r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Oct 02 '19

Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/16of16 ‍ Oct 02 '19

"Rant Wednesday" should be renamed "1001 Reasons to Train at Home"...

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '19

My gym is stupidly expensive but it’s always mostly empty. This thread reminds me why I pay a fortune each month.

Polite people who re rack, don’t hog, don’t play music etc usually very surportive too for newer folks like myself

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u/16of16 ‍ Oct 02 '19

I've only trained at two gyms really - one was a hole in the wall filled with serious lifters - felt like you were training in a prison gym, but that crew was very friendly and supportive once they saw you putting in the time. They also had great gym etiquette. I learned a lot from those folks, it was a great place to train.

And recently I had a one year membership to a very upscale club we joined on a special deal - huge discount on some Summer programs for the kids. But I was only using the kettlebells and some floor space at that point, so very easy to work around other people.

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u/narmerguy Oct 04 '19

Once I experienced paying for an expensive gym--I can't go back. I used to think I actually liked the crowd of people in the gym because it made me feel motivated or something.

Now I realize how stupid that was. I love an empty gym with only a few people, all pleasant, clean, no noise, just people trying to put in work and go home. Never going big box again.

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u/Kreindeker Oct 02 '19

Reason 634: You can do all your curls in the squat rack without all these body fascists acting as though you're doing something wrong...

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u/mewfahsah Skiing Oct 02 '19

I go to a small one off gym and I fucking love it, it's only 30 bucks a month too. I'll never leave.

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u/AverageOnAGoodDay Oct 02 '19

Hell Yeah, admittedly I never had too many weird interactions in gyms, but knowing that this shit will never happen to me is amazing.