Gym rant

**EDCG19** · 03-09-2019, 01:30 AM

You ever get pissed off seeing other people in the gym and noticing they never, NEVER fucking push themselves and they just show up in the gym to do some stupid shit, waste time on their phone and waste everyone elses time on machines or weights others can be using while you are standing there doing fucking nothing and wasting everyones time!!! Why are these people in the gym?
They never push themselves and they happen to just show up to waste time

**Thebricklayer** · 03-09-2019, 04:47 AM

Almost every day brother. Why would you come to the gym just to set on a piece of equipment and play on your phone?

**< <Samson> >** · 03-09-2019, 05:19 AM

I feel the same exact way - I get away with this when I’m busy, I stay on my phone damn near 24x7 - including while I’m at the gym, but this all work related & I already look like this

I’ll see people just taking up space, not exerting themselves worth a shit & that’s exact what they look like

What that shit reminds me of is PE class back in school, when hid from the rest of the kids because we didn’t wanna do shit

**fiddlesticks** · 03-09-2019, 05:59 AM

or the people who complain about sweating lmao that's one of my favorites. Perhaps they should fucking try working hard!

**HoldMyBeer** · 03-09-2019, 07:32 AM

They really don't bother me, unless they're affecting my routine. Then I get pissed. Fucking casuals.... They're not making any progress, and just impeding other people's

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**EDCG19** · 03-09-2019, 09:56 AM

The phone thing isn't too bad or even the "resting on equipment" isn't that bad at all
What is starting to get to me is nobody is fucking pushing themselves
They do the bare fucking minimum and expect what? gains???

**EDCG19** · 03-09-2019, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by HoldMyBeer

They really don't bother me, unless they're affecting my routine. Then I get pissed. Fucking casuals.... They're not making any progress, and just impeding other people's

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**HDThunder** · 03-09-2019, 10:46 AM

I don't really give a fuck what these people do in the gym. Some of them I've seen for years and they still look like they've never picked up a weight. As long as they don't get in my way I don't really care. When they do they find out what an asshole I can be. As in telling them if you're not going to do that machine get the fuck off it.

**< <Samson> >** · 03-09-2019, 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by EDCG19

**almostgone** · 03-09-2019, 12:02 PM

One of the main reasons I lift in solitude way out in the middle of nowhere...my equipment, my music, my bodily fluids, my flatulence, and I can cuss as loud as I want.

**BOPJohnDoe** · 03-09-2019, 12:32 PM

Ahh the benefits of having my own gym in my garage (soon to be in my new house)

**fiddlesticks** · 03-09-2019, 12:34 PM

Originally Posted by EDCG19

The phone thing isn't too bad or even the "resting on equipment" isn't that bad at all
What is starting to get to me is nobody is fucking pushing themselves
They do the bare fucking minimum and expect what? gains???

Not only that but this is another part of that that pisses me off..

Skinny dude wants to get bigger , asks me for advice, explain everything to a T and the grand finale is they don't eat enough at all then say some bullshit like WELL, NOT EVERYONE HAS GOOD GENETICS! I could NEVER be a coach. All the guys I know who are fucking despise it.

You have better luck telling a fucking cardboard box to eat a calorie surplus than the avg person. Neither of them will eat a calorie surplus but at least the box won't try to make excuses.

I know it is silly to get upset but it actually makes my brain start flipping the fuck out when someone is doing a very basic mistake and then claiming their genes are bad.

**< <Samson> >** · 03-09-2019, 12:56 PM

Benefits?!

How is starring at hot chix @ the gym not a benefit? Shit, the last one we got was from the gym - she was the Zumba class instructor

The benefits r endless - Lol

Shit, I been too sick to go - I barely make it rn to maintain

**EDCG19** · 03-09-2019, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by < <Samson> >

Benefits?!

How is starring at hot chix @ the gym not a benefit? Shit, the last one we got was from the gym - she was the Zumba class instructor

The benefits r endless - Lol

Shit, I been too sick to go - I barely make it rn to maintain

Of course its a benefit but the gym I'm at there is this one cardio bunny type who does bench but she always does the same fucking thing its annoying. She will come in, train next to me and sit there for 10 fucking minutes, goes does 3-5 reps on 155lb bench and than sit there for 10 fucking minutes while im repping out 2 plates and trying to get to that 275lb mark but not there yet... and no she's not interested in me (i know by now shes not but she is there to play mind games)
Sometimes she'll be hogging up the machine and im sitting there about to scream GET UP!!! and go home damnit
There is another one who will hog up the only cable machine in the gym while i want to get in some cable work and she's doing nothing!!!! but standing there damnit
Get up and put some work in if you train at a powerlifting gym for gods sake.. dont get me mad

**EDCG19** · 03-09-2019, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by cylon357

Maybe, just maybe, it's your pants, not you head, that she is trying to get into!

I wish but i already tried talking to her a few weeks ago, her body language said it all she doesn't want me but she wants to stare...

**Proximal** · 03-09-2019, 04:46 PM

On an ab crunch machine today. Guy takes the one next to me. Holy F dude, have you not showered in a year? Do you EVER wash your gym clothes? Almost gagged.

Went to another machine across the gym & could still smell that crap. Finally grabbed one of those alcohol wipes used to clean sweat off machines. I rammed it up each nostril so I could get the stench out.

**Obs** · 03-09-2019, 06:20 PM

Two types I dont like at gyms.

