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in the last few years, i can't count the number of times people have almost run into me while i was doing a set... a few examples:
- im doing lateral raises in front of the db rack (no other choice as its kind of cramped). someone darts in, literally dodging my arms to grab a dumbbell
- the "captains chair" is set in a somewhat narrow passage in my gym, so when your legs swing out it blocks the way. people can see this passage approaching from 30 ft away. they can see someone doing a set. yet time after time, instead of going around or waiting for the set to end, they look up from their smartphone in the last 5 steps and choose to dodge past like theyre playing an old nintendo platformer.
- one of the squat rack is also in a narrow passage, same deal as the captains chair. again, people routinely choose to dodge past you in between reps and wait, huffing and puffing for their opportunity...
Is the general populations pathing skill degrading? does alzheimers start in ones 20s now? are we (d)evolving into an insect-like hive mob?
anyone have similar experience?
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Join a roomier gym.
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In answer to the thread title.......YES !! :(
Bunch of fucking imbeciles in todays gyms,and that`s me being really nice about it. :D
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Bro...
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in the last few years, i can't count the number of times people have almost run into me while i was doing a set... a few examples:
- im doing lateral raises in front of the db rack (no other choice as its kind of cramped). someone darts in, literally dodging my arms to grab a dumbbell
- the "captains chair" is set in a somewhat narrow passage in my gym, so when your legs swing out it blocks the way. people can see this passage approaching from 30 ft away. they can see someone doing a set. yet time after time, instead of going around or waiting for the set to end, they look up from their smartphone in the last 5 steps and choose to dodge past like theyre playing an old nintendo platformer.
- one of the squat rack is also in a narrow passage, same deal as the captains chair. again, people routinely choose to dodge past you in between reps and wait, huffing and puffing for their opportunity...
Is the general populations pathing skill degrading? does alzheimers start in ones 20s now? are we (d)evolving into an insect-like hive mob?
anyone have similar experience?
I would do the same thing to you. Get the fuck back a few feet.
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I would do the same thing to you. Get the fuck back a few feet.
Just wait a minute or two until he finishes the set
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The jumping-jack shadow-boxers kill me, LOL.
What a bunch of maroons. Then they try to give people the stink-eye, even funnier! ::)
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Yes
I fucking detest 99% of the people in gym I go to
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There is one of these in the gym, there are young teens who can spend 45 minutes on it and just do multiple sets of things they could do with a pair of dumbbells
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There is one of these in the gym, there are young teens who can spend 45 minutes on it and just do multiple sets of things they could do with a pair of dumbbells
They the same here mate we got 3 of those and 2 of the regular cable crossovers as well as 2 fixed height cable crossover machines and some nights they all busy. I’d ban those groups of irritating teenage pricks if I owned a gym.
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Haven't stepped in a gym after 6am in years.
Completely different crowd in that timeslot.
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They the same here mate we got 3 of those and 2 of the regular cable crossovers as well as 2 fixed height cable crossover machines and some nights they all busy. I’d ban those groups of irritating teenage pricks if I owned a gym.
I had a check in with prep guy today and a kid was using it right in front of the same mirrior I use every week to judge my changes
He had been on it for over half an hour and had done 6 sets
I started posing and he just stood in front of the mirror staring right at me, I just said "Go and stand over there for 5 minutes"
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I still remember the retard who was staring at the 0.5kg plates I was using to break through a plateau and giggling to himself.
The retard who was doing pushups in front of the gym's only squat rack.
The retard who knocked my jar with the chalk off the bench, covering half the dumbell area in chalk dust.
I could go on.
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I had a check in with prep guy today and a kid was using it right in front of the same mirrior I use every week to judge my changes
He had been on it for over half an hour and had done 6 sets
I started posing and he just stood in front of the mirror staring right at me, I just said "Go and stand over there for 5 minutes"
Hahaha thats great
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in the last few years, i can't count the number of times people have almost run into me while i was doing a set... a few examples:
- im doing lateral raises in front of the db rack (no other choice as its kind of cramped). someone darts in, literally dodging my arms to grab a dumbbell
- the "captains chair" is set in a somewhat narrow passage in my gym, so when your legs swing out it blocks the way. people can see this passage approaching from 30 ft away. they can see someone doing a set. yet time after time, instead of going around or waiting for the set to end, they look up from their smartphone in the last 5 steps and choose to dodge past like theyre playing an old nintendo platformer.
