Morons at the gym (the official thread)...

[deathdroprob]

ahh yes always funny watching people with no idea.I was at the gym with my no-brained friend,he said "Hurry up man lets go" I said Im doing my chest Ill be finished soon" He walked to the Rowing machine and said:"Come do this,this is the best excersise for your chest"haha he also likes to make up his own ridiculas excersise and tell me what part they work,like they actually work.He is a Bullsh!t artist by the way.

 

[silver_shadow]

lol i've seen a number of incidents where the guy didn't unload the bar properly. but by far the funniest is the idiot who doesn't use clips while doing BB curls. so when he's curling, one plate comes off and the bar swings the other side and the other plate falls off as well... priceless!

 

[blut wump]

I had that happen to me when I'd just bought my bar and plates. The bar was covered in a sheen of light oil, as were the plates.

I had one 20Kg plate on each end of the bar when I walked it out of the squat stand and I immediately felt one end slowly sliding. I adjusted position to prevent the slide only to feel the other side start to move. There wasn't much I could do at that stage except brace myself and wait for the whole sequence to unfold as first one plate slid off and then the other.

I used collars thereafter until grime and rust had done their work.

 

[Andalite]

^^ now thats a funny story..

awesome avi btw

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

The city gym I go to has rusted bars, never had a problem with weights sliding.


Went to a new gym a few months ago and had some weights slide around as I was benching. The bars are all grippy too, so my hands get munched doing bench.


Im still waiting to find the morons at this gym, other than the people that only do curls and tri extensions in front of the mirror.

 

[Oceano]

I hate the gym atmosphere. So I go at 6.30am to avoid everyone.

 

[Island Son]

this isn't a real "morons" thing, but a few days ago i walked past the dumbbell racks. A bunch of guys were taking the "between sets" break from DB bench, shoulder press, etc. Imagine a row of 6 guys flexing and posing for the mirror.

It was SO hard not to laugh

 

[monkey_boi]

The bar was covered in a sheen of light oil, as were the plates.

I had one 20Kg plate on each end of the bar when I walked it out of the squat stand and I immediately felt one end slowly sliding. I adjusted position to prevent the slide only to feel the other side start to move. There wasn't much I could do at that stage except brace myself and wait for the whole sequence to unfold as first one plate slid off and then the other.

Same thing happened to me as well. My gym had just done an upgrade to all the equipment, so everything was new, shiny and of course very slick. I get ready to do my squats without bothering about the clips and end up dropping the weights with a nice loud clang. Quick look around to see if anyone saw that and then it was back to the rack but with the clips on this time .

I also made the mistake of unloading only one side of the bar while doing bench. The bar flipped up and hit me right above my eye. Aaah the good ol' times

 

[s8nlilhlpr]

OK, I have a new moron at my gym. Now, to be fair, I don't mind giving a spot or helping someone out. This new guy has been stalking me the past 2 times I've been. Helped him out with his bench the first day, then went back to my workout. Now I can't get rid of him. He stands around and waits for me, then stands behind me and keeps talking throughout my set. I've tried the nice comments "hey I need to hurry" "no time to chat today" etc, but he doesn't get the hint. I actually got pissed because he grabbed me to "help" with my squats when I was no where near failure.

He's using some "routine" out of Stacked? (must be some mag) and keeps asking my opinion on it, which I try not to bash too bad. All bench, all day, then some cable crap. Any tips for getting rid of him other than protein farts?

 

[HiDnGoD]

OK, I have a new moron at my gym. Now, to be fair, I don't mind giving a spot or helping someone out. This new guy has been stalking me the past 2 times I've been. Helped him out with his bench the first day, then went back to my workout. Now I can't get rid of him. He stands around and waits for me, then stands behind me and keeps talking throughout my set. I've tried the nice comments "hey I need to hurry" "no time to chat today" etc, but he doesn't get the hint. I actually got pissed because he grabbed me to "help" with my squats when I was no where near failure.

He's using some "routine" out of Stacked? (must be some mag) and keeps asking my opinion on it, which I try not to bash too bad. All bench, all day, then some cable crap. Any tips for getting rid of him other than protein farts?

Tell him you think he's cute & ask if he wants to hit the shower.