Does the following piss you off.....

[riverrock]

1. When you are one of the strongest MoFo's in your gym, yet all the guys who can't lift for shit are way more jacked than you are.


2. When you do the best exercises there are like Deadlifts, Squats, Cleans, yet everyone looks at you like you've 2 heads.

3. When you see a group of Bros using crap technique on the squat and Bench, yet under the bizarre influence that they're doing it right and actually getting soem benefit from their "training".

Proper raw weightlifting sure as hell is a minority sport and people who like me who value strength over everything else are a dying breed.

Imagine if Posing in front of a mirror, grunting out a few half reps, and pumping yourself with Androgen was an Olympic Sport, Britain would fucking destroy any of your boys countries and take home all the gold medals!!!!

 

[blut wump]

I've had weird looks in the gym from cleans and from goodmornings. When I first did goodmornings there, people were just standing around slack-jawed in bewilderment.

We have enough deadlifters that no-one bats an eye at it but I rarely see anyone squatting.

 

[riverrock]

I've had weird looks in the gym from cleans and from goodmornings. When I first did goodmornings there, people were just standing around slack-jawed in bewilderment.

We have enough deadlifters that no-one bats an eye at it but I rarely see anyone squatting.

Yes, Good Mornings, forgot about that one. Good Mornings with bands is another. The guy who works in our gym needs to be checked for a pulse. Some day soon I'll ask him "exactly what do you do"? because everytime I see him he's brewing tea or talking bullshit while propping up the desk.

Its a hardcore gym alright, but I'd love to see how these guys would cope without any juice. I read once that many people who come off go on to crash even worse that they ever were pre juice and this is due to a lack of proper knowledge about strength training, diet, or sports science

 

[bignate73]

my gym:
2 other guys deadlifting (from the floor deads I mean, some people doing SLDL's because shape, oxygen or mens health might have done a spread on them once)

no one doing GM's

Cleans? yeah right. I've seen some attempts that were heavy cheat bicep curls to a catch.

Push presses...that means you are using too much weight if you have to do that right?

Standing OHP....these are rare for that matter.

Zercher Squats. Who is Zercher?

Floor Presses....are all the benches taken?

Skullcrushers on the floor....see above.

Box Squats....even I can't do these at my gym. I gotta go into the aerobics room...get risers and a step. set it up, by then i lose my one and only precious squat rack to some jackass doing upright rows or bicep curls.

Regular squats: doesnt that mean to load up as much weight as you can shimmy out and do standing dipping motions with?

my gym is flat out GHEY!

Since I use a minimal amount of equipment, i keep going and people tend to leave me the hell alone until i'm done in the squat rack. No one tends to want to know what I'm doing which is a good thing...so they don't ask me. I guess if it looks too hard, heavy or "dangerous" its not a good idea...after all, you can still sweat and not look like you're working hard. right?

 

[KIAN]

There are always going to be guys who join gyms so they can lift the entire stack, pose in the mirrors, kiss their biceps when the flex them, wear sunglasses inside, etc., etc. All of which, in my opinion, are the wrong reasons. Joining a gym, or just working out, is all about making a positive difference in your physique and your self ... for yourself. It is about learning proper form with exercises and correct nutrition. Quality not Quantity. Concerning yourself with how other people think is just a distraction.

I prefer to stand over in the corner, on my own, doing my own thing becasue it is all for me and no one else. I leave the rest of the gym to the knuckle dragging 'I know everything about bodybuilding' boys and their admirers.

_______________________

KP -- Fitness Basics

 

[Madcow2]

Imagine if Posing in front of a mirror, grunting out a few half reps, and pumping yourself with Androgen was an Olympic Sport, Britain would fucking destroy any of your boys countries and take home all the gold medals!!!!

My friend, your national pride is blinding you. Don't ever underestimate the sheer numbers and purity in stupidity you will find on this side of the ocean. I have faith that the dumbasses in our gyms can hold their own. I've just seen too many stupid things over the years to believe otherwise.

 

[riverrock]

My friend, your national pride is blinding you. Don't ever underestimate the sheer numbers and purity in stupidity you will find on this side of the ocean. I have faith that the dumbasses in our gyms can hold their own. I've just seen too many stupid things over the years to believe otherwise.

