ITT: Things at your gym your tired of seeing
Groups of guys just starting taking up squat rack and bench press and other equipment and being a shit show of mediocrity.
Groups of girls all over the floor doing 30 second plankswith 2 hour talk breaks
Frat boys. "Two plates bro" quarter squat.
University is den of gain goblers . can't keep a fucking routine because a new person is getting in my way every fucking day. I'm a pillar of salty butt hurt. Fuck this place
>>36040480
I havent actually seen frat boys trying to show off with shitty lightweight half squats
The frat boys just dont even do squats at my school.
why do girls hug for like 5 minutes at a time in the squat rack
i just want to squat ;_;
people that use 3 pairs of the most common dumbbell sizes for some idiotic routine and don't offer to let you work in
>>36040575
My uni is in the middle of no where. Working out is one of the few things to do here
>>36040480
>People trying to talk to me while I'm in the gym.
Fuck my small-ass liberal arts college.
>>36040480
I go to two gyms. 24 Hour Fitness, and my University gym.
>24 Hour
everyone minds their own business, and nothing crazy happens, but there are a few odd ball characters.
>school gym
loud manlets that yell across the gym because nobody would notice them otherwise, frat bros that literally don't lift anything, and strut around the gym hitting on girls in yoga pants that are only there to get fucked
just half-squats and quarter-squats in general
literally damaging ACL and PCL while sacrificing gains
OP HERE again
. Machines take up space that could be used for real equipment but beause everyone is to afraid of real fitness and loves quick easy fitness there arent enough racks to go around. In the morning rotc is on racks, middle day sports, evening everyone and their damn mother. Sick of machines. I want to go to a real gym.
>>36040717
Talking about machines, people who have bad form on motherfucking machines triggers me.
My first gym bro who was an unaware dyel that couldnt even bench 1pl8 would have shit form on most machines. One that comes to mind is pic related. His back would come completely off the seat and he would do anything to get those reps out, such as using momentum from leaning forward to get that weight up. Then he'd move the weight up because it was "too easy".
Never had it in me to tell him he had shit form on lots of exercises. He did half squats, did 1/4 ROM curls, and all that jazz. I didn't have the heart to tell him he was not gonna make good gains, cause he has been lifting longer than me and that would be extremely discouraging to him.
Passed him up in all the main lifts already, such is life.
>>36040794
forgot pic
>>36040794
>doing chest flyes on a machine locked into place for back flyes
I just don't fucking get it
>>36040480
People with shitty form, people that lift weight waaay beyond what they can handle and those crossfit faggets
Post wall bimbo with tank top, stomach exposed, over tight pants, long loose hair, bucket of make up, having all the guys beta orbit her. Hugs, laughs, jokes, literally follow her around the gym. She isn't out of shape, but attention whore she is much.
>>36040717
This. The gym I go to only has one squat rack, but there would be room for another one if they got rid of 2 treadmills, and one of the cable stations. My gym seriously has three cable stations but only one squat rack.
>>36040480
i dont know why but i hate this fat chick in my gym who does this wierd circuit training routine. i see her maybe once a month and she makes no progress at all and has the face of one of those chicks that think shes 'harcore' because she lifts weight
>>36040480
machines
People who do silly shit that doesnt make sense...and generally just waste other peoples time by getting in the way like pic related
>>36040599
I live downtown in a huge city, and people still do this shit all the time. I came here alone because I work out best by myself, damnit.
>>36041601
What is weird in this picture? He's just doing cable preacher curls?
>>36041601
I mean, i get why this is silly, but it's still plenty effective. Not sure why he didn't just go get some DB's and do it, but whatever. Using up a preacher bench and a machine isn't a huge deal if the gym is empty enough.
Other NYR lifters (im one) who are as small as me but lift like 50% more because of doing half ROMs and various maneuvers to get momentum for whatever exercise they're doing.. anything to not work out the right muscles that the exercise is there for.
i better surpass them soon or that'll be so depressing
>small town gym, 3 barbells total, and one thin barbell that fucking kills to squat with
>1 is in the power cage at all times
>1 is on the bench press at all times
>1 is fresh and new, used for the DL area
>frat boy pair with snap backs
>takes cage bar and take it to core area (a matt with some ab wheel/sit up locks etc)
>sticks the bar in the corner and loads up 3pl8
>T-bar rows
>for 30 minutes
>this is their first and last exercise beyond the occasional curl/delt raise
>they finish
>leave the bar there, loaded, miles from where it should be
Every Wednesday night.
>>36041601
A lot of those machines actually have instructions on how to curl with them written on the machine itself.
>Shitty pl8 math
Not like a 20 kg with two 10 kg plates on each side, that I can deal with. Four 5 kg plates on each side? Not on.