- one of the squat rack is also in a narrow passage, same deal as the captains chair. again, people routinely choose to dodge past you in between reps and wait, huffing and puffing for their opportunity...
Is the general populations pathing skill degrading? does alzheimers start in ones 20s now? are we (d)evolving into an insect-like hive mob?
anyone have similar experience?
Some people just have poor spatial awareness. Not just in gyms but everywhere especially in crowded areas.
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I had a check in with prep guy today and a kid was using it right in front of the same mirrior I use every week to judge my changes
He had been on it for over half an hour and had done 6 sets
I started posing and he just stood in front of the mirror staring right at me, I just said "Go and stand over there for 5 minutes"
Legit LOL ;D
Todays gyms are inhabited by a bunch of fucking morons.
Why back in my day..................... ... LOL :D
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There is one of these in the gym, there are young teens who can spend 45 minutes on it and just do multiple sets of things they could do with a pair of dumbbells
Holy shit my gyms the same! Idiots doing endless sets of wank "back" excercises then running in to the changing room to check their "lat pumps" in the mirror then back out for more punishing torturous sets. Guaranteed if the gym had 10 mini crossover stations they'd all be constantly occupied.
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Guy told me twice he's started going to the gym so I figure ok he wants to talk about this. Asked him what exercises he does. Swiss ball crunches and 3 kinds of curls. Ok well don't overdo it.
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I would do the same thing to you. Get the fuck back a few feet.
haha fair enough, its a pretty small gym tho. wherever you go you aren't too far away from a rack, machine, etc.
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Haven't stepped in a gym after 6am in years.
Completely different crowd in that timeslot.
nice ray! early riser gets the pump
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The machines I can see your point. Management place it there so not a lot you can do.
The dumbell rack one you might need to find a different solution.
I’ve had dudes stand right in front of the rack and generally it’s in front of the most commonly used area of the rack. I have ducked in front during their set to make the point they are in the way. There is no reason they couldn’t stand in front of the heaviest section of the rack which nobody uses.
If the gym is as bad size wise as you make it sound, change gyms.
the other gym near my apartment, LA fitness, opened a year back. i went in there on a day pass once or twice... absolutely horridly equipped, utterly braindead machine/squat rack/equipment selection. not one bathroom in the entire place, i shit you not! and yet the kids flock there bc i guess its the cool place to be.
my gym is actually a bit of a diamond in the rough. although small, its very well equipped. there are six squat racks, and this place is half the size of LA fitness, which has two! it's not crowded, either--this stuff happens when the place is almost completely empty, lol.
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The squat rack is the worst. Can't believe I had to tell people to stop doing burpees or even standing on a fucking balance board right next to my bar.
One day, there was a retard jump roping by the dummbell rack with a weighted jump rope. I had to explain to him he needed to find another place or he would crack someone's skull open with that shit.
I don't know how I managed to stay calm and polite with these tards.
Some people really seem to leave their brain in the locker-room, I could see in their eyes they had NO IDEA of the danger they posed to other gym members.
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Sounds like public gyms have gone to shit
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Saw a chick doing cable tricep push downs barefoot today, I mean I understand squatting barefoot (I do) and put my shoes back on immediately after I finish the squats portion of my leg routine, but what the fuck would be the point of doing tricep push downs barefoot??
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Some of my commercial gym aggravations.
1. People using machines for chairs doing a set every five minutes then looking at their phones.
2. People using dumbbells right in front of the rack so you get to the dumbbells you want.
3. People that leave plates on machines.
4. Curling in the squat rack.
5. Singing unintelligible lyrics while wearing head sets. The yips and moans to the song makes them sound special ed.
6. Slamming plates on sectorized machines.
7. Guys grabbing the huge dumbbells doing a partial range of motion then throwing the dumbbells on the ground.
8. People that talk to me when I'm running on a treadmill while they are walking. I got so aggravated with this I would run on the treadmill with shades on to discourage people from talking to me. If I was taking a casual stroll on it okay but when I'm running hard doing intervals it's balls to the wall.
9. Teenagers doing the latest whiz bang workout from an app that take four sets of dumbbells to do their circuit with their four friends.
