For sure. It’s a weird knee injury - it only hurts when I run, I can walk, bike, even squat and deadlift with no pain. So in some ways it’s not so bad - I can still be active. I do miss running though. Since September and October are great running months, I’m just going to avoid running this month and then maybe go for a slow jog in early or mid September and see what happens. If it still hurts then I will maybe get some medical imaging done. I think I must have tweaked a ligament.
So.
The last 4 times in the gym, someone has left their weights in the squat rack.
Was a bit of a mystery, because it’s the exact same set up every time, all set up for those bar hip thrusters that girls love. Plus the same bands and some other stuff.
Weird that someone did that same workout 3 times per week on the same schedule as me.
Anyway today I saw one of the trainers kind of in there with a client. But not using the bar . So now I figure it’s the same trainer every morning
The trainer then left the gym with all that shit laying there still.
If I see it again next time, AITA if I confront and tell her to pack her fucking shit up?
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If you are certain that it’s the trainer, I would tell the gym so they can tell the trainer. No real need for you to be the one to confront her.
One of my great pleasure in life is my home gym with a squat rack. Do I do barbell curls in there every day?
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Didn’t figure you for a snitch!
I’m not sure yet. Will see if I can confirm.
On the squat rack thing. Every year or so Mrs Rugby asks me about my goals in life. I haven’t yet told her that my most significant unfulfilled goal is to have a squat rack at home.
Don’t run to her boss, come on. You were right to say something to her directly.
I have been lucky at LVAC this week and walked right up to a squat rack? Last week one day I could not get a rack due to people doing everything but squat on the racks. Rows, benching! Seriously just grab a dumbell and use one of the 20 benches rather than tie up a rack for a half hour plus while you wander away between sets.
Working my squat back up. Current max is 275 ×3. I have just been trying to do sets of three working my way up. 95×3, 135 ×3, 185×3, 205, 225, 245, 265,275. I am just focusing on strength. Tomorrow is dumbell bench, pull up/chin up negatives and maybe some incline pushups. My fatass still cant do a regular pushup. I would have to bench like 180 and I am not there.
Hip thrusts proliferation has absolutely ruined the squat rack at my gym. You’re just no chance of getting a space anymore. Groups of females using it and more groups waiting for it to become available. It seems like half the female members of my gym who do any weight training exclusively do those.
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We have a couple machines for hip thrusters, and beyond that the women tend to monopolize the deadlift stations before the squat racks. Still sucks.
I assume this is all trying to attain a wasp waist and Kardashian butt. I’m really ready for that look to die down.
There are signs plastered all over my gym that you will be kicked out if you leave your weights on the racks. I can’t believe a trainer is doing it. That’s ridiculous.
In my gym it’s not considered “running to her boss”. The club asks you to notify them of anything so they can sort it out. It’s bad for business if there is any conflict on the gym floor between members, let alone members and staff.
It’s not yet 100% confirmed it’s the trainer. Just my working assumption.
I’m a little reluctant to complain. They don’t have anyone on reception when I’m there, so I’ve already emailed about a bunch of other minor things. I’m going seem like a Karen
Then bitch to the trainer about someone leaving their weights on the rack. She’ll probably act like it’s a stumper for her too, then the weights will magically start getting put away. That’s the passive-aggressive California way of dealing with these things.
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Same, not a machine but a bench setup thing designed for them specifically.
I do hip thrusters every once in a while, shrug
How’s your Kardashian butt coming along?
We have a little machine in our gym, I will use it sometime to warm up the ol’ glutes before deadlifts. This was suggested by my trainer, so I think it’s not insane.
Hip thrusters seem fine.
Big movement, focuses on the glutes, can be done at a relatively high level without a lot of skill to get a complex movement down.
I recently gave up BB squatting. I don’t think I ever seriously injured my back, but it was always fucking sore. That’s no way to live. And I wasn’t even strong. Now it’s RFESS all the way for me.
The result is that my home squat cage is used exclusively for upper body lifts. If I did that shit at a public gym, they should rightfully throw my ass out.
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Not to be a dick, but of course that’s what the bosses say.
How dare business owners ask customers to tell them if they have a problem with any of the employees. Snitches get stiches, Dawg!
P.S. When you begin a sentence with “Not to be a dick,” pretend that a bell goes off in your head telling you to stop typing.
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You’re confused. The slogan I’m appealing to is “Tell it to my face,” not “Snitches get stitches.” Direct communication is a sign of respect. Talking to the manager at the first sign of conflict is not.