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Pet hates in gyms

Rhyno

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I always see the fat/obese guy looking at me just because I'm ripped and all the hot girls come up to me
 

Iafeta

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Semi pros. Now, I'm not a muscle bound genetic freak, but in the past 18 months I've been super diligent and made some real progress, so I'm not really intimidated in a gym now. I workout at a gym that has a reserve grade team that trains there. They usually come in and block off the rec room in the arvo, which is annoying in itself because this gym is not cheap and I like to box out a HIIT circuit at the start to get my BPM up. They don't put up signs to say what days these douche sacks are in, but they also walk around with a real sense of entitlement. I follow this sport pretty closely and I honestly don't know any of them, but you see the granite slabs of concrete go up and hug them like they've just won Super Bowl. Me, I try to ignore them. Until the other day. Because I couldn't get to the punching bag I decided to do a HIIT session on the rowing machine. There's 5 rowing machines. So while I'm working out they come and take the other 4 into the rec room. I'm not worried, I keep going. That is until like 7 of the bros stand behind me giggling waiting for me to get off the last one. So I deliberately stayed on for 10 minutes, because to hell with that, I'm a paying member supporting you no names and they don't have the right to make me uncomfortable.
 

McNulty

Juniors
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Semi pros. Now, I'm not a muscle bound genetic freak, but in the past 18 months I've been super diligent and made some real progress, so I'm not really intimidated in a gym now. I workout at a gym that has a reserve grade team that trains there. They usually come in and block off the rec room in the arvo, which is annoying in itself because this gym is not cheap and I like to box out a HIIT circuit at the start to get my BPM up. They don't put up signs to say what days these douche sacks are in, but they also walk around with a real sense of entitlement. I follow this sport pretty closely and I honestly don't know any of them, but you see the granite slabs of concrete go up and hug them like they've just won Super Bowl. Me, I try to ignore them. Until the other day. Because I couldn't get to the punching bag I decided to do a HIIT session on the rowing machine. There's 5 rowing machines. So while I'm working out they come and take the other 4 into the rec room. I'm not worried, I keep going. That is until like 7 of the bros stand behind me giggling waiting for me to get off the last one. So I deliberately stayed on for 10 minutes, because to hell with that, I'm a paying member supporting you no names and they don't have the right to make me uncomfortable.

Have you spoken to gym management?
 

Pete Cash

Post Whore
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Saw a weird on this morning. Personal trainer had a couple of clients but one did nothing. Just sat in the way of everyone watching. Like for example she sat on the lat pulldown machine just using it as a seat.
 

Pete Cash

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Its like public transport. You all pay the same fees so its supposed to be fair. I dont even like doing too many dropsets because im taking up more dumbbells than needed. You had every right to that rowing machine.

Like blokes staring at you sighing as you use the powercage/whatever they want to use. There is a bro science where he is waiting to use a bench or something and he is just standing over the person looking miserable and it makes me laugh everytime because its so accurate . Its a big gym find something else to do or ask me politely how much longer i will be or if its possible if we can share. Dont be a weirdo

Years ago this bloke blew up at me because i took a powercage off him...but there was no sign of him using it. No towel, no weight on the bar. Now if he had said bro i was using that before i started using it id be mighty suspicious that by using it he meant "had spied it was empty from across the room but had been beaten to it" but we might have worked something out. Instead he sat there getting angrier as i used it. What a silly.
 
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Gyms are full of inconsiderate f**kwits, that's why I don't go anymore. It's far nicer to go for a run on the pathways in my area and go for walks in the bushland. There's gym equipment dotted about too but since strength training sends my heart into a spastic fit these days I seldom use them, even then local bros get down there shirts off and photograph and film themselves doing chin ups and God knows what else. They're sure to stop what they're doing and stare you down as you jog past though. We know bro, you got abs and a fake tan, you'll look sick at Stereo.

Sadcases.
 

Pete Cash

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I dont mind the bros in general. Like the most i get 99 percent of the time is a polite nod or whatever. Now the caveat being i workout in the inner west so the bro population is going to be smaller than some parts of sydney but even when i lived out west it wasnt too bad.

Like Campbelltown i saw guys going mental over the smallest shit like being slightly in the way but it was rare. I just put it down to roid rage
 

Parkway_Drive

Juniors
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The Gym I go to is usually ok, however, there are a few pr*cks who hog the dumbells etc, and they act like arseholes. They are roided up carry on like f**kwits and a few weeks back upset a 20 stone 6'4 Roid Dealer.....all hell nearly broke loose.

I usually go in late an hour or two before closing time and most of those f**kwits have gone already by then or are finishing up and most closing crowd are usually pretty chilled.
 

Pantherjim.

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10:09pm Suburban gym Rouse Hill: Some chick leaves her water bottle on seat of Lat pull-down to reserve it whilst she does selfies and other shit and her himbo boyfriend spends more time on the smart phone than actually utilising the hip abductor.
 

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