When you workout in a public gym, you’re going to experience a lot of things that are going to piss you off. I’ve been there. People are crazy at gyms.

What are things that piss me off at a public gym? Here’s a short list:

• Equipment Hogging – There are guys in gyms that spend way more than a half hour on the same equipment. If I need to use something, and some guy is taking forever to use it. That drives me crazy.
• People not taking their weights back to where they belong – One time I had to use a leg press a while back, and the leg press machine was already full of 45 lb weight plates that I had to take off myself because the person that was using it before didn’t bother to put them back themselves. This drives me crazy too.
• Weight dropping – Earlier today, there was a guy doing dumbbell chest presses on a bench near to where I was working out. He was like lifting 50 – 60 lb dumbbells around that, when he gets done with his set, he just drops them to the floor, making a loud crashing sound. There’s no reason to drop the weights. Just bring them down slowly and easily, then set them on the floor. Handle weights with care. I think the reason guys drop weights to the floor is not because they are heavy, it’s because it’s an ego kind of thing. They want to think of themselves like, “Gggggrrrrr, I’m tough, so I need to show it in front of everybody”. I lifted heavy dumbbells before, and I never drop them. If they are heavy for you, get a spotter. Of course, most won’t get a spotter. They think they’re tough without a spotter too.
• People trying to start a conversation with me during my workouts – Hello people, I’m working out. Shut up and leave me alone. I need my concentration, thanks.