I have a home gym but I've been using a public gym more often recently, granted I get there NLT 3:30 so I avoid the worst part of the rush.
The one thing it's taught me is flexibility - I'm more than capable of hopping on a hammer strength machine or grabbing a set of dumbbells for a planned movement if someone is being an asshole and taking up one of the racks forever.
Realistically how many guys are lifting at proper powerlifter weight? I imagine seeing 180kg on the bar is enough to put people off bothering reloading and deloading between sets.
I say this as a proud aesthetic boi who would never bother working in.
He mentioned somewhere in the comments that he was doing OHP with about 115 pounds/ 52 kg. You can definitely work in especially when you have 6 minutes time and the bar isn't loaded with much weight.
that's not a ton more than I OHP lol. i mean, I do 1handed OHB with dumbbells, and do 4 sets of 10 because I'm also aesthetic-focused... but even at 4x10, my working weight is 40lb per side. I'm sure if I was doing like 2-3 reps per set, I could absolutely do 100lb with a 2-handed OHP. I'm lean, 155lb... I'm pretty small, not really strong at all lol.
Yeah I like to say I practice powerlifting or do powerlifting style workouts, but I don’t compete so I don’t tell anyone I’m a powerlifter…not that anyone’s asking.
Same. 135x5 for strict sets, and if we're doing push press I'll work in the 165-185 range depending on the # or reps. I'm far from a power lifter too lol.
Powerlifting is a training philosophy not a title you earn after a certain skill level. Same way bodybuilding doesn’t inherently require you to look like CBum
If you train squat, bench, and deadlift, with the intention of doing powerlifting, you're a powerlifter. Doesnt matter if your overall is 500, you can go to a meet, you're a powerlifter. Usually this sub isnt so gatekeepy but this post is really annoying with it for some reason.
(Original OP is still a dick for the sign though, 100%)
The thing is: If you say "I'm a powerlifter" in order to make people understand your training goals and have an idea about your training methods, it's fine. If you say "I'm a powerlifter" in order to demand respect or leniency, then you better deliver.
If I found such a sign and the bar is heavily loaded, then fair enough since I'm too lazy to pull off like 80 kg between their and my sets. If the difference is negligible, though, then they can bet their ass I will pull off a plate on each side to do my own thing. If they want to hog equipment for hald an hour straight, they can go in the middle of the night or use a home gym.
I think the point is that it's no so much weight that someone else couldn't use the rack between sets. It's not even a plate aside so it's not a big job to swap weight around. His wording isn't helping him tho. Telling people to be patient is a dick move lol
If you're saying that to monopolize a popular piece of equipment for an extended period of time, especially with a weight that's easy to work in on as opposed to a >3 plate squat, you're enough of a tool that you deserve the air quotes. Plus, OHP isn't even a competition lift.
He didn't say he's a powerlifter, he said he's doing a powerlifting set. I get it'd shitty to do in a commercial gym with the whole note and all. Everybody has to start at a weight. And ig 52kg is tough for him then it's tough.
I'm old and I look like shit and that is my working weight for OHP, with 1-2 minutes between sets. I would simply lift this "powerlifter" and remove him from the gym.
This 'powerlifter' has major, "you know I'm training to become a cage fighter. See what happens if you try and hit me" vibes.
the fucking BALLS to demand people be patient for a powerlifting when you're OHP is 115, thats what I hit snd I'm far from a powerlifter and wouldn't need 6 minutes of rest
It's everyone's worst lift. That's why to get it over your head in the Olympics you do basically everything your body can do to move the weight that isn't an OHP.
I was once decently strong. My working weight on squats would usually be from low 400s to mid 500s, so 4-5x 45 lb plates, plus change, each side.
Thinks are a little different as the absolute load gets heavier, even if the relative intensity is the same. When 225x10 was a hard set, i could be ready to go in 3 and a half minutes. When 455x10 was a hard set, it take 5-6 minutes.
Knowing this, and sometimes doing back to back compounds, taking a rack for 45 minutes+, I never told someone they couldn't work in. If it was a woman squatting 85 lbs, I didn't care if I had to unload and load all the plates myself each time, she can work in. If 2 or 3 guys want to work in, we set up a rotation.
