the gym.

[McRib]

So ive been goin to the gym for almost 2 months now. Startrd up at 24 hr fitness and been doin pretty good. Not shedding inches like id like to but thats all in part to my shit on the the road all day diet. :grumble: however, im def gettin stronger.

every time i go i get frustrated with the inconsiderate people at the gym i go to. I can only imagine how many other gyms have the same problems. I have a few fav machines i like and every time i need them there is some ass hat just sittin there texting or full convo on his phone. It takes me about an hr to bang out my work out if the machines are open and i get a treadmill. Tonight took almost 2 hrs cause i had to wait for guys to finish a set, send 14 texts, then make a phone call. Get the fuck off the damn phone, do ur sets, and get the fuck on!

Tonight while waiting 45 min for a particular chest machine i got a lil erked and when the guy got up i sat down and started using it. He had gotten up and walked to the adjacent machine and started talkin on the phone and sendin text messages. He comes back and with a particular rudeness in his voice says " yo man what the hell? i was using this machine". I said yeah i know. U got up and made phone calls and sent texts as u have been for 45 min. I dont have time for ur inconsiderate ass to finish with ur social life. This is the gym not facebook. Are we going to have a problem?? he said naw man no prob u just shouldnt just jump on machines when others are usin them. I said ill remember that next time im being rude and inconsiderate while hoggin the only machine of its kind for 45 fucking min. Have a nice day.

These guys crack me up if there not texting or gabbing on the phone their looking at themselves in the mirror and fucking with their hair. Seriously! its the gym! get in and get the hell on! anyone else have fun like this at the gym??

 

[Fltplan]

I go to the gym on a regular basis, but go there to swim or do cardio. I would've done the same thing you did, can't handle the inconsiderate azzes! :thumbsdown

 

[STV_Keith]

I think it's like that everywhere. I just interrupt and ask how many more sets they have. If the answer is more than 1, I ask if I can work in. Never had anyone say no.

 

[PokerRun388]

I tried the gym years ago. Not for me, for all the reasons you just mentioned... So my solution was, I went to Sears, and bought a nice Marcy Home Gym, and put it in my home..works out better for me, can listen to my music, go on RDP, and workout. Nice Combo

 

[McRib]

I think it's like that everywhere. I just interrupt and ask how many more sets they have. If the answer is more than 1, I ask if I can work in. Never had anyone say no.

Been there tried that. I work out in ontario. Everyone in there is pretty anti social. Unless of course there bein social on there phones or with themselves in the mirrors.

 

[Sharp Shooter]

I'm not a fan of crowds at the river or the gym. I go to a small gym (and in the morning) where there's never any waiting for equipment.

 

[plaster dave]

So ive been goin to the gym for almost 2 months now. Startrd up at 24 hr fitness and been doin pretty good. Not shedding inches like id like to but thats all in part to my shit on the the road all day diet. :grumble: however, im def gettin stronger.

every time i go i get frustrated with the inconsiderate people at the gym i go to. I can only imagine how many other gyms have the same problems. I have a few fav machines i like and every time i need them there is some ass hat just sittin there texting or full convo on his phone. It takes me about an hr to bang out my work out if the machines are open and i get a treadmill. Tonight took almost 2 hrs cause i had to wait for guys to finish a set, send 14 texts, then make a phone call. Get the fuck off the damn phone, do ur sets, and get the fuck on!

Tonight while waiting 45 min for a particular chest machine i got a lil erked and when the guy got up i sat down and started using it. He had gotten up and walked to the adjacent machine and started talkin on the phone and sendin text messages. He comes back and with a particular rudeness in his voice says " yo man what the hell? i was using this machine". I said yeah i know. U got up and made phone calls and sent texts as u have been for 45 min. I dont have time for ur inconsiderate ass to finish with ur social life. This is the gym not facebook. Are we going to have a problem?? he said naw man no prob u just shouldnt just jump on machines when others are usin them. I said ill remember that next time im being rude and inconsiderate while hoggin the only machine of its kind for 45 fucking min. Have a nice day.

These guys crack me up if there not texting or gabbing on the phone their looking at themselves in the mirror and fucking with their hair. Seriously! its the gym! get in and get the hell on! anyone else have fun like this at the gym??

