Annoying Gym Behaviour - Mk2(?)

mrmoonlight

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

People drop dumbbells on purpose and not. Surely it's less risky to not flute about in the wrong area where you're at risk of being hit by a dumbbell that shouldn't have been dropped?

Saying DBs shouldn't be dropped down beside the bench is well and good but it happens in every gym more often than not.

Exactly it happens.. .

mrmoonlight

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

^^^ is she hot? I bet she's hot.

t r 40+ just doing her thing

kumate_champ07

theres a difference between dropping a weight to satisfy the ego from the loud noise and possible attention from people looking over at you, and dropping a weight because your body has been completely drained.

the latter is perfectly acceptable and is why you dont use clips on a barbell when doing bench-press, so you can dump the weights if you get in trouble and have no spotter

Cake Man

bluewolf wrote: »

Oh my god rerack your weights

Guy yesterday was doing shrugs with plates, when he finished he put them onto the barbell at the bench station...it's better than just dumping them on the ground I suppose but sorry buddy you only get half marks for not fully re-racking.

Another time, a guy finished on the bench, took his plates off and dumped them on the ground beside the bench station....ffs it would've taken no extra effort to just put them onto the plate tree or the plate holders on the sides of a rack/bench.

EagererBeaver

It's pretty simple - if she's doing anything on the floor, don't start pressing anything in her airspace. I'd find it hard to believe she'll squeeze in and start doing sit ups on her mat underneath you in the middle of your set

LincolnHawk

I don't know man, never underestimate the behaviour of oddballs in the gym

pudzey101

StereoSound wrote: »

Young ones looking for attention, no interest at all in the gym. Same 2 girls in my gym chatting and laughing like it's a night club. All dressed up in their gym gear and doing nothing.

same here 2 weeks back , 2 girls with about 6 inches of makeup and geared out , some other chick asked them what they're doing in the weights room if there not goona lift , they just giggled and walked out lmao

Mellor

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

theres a difference between dropping a weight to satisfy the ego from the loud noise and possible attention from people looking over at you, and dropping a weight because your body has been completely drained.

the latter is perfectly acceptable and is why you dont use clips on a barbell when doing bench-press, so you can dump the weights if you get in trouble and have no spotter

This ^^

Shouldn't be happening every set. But occasionally you'll fail and need to dump. One of the advantages of DBs is that pressing to failure is handy. They are also inherently less stable at that point.

EagererBeaver wrote: »

It's pretty simple - if she's doing anything on the floor, don't start pressing anything in her airspace. I'd find it hard to believe she'll squeeze in and start doing sit ups on her mat underneath you in the middle of your set

If she is on the floor, obviously don't start heavy benching beside her. But I don't think we should assume she's in aware of her surroundings. If she was, surely she's be in the floor work area to begin with.

Mr. CooL ICE

kumate_champ07 wrote: »

... why you dont use clips on a barbell when doing bench-press, so you can dump the weights if you get in trouble and have no spotter

I don't agree with this. Wouldn't the roll of shame be safer? Sore, but safer.

Dtp1979

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

I don't agree with this. Wouldn't the roll of shame be safer? Sore, but safer.

I’d agree. Id actually always have a fear that I’d forget a clip, gave a sloppy rep and the weights slide off mid rep. Then again I always use safety bars too. They don’t interfere with my rom and worst case scenario they catch the weight about 5mm from my neck

EagererBeaver

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

I don't agree with this. Wouldn't the roll of shame be safer? Sore, but safer.

Any instructor I've ever come across has always advised not using clips on such lifts. In my opinion, anyone who would is an idiot. Good luck doing the roll of shame when you fail just before lock-out and you drop 100kg onto your sternum.

Nicolas Cage

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

I don't agree with this. Wouldn't the roll of shame be safer? Sore, but safer.

Yeah I'm grand doing a ros of 60kg anyway though i don't know if i would at 70+, much prefer it to dumping plates

Alf Veedersane

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Any instructor I've ever come across has always advised not using clips on such lifts. In my opinion, anyone who would is an idiot. Good luck doing the roll of shame when you fail just before lock-out and you drop 100kg onto your sternum.

Depends on how busy the gym is. Shedding 20s from a height in a busy gym is a dick move.

Also, you're not going to be dropping 100kg onto your sternum if you're able to get close enough to lock out.

The least worst option is to probably get someone to spot you with clear instructions when you want them to touch the bar.

Mr. CooL ICE

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Any instructor I've ever come across has always advised not using clips on such lifts. In my opinion, anyone who would is an idiot. Good luck doing the roll of shame when you fail just before lock-out and you drop 100kg onto your sternum.

How are you going to drop that onto your sternum? Unless something catastrophic such as your elbow dislocating or something occurs (in which case, you have worse to worry about), surely lowering it back to your chest is a far easier thing to achieve?

I've failed without spotters/safeties only a handful of times in my life. First time ever, I had no idea how to handle a failed bench. As the bar was resting on my chest, I tried to hail mary it up onto the pins. It caught the pin on one side, but bar fell on other side, plates fell off and bar almost went flying. That to me seems the most likely way of somebody getting injured.

Blacktie.

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

How are you going to drop that onto your sternum? Unless something catastrophic such as your elbow dislocating or something occurs (in which case, you have worse to worry about), surely lowering it back to your chest is a far easier thing to achieve?

You think a dislocated elbow is worse than 100kg free falling to your chest :eek:

Alf Veedersane

Blacktie. wrote: »

You think a dislocated elbow is worse than 100kg free falling to your chest :eek:

FFS...now this is playing in my head.

