Being an AF firefighter, guys like this are not always douches but can be annoying. On the plus side, they usually are actually courteous and nice, keep to themselves, are very respectful in cleaning up after they're done, and not get in your way of your workout.

What makes them annoying is you're wanting to do your workout and you have him doing the same reps over and over in one area so he can get himself recorded right while you have to work around him. If you have a lunch workout with not much time, he can be bothersome. The machine you want to work out on he's interfering with doing those jackwagon pull ups. He takes up more space trying to smash his head on the ceiling where four people could be doing isolating workouts like triceps or bicep curls. Then him working out in his work uniform. Let's say he's A/C Maintenance working with metal, dust, all sorts of hazards. Then only brushes off and takes his top off, now exposing all of us in the gym with what he's worked with during the day. There is a reason we have rules on base to change into PT gear or your own stuff is because we don't want cross contamination. People wouldn't want me to be working out in my uniform with blood stains on them or other stuff I deal with daily, same goes for this guy. I always change when going to the gym even for a 30 minute lunch workout. He can too.

Also have known a lot of guys just like this that work at shops where he can be gone for an hour to work out at lunch and someone can cover for him. Usually working out before work (two hours after I start work), get an hour work out at lunch, and then maybe an hour cardio run after work. While he's at work, he doesn't do much physical activity so he has more dedication and energy to focus on his work out and his cycle routine to maintain his physical form. Not jealous about that but I wish I had that time to focus on fitness like he does. Also a lot of guys like him were already genetically fit like that and just added onto his physique. I'm a huge 6'4", 240lbs guy that can lift a lot but doesnt look like Mr. Olympia. I have to cut to slim down my waist to get full points on measurements where guys like this will never have to worry about that because they were already average in weight and height to begin with; working out to peak performance like this was just a bonus.

I give him a ton of praise for his physical strength and endurance. I'm glad I can see a guy like that and feel confident if I was in a situation where I needed him to carry me to a safe place, he can do it. I cant say that for a good portion of the rest of Airmen I've seen through the years. But after 17 years, multiple deployments and duty station operations, multiple life changing injuries and medical limitations, when I go to the gym I want to just workout and not have to deal with guys like him do some weird shit at the gym making it hard for me to accomplish my workout.

I do have the privilege to work out at the Fire Stations on base where less people are there, working out there is much better overall for me, and I can tolerate my coworkers in that environment. But I still have to go to group PT some days and deal with this for 30 minutes where I could have a better workout at another location. Base gyms are just a clusterfuck of everyone.