If you don't re-rack your weights and wipe equipment after yourself you are not nice.

DoYouEvenLift

Bonus kunt points if you don't let people work in with you when the gym is busy.


That is all.

wandatowell

Do you even lift bro?

DoYouEvenLift

wandatowell wrote: »

Do you even lift bro?

I wanda towel

wandatowell

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

I wanda towel

You cant have one

jugger0

Hey bro im just gonna stand here in front of the mirror blocking the DB rack, after that im gonna take the only squat rack and do some pushups in it.

DoYouEvenLift

jugger0 wrote: »

Hey bro im just gonna stand here in front of the mirror blocking the DB rack, after that im gonna take the only squat rack and do some pushups in it.

Be sure to take multiple different DBs thinking you're gonna do a sick dropset and then proceed to only be able to use the lightest ones with terrible ROM before leaving them all on the floor and leaving.

jugger0

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Be sure to take multiple different DBs thinking you're gonna do a sick dropset and then proceed to only be able to use the lightest ones with terrible ROM before leaving them all on the floor and leaving.

Nah man i dont leave them on the floor, i put them back on the rack, i like to put them in random orders, 5's next to the 30's, 20's next to the 17.5's, sometimes i place bumper plates on the DB racks, just for the hell of it.

brownej

jugger0 wrote: »

Nah man i dont leave them on the floor, i put them back on the rack, i like to put them in random orders, 5's next to the 30's, 20's next to the 17.5's, sometimes i place bumper plates on the DB racks, just for the hell of it.

The 1.25kg and 2.5kg plates always go under a pile of 20s too, thats if I bother to strip the bar.

heroics

There is a guy in the gym I go to that skips in front of the DB rack. Does my head in. Apparently hes been told by staff not to skip there but he likes to do a couple of sets of DB press so he keeps 3 or 4 sets of DBs at the bench beside him and then skips in front of the rack. I think his name is ignorant old Pr1ck

Vet Thrower

My pet peeve on the etiquette front is people who work in with you without asking, when the equipment they need is free elsewhere.

I was in between sets of chin-ups this morning when someone decided to jump on the stand I was using to do leg raises and then some prolonged dead hangs, even though there were about 15 other places where he could have done them.

LuckyLloyd

I don't think I could ever return to a regular commercial gym. It just feels right to be training in a place where everyone is doing real barbell lifts; everyone puts away equipment when they're done; everyone encourages each other.

Where do you go

Alf Veedersane

bluewolf wrote: »

Where do you go

No "my lovely"?

You talk like marlene dietrich

Alf Veedersane

bluewolf wrote: »

You talk like marlene dietrich

More like Peter Sarstedt....or No Mercy.

DoYouEvenLift

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

I don't think I could ever return to a regular commercial gym. It just feels right to be training in a place where everyone is doing real barbell lifts; everyone puts away equipment when they're done; everyone encourages each other.

A home gym with a decent lifting partner and music system would be the only step above that! Best part you described is that everyone encourages one another, in most gyms I'm sure it's full of mean muggers and posers

power pants

place im at is very strict regarding stripping the bars and putting weights back.

its nice to experience this

guile4582

power pants wrote: »

place im at is very strict regarding stripping the bars and putting weights back.

its nice to experience this

I wish all gyms were like this. it's simply not on

Alf Veedersane

After my workout, I use my jocks to wipe down all the equipment I've used.

Hygiene ftw.

Alf Veedersane

power pants wrote: »

place im at is very strict regarding stripping the bars and putting weights back.

its nice to experience this

I'd say so.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother finding a place to put back pairs of plates together.

Then I remember the OCD and it makes sense.

power pants

its pretty much ingrained into everyone and if anyone does leave a bar still loaded they are quickly reminded.

apart from the plates going back, it prevents the bars from bending too just being left loaded up.

Have to admit, I hate unloading plates after deadlifting though, that really ****s me off :pac:

power pants

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I'd say so.

Sometimes I wonder why I bother finding a place to put back pairs of plates together.

Then I remember the OCD and it makes sense.

I bet you hate seeing a bar with a plate or two on one side and nothing on the other left on the squat wrack/bench press

DoYouEvenLift

power pants wrote: »

I bet you hate seeing a bar with a plate or two on one side and nothing on the other left on the squat wrack/bench press

That'd topple over lol

power pants

it doesn't, try it and see

smcgiff

Vet Thrower wrote: »

My pet peeve on the etiquette front is people who work in with you without asking, when the equipment they need is free elsewhere.

I was in between sets of chin-ups this morning when someone decided to jump on the stand I was using to do leg raises and then some prolonged dead hangs, even though there were about 15 other places where he could have done them.

Is that not the equivalent of, 'Hey, how YOU doin?' :eek: :P

btkm8unsl0w5r4

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

That'd topple over lol

Its the physics of torque and the law of the lever from the weight of the bar distant from the fulcrum point. I am sure there is a proper physics explanation by I can tell you that from experience 40kg can be loaded to one side without problem, maybe more. Had a guy rush over to me one day to warn me the bar would tip cause I was unloading it unevenly.

Triangla

Lol

DoYouEvenLift

power pants wrote: »

it doesn't, try it and see

Haha I couldn't chance it, if it fell over it'd make a massive bang, I always unload one plate at a time on each side because of that

arayess

i hate people asking to work in .
spot no bother. work in . f off and wait.

it's highly unlikely they are on the same reps/sets / weight as you

I never refused them mind if they ask - thankfully most ask how many sets I've left.

Alf Veedersane

arayess wrote: »

i hate people asking to work in .
spot no bother. work in . f off and wait.

Unless you're on short, timed rest periods between sets, then why can't someone work in?

If I was taking 3-minute rests between sets, then I;d have no problem helping someone load/unload the bar for their workout.

