I’ve found the putting weights away thing to be very gym cultural. I’ve worked out at gyms where everybody put their weights away, and I’ve worked out at gyms where no one did. Not really anything in between.
Well, at least he had pads under the weights.
But, it was still probably pretty noisy, as the weights rattled against the bar. Still that guy who attacked him (and yes, it was an attack - he pushed him), was way out of line. Kicking the bar in mid-lift was a total douchbag move, and could have wrecked the lifter’s back.
Seconding Filmore’s suggestion to see if your cellphone has an IR Blaster feature. If not, you can get a cheap universal remote under $10 to keep in your gym bag.
Well on this one sometimes it depends.
For example on the lower back bench thing, if the last person has left a 5 or 10 kg slab resting against the bench, that’s actually convenient for most people, and doesn’t get in the way of someone who doesn’t want to use any weights.
And in a hardcore gym there’s no point unloading, say, the leg press machine completely. It’s highly unlikely the next person is going to want to do less than say 60kg.
On the other hand, leaving dumbbells all over the place is definitely inconsiderate.
He declined the opportunity.
My gym partner and I workout sort of later in the evening (after the 5:00-7:00 rush). On most machines we do four sets apiece, quickly so we don’t hog up machines for too long. We have to do rather disorganized “circuits” because we look around for an open machine which varies up our order but hey, mixing it up is supposed to be good, right? You won’t believe how many people in this less than half filled gym with PLENTY of open machines, still come up and ask to work in with us. I’ll never understand why folks wouldn’t just go on to the next available machine when there’s so many available.
Bros work arms and chest. That’s it.
The reason gym bros curl in the squat rack is to avoid inadvertent leg work that comes from picking the barbell up off the floor.
Diving in for a tiny gym rant (well, it’s a big gym)…
Dear guys, please lay off of the fucking Axe before you head to the gym to lift.
Ya reek. My nose and eyes weep. Please, your sweaty body smells no worse than mine.
If I can smell you 20 feet away, you may have applied a little too much.
-Signed, poor old woman with allergies
I use a university gym and until 2 weeks ago “community members” like me used the general locker room which also was for regular students. The varsity athletes and coaching staffs had their own. They did some rearranging and now community members and coaches/staff share a locker room. Most of these guys are much older and all the stereotypes are true. What is it about older guys who insist on shaving and brushing their teeth buck ass naked? That would have never happened with the young guys. And I am not some weird prude who is uptight about nudity. But the older guys take it way too far.
From what I’ve come to understand, nudity in gyms used to be the norm. There were even times when kids would swim naked in pool at school. Back then, it would have been strange to walk around the locker room with a towel covering you up. Over time, locker rooms have become more modest and the norm is to be covered up unless you’re changing or showering. Over that same time, the men from back then who care about conforming with society’s norms have followed whatever convention is current. If people in the locker room cover up, they cover up too. If nudity is the norm, then they are nude. So if you’re at a gym where most of the people are old, their norm is to be nude because that was the custom when they were growing up. Younger people have grown up in a more modest environment, so they generally cover up.
Not all old guys walk around naked in a younger gym. If they care about society’s norms, they follow the convention of where they are. But some men don’t care, so they walk around nude in all locker rooms regardless of the convention.
This locker room also has prison style showers, which I’m not used to. My buddy and I were sorta like “I’ll do it if you do it!” Now it’s no big deal, but the first time was a bit odd.
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Or aren’t aware of the convention. I swim at a university pool that’s open to the public, and walk from the showers to my locker in the nude. Never even thought it might be an issue. I’m also in my fifties, so maybe I’m an “old guy”?
I feel like I’m doing a public service, flashing my tonker; I’m helping other men to feel better about the size of their tackle.
I don’t think that’s excessive nudity at all. It is a locker room after all. It’s the guys who do things naked just for the hell of it. Like shaving, brushing teeth, chatting with a friend, etc.
If we are complaining about locker room behavior, I’d like to bitch about dudes who have to use the handicap stall to change clothes. I mean, if you are that self-conscious that you can’t change clothes in a men’s locker room like everyone else, stay the fuck home.
The ones who are in the locker room, naked, when you arrive, and still there, still naked, an hour later when you leave.
For years, our Y had a guy we referred to as “naked tv Nazi.” He’d sit, naked, on the vinyl lounger, watching Fox news. If anyone tried or suggested changing the channel, he’d have a screaming fit. If you went there at 7am when the Y opened, he was there. Midafternoon, he was there. Evening, still there. As far as we could figure out, he’d get up, drive to the Y, undress, and plop has ample ass down to enjoy Fox news. In all the years he was there, I never once saw him in an exercise area.
During his tenure, signs started appearing in the tv lounge – “Please be courteous and wipe down chairs after use”, “Please do not sit in chairs while naked”, etc. The vinyl lounger got switched out for vinyl chairs, which were then replaced by uncomfortable hard chairs. Naked tv Nazi abided.
Finally, one day, he was gone. We later heard he’d had a fatal heart attack, while doing what he loved. Naked. At the Y. Even today, when we see a big greasy wet spot in an empty chair with Fox news blaring, we comment that the ghost of naked tv Nazi is still with us.
I was fine with nudity in the showers, until I saw a naked, 130+ year old man standing in front of the mirror. Now, I want nudity prohibited.
Ageist!
It’s so common that it appears in comic strips.
I’d like to add to the list, people that walk too close to the machines. I’ve had to interrupt a rep many times because someone is squeezing between or around machines despite the nice wide walkways running down the middle and either side of my gym. And twice now, I have nailed people hard with the back extension machine because you can’t see where the bar is going unless you have rear-facing eyeballs.