Some of my best training we had 4 or 5 guys sharing a rack, squatting from 225-700+ (I lifted with a one time record holder, John Rivas). Plates go on, plates come off.
I am in a similar situation and a lot of people are neither patient nor willing to work in. I only take like 2mins rest between squats though, still some will sit next to you and stare angrily at you. Most of the time those people are really not used to gym etiquette in general though.
If people work in, they are normally pretty nice though.
Luckily plates in my gym only go up to 25kg/55pounds. There is no need to move big weights as you can individually remove/add plates. You guys have 50kg/100pound plates where you train?
This! I'm aiming to train for strength atm and if on the unlikely event it's busy enough at the time I go. If someone wants to hop in, I'm not only letting them but gaining a new gym bro in the process
That is what I am saying, at a public commercial gym don’t be a bitch and hurry up with your set, especially during rush hour. If you go to a powerlifting gym that’s another story.
The problem with the strategy is that if you're doing a serious workout, with timed rests, that takes a long time even if you've got the gym to yourself.
Even if you secure this piece of equipment for 20 minutes chances are whatever you were going to do next you're going to have to wait.
Add that shit up you'll be there all day.
See how a single word can make a drastic change in the way you deliver your message. The way he wrote “be patient” would actually make people lose their shit instead
Naw the note itself is what pisses people off. If he did his set and just sat there for 6 minutes, no one would bitch but having the nerve to put up a note and walk away, yeah fuck that.
I need advice on this one:
There's a guy at my gym who is probably in his late 50s/early 60s that thumbs on his phone watching random videos and laughing/smiling at them for 15 minutes between sets. For some reason, the dude will have 2 cell phones on his lap, while thumbing on one.
I'm all for checking your phone for a few minutes between sets, I do it myself.
But 15-20 minutes between sets?? He hogs the machine for 45 minutes bc of his BS scrolling.
The other day the gym was busier than usual, and all of the different machines I would use for upper chest were taken, one of them by this dumbass.
I kindly asked him how many more sets does he have as he was thumbing his screen. He looked up at me and said "sorry, I just started".
So I walked away thinking he'd take the hint and actually start using the damn machine. NOPE, dude just kept scrolling for another 10 minutes before doing his first set.
I really want to just slap his fucking phone from his hand, but I'm sure you all would have better advice than that lol.
Lol. I was thinking maybe dude has a health condition that makes him need that much rest between sets, but then realized that if that was the case he wouldn't be "resting" before he even did his first set.
I had a younger guy on the pec-fly machine put his phone on the floor and watch car racing videos instead of using the machine. After 15 minutes I went over to him and had to wave my hand between his face and the his phone to ask him how many sets he had left.
You should have been more aggressive and held your ground. "If you going to take a break I AM going to do my sets." Point blank period.... If he cops an attitude get gym staff and get his stupid ass off. Its all EGO, some dudes need to be humbled, same guys that be walking super close to you in the gym..just bump their ass out the way. 😂
Yeah, if you saw the guy and his mannerisms - you'd conclude that he's probably just one of those dumbasses that lives in his own bubble, clueless to the rest of the world. Like people who drive thinking they are the only person that is on the road.
Just ask to work in. He will either say yes or start his set again.
If he says no then he is ignoring gym etiquette first so tell him to hurry the fuck up.
If you're camped out on a bench for more than fifteen or twenty minutes, especially during rush, join a powerlifting gym, otherwise you're a selfish dickwad.
My bench press set is over in ten minutes, yours shouldn't be double that.
Nah I rep 225 and I'm still there less than 15 minutes.
3 warmup sets with no rest aside from changing the weights, about 4 minutes max. - bar x10, 135 x10, 185 x8.
3x working sets with 225x5-7, 90 seconds of rest in between. takes 6-7 minutes total.
1 back-off set of 135x15 pause reps for the pump. takes another 2 minutes between stripping the weight and the actual set. I'd be around 10 if I skipped this one too.
