Honestly, I Usually Enjoy Working Out... Until Today.

[iloveTOBACCOfreeHOOKAH]

Sorry but i have to share this.

So i'm at my gym today and i approach the dumbbell set that is place in front of a large mirror wall, one of my favorite scenes of the gym.
I looked down, totally stoked for a good work out(today being Monday, i don't workout of Saturday or Sunday), to see almost every possible weight i use in the wrong place... I stared at it for about a minute...
you see, i'm sort of O.C.D. when it comes to reracking my weights when i'm done. Correct me if i'm wrong but its just good gym manor to at least attempt to put dumbbells in the general area.... No, i mean these were completley f#$&@d up. The 50s were in the 15s(not even close.), the 15s were in the 45s(closer?), ONE of the 45s were in the one of the 50s slot(almost there chief), and the other 45 apperently went fishing.

Now yes it really isn't that big of a deal.. but how the hell do u do this? who on this earth is THAT stupid? The only logical explanation i could think of is that this is a request from some poor lost soul that just wants to be 'thinned out of the herd.' Should i wait for this reject to come back so i can drop the heaviest possible object i can hold with my week little fingers on him/her?

[McLovin600]

Ive ben hittin the gym since I was 18 and I have almost never seen the weights in the right spot. It makes sense if you grab some and walk all the way to the other side to sit on your bench, then just stack them in the first place you see in front of you. I am guilty of this but I cant see myself walking around back and forth with sometimes pretty heavy weights in my hand. What I really hate is seeing really heavy weights stacked on the top row (which is further back as well) and 15s on the bottom. that drives me nuts. I can go on all day about gym pet peeves but il stop here lol.

[gaia.plateau]

So i'm at my gym today and i approach the dumbbell set that is place in front of a large mirror wall, one of my favorite scenes of the gym.
I looked down, totally stoked for a good work out(today being Monday, i don't workout of Saturday or Sunday), to see almost every possible weight i use in the wrong place.

Really. Really?

Ive ben hittin the gym since I was 18 and I have almost never seen the weights in the right spot. It makes sense if you grab some and walk all the way to the other side to sit on your bench, then just stack them in the first place you see in front of you. I am guilty of this but I cant see myself walking around back and forth with sometimes pretty heavy weights in my hand. What I really hate is seeing really heavy weights stacked on the top row (which is further back as well) and 15s on the bottom. that drives me nuts. I can go on all day about gym pet peeves but il stop here lol.

I've been using gyms since I was 13 and I have never once seen freeweights all in their proper places. In my experience with Latin American gyms, you're lucky to find two matching weights

Now yes it really isn't that big of a deal.. but how the hell do u do this? who on this earth is THAT stupid? The only logical explanation i could think of is that this is a request from some poor lost soul that just wants to be 'thinned out of the herd.' Should i wait for this reject to come back so i can drop the heaviest possible object i can hold with my week little fingers on him/her?

Why would you assume that it was one person? It could have been dozens different people contributing to the disorder of weights, or even hundreds if you haven't been there in a few days and the staff is terrible. Is it really worth considering social cleansing against everyone that doesn't share your particular sense of organization? Edited August 4, 2009 by gaia.plateau

[RingsMaster]

this is why i work out at my college gym they put everything where it should be all the time its so nice lol

[Jeff_T]

That's funny this is posted because I noticed the same thing today while using some dumbbells during my workout. Grab some 45's, finish my set put them back in the correct position, go to grab the 50's and there are a pair of 30's then 80's next to that. The 50's were on another rack next to some 25's. I do understand the frustration with this, I don't see how hard it is to get up and walk 15ft further to place them in the correct space on the rack... I definitely noticed that working out in the college gym all the weights were always in the correct space, but that's probably due to having a weight room attendants.
Weight room etiquette FTW Edited August 5, 2009 by Jeff_T

[Arcane]

damn...you go to crappy gyms...

the gyms i usually frequent are good about etiquette...and when you do see someone straying, people are quick to call them out...

i remember seeing someone putting 45lb plates on the middle rack while i was mid-set...and all i say is, "those don't go there." he tried to tell me there was no room on the bottom, so i just said "make room." and continued with my set.

[Ralleac]

Eh, the last time I remember seeing the weights in the right place was in my high school's weight room. The coaches made sure we had it spotless and organized before we could leave. Everywhere else I've worked out has been a mess.

[indian_villager]

I've never seen them in proper weight order. It wasn't until I joined a local private gym that I even saw weights RACKED!