[quote]CU AeroStallion wrote:
people curling in the squat rack[/quote]
Amen. Everytime I go into the gym to use the ONE power rack they have, there’s always some dick doing curls when I want to be doing something a little more productive, like balls-out squats! That’s got to be the most annoying thing about lifting to me. I love actually doing it, though!
Il Don
The time requirement is what I hate most. Between work, wife and baby, lifting is thrown in when I get a chance.
I wish results could be achieved with 1 set per exercise.
For me it is somewhat personal.
People and friends wondering why
I spend the time I do, working out, logging my workouts.Packing my shakes to bring along with me when we are hangign out for the day.
It just irritates me that they don’t understand my dedication an it is a lifestyle.
Meanwhile I’ll ask why they blowing
$100 bucks on Han Solo still in the pack for their collection.
I dislike the old dude that likes to meditate in between sets on some of the machines we use during our workout and some days it seems he follows us around grrrrrrrrrr…I am not kidding he will meditate about 5-10 min in between sets. I hardly ever see him actually using the damned machine. See him on the machine with his eyes closed, index finger touching thumbs and the whole deal. DRIVES ME INSANE!
Yes I would also have to agree with re-racking weights. After a tough set the last thing you want to do is unload the leg press. Though I hate having to unload it when I have not even used it as well. 
[quote]DT20 wrote:
The time requirement is what I hate most. Between work, wife and baby, lifting is thrown in when I get a chance.
I wish results could be achieved with 1 set per exercise. [/quote]
Me too! I don’t even have a husband/kid, and I have a 9-5 job, but I still find that training takes up so much time that I find it hard to fit other interests in.
[quote]jimmybango wrote:
As an FFB myself…not only do results not come fast enough, but it seems like any more than one meal that not’s clean and I look like I haven’t trained in weeks.[/quote]
Totally agree with this. It doesn’t even take one meal for me, just one bite or even the thought of a bite. I could look up Krispy Kreme in the phone book and gain three pounds instantly.
My main dislike is the waiting… Whether it be getting done with a workout then having to wait for the next one. Or waiting for results to show. Or waiting for weight loss. Or Waiting for my T-Nation posts to appear. Or just plain waiting. I’m very impatient, if you couldn’t tell.
I also agree with the time deal. Married, two kids, 7:30-5 job, etc. I find I need to neglect the family in order to train, as i can’t neglect work. I wish it was the opposite but I hate waiting to win the lottery too…
I hate packing up the weights too it is a pain but there isn’t enough space to just leave everything laying around at home + the missus would hit me. But when she goes away the entire house turns into a gym.
But the other thing that bugs me is: people who DON’T lift weights (or exercise) it is plain nuts. Exercise = better fitness and health. But how many don’t do it. And how many have a bias against weights for a thousand stupid reasons. Yet who should be lifting weights the most? Women, especially elderly women. What an improvement in social health it would be if elderly people (especially women) followed the guidelines on T-Nation to extend their lives, improve their lives, improve their health, cut down on sickness etc… and so forth it drives me frikkin nuts.
Gym hours and the other knuckle heads in the gym, which makes it hard when you are trying to do a super set…
I am thinking about talking to the manager and seeing if they can make me a copy of the key, so I can workout afterhours 
The psychological aspect of looking in the mirror and one day thinking you like like the shit and the next day think you like shit, as well as thinking how much protein every foodtype has and rating its nutrition and to be honest I can’t look at a guy and wonder how much he squats or benches anymore.
[quote]Kliplemet wrote:
calluses[/quote]
A necessary evil. Between lifting and playing guitar, I’ve got some nasty looking hands for a woman. I do my own manicures with a single edged razor blade.
My shins are always scraped to hell from dead lifting. Doesn’t stop me from wearing skirts and shorts. People’s reactions to my battle wounds lets me know who my friends are.
Injuries. Here I am trying to make myself better, but now I’m somehow damaged. I don’t like that the body can never be as good again as it was originally.
[quote]MODOK wrote:
Nagging joint and tendon injuries. Sometimes it feels like you are 50 years older than you are.[/quote]
Agreed.
I also hate people getting in my way when I am training, and who are not considerate of anyone that is actually training and not socializing.
I HATE when people don’t rerack weights properly. There is no reason for 10lb plates to be where the 100lb plates should be on the leg press.
So in general I guess the whole gym environment is really starting to detract from the appeal of training in the first place.
Recovering
Unloading the leg press. Loading and unloading that sucker is a workout in itself. And in this one gym I train they dont have a horn on top so in order to maximize the number of plates, you have to get all of the same plates. They have two types, metallic and black, they are not exactly the same form so if you dont match them, fewer will fit. So I am walking all over the gym like a jackass looking for black pies.
AA
[quote]TDog305 wrote:
I HATE when people don’t rerack weights properly. There is no reason for 10lb plates to be where the 100lb plates should be on the leg press.
So in general I guess the whole gym environment is really starting to detract from the appeal of training in the first place.[/quote]
Nobody reracks the weights where I lift; a 24-hour fitness-type place (scratch that – I should simply say “racks”, since you’d have to rack them to begin with in order for there to be any “re-”).
Every morning when I get there, the barbells at every single station, bench and rack,alike, are loaded-down. The plates that are racked aren’t anywhere near evenly distributed; they’re all mixed up, and some stations have one or two plates; others have three or twenty. And those are the scant few that aren’t scattered all over the fucking floor. It’s a go’damned obstacle course.
agree with most everything posted here…but will add
either getting eye f**ked by some guys then getting the “why is there a girl in the free weight area” look
but i usually only notice that when im in a pissed off mood which is usually from some retard doing one of things mentioned above which is pretty much everyday…vicious cycle…good deal that i workout harder when im irritated
[quote]Rykker wrote:
Nobody reracks the weights where I lift; a 24-hour fitness-type place (scratch that – I should simply say “racks”, since you’d have to rack them to begin with in order for there to be any “re-”).
Every morning when I get there, the barbells at every single station, bench and rack,alike, are loaded-down. The plates that are racked aren’t anywhere near evenly distributed; they’re all mixed up, and some stations have one or two plates; others have three or twenty. And those are the scant few that aren’t scattered all over the fucking floor. It’s a go’damned obstacle course.
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Sounds familiar
[quote]CU AeroStallion wrote:
people curling in the squat rack[/quote]
i usually don’y mind if there is an open rack, but the other day i was getting ready to dead. the only area you can do it in is the squat rack zone. furthest rear corner of the gym. anywho, i see there are two groups of guys, about 7 or 8 total. they are taking up both racks, curling the bar + 5 lbs. while two work, the others just consumed the entire area and chat away like some little bitches. all i hear is my real estate agent this, and market value that. i decided to kepp cool and work another set while the ladies finished up. after finishing t-bar rows, i walked over and they are still there as giddy as ever. i quickly move in while they are huddled up talking and remove the ten# plates and start loading 45’s. they all stop and kinda look at me. i waited for somebody to say something, but they never did. i assume they understood that they where being bitches and wasting everybodies time. oh well, maybe next time.
injuries without a doubt. some days my shoulders, elbows, forearms, back, knees and calves hurt. that shit isn’t supposed to happen till you get old. i thought that one of the reasons that i started lifting in the first place was so I’d feel better…
monopoly