>Messing up the sets of bumper plates
Kind of ties into the first thing. At my gym there are three squat racks, each with their own set of bumpers. Every time, some fuckwit will come along and take the pl8s for the right side of the bar from one set, and the pl8s for the left side from a set for another rack. Then you go over to the set associated with their rack to undo their buffoonery and take the single pl8 over to the other set and they look at you like your taking their pl8s.
>Be me
>Be in a frat
>Always running into brothers at the gym
>Frat guys are generally far more aesthetic than GDIs
>Always have a spot or someone to shoot the shit with during rests
>Unlimited Gym bros
>The only people I see doing wacky ass shit are lanky GDIs or try hard fat fuck GDIs
Damn it feels good to be Chad. Stay mad /fit/
>>36040794
I think as a bro you should point it out to him, I'm sure he'll appreciate so long as you're not condescending.
>then again, who cares
>end of my workout
>time to finish with squats
>fuck you Rippletits
>anyway guy was using the rack and this other guy got to him first to ask to use it
>ask second guy if I can jump in
>says 'sorry, I'm doing something special. I'll only be 10 minutes'
>don't want to stand around arguing but can't afford to wait so I go to do warm-up sets by pressing a bar onto my back
>look over and he's put the safeties to about mid-torso height (he was a manlet) and is legitimately doing curls in the squat rack
>I thought this was only a mythical beast of lore
>there was no weight on the bar either and he was swinging like there was no tomorrow
>my mouth was agape and he eventually realised how ridiculous he looks and gave up the squat rack
>>36040480
This guy and his gf.
>This guy, nothing spectacular, at the gym all the time
>his 5'0 girlfriend 90 pounds max
>he makes her do 100 pound half squats
>it looks like it's her first time, has like no muscle
>she can hardly unrack it
>can't stand up straight, wobbles around hunched over
>makes first rep
>ticket to snap city
>third rep
>it's a miracle she hasn't injured herself
>fourth rep
>she's lucky if she makes it to snap city
>fifth rep
>her whole upper body is turning a deep shade of red
>oh shit she's gonna faint
>tells him she can't do any more
>"Oh come on Babe, one more!"
>oh shit hun, rip in peace
She somehow made it and he just walked away letting her rerack on her own although she looked close to fainting and could hardly make it.
What a dick. I was really torn about saying something, but I don't want to be THAT guy giving advice no one asked for. Girl is not 18 though, shouldn't a trainer say sth?
>>36040480
I always trained in our martial arts gym, but then...
>Been lifting in a gym for 1 year
>Round back DL with ridiculous weight
>random fitness chicks squatting in front of you with DBs
>Poser attempting to Clean, he made it, but the technique made me cringe
>Crosstrainers everywhere
>Who the fuck uses all those machines?
>Normies get confused if you use KBs, Ropes or are very flexible
>No ones sweating
>people walking casually by you, while you do snatches "No, this weight wont hurt you"
>>36042854
This sounds like a greentext I could be the star of.
Did 10-...-1 and 1-...-10 alternating Clean & Jerks in the gym's only squat rack on time and there was this guy who asked me, if he could jump in.
>>36040480
Some guy at the university gym yesterday on his phone the whole time surfing porn. Keeps checking out the guys from the frat after checking out their ass mumbles something about 2 plates and rep depth then says someone namwd gif needs more trap threads....hept saying he was high test whatever that means. Just complains a lot then left without touching a weight.
>>36041601
You're a fucking moron. Stop trying to take pictures of people at the gym. Especially when you don't even know what a proper lift looks like. This exercise is fine, especially if the gym isn't crowded. Focus on your own lifts, nobody elses.
>>36040794
I feel you. Im the same way. After i started lifting i got invited to another gym by my friend only to find out that he is completely shit at everything, but because hes been going for longer i feel like he'll get offended and say that he knows what hes doing because hes been going for longer
>>36040480
>pillar of salty butt hurt
Fucking laughed at that, never heard that one
>work at university gym
>get to oversee all the new equipment that we get in
>three brand new deadlift platforms
>signs all around them that explicitly say "bumper plates ONLY! NO metal plates on platforms"
>see some retard deadlifting on the platform with metal plates
>already, after only a few weeks, the platforms have dents in them
>the L brackets that bind the black mats and wood has separated on one of the platforms
also
>brand new olympic bars with proper standard measurements
>signs that say they are NOT to be used for benching and squatting, as it ruins the knurling
>what happens the first day?
>idiots using brand new bars in squat rack despite the one million signs
If you ever wonder why PTs and gym employees are dicks sometimes, it's because of the asinine, histrionic crap we see daily.
