Annoying Gym Behaviour - Mk2(?)

EagererBeaver · 13-08-2018 02:29PM

ILikeBoats wrote: »

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Manager gave out to me the other day and said I couldn't use rowing machine because I had no towel with me.

Did he want you to sit on it? Or just have one?

Have one for wiping down. He was on a spin bike beside it at the time dripping buckets of sweat about the place.

ButtersSuki · 13-08-2018 02:51PM

caviardreams wrote: »

Goes without saying you would wash it after use/every gym session, but can see the wipes and spray argument too. That said, the number of people who do neither is ridiculous, and I wouldn't even mind if they left the equipment clammy/damp which I can live with if I don't think about it too much. I have literally seen heavy beads and drops of sweat left all along seats of the leg extension, leg curl etc. from guys wearing shorts, like who thinks it's ok to leave equipment like that? :mad:

That was my main point, perhaps not expressed as directly as this.

GapMinder · 13-08-2018 08:26PM

Young fella with a bloody shin in the gym this evening, left a bloody tissue on the desk beside the weights , sick sick sick sick sick

rpurfield · 13-08-2018 09:49PM

Seen a lad today who didn't know how to work a treadmill, his mate got him started then he just jumped off with it moving when he was done.

D3V!L · 13-08-2018 10:18PM

GapMinder wrote: »

Young fella with a bloody shin in the gym this evening, left a bloody tissue on the desk beside the weights , sick sick sick sick sick

I saw that quite a bit in Ben Dunnes Jervis street for some reason. Lads dripping all over the place !!

Dtp1979 · 14-08-2018 05:29AM

D3V!L wrote: »

I saw that quite a bit in Ben Dunnes Jervis street for some reason. Lads dripping all over the place !!

They think Of it as some kind of badge of honour from deadlifting

Mellor · 14-08-2018 06:49AM

EagererBeaver wrote: »

How many gym towels do people keep? How often to they wash them? They're nowhere near as hygienic as made out.

Wipes are better than a towel for wiping equipment.
Towels are better than wipes for wiping you face/body.

I use wipes because my gym is mostly low intensity, resistance based.
I was in a class sweating buckets, I'd bring a towel.

Personally I'm not particularly bothered about getting somebody fresh sweat on me. Happens regularly in grappling. As long as people are cleaning their gear every session, cutting nails etc, we're good.

EagererBeaver · 14-08-2018 08:14AM

Mellor wrote: »

EagererBeaver wrote: »

How many gym towels do people keep? How often to they wash them? They're nowhere near as hygienic as made out.

Wipes are better than a towel for wiping equipment.
Towels are better than wipes for wiping you face/body.

I use wipes because my gym is mostly low intensity, resistance based.
I was in a class sweating buckets, I'd bring a towel.

Personally I'm not particularly bothered about getting somebody fresh sweat on me. Happens regularly in grappling. As long as people are cleaning their gear every session, cutting nails etc, we're good.

Yeah, agree on that. If I'm doing circuits/bodypump/spin I have a towel with me.

Alf Veedersane · 14-08-2018 09:08AM

I wear a towelling robe to the gym. Not one that looks like a towel but one made from high-quality cotton (400 gsm) and has a fine waffle-textured pattern. It is cut with a shawl lapel for a classic silhouette.

In the shower I use a water-activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and, on my face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older.

Caliden · 14-08-2018 12:29PM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I wear a towelling robe to the gym. Not one that looks like a towel but one made from high-quality cotton (400 gsm) and has a fine waffle-textured pattern. It is cut with a shawl lapel for a classic silhouette.

In the shower I use a water-activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and, on my face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older.

Do you have a regiment for puffy eyes?

ButtersSuki · 14-08-2018 12:58PM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I wear a towelling robe to the gym. Not one that looks like a towel but one made from high-quality cotton (400 gsm) and has a fine waffle-textured pattern. It is cut with a shawl lapel for a classic silhouette.

In the shower I use a water-activated gel cleanser, then a honey almond body scrub, and, on my face an exfoliating gel scrub. Then I apply an herb-mint facial mask which I leave on for 10 minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine. I always use an after shave lotion with little or no alcohol, because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older.

Yeah, but are you up to 1,000 crunches now? Can I see your business card? Are you still listening to Huey Lewis?

KevW24601 · 14-08-2018 03:50PM

For me, the standard stuff; machine / weight hogging, not re-racking weights after use, "chatting" / comparing physiques with friends in between sets and not doing any actual lifting (really a pain when in conjunction with the hogging), etc.

My particular "favourite" is that the gym I attend regularly has movable benches that are usually situated under the power rack. Sometimes they're moved out from them and not put back. Makes for a nice warm-up pre bench pressing though.

dastardly00 · 14-08-2018 07:05PM

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I wear a towelling robe to the gym...

Well played Alf, well played

Mellor · 15-08-2018 02:41AM

KevW24601 wrote: »

My particular "favourite" is that the gym I attend regularly has movable benches that are usually situated under the power rack. Sometimes they're moved out from them and not put back. Makes for a nice warm-up pre bench pressing though.

You realise that the power rack is also for squatting, OHP, rack pulls, and a whole host of stuff that isn't bench pressing...

