Huddle Workout Warriors

[the butch]

Story from yesterday... was too much to type on the phone...

So me and my buddy are on the shoulder press machine... I see this kid come over, probably 19-20... not sure... kind of stares at me...

When we got on the machine, there were already plates on it... we didn't think much of it, because as 88 says, most people just leave their poo everywhere...

So he's like staring at me, and I just kept working out...

Well we're about 3 sets in and he walks over and wants to know... "hey, can we share?" We're like... uhh what? You mean you want to work in?

"yeah, yeah..."

So we agree, and he sits down...

After messing with his phone... he does a full set... like 20 reps... messes with his phone some more... does 20 more reps... messes with his phone AGAIN... then does like 10 more...

He gets up (I was about to say, OK dude, gtfo...) and says, "OK, thanks..." and walks off

There's like 200 people in there, and he's going around to diff machines, doing longs sets and leaving the weights on.... he had been giving me the stink eye because we had gotten on that machine while he was doing something else...

People kill me.

It's like the adult version of kids in the sandbox at the park. He used you just to steal your toy, and wanted nothing more to do with you when he got bored with it.

People are hilarious if you just take a second to reflect on it. Haha.

[the butch]

^ Also, not to mention there are like 6 different ways/machines to do shoulder presses.

[Darth Biscuit]

Yeah, I mean I get what he was doing... and some people workout that way, it's fine... but poo... there's like 200 people in there.  You can't leave your stuff on a machine and walk away for 10 minutes and expect it to be open when you come back...

 

I'm really surprised I haven't seen actual fights in there... so many alpha males.

[88 Bronco]

And stories like yours is why I'm glad I have a rotating shift and go to the gym during the off hours.

[Cary Kollins]

Yeah, I mean I get what he was doing... and some people workout that way, it's fine... but poo... there's like 200 people in there.  You can't leave your stuff on a machine and walk away for 10 minutes and expect it to be open when you come back...

 

I'm really surprised I haven't seen actual fights in there... so many alpha males.

 

 

 

sounds like your gym needs a lunk alarm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Darth Biscuit]

sounds like your gym needs a lunk alarm

 

 

 

I would quit so fast...

 

[88 Bronco]

sounds like your gym needs a lunk alarm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So the lunk alarm goes off when people sit on machines? How the hell do any of the machine warriors keep their membership at Planet Fatness. Do they have an exception on pizza day?

[Jase]

Before I did squats last night, I had to wait on some asshole who was doing alternating sets of dumbbell lunges in the squat rack and calf extensions. He left the dumbbells in the squat rack to mark his territory.

 

At least he wasn't curling 65 pounds though.

[Darth Biscuit]

wtf would you do dumbbell lunges in the squat rack?

 

Pick an open spot on the floor dumbass...

[88 Bronco]

Before I did squats last night, I had to wait on some asshole who was doing alternating sets of dumbbell lunges in the squat rack and calf extensions. He left the dumbbells in the squat rack to mark his territory.

 

At least he wasn't curling 65 pounds though.

 

I would have kindly asked him if he minded that I use the squat rack for what it was designed for.

[Cary Kollins]

So the lunk alarm goes off when people sit on machines? How the hell do any of the machine warriors keep their membership at Planet Fatness. Do they have an exception on pizza day?

That reminds me, Monday is PIZZA DAY!

[the butch]

Before I did squats last night, I had to wait on some asshole who was doing alternating sets of dumbbell lunges in the squat rack and calf extensions. He left the dumbbells in the squat rack to mark his territory.

 

At least he wasn't curling 65 pounds though.

 

Yeah, people that take up more than two machines/areas don't really bother me.  Just go over and start using the squat rack or whatever it is.  What are they going to say?  I have done it numerous times.  In fact, most are apologetic about hogging the equipment, and admit with a sly grin that they were the one in the wrong.

 

If all else fails, just move on to your next lift and circle back around to the one you had to skip.

[Darth Biscuit]

I have no problem asking or being asked to work in...  most people do and it's cool.

 

It's the 20% of people that has zero gym ettiquette and act like it's their personal gym to use and no one else is there.

[Darth Biscuit]

OK so deadlift day... and for as busy as it was Monday, it really wasn't very crowded yesterday...

 

I'm over near the squat racks, and there's one guy squatting while I'm deadlifting...

 

I do like 4 sets and I put 405 on the bar... I'm getting ready, put my earbud in, put my chalk on and am turning around to do the set and the guy that was squatting is trying to ask me a question....   so this should have been a clue to me there...

 

So I have to stop, take out my earbud and listen to him and he's asking how many more sets I have...

 

So we talk and he's like, well, I don't want to (yeah ok) go that heavy, so can you just leave 225 on it when you're done?

 

I say ok, get reset to do my set at 405... do the set... and he comes back over...

 

"yeah man, you've got pretty good form, but have you ever tried doing deadlifts with your hands both facing in wards, because I've heard of some guys tearing their biceps with the alternating grip like that..."

 

So I explain to him why I do it that way, which is actually to prevent you from using your arms to lift, etc...  he obviously disagrees... and tells me how he's actually a trainer, yada, yada...  

 

I finish by sets... and move the weights so that he can do his and just hang around to do some sumo lifts with his 225...

 

 

So he lines up to do his first set... feet super wide, wide grip, weight way out in front... jerks it off the floor like he's lifting 1000 lbs...  just all wrong...

 

But, but... he's a trainer.... geesh... no wonder people are idiots in the gym... the damn trainers are idiots.

 

People kill me.