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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm 14:04 and I've asked in the past, and it hasn't always gotten a good response.  People who are machine hogs don't always respond well to being asked.  In most cases, I just do other stuff until they are done.  I just thought this guy's behavior was obnoxious - blocking a machine (when there are a ton of other places to lift) for that long when it's the only one of its kind.

A couple weeks ago, some kid came up to me and asked if he could work in.  I had literally been on the machine for one minute and planned to be on for one minute more.  The machine had been unoccupied before I got on, and the person before that had been on for over 5 minutes.  So I said "no, I'll be done in about a minute."  He tried to get me to reconsider, and I wanted to say, "why didn't you use it when it was unoccupied?"  It really annoyed me.  In the time it took for him to ask me and for me to say "Just a minute", I could have been halfway done.[/quote]

I don't think you understand what "working in" means.  It means that when you are done with your set, you get up during your rest time and he uses the machine for one set, then you switch back and forth until one of you is done.  If you are only using a maching for 2 minutes than you probably aren't doing it correctly.

Also, with the guy blocking the maching I would have asked "are you using this right now?"  If he's not, I'm not sure how someone can save a machine.  If he says yes, then just say, "okay, I'll wait" and stand there.  He should then feel obliged to either use it himself or let you use it.

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14:04, you sound like a PITA that needs a home gym.[/quote]

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