Setting down the weights today...

[F4iGuy]

I was on my heavy set for dumbell bench and I sorta dropped the weight toward the end of the set. I hit failure before I normally do and didn't have enough in me to set them on my lap then place them on the floor as usual. They went down fast but controlled. Not something I normally do.

If you were about to do a set of hammer curls, or any other exercise using a smaller weight, would you stand less than four feet from the guy on his fourth set benching heavy dumbells (given there are sevaral other nearby locations to do a few sets)? Am I being rediculous here? Maybe I'm unusual but if I see somebody going all out with a heavy weight I give them some space.

The weights landed on either side of the bench I was using (still in my hand not like I shot putted the 130's). It was maybe 4 feet from a guy doing hammer curls. His friend standing next to him said "Be careful you can get killed in here" to the guy doing hammers. I removed my head phones, and asked him if he was referring to me. He didn't say anything so I asked again "Did you want to say something to me?" He looked down and said naw man naw just making a joke. I'm conflicted. I probably should've just been like oh cool or yea my bad. But I felt ticked and said Riiiiiiiiight. Not sure if I was the idiot here for not lightly setting down my weights? Funny I get the feeling he wouldn't have said anything knowing the headphones were shut off. What would you do? Ignore it, comment, apologize?

[DSM4Life]

I was on my heavy set for dumbell bench, using 130's because thats as high as they go, and I sorta dropped the weight toward the end of the set. Not on purpose. I hit failure before I normally do and didn't have enough in me to set them on my lap then place them on the floor as usual. They went down fast but controlled. Not something I normally do.

If you were about to do a set of hammer curls, or any other exercise using a smaller weight, would you stand less than four feet from the guy on his fourth set benching heavy dumbells (given there are sevaral other nearby locations to do a few sets)? Am I being rediculous here? Maybe I'm unusual but if I see somebody going all out with a heavy weight I give them some space.

Long story short the weights landed on either side of the bench I was using (still in my hand not like I shot putted the 130's). It was maybe 4 feet from a guy doing hammer curls. His friend standing next to him said "Be careful you can get killed in here" to the guy doing hammers. I removed my head phones, and asked him if he was talking to me. He didn't say anything so I asked again "Did you want to say something to me?" He looked down and said naw man naw just making a joke. I'm conflicted. I probably should've just been like oh cool or yea my bad. But I just kinda felt ticked and not sure if I was the idiot for not lightly setting down my weights or the guy was being an ass? Funny I get the feeling he wouldn't have said anything knowing the headphones were shut off. Not sure if I was in the wrong there? What would you do? Ignore it, comment, apologize?

Same thing happened with me today. My DB's only go to 85's and i was doing inclines in the row of benches. Well out of all the benches a guy and his buddy pick the bench right next to me. When hitting failure i bring the DB's down slowly, i dont throw them but i do drop them (still holding them) and let go right before they hit the floor so they don't pull me down.

Well just as i got to the last rep, squeezing it out, his partner walked right between my bench and his buddies and i could have cared less, dropped the weights like always. They saw me do it when they came in so i wasn't changing for them.

Again i keep them within inches of the bench so if your foot is too close, oh well.

[jbm]

Same thing happened with me today. My DB's only go to 85's and i was doing inclines in the row of benches. Well out of all the benches a guy and his buddy pick the bench right next to me. When hitting failure i bring the DB's down slowly, i dont throw them but i do drop them (still holding them) and let go right before they hit the floor so they don't pull me down.

Well just as i got to the last rep, squeezing it out, his partner walked right between my bench and his buddies and i could have cared less, dropped the weights like always. They saw me do it when they came in so i wasn't changing for them.

Again i keep them within inches of the bench so if your foot is too close, oh well.

[DSM4Life]

[CMonkey]

The guy was being an ass.

It has happened to me before. Going to failure on bench with 295. One of those 150lb. "posers" is chatting up a little gym bunny, walks between benches and right into my bar. After my spotter damn near crapped himself trying to lift it off of my stomach, we both went after him and he acted like he did nothing wrong. Never went back to that gym.

See stuff like this in the gym constantly. Where is the common courtesy of giving a person space to lift or not walking in front of someone using the mirror to watch their form.

[TRT,MAN]

theirs posers at our gym like that but they usually have common sense to give us space.

[jbm]

[firmechicano831]

this shit made me laugh.