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07-10-2022, 07:03 PM
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Invest in a home gym if you can. Don't have to start big, just an Olympic bar and weights. Get 2 horse stall mats and build up from there.
But not surprised gyms are filled up. People have been stuffing their faces with soft pretzels. Chips, pizza, and booze from the couch for the last 2 years and now it's July and their beach trip made them feel fat.
But not surprised gyms are filled up. People have been stuffing their faces with soft pretzels. Chips, pizza, and booze from the couch for the last 2 years and now it's July and their beach trip made them feel fat.
07-10-2022, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted By DeadlyStriker⏩
This x1000I'm done with gyms. My last gym turned into a teen hangout of zoomers. Gym culture is gone. No etiquette, no one helps anyone, people just act like dicks and these kids just take their shirts off and have photoshoots like fukking women.
The only more hardcore gym by me is still too far to want to go to.
I'm finding one with nature, calisthenics, and back to my sport roots for fitness. 100% better. I feel better, no nonsense at the gym, and my body loves it at this age. I think my powerlifting/strength focus days are in the past until I get a house and have my own home gym or I move somewhere close to a more hardcore gym.
The only more hardcore gym by me is still too far to want to go to.
I'm finding one with nature, calisthenics, and back to my sport roots for fitness. 100% better. I feel better, no nonsense at the gym, and my body loves it at this age. I think my powerlifting/strength focus days are in the past until I get a house and have my own home gym or I move somewhere close to a more hardcore gym.
Even in my college days (~10 years ago), most of the bros at the gym were serious and looked like they actually put in some effort. Some chatting, but people were there to work out not mess around. Gym could be busy at times, but nothing ridiculous. Most bros wore an old adidas shirt and boring gym shorts. The hot girls were hot gym girls, but most of them didn't dress like prostitutes (and certainly didn't need to in order to still be hot).
Now everyone is a fitness tiktoc wannabe, despite the fact that they don't actually lift. Everyone is wearing full gym shark gear. Loud, obnoxious high school douchebags who will crowd 1 bench with 9 dudes for 30 minutes while they all take turns trying to bench 185 lbs and failing. Sloots looking like they came straight from the strip club (I can't say I mind, but seriously where is the self respect?). Its basically a cesspool of cringe now. Even the trainers at my gym are soyboys, whereas the trainer at one of my old gyms was a legit lifter who could bench 400 lbs. I don't even mind the old people doing random things, at least most of them are decent human beings and for the most part there has always been the old dudes at the gym.
It's like just about anything - once the quantity increases, the quality decreases and in this case its done so massively. Gym goers used to be a fridge number of people, but now it seems like everyone goes (but most don't actually lift).
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07-10-2022, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted By miscallday12⏩
at least he lets you go on sundays. ever since covid mine has had poor hours and no hours at all sundays. switching to another one asap, i just have to get my files in orderholy fk never seen a gym this packed mid-day Sunday.
Jesus must not be doing his job.
Also, increase in miscers and less hbbs + average sloots.
Just a bunch of attention hoar milfs.
fkn glad I didn't get the annual membership.
Jesus must not be doing his job.
Also, increase in miscers and less hbbs + average sloots.
Just a bunch of attention hoar milfs.
fkn glad I didn't get the annual membership.
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07-10-2022, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted By GordonXXX⏩
Yeah, I'd be super annoyed. I'd probably do the same thing, just give him a look or something. If I want a spot, I ask. If I don't, leave me alone.So get this. Today. I'm on the bench pressing the 75 lb dumbbells. I have a bald boomer next to me on the bench next to me using like 35 pound dumbbells. As I'm pressing my 75s this bald Boomer comes behind me and starts trying to spot me unsolicited. I have my earphones in with the music blaring so I can't hear if he's saying anything and I can't really talk to him but I wanted to say yo bro I'm fine. I do this everyday. I don't need you and you're f**king distracting me. He eventually left me after one set. I didn't acknowledge him at all because I was kind of pissed. I don't need someone in my way. Thanks but no thanks.
What's the etiquette on this? I don't want somebody coming over to spot me unless I ask. I'm doing 3x12 with the 75s.
What's the etiquette on this? I don't want somebody coming over to spot me unless I ask. I'm doing 3x12 with the 75s.
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07-10-2022, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted By GordonXXX⏩
ask them to stay back six feet. it doesn't matter what your stance is, this excuse is going to keep working for years to have people stay away from youSo get this. Today. I'm on the bench pressing the 75 lb dumbbells. I have a bald boomer next to me on the bench next to me using like 35 pound dumbbells. As I'm pressing my 75s this bald Boomer comes behind me and starts trying to spot me unsolicited. I have my earphones in with the music blaring so I can't hear if he's saying anything and I can't really talk to him but I wanted to say yo bro I'm fine. I do this everyday. I don't need you and you're f**king distracting me. He eventually left me after one set. I didn't acknowledge him at all because I was kind of pissed. I don't need someone in my way. Thanks but no thanks.
