Oh man, going to vent here.
So, at the gym yesterday. Went a bit early so there wouldn't be a ton of people. Waited for a rack that tends to have less traffic walk by.
Its the top of my strength wave (of 10 weeks). Been anxious about it for days. Going for 325 for 1x3. (I know, not a lot for strength athletes, but its alot for me, and the most i've lifted in close to a year and a half).
Wait to start my set when I see no one milling about.
First two reps, smooth as silk. But, I have to concentrate because squatting is really hard for me.
Then, some 20-something dude, who was in the rack next to me, walks over, stoops down to get a bar clip out of a basket that is just close enough to my squat rack where he had to kinda duck and reach over to stay out of my bar path. If I had lost the rep, I may have hit him. I try and hold it for a second just to see if he will move quickly, but then he starts rummaging around in that box to find a clip. At that point, I have to rack it. There is no way after that my back could hold it through a rep, and I have lost concentration.
I was EFFING LIVID.
Waited a few minutes, then hit the last one, but everything was effed after that.
In the end, no one in the world cares but me....but still. It was a personal goal that got effed by some inconsiderate idiot who couldn't' wait 10 seconds.
So, PSA, please be courteous in a public gym and don't walk into the eye sight or get into the bar path of anyone squatting. Especially when its clear someone is pushing hard.
Today's winner for the General Board Burrito Lottery is:
Tex117
So, at the gym yesterday. Went a bit early so there wouldn't be a ton of people. Waited for a rack that tends to have less traffic walk by.
Its the top of my strength wave (of 10 weeks). Been anxious about it for days. Going for 325 for 1x3. (I know, not a lot for strength athletes, but its alot for me, and the most i've lifted in close to a year and a half).
Wait to start my set when I see no one milling about.
First two reps, smooth as silk. But, I have to concentrate because squatting is really hard for me.
Then, some 20-something dude, who was in the rack next to me, walks over, stoops down to get a bar clip out of a basket that is just close enough to my squat rack where he had to kinda duck and reach over to stay out of my bar path. If I had lost the rep, I may have hit him. I try and hold it for a second just to see if he will move quickly, but then he starts rummaging around in that box to find a clip. At that point, I have to rack it. There is no way after that my back could hold it through a rep, and I have lost concentration.
I was EFFING LIVID.
Waited a few minutes, then hit the last one, but everything was effed after that.
In the end, no one in the world cares but me....but still. It was a personal goal that got effed by some inconsiderate idiot who couldn't' wait 10 seconds.
So, PSA, please be courteous in a public gym and don't walk into the eye sight or get into the bar path of anyone squatting. Especially when its clear someone is pushing hard.
Today's winner for the General Board Burrito Lottery is:
Tex117