idiot n.  1. Psychol.  A mentally-deficient person, with intelligence in the lowest measurable range.  2.  A stupid person or fool.  

The following are things I've witnessed knuckleheads do when in the gym that make me either cringe, laugh inside, or consider first-class entertainment when in the gym environment:
  • Lifting too much weight at the expense of good form
  • NOT re-racking weights (!)
  • NOT replacing weights in the appropriate place (!)
  • NOT allowing enough room in front of the weight rack for others to walk when lifting (!!)
  • Dropping the barbell onto the floor when deadlifting (!!!)
  • Performing incessant ab crunches as if that's all that's needed to obtain a 6-pack
  • Leaving free weights unattended at a bench
  • Leaving keys and/or water bottle and/or towel at a bench and working out elsewhere (!!)
  • Hovering near a weight bench without using the bench (e.g., performing standing barbell curls near a bench)
  • Walking around the gym puffing the chest and invisible lats
  • Performing the same routine over and over and over again with nary a change to the physique
  • Performing barbell curls at the squat rack
  • Spending way too much time talking on the phone or incessantly checking text messages between sets
  • Bouncing the barbell off the chest when bench pressing
  • Lifting the legs up when bench pressing
  • Leaving 10 plates on the leg press machine
  • NOT squatting to parallel 
  • Squatting 400-lbs for a 5-inch range of motion
  • Wearing jeans and/or flip flops
  • Leaving sweat on any piece of equipment when done
  • Dropping dumbbells onto the floor at the end of the last rep (!!)
  • Grunting way too loud when lifting
  • Preening in front of a mirror
  • Excessive body odor (and this is before the workout!)
  • Doing ridiculous balance exercises with a stability ball, a Bosu ball, a flex band and a medicine ball--is this really necessary?!
  • Chatting incessantly (often with a hot girl) rather than working out--save the socializing for outside the gym!
  • Performing quick jump roping on a mat, creating a loud nuisance
  • Jumping on and off of a treadmill which is going at a high rate of speed (Believe it or not, I actually saw this.  Is this really necessary?!)

I'm sure this list will grow, perhaps almost every day, as I witness the pitiful inanities within the walls of the gym.  Ah, humans are mighty entertaining indeed.