Annoying Gym Behaviour - Mk2(?)

RTighe

ButtersSuki wrote: »

I'd support the "FREE RTighe" movement if you go down for that.

issue is the two racks are too close to each other, and one has spindles for the weights to be stored/Makes sense IF there is space. there isn't,

and its pretty obvious that you have to wait to get in to get your desired plate.

now I don't mind pausing or waiting for whomever it is to get what they want
but when you're half way through a lift or squat and some numpty bumps the bar...

its like a red mist has descended :mad::mad::mad:

Caliden

RTighe wrote: »

issue is the two racks are too close to each other, and one has spindles for the weights to be stored/Makes sense IF there is space. there isn't,

and its pretty obvious that you have to wait to get in to get your desired plate.

now I don't mind pausing or waiting for whomever it is to get what they want
but when you're half way through a lift or squat and some numpty bumps the bar...

its like a red mist has descended :mad::mad::mad:

Christ. How dim does a person have to be to actually do that...

I wait for fellas to finish their set just so I'm not directly in their eye line getting plates from the rack

Triceratops Ballet

Caliden wrote: »

Christ. How dim does a person have to be to actually do that...

I wait for fellas to finish their set just so I'm not directly in their eye line getting plates from the rack

if only everyone was like you, the amount of times people will just walk across a platform mid snatch is unreal!

traco

Nearly lost it last night.

Girl in squat rack next to me and to be fair she was lifting and using the rack. I'm building up my sets and she comes over and takes a 5kg off the spindle on that rack I was on cos she was too F'in lazy to take the 5 on hers out from behind two plates!! I had to go over then and re-rack hers rack to get her 5 when I needed it!!

Seriously - how lazy can you get? Why bother going in the first place if the effort of moving plates is beyond you. Bonkers carry on.

LincolnHawk

Spindled weights are fair game

EagererBeaver

LincolnHawk wrote: »

Spindled weights are fair game

Absolutely. You have direct control of weights on your bar or weights at the side of the rack, either leant against the rack or flat on the floor. Everything else is communal and up for grabs.

traco

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Absolutely. You have direct control of weights on your bar or weights at the side of the rack, either leant against the rack or flat on the floor. Everything else is communal and up for grabs.

Not as far as I’m concerned. I think simple courtesy would suggest that you use what’s on you own rack first and the take something if you don’t have it.

honestly if it's not on your bar it's fair game imo
i would totally go off to the other racks instead of unloading a bunch of 20s or whatever. or i wouldn't see it behind the other plates

Alf Veedersane

The racks have spindles and they hold some of the weights in the gym. Being on the spindles on the rack doesn't give the person in the rack ownership of the plates for however long they're using it.

Just put the plates you are planning on using against the rack uprights

EagererBeaver

traco wrote: »

Not as far as I’m concerned. I think simple courtesy would suggest that you use what’s on you own rack first and the take something if you don’t have it.

Popular opinion would suggest that you're wrong.

RTighe

To me spindles racks are fair game
But common curtesy should kick in. If I'm squatting or lifting. I am that cockhead who would have his first pair of 20s on the bar. Second par inside the rack so it's obvious I'm using them. After that. Go nuts!!! Just don't bump the bar!

Mellor

traco wrote: »

Not as far as I’m concerned. I think simple courtesy would suggest that you use what’s on you own rack first and the take something if you don’t have it.

You are completely in the wrong there tbh. The plates on the spindles/racks are there for all.
Somebody with 2x20kg on a bar could literally put any thing from 2.5kg to 25kg on the bar next. Suggesting that you have implied dibs on 10 or more plates on your rack is ludicrous.

ButtersSuki

traco wrote: »

Not as far as I’m concerned. I think simple courtesy would suggest that you use what’s on you own rack first and the take something if you don’t have it.

I think we can shut the thread now.

leggo

traco wrote: »

Not as far as I’m concerned. I think simple courtesy would suggest that you use what’s on you own rack first and the take something if you don’t have it.

It’s not ‘your’ rack. You don’t have ownership of anything in the gym, you’re paying the exact same as everyone else for usage of the facilities. They have a right to use everything that’s not currently being used by you at that exact moment in time. The fact you’re sitting near something doesn’t inherently make it ‘yours’. I’d say you were a nightmare to play with as a child:

“That’s my truck!”
“Yeah but we’re playing together, there’s a bunch of toys belonging to both of us on the floor, you were building a train not using the truck.”
“I was gonna in like 10 minutes!”
“Right, but nobody knew that. Ma can we go? I think we’re done here.”

