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a) appallingly lazy

b) appallingly stupid


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hobronto saida) appallingly lazy

b) appallingly stupid


Discuss.

c) Self-serving

d) Ego-trippin

e) Ass wipes

All of the above.

In my old gym, this wanna be huge fat guy would literally just drop them when he was done and leave them where they fell.

OMG, you think it's bad in Austin, you should come to our gym in Houston. It's not just the ego-trippin' ass wipes, but even the petite female power lungers who walk away from the Smith machine with two tens, two fives and two 2.5's on each side. Our gym has a separate free weight room, and it's completely cluttered with random plates and dumbbells strewn all across the floor. It's so bad that I asked our gym's manager to post signs saying, "Re-rack your weights, dammit!"

I think about this all the time--one of my gripes. I put some stray ones back sometimes (other people's).
I was considering requesting the gym to spend a week reminding people on their way in--kind of a refresher course. Also reminding them to use a towel or wipe off their equipment.

I seriously dont see what is so difficult about reracking them. At the new 24 that I just joined, there are signs all over the mirrors by the weights that state it is required. And what bugs me even more is that the weight is listed in front of the the rack and guys still put a 30lb in the 10lb slot just because its closer to them.

This is not a problem at my Gold's Gym.

People remove the weights from the machines when they are done and replace dumbells in basically the right place...it is a little hard to tell which dumbell goes where when there are a number of dumbells removed cuz the racks arent marked. But at least they dont just put them wherever they please...they are returned to the right area, so it isnt too hard to find a pair.

Also, exercise paraphenalia, like jump ropes, tubes, exercise balls, etc., are returned to their racks, drawers, or up against the walls. Also, there are numerous spray bottles and clothes thruout the gym for cleaning equipment after use and I have never come upon a piece of equipment left sweaty.

But then we are big-city-inside-the-beltway-washington-dc-better-than-the-small-towns-backward-rest-of-the-country elites. We know how to act.

...lazy douche bags.

It is one of the things that pisses me off most about New York gyms. No one seems to be able to match their weights with the proper FUCKING rack. Seriously? Why is it I have to wander aimlessly about, like a fucking muppet, looking for the weights because some bell-end couldn't be fucked to put them in the proper place? People in London, Berlin, and Palm Springs seem to be able to do this; why are New Yorkers such a massive fucking exception?

It's like the bastards who sweat all over machines and then decline to wipe them off with the sanitation spray provided. It's foul and rude and, obviously, really pisses me off.

hobronto saida) appallingly lazy

b) appallingly stupid


Discuss.

yes

One time I was removing weights from machine to use it and said to the owner as he walked by, "Terry, you'd think someone who comes in and benches over 200lbs wouldn't be too lazy to put rerack his weights." Apparently the guy was two machines over, heard me and was offended.

Timberoo saidApparently the guy was two machines over, heard me and was offended.

See, and taking offense is the wrong response. He should have been embarrassed, not offended.

This drives me crazy. People who won't rack their weights are lazy, selfish, and stupid. It's a big problem at my gym (24 hr Fitness), and I asked the management to please post signs instructing people to rack their weights. For some reason, they don't think signs would be appropriate.

The men that think they own and rule the gym. The same ones that seem to have the ability to use three or four pieces of equipment or weight benches all at once (you try to use one and they say "I am not finished with that") Almost got into with a clown over that very thing yesterday.

and what about the idiots that don't put them back in the right place on the racks, even mixing plates... Or the jack asses that take a bunch of plates from one rack and load them all up on to another rack when they are done leaving an empty rack for the next person...

You just want to go over and smack them on the forehead and say get a f'ing clue.

I agree with everyone but have to say that often I have to search for a pair of the weights that match because they are scattered all over the place and when I want to re-rack them properly, the spaces are filled so i would have to move the wrong weights somewhere else but their space is filled as well.... what can we do?

hobronto said

Timberoo saidApparently the guy was two machines over, heard me and was offended.

See, and taking offense is the wrong response. He should have been embarrassed, not offended.

I agree. When the owner told me later (he's a friend) I said the same thing.

TallGWMvballer saidI agree with everyone but have to say that often I have to search for a pair of the weights that match because they are scattered all over the place and when I want to re-rack them properly, the spaces are filled so i would have to move the wrong weights somewhere else but their space is filled as well.... what can we do?

Gawd, I HATE that! Not only are dumbbells randomly re-racked everywhere on the racks (can't people read the damn numbers and at least try to match them up with their weights??), they are randomly hidden behind stationary equipment, carried to other floors, tucked under benches, ad nauseum.

