Gym PET PEEVES

[@snaxximan5737]

my pet peeve is when i go to the gym and there are other people. god i hate it.

[@jesusvaldez8677]

That's why I bought my own squat rack.

[@AS-uy9gn]

Nothing ruins an activity more consistently than other people.

[@javierdelgado1554]

I know right... like why would you expect other people to be at the gym...makes no sense.

[@BreachSheff]

Biggest pet peeve is people not putting weight plates back after using them. I go to the gym to work out, not to play "Where's Wally?" with the weight plates

[@Hardcoredadof3]

Or if they put them back but in the wrong spot example the 45 pound in 25 pound spot

[@haellm9192]

Or when your gym has multiple types of the same weight plate and people putting them back in a mixed pattern instead of matching

[@SteelOfLegend]

@@Hardcoredadof3 I quite literally make it a goal to stack weights back up in a proper way and in the correct spot on the machines, depending on if they are marked. Like the leg press, it if has 45's stacked over the 25's, I put the 45's on its own peg and the 25's on another. 5lb -> clip -> 10lb on a 25lb peg? Put the 10 on the 10, 5 on the 5 and the clip on the hook where it belongs. It's not hard and those people who can't understand that are just slobs.

[@MrAmadeus1998]

@@BreachSheff my biggest pet peeve is when people take plates off the machine I’m using while I go to the bathroom

[@MrAmadeus1998]

@@Hardcoredadof3 or if they mix the plates like a Neanderthals with a 45, 25, and 10 on the 5lb pin on the weight tree.

[@simonhibbeler5396]

My pet peeve is this distain and miss labeling of “gym bros”. I think there is a movement of people that hate on them for being loud, egotistical, rude, take up space, give unwanted advice, constantly filming obnoxious things, etc. I would actually argue that that isnt a gym bro, that might just be an asshole or a rude person. To me a true gym bro is passionate about what they do, helpful when asked for advice, supportive to the regular community at their gym, welcomes new people in their space, are attentive to their environment, and just in general a good person at the gym. When I see a sort of loud group of “gym bros” I see a group of people getting really hyped about what they love. We are always told to keep that child like energy. even adults are told dont ever loose that or ask why do people loose it. Then when we see someone get really hyped about their passion we label them as doing something wrong. Contrary to allowing kids and supporting them to get really excited about something they love and expressing it. Be a gym bro just dont be an asshole. Lift heavy be kind i guess 😂😂. Love what you do man!

[@iielysiumx5811]

My biggest annoycan is people who “superset” or “circuit train” during peak times at the gym. The gym I train at is fairly small and during peak it gets busy. This one guy was using a squat rack to do pull ups, a bench and 3 sets of dumbbells (on the other side of the gym) 1 of the only 2 bench presses in the whole gym and the back extension machine. Eventually the staff had a word and told him he couldn’t rise 5 plus pieces of equipment at one time during peak, as it wasn’t fair on other patrons. Luckily he seemingly found a new gym soon after

[@xm8553]

My biggest gym pet peeve is when people try to use 2 or 3 machines at the same time when it’s busy. Don’t get me wrong, I like using 2 machines to save time. But if it’s busy at all then I’m not gonna even try. Respect other people’s time too

[@yoeyyoey8937]

Just let people work in sets it’s easy

[@SamPlaysBass49]

#1 drives me nuts. I am a healthcare provider and I work in a clinic office 5 days out of the week and it's always "oh sam will move that don't worry" we literally pay property managers to handle these things, i dont want to be moving stuff around that we pay our property managers to move, especially when i have to be treating patients.

[@Dmoriarty1993]

Sounds frustrating.

[@Gargarks]

Standing directly in front of the Dumbell rack to do your sets.

[@jimmyr545]

Thank you! That's my #1. And similarly doing sets in front of the rack of loaded barbells or curl bars.

[@jimmyr545]

To explain it to everyone else, it blocks anyone else from using like 8-10 dumbbells

[@mattystewart8]

I sit in front of the rack purely because thats where the bench is 🤷🏻‍♂️😂 if someone has moved the bench then i take the DB’s to the bench. Im not moving that fucking thing around the whole gym lmfao

[@jimmyr545]

@@mattystewart8 I've never in my life seen a bench right in front of the dumbbells. It's always at least 4' away.

