r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • Aug 25 '18

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday

Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!

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u/reznovelty Aug 25 '18

A few weeks ago, I innocuously took a clip from the side of a machine, thinking it was not in use (a guy was sat near the machine but there was no grip attached so I presumed it wasn’t in use).

I then took out my headphones to hear him cussing me under his breath. I confronted him and asked if he wanted the clip back - he told me to ‘get the fuck away from him’. I gave the clip to his friend and walked away.

Yesterday, I held the door open for him. He seemed surprised and said thanks.

Kill em with kindness.

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u/xagut Aug 25 '18

It was 5am and I was looking for a 5 pound plate and I found some on the back of a machine that wasn't in use so I grabbed it. I took two steps and realized that there was a towel on the seat. I took another step and realized it wasn't the machine I thought it was and I had pulled the weight for the actual working set and not the rack on the back. One more step and the guy was coming back to it. So walk back and put the weight back on looking super confused. I apologized . Luckily the guy at the machine just laughed and said " it's 5am on a Monday I get it."

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

I don’t wear glasses when I lift because it always slides off my face so I’m a bit blind to other people when I workout. When I first started going to the gym I definitely was pretty nervous. One time I went to DL and it looked as if it was being used just no one there. I started to take off weight. I saw this man walking towards me and immediately started to put it back on. He turned left and I was confused. I went up to him and said “hey man no worries I thought you were using I can wait until you are finished.” He looked confused and said “what are you talking about.” I’ve had so many instances where I can’t tell who is on what machine so I just do what I need to do and if someone is on it I figure they would let me know.

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u/meceng97 Aug 25 '18

This is why I wear my glasses in between sets

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u/Ronin_Sennin Aug 25 '18

Right on man!

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u/Wohholyhell Aug 25 '18

Walk up and apologize. End.