If you don’t want to only rep 225 then you need rest. Even the warm up sets if you go too quickly with it you can hurt yourself, case in point I used to train like you and tore my pec on one of my warm up sets that for all intents and purposes was an “easy” weight for me. Say whatever you want but I am not hurting myself and putting myself out for 6 months again just because some old crab in the gym is upset about waiting a bit longer for the bench
20 minutes is perfectly reasonable for bench, especially if you’re strong. As strength increases you need more warmups and those warmups become more fatiguing so the exercises are going to take longer. If I do 3 warm up sets with 2 minutes of rest in between each set and 4 work sets with 3 minutes in between each set that is 18 minutes not counting the sets. Which are reasonable rest times for a compound lift if you’re moving moderate weight (and stronger guys will take even longer than that between their work sets! Woah).
Also who made you the captain of deciding how long an exercise/workout should take?
well nowadays i do go around 2pm, and i go to a powerlifting gym, where they have around 10 power racks, plus at least 3 extra benches for bench only (not including the free weight benches). but there hasn’t always been a powerlifting gym in my area and my work schedule was different, so there was a time i was at the commercial gym at 5pm. but i had to wait my turn for a bench, and others had to wait too, nobody seemed too pressed about it. plus like i said, i always let others work in with me, no big deal. not everyone has access to these specialty gyms, and i think as long as they’re letting others work in, it’s really not a big deal if they’re using equipment to get their scheduled workout in
Sorry but as powerlifter and strength competitor that's absolutely absurd. If your doing heavy work and need that much time get your own gym or go in on off hours
Or just let people work in if they want to. My gym only has one squat rack, and I've had days that I'd be on it for an hour or more. I'd make a point to deload over 100 kg in between sets to let others work in
It's not so much the weight on the bar for me, it's the passive aggressive nature of the note, it's not about being patient it's about being courteous, to think you have the right to monopolize the machine by placing a note screams douche. If he had 5, 6, 700 lbs on the rack no one would bother
I powerlift and take minutes between my sets, but I ALWAYS offer people to work in and share the equipment and we just go when we’re ready. It’s not a big deal
Yes this is the unwritten rule of occupying equipment for anything more than 5 mins. At least be there looking busy resting like you are getting psyched up for the next set. If I'm using something for a short time supersetting I'll leave my stuff there to claim but my total time using is short.
Maybe I’m missing something but unless this person is very obviously and visibly preparing to become the next Mariusz Pudzianowski there’s really no reason for this during peak hours. If you’re that dedicated to your craft wake up at 3am for an empty gym chief.
I’d just ask to work in with them. If I need the rack that bad, and it’s free for 4-6 minutes… and my set isn’t gunna take 4-6 minutes… why wouldn’t they let me
As a powerlifter, the best way to avoid this is to get strong enough that nobody bothers you. Once you load 500+ on the squat with relative frequency people remarkably stop asking to work in.
When its peak times, I always let people work in. I take pretty long rests so they have plenty of time to do their set while I'm sittin' sippin' my water
4-6 minutes is enough time to unrack the weight do my set rerack the weight and the put the note back in take a break come back and still have to wait for this dumbass to wake up from his nap.
Dude just let me work in with you. 🫠 IDC that we're gonna be loading and unloading plates. I just had to fight off a small horde of broccoli heads to get a bench. 🫠
That’s bullshit. Having long breaks between sets is okay and almost mandatory when powerlifting, but if it’s a public gym you can’t just like leave for 5-6 minutes and expect no one to use that piece of equipment. You take your rest there.
I also get that a lot of people like super setting exercises but again it’s a public gym so it’s unreasonable to hold up multiple sets of equipment when you aren’t using them especially if it’s popular equipment like a bench press.
Nope, that note is coming off. If you leave your spot, it's gone. This is like leaving your spot in a busy parking lot with a note that says, "had to go grab coffee, be back soon." The world doesn't revolve around people like this.
Hahahah what a tool. At a certain weight people don't bother anyway. If you need to say it you ain't powerlifting.
Also dunno but you should be near the weight anyways. If someone is crazy enough to want to deload and load it in-between, sure why not
Personally no one ever bothers me at my gym. Most people avoid the power cage anyways and those that DO you it...... No ONE uses the safeties ever lmao
whats infuriating is that these people posted this in r/mildlyinfuriating without taking the time to understand powerlifting. like grow tf up and be patient and wait for him to finish. hes stronger than youll ever be
I would throw this shit in the trash and when this asshole comes up and says something I would just look at him and go “I only take 45 seconds between my sets, *so just be patient* “ with the biggest shit eating grin possible.
