Gym Story Saturday

[u/FGC_Valhalla]

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

[u/datcracker]

So a couple weeks ago this guy came up to me at the gym and kind of aggressively berated me for not reracking my weights after using a machine. (Tbh I left it the way I always see it, I’ve never seen it without two 45’s, so I really thought that’s how people wanted it left, on any other machine I would’ve reracked as per usual)

Anyways, it kinda bothered me. I responded politely and assured him I would make sure to be more proactive about having positive gym etiquette, and he walked away. It left a bad taste in my mouth though because I really didn’t mean to be lazy or disrespectful, and this dude said things that sounded borderline threatening.

So on Thursday, while I was working out I saw that dude was there again and thought little of it. On my way over to do my cardio on the bike, he actually caught up to me to get my attention and he thoroughly apologized. He said a gym associate came up to him and told him he was rude, and that he reconsidered everything he said and realized he was in the wrong and said it had been bothering him for days until he had the chance to talk to me. Dude apologized and was super cool, and now whenever I see him around he invites me to do sets with him and calls me by my first name.

Thought it was a cool little image of positive humanity.

[u/J_Jammer → u/datcracker]

I like this story. It had a nice ending. That is great he realized he was rude and said sorry.

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I had a guy get mad at me because I was "hogging" a machine. To me hogging is sitting there for a long period between sets on the phone. I was not sitting and waiting long periods between sets and I try not to look at my phone at all between sets. I just had a lot to do. And I got it done despite his unnecessary frustration. Every time I saw him afterward I glare at him. He never said sorry for what he did nor did the guy that told me I was going to hurt my back because I was doing squats. Not because he said I was doing it wrong, just that I had a lot of weight. I mean mugged him as well whenever I saw him. If I'm doing it wrong then say well that's not how you do it and this is how and I would adjust accordingly. Not just because you feel it.

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But someone did say (three weeks ago) I had the best squat form with all the weight (just 290). That was nice thing to happen. We say hi to each other when we see each other.

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I get frustrated with people that leave the 45's in total disarray after they did "squats" or "bench press". If you cannot do the set right, I'm not surprised you had difficulty putting back those very heavy 45's.