What's the etiquette on this? I don't want somebody coming over to spot me unless I ask. I'm doing 3x12 with the 75s.
What's the etiquette on this? I don't want somebody coming over to spot me unless I ask. I'm doing 3x12 with the 75s.
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07-10-2022, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted By L1ghtweight⏩
It's all zoomers now with their pre-pubescent look and gay ass ****gy earrings and tattooed wannabees thinking they lookin hard. They are no harder then the chimpanzee who picks the **** out of it's own ass.This x1000
Even in my college days (~10 years ago), most of the bros at the gym were serious and looked like they actually put in some effort. Some chatting, but people were there to work out not mess around. Gym could be busy at times, but nothing ridiculous. Most bros wore an old adidas shirt and boring gym shorts. The hot girls were hot gym girls, but most of them didn't dress like prostitutes (and certainly didn't need to in order to still be hot).
Now everyone is a fitness tiktoc wannabe, despite the fact that they don't actually lift. Everyone is wearing full gym shark gear. Loud, obnoxious high school douchebags who will crowd 1 bench with 9 dudes for 30 minutes while they all take turns trying to bench 185 lbs and failing. Sloots looking like they came straight from the strip club (I can't say I mind, but seriously where is the self respect?). Its basically a cesspool of cringe now. Even the trainers at my gym are soyboys, whereas the trainer at one of my old gyms was a legit lifter who could bench 400 lbs. I don't even mind the old people doing random things, at least most of them are decent human beings and for the most part there has always been the old dudes at the gym.
It's like just about anything - once the quantity increases, the quality decreases and in this case its done so massively. Gym goers used to be a fridge number of people, but now it seems like everyone goes (but most don't actually lift).
Even in my college days (~10 years ago), most of the bros at the gym were serious and looked like they actually put in some effort. Some chatting, but people were there to work out not mess around. Gym could be busy at times, but nothing ridiculous. Most bros wore an old adidas shirt and boring gym shorts. The hot girls were hot gym girls, but most of them didn't dress like prostitutes (and certainly didn't need to in order to still be hot).
Now everyone is a fitness tiktoc wannabe, despite the fact that they don't actually lift. Everyone is wearing full gym shark gear. Loud, obnoxious high school douchebags who will crowd 1 bench with 9 dudes for 30 minutes while they all take turns trying to bench 185 lbs and failing. Sloots looking like they came straight from the strip club (I can't say I mind, but seriously where is the self respect?). Its basically a cesspool of cringe now. Even the trainers at my gym are soyboys, whereas the trainer at one of my old gyms was a legit lifter who could bench 400 lbs. I don't even mind the old people doing random things, at least most of them are decent human beings and for the most part there has always been the old dudes at the gym.
It's like just about anything - once the quantity increases, the quality decreases and in this case its done so massively. Gym goers used to be a fridge number of people, but now it seems like everyone goes (but most don't actually lift).
07-10-2022, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted By SamIAm1892⏩
There's a big high school (>3000 kids) about a mile from my gym. If you go any time after the doors are out... they are everywhere. I thought they would all be gone in the summer, but it turns out they are all there ALL THE TIME now. Most of them cycle between staring at their phones and being loud and obnoxious, and they spend more time doing those things than actually lifting.It's all zoomers now with their pre-pubescent look and gay ass ****gy earrings and tattooed wannabees thinking they lookin hard. They are no harder then the chimpanzee who picks the **** out of it's own ass.
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07-10-2022, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted By L1ghtweight⏩
Couldn't have iterated it better myself. I mean literally pin point accuracy. They all literally get dressed up for the gym where you are supposed to sweat. They just take pictures and do social media **** to make it look like they're gym bros and they just hog all the equipment.This x1000
Even in my college days (~10 years ago), most of the bros at the gym were serious and looked like they actually put in some effort. Some chatting, but people were there to work out not mess around. Gym could be busy at times, but nothing ridiculous. Most bros wore an old adidas shirt and boring gym shorts. The hot girls were hot gym girls, but most of them didn't dress like prostitutes (and certainly didn't need to in order to still be hot).