[@mattystewart8]

@@jimmyr545oh we are talking literally right at the rack? Yeah i dont do that. To me “in front of the rack” meant a few feet away 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@daltonmason62]

I can't stand when people get all impatient because they want to do squats in the curl rack... bunch of animals I tell ya

[@BurntCatFish]

1. People who don't let you work in when it's busy 2. People who misplace the weights or don't clean up their weights at all, especially dumbbells when the rack is clearly marked with numbers. 3. People who get angry when you ask if they are using a piece of equipment, especially when they are supersetting and not currently using the machine you ask about.

[@mclark613]

I always told my kids (and try hard to remind myself:)) "You better hope you're the problem. You can do something about yourself, but if the problem is someone else, well, it's really unlikely you're going to change that person. After all, he's probably already working to change himself and having about the same amount of success as you are in changing yourself!" Focus on yourself, and on what you can control.

[@unclemoneymoneyuncle8702]

My biggest "gym pet peeve" is that I workout of a commercial gym... thankfully I'm there when things are relatively empty, but when I used to train in the evening, things would be quite busy, and sometimes all 4 squat racks would be taken.... But sometimes it'd be taken by someone deadlifting in front of the rack.... So I'd simply ask if they didn't mind move a touch back to the plenty of open floor space behind so I could squat, and they'd say "no, I'm using it".... which, clearly they're not, they're just deadlifting in front of the squat rack with the bar/weights on the ground... and I'm not talking about those multi purposed plywood setups in combo with a rack, I'm just talking about empty floor space and a rack (which clearly they weren't using the rack).

[@molasorrosalom4846]

Had a lady one time use a bench, to rest her cellphone, so she could record her workout..... Almost lost my 💩

[@unclemoneymoneyuncle8702]

@@molasorrosalom4846 same, there's a few stools n boxes to use, which I usually will use to sit/rest in between heavy sets... I hate when they're in use as storage for someone's phone and/or as a way for them to record!

[@thearm95]

and couples/training partners who come in and use the two squat racks, leg presses as a 'his' and 'hers'

[@yoeyyoey8937]

That’s just heinous

[@yungpenaldo78]

the entitlement is off the charts. People use the racks to deadlift because it's way easier to change the weight on a rack rather than doing it on the floor.

[@sentrydd]

My biggest gym pet peeve is the cringe gym culture itself, which is why I just built my own homegym, so I never have to see anyone else.

[@everythingstrength1485]

Exactly what I did. I don't have to wait on anyone. And I can get in, anytime 😂

[@siffoine]

My biggest gym PET peeve is the cringe gym culture at my home gym. Mirror was a mistake.

[@joeschmo2693]

Blocking the damn DB rack. Step TF back, jackass.

[@fresh430]

I’m glad no one has to see you too. You sound impatient and insufferable. Thanks for doing everyone a favor

[@62cripple]

Did this 40 years ago....never had a bad day at the gym...💪😎🍺🇳🇿

[@moopius]

You missed the main peeves that most gym users don't like: 1 Hogging equipment, 2 taking all day to do your sets, 3 leaving sweat and stink all over equipment, 4 making a ton of noise when it isn't necessary and 5 not putting plates or dumbells back.

[@aaronbarlow4376]

Powerlifters need long rest periods because we actually lift heavy.

[@alanmuston3554]

Sitting on the leg extension machine using their mobile phone!

[@themondoshow]

@@aaronbarlow4376 "we" hahahaha

[@aaronbarlow4376]

@@themondoshow Yes, I do powerlifting. Is there something funny about that? Let me guess, you're a curl bro with legs like gollum.

[@dementionalpotato]

this is not about most people though it is just his personal peeves

[@elitetripod4188]

My number one is people who try to convince you to take shortcuts or skip days because it may inconvenience them. Example: you commit to go out to afternoon tea with somebody after your workout and halfway through your workout they try getting you to stop short so you can go earlier. It drives me insane.

[@yoeyyoey8937]

What does that have to do with the gym other than the coincidence of being there

[@elitetripod4188]

@@yoeyyoey8937 People trying to convince you to workout less in the gym or skip sets for any reason? I find it hard to believe you don't understand.

[@yoeyyoey8937]

@@elitetripod4188 so they only do that when you’re at the gym but not any other time?

