Need to vent...WTF!!!

[cmollick]

So I got up this morning at 5AM and was pretty pumped to go in and hit some singles on the deadlift. It's something I haven't done forever and sort of have a competition going on with my brother in law. So I go into LA Fatness, not to be confussed with Planet Fatness, do my warmup and hit my back workout ending with my deads. Being LA Fatness we have no power rack and shit is so close together the only place I have to do my deads is beside the walk-in squat rack. We have two so I figured no problem at 6 in the AM. There was one douche on the one squat rack with literally 55lbs, yes the bar and a 5 on each side, doing f'ing curls and a female on the other side doing what I believe was some sort of 1/8 rep squat with only the bar and, of course, the pad. She didn't upset me that much because at least she was squatting, but the dude really pissed me off. So I politely asked him how many sets he had left because this was the only place I could deadlift in the facility. He said 5. I didn't ask to work in because I knew I would only get more heated to see him do his 5 sets of 10 with crappy form while taking his 4 minute interludes between sets. Luckily the lady only did two more sets and then was on to the ad/abductor machine or some crap. Good news is a new PB was set and a text was immediately sent to my brother-in-law. Thanks for letting me vent a little....C

 

[6packguy]

So I got up this morning at 5AM and was pretty pumped to go in and hit some singles on the deadlift. It's something I haven't done forever and sort of have a competition going on with my brother in law. So I go into LA Fatness, not to be confussed with Planet Fatness, do my warmup and hit my back workout ending with my deads. Being LA Fatness we have no power rack and shit is so close together the only place I have to do my deads is beside the walk-in squat rack. We have two so I figured no problem at 6 in the AM. There was one douche on the one squat rack with literally 55lbs, yes the bar and a 5 on each side, doing f'ing curls and a female on the other side doing what I believe was some sort of 1/8 rep squat with only the bar and, of course, the pad. She didn't upset me that much because at least she was squatting, but the dude really pissed me off. So I politely asked him how many sets he had left because this was the only place I could deadlift in the facility. He said 5. I didn't ask to work in because I knew I would only get more heated to see him do his 5 sets of 10 with crappy form while taking his 4 minute interludes between sets. Luckily the lady only did two more sets and then was on to the ad/abductor machine or some crap. Good news is a new PB was set and a text was immediately sent to my brother-in-law. Thanks for letting me vent a little....C

I cannot stand when people have to use the squat rack to do curls period. This is when I walk up and politely ask " How many sets of curls do you have left, because today is my leg day" this usually makes people realize their idiocy and they will usually move.

 

[rhinofight]

etiquettely challenged douches.

 

[gears]

I cannot stand when people have to use the squat rack to do curls period. This is when I walk up and politely ask " How many sets of curls do you have left, because today is my leg day" this usually makes people realize their idiocy and they will usually move.

What really pisses me off is when somebody is on the curl rack doing squats. Oh, wait...

 

[pesty4077]

Well, they pay thier dues just like you. You have 3 choices, Go to a hard core gym, put up with it, or maybe give a suggestion in a polite manner. We all had to start somewhere. Heck, he might appreciate some advice. At the gym I go to, alot of young guys appreciate some solid advice.

 

[FRKNHUGE]

Yo C, do this next time, go get ureself a maxipad n quit cher bitchin. lol
i lift at la fatness now u homo, i actually kind of like it, lol
broke a few bars in the last couple weeks lol
but i hear ya on the curling in the sq racks, it pisses me off too, unless im the one doing them, lol
frk

 

[e6er]

It's probably just as bad as the guy who likes to stand in front of the DB rack to do curls so he can look in the mirror, or the guy that has to do curls next to your bench, or the woman who decides to sit on the edge of your bench when you have 2 125lb dumbells on top of it. Hint: If you see keys under the bench, and heavy ass db's on top chances are some is using it.

 

[btech]

Don't ever let these people hold up your workout or day. If he doesn't take a suggestion to go use another bbell, see a gym worker about having him removed. That's not being prissy, that's getting shit done. People should not be blocking the fast lane by driving 30 mph.

Or, do deadlifts outside of the rack using the decline bench's bar. You'll have an excuse when a gym worker approaches you.

 

[triathloncoach]

I feel your pain

It's frustrating, but as Pesty says - they pay dues too. And as far as the gym is concerned, there are more of them (revenue stream) than you by a large margin. I don't do curls, but I bet it's nice to do them in a power rack.

And when I am forced to wait to do my squats or DLs or hang cleans and I feel like such a bad ass, I just think about how many people (on this board even) who would smile at the lite weight I use relative to them. So I empathetically wait for the curl people to finish up so I may begin my feeble gesture at heavy duty lifting.

You may be badder than the curl guys/girls, but there is always someone badder than thou. Exercise some humility along with your incredible muscles. You'll be less frustrated and more happy.

Now if the curl champ also has a hot girlfriend/wife - then it's Ok to be upset. Hell, we are only human.

 

[MikeRoss]

I hear that. I was a personal trainer there a while back and was amazed at the sort of things people do. I would get super heated when people would just stand inside the racks and do dumbell shruggs and pull-ups (theres 600 pull up racks and open mirror spots)

 

[cmollick]

Yo C, do this next time, go get ureself a maxipad n quit cher bitchin. lol
i lift at la fatness now u homo, i actually kind of like it, lol
broke a few bars in the last couple weeks lol
but i hear ya on the curling in the sq racks, it pisses me off too, unless im the one doing them, lol
frk

The funny thing was I actually had my manpon inserted already. And needed it on my last set. Lol! I know I shouldn't bitch to much about it, but just pisssed me off this morning. I have since removed my manpon and will go in for 10 sets of curls using each squat rack simultaneously tomorrow. Ha!

 

[FRKNHUGE]

Bwaaaahahahhhahahaa

 

[Pain]

Suggestion ...

You might have loaded a bar up directly behind the membership desk and done 1 or 2 room-shaking reps, and when the well-trained, knowledgeable, helpful, polite, picture of physical fitness comes from behind the desk to enquire as to your choice of venue for performing your chosen activity, you could have pointed to the squat-rack and explained ... and perhaps solved, the situation with a single utterance ... "Douche."