Now everyone is a fitness tiktoc wannabe, despite the fact that they don't actually lift. Everyone is wearing full gym shark gear. Loud, obnoxious high school douchebags who will crowd 1 bench with 9 dudes for 30 minutes while they all take turns trying to bench 185 lbs and failing. Sloots looking like they came straight from the strip club (I can't say I mind, but seriously where is the self respect?). Its basically a cesspool of cringe now. Even the trainers at my gym are soyboys, whereas the trainer at one of my old gyms was a legit lifter who could bench 400 lbs. I don't even mind the old people doing random things, at least most of them are decent human beings and for the most part there has always been the old dudes at the gym.
It's like just about anything - once the quantity increases, the quality decreases and in this case its done so massively. Gym goers used to be a fridge number of people, but now it seems like everyone goes (but most don't actually lift).
Even in my college days (~10 years ago), most of the bros at the gym were serious and looked like they actually put in some effort. Some chatting, but people were there to work out not mess around. Gym could be busy at times, but nothing ridiculous. Most bros wore an old adidas shirt and boring gym shorts. The hot girls were hot gym girls, but most of them didn't dress like prostitutes (and certainly didn't need to in order to still be hot).
Now everyone is a fitness tiktoc wannabe, despite the fact that they don't actually lift. Everyone is wearing full gym shark gear. Loud, obnoxious high school douchebags who will crowd 1 bench with 9 dudes for 30 minutes while they all take turns trying to bench 185 lbs and failing. Sloots looking like they came straight from the strip club (I can't say I mind, but seriously where is the self respect?). Its basically a cesspool of cringe now. Even the trainers at my gym are soyboys, whereas the trainer at one of my old gyms was a legit lifter who could bench 400 lbs. I don't even mind the old people doing random things, at least most of them are decent human beings and for the most part there has always been the old dudes at the gym.
It's like just about anything - once the quantity increases, the quality decreases and in this case its done so massively. Gym goers used to be a fridge number of people, but now it seems like everyone goes (but most don't actually lift).
My gym was a local place that got bought out and they turned it into a 24 hour type thing. They just got rid of that so the hours are 8am - 8pm (staff hours only) because one kid would just hold the door open for 12 kids to come in for free after the staff left. We all complained but they never did anything until 2 weeks ago which was a year later. Now everyone got fukked.
Sad state of gyms these days. Social media ruins everything.
07-10-2022, 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted By L1ghtweight⏩
Pre 2013 the gym was literally just dudes with military cuts repping 2 or 3 plates and maybe a couple girls from time to timeThis x1000
Even in my college days (~10 years ago), most of the bros at the gym were serious and looked like they actually put in some effort. Some chatting, but people were there to work out not mess around. Gym could be busy at times, but nothing ridiculous. Most bros wore an old adidas shirt and boring gym shorts. The hot girls were hot gym girls, but most of them didn't dress like prostitutes (and certainly didn't need to in order to still be hot).
Now everyone is a fitness tiktoc wannabe, despite the fact that they don't actually lift. Everyone is wearing full gym shark gear. Loud, obnoxious high school douchebags who will crowd 1 bench with 9 dudes for 30 minutes while they all take turns trying to bench 185 lbs and failing. Sloots looking like they came straight from the strip club (I can't say I mind, but seriously where is the self respect?). Its basically a cesspool of cringe now. Even the trainers at my gym are soyboys, whereas the trainer at one of my old gyms was a legit lifter who could bench 400 lbs. I don't even mind the old people doing random things, at least most of them are decent human beings and for the most part there has always been the old dudes at the gym.
It's like just about anything - once the quantity increases, the quality decreases and in this case its done so massively. Gym goers used to be a fridge number of people, but now it seems like everyone goes (but most don't actually lift).
Even in my college days (~10 years ago), most of the bros at the gym were serious and looked like they actually put in some effort. Some chatting, but people were there to work out not mess around. Gym could be busy at times, but nothing ridiculous. Most bros wore an old adidas shirt and boring gym shorts. The hot girls were hot gym girls, but most of them didn't dress like prostitutes (and certainly didn't need to in order to still be hot).
Now everyone is a fitness tiktoc wannabe, despite the fact that they don't actually lift. Everyone is wearing full gym shark gear. Loud, obnoxious high school douchebags who will crowd 1 bench with 9 dudes for 30 minutes while they all take turns trying to bench 185 lbs and failing. Sloots looking like they came straight from the strip club (I can't say I mind, but seriously where is the self respect?). Its basically a cesspool of cringe now. Even the trainers at my gym are soyboys, whereas the trainer at one of my old gyms was a legit lifter who could bench 400 lbs. I don't even mind the old people doing random things, at least most of them are decent human beings and for the most part there has always been the old dudes at the gym.
It's like just about anything - once the quantity increases, the quality decreases and in this case its done so massively. Gym goers used to be a fridge number of people, but now it seems like everyone goes (but most don't actually lift).