10. Shadow boxers between sets. What the fuck? It's not even real shadow boxing. It's fighting invisible ghost while standing in place between sets.
11.Asking a guy for a spot and then he pulls up on the bar with about 40lbs of force. Guy, I just want you there in case I fail. It's not a group lift.
12. I avoid the locker rooms. I come dressed to workout and leave in the same clothes. The locker room of my last gym had a shady reputation. Saw a guy come out and grab a 45lb plate threatening to cave another guy's head in. When it cooled down I asked him, what was that about? He said, He came on to me in the locker room. The whole situation was entertaining.
13. Guys that won't let you work in on a machine. Guy you're doing 8 sets. I'm not waiting.
Don't get me wrong. The last commercial gym I worked out in had a great atmosphere over all with a ton of great guys and girls working out. It was a friendly place to work out.
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Instagram and tiktok generation is like cancer. Slowly destroying the essence of everything they touch. They turned the gyms into circuses.
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There is one of these in the gym, there are young teens who can spend 45 minutes on it and just do multiple sets of things they could do with a pair of dumbbells
Old guys love these stupid things as well. A couple of guys flap their arms like wings while using this thing.
Hilarious ::)
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the other gym near my apartment, LA fitness, opened a year back. i went in there on a day pass once or twice... absolutely horridly equipped, utterly braindead machine/squat rack/equipment selection. not one bathroom in the entire place, i shit you not! and yet the kids flock there bc i guess its the cool place to be.
my gym is actually a bit of a diamond in the rough. although small, its very well equipped. there are six squat racks, and this place is half the size of LA fitness, which has two! it's not crowded, either--this stuff happens when the place is almost completely empty, lol.
you think they would be obligated to provide toilets as part of the condition of opening..
If there are no bathrooms "I shit you not" ;D
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Saw a guy come out and grab a 45lb plate threatening to cave another guy's head in. When it cooled down I asked him, what was that about? He said, He came on to me in the locker room. The whole situation was entertaining.
LOL. No doubt with the brown paper bags in hand.
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I had a kid dropping the 50's from the outstretched position on incline flyes at sets end.
The bell landed 1 foot away from my foot.
I asked him nicely not to do that, he was nice and apologized and never seen him do it again.
Some folks can and will learn, while majority are fukktardz and do not care...
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the gym I used to go to is really crammed, they have so much equipment and are constantly getting new stuff. pretty soon there won't be any room for people.
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you think they would be obligated to provide toilets as part of the condition of opening..
If there are no bathrooms "I shit you not" ;D
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Actually, youre right. I remember now there are two, one for male and female, single occupancy. This gym is two stories, and probably has 100+ people at any given time.
I was shocked when i walked into the locker room and didnt see a bathroom... i think thats a first lol.
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I've seen too much stupidity in my 30+ years in gyms. Most recently I'm dealing with old women who are pests and just take up space at Busy Body. EOS is opening soon, looking forward to a change.
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Actually, youre right. I remember now there are two, one for male and female, single occupancy. This gym is two stories, and probably has 100+ people at any given time.
I was shocked when i walked into the locker room and didnt see a bathroom... i think thats a first lol.
Should have took a piss in the corner while the toilet occupied and just said you were desperate what the fuck was I supposed to do
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in the last few years, i can't count the number of times people have almost run into me while i was doing a set... a few examples:
- im doing lateral raises in front of the db rack (no other choice as its kind of cramped). someone darts in, literally dodging my arms to grab a dumbbell
- the "captains chair" is set in a somewhat narrow passage in my gym, so when your legs swing out it blocks the way. people can see this passage approaching from 30 ft away. they can see someone doing a set. yet time after time, instead of going around or waiting for the set to end, they look up from their smartphone in the last 5 steps and choose to dodge past like theyre playing an old nintendo platformer.
- one of the squat rack is also in a narrow passage, same deal as the captains chair. again, people routinely choose to dodge past you in between reps and wait, huffing and puffing for their opportunity...
Is the general populations pathing skill degrading? does alzheimers start in ones 20s now? are we (d)evolving into an insect-like hive mob?
anyone have similar experience?