You and I might be related somewhere.

I think it's like that everywhere. I just interrupt and ask how many more sets they have. If the answer is more than 1, I ask if I can work in. Never had anyone say no.

This what I did when I use to go. If they ever say something you just tell them I pay the same as you so your not special.

 

[Jefftowz]

I had the same happen tonight at our 24 hour, some chick sitting at a machine texting between sets..... I asked her to get up when she was waiting between sets and she got all pissy and walked away... F her!

 

[SydneyRaysDad]

This is another reason why I'm a Crossfitter.......It scares away all the usual gym rats!

 

[McRib]

I had the same happen tonight at our 24 hour, some chick sitting at a machine texting between sets..... I asked her to get up when she was waiting between sets and she got all pissy and walked away... F her!

Yup! heaven forbbid u get a work out done. i hope this doesent piss me off to the point where i cancel and quit going. I like going. Its on my way home from work and there is no excuse not to stop. If i try and do it at home ill just get lazy and keep sayin tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow. Lol

 

[Mini Kat]

Damn Andrew lookin' good.

 

[McRib]

Damn Andrew lookin' good.

Damn!! i guess i need to look in a mirror more often. I didnt realize. :grumble:

 

[westair]

Sometimes its good to change up your routine and this forces you to do so .... think positive

 

[460]

Same shit at the 24hr fitness I go to. What I get a kick out of is home boy who is all about his upper body and has chicken legs. Shits funny as fuck to me.

 

[Chipster27]

I think it's like that everywhere. I just interrupt and ask how many more sets they have. If the answer is more than 1, I ask if I can work in. Never had anyone say no.

I had a guy say no once, I was like WTF are you serious??? It's another example of the entitlement generation.


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[whiteworks]

I cant do crowded public gyms, to many dirty mother fuckers in there leaving there infectious diseases all over the place. I go to a private facility that has barely anyone there ever, never wait for equipment. There is a chick that works there and all she does in walk around and clean shit all day, every day as soon as she has sanitized everything she starts over over and wipes everything down again and I mean everything, floors, walls, doors, equipment you name it she is a wiping, waxing, polishing fool. There are also spray bottles with some antibacterial shit in them all over the place and a stack of clean rags, everyone is required to wipe down what ever they use when finished and deposit there soiled rag in a dirty rag bin. There is some down right nasty shit growing those places, proceed with caution:skull

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methicillin-resistant_Staphylococcus_aureus

 

[Fourspeednup]

I can't handle globo gyms. Went to a small private gym for a while but it went under as is often the case. Tried LA Fitness and lasted about 25 minutes before walking out:thumbsdown

At a larger private gym now and love it. There's the occasional tool doing curls in the squat rack but the majority of members seem to know what they're doing and even if it gets busy all are very courteous.

There are quite a few women's figure competitors as well so the scenery is always pleasant

You really should try to find a good private or independently owned gym. The membership is comprised of folks who are also fed up with the typical A-holes.

 

[RitcheyRch]

The wife and I go to Santa Clarita Athletic Club every night after she gets off of work. I get off of work early so I go home first and then meet here there when she gets close. We too see a lot of the younger crowd constantly tying up machines while they chat or text on their phones. I dont understand this generation where they cant be away from their phone for more than a few minutes. We are glad that we havent encountered anyone hogging up a machine while they talk or text. It seems most at our gym will get off the machine to do that which is good.

What bothers me the most at the gym is people that take the dumb bells off the rack and dont return them. I always say, "if you are strong enough to take the weight, you should be strong enough to return them."

One of the gyms I used to belong to would kick members out for not racking their weight when they were done. It only took one member to get kicked out and then no problems after that.

 

[HavasuHank]

So ive been goin to the gym for almost 2 months now. Startrd up at 24 hr fitness and been doin pretty good. Not shedding inches like id like to but thats all in part to my shit on the the road all day diet. :grumble: however, im def gettin stronger.

every time i go i get frustrated with the inconsiderate people at the gym i go to. I can only imagine how many other gyms have the same problems. I have a few fav machines i like and every time i need them there is some ass hat just sittin there texting or full convo on his phone. It takes me about an hr to bang out my work out if the machines are open and i get a treadmill. Tonight took almost 2 hrs cause i had to wait for guys to finish a set, send 14 texts, then make a phone call. Get the fuck off the damn phone, do ur sets, and get the fuck on!