I also refuse to be the gym housekeeper. When I arrive at a station -- especially right after someone else has moved along -- I'll remove the plates from the bar, but I leave them on the floor instead of re-racking them. OK, I admit that I sometimes re-order the plate racks, especially on the Smith machine, but I'm not about to encourage bad behavior by cleaning up the ass wipes' messes!

That annoys me more than any other rude behavior in the gym. I have absolutely no reluctance to follow someone and ask them to re-rack weights they leave on a machine.

A few years back, it became a game between me and some asshole. Every time I told him to put up his fucking weights, he'd tell me, as he re-racked them, "I don't know where you learned to work out, but where I come from, part of the workout is moving the last guy's weights off the machine."

Most recently, I've locked horns with a lovely lady who repeatedly sits on a bench under the Smith machine, yakking on her cell phone, then gets up and wanders away chatting, leaving the weights un-racked.

When I belonged to Lee Haney's gym here, they would suspend memberships of people who didn't rack their weights.

obscenewish saidA few years back, it became a game between me and some asshole. Every time I told him to put up his fucking weights, he'd tell me, as he re-racked them, "I don't know where you learned to work out, but where I come from, part of the workout is moving the last guy's weights off the machine."

The signs instructing people to remove the weights at my gym point out that the person following you might not be able to lift the weights off of a machine.

Caslon7000 said

obscenewish saidA few years back, it became a game between me and some asshole. Every time I told him to put up his fucking weights, he'd tell me, as he re-racked them, "I don't know where you learned to work out, but where I come from, part of the workout is moving the last guy's weights off the machine."

The signs instructing people to remove the weights at my gym point out that the person following you might not be able to lift the weights off of a machine.

Yesterday, I actually had a young woman ask me to help her remove the 45 lb. plates from the squat machine. Of course, I obliged.

i love finding them on the other side of the gym, no where NEAR the rack. that's always a plus.

don't even get me started.

You'd think it would make more sense in the long run to hold on to them longer...

boilerup616 saidi love finding them on the other side of the gym, no where NEAR the rack. that's always a plus.

I think these kind of Boys are EVIL and Must be DESTROYED !!! ~Weeza

No, seriously,,, my pet peeve is tripping over a pair of 25's left on the floor as I turn a corner into the weight room. Plus, picking up scattered dumbbells that don't even match to rerack them... Sometimes I even feel compelled to organize the rack... Funny how I am more anal at the gym than at home.
No pun intended...

Bastards. I can't stand f*ckers who do that.

The worst thou is the guy who drops a ton of weight.

so we all agree that it's a lazy douche thing to not re-rack your weights. but, we're are these dudes hiding (i know you're out there). what the hell is your argument for no picking up after yourself? or are you just a lazy ass?

Banging weights? Not putting the weights back where they belong? Don't go there.......my blood boils when I have to deal with that.

Are these guys oblivious to what they are doing and how assholeish they are? Do they think nobody notices? And the guys who bang their weights on the floor for the last rep, do they think it's macho?

Idiots.

DOUCHE NOZZLES!

I work and train people at my gym and have had to clean up after these assholes many times! I have posted signs, but either they are illiterate or just ignorant and don't pay any attention to the rules! I have actually heard that some of the idiots, that do this, joked around saying "45lb clean up on isle one" what the fuck is up with that? I am trying to get the owner to institute a fine for not putting weights and dumbbells away!

I am as annoyed by people that don't rerack weights as the rest of you.

A bit off topic:

KissingPro saidBanging weights?...

And the guys who bang their weights on the floor for the last rep, do they think it's macho?

Idiots.

I've been power lifting for awhile now, and feel like a tool banging the weights on the floor, but that's how you do it. At my gym, there's a sign that lists the rules, and it specifically states that it's ok to bang the weights if you're power lifting. So if guy that you're annoyed at is power lifting, and it's all right to power lift according to your gym's rules, then they're not being ass holes or idiots.
Just sayin.

So, it is unanimous that we all hate those people that either don't re-rack, leave the dumbbells on the floor, or randomly place weights in the wrong places; NOW what do you all suggest we do to improve this situation?

TallGWMvballer saidSo, it is unanimous that we all hate those people that either don't re-rack, leave the dumbbells on the floor, or randomly place weights in the wrong places; NOW what do you all suggest we do to improve this situation?

Force them to watch Indiana play football. That will set them straight ... or force them to commit suicide. One or the other, problem is solved!

things_n_stuff_n_cents said
Force them to watch Indiana play football. That will set them straight ... or force them to commit suicide. One or the other, problem is solved!

BAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
(not like Purdue is playing any better, but I will gladly laugh at ANY IU rag!!!)

hobronto saida) appallingly lazy

b) appallingly stupid


Discuss.

or
c) both of the above

or

d) straight guys who are used to women or some other unpaid servant picking up after them all the time.

Ruck_UsYesterday, I actually had a young woman ask me to help her remove the 45 lb. plates from the squat machine. Of course, I obliged.

Did she give you her phone number?

boilerup616 said

things_n_stuff_n_cents said
Force them to watch Indiana play football. That will set them straight ... or force them to commit suicide. One or the other, problem is solved!

BAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
(not like Purdue is playing any better, but I will gladly laugh at ANY IU rag!!!)

Hehe. We've gotten used to bad football. Your school teased you with a decade of quality ball before this dog. Oaken Bucket game is gonna blow ...

don't sweat the small stuff. in the grand scheme of things, this ain't much

Hahaha. I wish I was as organized in the rest of my life as I was in the gym. I'm always putting the weights back, all in a logical easy to use order. My closet, however, looks like a bomb went off.

the thing that really gets me is when guys use weights somewhere else away from the rack and then walk away and leave them there. and of course these are always the ones i'm looking for.

I think part of the problem is gym employees never ever say anything when they see someone not reracking their weights...

As long as gym's allow this behavior to occur, it will never go away...

This is definitely a pet peeve of mine as well. I swear people must think I work at the gym. Whenever I see plates loaded on the rack wrong, I re-arrange them, so all the 45, 25, 10, etc plates are all together on the right rack. I do the same thing with the dumbells if some one doesn't put them in the right place!

...recovering.

london_nyc said...lazy douche bags.

It is one of the things that pisses me off most about New York gyms. No one seems to be able to match their weights with the proper FUCKING rack. Seriously? Why is it I have to wander aimlessly about, like a fucking muppet, looking for the weights because some bell-end couldn't be fucked to put them in the proper place? People in London, Berlin, and Palm Springs seem to be able to do this; why are New Yorkers such a massive fucking exception?

It's like the bastards who sweat all over machines and then decline to wipe them off with the sanitation spray provided. It's foul and rude and, obviously, really pisses me off.

Well, it's an exaggeration to say that no one in a New York gym seems able to match their weights with proper rack. I certainly do.

I find New York gym-goers better at putting the weights back in the proper place than the folks in some other places I've been. Not perfect or even close to perfect, but I've seen worse in other cities.

You'd think the fat chick trying to lose weight would recognize the immense value added to her workout by simply picking up and putting away her pair of 10-lb weights, but, no, she doesn't, and she proceeds to blow off her cardio as well.

Go figure.

theatrengym said

london_nyc said...lazy douche bags.

Well, it's an exaggeration to say that no one in a New York gym seems able to match their weights with proper rack. I certainly do.

I find New York gym-goers better at putting the weights back in the proper place than the folks in some other places I've been. Not perfect or even close to perfect, but I've seen worse in other cities.

My gym is actually really strict about this. They have signs posted by the dumbell racks saying that if you fail to re-rack, you will be booted. I have never actually seen them enforce it, but everyone does follow the rules.

.....my personal bottom bitches in the showers

flex89 saidYou'd think the fat chick trying to lose weight would recognize the immense value added to her workout by simply picking up and putting away her pair of 10-lb weights, but, no, she doesn't, and she proceeds to blow off her cardio as well.

Go figure.

Haha rudeness. I love it.

But I agree, those a*holes who don't return the weights make the gym look like a pig sty, which of course you have to search through to find what you need.

are....

-letting the people running the gym earn the exorbitant amounts of money being paid in gym fees.
-helping others intensify their own workouts.


er, i mean, lazy and stupid lol














:p
just thought someone needed to stand up and advocate for the devil lol

This irks me to no end. What is so hard about putting them back? They pick them up to use them!!!! If I see weights not put away or on the wrong rack I have to fix it.

As a trainer I spend a good deal of time re-racking weights (which takes time away from helping people). Apparently some people were never taught to return things to the spot from where they were retrieved. But, it is what it is and will most likely not change.

hobronto saida) appallingly lazy

b) appallingly stupid


Discuss.

I'd have to say

a) appallingly lazy with a big dollop of being self centred.

I also think for the most part it's nothing to get worked up about, though it is annoying to run around the gym for the 1 pair of 17.5 dumbells. So sometimes I man up and use 20s,

I've become very good at re-arrainging my exercises based on what's in use, or whether or not I can't find stuff.

My real quandry is "does picking up after others at the gym just encourage it"?

I know that if I left, say a 25lb weight plate by the lower back extension where I found it, I'd feel a little chagrined if I saw someone re-racking it.