Interesting day at the gym.
1) Man and I assume wife, 40-ish, doing an apparently Crossfit inspired exercise routine. I was warming up for my squats in the 185-235 range, he was doing goblet squats with a 35-lb dumbbell not 6 feet away from my rack. While he was resting between sets, he said something I couldn't quite make out, she said, "Well, squats are hard."
2) The two No Gainz bros came by again, still the same size and lifting the same weights they started with a year or so ago. Flat dumbbell press with maybe 55-lb dumbbells. Now, the way I undestand it, dumbbell bench presses are good because you can have an increased range of motion compared to a barbell and the individual dumbbells are less stable and take more muscle mass to move around. These guys don't take advantage of either of these differences. Less ROM than a barbell and one bro supports the elbows of the one doing the lifting
3) The dumbass texting while changing plates for his next squat warmup, forgot to put the 25 on both sides, had quite the surprise when unracking the very unevenly weighted bar. That dumbass was, of course, me.
4) Yoga pants chick in the Smith machine, on her knees, one of those wide elastic bands around thighs, bar on shoulders, lowers butt to ankles. It always amazes me how much effort people put into coming up with inferior/inefficient/useless methods of getting stronger. Just squat, for goodness' sake!