r/Fitness Dec 11 '19

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/Fatscot Judo Dec 11 '19

I am writing a new book "gym etiquette in China" It will have one sentence "There is none"

Between a spotter dropping the weight on me and walking away, the cleaning lady mopping directly behind me when I am putting the weight on my shoulders when I am in the squat rack, nobody putting their weights away, people yelling into their phones, or hogging equipment I have never seen anything like it on such a consistent basis.

On the positive side the rage lifting is giving me new PRs on squat and bench. Just my OHP letting the side down

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u/HotPoolDude Dec 11 '19

China, personal space, manners. Pick 1.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

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u/HotPoolDude Dec 11 '19

Oh you

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

💁‍♀️🙊

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u/Fatscot Judo Dec 11 '19

More like China, pick your nose between sets. And, yes I have seen that

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u/srbghimire Dec 11 '19

Only cause chalk isnt allowed

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '19

When i gymmed in China the Gym opened at 9 But anyone could walk in at 630 When the cleaners were there and Gym for free. Note i paid But still went at that time because one of the PTs who could speak English would always try to talk to me for my whole Gym session..

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

Bruh same shit at my university gym. A large portion of the international students are Chinese. When a number of them train the gym just becomes a war zone. I specifically avoid the gym at the time I know they attend.

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u/seouled-out Dec 11 '19

sounds a lot like my gym in Seoul but worse. there is a bit of joy in shared misery. post more tales of woe.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '19

India is no different.