LMFAO!!
Mine is an example of typical British arrogance really - thinking we've got the best Dumb-Asses in the world, when there's plenty of people in other countries who'd like to take on the challenge too!

 

[Madcow2]

Basically yeah, while your idiots are having afternoon tea - our guys are hard at work looking for ever more stupid ways to mangle themselves in the weightroom or giving out advice in order to train a whole new generation of idiots. Believe me, even if they aren't the most gifted, they work hard ever day to forge themselves into the paradigm of an idiot's idiot.

One day you'll see one of our 115lbs boys flexing hard in the mirror, grunting and drooling between supersets of tricept kickbacks and anus squeezes. He'll be talking incoherently in half-rap like he was born and raised in inner-city Harlem incongruous with his soft whitebread 'golfcourse' look. A bell will go off in your head and you'll realize, he's an American and his skill can't be questioned. Just thinking about it brings a patriotic tear to my eye.

 

[Klown]

hahahaha this is a hilarious thread

I'm a canadian and I'll have you know our jackasses can hold their own too. the following things you will NEVER see at my gym.

Standing OHP

Full squats. Even parallel squats are rare

Deadlifts

Good Mornings

BB Rows

Pullups with any kind of proper form

Cleans, fronts squats, push presses, the list goes on and on


However the is a limitless amount of bicep curls and decline bench press. I actually think it's fantastic for the most part cause I can go swipe the one power rack for an entire workout and not feel bad about.

 

[bignate73]

LMFAO!!
Mine is an example of typical British arrogance really - thinking we've got the best Dumb-Asses in the world, when there's plenty of people in other countries who'd like to take on the challenge too!

come on we invented the Icy Hot Stuntaz!!!

 

[Falklands]

Argentina myself and seeing my fellow countrymen turning up for training in the "wife-beater" top and a baseball cap never fails to bring a lump to my throat! Then, when they pump those biceps with 20pound dumb-bells and a sheer look of invincibility on their faces, I go home,put my national flag out the window and roar "ARGENTINA, ARGENTINA, ARGENTINA"!!!!

 

[shadowhunta]

ugh.

i can count on one hand the people in my gym who do actual barbell squats. not smith machine- barbell squats. even less actually go down far enough for what they do to be called a squat.

even worse, some asshole always wants to do his bicep curls or upright rows in the fucking squat racks, of which we have only two!

cunts

loads of wifebeater/baseball cap tan boys as well, who spend more time staring at themselves than actually training. idiots

 

[EnderJE]

Here's my question...why do you care?

 

[shadowhunta]

Here's my question...why do you care?

because the cunts get in the way. i could give a fuck about them on a personal level; i don't have a problem with them at all in that regard.

it's just fucking annoying when your gym has a limited amount of equipment and you are unable to use something because some asspacker monopolizes it to do exercises that could be done with other, more plentiful pieces.

great avatar btw. i caned the shit out of that game, 1 and 2

 

[Veretta9]

Cleans? yeah right. I've seen some attempts that were heavy cheat bicep curls to a catch.

Push presses...that means you are using too much weight if you have to do that right?

Standing OHP....these are rare for that matter.

Zercher Squats. Who is Zercher?

Floor Presses....are all the benches taken?

Skullcrushers on the floor....see above.

Funny shit

 

[tgriff]

I say let the "fad" lifters and the guys who are in the gym to "get toned" do there smith presses and pec deck flies all they want...That only frees up the powerrack for me..Which by the way is rarely used..Except for people to hang weight belts up and do leg lifts...To be honest I think most people in my gym think thats all the rack is for...Dumb@$$es...

 

[riverrock]

The Smith Machine is the biggest, most useless piece of junk I ever came across. But your right, if it keeps the squat rack free, I'm happy to have one in the gym!

 

[YoungIntricateMuscle]

Basically yeah, while your idiots are having afternoon tea - our guys are hard at work looking for ever more stupid ways to mangle themselves in the weightroom or giving out advice in order to train a whole new generation of idiots. Believe me, even if they aren't the most gifted, they work hard ever day to forge themselves into the paradigm of an idiot's idiot.

