am i the dick now?

[BigDawg]

kinda surreal. sitting in the gym friday, training back. sat there thinking i wish i was still able to get to the gym more in the early AM like 4 when they open instead of right after work at 3. less crowded. i used to see these dudes at my old gym who were kinda impatient waiting for the equipment to be freed up for them to work out. thought they were kinda pissy and dick-like not respecting the smaller dudes who also wanted to workout. maybe im the dick now but it is pissing me off that i'm set and ready to tear it up and i have to wait for the dude who is 5'11 and 138 lbs doing 10 sets of bicep curls in the power rack with 5 pounds on each side of an olympic bar when i want to squat. friday i was waiting to hit shrugs on the deadlift/shrug apparatus and dude was doing set after set of shrugs with a 35 on each side. phuq i was thinking dude go grab a set of 35 lb dbs and shrug away. im waiting to do 5 sets with two work sets of 450. do u need to hog the equipment for 70 pounds? really?? my time is very limited and between this dude and the lady who on leg day always takes 40 minutes for her 3 sets of leg extensions who never gets off the seat, but whips out her book or her crochet stuff ( i shyt u not) and reads or knits between sets. cmon now!!! btw i never say anything, just set down my training log and drink and wait for the equipment albeit not looking very friendly about waiting but not impolite either. your guys and gals take?

[tn94z]

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This is exactly why I started going early in the morning. Now, I don't lift serious weight like that, but I got tired of the power rack being used for bench, or chin ups, or bicep curls, or dumbbell shoulder press........I could go on and on. No one uses it for squats. As a matter of fact, other than me, the only person I have seen doing squats or deads was a high school girl that plays basketball.......I'll stop before I get on my soap box. But I feel you!

[Blackfoot]

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I'm with ya man! and wtf is it with the crossfitters crossfitting all up inside the squat rack? Like spider monkeys from pull ups to burpees to squat jumps (with the bar!) to explosive lifts (also with the bar) and still all inside the squat rack. You may have become the dick, but the dick is right!!

[FUZO]

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just tell them to move

[daved150]

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that sucks bro...where i go now, nobody uses it but for behc pressing...and then, when i ask how many sets, it a fukin miracle, becouse that 1 was always there last one!!! its like amazing n'shyt!! its like my timing is amaxzing n'shyt!!!

oh....and too answer your question......yes...yes, you are the dik now. any other things i can clear up for ya broth3er?

[FG Troll]

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Yeah you are!

[BigDawg]

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dave you know me too well brotha.
fuzo how do you ask madeline(?) the old lady from the hallmark cards (swear crochet beeyotch looks just like her) to move without getting evil stares. we haven't crossed that ugly line of turning into a planet fitness type of ***** gym where bb'ers are shunned but its still touch and go.

[Auriflex]

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That's why I'm there before 4am. The place is deserted.

[effinrob]

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the best way is too just politely ask if you can work in with them... even to GRANDMA... be polite and cordial... generally when i ask people that and they see i am moving 4 times the weight as them... and i don't want to talk and i have headphones in they seem to be on there last set or i scarred them away... either way i just politely stole the equipment i wanted

[Dzone]

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Hahaaa, crocheting between sets??? OMG that takes the cake there

4 AM? Damn, thats early. How did you get used to that? Man, I would like to do 5 AM because I get to work at 630 AM, but man, mornings have been brutal. I get up at 5 and feel like a freakin zombie. So for me to do a 5 AM workout would mean probably getting up at 4 AM. Dayuummmmmm...how long does it take to get used to that?

[Dzone]

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That's why I'm there before 4am. The place is deserted.

4 AM? Good lord, how do you do it?

[irish_2003]

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and if you're not convinced the nation is getting gayer........

[rocco-x]

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sometimes you just gotta be a dick without bein a dick.i get that too,waiting for Mr Olympia on a friday night arm pump before the club workout.in the rack with a bb and a 5 or a 10 on each side,then on the phone in between sets.usually the same 3-4 guys so i know they'll be there a while,posing their 14"ers in the mirror.i simply rack my bar and when they're done with a set i just pull their bar off and warm up,and so on and so on.by the time i've got 3 plates on each side and my stopwatch says 1min 30secnds i'll stand right there makin him hurry up.or just tell them flat out"you're done over here.do your hercules curls off the floor.plus picking it up will give you a little back pump too."i don't like to wait if the other person's not taking shit serious.get in,get out.that's how i like it.same shit with these circuit training wusses.they've got every available adjustable bench on lockdown.db benches,inclines,flat flyes...all with different d.b.'s and all with different benches so they won't miss a beat.when i ask how many more sets they have my usual response is,"o.k.,well you're done with this bench here for now.can you move those 30's you're using for inclines so i can grab the dust covered 120's?thnx pal."
most times they don't say anything but once in a while the owner will come to me,after the guy leaves of course,and laughs and asks me to tone it down a little.

[venom27]

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i usally ask if i can squeeze in a set then i stack the weights on do my set and they r like yea im done its all urs lol