[@elitetripod4188]

@@yoeyyoey8937 Living with you must be a nightmare

[@yoeyyoey8937]

@@elitetripod4188 just curious, cause I’m wondering if they don’t respect your time in general or if they just don’t think the gym is serious per se

[@fritzb.3978]

Slamming weights especially on cable/stack machines, not putting weights away, gyms that don’t fix their equipment. Hint: My 24 Hour Fitness!!

[@nickcustodi592]

#3 is a great point. I’m a personal trainer and coach. When clients ask me about if what they did is good- it’s an almost impossible question to answer. I could tell them relative to other people in their population it’s good but even then what’s the utility? Especially beyond the parameters of a true competitive setting. I’m very much in the same line of thinking as you- we should only be worried about maxing out our personal potential. If that happens to mean you’re stronger than others similar to you, great. If not, who cares you’re probably happier with yourself having worked hard for an accomplishment.

[@Herr_U]

Ohh, I'd love to see that sauna video - in particular as someone who grew up in a culture of sauna (and honestly it is my favorite method of unwinding (be it after exercise or not) (unless the sauna is too cold, that just winds me up)). And yes, I expect it to be a "the devil is in the details" video. (Also, your smile when you realised you could plug the coaching program, it made me smile)

[@KT2016-r3r]

The biggest thing that upsets me is people taking weights from the squat rack or bench that I am currently using. Lots of weights everywhere else in the gym, but go ahead take a 45 plate and leave me with just one without a pair.

[@joemorgenstern9846]

I always ask. Simple, easy and appreciated.

[@yoeyyoey8937]

Yeah that one gets me and they’re always so sneaky about it like they know it’s wrong

[@drae6984]

@@yoeyyoey8937 Eh depends, many squat racks and benches have additional plate holders where the plates are supposed to be stacked. I never ask anyone if they need those plates and I never expect to be asked either. If I need a plate, I will put it on my bar. If I'm warming up and someone takes a plate... well then unlucky, guess I have to get it from elsewhere.

[@yoeyyoey8937]

@@drae6984 I mean when I’m on equipment and there’s only one set of something and you take it without asking it’s pretty annoying. It’s so easy to ask

[@drae6984]

@@yoeyyoey8937 Nah I'm talking about the dedicated holders for plates on machines. If you put plates on a machine to actually use and then someone takes them away then obviously that's bad

[@williambohorun99]

1. Thinking you are better than someone else because you lift more.

[@outlimboed]

0:45 First pet peeve being asked 'I bet you can move that' 7:16 'Can you pick that up?' is the origin of strongman

[@yoeyyoey8937]

I was confused by that too

[@Vincent-b5z]

I thought that was a contradiction too

[@mayo8029]

My biggest peeve is people not being safe when safety should be #1 when lifting heavy. So many gym fails are due to inadequate spotter, safety bar height, ego lifting, etc. Chest press for example, safety bars used correctly, an adequate spotter, dumbbells, another chest machine of some kind; if one isn't available go to the next one. There is no excuse for injuries and near death scenarios that are all too common due to the lack of safety. I get people don't have all of these safety measures available to them but you'll find a lot of awkward situations can be avoided by just dropping the weight a bit and learning how to bail correctly. This comment isn't a cure all.

[@Milkshakes-Den]

Im dinghy sailing, cycling, training different martial arts and doing home calisthenics. The most ANNOYING things people say to me are "You should start lifting weights" and "Whats your diet?... No. You should eat this" You asked ME what !'m doing. its what IM doing. I'm training for stamina and body strength for my sports. i have no need or interest to be massive, I'm lean and fit, working hard to improve but let me do it my way. If you have an idea to help me then of course but telling me what I'm doing is wrong and telling me to train something completely different is annoying as anything.

[@themerc4445]

When people wearing earbuds/headphones sing out loud and people that don’t pick up after themselves I.e. not putting up equipment/plates. There’s probably more but that’s all that came to mind in the moment.

[@TracySnitker]

Walking away leaving equipment sweaty or not putting plates away

[@molasorrosalom4846]

People sitting on the equipment, for five minutes watching tik tok videos, then they finally do a rushed, half A$$ED set, so they can go back to watching tik tok videos......