One day you'll see one of our 115lbs boys flexing hard in the mirror, grunting and drooling between supersets of tricept kickbacks and anus squeezes. He'll be talking incoherently in half-rap like he was born and raised in inner-city Harlem incongruous with his soft whitebread 'golfcourse' look. A bell will go off in your head and you'll realize, he's an American and his skill can't be questioned. Just thinking about it brings a patriotic tear to my eye.

I'm from Russia. Madcow, that was funny - "giving out advice in order to train a whole new generation of idiots."

 

[IvanOffelitch]

...One day you'll see one of our 115lbs boys flexing hard in the mirror, grunting and drooling between supersets of tricept kickbacks and anus squeezes. He'll be talking incoherently in half-rap like he was born and raised in inner-city Harlem incongruous with his soft whitebread 'golfcourse' look. A bell will go off in your head and you'll realize, he's an American and his skill can't be questioned. Just thinking about it brings a patriotic tear to my eye.

Priceless...absolutely priceless. Why? Because it's true!

Aaaaahhh...the joys of having a nice gym @ home

 

[squatpuke]

The Smith Machine is the biggest, most useless piece of junk I ever came across. But your right, if it keeps the squat rack free, I'm happy to have one in the gym!

LOL.....

I love watching dudes do 1/2 squats on smithy with 135 (or isn't like 115 or something with two wheels?)....cracks me up.

 

[blut wump]

135.

I had that next to me a while back and one of them asked the others why they weren't going to do warm ups first. One of the guys started pumping out 3" squats while the other two counted them out for him.

I think that's where we might just have the edge over the Americans: our idiots aren't smart enough to handle rap language lessons and do supersets alone. Our idiots would need to compete in team gym lunacy events. My favourite is team bench where two spotters heft the bar at each end while one other spotter stands in the middle and hurls abuse at the guy lying down whose sole purpose is to hang onto the bar to add resistance while striving to dodge the drool of the center abuse-hurler. When the set is over the spotters usually rub their sore muscles while the bencher knocks out, typically, a double-biceps or most muscular to cries of "Oh, yes!" and a general refrain of "good set".

 

[rbtrout]

I'm fortunate. Working out at 4:45 am tends to get rid of the BS group. I do get many looks when doing dl's.
One of the other things I hate is watching some one do an exercise completely wrong. I stand there saying to myself "he's gonna hurt himself". Then seeing that he's just another pretty boy, screw him. Let him hurt himself. Then he won't be at the gym taking up space

 

[Tweakle]

nothing pisses me off.. except people walking in front of me when I'm lifting, or standing way the fuck too close when I'm doing something. That and little fruity guys who stare at my ass when I'm squatting (curse those booty shorts)

 

[Deltroit]

The Smith Machine is the biggest, most useless piece of junk I ever came across. But your right, if it keeps the squat rack free, I'm happy to have one in the gym!

On that note this would qualify the smith machine as one of the best machines ever. I'm free to use the rack whenever I need it.....everyday.

 

[riverrock]

I'm fortunate. Working out at 4:45 am tends to get rid of the BS group. I do get many looks when doing dl's.
One of the other things I hate is watching some one do an exercise completely wrong. I stand there saying to myself "he's gonna hurt himself". Then seeing that he's just another pretty boy, screw him. Let him hurt himself. Then he won't be at the gym taking up space

You are a member of a 24-hour gym? If you are, then you are one lucky individual to have one at your disposal

 

[H_T_]

it's all mind over matter. i don't mind cuz they don't matter.

 

[Sub-Zero]

1. When you are one of the strongest MoFo's in your gym, yet all the guys who can't lift for shit are way more jacked than you are.


2. When you do the best exercises there are like Deadlifts, Squats, Cleans, yet everyone looks at you like you've 2 heads.

3. When you see a group of Bros using crap technique on the squat and Bench, yet under the bizarre influence that they're doing it right and actually getting soem benefit from their "training".

Proper raw weightlifting sure as hell is a minority sport and people who like me who value strength over everything else are a dying breed.

Imagine if Posing in front of a mirror, grunting out a few half reps, and pumping yourself with Androgen was an Olympic Sport, Britain would fucking destroy any of your boys countries and take home all the gold medals!!!!

to be honest those things dont efefct me. there are so many people who are stronger and bigger than me, and sometimes i wanan point and make excuses or pull the fairness card, but when i tcomes down to it i dont really care and it isnt important to me. im competing with myself when i lift and do it for myself cause i love it, not because of girls, guys, or money

 

[Sub-Zero]

hahahaha this is a hilarious thread
.

