so let me get this straight,
there were weights on, you moved the bench without asking anyone or waiting 5 mins or so to see if anyone was using it.
and then got upset when someone said they were using it?
please explain what you are complaining about.
and then you ask us for our opinion and then complain about our opinion?
GymEtiquette? wrote:
so maybe it’s more about a few dudes who think their workouts are more important than everyone else’s
Oh, like how you think your workout is more important and that you can steal his bench?
GymEtiquette? wrote:
OK, that's fair. I'm not above exploring this further. I'm truly interested in whether or not other people are bothered by this sort of thing. To me it seems natural to be a little miffed that someone who showed no prior signs of using equipment would up and tell me he was on it, but I'm curious how others would react to this. Like, I'm sure the majority of people wouldn't post on letsrun about it so I'm fine to admit that's unusual, but would most people internally think to themselves that he was kind of being a d***?
I agree with you entirely. Even when a personal item is on a piece of equipment longer than 1 min in a full gym is in my opinion not acceptable.
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yeah you seem to have a good grip on things.
GymEtiquette? wrote:
I was at the work gym today after work and it was pretty busy. I wanted to bench press but I noticed that the bench area had no bench, so I saw that no one was using the bench by the smith machine and went to drag it a few feet across the gym, when a man approached me and said, "Excuse me, I'm using that." This was a solid 20 seconds into me dragging this bench. I looked at him and said, "No, you weren't on it," and he was clearly annoyed. What's going on here? This happens at the gym occasionally where someone will claim to be on a machine. IMO, you're not on the machine unless you're physically on it or hovering nearby. If I see someone next to the equipment, I'll always check in and make sure they aren't about to do a set, but today the only indicator that this area was being used were the weights stacked on the machine; HOWEVER, it is really common at the work gym for people to not re-rack weights. I always find myself having to re-rack others weights before doing a set and it's quite a pain in the ass because I'm a woman trying to build up my strength (my bench is about 90lbs right now haha) and find myself having to lug several 45 lb weights back to their home. Anyway, just wondering what everyone's thoughts are. Was I in the wrong here/should I have checked first? Shouldn't it be enough if no one is on the machine or anywhere nearby?
You must go to the same gym as me. It's probably the guy who always uses four different machines (including the Smith machine) and gets upset when anyone uses one of them when he is two machines away on the other side of the gym. Don't worry, none of us like dealing with him either.
Just Went To The Gym wrote:
GymEtiquette? wrote:
I was at the work gym today after work and it was pretty busy. I wanted to bench press but I noticed that the bench area had no bench, so I saw that no one was using the bench by the smith machine and went to drag it a few feet across the gym, when a man approached me and said, "Excuse me, I'm using that." This was a solid 20 seconds into me dragging this bench. I looked at him and said, "No, you weren't on it," and he was clearly annoyed. What's going on here? This happens at the gym occasionally where someone will claim to be on a machine. IMO, you're not on the machine unless you're physically on it or hovering nearby. If I see someone next to the equipment, I'll always check in and make sure they aren't about to do a set, but today the only indicator that this area was being used were the weights stacked on the machine; HOWEVER, it is really common at the work gym for people to not re-rack weights. I always find myself having to re-rack others weights before doing a set and it's quite a pain in the ass because I'm a woman trying to build up my strength (my bench is about 90lbs right now haha) and find myself having to lug several 45 lb weights back to their home. Anyway, just wondering what everyone's thoughts are. Was I in the wrong here/should I have checked first? Shouldn't it be enough if no one is on the machine or anywhere nearby?
You must go to the same gym as me. It's probably the guy who always uses four different machines (including the Smith machine) and gets upset when anyone uses one of them when he is two machines away on the other side of the gym. Don't worry, none of us like dealing with him either.
and now we're making alternate posters to agree with us
and it took you 20 sends to move a bench "a few feet"
you really are living in an alternate universe of space and time. I'd see a doctor.
What kind of gym doesn’t have one piece bench press stands?
8/10. Good job.
The real gym guy wrote:
What kind of gym doesn’t have one piece bench press stands?
Russia
Well, what's the point in responding to me and arguing with me if you aren't going to read what I wrote in the first place? The person is arguing points that I already addressed.
5 minutes is a long time in the gym? I hope you are using "5 minutes" loosely because I can finish an entire set in 5 minutes, so I'm certainly not going to stand around and wait for some idiot to come claim his territory. Like I said, I'd be standing around all day if I waited 5 minutes to see if each piece of equipment with weights on it was in use because no one re-racks.
Yeah, it's rude to hog equipment you aren't actively using. I personally won't remove someone's personal item or towel out of respect, but it definitely annoys me because it is a public facility that we are all paying to use
GymEtiquette? wrote:
5 minutes is a long time in the gym? I hope you are using "5 minutes" loosely because I can finish an entire set in 5 minutes, so I'm certainly not going to stand around and wait for some idiot to come claim his territory. Like I said, I'd be standing around all day if I waited 5 minutes to see if each piece of equipment with weights on it was in use because no one re-racks.
if you finish an entire exercise (if it takes you 5 minutes to do a set of reps you have some issues) of at least 3 sets of 5 reps or something similar you probably don't rest enough. maybe you were lightheaded and got irrationally angry
GymEtiquette? wrote:
5 minutes is a long time in the gym? I hope you are using "5 minutes" loosely because I can finish an entire set in 5 minutes, so I'm certainly not going to stand around and wait for some idiot to come claim his territory. Like I said, I'd be standing around all day if I waited 5 minutes to see if each piece of equipment with weights on it was in use because no one re-racks.
ok thats fine. you're in a hurry. you have a life to live. time's a burnin'. etc etc.
we get that.
most people aren't getting on you for taking the bench. It's about your attitude.
maybe just accept the fact that once in awhile your approach will cause you to take a bench that's in use. Maybe consider not getting upset when someone says they are using it.
I have a hunch it's going to happen to you over and over again. So why get upset about it?
GymEtiquette? wrote:
Yeah, it's rude to hog equipment you aren't actively using. I personally won't remove someone's personal item or towel out of respect, but it definitely annoys me because it is a public facility that we are all paying to use
I have a hunch you spend a lot of your life annoyed.
What else annoys you?
just to get a general personality guage
GymEtiquette? wrote:
5 minutes is a long time in the gym? I hope you are using "5 minutes" loosely because I can finish an entire set in 5 minutes, so I'm certainly not going to stand around and wait for some idiot to come claim his territory. Like I said, I'd be standing around all day if I waited 5 minutes to see if each piece of equipment with weights on it was in use because no one re-racks.
so can do a set in 5 mins but take 20 seconds to move a bench a couple feet?
you complain about reading comprehension
you seem to have a world comprehension problem
GymEtiquette has every right to FEEL upset when the guy was clearly being a douche. That crap is annoying. The key is to separate the feelings from the response, and deal with the situation like an adult. Sounds like that's exactly what GymEtiquette did.