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.


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