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

[Edmund]

Sorry I didn't mean to hijack this thread. If any one wants to reply to me about my post you can PM me.

 

[wills_got_rythm]

I had a pretty decent workout last night at peyton place, I mean my gym.....I just about saw it all last night.

I saw dude who looks thin but with floppy skin and no muscle def. load the bench up to 135 and walk away to bullshit with others...I think he did 1 set of 3 or 4 half reps.

I saw the very skinny mexican kid (no offense to mexicans) try some 1/8 rom suats with 20 lbs on the smith then turned those into 1/16 rom military press. Then he came over pulled a 25lb db and did 1/8 rom concentration curls.

It takes all kinds!

 

[Chrisco915]

Story #2, I was asked to spot this guy on the smith machine doing decline bench (the gym doesn't have a decline bench so a lot of the guys use the smith machine). It was loaded up with way more then this roid head could ever dream of lifting. He literally move the bear up and down like 3", I was like WTF is this guy doing. I stood there trying not to laugh and only helped him get the bar back to the top for the last "rep". He gets up and says "man, that sucked, I usually do more".

I see this that same guy try and tell his buddy to do his BBrows standing at a 45deg angle because he gets a better pimp that way. He didn't like it much when I mentioned that for the best possible back growth they should be done 90deg to the ground, back arched etc, and doing them at 45deg was more of a biceps workout then back. He was even more pissed when his buddy took my advice and did a few sets properly.

What is it with these guys doing these half assed lifts with such limited range of motion? I can see if they are injured but what's the point of loading up the bar only to do a half assed set.

Too funny......I actually declined spotting someone yesterday at the gym for "philosophical differences of opinion on what constitues a rep". I told him I could not in good conscience spot him because I did not believe that what he is doing is safe to begin with.....LOL. I asked the gym elders if what I did was in bad taste and they said quite the contrary..........they would have told him to "fuck off".

 

[silver_shadow]

No offense taken at all. How many sets do you do for biceps? That really isn't a lot for you guys is it? I sometimes do more than that. I do a bodybuilding workout, a lot of sets, slightly lighter weight, more reps and very little rest, with the exception of power movements like benching or legpress I rest a little longer on those. I am always sucking wind hard between sets.

Here's my shoulder workout;

5 sets of seated lateral dumbell raises
5-6 sets of (dumbell) front raises
5-6 sets of bent over dumbells lateral raises
5 sets of seated dumbell press
5 sets of upright barbell rows
There is a machine in my gym that is for working your rear delts in a seated position and I do 4-5 sets on that.

I suppose that's unbelievable too?

And I go to the gym in the AM before work to do my abs as well as doing my "regular" workout after work. I workout 6 days a week.

it's too much mate! biceps don't need to be hit with everything and 2 kitchen sinks. they get plenty of work from lat work. 3-6 sets of bicep iso work is what most of us would add in to finish it off.

 

[Chrisco915]

This past weekend(both Saturday and Sunday) I spent some time at one of my old gyms catching up with old friends and using some of their more unique, old school equipment. While I was there, one of the school team trainers asked me to spend some time working with some of the college kids on their form and technique. It was nice to have some clean slates to work with because they weren't your typical "I know what I am doing" attitude types.

While showing them a few variations of certain exercises I couldn't help but notice a few flaws in both their forms and techniques. I wanted to help them undo bad habits and decided to ask them where/how they learned how to workout......be it coaches, friends, books or videos...etc. It seems a number of the younger folk learn their techniques from watching other members. They were too intimidated to actually talk to them but would watch and try to imitate what they saw. I was legitimately surprised to hear that. Especially since Football, Baseball, Soccer...etc should train differently for their specific sport. A Soccer player does not need to be reping out heavy weight for 8 reps on concentration curls. LOL.

So I asked....."Can you point out who in this gym you would watch to learn how you should workout?" To no one's surprise....it was all the big muscle bound folk. So we sat and watched these people they pointed out. All were definitely well built and had what these kids wanted. Big muscles............

But my mind went in a different direction....after a few minutes. Watching these weekend warrior BBs I noticed all the bad form and technique................from bad back arch on Military presses(could have been incline bench) to extreme bar swinging on BB arm curls(looked like hip thrusts) to partial squat reps with loaded bars(why load the thing if you can do one full rep). I understand cheat principles and their values to the BB. But this went beyond the occasional cheat rep.......reps 1 through whatever were horrific and painful to watch. I could not single out just one of these people........we were surrounded. These kids didn't stand a chance to get it right.

They did bring up an interesting point after we resumed correcting their issues. "How can they get that way if they aren't doing it right?"........."If I want to get that big do I have to do it that way?" I understand the impatience of youth...or anyone for that matter. The "follow the big guys workout it works...just look at them" concept. But to me their first and most important question rings true..............how did they get that big using such sloppy and incorrect form? It is my eternal question. Did I miss my calling to become a Mr. O contestant by using disciplined and strict form all these years?

My first thought when I see these people banging out reps, not maliciously mind you, has always been and will always be ...."Where did you buy that form?.....You need to return it."

 

[silver_shadow]

how did they get that big using such sloppy and incorrect form? It is my eternal question. Did I miss my calling to become a Mr. O contestant by using disciplined and strict form all these years?

this has been discussed a few times over the years on these forums though of late the average guy on the forums has changed and with it the kind of discussions.

so to answer that question - i'm guessing you might be already aware, but the mr Os get that way for 2 reasons:
1) most have decent to awesome genetics
2) gear.

the latter especially can make even the most stoopid routine productive.... it can make you grow HYOOGE forearms just from masturbation!

 

[Chrisco915]

I am sorry......I didn't think this was going to be taken literally. I was just poking fun at the audacity of young folk taking their cues from people like that instead of being taught properly by coaches, trainers...whomever. It is a conundrum as old as time. "The big guys must know what they are doing" misconception.

 

[NJL52]

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Just got back from the gym...........holy doucheness

Decent size guy. Abercrombie beanie, tight shirt, sweater type cloth shorts(don't know the name) and sandles. Biceps as big as my head, toothpick legs.

Puts 405 on for squats and procedes to do five 1/8th squats. Puts two 35s on the ground to serve as heel raisers. Calls somebody and leaves the gym with all the weight still there.

FUCKING ASS HOLE I HOPE YOU DIE

Rant over.

 

[Chrisco915]

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Just got back from the gym...........holy doucheness

Decent size guy. Abercrombie beanie, tight shirt, sweater type cloth shorts(don't know the name) and sandles. Biceps as big as my head, toothpick legs.

Puts 405 on for squats and procedes to do five 1/8th squats. Puts two 35s on the ground to serve as heel raisers. Calls somebody and leaves the gym with all the weight still there.

FUCKING ASS HOLE I HOPE YOU DIE

Rant over.

What is funny about this is we have a few of those at our gym. Steroided up, huge veins and weights, broad shoulders and to boot........always in sweats and you can still see the are like matchsticks. XXL shirt/Medium sweats. Foghorn Leghorn Syndrome.

 

[silver_shadow]

I am sorry......I didn't think this was going to be taken literally. I was just poking fun at the audacity of young folk taking their cues from people like that instead of being taught properly by coaches, trainers...whomever. It is a conundrum as old as time. "The big guys must know what they are doing" misconception.

lol yea bro. i know what ya mean

i stopped bothering about it a long time ago. it just bugs me.