You just aren't speaking the millenials language. If you want space just set up a tripod to film yourself lifting. Then they'll give you room, because they understand the need for "likes" etc. ;D
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Gayer than using the "captains chair"
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I went to a gym in Vegas that was in northwest part but it was never "packed" - when it did get busy their would at least be some females in there so that shit cancels out any bitchass dudes and whatnot
In North Carolina tho - I catch civil charges for 'communicating threats' have to go to court to pay some asshole cash so I can go back to fckn work -
THE SAME SHIT IN THE GYM - I figured it was people ffckn with me so I just pull my hat down like a race horse blinder , I work my hardest in the darkness of my hat - fckn all the nancies around you
remember you pay to be there just like they do - just because you're bigger doesnt mean you have to help these asshole for free - be a man like I was at that age and approach another man - fckn they shit everywhere , attention
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I went to a gym in Vegas that was in northwest part but it was never "packed" - when it did get busy their would at least be some females in there so that shit cancels out any bitchass dudes and whatnot
In North Carolina tho - I catch civil charges for 'communicating threats' have to go to court to pay some asshole cash so I can go back to fckn work -
THE SAME SHIT IN THE GYM - I figured it was people ffckn with me so I just pull my hat down like a race horse blinder , I work my hardest in the darkness of my hat - fckn all the nancies around you
remember you pay to be there just like they do - just because you're bigger doesnt mean you have to help these asshole for free - be a man like I was at that age and approach another man - fckn they shit everywhere , attention
Cool shit, dawg. I feel ya boi. Fckin all the nancies, catchin' charges, working under the darkness of yo hat n' shit. Some time it do be like that.
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Cool shit, dawg. I feel ya boi. Fckin all the nancies, catchin' charges, working under the darkness of yo hat n' shit. Some time it do be like that.
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I down go to th gym to make friends
I have a CSCS ( look that up brah - I know it doesn't matter in you expert circle - but step into a NCAA facility or NFL weight room without one .....)
Im about to compete soon - I could care less if its cool to talk in the gym now
the big dudes before me had their hats pulled down too - while you talk and stare at women all day Im doing work
its a black tactical hat - I train around rednecks and fake hardasses - I know a good place when Im there - I worked at the PI some in Vegas - the fighters never stared at me working out and acted all toughass there ? no one talked shit or walked in front of people all hardcore in Vegas ? I met a lot of people there too ....been in NC for 2 years haven't met anyone except the ones who knew em before I left
this whole thing started when one of my tires was popped one day WHILE I was working out - I bought a new tire and that hat in the same day - Ive went form 242 to 260 in a year
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At my gym all of the squat racks are now occupied by chicks doing hip raises with their bodies perpendicular to the bench and the bar laying across their hips. Then they thrust up. They’ll spend an entire hour doing this shit. It would be one thing if these chicks were hot but most are fat obese cows. The worst is they film each other doing it.
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Our resident retard upped his game. Always had full facemask, now he added gun-range goggles. (Afraid of new RONA maybe)??
Runs around barefoot, shadow boxing, jumping in place, mean-mugging. ???
Uses a 20 lb. d-bell for 2-hand pullovers, and 85 lbs on the bench-press. My 110 lb. wife uses much more weight than this clown, and she's 56 yrs old. This kid is mid 20's I would guess.
All the older folks are scared he's going to shoot the place up... ::)
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Our resident retard upped his game. Always had full facemask, now he added gun-range goggles. (Afraid of new RONA maybe)??
Runs around barefoot, shadow boxing, jumping in place, mean-mugging. ???
Uses a 20 lb. d-bell for 2-hand pullovers, and 85 lbs on the bench-press. My 110 lb. wife uses much more weight than this clown, and she's 56 yrs old. This kid is mid 20's I would guess.
All the older folks are scared he's going to shoot the place up... ::)
Definitely a nutjob.
Watch your back.
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Pull his goggles forward and let them snap back.
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in the last few years, i can't count the number of times people have almost run into me while i was doing a set... a few examples:
- im doing lateral raises in front of the db rack (no other choice as its kind of cramped). someone darts in, literally dodging my arms to grab a dumbbell
- the "captains chair" is set in a somewhat narrow passage in my gym, so when your legs swing out it blocks the way. people can see this passage approaching from 30 ft away. they can see someone doing a set. yet time after time, instead of going around or waiting for the set to end, they look up from their smartphone in the last 5 steps and choose to dodge past like theyre playing an old nintendo platformer.
