Joined a new gym last night. Hilarious

[gummi_hulk]

I had my first disagreement with another gym patron today. I arrived at the gym and warmed up a bit, then headed over to the squat rack to get started, and there is a guy deadlifting at the foot of the squat rack (just out past the safety bars) using the bar from the rack. I think, no problem, I'll just grab another bar, and he's just deadlifting, so he'll be able to move out of the way (there is tons of room in front of the smith machines and so forth along the same wall). So I say to him "Hey do you mind if I use the squat rack for some squats?" and was surprised when he said "No man, can't you see I'm deadlifting here? I'll be done in a few minutes". I said "But there is only one place to do squats, and you can deadlift anywhere along here". And he said, "But I have to be able to check my form", which I assume meant he needed to look in the mirror, but anywhere else along that wall would be the same view. I started to say as much and he just kept saying "Dude, I'm not trying to be a dick, but I was here first and I need to check my form". He then offered up that I could grab another bar and work in squats in between his sets, but clearly was annoyed by the idea. I'm the most passive guy in the world, and was already past my normal threshold of confrontation, so I just acquiesced and did exactly that.

I feel like I was being reasonable asking him to move over a few feet, and that he was being a dick, and it's irritating that I'm sure he feels the same way about me. Was I being reasonable?

If he said he would be done in a few minutes, then the time you spent arguing perhaps could have.... maybe... been used....

[jkw]

If he said he would be done in a few minutes, then the time you spent arguing perhaps could have.... maybe... been used....

All 30 seconds? :P

[gummi_hulk]

All 30 seconds? :P

I don't know that's just me. Sounds like the dude was enjoying his mirror.

[michael dowling]

I always read about people "seeing bros flexing in the mirror and showing each other their abs" and always thought it was made up or at least an exaggeration, but today I saw it, young group of dudes taking shirts off and flexing at each other and then doing the ab show in a mirror, it is the gayest spectacle I've ever witnessed. One of them is my neighbor a 16 year old kid, I saw him benching 275 to about a 2 inch ROM with his spotter lifting at least 80 lbs of it. Being he is my neighbor I want to straighten him out and explain flexing your abs at a group of shirtless dudes is insanely gay, and 1/8th benching 275 with your spotter max effort curling is not impressive, but he probably wouldn't listen anyway.

[slowjoe]

I had my first disagreement with another gym patron today. I arrived at the gym and warmed up a bit, then headed over to the squat rack to get started, and there is a guy deadlifting at the foot of the squat rack (just out past the safety bars) using the bar from the rack. I think, no problem, I'll just grab another bar, and he's just deadlifting, so he'll be able to move out of the way (there is tons of room in front of the smith machines and so forth along the same wall). So I say to him "Hey do you mind if I use the squat rack for some squats?" and was surprised when he said "No man, can't you see I'm deadlifting here? I'll be done in a few minutes". I said "But there is only one place to do squats, and you can deadlift anywhere along here". And he said, "But I have to be able to check my form", which I assume meant he needed to look in the mirror, but anywhere else along that wall would be the same view. I started to say as much and he just kept saying "Dude, I'm not trying to be a dick, but I was here first and I need to check my form". He then offered up that I could grab another bar and work in squats in between his sets, but clearly was annoyed by the idea. I'm the most passive guy in the world, and was already past my normal threshold of confrontation, so I just acquiesced and did exactly that.

I feel like I was being reasonable asking him to move over a few feet, and that he was being a dick, and it's irritating that I'm sure he feels the same way about me. Was I being reasonable?

For future reference:

[Brian Zahn]

I can't believe I watched all 12 minutes of this:

#unimpressed #averagejoe

[f4thpathway]

"Stuff" is no way to refer to your training.

[melody]

#unimpressed #averagejoe

I would be so pissed if someone wanted me to walk by them/under them with 185 lbs overhead.

[Dastardly]

For future reference:

Kirk scares me.

[Calvin]

Yesterday a guy showed way more faith in my shaky PC form than I think it deserves. He was doing lunges right in the corner of my vision and it looked like his extended leg was about under my bar on some of his reps.

He also damn near walked under my bar as I walked out a squat earler, so he could plug in his iPhone in the corner right next to a plate rack.