[@私はクソな中国人です]

I remember one monday the gym was absolutely PACKED with people and on every machine there was some person just sitting there watching their phone. I kid you not not one of them were doing a set. It was like a classroom with everyone just staring into a screen. Nothing was moving. Bruh

[@molasorrosalom4846]

​@@私はクソな中国人ですWelcome to the future......

[@yoeyyoey8937]

5 m is evough to do your own set tho

[@elementdavid85]

Anyone who watches tik tok videos shouldnt be in the gym

[@aaronbarlow4376]

Asians are the worst for this.

[@williamb4601]

My biggest gym pet peeve would be people who take up multiple machines or pieces of equipment to do circuit training or super sets. If you want to do that style of training, be my guest but make sure it only requires one machine or station.

[@Hardcoredadof3]

I see no problem if it’s dead but yes if the gym is busy that’s inconsiderate

[@yoeyyoey8937]

Or share the machines it’s very easy.

[@AlamedanBreezyRep]

Love this guy, seems fully self-aware and able to speak with perspective.

[@michaelprice8207]

#5 is so true. How many times have you talked with someone putting on a strongman competition and heard them complain about all the stupid questions. "What are the dimensions of the sandbag? What size tires are on the truck for the truck pull? Is it a Rouge yolk or Titan yolk? What color is the axle bar painted?" It's a spot that started where no one knew the events until the day of.

[@cwstreeper]

My top three gym pet peeves: 1. Leaving trash around the gym. (It's disrespectful to the gym and everyone else in it) 2. Not cleaning your equipment (re-racking weights, wipe downs, etc. Also disrespectful.) 3. Paying more attention to your cell phone than your workout (it doesn't affect me or anyone else, I just don't like it)

[@grimsithe]

The one dude at my gym who uses the only deadlift/squat combo station to do 100lbs half squats superset with push-ups when theres 10 free squat racks open.

[@DrunkenGlums]

Had me at 100lb half squats... 🤢

[@dbszepesi]

My pet peeve is still when dudes on gear lecture me on fitness.

[@Kansanite]

Wetting the deadlift platform is my No. 1

[@operatorfig]

I'm sorry bro 😭 I'll bring a mop next time. Lol I sweat like a mf.

[@A-A-RonDavis2470]

That shows weak pelvic floor muscles. Ladies, we're talking to you too. If you are taking TRT and pissing on the deadlift platform when you hit a 90%+ single, you need to rethink what you're doing.

[@thetowndrunk988]

@@A-A-RonDavis2470WTF does TRT have to do with it?

[@yoeyyoey8937]

Someone at your gym does that?

[@yoeyyoey8937]

Someone at your gym does that?

[@PcCAvioN]

1.dudes who wont let you use x machine because its part of his 20 movement circuit and he's "using it" 2.dudes who are obviously full of themselves but do partial reps, loudly 3.dudes who come in a group and try to hog the gym/intimidate you out of their way 4.that bodybuilder who would stomp around the apartment complex gym when i dared to use the gym i also pay to use. I'm sorry you can't adjust your program while I use the squat rack for half an hour once a week during your every day 3 hr workouts. When I come in and youre using what I want to use I get creative without being a brat 5. dudes who get in their feelings and glare at you for simply being there

[@thearm95]

OMG yes. Your no. 1 is all too common.

[@yoeyyoey8937]

What kinda crazy trenned out gym you go to? And yeah not letting people work in sets is evil when there is limited equipment and you know you gone use it for a while

[@UsyksmashedFurytwice]

You can always tell there’s American arseholes in the comment section when the word dude is mentioned multiple times.

[@Anna_Dawson]

Number 1 actually only happened to me once… my brother and I workout together, generally 3 sets each per machine we use. This guy came out of nowhere to tell us he was using the machine we were about to use.. we asked how many sets he had left and he said he’s doing a circuit, so we were like “okay, we’ll work in then, just let us know when you need to do a set and we’ll put your weight back on.”… we finished all 6 sets, put his weight back and did another machine and the guy never came back even once -_- I hate when people try to like monopolize the machines for their entire workout because they’re “going to” use it eventually.

[@wreckingball8156]

I had a combination of 1 & 3. I tried to be courteous and let them have the machine. But the more I thought about it the more it pissed me off and it’s not gonna happen again

[@Azrium]

Not cleaning the machines, and not putting the weights back

[@aaronbarlow4376]

Agree with the second one but germophobia is not healthy.