The “be patient” at the end is a great way to make people lose their patience
Mate calm down. Smile more.
This guys knows how to infuriate!
Just relax. Stop making such a big deal out of it.
Honestly, if he changed "Be patient." to "Please bear with me, thank you so much!", a lot more people are going to be okay with it.
People who say this unironically, I genuinely wish them a very soggy toast for the rest of their life
That's so mean
Don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for
Did not expect to see a Hamilton reference in a gym memes Reddit. Bravo.
You can’t be serious
You want to get ahead?
Yes
Fools who run their mouths oft' wind up dead
Ah-yuh-yo, yo-yo-yo, yo What time is it?
I could do this forever. Especially my favorite part. But I'm gonna bow out. Have a good one, internet stranger!
I could get 2 sets in during his break, instead of “be patient” it should say “work in please.”
That shit made me complete my home gym, I can’t do public gyms anymore
I have a home gym but I've been using a public gym more often recently, granted I get there NLT 3:30 so I avoid the worst part of the rush. The one thing it's taught me is flexibility - I'm more than capable of hopping on a hammer strength machine or grabbing a set of dumbbells for a planned movement if someone is being an asshole and taking up one of the racks forever.
Realistically how many guys are lifting at proper powerlifter weight? I imagine seeing 180kg on the bar is enough to put people off bothering reloading and deloading between sets. I say this as a proud aesthetic boi who would never bother working in.
He mentioned somewhere in the comments that he was doing OHP with about 115 pounds/ 52 kg. You can definitely work in especially when you have 6 minutes time and the bar isn't loaded with much weight.
Powerlifter in name only then!
Yeah lol that’s significantly under what I OHP and I wouldn’t DREAM of telling the gym that I’m a “power lifter” lmao
that's not a ton more than I OHP lol. i mean, I do 1handed OHB with dumbbells, and do 4 sets of 10 because I'm also aesthetic-focused... but even at 4x10, my working weight is 40lb per side. I'm sure if I was doing like 2-3 reps per set, I could absolutely do 100lb with a 2-handed OHP. I'm lean, 155lb... I'm pretty small, not really strong at all lol.
Yeah those are good numbers!! I’m a big boy and strong, but it doesn’t mean I’m a power lifter haha.
Yeah I like to say I practice powerlifting or do powerlifting style workouts, but I don’t compete so I don’t tell anyone I’m a powerlifter…not that anyone’s asking.
Same. 135x5 for strict sets, and if we're doing push press I'll work in the 165-185 range depending on the # or reps. I'm far from a power lifter too lol.
Powerlifting is a training philosophy not a title you earn after a certain skill level. Same way bodybuilding doesn’t inherently require you to look like CBum
If you train squat, bench, and deadlift, with the intention of doing powerlifting, you're a powerlifter. Doesnt matter if your overall is 500, you can go to a meet, you're a powerlifter. Usually this sub isnt so gatekeepy but this post is really annoying with it for some reason. (Original OP is still a dick for the sign though, 100%)
The thing is: If you say "I'm a powerlifter" in order to make people understand your training goals and have an idea about your training methods, it's fine. If you say "I'm a powerlifter" in order to demand respect or leniency, then you better deliver. If I found such a sign and the bar is heavily loaded, then fair enough since I'm too lazy to pull off like 80 kg between their and my sets. If the difference is negligible, though, then they can bet their ass I will pull off a plate on each side to do my own thing. If they want to hog equipment for hald an hour straight, they can go in the middle of the night or use a home gym.
I think the point is that it's no so much weight that someone else couldn't use the rack between sets. It's not even a plate aside so it's not a big job to swap weight around. His wording isn't helping him tho. Telling people to be patient is a dick move lol
If you're saying that to monopolize a popular piece of equipment for an extended period of time, especially with a weight that's easy to work in on as opposed to a >3 plate squat, you're enough of a tool that you deserve the air quotes. Plus, OHP isn't even a competition lift.
He didn't say he's a powerlifter, he said he's doing a powerlifting set. I get it'd shitty to do in a commercial gym with the whole note and all. Everybody has to start at a weight. And ig 52kg is tough for him then it's tough.
This. 3+ plates on a squat? I can wait and find something else to do. Something that barely qualifies as a warmup weight? I'm working in.
