Annoying Gym Behaviour - Mk2(?)

Yeah I would assume it's a blend of both problems. Being convinced by an influencer that there's something radically different about the variation of an exercise they promote, and also just not knowing how to change it for something similar.

I see so much content that says 'you're training x muscle wrong' and then provides a magic bullet solution. I would have to think it's playing a factor in how many exercise options people think they have available to them.

99% of online PT’s are full of sh*t. They’ll say everything and anything if it gets them a few likes on Instagram from those chicks who post their ass with the caption “trained legs today, so sore”! Like and subscribe and why not sign up to my 6 month challenge, only 479.99 per month!

That’s my input to the annoying gym behaviour. I’m sure it counts since it’s gym related 😂😂

That's not much to distinguish most of the time. Obviously some influencers will spruik anything including a generic program with their name and a silly price tag on it. Same influencers selling retreats, mindfulness subscriptions, make up etc.

But a huge part of the PT wheelhouse these days is online revenue streams. These are PTs like any other in the gym, gaining clients through content. Some are genuinely good and know what they are talking about. A lot are a few bad financial decisions away from only fans

Athlean X is the grifter king of saying whatever he has to for clicks. No integrity or desire to provide useful information. Couldn't care less if he contradicts everything he's ever said. Has also used been caught out using fake weights in his videos.

I think the 99% comment was hyperbole I assume.

Yeah Goob, he’s brilliant, and a load of them clap back at him and he just doubles down. That’s the kid of energy I can get behind!

And yes the 99% might have been hyperbole to an extent! But it’s still the vaaaaaaast majority! Sad things is the genuine PT’s are stuck fighting in that mud and ain’t gonna win against FlexTrenMcgee who has 17M followers!

This is true, I grew up with a girl who’s now a “fitness influencer” with several million followers and I can say 100% she doesn’t know her arse from her elbow! But it’s a nice arse, and she’s a pretty face so it’s a win win for Instagram! That’s the world we live in!

People who in a busy gym go ahead and take their sweet time, including four or five minute breaks between sets of cables (I've seen people pulling 12kg on a cable taking the these types of breaks between sets) and refusing to allow people to work in.

I saw one guy using a dual cable machine, one side for pull downs the alternating to the other side for bicep curls with a single cable next to that which he could have used for both, refuse to allow a young lad to work in with him, he had been on that machine for over 30 minutes at that stage. I went over shortly afterwards and asked was he really using the equipment in that way and he apologetically allowed me to use it. He felt comfortable being an ass to the younger lad but knew he couldn't get away with it where an older man was concerned.

People just need to be decent to each other, even in a busy gym there's scope to use equipment efficiently and allow others the opportunity to get value out of their membership.

When people go to the gym with their mates

Four young lads in the gym today going around in a group.
Congregate around a machine talking shite while one does one set, then the next fella, then the next fella etc etc rinse and repeat until all 4 have done 3 sets, hogging the machine for half an hour before they move onto the next one

Not only is it inconsiderate, it also just seems to be a terrible way to work out. Not the sharpest lads.

Eh no, it’s not a better use of equipment for a group of people to commandeer a machine to themselves for extended periods of time not allowing anyone to work in, it’s asshole behaviour

It’s also just pointless and stupid as I outlined above, the other lads standing around talking taking the guts of 15 minutes between sets until their next set rolls around. None of them are getting a good workout and they’re annoying people.
Why can’t they just workout like normal people and then have their chats afterwards? Why do they need several of their mates supervising them for every set?

Yes

They said “No sorry he’s next, and then him, and then him…”

It's halved the time if they were doing it individually without working in.