[@Azrium]

Less germophobia, than not wanting to follow up on a machine that's covered in someone's sweat

[@knowwe]

I will clean the machine if i sweat on it, otherwise kick rocks. Actually one of biggest peeves is people cleaning equipment excessively, like use your brain and dont just be a robot

[@MrAmadeus1998]

I’m a 1003 year old reincarnated Persian mummy and I can lift a village from the earth and throw it into the sky, is this good?

[@mikebryan7871]

💀

[@djmcvey831]

Doing dumbbell work 6 inches from the rack so none of the weights around them can be used.

[@Gargarks]

This. Take two steps back. It's that easy.

[@ahnilatedahnilated7703]

1.) Going to the gym, say Lifetime fitness, setting your stuff down on a specific piece of equipment that is heavily used and walking away for 20mn using other stuff just so no one will be using that machine and stop you when you get there. I will 100% of the time, move their junk off the machine and use it. I don't give 2 shits how big the person is, their sex, race or anything. There is a rule in almost every gym that you don't do that crap. It is 100% rude to everyone in there that might want to use that machine and you think you have some special right to it. You are damn lucky I don't take your stuff and throw it outside.

[@yoeyyoey8937]

Why don’t you just ask the person if you can use the equipment or move their stuff first? Since you’re so concerned about being kind and people doing the right thing and all that?

[@Dmoriarty1993]

@@yoeyyoey8937 Would he necessarily know who it belonged to?

[@idontcareidiots96]

Love you man thanks for more educational content. keep killing it on YT

[@tuckerhunt8911]

i want to see a full breakdown of why all the "Recovery Hacks" are myth.

[@smebbo6435]

there is a rather recent dr mike (and dr pak) vid on exactly this topic

[@Grumpyoldman666]

This makes me appreciate my garage gym more and more. For the sauna I will say that it has helped my sleep by reducing my arthritis pain during my sleep, where before it would wake me up at night.

[@MTGBroker]

Put the weights back and keep the dumbells/plates in sequential order on the rack. Literally all that bothers me.

[@molasorrosalom4846]

Hell, and wouldn't mind if the dumbells were on the floor in front of the dumbell rack. Instead you have to go on a scavenger hunt to find them.

[@emobuddha]

This! The amount of times I’ve had to stop my workout to fix the dumb bells because someone put the 35s with the 45s and ugh I hate it

[@coomcake]

Turning a vertical row of neatly organized plates into a haphazard stack of whatever because we're too lazy to put them back how we found them.

[@TheSLK66]

Biggest pet peeve, someone leaving a bench soaked of sweat and not bothering to even dry it up.

[@Anna_Dawson]

My 2 biggest gym pet peeves are; 1) people who come smelling disgusting (didn’t shower, old used clothes, stale sweat stank)… the gym has showers, please use them. Some people come smelling so bad that you can’t even finish the workout, they make the entire gym unbreathable. 2) people who take up an entire area of the gym because they have to put their stuff all over machines they aren’t using (bonus negative points if it’s for the purpose of filming their subpar workout.)

[@simpsonhead3]

Quite a few of these involve some sort of underlying validation, affirmation, or superiority complex kind of issue. To be honest, I already knew I was making some these mistakes myself with my friends but in the end, I just want to become a stronger version of myself and better than yesterday. I have a bad habit of comparing myself to other people in the gym and how weak I am compared to some gym bros, but I'd like to say I have a strong presence of mind to just be happy with the gains I'm making for myself If y'all occasionally struggle with these mental blocks like how I do, I'm rooting for you and hope this doesn't hold you back 💪

[@vittocrazi]

I dislike people who shame on bodybuilders because "they are weak. No functional muscles". Sure they are not weightlifter strong, but sure as fuck they are stronger than people who run their mouth like that

[@shanejensen1882]

I was nervous that I’d disagree with some of these but no, mindful Mitch back at it again with a banger. All of these pet peeves are so justified and I relatable

[@ethanross3157]

Mitch can you rip my tree out of the ground for me? 😂

[@ExpeditionaryRanger]

Wasn’t expecting the rant on deadlift bars and it left me with more questions than answers.

[@adamlea6339]

Pet peeve: When I am working my way through my routine and there is a group of three or four using the one machine in the gym I want to use (e.g. lat pulldown) and they are all doing four or five sets each in turn monopolising it for half an hour plus before they are finished.

