With the new year here, droves will hit the gym to work on those health related resolutions. With the daily grind many men endure, just the act of getting to the gym can be a challenge. When you do arrive there the last thing you want is someone messing up your flow. Worse yet, your entire workout. Yet, just as today’s sports clubs and fitness centers draw massive numbers of people they also draw different personalities. Some of which will hinder, rather than help your workout. Here are 5 types to avoid at the gym. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.
5. Mr. Congeniality
We are being kind with this title. Because this guy is a time eater. He’s not at the gym to work out, he just want’s to socialize, about every and anything. Sure, it will start off about lifting, venture into nutrition, but soon go off into everything from his job, to car, to aunt in Pacoima. He’s not a bad guy, but he will kill any momentum you’ve built in your workout and your 1-hour in the gym will turn into 2 hours.
4. The Tosser
It could be a 75lb or 10lb dumbbell, this guy is gonna drop it on the floor like he just finished the deadlift in Olympic strongman competition. First and foremost, he’s endangering those around him. Second he’s damaging gym equipment — which will eventually lead to increase costs passed down to you. Finally, it’s just annoying.
3. Roid Rager, Yeller, Grunter, etc.
This guy is definitely to be avoided, first he either looks like Arnold, can lift like him or simply will yell even with a one lb. dumbbell – all in an act to draw attention to themselves. The former, however, is scarier because besides pushing up massive weight for his size, he’s super jittery, social but in an aggressive way with everything from the instructors to the water fountain. He’s clearly on more than NO Explode or any other NOS product and ya just don’t know when or if he’ll snap. Do you really wanna be around when he does?
2. The Brat Pack
Usually three to five guys, in their late teens or early twenties. They go from machine to machine in a pack, but usually stick around the bench press for a really long time. Very little lifting is getting done, but there is a ton of trash talking to each other, explaining why he wasn’t really into that chick to begin with, what happened on last nights Game of Thrones, but again no lifting. It’s essentially an espisode of Entourage come to life (minus any celebrities or hot women). If you have to use the machine they are on, don’t hold your breath, because its gonna be awhile.
1. Gadget Man
He’s got every latest conceivable piece of fitness equipment, from his FitBit, to his smartphone app that measures breathing and his ultra premium Lebron like lifting powder — you get the point. Yet, his physique has remained the same since he joined the gym. But wait, it’s the equipment; he’s got to tweak it to really get in shape. You know the drill. He’s really no harm, but it’s sad to see.
