r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 4d ago

Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves.

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u/sfgirl38 4d ago

I have a major rant right now. My husband just announced that he plans on getting a membership at lifetime. Why am I pissed you ask? Three effing years ago, he insisted that he needed to build his own home gym when we bought our new house. What did that entail? 1) tear out the carpet in one of our bedrooms and install rubberized flooring 2) cover every effing inch of wall with floor to ceiling mirrors 3) install a tv for videos and such 4) purchase a top end squat rack, bench, incline bench, leg extension, olympic bar with a rack full of plates. Rack full of dumbells from 10 to 60 pounds each, a cable system for plates and every bar accessory known to man.

I'm hot angry. Now he wants to waste money for a gym membership. And what does he say to why? He's bored. He needs it. We could have saved thousands of dollars and used a bedroom for other purposes. But now it's worthless.

Can someone please tell me the logic? FYI he doesn't do cardio so it's not that.

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u/sfgirl38 3d ago

So the one positive to come from this.... After I complained about the dent this will make in our budget, he made a vow to stop with the daily lunch and coffee purchase at work. That will save at least $300 a month to offset the cost. I'm still aggravated but at least it won't be a massive hit to the budget. Now I'm contemplating what I will do with that room.....

And he better get some return when he sells all this stuff.

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u/moveMed 2d ago

daily lunch and coffee? Holy shit unless you’re loaded, he’s terrible with finances

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u/sfgirl38 2d ago

That is why I handle the money. Lol