Gym picesses:

Go there to set up a bullshit circuit routine where they string fuckingweights out over three benches with 6 dumbells and four machiness. They do 20 reps and never sweat or try and are only there so people look at them and they can post ass shotson instagram.

Teenagers:
Bro bro bro bro bro bro.... Ten of them in a circle around the gym owner looking for acceptance. Laugh and talk like they are at a concert and overly confident until they see me. They watch me like thats why they came to the gym.

People I love seeing at tge gym:

The overweight mother sweating her ass off for an hour and ahalf on the treadmill.
The older powerlifters and 70+ year olds in general.
People who grunt and sweat with their headphones on.
Any true failure lifter.

The rest need to go to the community center.

**Obs** · 03-09-2019, 06:23 PM

Do you see my ass ass as I do walking lunges down every aisle?

Fuck yes sweetie... I want to kick it.

**EDCG19** · 03-09-2019, 09:17 PM

Originally Posted by Obs

Two types I dont like at gyms.

Gym picesses:

Go there to set up a bullshit circuit routine where they string fuckingweights out over three benches with 6 dumbells and four machiness. They do 20 reps and never sweat or try and are only there so people look at them and they can post ass shotson instagram.

Teenagers:
Bro bro bro bro bro bro.... Ten of them in a circle around the gym owner looking for acceptance. Laugh and talk like they are at a concert and overly confident until they see me. They watch me like thats why they came to the gym.

People I love seeing at tge gym:

The overweight mother sweating her ass off for an hour and ahalf on the treadmill.
The older powerlifters and 70+ year olds in general.
People who grunt and sweat with their headphones on.
Any true failure lifter.

The rest need to go to the community center.

Couldn't agree more man, just something about people in the gym and not putting in the work starting to piss me off.. its quite simple you're there to hit the weights not to waste time. Sometimes i wish i could kick them out but i would rather not waste my energy on them like im doing now...

**tarmyg** · 03-10-2019, 04:12 AM

If you got enough energy (mental or otherwise) to spend even thinking about this you might need a second hobby.

**< <Samson> >** · 03-10-2019, 05:06 AM

^ lol

Some folk at the gym to bug the fuck out of me. . . I remember one, maybe about 2 months back. Good looking girl - I’m on a flat bench - come on lady, do you have to do flies over me while I’m laying - guys r even worse - come on man, you aren’t gonna look like me by starring & flopping them weights around because u think I’m looking

Gawd, I miss the gym

**HoldMyBeer** · 03-10-2019, 07:22 AM

Got another one! Just saw it, pissed me off cuz I needed the equipment
When people are doing an exercise... That's not a fucking exercise and doesn't do anything but risk injuring them
It's not exercise, warm-up, mobility, it's just some dumb fucking thing that their bat shit brain came up w. Get the fuck out of my way!

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**Obs** · 03-10-2019, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by tarmyg

If you got enough energy (mental or otherwise) to spend even thinking about this you might need a second hobby.

If you have enough time to interact on social media or this board period there are more productive hobbies.

**EDCG19** · 03-10-2019, 12:16 PM

Originally Posted by tarmyg

If you got enough energy (mental or otherwise) to spend even thinking about this you might need a second hobby.

cant disagree on that, its not a big issue but i do focus on strangers in the gym sometimes and look around etc.. have to do something during resting periods and checking who is checking you out
if i had to guess the others around here try to ignore everyone and shut them out of view while i stare at anyone (sometimes..)

**Obs** · 03-10-2019, 12:26 PM

Originally Posted by EDCG19

cant disagree on that, its not a big issue but i do focus on strangers in the gym sometimes and look around etc.. have to do something during resting periods and checking who is checking you out
if i had to guess the others around here try to ignore everyone and shut them out of view while i stare at anyone (sometimes..)

I can.
Tarmyg was complaining about someone complaining.

All this board is is fun threads like this and its what keeps it going. The rest is scientifically proven 99% bullshit that works for some and not for others.

Facts suck.
They are boring as hell and there is always a gray area where it can be proven non fact. For that reason if you remove flavorful threads like this there would be no board.

I can bullshit here.

**KennyJ** · 03-10-2019, 02:23 PM

I have a friend from work who has been having health issues and is limited on how much he can exert himself at this time. He’s one of the hardest working guys at work and in the gym when he’s 100%. If you walked in right now he looks exactly like you are talking. Looks like he’s not even trying. Just mentioning this so people will be careful before they all out judge someone without knowing the situation.

**< <Samson> >** · 03-11-2019, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by KennyJ

I have a friend from work who has been having health issues and is limited on how much he can exert himself at this time. He’s one of the hardest working guys at work and in the gym when he’s 100%. If you walked in right now he looks exactly like you are talking. Looks like he’s not even trying. Just mentioning this so people will be careful before they all out judge someone without knowing the situation.

I agree with this for sure

“We” are just generalizing - of course
i.e. The heffer I see walk in with a soda, that walks for 30 mins at a 2mph pace

**darktime** · 03-14-2019, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by KennyJ

I have a friend from work who has been having health issues and is limited on how much he can exert himself at this time. He’s one of the hardest working guys at work and in the gym when he’s 100%. If you walked in right now he looks exactly like you are talking. Looks like he’s not even trying. Just mentioning this so people will be careful before they all out judge someone without knowing the situation.

My brothers like this, really bad asthma and hypotension - ends up taking 5 minute rests between sets. We still take the absolute pish out of him for it...