[@davidkim3477]

You omitted all my pet peeves: - not returning weights in their correct place - creating plate sandwiches - not using deodorant - making unnecessary noise - slamming weight stacks - obstructing the dumbbell rack

[@broke602]

Biggest pet peeve is people not re-racking their weights 😡

[@strawberryyogurt0]

1. People that don’t re-rack their weights 2. Supersetters … that don’t re-rack their weights.

[@Enderknight1024]

Bro the minute rules are so annoying, the press out in Olympic lifting is such a stupid thing it’s not even enforced consistently

[@Andreastheduck]

one pet peeve I've just recently acquired, is the obsession with perfect technique/biomechanics. sometimes I just want to do a curl with barbell because I enjoy it. no need to lecture me on incline curls for better weighted stretch etc.

[@Liono83]

I hate people who lift DIRECTLY in front of the dumbbell rack as if they don't care about anyone else in the gym and we don't need or want the dumbbells.

[@DaLordIsBack1]

My pet peeve is just being in the gym and not being the biggest guy there

[@frodothehobo9938]

My biggest one is the weird belief that you are hardcore/warrior mentality. My guys, if you lift weights voluntarily; you live in a first world country with lots of access to food, clean water, a safe place to sleep and enough money/resources to be able to pay for a gym membership. You are not a warrior. You are privileged and lucky.

[@rowanmoloney1559]

This is a massive one for me. Like wtf? How does one end up with such deficit in ones self esteem that they have to latch onto this ridiculous ego cope. Same people use terms like "alpha male" and "beta male". They probably describe themselves as lone wolves too. It all screams insecurity.

[@Joe-fi4hv]

As someone at the beginning of his journey, I don’t agree with #3. I’m not trying to compare myself necessarily, but I am trying to wrap my head around the landscape. Where am I? What are reasonable goals for me? Do I need to double down on that exercise or am I good - move on to develop something else your weak in? Hate: when people park on a machine with their phone. Move! go do something. Why are you here? Obsession with sterilizing everything after every set. I’m here to work and sorry, the work is sweaty. Try jiujitsu without getting someone’s sweat on you. It honestly takes longer to clean than do the set. Can’t imagine Arnold cleaning everything all the time.

[@CodMan951]

My biggest gym pet peeves are people playing on their phones taking forever on a machine, people standing directly in front of a weight rack doing their sets when they know they are interrupting other people's workouts, and for me, as of recently, is people staring at people when they are doing a set. I know there are lots more I'm missing.

[@mikefoster732]

Someone trying to talk to me in the middle of a hard set. Happened more than once, you're at say 4RIR and going to push it to near failure, and someone asks how many sets you have left. Grrrr!

[@Ezratal]

'it's super annoying when people say 'i 'i bet you could pick that up?' but also 'the origin[/essence] of strongman is 'could you pick that up? walk it down there?'

[@aesop2733]

The interesting thing about BMI is it kind of still works if you're thinking about your heart's ability to supply the body with blood relative to your size. Obviously it can't cover variables like aerobic health and genetic predispositions but if you think about purely what the average man's heart size is with the average amount of cardiovascular health you may be able to get a good picture of how you're doing and what you need. More or less, if your BMI seems high but you don't feel like a fatty it might be a good idea to maintain decent aerobic fitness so your heart doesn't become laboured by your inactivity. Some people are, after all, muscular and some just have large frames. Your heart isn't just bigger and more capable just because you've got wide shoulders and a big ass even though you feel like you look good. A scrawny person of equal height can be considerable smaller and their heart may take more abuse from their laziness

[@5055672439]

I’m someone who responds really really well to hot and cold contrast. When I go back and forth a between sauna and really cold shower 2-4 times I’m literally feeling the release of stiffness and pain in my musculature. It’s relief that last between sessions!

[@Cultured_Barbarian]

Removing or adding weights to the holders on the bench I am currently using

[@AlphaLionTrillionaire]

Yes, moving that 5 kilo table 3 inches totally compensated for me doing heavy barbell squats 🤦

[@Himothy704]

The superset pros with no muscle definition. Get the basics down before hogging 3 machines.

