The best thing about the Gym is every guy in there is automatically thinking "what a douchebag" whenever they see another dude.
I happen to agree with a lot of the OP's points but at the end of the day if they are not breaking rules that are posted at the gym, then they really have as much right to do what they wanna do as what you want to do. Making a post on here is not going to change anything. Trust me there is always a less busy gym if you are having a problem getting your turn with weights and if someone is really going over their time limit, let them know and if that does not work let the staff know. Regards to treadmills well its up to whoever is on them to do what they want to do, if you have a problem with noise perhaps the gym is not the best place to be... who cares if they are not doing it properly? OP, have you gone up to these people and offered advice on how they could improve their running? I know gyms can be frustrating places, I myself got sick of mine so with my housemates we just made our own, if you shop around you can get it cheaper than you think, we have everything a gym can offer except the fitness classes and for the cost of probably 5 years of membership and the stuff will last as long as we use it. Unless you like going to the gym to impress people then doing it at home is 20 times better.
I did find in working at a gym that my douche detector became oversaturated. The concentration is so high that you start to only recognize the king douches and the normal douches become far less of an annoyance. Kind of like how if you work at a sewage plant you start to only recognize the stankiest of all smelly sh**.
So what you're saying is that you've built up a pretty high douche tolerance to the point where only the Super, Platonic Idealist Uber-Douche becomes the main blip on your Douche-dar?
The only rules that are important to me are 1) let other dudes work in their sets when the benches and racks are all being used 2) break down your own damn weights and wipe everything down as far as pet peeves about how people use machines or do either sets. who gives a **** I'm too busy to care about that I belong to 2 gyms, one near work and one near home. If there are hot ass chicks walking around anywhere at any time, that's awesome. If anything having that poon in their tight workout gear walking around gets you pumping to do a harder workout.
i hate the people who just piddle around and talk the entire time. it shouldnt take 30 minutes to do 4 sets.
They tend to be overweight. They get to the gym, and they don't feel like working out. They need to realize the only way they can feel good is if they commit to it every day. Finally the day will come when they will actually want to go to the gym. It takes work to get there, but it's worth it.
When I'm looking in the mirror to check form for something like squats, I hate that there's always some guy checking out his biceps or lifting his shirt and admiring his own abs in the mirror. Also, I'm annoyed that there is no rush for them to fix machines. I use the upright bikes when its too cold or too late outside, and every month or so another one breaks down. Also it took my gym over 2 weeks to change the battery on their row machine. Also I get real annoyed by the staff sometimes. The younger ones are always chatting up gals, especially at night so nobody works the front desk and I check myself in. They'll only stop flirting or chilling with their boys to tell other people to rack their weights.
The heavy-lifter/grunter/slam-the-weights-to-the-ground guy is the most annoying for me. Nobody is here to see you put on an exhibition. Great- you can curl/bench more than me...I don't care. Also the guy who jumps in on whatever I was doing (without asking) when I get up to get some water. Then he doesn't get up till he's done all his sets, so I have to wait for him (or if I'm annoyed enough I'll just ask him to rotate with some "yeah, you did just steal my station" inflection in my voice)
1. Dudes that wear sunglasses. I didn't realize there was a glaucoma epidemic in the 18-25 age group. 2. Dudes that wear 10 tons of cologne. You walk by and I gag. 3. People that stink of cigarette smoke. You walk by and I gag. 4. People that don't remove their 45 pound plates from all machines. I don't mind taking them off for smaller women and the elderly, but you're a flaming douche. 5. Dudes that spend more time looking at themselves in the mirror than actually lifting weights. 6. People that brag about how much they can lift, squat, press, bench, etc and then you see them using terrible form. There is so much reading material/video online for any freaking exercise you do. 7. Women who reallllllly should not be wearing the spandex pants and tight shirt. Muffin top... DO NOT WANT!
