rachelen’s BodyBlog

I have dealt with some of the most foolish and ridiculous characters in the gym this past week and, after another encounter with one of these people this evening; i felt like i had to post a rant. you know, just get it off my chest. Maybe someone who is on my same page will read my blog and agree with me.    It is convenient for me to do my workout in my community fitness center. They have enough equipment to work with and, usually there is not too many people there. This is good. I am very busy and can get in and out. Well, over the past 2 weeks, my workouts have been greatly affected by other people. This pisses me off. KIDS USING THE GYM AS A PLAYGROUND: In my fitness center, the rules say children under 16 are not allowed and must be accompanied by an adult.  For the past couple of weeks, there has been a kid who is 15, according to a friend who spoke to the kid and who lives here and is a bodybuilder, coming into the gym and bringing his kid sister with him. I am in a summer intersession grad class and can really only work out early morning and late afternoon.  Right around the time i come in late afternoon, he is always in there. Now, why does he annoy me and every other adult i have talked with who go in regularly? This kid is an equipment hog. He racks up the smith machine, loads the barbelll up with weights. sets his stuff on the only weight bench in there. and, continues to jump back and forth between all of the machines. When you try to use a machine he is hopping back and forth on, the minute you get off the machine to rest or use the restroom, he cuts in front of you and uses it, without so much as asking or saying a word. Also, when you ask him to move his stuff from the bench and smith machine, he gets an attitude and says he  is using it too. He is a very very rude kid. If i was his mother, i’d take the switch to him and smack his smart mouth. The funny thing: he is this dorky looking asian kid with glasses who smells sort of funny. he is also chubby. no definition whatsoever. however, he NEVER does cardio. And, he lifts incorrectly. Never in proper form. He never divides muscle groups in to different days. AND, he comes in almost every day and lifts for 2-3 hours. Which is WAY too long. Plus, he brings his kid sister in there and she puts on kid shows on the tv. She must be 7 or 8. If an adult comes there and changes it, she screams and bitches to her brother. and, he rudely swipes the control and turns it back to spongebob suckpants or whatever she is watching. Also, the little girl loves to stomp on the ellipticals and play with the treadmills. She broke the only bike in there from playing on it. LAST TIME I CHECKED, A GYM IS NOT A DAYCARE. Numerous adult residents who regularly use the gym, including myself, have complained to management. They continue to do nothing to monitor the fitness center and uphold their rules. I hope that kid injures himself, which is inevitable anyway, and the parents cause a stink. Than, they will learn to do their job and uphold their rules. Adults pay the bills and fees to use the gym, not that rude kid. He broke the cable row machine from using it incorrectly and it took them forever to replace it. We dont need him coming in and playing and screwing with our workouts. CHATTY PEOPLE: you know those people that go into the gym and talk more than they workout? well, there is one of those in mine. He is uber annoying. He talks to mostly girls and likes to target me. He is a creepy older guy. He asks personal questions. He likes to talk about inapropriate subjects such as religion or politics. He will tap on your shoulder if you have an i-pod on to get your attention. and, he will follow you around and talk your head off as you work out. I dont want to be mean or start a confrontation. he is not being innapropriate, just annoying. so there is not much i can do about this situation. but, it is very frustrating when i come in and see him. It impedes my workout. I HATE his presence now more than ever because he has decided to get up and go early in the mornings when i am in there. yuck. Douchebags in the gym: Ok, there are 2 huge douchebags that go into my fitness center. One of those douchebags were in there tonight while i was doing my evening cardio. he is what inspired me to write this blog. He has been coming into the gym for the past 8 months. He has made absolutely ZERO progress. He looks exactly the same. He is probly in his early forties. He has a pretty huge gut and man boobs. He looks like he is in the middle of a full on mid-life crisis. He comes in and lifts weights. He does the same routine everytime. and, he NEVER does cardio. Obviously, this guy has no idea what he is doing in the gym. HERE IS WHAT MAKES HIM ANNOYING: he is very conceited, despite this. He likes to tell people what to do and how to do it. He turns the television to what he wants when people are already there before him and watching it. I have watched him swipe the control from a lady and change the channel. when she said" i was actually watching that" he replied "sorry honey, my show is on and i have to turn it to that channel" and gave her a condescending grin. He always does this. When he comes into the gym, he acts like he owns it and takes over. Changes the channel on people, cuts in on people who are using equipment before him, hordes the free weights. He also is VERY sexist. He likes to talk **** to women who are using the weights. He once said to me "you are wasting time lifting weights honey. why dont you get on a treadmill and let me use that (in reference to the smith machine). i said ‘excuse me?!?" and he said "you heard me. chicks shouldnt waste their time lifting weights". i replied to him "*******, i have seen you coming in here for the past 5 months. you still look the same: an old douchebag with a beer gut and moobs. look at me and look at you. if anyone should be using the weights, its me. i am the one who is benefitting from them". I think it took him offguard because he now never looks at me or says a word to me. My friend told me he was in there one day and took his shirt off and started lifting. she said she wanted to throw up in her mouth. She said he was strutting around like a peacock with his neck out. What a douche. He also likes to make loud and ridiculous noises while he lifts. I was in there tonight and he was being ridiculous. in fact, a girl on a treadmill turned to me and said "you have got to be kidding me. if i knew i would have a background soundtrack, i would have brought my i-pod". He was being so very loud and obnoxious, it sounded like he was wacking off or something. Than, to top it all off, he takes his shirt off. Than, he changes the channel on that girl. smirks at her right after doing it. and continues to strut around the gym like an *******. I know one day he will cross the wrong person and get his ass kicked. Douchbag # 2. A retarded muscle head. He has a ****ty attitude. likes to stare at people who are in their working out. and he pisses off a lot of people by turning the temp. up to 80 degrees in the middle of summer. and, when someone tries to turn the temp. back down, he glares daggers at the person and walks back up and turns the temp. back up. Just plain stupid and rude. He also comes in wearing retarded muscle shirts. usually beer shirts with the sleeves cut off. (rolling eyes).  FEMALE DOUCHEBAG: There is a girl who has started coming in there. She likes to haughtily stare at me and my friend chelle when we go in and work out. obviously, she is insecure but we dont like having a b!tch audience during our workout. She is a bit on the chubby side. She goes in, does 20 min. of cardio and than lifts weights. She is all over the place. She clearly has no idea what she is doing. The other day, she was on the cell phone and talking **** about "the sporty kind of girls who like to lift weights like guys and think they are all bad". Chelle and I knew she was talking about us. I would like to toss a weight at the beotch’s fug face. Chelle and I noticed that she was trying to come behind us and copy our routines. She would set the weights to higher levels and struggle. Obviously, she is making it into some kind of competition. She is pathetic.