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Annoying Gym Rats Anonymous
So does anyone on /fit/ go to a gym that has a few guys who just annoy the hell out of you? I don't just mean the ones who walk with their arms way out to the sides because they think they're so fuckin' huge because they lift a lot.

At my gym we have this greasy little guy who likes to tell his friend (in a loud voice) "Oh I'm not lifting heavy today" then proceed to do his triceps extensions with a 90lb dumbbell, bench 230, then do curls at about 100, all the while looking around to make sure people are watching him.

Even all that wouldn't be that bad if he would at least wipe off the benches when he's done with them. He and his friend just leave curl bars out in the middle of the floor and put the dumbbells back completely out of order. It's kind of weird looking at the rack and seeing 30, 30, 35, 70, 40, 40, 60, 45, 70.
>> Anonymous
Yes, yes, god yes.
>> Anonymous
I don't bother anymore.
95% of people are idiots of have mental problems, so what do you expect?
If he got an inferiority complex, pity him, but don't be angry.
>> Anonymous
there's this ugly, gruesomely buff, bald (not shaven, BALD) mofo that always does his routine with a toothpick on his mouth.

and another one who moves benches and bars at his will, so he can see himself on two mirrors from different angles and then leaves them there.
>> Anonymous
There's this one arab motherfucker at my gym that annoys the piss out of me. When I'm doing barbell curls or dumbbell military presses I like to stand in front of the mirror to make sure my form is alright (this isn't hard as the walls are mostly completely mirrored). This sand-nigger will come near my bench, grab the dumbbells he was looking for, and stand DIRECTLY IN FRONT of my goddamn reflection. Sometimes he stands so close to people that he prevents them from being able to complete their exercises MID-SET.

Yelling at him causes him to go away, but it's so fucking consistent. He just doesn't bother to take weights to a reasonable place. Wherever he finds them, that's where he does them.
>> Anonymous
>>143446

He sounds very much like guys who grab their dumbbells and do their shrugs RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE RACK. It's my bad luck that they stand in front of the weights I need to get to as well.

Other annoying people include guys who have to hiss and moan on every rep. I don't mind hearing a little "rrr!" or "YAH!", but when you're going "HYaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" on each rep really loud, it's obvious you're doing it so people will look and hopefully be impressed.
>> Anonymous
I think you guys covered all that needs to be said. I concur.
>> Anonymous
i hate the guys that come in droves and all look like they're 'carrying groceries', as i like to call it [which is the arms-out-to-sides thing that OP talked about earlier] and then like three of them stand around and watch their buddy do bicep curls with too much weight while he screams and groans and yells
and they're ALWAYS loud and obnoxious.
>> Anonymous
There's none of this dickery at my gym, although every once and a while you'll get people who insist on using the gym as a social club and will hog machines. But that's a standard in all gyms.

No, the only thing that really stands out about mine is a strange phenomenon where everyone laughs way too loudly, no matter how bellowing or goofy it sounds.
>> Anonymous
>>143445
hating a guy b/c he is ugly is not much of a reason. he is probably trying to quit smoking, hence the tooth pick.

BUT I HATE FUCKERS WHO LOOK AT THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR ALL THE FUCKING TIME, SHIT DRIVES ME NUTS.To combat this irl troll make funny faces at him like he has stuff between his teeth, he will go ape shit if you can get at least 3 other people to do it. especially if he never see you walk in with them or talk to them.
>> Anonymous
I do all my working out at home now because I couldn't stand the kind of assholes that were at the gym near my house.
>> Anonymous
I hate this skinny faggot who gets chicks in the gym because i'm ronery.
>> Anonymous
I hate the old guys that still think they're athletes from high school. Its hard to describe, I just hate those fuckers so bad.
>> Anonymous
>>143504
THey wear their high school gym shorts?
>> Anonymous
>>143519
o shit i hate those couchy cutter shorts
>> Anonymous
HEALTH AND FITNESS
>> Anonymous
>>143445

