>Go to use bench
>it's near new years/ holidays so gym is full of douchebags
>all 3 benches taken
>bench 1 is 4 teenage kids wearing their high school sweatshirts, occasionally one of them will do a couple bench but they're mostly all on their phones
>bench 2, a guy has racked 2 45s and a 25 on both sides over 10 mins ago and has made no attempt to lift it. Currently talking on the phone.
>bench 3 is a couple of dudes doing extremely slow, low rep, low weight sets with a lot of yawning and chat in between
Best part is when bench 2 guy finally gets off the phone he lifts it off and immediately puts it back realizing it's too much. He didn't even warm up and probably hasn't worked out in years. He got red in the face and left the gym completely. How do you deal with the holiday crowds /fit/?
>>35434762
Join a 24/7 gym
Go there at ungodly hours
>>35434816
It is a 24 hour gym, this was at around 11:30. Shit doesn't clear out until around 2 am and starts getting crowded again by 5 am.
>>35434762
I visit very cheap unkown gym with full equipment I dont know what crowd of NYR is
My shitty Uni gym better be clear of the NYR fags when I get back. It's the worst fucking gym on planet earth at the best of times.
>ONE fucking barbell.
>Only one general purpose power rack. No dedicated squat rack or bench station.
>3 free benches.
>Free weights have no fucking order to them just stacked randomly. A 45 will be next to a 10 and the other 45 will be across the gym next to a 17.5.
>Tiny free weights section that only has mirrors next to the power rack. So while you're trying to squat you've got some faggot doing lat raises basically up your asshole thinking it's okay.
>Plates all have massive chunks ripped out of them making them uneven. Good luck trying to hit your maxes when the bar is wobbling all over the fucking place because it's not balanced.
>Floor isn't reinforced so you get told off for deadlifting over 2pl8. So you're forced to FUCKING DEADLIFT STEALTHILY.
I'm close to losing my temper with that gym and having a full autistic meltdown.
>>35434762
nice gloves, do you moisturise as well?
>>35435052
>only one general purpose power rack.
Goddamn this is such a pain in the ass. I had the same problem at my college and have the same problem at my gym now. In high school our gym was all barbells, plates and general purpose stations I don't get why every gym doesn't have a dozen general powerlift stations with barbells and plates instead of every nautilus machine ever invented and 18 racks of dumbells.
>>35434762
>"Hey, how many more sets do you/you guys have?"
>"Can I jump in?"
Literally that easy.
>>35435151
>>35435052
>not going to asu
Idk about most other college gyms but god damn ours is fucking great.
>2 cardio rooms to keep those fags isolated
>like 8 squanch rooms or whatever its called to keep those fags isolated
>4 basketball courts to keep those fags isolated
>massive free weight and machine room, has anything you can think off
>great oly room, 4 platforms, bumpers, couple squat cages (lol who needs a cage) and a bunch of other shit
>pool outside to show off gains to all the fine ASUettes and work on your cardio.
Even a turbo-autist like myself gets vaginal attention at that school. Its great
>>35435219
It sounds like you just described the exact same bullshit in every university gym that we're complaining about. Tons of cardio equipment, nautilus machines and dumbells and barely any barbell/plate stations. The cage thing you're talking about is a smith machine and is to prevent the mentally handicapped from injuring themselves.
>>35435052
>Plates all have massive chunks ripped out of them making them uneven.
How does that even happen
>>35435209
and be some dweeb puppy begging permission from some faggots or underage kids to use equipment they are using as a couch to tweet out "lifting weights at the gym strongarmemoji #healthy #newyearsresolution" ?
I don't think so faggot, I'll just stand a few feet away glaring until they pick up the pace or get the fuck gone.
>>35435641
They must have those huge rubbery plates for clean and jerks so they can slam them on the ground without doing damage, somehow they get chunks torn out occasionally. No one knows how.
>>35435662
You mean plates like these? My gym has them and I can't imagine chunks getting torn away without help of some industrial cutting machines. They must have many years behind them if they start to lose weight.
>>35435696
>>35435696
I think he may refer to pic related, where the stuff on the sides chip off after grabbing them for a while.
>mind if I work in?
It ain't hard, nigga
>>35434816
NEET detected.
>>35437117
These break off all the time at my gym
>How do you deal with the holiday crowds /fit/?
I don't have to because I enjoy my state of the art home gym
>>35435052
holy fuck anon i dont know how you even deal with that shite. surely you could talk to your universeties board or whatever to organize some.sort of fundraiser shit for better equipment.
My gym is incredible. I can't believe it sometimes.
24/7
-cheap
-great selection of machines/weights, literally all you could ask for, even cardio
- separate section for ladies (just to mention)
- NEVER crowded (in fact almost empty most of the time)
It's not even in a remote desert area or anything, but rather central city. There must be something terribly wrong I never noticed, or everyone in my city is lazy af.
>Not lifting in a strength sports club in the outskirts of town while having lots of big gym chains in centrum to attract the resolutioners
I'm a social autist so I workout at home in my garage
usually in my underpants
>>35437267
Because those are just rubber coated and NYR's think they look cool. They aren't true bumper plates.
>>35435219
>asu
>Even a turbo-autist like myself gets vaginal attention at that school.
Thats cuz its ASU... isnt that the biggest uni for whores and porn?
>>35435643
You can't even get people to move it doing what that anon told you to, can you?
Confirmed for nopresence
>>35434762
>Go to the gym
>The New Years resolutioners are all attracted to the dumbbell section and machines
>None of them anywhere near the power cage
>Literally do my entire work out while holed up there
This is the real Safe Space
>>35437567
Mojo knows what's up.
>>35435219
I don't want to go to a school with an 80% acceptance rate
>>35437179
>NEET
>going outside
What?
>>35437547
nah my method works just fine and I don't have to deal with some faggot wanting to re-adjust the wait after each set
>>35437179
I'm in Uni and go at late times 1am-6am when i dont have lectures in the morning
>>35437567
Lmao look at that fuckin monkey
>>35440232
he's so smug!!
>>35434762
>yawning between their sets
disgusting
>normal gym is closed till 5th of jan
>go to a 24 no contract commercial gym temporarily.
>Squat lmao3.5pl8
>new years res looks at you as if you've just walked on the sun or spoke to jesus or something
>Do power cleans
>Everyone staring and flinching.
Jesus christ are commercial gyms this usually this pathetic or is it due to NYR?
>>35437567
>The New Years resolutioners are all attracted to the dumbbell section and machines
>One of them is doing kettlebell workouts in the power cage
>mfw
>>35440313
I can do a 3pl8 too and I always like watching other people lift heavy, too,, get over yourself
Went to my golds gym around 11 today expecting it to be packed since they close at 4pm today. Was pretty empty. Only the regulars were there today and a couple of people I've seen when I've gone late at night
