If your LA Fatness is anything like mine, there is no gym ediquette either. A kid walked under one side of the Smith machine I was Front Squatting on. He thought I was still resting and was apologetc but still aLmost smacked the top of his head.?!? He was rolling a DB and I so badly wanted to say, "If it is too heavy to carry back to the F'in rack, then its too heavy for you to lift little guy!?"
I was thinking, and you're right, bro.
At my gym, alot of people "
roll" the DB's rather than lift them to whatever bench or equipment they're working on.
I think it's hilarious that someone would roll weight around instead of picking it up.
You do know that "
lifting" the weight and setting it down is going to help build your grip strength over time, right?
Then you have people who walk right in to your sets, either right before you're getting ready to lift or when you leave to get a drink.
People either assume you're done or simply don't care.
I don't get any of that because most people think I'm a total asshole at my gym.
I'm the guy who doesn't talk, chat, say "
hi", whatever.......totally in to my own workout and ignore virtually everything else.
Most of the regulars are people I have nothing in common with and while I'm not rude to them, I don't go out of my way to be friendly with them.
I'm simply in there to get my sets and reps trying to stay within that hour, then hit the cardio and get the fuck out.
Most people don't re-rack their weight, either which makes
YOU look like a dick when you don't.
You can call me whatever you want according to my attitude, but I always re-rack......always.
There are alot of elderly and older people at my gym and I'll help them adjust equipment if they don't know how, things the staff should be doing.
I also will help women un-rack weight left from others if they can't lift it.
Sometimes that's all it takes to make someone's day, the little things.
DIV