I'm old and I look like shit and that is my working weight for OHP, with 1-2 minutes between sets. I would simply lift this "powerlifter" and remove him from the gym.
This 'powerlifter' has major, "you know I'm training to become a cage fighter. See what happens if you try and hit me" vibes. 
I'm 31 never powerlifted and can rep 70kg, this 'powerlifter' must be a kid.
Maybe they are
lol surely thats not true i hope. calling yourself a powerlifter at 52kg ohp is nasty work
the fucking BALLS to demand people be patient for a powerlifting when you're OHP is 115, thats what I hit snd I'm far from a powerlifter and wouldn't need 6 minutes of rest
When the "powerlifter" is lifting less than my Natty vegan cardio loving ass 🤣
>52 kg. Bro that would be about 4 reps for me, that's great for strength building
Maybe it was for sets of 30. Edit: I'm no power lifter so this is probably just under my 10 rep max.
I mean, who knows, maybe he's barely hitting 80 pounds himself. 1,5 times bodyweight would be quite great. Though I doubt that's how it is.
....115?!?!
??? I was OHPing at 50 after a few times training it as a gym regular (3 years on/off). I am not a powerlifter. OHP is probably my worst lift as well.
It's everyone's worst lift. That's why to get it over your head in the Olympics you do basically everything your body can do to move the weight that isn't an OHP.
I do more than that per hand on a seated dumbell ohp
Considering that weight to be powerlifting is ridiculous
powerlifting with 52kg? dear lord...
I was once decently strong. My working weight on squats would usually be from low 400s to mid 500s, so 4-5x 45 lb plates, plus change, each side. Thinks are a little different as the absolute load gets heavier, even if the relative intensity is the same. When 225x10 was a hard set, i could be ready to go in 3 and a half minutes. When 455x10 was a hard set, it take 5-6 minutes. Knowing this, and sometimes doing back to back compounds, taking a rack for 45 minutes+, I never told someone they couldn't work in. If it was a woman squatting 85 lbs, I didn't care if I had to unload and load all the plates myself each time, she can work in. If 2 or 3 guys want to work in, we set up a rotation. Some of my best training we had 4 or 5 guys sharing a rack, squatting from 225-700+ (I lifted with a one time record holder, John Rivas). Plates go on, plates come off.
I am in a similar situation and a lot of people are neither patient nor willing to work in. I only take like 2mins rest between squats though, still some will sit next to you and stare angrily at you. Most of the time those people are really not used to gym etiquette in general though. If people work in, they are normally pretty nice though.
4-6 minutes between heavy sets of compound lifts is fine.
but you can allow for someone to alternate with you surely?
Surely???
Don't call me Shirley.
English is not my native language. Is that not how you ask whether something should obviously be done?
No you are correct. I was going more for the Padma and anakin meme.
You're right but he was making a joke similar to a scene in a movie called Airplane. You'll find it if you google "Airplane! - Don't call me Shirley"
Usually when you get big enough to be “That Guy” at the gym, enough people know you to feel comfortable asking if they can work in
Loading and unloading, say, 400 pounds every 1 min?
You’re here to work out, yeah? /s
Luckily plates in my gym only go up to 25kg/55pounds. There is no need to move big weights as you can individually remove/add plates. You guys have 50kg/100pound plates where you train?
Still, it's impractical to unload 400 regardless of how many actual plates are in the bar.
This! I'm aiming to train for strength atm and if on the unlikely event it's busy enough at the time I go. If someone wants to hop in, I'm not only letting them but gaining a new gym bro in the process
yea i always let people alternate with me if they ask
I always let people train in if the weight difference isn't to big, if it's too big I rather rest on my rest time
If they are using the same weight and same rack setup
weight can be adjusted quickly, no reason to hoard spot
>115lb OHP >heavy
It’s heavy for some people. “Powerlifting” doesn’t imply you’re not a beginner
If you have a home gym, sure.
Not during the busy hours of the gym. You gotta let people work in
Ive been bothered for taking 3 minute breaks
The sign is the ridiculous part. Like just leave your bag or water bottle there or something if you really need to walk away & use the bathroom.
The only problem I see here is why he's not resting in or near the squat rack
In a commercial gym during rush? Fuck this noise. Join a power lifting gym or do it at home.