DoYouEvenLift

arayess wrote: »

i hate people asking to work in .
spot no bother. work in . f off and wait.

it's highly unlikely they are on the same reps/sets / weight as you

I never refused them mind if they ask - thankfully most ask how many sets I've left.

If the gym is busy and other people need to ask for a simple favour from another member of the community it's just basic manners to help them out. How long does it take you to change plates? It only takes a few seconds. If you wanted you could easily tell them they could work in as long as they loaded and unloaded the plates for both of you, I'd have no problem if someone asked that. God forbid you actually end up liking one another and they help you out another time...but then again, pshhh, who needs to be nice to people in a place one goes to most days

power pants

I always ask as I need to home at a certain time each night. However, I always let people work in with me too.

Last week, I was deadlifting and someone asked if he could, we were lifting completely different weights etc but Id never say no.

He proceeded to chat and chat. id end up pointing to the bar so he would remember what he had to do ffs

LuckyLloyd

bluewolf wrote: »

Where do you go

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

A home gym with a decent lifting partner and music system would be the only step above that! Best part you described is that everyone encourages one another, in most gyms I'm sure it's full of mean muggers and posers

Crossfit Ireland. Lack of posers there tbh!!

Mellor

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

Haha I couldn't chance it, if it fell over it'd make a massive bang, I always unload one plate at a time on each side because of that

It's easier to test when you are loading up.
Empty bar. Put 20th on, then another 20kg, and then add more weight until its about to tip.
Once it goes, your hands are there to take the load of the last plate back off.

40kg is fine.
60kg will tip

But if the weight is sitting right at the end of the sleeve it will tip early.

Gummy Panda

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Crossfit Ireland. Lack of posers there tbh!!

It wannabe at 200e a month.

DoYouEvenLift

Why was my title and op edited?

Zombienosh

because you didn't re-rack your weights.

Alf Veedersane

Or wipe your mouse.

arayess

DoYouEvenLift wrote: »

If the gym is busy and other people need to ask for a simple favour from another member of the community it's just basic manners to help them out. How long does it take you to change plates? It only takes a few seconds. If you wanted you could easily tell them they could work in as long as they loaded and unloaded the plates for both of you, I'd have no problem if someone asked that. God forbid you actually end up liking one another and they help you out another time...but then again, pshhh, who needs to be nice to people in a place one goes to most days

I just hate it - I like to be on my own.
as i said I never refuse for the reasons you mentioned above - as in I don't really have a reason .

As I said I also - I'll spot somebody no bother but I like to workout alone.

UCDVet

I wish there were an agreed upon amount of weight to leave on the bar. I mean, it's awfully silly to take off all the weight yourself only too see some huge guy put all the same weights back on and then some.

DoYouEvenLift

UCDVet wrote: »

I wish there were an agreed upon amount of weight to leave on the bar. I mean, it's awfully silly to take off all the weight yourself only too see some huge guy put all the same weights back on and then some.

Leaving on one plate would be grand to most people I'd say, I was more talking about people who take dumbbells and leave them laying around when they're finished

Caliden

arayess wrote: »

I just hate it - I like to be on my own.
as i said I never refuse for the reasons you mentioned above - as in I don't really have a reason .

As I said I also - I'll spot somebody no bother but I like to workout alone.

Such is the downside to going to a public gym.

Unless you're taking no rest between sets there's very little reason not to let someone work in so long as they help load/deload the bar.

If they didn't then they fall into the category of people the OP doesn't like.

Mr. CooL ICE

Regarding the toppling over, I touched on that here. Calculations were done assuming the racks points were 25% and 75% across the bar and the weight of the bar was evenly distributed throughout.

UCDVet

arayess wrote: »

I just hate it - I like to be on my own.
as i said I never refuse for the reasons you mentioned above - as in I don't really have a reason .

As I said I also - I'll spot somebody no bother but I like to workout alone.

Just throwing this out there as a suggestion but....home gyms can be amazingly affordable if you've got a small space for it.

LuckyLloyd

Gummy Panda wrote: »

It wannabe at 200e a month.

Well, a thread like this affirms the value of it tbf!!

arayess

UCDVet wrote: »

Just throwing this out there as a suggestion but....home gyms can be amazingly affordable if you've got a small space for it.

thought had crossed my mind before alright but I'm afraid my fertility but paid to any free space I used to have.

Alf Veedersane

UCDVet wrote: »

I wish there were an agreed upon amount of weight to leave on the bar. I mean, it's awfully silly to take off all the weight yourself only too see some huge guy put all the same weights back on and then some.

No one goes and puts a load of plates on for their first set.

conzy

Even the biggest dudes start with the bar or 60kg. If I was squatting 120kg and the guy waiting on the rack was massive I wouldn't just leave it because "he will probably warm up with that"

UCDVet

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

No one goes and puts a load of plates on for their first set.

If someone deadlifts 180kg they're first set might be 80kg or 100kg. I don't deadlift very much, so my *last set* might be 80kg. If I unload the whole bar and lead it empty, then the next guy comes along and puts all the same plates back up + 20kg, well, it's kind of wasteful.

UCDVet

conzy wrote: »

Even the biggest dudes start with the bar or 60kg. If I was squatting 120kg and the guy waiting on the rack was massive I wouldn't just leave it because "he will probably warm up with that"

So if I'm finishing with 60kg - why not leave it?

brownej

UCDVet wrote: »

If someone deadlifts 180kg they're first set might be 80kg or 100kg. I don't deadlift very much, so my *last set* might be 80kg. If I unload the whole bar and lead it empty, then the next guy comes along and puts all the same plates back up + 20kg, well, it's kind of wasteful.

Thats assuming the next guy wants to deadlift in that space. He may want to do something else like curlzzzz or squats (if there's squatstands).