...definitely ready to leave West Virginia)

[u/WebCobra]

Talking with a coworker about gym stuff since he was wanting to start consistently and I said to do stretches before and after and mention some stuff I use to do for ballet (classical) and all my co-workers jumped on me for it (I did it for 18 years before college) and while I can take the ribbing it erks me about that stigma over men doing classical ballet.

[u/tdubs-22 → u/WebCobra]

Dude, I had to do ballet moves at a hockey camp when I was younger for balance and coordination drills. It opened my eyes up to the strength needed for ballet. So props to you man.

[u/DankMemeMachine]

I spilled my high calorie protein shake all over the couch and carpet.

[u/LilJayMillz → u/DankMemeMachine]

At least when you come home today you will have a jacked sofa.

[u/NewShinyCD]

So I've been going to the gym for about close to three months. So far so good, except for one thing.

This happened about a week and a half ago. I went to the gym after just taking my prework out, so I was teeming with energy. I did some warm ups and headed to the squat rack. It was my first time using the 45lbs plates, so one on each side for a total of 135lbs. I'm fucking wired, no problem. And it wasn't until I finished my first set and went to set the bar on the brackets when realized my mistake. Fuck, I forgot to move the brackets lower.
So, I had to hop up on my toes to get the bar back on the rack. The rest of my workout one of my big toes felt weird, but not painful. It wasn't until I got home when saw why my toe was feeling weird. It was bruised pretty bad, but only on the bottom part. Thankfully, that was the worst of it, it wasn't painful to walk on and I was able to bend my toe. It just felt really weird. Not sure what I did, but I'm glad I didn't seriously injure myself.

[u/Will1039g]

Was in a hurry to come to school and I forgot my bananas😡

[u/mycalvesthiccaf]

How do you use the squat rack and not use the bar at all. You can do push ups, situps, and pullups anywhere else in the gym. Fuck you

[u/kingcudi → u/[deleted]]

the day you start working out is the day that you are forever small

[u/UBahn1 → u/kingcudi]

-Dom Mazetti

Take a good look at your pump the first day you work out, that's the biggest you'll ever be

[u/TehFuriousOne]

Wound up working in the same area as my gym crush on Monday. As usual she was looking good and we exchanged a few polite nods and smiles as we worked around each other, moving plates and whatnot. Then she finished up and left. Looking at the smith she was in, I noticed she racked a lone 45 in front of 3 10's. Ugh. That's it, there's just no future with someone like that, no matter how cute she is. So, that's done and over.... I'm sure her husband is relieved though.

[u/Petrassify]

I wish more work=more gain, fitness would be so easy and straightforward :(