Maybe he just uses the toothpick to calm himself or something? Either way, just don't look at his face or toothpick, because he doesn't seem that annoying if you're not paying attention to him.
>> Lil Dreamer !UYwMl8CsAs
ITT: Fags that can't mind their own business when in the gym.
>> Anonymous
Guys who do 5 reps on a machine, pace around checking out girls for 15 minutes, then do 5 more reps. It's distracting to see a sentry marching back and forth behind a row of girls on stationary bikes. Last week I had a guy pacing laps around me for at least 20 minutes. I ripped a wicked fart as he was walking past to send the message.
>> Anonymous
I hate this Ipod wearing mofo that sings way to loud and does air guitar solo's
>> Anonymous
People who see me squatting 430, then say "That's it? I can do 500 on the leg press."
>> Anonymous
apart from the guys that go in front of you while you're trying to check your form on the mirror or the ones that don't put the dumbells and weights back in place, i laughed when i saw a guy squeezing a zit in front of a mirror. lol

usually there's a guy or two who checks his hair in the mirror too.

also, there's a a trainer in the gym that's always around the girls trying to "help" them. the thing is that its ALWAYS the girls. it anoys the hell out of me, he's supposed to help EVERYONE.
>> Anonymous
>>143633
oh lol
>> Anonymous
>>143633

Ahah. Oh wow.
>> Anonymous
i <3 this thread
means i don't do any of these things

i hate the guys who leave barbells and dumbells just wherever they drop 'em, and the guys who leave barbells stacked to the hilt with massive amounts of weight in the squat rack and fuck off home. i can't squat 700lb, fucking put that shit away when you're done.

recently i've also come to hate my gym buddy, since he tries to flirt with chicks iin the machine room or cardio room (with little success, he's a sleazy prick), and constantly belittles my efforts by saying how close he is to lifting the same amount as me even though he's not. i benched 50Kg for five sets of ten(whatever, i'm little), then lowered it to 30Kg for him as he's smaller than me and has about 5 months less experience at lifting. the prick insisted i raise it to 40Kg because he's "not THAT weak" and ten he ust about dies after three fucking reps, and still has the cheek to say "oh yeah dude, i think i'm about a week behind you"

i've been going alone the past two weeks, which means i don't have a buddy to spot my bench, so its dumbells all the way. worth it? maybe. i don't see the point in picking p girls in the gym either, seems to me they're way more likely to have issues, though that could just be my excuse because i'm ronery too.
>> Anonymous
There is this old guy who always guzzels down a protein shake before hitting the gym... problem is he keeps blasting farts like there's no tomorrow. oh and lets not forget the filthy basterds that do cadio for a half houre without any deo on.
>> Anonymous
>>143681
I used to gym with my brother, but he's to busy with his girlfriend now so I just go alone. Gotta admit I get alot more then going solo then with him....altough it is a bit more boring.
>> Anonymous
HEY I WANT TO DO MY ONE REP MAX ON LEG PRESS AGAIN THIS WEEK

GET EVERY DISC IN THE GYM AND STICK IT ON

GRRARRRGGHHH OKAY I'M DONE

... DID WE FORGET ANYTHING? NO? K LET'S GO LOL

True story.
>> Anonymous
I have the best, the best, the best.

There's an OCD guy who goes to my gym here in Atlanta, he spends about 10 minutes at the common area paper towels and hand soap area collecting this huge, big roll of paper and squirting about 50 dollops of hand cleaner into it. Then he spends another 15 using that to wipe down a piece of equipment.

Not just the seat! But the tops, the weights themselves, the slides, everything. Meanwhile people are waiting on this asshole.

Finally he sits down, and spends another 5-10 minutes "getting ready" to do his first rep. Breathe in, breathe out, check your grip. Adjust your Ipod. Breathe again. Stretch. Re-adjust your grip.

FINALLY he does like 4 reps in quick, jerky succession, hops up off the piece, and starts blowing and huffing and swinging his arms around. Time for the next set, right?

