things that pee you off in the gym?

bggb

the amount of cardio machines
people wearing ridiculouse clothing
someone that thinks its a good idea to do every exercise on the smith machine
the fact the is only one bench press
the lack of a squat rack
people that take 10 minuite resting sitting on a bench
people changing the attatchments and not puttin em back
people training in groups
people using momentum to move the weights
grunting
people using benches to leave there towels on
people looking at themselves in the mirror
people doing half reps for all there sets ( move aside and let some one else on who is guna train properly)
people that dont wash there gym clothes
people leaving sweaty arse marks on the equipment

i think thats bout it

Wendy

been to where i train then!!!! Been promised from day one on new equipment..18months later.... new cardio machines in the last few weeks. oh and one half of the cable cross over has been broke for 5 or 6 weeks now.. and only 5 benches, so chest flyes are limited for everyone.. oh and STILL no staff to spot .. friend of mine is maintenance guy and he spotted me on sunday whilst working!!! Il stop there.. its Christmas!!!

shaking

The scales have now been replaced with a more hi tech model of which the downside is it now costs 20p for each use of them.

jonnymc

Things that's been listed before:-
- Dumbbells being left out
- Young lads working out in groups, taking the p*ss. (im only 21 but still train sensibly)

Well, i s'ppose there is pne more thing.... IT REALLY ANNOYS ME!

- Theres this one OLD fella, think he would no better like...
Struts it, golds gym bottoms on, golds gym vest or tshirt..... you would think he was carrying TWO fridges under his arm as he went from machine to machine chewing his tangerine!. Puts the machine on MAX and uses every single muscle in his body to lift it or push it, and he looks absoluetly rediculous! and he doesnt even do one full rep, everything is just jumping up or down with a weight!

GRRRRRRR just thinking of him, annoyes me!

miss universe 89

old ladies having full scale conversations while you are trying to get onto the machines, not good when you try to supa set!!!!!!

Mattious

Yes, I also hate this. Theres a bunch of lads who train together where I go at about 7 each night so I try to avoid going then. It makes it worse as theres only 1 barbell bench where I train and if there on this all 6 of them will do there reps/sets one after another.

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andyboro

new gym for me now.... and a new set of gripes already - and its only been a week!

definitely the dumbbells one - there is usually more on the floor than there is in the stands!

and the worst one of all - STARING!! I absolutely hate standing there with some skinny dweeb stopping what hes doing to stare - it was so bad yesterday that i actually thought i was in his way until i asked and he just shuffled off... oddly, doesnt annoy me when a woman does it - cant figure out why though hehe.

nah but really, i appreciate that with being a bit bigger than average may bring the odd look - but to stand and stare is just plain rude.

im a bit of a self-consious wuss... can you tell? lol.

lushis

poses and perv .lol

Scan

Ok here goes:

- People that really stink. I'm not talking about sweating but the kind of people who have not showered for 2 days don't wear deodorant and you can smell as soon as you enter the gym!

- People who use the squat rack for biceps curls or other random exercises they could clearly be doing elsewhere.

- People who read the newspaper on the treadmill!

- People dressed in MMA gear who think they own the gym and prance around doing all sorts of random sh1t and there best Karate Kid impersonations in front of the mirror. They WANT people to know they are HARD

- People that spend half an hour on the same piece of equipment - if you are on it that long your not training hard enough!

- Smug gym instructors who get beginners to do all sorts of crazy exercises with kettle bells medicine balls etc when they can barley even lift their arms just to show off to them.

- Random people who try to correct your technique, I don't have to explain why I am doing an exercise this way to you... I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU!

- People who sweat over every thing and don't wipe it off.

- One of the personal trainers massaging a guys arm for 20minutes on the preacher curl machine!! What the fu%k!!


I'm sure there is a lot more but I probably already sound like a proper grump so will leave it there

ross_lionheart

Most people who train to be an instructor take part in a short 4 day course that focuses on theory rather than practical. I've recently taken part in a gym instructor course and the others in the class had never been in a gym, in fact most of them were very out of shape. Can anyone say 50 inch waist??

I find it very irritating that most of them actually have the nerve to go into the gym instructing people and preaching about health and fitness when they don’t actually practice what they preach. And the best of it is most of them are actually employed in the fitness industry, instructing people and giving them advise on exercise, when they don’t even know what they are talking about....THEY GIVE PEOPLE ADVISE ON DIETING WHEN THEY ARE OBESE!

What really irritate me are people who claim to be natural who are in fact obviously using gear. The gym I train in is full of them, one month they are inflated and the next they are deflated!