I’ve had someone leave 6 pairs of dumbbells on the floor and then told me that I’m paid to put them away for him.
See now right then would be when my inner redneck would come screaming out and I’d (want to) throw the dumbbells at him 
Why? No need for violence. He should have told him/her that if s/he doesn’t put the dbs away then his membership is cancelled on the spot.
If the management is not okay with this, then I’d say hugh is indeed paid to put the dbs away for the members.
@hugh_gilly parents own the place. He probably can’t boot customers… yet.
I do put the plates away. But I think one gains very little by doing so. If there is a big sign up , it is normally very clear that you have to put them away yourself. When I get weights in the garage (bumpers this time), I doubt I clear them away every time. When you are tired, you just don’t feel like putting them away. Leave the intestinal fortitude for the big weight. More bang for buck.
just put your god damn weights away you inconsiderate prick!
EDIT: I feel a little guilty about this post now. I don’t really think you’re a prick, I’m trying to pour a little hot sauce on things
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I gotta agree with this(though not the part about getting injured). I HATE loading and returning plates. This is one of the reasons why I don’t deadlift. I would pay good money for such a service in the gym.
I don’t know about you guys but I’d like to think that constantly keeping weights on a daily basis might actually make one stronger.
I think I recall @T3hPwnisher having mentioned once where he shared the squat rack, while squatting, with some guy doing rack pulls. Something about it being one hell of a workout, constantly having to strip the bar etc.
I get the reasoning but I would gladly forfeit that strength if I means I never have to load a barbell on the floor or the leg press again.
Going to the gym and paying someone else to move the weights is like having a treadmill and a riding lawnmower.
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Ha!
^1
that Oxygen gym that all the big dudes train at now apparently has staff for that. Guys’ll load your machines, fetch your dumbbells, etc
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Let’s see… We drive to the gym for a workout in our special workout clothes, train in an air-conditioned or heated environment so we don’t sweat or feel too cold, have knurlings on the bar for grip, a rack to hold the barbell so we can squat without having to clean it, dumbbells and light barbells already customized with different weights so we don’t have to load them, cutting edge pre-post workout supplements in shaker bottles with the word “I’m So Alpha!” or something like that to define our status, Olympic platforms and bumper plates so we don’t have to cushion the bar with our delicate thighs when we drop them, bands with different resistant levels for those with dainty little rotator cuffs, specially engineered designer shoes for running, squatting and deadlifting… have I left out anything?
People can take issue with someone not wanting to move plates by himself?
Mindblown.
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What a terrible lack of intestinal fortitude. If I ever train there I’ll… err… glare at one of them really angrily to show my disdain. Big Ramy will probably run into the shower and weep like a little girl.
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Guys, just tongue-in-cheek comments. Don’t need to get mad or start dick swinging lol.
I’m paid to put make sure the gym is tidy at the end of the day ready for next morning and make sure it’s safe for everyone, not to run around tidying up after everyone has finished their set.
Nothing makes me more pissed than a guy who would pay to have someone put away his plates. Nothing. NOTHING!
This will be the last post with this phone. I’m smashing it momentarily.
It might be the creatine though.
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I will say in fairness that I stumble into a garage with no heat or air wearing a cut off shirt I bought on clearance at Kohls continentaling an unknurled axle off the floor having only eaten some fruit and honey.
But I ALSO wish I had a training partner, so that they could just load all the damn plates for me, haha.
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Yeh this reminds me I need to bitch at the gym about it being too hot lol. Maybe they’ll load my plates on the way to the thermostat.
Hell, there should be a service accessible via a mibile app that lets us order up the barbells properly loaded for our arrival to the gym. And maybe a little honey in a short skirt to greet us and ask if there’ll be anything else with that
My GOD this world is just polluted with conveniences!
That’s it, I’m gone move to the Alaskan wilderness where you eat what u kill and wrestle wolves and bears for a daily workout. Cardio would consist of running from them I reckon.
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Don’t turn this into a waitstaff that thinks they should be able to tell you how much of your paycheck they deserve because they can carry a plate.
Those same people that leave their weights laying around put clothes on your back and a roof over your head.
(edit: just kidding. I’m being an inflammatory jagoff)
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