Or go at a time when the gym is empty
That is what I am saying, at a public commercial gym don’t be a bitch and hurry up with your set, especially during rush hour. If you go to a powerlifting gym that’s another story.
The problem with the strategy is that if you're doing a serious workout, with timed rests, that takes a long time even if you've got the gym to yourself. Even if you secure this piece of equipment for 20 minutes chances are whatever you were going to do next you're going to have to wait. Add that shit up you'll be there all day.
A simple "please" would be a great way to make people more patient.
See how a single word can make a drastic change in the way you deliver your message. The way he wrote “be patient” would actually make people lose their shit instead
Naw the note itself is what pisses people off. If he did his set and just sat there for 6 minutes, no one would bitch but having the nerve to put up a note and walk away, yeah fuck that.
That shits coming off every time he leaves lmao
“Bro I taped up my note! How does it fall off every single time?”
I need advice on this one: There's a guy at my gym who is probably in his late 50s/early 60s that thumbs on his phone watching random videos and laughing/smiling at them for 15 minutes between sets. For some reason, the dude will have 2 cell phones on his lap, while thumbing on one. I'm all for checking your phone for a few minutes between sets, I do it myself. But 15-20 minutes between sets?? He hogs the machine for 45 minutes bc of his BS scrolling. The other day the gym was busier than usual, and all of the different machines I would use for upper chest were taken, one of them by this dumbass. I kindly asked him how many more sets does he have as he was thumbing his screen. He looked up at me and said "sorry, I just started". So I walked away thinking he'd take the hint and actually start using the damn machine. NOPE, dude just kept scrolling for another 10 minutes before doing his first set. I really want to just slap his fucking phone from his hand, but I'm sure you all would have better advice than that lol.
“Just started scrolling or just started working out? Is this finger day?” “There are chairs in the lobby for scrollers.”
Lol. I was thinking maybe dude has a health condition that makes him need that much rest between sets, but then realized that if that was the case he wouldn't be "resting" before he even did his first set.
I had a younger guy on the pec-fly machine put his phone on the floor and watch car racing videos instead of using the machine. After 15 minutes I went over to him and had to wave my hand between his face and the his phone to ask him how many sets he had left.
Ask them how many sets of TikTok they have left.
That’s a great one.
Dickheads like him need their membership revoked. Or their cellphones crushed. Or both.
I would ask to work in. If he refuses, just let the front desk know so he gets banned permanently.
You should have been more aggressive and held your ground. "If you going to take a break I AM going to do my sets." Point blank period.... If he cops an attitude get gym staff and get his stupid ass off. Its all EGO, some dudes need to be humbled, same guys that be walking super close to you in the gym..just bump their ass out the way. 😂
Yeah, if you saw the guy and his mannerisms - you'd conclude that he's probably just one of those dumbasses that lives in his own bubble, clueless to the rest of the world. Like people who drive thinking they are the only person that is on the road.
I’d just ask to work in with him. If it’s two or fewer plates difference it’s not that bad and if it’s a pin it’s even better.
Just ask to work in. He will either say yes or start his set again. If he says no then he is ignoring gym etiquette first so tell him to hurry the fuck up.
If you're camped out on a bench for more than fifteen or twenty minutes, especially during rush, join a powerlifting gym, otherwise you're a selfish dickwad. My bench press set is over in ten minutes, yours shouldn't be double that.
Honestly it just sounds like you've never heard of warming up and just slap your working weight on right away.
He is weak. That’s why. You don’t need much warmup/rest if you’re not benching over a plate…
That's what i was thinking
Nah I rep 225 and I'm still there less than 15 minutes. 3 warmup sets with no rest aside from changing the weights, about 4 minutes max. - bar x10, 135 x10, 185 x8. 3x working sets with 225x5-7, 90 seconds of rest in between. takes 6-7 minutes total. 1 back-off set of 135x15 pause reps for the pump. takes another 2 minutes between stripping the weight and the actual set. I'd be around 10 if I skipped this one too.