- one of the squat rack is also in a narrow passage, same deal as the captains chair. again, people routinely choose to dodge past you in between reps and wait, huffing and puffing for their opportunity...
Is the general populations pathing skill degrading? does alzheimers start in ones 20s now? are we (d)evolving into an insect-like hive mob?
anyone have similar experience?
Just cough on them since covid works a treat and getting your personal space back.
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Our resident retard upped his game. Always had full facemask, now he added gun-range goggles. (Afraid of new RONA maybe)??
Runs around barefoot, shadow boxing, jumping in place, mean-mugging. ???
Uses a 20 lb. d-bell for 2-hand pullovers, and 85 lbs on the bench-press. My 110 lb. wife uses much more weight than this clown, and she's 56 yrs old. This kid is mid 20's I would guess.
All the older folks are scared he's going to shoot the place up... ::)
:D
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At my gym all of the squat racks are now occupied by chicks doing hip raises with their bodies perpendicular to the bench and the bar laying across their hips. Then they thrust up. They’ll spend an entire hour doing this shit. It would be one thing if these chicks were hot but most are fat obese cows. The worst is they film each other doing it.
Yeah I hate that shit with all those broads doing that when I'm trying use the squat rack for curls.
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Only coomers and Broccoli-heads go to the gym nowadays.
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I've seen too much stupidity in my 30+ years in gyms. Most recently I'm dealing with old women who are pests and just take up space at Busy Body. EOS is opening soon, looking forward to a change.
The old people can be annoying, just go to talk...
They stand around in peoples way in middle of the gym, or taking up a bench by surrounding it & talking for 20 mins a whack, etc...
I like most of them, but some are annoying kvnts...
I have headphones on, and this one guy will come up yapping to the side of my head, even while im straining during a set, real odd duck...
No one likes the clown... I hear other geezers shitting on him... Bald fukk... 8)
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I mean that is just what you get in a regular commercial gym. If you want to seriously train without the crazies go when it is empty join a specialty gym or have your own gym. But if you want to flex for your gym crush in a string tank top during the 6pm after work rush some idiots hogging all the best equipment is the price you are going to pay.
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Yes.
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The old people can be annoying, just go to talk...
They stand around in peoples way in middle of the gym, or taking up a bench by surrounding it & talking for 20 mins a whack, etc...
I like most of them, but some are annoying kvnts...
I have headphones on, and this one guy will come up yapping to the side of my head, even while im straining during a set, real odd duck...
No one likes the clown... I hear other geezers shitting on him... Bald fukk... 8)
VERY TRUE! There are a lot of old people at my gym, actually. They seem completely lost. You get up for a moment to rack a set of dumbbells and they charge right in and sit on your bench!
Not to mention, WTF ARE THESE WORKOUTS? From the guy doing 2-inch rom underhand lat pulldowns with 30 lbs, to the guy on cable machine doing as yet un-named and utterly incomprehensible motions, to woman supersetting squats and dumbbell curls (????) with the same weight (????????)... i mean, i know google is not exactly boomer friendly, but still, i can't fathom what is going thru these peoples' heads. did they just think to do the first thing that came to mind and never pause even one moment to ask "hmm i wonder why all these fit people aren't doing anything remotely similar to this shit i just thought up?"
not that i am bagging on them out of prejudice... there are a few older people doing legit workouts and in impressive shape for their age. but by and large their workouts make zero sense. i'm reminded of ye-olde-days when girls did pink-dumbbell "toning" circuits because they "didn't want to get get bulky" ::) ::) ::)
I mean that is just what you get in a regular commercial gym. If you want to seriously train without the crazies go when it is empty join a specialty gym or have your own gym. But if you want to flex for your gym crush in a string tank top during the 6pm after work rush some idiots hogging all the best equipment is the price you are going to pay.
well put bhanks! i agree.
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I mean that is just what you get in a regular commercial gym. If you want to seriously train without the crazies go when it is empty join a specialty gym or have your own gym. But if you want to flex for your gym crush in a string tank top during the 6pm after work rush some idiots hogging all the best equipment is the price you are going to pay.
Says the guy flexing his arm at a football game