^

 

[wayneboard1]

Basically yeah, while your idiots are having afternoon tea - our guys are hard at work looking for ever more stupid ways to mangle themselves in the weightroom or giving out advice in order to train a whole new generation of idiots. Believe me, even if they aren't the most gifted, they work hard ever day to forge themselves into the paradigm of an idiot's idiot.

One day you'll see one of our 115lbs boys flexing hard in the mirror, grunting and drooling between supersets of tricept kickbacks and anus squeezes. He'll be talking incoherently in half-rap like he was born and raised in inner-city Harlem incongruous with his soft whitebread 'golfcourse' look. A bell will go off in your head and you'll realize, he's an American and his skill can't be questioned. Just thinking about it brings a patriotic tear to my eye.

ANUS SQUEEZE!!!!!! LMAO!!! Whats wrong with those? I do those to cool down.

 

[JL_204]

The other day i was waiting 20 minutes for some dude doing curls in a rack. After his last set he took his shirt off and hit a most muscular pose. I would have laughed but i was too pissed off at that point.
Other than that i dont care too much about what other people are doing.....

Just stay the fuck outta my power rack.

 

[mrhoon]

When I used to go to gyms, every once i n a while I would switch things up and do super slow reps, with much lighter weight. I would always get some fucking old guy look at me, go pick up some dumbells 5# heavier than mine and start repping out with horrible form and looking at me in the mirror. Fucking idiots, like were competing. This is so distracting, I'm trying to focus on breating and form and I can't decide to laugh, or double my weight and do reps like him, then laugh. Fucking jokers.
Now I save my monthly fee and buy my own iron.

 

[Wylie]

You decide to do squats, you load up a weight you could lift 6 times, on the fifth rep you're trembling, sixth you're thinking no more then you remember will power and do two more,rack the bar,exhausted. from the corner of your eye you see the girl on the stairstepper not even sweating looking at you and some guy too. And you know they know...

 

[blut wump]

Go on. Finish it, I can't stand the tension.

I hope you're not trying to start a trend here. You'll have everyone putting up their posts in installments and it'll take weeks to exchange any ...

 

[tdringo]

lmao....

 

[jdynasty]

I don't know, i use the smith machine to squat, but not for normal squating, I tend to place my feet way forward, Arnold did it, so why cant I, nobody deadlifts in my gym, or shrugs, everyone wants to jump on the hammerstrength equipment

 

[BOOEY]

I don't know, gyms are a necessary evil. One of my good friends has a home gym, but it's so boring to work out there. It's also nice to watch the girls on the stairmasters

 

[Dz_7]

I saw this really jacked black guy doing 1/4 (they were more 1/5) squats with 315lbs. Really pissed me off. I'm trying to cut this bodyfat as fast as I can and he's standing there ripped to shreds half assing everything.

Ugh.

 

[Lord_Suston]

Just fuel for the fire that drives me forward

 

[eat big]

I have a problem with my form, as you listed in number three. But we do not have mirrors and I dont have a lifting partner. So I may be one of those people.

 

[WalkingBeast]

Kill......that...........shit!!

 

[White Sox]

Used to work and work out at a college rec center. So one night i'm doing some good mornings, and i see this girl scopin on me. So i do a set and see her go talk to some big dudes she knows, they all watch me do my 2nd set, and when i'm done i see em pointing to their back, probably talking about how those are bad for my back, those wierd squats i was doing. Ah, college rec centers. Rich white kids with no self esteem can turn into jacked ghetto G's in 4 months when Daddy gives them money for their roids. I have about 1000 more stories like this.
Luckily, i'm in a small-town gym where everyone is pretty cool. If they don't know what i'm doing, they'll ask a few questions about it, not just speculate. The trim situation was better at the Rec Center, but thats it.

 

[badmonster749]

LOL.....

I love watching dudes do 1/2 squats on smithy with 135 (or isn't like 115 or something with two wheels?)....cracks me up.

no. its 1()5, i think. smith machine is 15lbs, not 25.

 

[blut wump]

no. its 1()5, i think. smith machine is 15lbs, not 25.

It varies, many have a full-sized bar some have smaller bars.