MarkY91

She probably should have asked first though.

People usually ask me if I'm using a plate on the spindle. I find it ride if someone just walks over and takes some plates while you're standing there or mid set. It's usually women.

I'll always ask too before grabbing a plate off the spindle.

caviardreams

Tbh it would annoy me more if somebody came up to me just after a set, or even whilst I am resting with my earphones in, to ask if they can use a plate on the spindle that is 100% open to anyone to use. If they took it off my bar it would be different obvs

Mid-set is a bit different, in that I do think it is good manners to wait until somebody has finished a set or before somebody starts a set so you don't get in their eyeline, though if the gym is very busy I can understand it, once they are not ducking under the bar or anything (and the racks in my gym have a good bit of space around them so they are accessible)

MarkY91 wrote: »

She probably should have asked first though.

People usually ask me if I'm using a plate on the spindle. I find it ride if someone just walks over and takes some plates while you're standing there or mid set. It's usually women.

Seriously?

leggo

At best, I’d say if they do it the wrong way mid-set (ie they’re a distraction and hovering in your eye-line, or if you’re using a machine where you have to crawl all over someone to get at weights) it’d be a little rude, but still not a break of etiquette. I’d try stay away from benches, racks or machines people are using in general cus social awkwardness. But if I need a weight, I need it.

I wouldn’t ever ask though just because, especially in the gym, you’d come across the odd knob who’d say no and I wouldn’t give them that option because they’ve no right to. As a courtesy, if needed, I’d say “sorry just getting in there to grab that, thanks” or something. Or if it was still on the bar but it was ambiguous whether they were coming back or not, I’d ask if they were finished. That’s it really.

Triceratops Ballet

I normally take the plates I know I need and prop them up inside the rack, after that it's fair game. Sometimes people ask, sometimes they dont. The only thing that bothers me is when they walk close to the end of my bar mid lift to take them. If I accidentally hit them in the face I'd be the bad guy

Alf Veedersane

MarkY91 wrote: »

She probably should have asked first though.

People usually ask me if I'm using a plate on the spindle. I find it ride if someone just walks over and takes some plates while you're standing there or mid set. It's usually women.

I'll always ask too before grabbing a plate off the spindle.

It's not rude, though. The rack doubles as a plate holder. They're fair game. It can be off-putting if someone grabs a plate off the spindle when you're mid-set but aside from that, there's nothing remotely rude about taking a plate from a spindle.

The flip-side is that the spindles will be holding a lot more than you'll be using anyway so it's rude to hog them.

And it isn't usually women.

dulux99

Using the treadmill earlier which is alongside a crosstrainer - this big sweaty ape with no towel is hammering away on the crosstrainer in a very exaggerated manner, this guys sweat was flying off his body and landing on mine. F*cking disgusting, use a towel FFS

LincolnHawk

The amount of people in the gym with no hand towel is staggering, must be close to 50% in my gym

IvoryTower

Id say its closer to 5% in my gym but im also one of the culprits, I've also never ha d a lock for a locker but thankfully my current gym doesnt have lockers

Triceratops Ballet

Well now I feel guilty cos I forgot my towel today

Mellor

LincolnHawk wrote: »

The amount of people in the gym with no hand towel is staggering, must be close to 50% in my gym

Very few people in my gym carry towels. Doesn't bother me tbh. But there also wipes provided to wipe down machines. So maybe it's different.

dulux99

It's fine to forget a towel - I've done it myself plenty of times - but if I were on a cardio machine I'd be very mindful of those around me. This guy was hammering on the crosstrainer like he was approaching the finishing line at the Olympics or something - I honestly can't fathom how he didn't realise that sweat was flying off him at every angle, it was revolting

Mellor

To be clear, I do very little cardio. Mostly train with barbells and dumbells.
If I was leaking all over a exercise bike I'd probably have a towel.

I also think people who grapple are slightly desensitised to sweating

LincolnHawk

I'd feel guilty without the towel.
And I prefer to lie my head on it when using a bench

ButtersSuki

I always bring a towel but I seem to be the only Male in the gym I go to who does. I hate having to wipe benches BEFORE I use them. I’ve said it to the staff and they’ve said they’ll enforce it (it’s in the rules) but it never changes.

siblers

Very few people at my gym use towels, even less use wipes. Gym staff don't seem to care either. I always wipe down after me but struggling to see the point anymore

Brian?

If I don’t bring a towel, the trainers in the gym come over and give out. I like their moxy.

The funny thing is that the gym is hilariously cold all year round. I love it. I barely break a sweat doing weights because of the temperature.