djeclipse
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Today I had to deal with the asshole using the ONLY squat rack in the gym for biceps. I walked up to the squat rack and see these weights clearly being used for curls but no one in sight.
As I'm looking around about to remove the weights and some (rather large) guy comes over and says "I have 5 more sets here, it will only take 15min". I asked him if I could work in and use the squat rack for actual squats. This asshole actually says "well where am I supposed to put the weights".
I used a line I got from this thread and said "is it to heavy for you to pick up off the ground?".
He looks at me kind of odd and says " I don't want to pick it up off the ground, why don't you use that squat rack over there" and points to the smith machine that some tool is doing half squats on.
I said "that is not a squat rack it's a smith machine, the worst possible thing to be doing any movement on."
He starts rambling about BS and keeps referring to the smith machine as a squat rack.
I said to him, "look, this is the only squat rack in the gym, I if you don't want to do it I will be nice enough to lift your curl weight off the rack while I do my set and put it back on so you don't have to strain yourself picking it up off the ground."
There is no reasoning with this guy so I say fine, you keep the squat rack use it for curls while I sit her waiting for you to finish so I can start using it for what it intended to be used for.
He does one more set with me staring at him and says, fine take the squat rack. He unloads his weights and walks away. he comes hack as I am loading up my starting weight of 105 and says "95lbs, you need a squat rack for that?" I inform him I will be going just a bit heavier and thanks for letting me use the squat rack. He then goes over and does his curls with the shorter bars that everyone else does curls with.
Aside form that I had a great workout, lol.
As I'm looking around about to remove the weights and some (rather large) guy comes over and says "I have 5 more sets here, it will only take 15min". I asked him if I could work in and use the squat rack for actual squats. This asshole actually says "well where am I supposed to put the weights".
I used a line I got from this thread and said "is it to heavy for you to pick up off the ground?".
He looks at me kind of odd and says " I don't want to pick it up off the ground, why don't you use that squat rack over there" and points to the smith machine that some tool is doing half squats on.
I said "that is not a squat rack it's a smith machine, the worst possible thing to be doing any movement on."
He starts rambling about BS and keeps referring to the smith machine as a squat rack.
I said to him, "look, this is the only squat rack in the gym, I if you don't want to do it I will be nice enough to lift your curl weight off the rack while I do my set and put it back on so you don't have to strain yourself picking it up off the ground."
There is no reasoning with this guy so I say fine, you keep the squat rack use it for curls while I sit her waiting for you to finish so I can start using it for what it intended to be used for.
He does one more set with me staring at him and says, fine take the squat rack. He unloads his weights and walks away. he comes hack as I am loading up my starting weight of 105 and says "95lbs, you need a squat rack for that?" I inform him I will be going just a bit heavier and thanks for letting me use the squat rack. He then goes over and does his curls with the shorter bars that everyone else does curls with.
Aside form that I had a great workout, lol.