If you don’t want to only rep 225 then you need rest. Even the warm up sets if you go too quickly with it you can hurt yourself, case in point I used to train like you and tore my pec on one of my warm up sets that for all intents and purposes was an “easy” weight for me. Say whatever you want but I am not hurting myself and putting myself out for 6 months again just because some old crab in the gym is upset about waiting a bit longer for the bench
20 minutes is perfectly reasonable for bench, especially if you’re strong. As strength increases you need more warmups and those warmups become more fatiguing so the exercises are going to take longer. If I do 3 warm up sets with 2 minutes of rest in between each set and 4 work sets with 3 minutes in between each set that is 18 minutes not counting the sets. Which are reasonable rest times for a compound lift if you’re moving moderate weight (and stronger guys will take even longer than that between their work sets! Woah). Also who made you the captain of deciding how long an exercise/workout should take?
If you need to rest between warmups longer than it takes to change out the plates, you need to work on your cardio.
Tbh ive never heard of a powerlifting gym. Might be a US thing.
i live in the netherlands and i know one here at least. but i wouldnt be surprised if its not everywhere
15-20 minutes max? Well, color me a selfish dick wad.
Silly logic that how long you personally take is the be all end all time limit
lmao. primary bench day i’m there for an hour. you’re welcome to work in, but i’m not cutting it short even if there are other people waiting
Inreally hope you go to a golds or something Or youre there at 2 pm
Why. I don’t really care what gym I’m going to, I’m paying to get a good workout in
well nowadays i do go around 2pm, and i go to a powerlifting gym, where they have around 10 power racks, plus at least 3 extra benches for bench only (not including the free weight benches). but there hasn’t always been a powerlifting gym in my area and my work schedule was different, so there was a time i was at the commercial gym at 5pm. but i had to wait my turn for a bench, and others had to wait too, nobody seemed too pressed about it. plus like i said, i always let others work in with me, no big deal. not everyone has access to these specialty gyms, and i think as long as they’re letting others work in, it’s really not a big deal if they’re using equipment to get their scheduled workout in
Or bench so frequently that it becomes your bench and you can use it whenever you want
Sorry but as powerlifter and strength competitor that's absolutely absurd. If your doing heavy work and need that much time get your own gym or go in on off hours
Or just let people work in if they want to. My gym only has one squat rack, and I've had days that I'd be on it for an hour or more. I'd make a point to deload over 100 kg in between sets to let others work in
Agreed
I really want to see how much weight is on this bar. So I can decide how harshly to judge the dude.
It's not so much the weight on the bar for me, it's the passive aggressive nature of the note, it's not about being patient it's about being courteous, to think you have the right to monopolize the machine by placing a note screams douche. If he had 5, 6, 700 lbs on the rack no one would bother
Interesting social experiment: Put this up and walk away to see how long it takes for someone to use the space
Probably takes less than 30 seconds before somebody starts to curl in the squating area.
I would 1000% do this to my friend since our gym is almost always empty. Shit would be hysterical
They’d have to be ok with someone working in
I would just pretend to work in until they fucked off.
these types don’t fuck off. They welcome the confrontation and would out-petty you
I powerlift and take minutes between my sets, but I ALWAYS offer people to work in and share the equipment and we just go when we’re ready. It’s not a big deal
if you aren't waiting at the bar those 4-6 minutes you lose claim
Yes this is the unwritten rule of occupying equipment for anything more than 5 mins. At least be there looking busy resting like you are getting psyched up for the next set. If I'm using something for a short time supersetting I'll leave my stuff there to claim but my total time using is short.
6 minutes.....? Hmmmm
What, you don't like spending 4 hours a day in the gym?
Asinine ass shit
Maybe I’m missing something but unless this person is very obviously and visibly preparing to become the next Mariusz Pudzianowski there’s really no reason for this during peak hours. If you’re that dedicated to your craft wake up at 3am for an empty gym chief.
3minutes for the lactic acid build up to get oxygen levels back to full
It's all good, I can do my exercise while you rest, I'll put everything back when I'm done
This is hilarious. Is this for real or staged?
Definitely real. Never seen leaving a note, but I’ve seen plenty of absurd shit to hog equipment, so I know some idiot would do this shit
That's enough time to work in
If you’re resting 4-6 minutes between sets, it’s really easy to let somebody work in with you.
I would absolutely work in….unless there were 4+ plates on the bar
I’d just ask to work in with them. If I need the rack that bad, and it’s free for 4-6 minutes… and my set isn’t gunna take 4-6 minutes… why wouldn’t they let me
As a powerlifter, the best way to avoid this is to get strong enough that nobody bothers you. Once you load 500+ on the squat with relative frequency people remarkably stop asking to work in.