>>36040480
There's this one African dude who does ATG squats in the smith machine on the absolute tips of his toes. At least he doesn't go heavy, but it's a little scary to watch.
>>36042014
> girls doing bodyweight routines in the free weight area
> girls quarter-squatting
> girls using belt, wraps, chalk, and bands for...1pl8 deadlift
> girls benching the bar with 1/2 ROM
> girls doing plank on deadlift platforms
girls not lifting like regular human beings annoys me all to hell
>>36044441
> girls doing bodyweight routines in the free weight area
Nothing wrong with this, unless there are rules against it.
> girls quarter-squatting
They may be doing a quad focused session
> girls using belt, wraps, chalk, and bands for...1pl8 deadlift
That's pretty heavy for a girl
> girls benching the bar with 1/2 ROM
So not to crush their tits
> girls doing plank on deadlift platforms
See first answer
>>36044474
I always see this whore with her tits out obviously trying to make a YouTube channel with her legion of Stacy camerawomen
OP HERE again.
Figured I'd tell a story since thread is going pretty well.
> waiting for power rack for an hour.
>some actual serious lifters using the only two in the gym.
> think it's no big deadline they are serious about lifter
>one power rack opens up. Oh shitnigga.jpeg but Finnish this set and swoop in.
> literally one second later Mr hungry skeleton swoops in.
> followed by his friend who is a stocky pumpkin boy
>followed by average IT Indian guy friend.
>they are talking about 3x5 method plus how Sunday's are heavy days
>today is Sunday, 1pl8 m8
> pumpkin boy goes up does 5 AND STARTS FUCKING DANCING AFTER EACH SET.
>FUCKING BEATS BY DRE. BLASTING EDM RAVE MUSIC AND DANCING HIS PUGGY ASS AROUND LIKE THOSE TRIPP PANTS GOTH RAVERS.
just take me Jesus.
>>36041993
>M-muh ATG 1pl8 squat
>>36045014
yeah i didn't mean to come off as elitist, was more referring to those who do weird body motions to get momentum for curls, push- and pulldowns, rows and whatnot. just seems to me that it would hinder progress a lot
>>36042686
My routine requires that I only max out for 3 out of 5 sets on my main exercises. The 1st set is 60%, the second is 80%, then I go full. I do it to keep track of my weights.
>>36048027
Did you reply to the correct post? There is no defence for using 8 * 5 kg plates. You could achieve the exact same increments with a pair of 10 kg plates and half as many 5 kg plates.
Am I the only one who works out 05:00 in the morning? no people, get to blast rock music on the radio and you feel energized for the rest of the day.
>>36040480
>Frat boys
Sounds like someone didn't get a bid
>>36044540
>Being an autistic permavirgin and calling others white knights
>>36042734
>is a gay frat boy
>thinks he's chad
>>36049341
My current Uni is the second Uni I've been to but is the only one that has a greek system. I'm in my second at the only two semesters I'll be here before moving on to the next university. I Don't have time to be a part of an official frat due t homework obligations.I was however in a sports club that was ran very much like a frat we had a house and parties just like any other greek house. I would have stuck around had it not been for an injury that has made me non competitive.
My injury is one reason why going to these gyms is frustrating. I want to get back into the shape I was before my injury but the gyms are always packed.
Also I know not all members of a frat are douchebags.
I also know that some people join frats who act like totalfucking knobs becasue they are in a frat and basically use that as intimidation factor to act like total assholes too
When I say frat boy its just in use to have everyone know the kind of person I'm talking about without being to verbose.
Being in a frat was fun, really fun. But some people use it as an excuse to do nasty things they don't do otherwise and it can turn people pretty sour.
Earlier today I finished deadlifting (2pl8 for sets of 8; I'm still pretty dyel) and right as I was pickng my shit up, this douche I've seen before grabs the platform next to mine
Now, his upper body is pretty ripped. His legs are skinny as fuck. He puts 4pl8 on without warming up and starts doing sets of 3. Except they were 25lb bumper plates
tl;dr, curlbro uses bumperplates to pretend to be stronger than he actually is
>>36050410
Chads are gay frat boys that usually play some sport and are dyel. So that's probably accurate
>>36052942
you sound like a bitch
I'm a fairly tolerant person. I'm a very experienced lifter and lift a ton. I see someone using a flat bench to do meme shit like curls or DB press, fine, it's a little annoying but not necessarily rage-inducing.
Now, if you take the fucking barbell off of one of the only two seated OHP racks in the entire gym (instead of opting for one of the 20 or so adjustable flat benches) and start doing some dumb shit like curls, shrugs, or even DB press, I'll get pissed every time.
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