[@ClassicLenny]

Unless you are a pro bodybuilder, don't pose outside of the posing room! Honestly no one looks at a 55kg broccoli head or 105kg dude with 22% bf who is flexing with their shirt off and thinks ”wow that dude looks great” please just stop it 🙏

[@xnexgax2477]

I personally like when people grunt. I like seeing people try their hardest.

[@kbarna70]

You touched on all things I consider as pet peeves of the gym/strength sports. As someone who has been battling obesity most of my life (I am around the 33% body fat with a 40 BMI) I do have some muscle from the last 23 years of strongman and powerlifting. Some of the powerlifting idles were those who were really big pushing insane weights with equipment. However, raw lifters like Ed Cohen or more recent ones like Efferding and even Dan Green look fantastic and are strong as fuck. The one thing that is missing from the list (I am 40 and have been lifting since I was 15) is the lack of lifting knowledge. When I started KZbin wasn't even a thing yet and I remember going to local meets and watching strongman on tv and being in awe of the raw power people have. I wanted that. I had a subscription to Power magazine and tried my best to get strong. Unfortunately, being a big kid I gravitated to bigger/fatter lifters.

[@stegs1939]

Mine is when people steal all the plates in the gym to do quater reps

[@jordansmart2973]

This should be universally shamed

[@SomeYouTubeGuy]

"Comparison is the thief of joy" I've been working out 10 months and my coach has been working out 10 years. All I'll get from comparing myself to her is misery because she's been lifting so much longer than I have, but I will absolutely look at where I am today and where I started from and be proud of the improvement I've made.

[@spiritfingers98]

Everyone else +50%? I'm stronger than everyone I know minus a handful of people and I'm not even able to move 50% of what you move.

[@springhillfitness6837]

As a gym owner my biggest two are 1. abusing the equipment and 2. being intolerant of people who work out differently than you do

[@human_hope]

Throwing dumbells away after dumbell bench press

[@rimantasandriukaitis2730]

I have solved that problem. Just tell the person to use lighter weights since he cannot handle the heavier ones. And do it loudly so everyone around can hear. Works like a glove. Haven't seen some of those people around the gym since that day. Big win.

[@drae6984]

I'd rather (gently) throw the dumbbells on the (softened) ground while noone is standing next to me instead of risking injury. I have no strength left after doing a set to failure. Setting up for a set with 50kg+ dumbbells is already difficult in itself, but returning them with no strength left is just kinda too risky for me. I'll risk annoying some people if it means I won't injure myself lol

[@rimantasandriukaitis2730]

@@drae6984Yeah, same lame excuses. All you do is lower dumbells on your chest and sit up from what ever position you were.

[@drae6984]

@@rimantasandriukaitis2730 you go sit up with 100kg+ on your chest after a set to failure 😅 Do you also lower your deadlift slowly to the ground after a max effort pr?

[@rimantasandriukaitis2730]

@@drae6984 Slow eccentric in controlled motion every time. You should work on your core for sitting up.

[@username40000]

Saunas are the best. Ya feel like a zen master getting out of one of those. So calm and loose.

[@iaminside1]

Weight is coming down, and strength is going up. Working on it.

[@neon2090]

Hovering around waiting for the equipment I’m using. Just ask, I’ll come and find you when I’m done 🤷

[@Levimnat]

Worst one for me is when people try to correct someone's form and then just tell them a different variation of the exercise that they prefer

[@MF-hz6xx]

1)People that lift their phone more than the weight. 2)Not wiping your dirty ass equipment 3)Not enough air movement in the gym

[@mattTHEEgreat]

My dad was remodeling his upstairs and needed help carrying drywall up. Of course he asked me by phrasing it like he was doing me a favor and said "I got a strongman thing you can do". Carrying drywall sucks for those who have never done it before

[@WarriorDudePerson]

I agree the “oh there’s your workout for the day” is annoying

[@shaneoinsaneo6820]

Haha I work in a labour intensive job in a coal mine, and it sure does get old hearing “you don’t have to go to the gym today at least” half way through a tough job

[@MrAmadeus1998]

“Getting your workout for the day?” Is the most annoying comment I encountered with a close second being “You’re eating that? I thought you went to the gym?” when I eat anything remotely unhealthy like pizza or a burger.

