Saw this topic on T-Nation forums and realised we dont have one here. i'll edit this post and compile your contributions into a list so everyone can learn not to be a d*** at the gym without realising it.

mine are:
1. occupying more than one bench/station at any given time, but if you're willing to share and wait for your turn, then its fine.

2. throwing down <70lbs db's with force at an obvious attempt to get attention on how awesome you are

3. talking shop while sitting on benches and taking up space in the free weight area. its already crowded as it is.

4. resting between sets for more than 5 mins sitting down at the HS machines, staring into space/on the phone/watching everyone else and when asked how many more sets, says x amount and immediately starts the set. were you actually waiting for me to start you off?

5. resting the short barbells on the benches instead of the floor. do the bars really need cushioning, and are you that lazy to lift it bar off the floor instead?

i'll think of more later.

this. although i must say in my gym its the norm for everyone to leave the db's around. i still put my db's back though, as futile as it seems. its not unusual for me when occupying a bench to rack up the db's littered in front of the bench before starting my sets. wouldnt want to get up the bench and trip on them and injuring myself

hey hey hey! i wear my bball gear to gym too! but at least i fill up my jersey . i agree with dan, if i wear anything other than sleeveless shirts and moisture absorbing material even my towel would be too wet to wipe away the sweat. once i wore a cotton shirt during leg day and the gym ran out of small towels i ended my routine TOTALLY drenched in sweat. i might as well have not worn a shirt that day =.="

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Added on January 13, 2011, 2:57 amGVT training. 10x10 with a minute rest in between. im about to start on the program so i'll tell you how it goes in a few weeks . i'll still do my squats and RDL's though..

This post has been edited by mikehuan: Jan 13 2011, 02:57 AM

shane, any tips on telling people how to spot correctly? most of the time when i ask random people to spot me, they do half the work. i tell them less support, and they reduce their help by a fraction. bleh, totally lost my focus by then. the bigger the weights, the more force they put in!

irritates me to no end. i usually take a lighter weight nowadays and do it myself. at least my last set doesnt feel like a warm up set. but usually if someone occupies some bench/machine that you need why not ask if they could share? usually people do give in. i know i would.

i heard hanging around weight plates and db's makes you buffed

i'll give this a try, thanks man.

my gym now has a rubber like platform not unlike the one in FF Empire. Its great, very stable. but now every now and then when i reach for db's i get a static shock zzz. almost everyone in my gym gets that now lol. really makes your workout interesting.

wow ROFL! truly hardcore haha

ditto. had to cut short my leg day today, didnt allow enough time for food to digest, got nauseous after halfway in the routine.

if its unavoidable we would know it. some of the guys purposely throw em down with force. ive seen it done with 10kg db's. really?

i have to agree, after my set i usually cant be farked to look for the tiny numbers indicating the weight of the db's at the rack. janji the db's are in the rack and off the floor so it wont trip anyone / make a mess

nuff said. lol.

few days ago, a guy was doing ez bar curls with a friend spotting. i honestly couldn't tell who was spotting and who was doing the curls.

my rule of thumb; even if you have your gear there, if you arent there within 5 minutes im taking it. if you're stopping me from taking it while claiming you're doing a super set i'm gonna ask if its too much to share the damn equipment?

lol, this would be the first time i heard someone was 'digging' for his abs

this is quite shit, tbh. but i wouldnt have waited an hour. did you at least ask if they could share?

tbh although he is being an ass, you're in the wrong here. if he doesnt want to share you cant force him to. hes paying for the gym membership so imo he has the rights not to share. theres no written rule in gyms where it says you HAVE to share equipments, at most is the cardio machines where they limit you to a certain amount of time.

i didnt say you need to live ONLY by written rules. you having a bad day or what?

Today at my gym. 3 buddies standing in front of what looks like at least 7 to 8 sets of dbs, all of which ranges from 2.5kg to 10kgs. Looked like it was a pasar malam db sale. Think they were doing curls.

At least they reracked the dbs when they were done. I had to resort to using 5kg plates for a burn lateral raise set instead of the 7.5kg dbs cos they hogged both sets of the same weight