Mellor

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

I've failed without spotters/safeties only a handful of times in my life. First time ever, I had no idea how to handle a failed bench. As the bar was resting on my chest, I tried to hail mary it up onto the pins. It caught the pin on one side, but bar fell on other side, plates fell off and bar almost went flying. That to me seems the most likely way of somebody getting injured.

You were trying to explode the bar into place and were probably caught off guard when it went sideways.
It's different when you dump the plates intentionally. As your expecting the rebound.

A few options here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGkRDcMeSTY

Mellor

Blacktie. wrote: »

You think a dislocated elbow is worse than 100kg free falling to your chest :eek:

Omar Isufs recommends safeties.
Yolo Omar from the intro is relevant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru0scbx8DuI

Mr. CooL ICE

Blacktie. wrote: »

You think a dislocated elbow is worse than 100kg free falling to your chest :eek:

That's not quite what I said. Regardless of whether it's bar to the side or roll of shame, you're kinda screwed if you have a bar on your chest and only one of your arms works.

Alf Veedersane

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

you're kinda screwed if you have a bar on your chest and only one of your arms works.

#excuses.

Do more unilateral work.


You can have that for free.

Mr. CooL ICE

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

How are you going to drop that onto your sternum?

In other news, I mixed up 'sternum' with 'clavicle'. EagererBeaver's post makes more sense now. But I still think roll of shame is the safer option.

dastardly00

In changing rooms, it annoys me when people don't put a lock on the locker they are currently using...

When I come in and I'm looking for an empty locker, it can take ages to find an actual empty locker! Loads of unlocked ones, but with peoples' gear in them.

Then when those with unlocked lockers come back from their session, they often can't remember where their stuff is and have to ask people to move here, there and everywhere. Well if they had a lock the would be able to identify it....

Rant over

Mellor

dastardly00 wrote: »

In changing rooms, it annoys me when people don't put a lock on the locker they are currently using...

When I come in and I'm looking for an empty locker, it can take ages to find an actual empty locker! Loads of unlocked ones, but with peoples' gear in them.

Then when those with unlocked lockers come back from their session, they often can't remember where their stuff is and have to ask people to move here, there and everywhere. Well if they had a lock the would be able to identify it....

Rant over

Start stealing their stuff and they'll soon start bringing locks.

leggo

dastardly00 wrote: »

In changing rooms, it annoys me when people don't put a lock on the locker they are currently using...

When I come in and I'm looking for an empty locker, it can take ages to find an actual empty locker! Loads of unlocked ones, but with peoples' gear in them.

Then when those with unlocked lockers come back from their session, they often can't remember where their stuff is and have to ask people to move here, there and everywhere. Well if they had a lock the would be able to identify it....

Rant over

Yes! This all day. It takes a lot for me to root for theft, but this does it for me. You can buy a lock in most vending machines in gyms FFS, pay the €2 and don’t have me wasting time opening and closing 15 lockers to find a free one before my workout because I came prepared.

Danjamin1

dastardly00 wrote: »

In changing rooms, it annoys me when people don't put a lock on the locker they are currently using...

When I come in and I'm looking for an empty locker, it can take ages to find an actual empty locker! Loads of unlocked ones, but with peoples' gear in them.

Then when those with unlocked lockers come back from their session, they often can't remember where their stuff is and have to ask people to move here, there and everywhere. Well if they had a lock the would be able to identify it....

Rant over

Seriously frustrating, my gym has changing cubicles and lockers but most people just leave their gear in the cubicles meaning it can be tough to find an empty one after a workout. I'm on the verge of just occupying one with someone's gear in it & dropping their stuff on the floor. I mean, I most likely won't do that but I'd LOVE to.

Blacktie.

dastardly00 wrote: »

In changing rooms, it annoys me when people don't put a lock on the locker they are currently using...

When I come in and I'm looking for an empty locker, it can take ages to find an actual empty locker! Loads of unlocked ones, but with peoples' gear in them.

Then when those with unlocked lockers come back from their session, they often can't remember where their stuff is and have to ask people to move here, there and everywhere. Well if they had a lock the would be able to identify it....

Rant over

You should start moving everyones stuff around. Bonus points if you swap 2 people with the same bags.

leggo

Put different people’s stuff in different bags. Really **** **** up.

D3V!L

Blacktie. wrote: »

You should start moving everyones stuff around. Bonus points if you swap 2 people with the same bags.

I just take the stuff out and put it in another less desirable locker, like one of the lower ones on the other side of the changing room :pac:

dastardly00

Mellor wrote: »

Start stealing their stuff and they'll soon start bringing locks.

Blacktie. wrote: »

You should start moving everyones stuff around. Bonus points if you swap 2 people with the same bags.

leggo wrote: »

Put different people’s stuff in different bags. Really **** **** up.

D3V!L wrote: »

I just take the stuff out and put it in another less desirable locker, like one of the lower ones on the other side of the changing room :pac:

I'd prefer not to be touching other people's stuff and gear bags... think of all those germs! :eek: :pac:

leggo

dastardly00 wrote: »

I'd prefer not to be touching other people's stuff and gear bags... think of all those germs! :eek: :pac:

Main reason I’m not going to do it is because knowing my luck I’d end up unknowingly messing around with the biggest ****er in the gym’s stuff and getting caught instantly, and I like not being annihilated. But it’s nice to plot all the same.