[@Ryan-ct5cz]

Lmao I'm at work doing manual labor out in the heat all day and a coworker will be like, I guess this is your workout for the day huh? And I always say nah this is nothing I'm still going to the gym after this.

[@MrAmadeus1998]

@@Ryan-ct5cz yep lol

[@aaronbarlow4376]

A big pet peeve of mine is people putting baby plates on the leg press or hack squat machine racks so that you have to remove 10kg, 5kg and even 2.5kg plates to get to the 20kg plates that one should be using. The small plates are racked in another area of the gym around the squat racks. Whenever I see them on the leg press or hack squat machine racks I throw them all over the floor.

[@jamesmontalvo5026]

For a little while there was a guy at my gym who would jump rope in the walk way between machines as a super set I guess. I literally turned my head while in my own space and felt the wind from the jump rope whip by my face. I was pretty pissed. If you want to jump rope go outside or find open space don’t squeeze up next to people and put them at risk of being hit in the face because you didn’t respect their personal space. Whipping somebody in the face with a jump rope is a great way to start a fight if that’s your goal, but it’s a terrible inside activity if there isn’t enough space and you aren’t looking for problems from strangers.

[@dominicrichards6608]

My biggest pet peeve is when people don’t rerack their weights, when people don’t clean their equipment after use, and when people have their elbows flaired out when benching

[@anthmyers3740]

Texas deadlift bar with Calibrated plates is a must m8

[@TexasSean]

I agree, the Texas DL bar has been the standard for years. He only mentions the rogue Ohio bar because he’s sponsored.

[@anthmyers3740]

@@TexasSean yep x

[@BobCarolgees-p8f]

My gym has 3 different legpress machines next to each other .. no 25kg plates some times left anywhere

[@adamjones5931]

Crocs. People not re-racking their weights. People sat at a machine on their phone. People doing jump rope in the free weight area. People who sling their coats and bags on the floor instead of using the locker. Women wearing basically no clothes who get offended when someone looks at them. The list goes on...

[@TheImmenseFence]

Haha with some of these I can see you getting slightly heated talking about them. And someone with your temperment that means a lot! BTW can you move my fridge?

[@michaelscott_aka_db_saf]

Mitchell I agree on getting the basics right, why so much hate on those cold tubs lmfao 😂😂😂😂

[@aronhegedus]

My pet peeve is powerlifting based when people are working in on a bench say. If there's 3-4 people on same bench, and it's your turn and you still have to set up your camera/wrist wraps/chalk, and do your 40 second preparation then it slows the groove down so much You need to be able to go fast, and be proactive in who's going next etc

[@TheDougDaniel]

To be fair to the folk asking if their lift is good/bad - most strength sports (including Strongman) is about comparing your lifts to other people's lifts, so it's kind of understandable.

[@Zachafinackus]

Mine is probably niche due to my apartment gym, but there's this one duo that 'works out' (one does, the other just kind of hangs around in workout clotes) and brings a toddler with them and lets them just run around the gym.

[@bigmuvver]

Well Mr Grumpy 🤣 another great vid, obviously there no more Questions to ask!!😢

[@majorglory1223]

Carrying the gallon jug around the gym, for some reason I can't figure out grinds my gears. It can be a liter water bottle, one of those yeti jugs or similar products. But the gallon jug itself 🤷🏼 And one most can't get behind phone use between sets...

[@calebgodard4554]

Great video, in powerlifting the excuses for missing lifts are unbelievable. The answer 95% of the time is poor programming or lack of strength but it's always "misgroove" or some other nonsense

[@ragingmoderate6791]

The only time I ask about my progress I always add in the parameters. "Is my progress okay? I started 20 months ago my max deadlift was 265. Now it is 395, is that decent progress? Do I need to change anything with my program." It's never to guage myself against others just looking for someone else's opinion on whether or not my program is working to a good standard.

[@user-strength10]

really the only pet peeve i could think of would be people continuously on their phone and taking up the equipment, filming also but i've noticed gym's are starting to ban that (LA fitness already has).... as a side would be awesome to see you do a review of different fitness gear haha

[@NikosDriehuis]

Hmm im on my phone often but I wouldnt be done any faster just staring blankly at a wall while resting

[@yoeyyoey8937]

Filming is ok and you can always work in sets

[@johannesvoss9880]

Buddy, the first thing I will ask you if I ever see you is if you can move my heart 🤣