Wrong, it's time for more paper towels and hand cleaner! This process is repeated for every set on every machine, he literally used a whole spool of paper towels out of the machine while I watched him.

I very much wanted to stomp his ass, but I just reported him to the management instead.
>> Anonymous
>>143710
hahaha oh wow
>> Anonymous
>>143710
hahaha he has all the characteristics of a phyco
>> Anonymous
>>143710
hahaha oh wow
>> Anonymous
>>143695
yeah i get more done alone too, but too often i get really tempted to ditch a set and hit the showers early.

in our gym you need a wristband to get into the weights room (you need to show that you're not gonna snap yourself basically) and my gym buddy hasn't done this or gotten a wristband, and every time he got kicked out he'd bitch and whine at me to come to the macine room with him. like he needs me to watch him do those shitty pec flyes or like i want to ditc the dumbell rack for a collection of machines i have to share with impatient half-hearted assholes.

i went AFTER i'd finished all my free weight sets in peace.
>> Anonymous
>>143446
who the fuck needs to look at the mirror to check if the form on their barbell curls is good. get out.
>> Free Pepsi !!iXxa+hO94Mg
>>143803

I hate these faggots. Curlmonkeys who just sit there and look at the mirror vainly while doing curls all day long.
>> Anonymous
i go to a hym in japan, and i see the assholes that hog the weight and mirrored section of the gym.

these guys and one woman are huge. thats fine, but theres one guy that walks around with his arms to the side like hes the commando Teddiz from Conkers bad fur day n64.
when i go to use the weights or the pull up bar in that area, they usually start looking at me cuz im smaller build than them. they're fine just that one guy is pretty up himself.

also, occasionally i see jr high or high schoolers. they come for their club activities.
but what i hate is that they mob around one of their friends, talk really loud, lift like 8 kg and then they flex to each other and all i hear is 'sugoi' and shit.
also, they roll one pant leg up to their knee.
what the fuck is the point of that?
>> Anonymous
>>144024
Maybe they plan on going for a bike ride after weight lifting...?
>> Anonymous
>>144024

Smaller build that Japanese people? That's pretty small
>> Anonymous
The ones I dislike, I wont say hate because they mostly just annoy me, are the ones that walk away from a piece of equipment they are "using" to talk to someone for ten minutes and then bitch about someone (usually me) taking it over when I've stood around for five minutes waiting for someone to show up to use it.

Dumbass: "Dude! I left my towel here!"
Me: "Yeah, at least 8 minutes ago, because I'm on my third set after waiting 5 minutes.
Dumbass: "Not cool, man!"
Gym Trainer: "Specially since you were over there talking to that woman for ten minutes easily, it's not cool of you at all."
>> Anonymous
>>143472
>Other annoying people include guys who have to hiss and moan on every rep. I don't mind hearing a little "rrr!" or "YAH!", but when you're going "HYaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" on each rep really loud, it's obvious you're doing it so people will look and hopefully be impressed.
Those guys are the worst
>>144024
>also, occasionally i see jr high or high schoolers. they come for their club activities.
but what i hate is that they mob around one of their friends, talk really loud, lift like 8 kg and then they flex to each other and all i hear is 'sugoi' and shit.
ah ah oh wow
>> Anonymous
doesnt bother me when i see those people because

a. i know i can outrun them by a million miles, and my legs are way bigger than theirs. while they are strong my speed and endurance will give me an advantage over them in basically any sport

b. they probably have tiny dicks or else they wouldnt need to work out to impress the ladies

c. most people that i know that work out and are huge like that are dumbass fuckups that are still gonna be pumping my gas in 20 years
>> Anonymous
i go to a small gym on campus so there aren't a lot of assholes but a lot of newbies. I'm tired of them copying everything I do. i dont really mind because you have to learn some way but every goddamn time i'm there there's another one.
>> Anonymous
>>143445
You hating on a bigger guy because he's ugly and has a toothpick in his mouth? I hope he smashes you one day.
>> Anonymous
>>143501
yeah how do they do that?