Tonight while waiting 45 min for a particular chest machine i got a lil erked and when the guy got up i sat down and started using it. He had gotten up and walked to the adjacent machine and started talkin on the phone and sendin text messages. He comes back and with a particular rudeness in his voice says " yo man what the hell? i was using this machine". I said yeah i know. U got up and made phone calls and sent texts as u have been for 45 min. I dont have time for ur inconsiderate ass to finish with ur social life. This is the gym not facebook. Are we going to have a problem?? he said naw man no prob u just shouldnt just jump on machines when others are usin them. I said ill remember that next time im being rude and inconsiderate while hoggin the only machine of its kind for 45 fucking min. Have a nice day.

These guys crack me up if there not texting or gabbing on the phone their looking at themselves in the mirror and fucking with their hair. Seriously! its the gym! get in and get the hell on! anyone else have fun like this at the gym??

andrew, you should go in the morning with me ... the female ratio is much greater in the morning than later in the day :thumbsup ... also, there aren't that many douchebags either.

 

[Singleton]

Wife works for 24hour, they are in the process of determining if they are going to disallow all cell phones in the gym for reasons documented above.

I think it would be great. My phone stays in the truck when I get to the gym.

 

[Flyinbowtie]

HW that is crazy.
I go to a local club, nothing fancy but an indoor pool and decent cardio room. I have never seen anyone just parked on a machine using it for furniture while others waited. I really don't think the owner of the place, who has his son there as manager in the mornings, would tolerate it.

I would have done the same thing you did. Might tell management they need to put up a sign.

"OUR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT IS NOT FURNITURE; IF YOU NEED
TO USE YOUR PHONE PLEASE DON'T MAKE ANYONE ALREADY
WAITING TO USE THE EQUIPMENT WAIT THROUGH YOUR PHONE
CALL OR TEXT, AS WELL"

Maybe I am just lucky. We get the occasional idiot who doesn't understand that when it is 30 degrees outside the doors to the pool room don't need to be opened, and if they want an outside pool there are plenty of them in town...but that is about it.

 

[Rvrluvr]

I drive by a gym everyday. Never noticed a problem with texting. Must b you

 

[OCMerrill]

Same shit at the 24hr fitness I go to. What I get a kick out of is home boy who is all about his upper body and has chicken legs. Shits funny as fuck to me.

If I buff up the top end it will make it harder for you to cut my fuckling arms off.

 

[McRib]

I drive by a gym everyday. Never noticed a problem with texting. Must b you

Im suprised u can spell jim damn dirt hauler!

 

[460]

If I buff up the top end it will make it harder for you to cut my fuckling arms off.

Then I will just crush your legs with a piece of rebar. No big deal always ways around it.

 

[mbrown2]

Go in the AM 5:30 or 6...completely different folks....if I don't go in the AM, lunch is also a more focused crowd....folks are more focused on putting in work and getting done versus standing around.

On the comments about gyms banning phones...don't see that happening...my phone is tied to heart rate monitor, workout program, P90X vids/MP3 on phones, etc...lots of others do it this way as well.

They just need to post...NO TEXTING or SOCIAL NETWORKING while on gym floor....maybe that will help it.

 

[ChumpChange]

Been there tried that. I work out in ontario. Everyone in there is pretty anti social. Unless of course there bein social on there phones or with themselves in the mirrors.

Come on up to Upland and it's not crowded at all. I go there in the morning though.

Once you get bigger and are one of the meatheads in the gym, people will respect you and leave machines when they see you coming.

Same shit at the 24hr fitness I go to. What I get a kick out of is home boy who is all about his upper body and has chicken legs. Shits funny as fuck to me.

We gonna have a problem?

 

[PokerRun388]

Damn Andrew lookin' good.

Thats how someone looks when they loose 100+lbs... Wow, now time for cosmetic skin removal...$$$$

 

[460]

This is some ole bullshit. The fucking rat slipper has turned sissy.

