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re: Gym Etiquette - Waiting for a Machine

Posted on 9/18/25 at 10:59 am to
Posted by LUS Tiger in FL
TrampaBay
Member since Apr 2010
4253 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 10:59 am to
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3. Move on to something else.


Same here.
Rarely an issue for me as I go 530/6am.
Not as many people and most be trying to get in/out.
Would say most are 30plus age wise
Posted by MWP
Kingwood, TX via Monroe, LA
Member since Jul 2013
11054 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 3:36 pm to
If it’s a machine I typically will just do something else because I hate waiting. However my gym only has one rack and when I need to do squats or deads I really don’t feel like hauling 45’s very far. That’s when I ask how many sets are left? If you are doing something in the rack that isn’t really rack appropriate you might get a tone with the question.
Posted by cfish140
BR
Member since Aug 2007
9148 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 4:23 pm to
I quit going to spectrum Kenilworth because they only had 2 squat racks and there would always be this power lifter dude doing squats for a straight hour at least 2-3 times a week at the same time i would go.

Anytime Dutchtown has about 10 of them, makes life much easier.
Posted by bamaguy17
Member since Jul 2022
1282 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 5:38 pm to
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Shaking my damn head. Yeah well go play with your phone somewhere else. Get off the freaking machine. Is that such a hard concept for you guys that do that shite?

It’s called rest time dip shite. I’ll do whatever I god damn well please in a gym I pay for. I’m not sitting there 5 mins between sets. I use a workout app, music, etc. also frick you
Posted by texastiger15
Phoenix, AZ
Member since Jan 2019
799 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 5:40 pm to
Hovering is my #1 pet peeve in the gym

You can always find a substitute
Posted by bamaguy17
Member since Jul 2022
1282 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 5:42 pm to
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No, you wouldn't. I'd put you in the Camel Clutch and break your back or pick you up and throw you as hard as I could into the plate glass windows of cycle room or aerobics room whichever is closer.

Would be a sight to see. I bite back though
Posted by Yewkindewit
Near Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Apr 2012
21850 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 6:12 pm to
I too, on a few occasions, have asked can I work in. I’m quick, no BS, and I reset the machine for the person who let me get a few sets in. Most people have no issues with sharing, especially when one is a regular.

Posted by LemmyLives
Texas
Member since Mar 2019
16044 posts
Posted on 9/18/25 at 11:41 pm to
Machines are different than man weights. Ain't nobody got time to be stripping a bar so someone can work in. I don't get how so many people are stuck on machines in this decade if you're not a bodybuilder. But happy it works out for you at least.
Posted by TigerGman
Center of the Universe
Member since Sep 2006
13998 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 4:46 am to
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It’s called rest time dip shite. I’ll do whatever I god damn well please in a gym I pay for. I’m not sitting there 5 mins between sets. I use a workout app, music, etc. also frick you


Yeah, well your so called "rest time" is just an excuse for playing too long on your goddamn phone AHole...

I guarantee if we time people taking normal rest time without a phone, it's way shorter than all the dipshits like you taking their "rest time" dicking around on their phone.
This post was edited on 9/19/25 at 5:07 am
Posted by LSUAlum2001
Stavro Mueller Beta
Member since Aug 2003
48557 posts
Posted on 9/19/25 at 3:41 pm to
Go do something else?

Are the free weights all occupied?
Posted by meeple
Carcassonne
Member since May 2011
11165 posts
Posted on 9/20/25 at 6:26 am to
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The Pec Dec machine in my gym is a nightmare, and we have 2 of them. ALWAYS taken

I always stand up next to it between sets in case someone wants to work in
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