Alf Veedersane · 15-08-2018 09:12AM

Caliden wrote: »

Do you have a regiment for puffy eyes?

The Royal Irish.

brianblaze · 15-08-2018 10:00PM

There's a PT in my gym teaching people to squat in the Smyth Machine....

I mean... People are paying her to do this....

ButtersSuki · 17-08-2018 04:21PM

brianblaze wrote: »

There's a PT in my gym teaching people to squat in the Smyth Machine....

I mean... People are paying her to do this....

More info. required on this one tbh re. context. I can kind of excuse it if used for teaching basic form as the newbies would have one less thing to worry about (the bar) and could concentrate on the lower body movement before graduating to doing them in the "correct" way. For completely light weights I'm not opposed to it.

ButtersSuki · 17-08-2018 04:22PM

A guy yesterday morning took a laptop case with handles (that looked life a briefcase) into the gym with him. Why he chose not to leave in his locker I don't know, but all I could think of was this:
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Dtp1979 · 17-08-2018 05:05PM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

More info. required on this one tbh re. context. I can kind of excuse it if used for teaching basic form as the newbies would have one less thing to worry about (the bar) and could concentrate on the lower body movement before graduating to doing them in the "correct" way. For completely light weights I'm not opposed to it.

The poster said people which would lead me to believe it’s a regular thing. I can’t see any benefit from learning to squat on a glorified coat hanger. There’s lighter bars than Olympic bars if the starting weight was too heavy

ButtersSuki · 17-08-2018 09:32PM

Dtp1979 wrote: »

The poster said people which would lead me to believe it’s a regular thing. I can’t see any benefit from learning to squat on a glorified coat hanger. There’s lighter bars than Olympic bars if the starting weight was too heavy

Don't get me wrong I mostly agree you should be learning on a bar and not on the Smith Machine; but for some people there can be some benefit. Some people really struggle with balance in the early stages of learning to squat - I've seen it myself first hand, let alone manage the movement(s) and weight.

It's about context.

EagererBeaver · 17-08-2018 10:09PM

Bench in the rack, only one that's on a proper platform. Meathead doing crunches on it.

ButtersSuki · 17-08-2018 10:13PM

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Bench in the rack, only one that's on a proper platform. Meathead doing crunches on it.

:pac:

Mr. CooL ICE · 17-08-2018 10:36PM

Reminds me of the lad using the only squat rack in the small gym to do pull-ups. He put the hooks up as high as possible and was doing pull-ups on the barbell. I wouldn't mind, but there was a whole exigo rig available.

Barna77 · 17-08-2018 11:55PM

It must have been Instagram day for this guy today.
First he was taking pics of himself walking on the treadmill (I was right behind him so I gave him a wtf look in case I was on the pic). Turned out to be a video.
Then he got his buddy to take a video of him doing the chest press. Grunt included.

Has to keep his fan base happy

VW 1 · 18-08-2018 07:50AM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Don't get me wrong I mostly agree you should be learning on a bar and not on the Smith Machine; but for some people there can be some benefit. Some people really struggle with balance in the early stages of learning to squat - I've seen it myself first hand, let alone manage the movement(s) and weight.

It's about context.

If you struggle with balance take a wooden pole or sweeping brush and practice the movement with no weight but arns in the correct position.

I don't see how squatting on a fixed plane with weight will help balance or learning the correct movement.

ButtersSuki · 18-08-2018 10:31AM

VW 1 wrote: »

If you struggle with balance take a wooden pole or sweeping brush and practice the movement with no weight but arns in the correct position.

I don't see how squatting on a fixed plane with weight will help balance or learning the correct movement.

As I said, I’m mostly in agreement with you. However I do see how it could some people as a teaching aid.

It should not by any means be the default teaching method however; I’m not arguing that at all!

Dtp1979 · 18-08-2018 10:33AM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

As I said, I’m mostly in agreement with you. However I do see how it could some people as a teaching aid.

It should not by any means be the default teaching method however; I’m not arguing that at all!

Chances are the PT hadn’t a clue how to squat. I’m no expert myself but I have a fair idea. Some of the worst squatting I’ve witnessed has been from PT’s in my own gym.

MarkY91 · 18-08-2018 10:59AM

I go to the Colosseum gym at ballyfermot the odd time. Everytime I go, there's bottles of water laying on a bench press literally the whole time I'm there making it unusable. It's the same guys doing it everytime. The big steroid head obvious gangster types so I wouldn't be complaining haha.

D3V!L · 19-08-2018 09:22AM

MarkY91 wrote: »

I go to the Colosseum gym at ballyfermot the odd time. Everytime I go, there's bottles of water laying on a bench press literally the whole time I'm there making it unusable. It's the same guys doing it everytime. The big steroid head obvious gangster types so I wouldn't be complaining haha.

They seem to be the bain of most Dublin gyms these days

ButtersSuki · 24-08-2018 04:05PM

Guy (late teens/early 20s at best) in the gym last night (I rarely go at night) with full DSLR camera and tripod set up for I assume "the gram". He was in the changing rooms as I arrived and was leaving.

Needless to say he was as skinny as a rake.

Not sure what my reaction would have been if he'd been taking pics when i was working out.

Annoying Gym Behaviour - Mk2(?)

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