One thing I hate about gyms...

[Burst]

...is the guys that feel the need to punctuate every single freakin' rep of their weightlifting with "HUUUUUUUUUUAAAAAGGH!!"

Usually followed by their weight stack crashing down. Now, there's nothing wrong with a grunt or whatever when you're doing a heavy set or every so often, but there's a huge difference between that and screaming at the top of your lungs so the entire gym can hear you every time you squat or do your bench press.

Seriously, there's no reason for you to be doing it other than "Look at how much weight I'm lifting! Ain't I manly, huh?" All it actually does is make you look like a tool. Not that there aren't a lot of them that frequent gyms, or anything...

[Deleted]

That is why I like to keep my headphones on at all times. I saw that last night with some guy and his two friends huddled around him cheering him on. I knew he was only doing it since they had a good number of very attractive women in there last night.

[clifford]

Eh, I'm more bothered by the idiots who take up space and machines just talking to each other and doing about 4 reps in an hour.

[kayfabulous]

I find that irritating too, but not as irritating as the one guy who is at my school gym constantly. I know a lot of people enjoy socializing at the gym but he is literally in there for multiple hours, multiple times a day and isn't even doing that much. He'll do about 5 reps and then wander around looking for people to talk to for another 15 minutes. I mean, I spend a good deal of time in the gym between working out and then working behind the desk there but there were days when I would come in for a two hour shift and he would have signed in an hour before hand and he was still there when I was leaving. Carlos you're crazy!

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Those guys just remind me of Anchorman.

'Ohh, it's the deep burn. Oh, it's so deep. Oh, I can barely lift my right arm 'cause I did so many. I don't know if you heard me counting. I did over a thousand. '

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Aug 27, 2010 13:25:18 GMT -5 clifford said:

Eh, I'm more bothered by the idiots who take up space and machines just talking to each other and doing about 4 reps in an hour.

This is making me change gyms in a few months. I'll pay more to avoid this kind of bs.

[jobber2thestars]

I'd rather listen to grunts than the stupid Lunk Alarm at Planet Fitness.

[Brandon Walsh is Insane.]

The only thing that irritates me are those that sit at a machine or at the freeweight benches and just ... sit there. Texting or doing nothing.

I get it when you're between reps, but just holding onto the weights and sitting there while others are trying to finish up is annoying.

[Non Banjoble Tokens]

I've never been to an actual gym to work out before but if Situation-Comedies have taught me anything about them it's that there are always hot girls, buff douchebags who think they're better than everybody else, and a hilariously out of place wimpy guy that screws up the machines and put themselves in the way of potential harm much to the delight of everyone. But it sounds like a blast!

[Princess Kendall]

LOL, that's so obnoxious.

Imagine a high school weight room full of boys who do that. Yes, it's even more hilarious when a bunch of sixteen year olds think they're tough because their testosterone levels are a little bit high.

[Vice honcho room temperature]

Actually doing that does help you exert more if I remember that TV show I watched where they tested that.

[Turd Ferguson]

I can never concentrate because there's always a hot girl that's all sweaty and in tight pants and a loose shirt, hair in a messy ponytail working on the thigh machine.

It's hard............................................................to maintain focus.

[kayfabulous]

Aug 27, 2010 15:33:42 GMT -5 Turd Ferguson said:

I can never concentrate because there's always a hot girl that's all sweaty and in tight pants and a loose shirt, hair in a messy ponytail working on the thigh machine.

It's hard............................................................to maintain focus.

Oh sorry, I'll start wearing my sweat pants more often ;D

[Brandon Walsh is Insane.]

Aug 27, 2010 15:33:42 GMT -5 Turd Ferguson said:

I can never concentrate because there's always a hot girl that's all sweaty and in tight pants and a loose shirt, hair in a messy ponytail working on the thigh machine.

It's hard............................................................to maintain focus.

The ones in the tank tops are what you should be looking out for.

My friend does this too, though -- constantly staring at the girls as we work out. I don't know, it's not hard to focus for me, and if you really want to get closer to them, then just ask to jump in on their next set on whatever it is they're doing. Cake.

[Red Impact]

Aug 27, 2010 13:25:18 GMT -5 clifford said:

Eh, I'm more bothered by the idiots who take up space and machines just talking to each other and doing about 4 reps in an hour.

Yeah, I don't mind yelling out, but using the gym equipment as a chair or a clothes rack is way worse. There's a finite amount of equipment and, during busy times, several of the benches and machines will be filled by people who want to sit around and chat rather than actually use them, or for people who throw their crap on (despite the fact that there's a locker room with more than half of the lockers empty). I can go through entire workouts while waiting for something to open up, which never does because people do two reps every 10 minutes.

[Futureraven: Beelzebruv]

Aug 27, 2010 14:34:32 GMT -5 Non Banjoble Tokens said:

I've never been to an actual gym to work out before but if Situation-Comedies have taught me anything about them it's that there are always hot girls, buff douchebags who think they're better than everybody else, and a hilariously out of place wimpy guy that screws up the machines and put themselves in the way of potential harm much to the delight of everyone. But it sounds like a blast!

Ones I've been to, that's not that far off.

[KEEZ]

This is why I don't do heavy weights at gyms. I'd rather save up and do it in my own house where I can grunt as loud as I want and play the Batista theme out loud.

[Junkenstein]

Aug 28, 2010 17:06:24 GMT -5 KEEZ said:

This is why I don't do heavy weights at gyms. I'd rather save up and do it in my own house where I can grunt as loud as I want and play the Batista theme out loud.

This is the same strategy I adopt. Although I work out to Wings.