Dear 460,

You have received an infraction at River Dave's Place.

Reason: Insulted Other Member(s)
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Bobo is concerned with you threatening other Inmates.....Perhaps some reprogramming... is necessary ..you know.....to get your mind right... Have you got your mind right...?....All the Best!
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If I buff up the top end it will make it harder for you to cut my fuckling arms off.

Then I will just crush your legs with a piece of rebar. No big deal always ways around it.

All the best,
River Dave's Place

 

[Outdrive1]

This is some ole bullshit. The fucking rat slipper has turned sissy.

Lmao. You got told.

 

[Guest]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y28pFJqDkkU

 

[RiverOtter]

So ive been goin to the gym for almost 2 months now. Startrd up at 24 hr fitness and been doin pretty good. Not shedding inches like id like to but thats all in part to my shit on the the road all day diet. :grumble: however, im def gettin stronger.

every time i go i get frustrated with the inconsiderate people at the gym i go to. I can only imagine how many other gyms have the same problems. I have a few fav machines i like and every time i need them there is some ass hat just sittin there texting or full convo on his phone. It takes me about an hr to bang out my work out if the machines are open and i get a treadmill. Tonight took almost 2 hrs cause i had to wait for guys to finish a set, send 14 texts, then make a phone call. Get the fuck off the damn phone, do ur sets, and get the fuck on!

Tonight while waiting 45 min for a particular chest machine i got a lil erked and when the guy got up i sat down and started using it. He had gotten up and walked to the adjacent machine and started talkin on the phone and sendin text messages. He comes back and with a particular rudeness in his voice says " yo man what the hell? i was using this machine". I said yeah i know. U got up and made phone calls and sent texts as u have been for 45 min. I dont have time for ur inconsiderate ass to finish with ur social life. This is the gym not facebook. Are we going to have a problem?? he said naw man no prob u just shouldnt just jump on machines when others are usin them. I said ill remember that next time im being rude and inconsiderate while hoggin the only machine of its kind for 45 fucking min. Have a nice day.

These guys crack me up if there not texting or gabbing on the phone their looking at themselves in the mirror and fucking with their hair. Seriously! its the gym! get in and get the hell on! anyone else have fun like this at the gym??

This is why I go to a Crossfit gym. If you travel, no problem. There are probably gyms there and they take drop in's. BTW, there are no "Machines" at Crossfit guys. I'm in the best shape I've been in since my mid 20's. (that was a LONG time ago :grumble

 

[Outdrive1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y28pFJqDkkU

I bet Tyro can eat more than 50 eggs.

 

[460]

Lmao. You got told.

Fuck that dog.

Not my fault he has little man complex

 

[Outdrive1]

Fuck that dog.

Not my fault he has little man complex

It ain't the size of the dog in the fight. It's the size of the ban button in the dog.

 

[just_floatin]

Go in the AM 5:30 or 6...completely different folks....if I don't go in the AM, lunch is also a more focused crowd....folks are more focused on putting in work and getting done versus standing around.

On the comments about gyms banning phones...don't see that happening...my phone is tied to heart rate monitor, workout program, P90X vids/MP3 on phones, etc...lots of others do it this way as well.

They just need to post...NO TEXTING or SOCIAL NETWORKING while on gym floor....maybe that will help it.

I agree. I go to 24 hour fitness in Az, Vegas, LA, Houston, San Diego and St. Louis. The ideal time is early mornings or afternoons. I do not like working out between 4pm and 9pm due to the crowds and sweat left behind on the machines. I typically switch between machines without issues at all the locations mentioned above. Usually off the machines and free weights in 45 minutes before switching up to the Cardio machines or a spin class.

 

[River911]

Fuck that dog.

Not my fault he has little man complex

Dog will hunt

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[Beerme]

Get my daily at my work, however hit LA Fitness for the weekends. I'd be lying if I said I did not enjoy some the women in the Zumba class. Man, how they shake their hips! Oh yeah, my wife is generally in there!

 

[lebel409]

To me, gyms are like bars, they hold no attraction to me. I can accomplish the same thing at home without the assholes AND save money.