It's changed so much since then I remember pre 2012 if you didn't rep 225 then you wouldn't fit in at the gym
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07-10-2022, 08:02 PM
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ehh, my gym franchise is big and there's enough space/equipment, but sometimes the bench and squat racks are taken and there is a line for people waiting
gyms are worth it if you want to use the freeweights and dumbbells, and if your health insurance reimburses your membership
gyms are worth it if you want to use the freeweights and dumbbells, and if your health insurance reimburses your membership
07-10-2022, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted By L1ghtweight⏩
Ya I hoping this crowd dissipates as soon as school gets back in. If not, I am cancelling for good.There's a big high school (>3000 kids) about a mile from my gym. If you go any time after the doors are out... they are everywhere. I thought they would all be gone in the summer, but it turns out they are all there ALL THE TIME now. Most of them cycle between staring at their phones and being loud and obnoxious, and they spend more time doing those things than actually lifting.
Forgot my headphones one time and I heard them using some fuked up lingo.
"Let's get this fit fam"
"Yo put it on the gram"
"We tik toking you."
Some other crap that made me want to punch my own nuts.
07-10-2022, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted By DeadlyStriker⏩
It has become a social event, not a actual method of hard work and self improvement.Couldn't have iterated it better myself. I mean literally pin point accuracy. They all literally get dressed up for the gym where you are supposed to sweat. They just take pictures and do social media **** to make it look like they're gym bros and they just hog all the equipment.
My gym was a local place that got bought out and they turned it into a 24 hour type thing. They just got rid of that so the hours are 8am - 8pm (staff hours only) because one kid would just hold the door open for 12 kids to come in for free after the staff left. We all complained but they never did anything until 2 weeks ago which was a year later. Now everyone got fukked.
Sad state of gyms these days. Social media ruins everything.
My gym was a local place that got bought out and they turned it into a 24 hour type thing. They just got rid of that so the hours are 8am - 8pm (staff hours only) because one kid would just hold the door open for 12 kids to come in for free after the staff left. We all complained but they never did anything until 2 weeks ago which was a year later. Now everyone got fukked.
Sad state of gyms these days. Social media ruins everything.
My biggest pet peeve is the equipment hogging. Obviously, people are going to be on equipment you are trying to use at times - but when some zoomer is literally just sitting on his phone for 6 minutes between his half ROM sets and bragging to his soyboy friends about his 135 lb bench max, it becomes rage inducing. My current gym has 5 squat racks, and I am usually waiting about 10 minutes for one to open up. My previous gym literally had 1, and it was almost always free.
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08-01-2022, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted By DeadlyStriker⏩
I'm done with gyms. My last gym turned into a teen hangout of zoomers...these kids just take their shirts off and have photoshoots like fukking women.
Originally Posted By L1ghtweight⏩
In my personal experience, these two comments are 100% true.It has become a social event, not a actual method of hard work and self improvement.
�You have to focus on your FOOD and NUTRITION. That's super, super IMPORTANT. MIGHT AS WELL NOT EVEN GO TO THE GYM AND WORK OUT IF YOUR NUTRITION IS NOT INTACT...Consistency. Stay with it. You HAVE TO do this day in, day out. It becomes a LIFESTYLE.� -Jay Cutler
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The younger generation are horrible to see in gyms. They have no self awareness or gym etiquette.
08-01-2022, 09:02 AM
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The gym is crowded with Zoomers with broccoli 🥦 hair who come in huge groups. I never see women lifting weights. They’re mostly on the cardio machines.
08-01-2022, 09:33 AM
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I'm starting week 2 today after a 3 year break. Nothing but bloat lords or cash****s. The girls haven't changed much. The first week just been swimming and warm up and cool down cardio. Plenty of rage inducing motivation alone just from being inside there. The pool is worse in its own way. Yesterday some ****oot hogged an entire lane to swim a lap, stand around for 2 minutes, swim back, get out of the pool and go sit on his phone before getting back in. He only did 2 total laps with about 10+ blown minutes during those. I ended up taking his lane during one of his phone breaks. Nobody has any intensity or drive anymore. Everything is half assed, per my thread actually titled half arsed workouts.
I've done this before where I spent two weeks going hard when I got back from overseas for only 2 weeks and have changed my entire body shape and definition, so I know it's something I can do again. Meanwhile these bozos have been going there for months or years and still look like where I am starting from or worse.
I've done this before where I spent two weeks going hard when I got back from overseas for only 2 weeks and have changed my entire body shape and definition, so I know it's something I can do again. Meanwhile these bozos have been going there for months or years and still look like where I am starting from or worse.
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