I remember when i trained at a public gym, these 2 young kids used to come in and they had all the gear, you could have thought they were going compete in a professional powerlifting contest.
They proceeded to chalk up the bars, put on black "weightlifting boots" which looked like nazi memerobilia from ww2, then suits, just so they could do 1rm with 405. Not to mention having ATP belts which were thick enough to go from their waist to their pecs.
lost count of how many trousers iv got with white marks down the front from having to use chalked up bars after they finished with them.