However, if you need to workout...on a budget...I found the E ticket. I went to the montclair plaza yesterday to look for a tools at sears and got there a little early. The mall doors were open but no shops. However there was a crowd of people...I bet over 100...walking. They use the plaza like an indoor walking track. Lots of old folks, but also lots of folks in their 20s and 30s. PLus you can get a Cinnabon and a pretzel afterwards

 

[Guest]

I bet Tyro can eat more than 50 eggs.

I bet he cant....Tyro, can you eat 50 eggs?

 

[River Lynchmob]

This is another reason why I'm a Crossfitter.......It scares away all the usual gym rats!

X2 plus no damn mirrors and not a chance someone would be able to text or talk on the phone during a WOD!

Oh and in the gym for 2 hours...what's that all about :skull

 

[460]

It ain't the size of the dog in the fight. It's the size of the ban button in the dog.

Never knew they produced ban buttons for rats.

Dog will hunt

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I bet he cant....Tyro, can you eat 50 eggs?

4 is my max

 

[RiverOtter]

This is another reason why I'm a Crossfitter.......It scares away all the usual gym rats!

X2 plus no damn mirrors and not a chance someone would be able to text or talk on the phone during a WOD!

Oh and in the gym for 2 hours...what's that all about :skull

LOL! Would love to see someone try talking on a cell phone... Scratch that, Talking at all... during FGB or Filthy Fifty.

I was comparing notes with this DR's wife. She Crossfit's on her own and I go to a Crossfit gym here in town. I can't remember the WOD but it was around 12 or 15 minutes (of course this didn't include the warm up and core work). The DR said "Wait, so your whole workout only took 12 minutes?" His wife looked at me then him and just rolled her eyes. LOL! I wish I had back all the hours I wasted in the Big Box gyms on the machines.

 

[Abc123]

I learned to adjust my work out to deal with idiots until I can own my own private gym LOL. Or I just work in sets with the other guy. If you ask, it's very unlikely they'll say no. Or they'll just hand over the machine to you.

I get a little more frustrated at people that just don't watch where they are going and bump into you or get in your way as your doing curls or something. Or the people that reach for something as your using it.

Try going at less crowded times. My favorite time to go is around 2-3pm. I try to hit the gym at that time at least twice a week. The other three days I go during rush hour.

The one thing that really, really pisses me off is the guys that don't re rack weight or other equipment. It then pisses me off even more when the gym employees don't do it. I live in Glendora, but mainly go to La Fitness in La Verne or Upland because I can't stand how messy and how hard it is to find shit at that gym. The guys that work there just sit at the front counter all day texting or flirting with the ugly chicks that work there. Glendora is full of a bunch of slobs too. Glenodra LA Fitness must be a hot spot for old perverts and straight up weirdos. Too many old men walking around naked in the locker room for no fuckin reason. I can't handle that shit, it makes me livid.

Off to the gym now...

 

[koenig]

I work from home and set my own hours. So I can and do sneak off to the gym mid day while most people are working or in school. Its less busy anyway! Even though its pretty empty when I go, I'm thinking of getting my own in home gym!

 

[HavasuHank]

my gym time starts at roughly 7am when i dont have to work. i dont go when i work days, but i squeeze a workout in between night shifts. i'll wake up around 11, and be in the gym by 1130.

i cant stand going any time after 1pm. i'm in the gym roughly 4 days per week.

 

[Tommy Gun Images]

:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

This is another reason why I'm a Crossfitter.......It scares away all the usual gym rats!

 

[McRib]

my gym time starts at roughly 7am when i dont have to work. i dont go when i work days, but i squeeze a workout in between night shifts. i'll wake up around 11, and be in the gym by 1130.

i cant stand going any time after 1pm. i'm in the gym roughly 4 days per week.

Can u imagine what ud look like if u didnt drink a 12er every night??

 

[Tommy Gun Images]

I manage this CrossFit box in Prescott, AZ and you can rest assured no one is texting or sitting around taking up space during a workout.... No mirrors, no beefcakes, no BS.... Love my job
https://www.facebook.com/captaincrossfit?ref=tn_tnmn

 

[shawngr]

This thread reminds me of this dude

My New Haircut: Original Version - YouTube

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