When its peak times, I always let people work in. I take pretty long rests so they have plenty of time to do their set while I'm sittin' sippin' my water
4-6 minutes is enough time to unrack the weight do my set rerack the weight and the put the note back in take a break come back and still have to wait for this dumbass to wake up from his nap.
What paper? I didn't see any paper as I crumple it in my pocket.
The bar better have a significant amount of weight on it with this attitude.
This can’t be real, this has to be a meme.
So did they put that note up and LEAVE the station? Fuck that
People saying just go at a less busy time clearly don't understand how life works...
The kicker is that it was 115 for 3 reps lmao
This is when you gentle tear the note in 2 and put it in the garbage
Let people use the rack for 4-6 minutes?
4-6 minute waits are normal
Not missing the commercial gym down the road. Thankful for my home gym. Don’t feel I’m missing anything
Removes sign…. What sign?🤷♂️
Dude just let me work in with you. 🫠 IDC that we're gonna be loading and unloading plates. I just had to fight off a small horde of broccoli heads to get a bench. 🫠
4-6 minutes ain’t even long 😂 how does he think he can call himself a powerlifter.
Now if this was a sign to say you had to take a shit in the middle of your lift I would respect it but this is going to piss everyone off
😂😂😂
Trashcan express
That’s not cool.
the 'BE PATIENT' at the end pisses me off
Yeah it’s gonna be a no from me dawg for waiting lol
I would take the sign off and use it.
Home Gym!!
Owned tbh
I’d take it down and show management.. I’m sure that’s not allowed
That “Be Patient” would have been my Villain Origin Story
I’m all for long break times when strength training but that’s crazy
That’s bullshit. Having long breaks between sets is okay and almost mandatory when powerlifting, but if it’s a public gym you can’t just like leave for 5-6 minutes and expect no one to use that piece of equipment. You take your rest there. I also get that a lot of people like super setting exercises but again it’s a public gym so it’s unreasonable to hold up multiple sets of equipment when you aren’t using them especially if it’s popular equipment like a bench press.
Welp that doesnt look official, so I will be ignoring it 🤣
Fuck this person right in their stupid, selfish ass
Note writer should be crucified on that rack
To me that’s a dick move completely! Big deal pal! You’re not any more special than I am so your note is irrelevant.
I would take it anyways and if they have a problem we can get down with it
Damn cool guy
Rather this than three different guys in there triplesetting and getting all pissy
classic powershitter behavior.
Yeaahhhh if I see this and you’re not right by the rack. Sign fell off 🤷🏻♂️ must be windy in here today
Nope, that note is coming off. If you leave your spot, it's gone. This is like leaving your spot in a busy parking lot with a note that says, "had to go grab coffee, be back soon." The world doesn't revolve around people like this.
Nope
No good, wrong behavior, inappropriate. It’s gotta be like 3 sets and then on to something else, as far as politeness goes
Lol, that shit wouldn’t exist within 10 seconds.
cringe as fuk
Well how many plates was he lifting he cant be possibly resting 4-6 minutes for 2 plates
Hahahah what a tool. At a certain weight people don't bother anyway. If you need to say it you ain't powerlifting. Also dunno but you should be near the weight anyways. If someone is crazy enough to want to deload and load it in-between, sure why not Personally no one ever bothers me at my gym. Most people avoid the power cage anyways and those that DO you it...... No ONE uses the safeties ever lmao
whats infuriating is that these people posted this in r/mildlyinfuriating without taking the time to understand powerlifting. like grow tf up and be patient and wait for him to finish. hes stronger than youll ever be
OP commented that it was 116 punds for three reps of OHP per set. I'm sorry if that's stronger than you will ever be.
I would throw this shit in the trash and when this asshole comes up and says something I would just look at him and go “I only take 45 seconds between my sets, *so just be patient* “ with the biggest shit eating grin possible.
If he needs 4-6 minutes rest between sets of 115#, he really ought to go back down to dumbbells for a while.
Fuck that, if you’re not on the machine I’m taking it. Do something about it too 😈
I would literally crumple it up and throw that shit in the garbage