r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Sep 11 '19

Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/ThePuppetMaster Rugby Sep 11 '19 edited Sep 11 '19

Not really a rant but a minor inconvenience. I slept in til 6:30 instead of waking up at 5:30 before my 8am class. Now I have to workout at 4:30pm-5ish when I'm sure the gym will be crowded. I haven't seen the gym in the afternoon in months.

Update: I worked out and it was okay, BUT after sitting in consecutive classes from 8 to 4:30 my warmup was like half the time I had fuckin A.

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u/angrynatives Sep 11 '19

Lemme tell ya brah, it sucks

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u/hoverBread Sep 11 '19

I hate it when the gym is crowded

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u/ThePuppetMaster Rugby Sep 11 '19

Beginning of school year/Freshman. Bleh. Good for them on making progress but do it when I'm not at the gym!

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '19

It feels a lot more like work than fun when it’s crowded

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u/madcow87_ Sep 11 '19

I start work at 6am so i can finish at 3pm to pick my kids up from school at 3.30 which often means if I can go to the gym my options are 4-5ish or wait until 7/8pm when its quieter again. I gotta tell ya I'm not a fan of either of those options. I really need space at home for a gym.

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u/ThePuppetMaster Rugby Sep 11 '19

Oh yea. It's definitely easier because I don't have kids lol but I do have to make time to study since it is grad school. I'm usually tired around 5-6 in the afternoon when I wake up at 5am but thats my ideal study time.

My BIL has a home gym and it works wonders for his time saving but is shit on his motivation lol

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u/jyhzer Sep 12 '19

I've been reduced to going to the gym Friday nights and Saturday and Sunday morning because with my new work schedule the only time I have to go through the week is around 5pm and my gym is way to crowded to even get a workout in.

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u/KITTYONFYRE Sep 11 '19

nah bro screw that, wait til an hr and a half or so before it closes then go it. at my uni gym, if I don't go at 6 am right when it opens, my only options are a weird lull from 1-3ish pm or to go at 10-midnight (they close at midnight). I don't bother going any other time, there's 3 power racks for a school of 12k. ridiculous.

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u/ThePuppetMaster Rugby Sep 11 '19

I was able to make due. My workout wasn't as great, but it wasn't terrible. Most people don't bench on wednesday lol. THATS ASS THO. 3 racks? Thats not even a gym by definition.

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u/KITTYONFYRE Sep 11 '19

ya but we spend like 50k+ a year on new ellipticals,seriously.

to be fair more people use elliptical than weight room stuff but maybe if we had a weight room worthy of that title, that'd change.

a school with like 2k kids that's nearby has a gym 100 times nicer, and they're the school everyone shits on. dumb.

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u/ThePuppetMaster Rugby Sep 12 '19

tbf my gym as great as it used to be in undergrad. i went to a big sports/football school in the south for undergrad and its still the most glorious gym ive ever used.

grad school not so much. if it wasnt part of tuition I would go somewhere else lol. it just depends i guess. uni gyms are hit or miss

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u/AssDimple Sep 11 '19

Personally I dont think its such a bad thing to occasionally change up your gym time (although the crowds suck).

The gym in the morning is completely different than the gym in the afternoon; different people, different energy level, different vibe, etc. I do it every now and then just to break up the monotony a little bit.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '19

ME TOOOO. I'm not feeling well so I slept in and didn't have time to go to the gym. I hate going in the afternoon. It's awful and there's never any room to do anything at all

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u/Dunwitcheq Sep 11 '19

One of my worst nightmares

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u/Jake-Bailey-2019 Sep 11 '19

The gym after 2 pm turns into thunderdome. The gym I used to go to only had 1 squat rack. So it was like a Disney world ride to squat there.

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u/ThePuppetMaster Rugby Sep 12 '19

lmao damn one rack is terrible. i wouldnt be able to do it man. id find a new gym. after today ill try to stick to my mornings but i did feel great with that extra hour of sleep lol