What's Your Pet Peeve About Other People at Your Gym?

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buster

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just curious what annoys you the most about some of the folks you might see at your local gym.
i think my top pet peeve would be people sitting on a weight machine while talking on their cell phone. i imagine they are telling some chick about how they are working out at the gym.
i actually watched this guy, the other day, holding the cell to his ear w/ one hand and doing overhead press w/ the other hand.
he didn't even break a sweat before he left the gym and his cell never left his ear the whole time.
my rule for myself is no cellphone in the gym.
would love to hear everyone's stories.
 
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Matrix

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Mine is fat guys walking the gym trying to puff up and look big then grabbing 40lb dumbells and do chest then coming over while I have 100's in my hands correcting my form. So this last idiot got on my nerves so bad. I got up and said you know what your right. But let's just be sure i told him. So i proceeded to say lets take our shirts off and have a quick pose down to see who really has there training in check. This guy was all like naw man i am just trying to help you out. So i replied if you want to help quit eating like shit lose 80lbs get a physic then come talk to me. Funny as hell.
 
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buster

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Lol, we've all had to deal w/ at least one of those guys. Yes, there is a world of difference between being big and being big and fat. truth is, that fat didn't come from nowhere. Mr. know-it-all put it into his body and failed to work it off.
guess i'm just trying to keep this thread alive since i think it would make for some good stories. not trying to flame anyone who's having trouble losing excess weight.
how about the guy who struts in, poses in front of the mirror a few times and then proceeds to chat up every female in the gym. hey bro's, i love to check out the ladies at the gym just as much as the next guy. but, i am focused on only one thing while i'm in the gym...training. all that juicy eye candy i see is just more motivation for me to work harder. i actually get better pumps when there's at least one good looking woman around.
or, how about the obviously out of shape guy who struts into the gym wearing his "Tapout" clothing gear. IMO, if you wear something like Tapout, then you are making a statement. it's meant to let people know you can whoop some ass (arse for my Brit bros). but honestly folks, clothes don't make the man...training does. That Tapout gear you wear may cover up the fat. But, it won't cover up the truth. If you can't back it up, don't wear it. My advice to Mr. Tapout-of-shape. "You aint foolin' no one but yourself!"
 
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milkin

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Thankfully the crowd that is in the gym when I go are all good respectable people. You may get an accosional grunt here and there but for the most part all attitudes are checked @ the door. However, occasionally my schedule forces me to go late evenings and that's when the circus let's out. You got guys grunting and groaning like they are in labor, heck my wife made less noise on he delivery table. Then there's my favorite clown, the one that drops the bar after doing deadlifts and circles it like a vulture while staring it down. Cracks me the hell up :)
 
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dlovett

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My gym is like a Jail Yard. It's a couple of florescent lights and rubber mats, the walls covered in mirrors, some industrial fans and iron everywhere. Upstairs is a boxing ring and associated apparatuses for martial training. The ground level floor is the iron jungle where the first and only row that can still see the light of outside is the front desk and cardio. The basement is for deadlifts and squatting platforms though you can do the exercises in general population if you prefer an audience. The dumbbells go from 2.5 all the way up to 200 lbs and it's a very serious place... there are no iPods. There are no girls wearing makeup and Lulu Lemon yoga pants. All you smell is sweat. All you hear is pain. I guess the biggest pet peeve for me is when people don't respect the sanctity of belonging to the 911 South Salina Street gym (it doesn't even have a name) and don't re-rack their weights, leave water bottles laying around or just plain waste my time by standing around chatting and taking up space.
 
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Deleted member 506

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When the chick who works the front desk wont fuck you.
 
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...He's the same guy who makes sure to get a good parking place....AT THE GYM!!!!

It just doesn't make sense to spend all that money on a gym membership, drive all the way out there every day, watch my diet, AND have to walk an extra 20 yards....on my way to the treadmill.
 
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BigGuns

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i was at the gym the other day and there was just a random kid on one of the bench press.

He'd been sitting there for at least 20 mins cause i managed to get changed and warm up before i got down there.

I went over an asked him how many sets he had left.... he said "ten minutes" .... I said "what? ... no sorry, how many sets do you have lft" ... he replied "As many as I can do in ten mintues".

I went on to tell him that if thats how hes training he'd probably have more luck on the tredmill.
 
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etalon

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here is one from my gym....I hate it when you get these skinny g unit wanna be's who come into the gym there is thgis one kid about 18 i came into the gym and started working out anywho he sits on an incline bench pumps off four reps gets up takes his shirt off and flexees his 10 inch amrs for about 4 min then gets back on the bench and does it again...meanwhile i am waiting for the bar so i can actualy work out....anyway this goes on for abpout 8 min then i went over to him and calmly asked him to quit wasting his and my time and to go out side and let the mosqutos bite him as thats the only swell hee is gonna get.....fuk o hate loosers in the gym......they should have to pay twice the member ship....fees
 
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prettyboy83

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My two most annoying pet peeves in the gym are. #1. Shadow boxing between sets in front of the dumbbell rack.
#2. skinny guys overloading the bench press bar and doing half reps.
 
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etalon

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how about dirt bags who dont wipe down the equipment after they are done....it is disgusting....The gym in toronto i worked out at on the weekend was awsome except my buddy got a staph infection from one of the benches.......now that is a huge pet peeve
 
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buster

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i hear ya', bro'. that drives me nuts. the gym i go to issues towels to everyone who walks in the door. the thing some these guys don't seem to understand. the towel isn't for your body. it's for wiping down the equipment after you oozed all over it. that's a nasty story about your friend. they say that gym equipment has some of the highest conentrations of germs compared to most of the stuff we come in contact w/ every day.
 
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mannyman

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When groups of friends congregate around the equipment/machines and do more talking that actual lifting. Then i go to ask how many sets they have left and they're like oh we've been done... Or when your trying to lift and they pile around the equipment your in the process of using and get in the way of your lift without paying any attention.

Also people who don't wipe down equipment as stated above, and arrogant pricks!!! You could be the biggest mother fucker in the gym, but if your a nice person who's easy to talk to and get along with your a hell of a lot bigger in my eyes! It takes a real man to have courtesy and respect!
 
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buster

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reply to: "You could be the biggest mother fucker in the gym, but if your a nice person who's easy to talk to and get along with your a hell of a lot bigger in my eyes! It takes a real man to have courtesy and respect!"

Much truth to that my friend.
 
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firetugg

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We have the Ex-Marine at our gym, now dont get me wrong I served also but there is a line not to cross. This guys got the tats, marine t shirts, and cap on everytime i see him there. Hes wears shorts with tan ( a$$ kickin ) 9 inch lace up boots which looks funny as hell on a guy six foot five. Our ex-marine has also apparently gone off the deep end or stopped taking his meds, he plays air guitar like theres no one there!
 
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