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

[silver_shadow]

today i saw these 2 scrawny assholes walk in and proceed to do flat bench (the last time i saw them (2 days ago).... yep you guessed it - they did flat bench and a whole lot of chest exercises. so these guys get in a few warm up sets and then they are up to 175. one guy lies down on the bench and then the other guy actually stands over him to spot - he didn't stand behind the bench he was standing with his crotch over his friend. so they unrack the weight and it falls right down on the bencher's chest. then the spotter uses all his might and manages to get it right up with a little help from the bencher. so they managed a few reps till lockout like this. then they reverse roles and repeat the whole thing. next, they jump straight to 220 and i'm like WTF. then, it turns out they had another scrawny friend (who was curling obviously) and they call this guy. so the 3rd guy stands behind the bench and the other guy stands over his partner and the 2 guys unrack and move the bar up & down for a few reps with a little feather touch from the dick lying down! and then they again reverse roles and repeat.... makes you wonder who the spotter was....!!!!
oh ya, then they get up and give me the "i own you" look....

and how could i forget, they were wearing belts while benching! today i saw the same guys doing all manner of lat pulldowns and cable rows.... and yep you guessed it - they were wearing belts!

 

[GOLUAN]

OMG! FREAKEN AWESOME!!! LOL...CANT STOP LAUGHING!

I had always read stories like these before and got a could laugh out of them but had never actually seen anything really funny since my old gym was for more hard-core lifters (I was by far the weakest of anyone there which was great for learning quickly). My new gym - the Y - hasn't been too bad until the college kids started getting out for vacation a couple of weeks before Christmas (no personal offense to any college kids reading this right now)...

The best one was this college kid who was pretty big and was hitting bech several Mondays back. He looked like he could move some weight and was pretty intense but the funny thing was that he was not shy about checking himself out in the mirror before, during and after his lifts - he'd flex in front of the mirror before he'd get down, poke his head up when he had the weight at the top of the lift and then get back in front of the mirror directly after to see what "direct effects" his last set just had. To top it off, after he was done with his bench set he took one final look in the mirror and then proceeded to SHADOW BOX for a good 10 seconds followed by more flexing. And for a final demonstration of his raw power, he performed 2 karate kicks which were actually impressive because he appeared to have good form and managed not to kick anything or anyone over because it's so friggin tight in the weight area.

One of the truly funny things I'd seen that week.

 

[cwc73]

How about this. I'm going to start taking my camera to get a good picture.

50 yo guy.
Bald horseshoe hair.
He wears:
a rebel flag full bandana,
Bono from U2 sunglasses (yes while he works out),
super dark bushy mustache,
dirty yellow stained wife beater,
Gold medalion hanging from his 14 inch neck onto his super pot belly,
bicycle shorts (the super "hey look at my dick" tights ones),
Fanny pack holding his tape player,
Almost knee high socks,
and Kicks from the 80s.

I'm not joking one bit. He was there.

 

[musketeer]

My GF told me about her gym on Wed night:

About 8 ghetto type guys we crowded around the smith machine with one of the instructors and a little guy - all wrapped up in a belt and knee wraps. They were al screaming and shouting as the little guy unlocked the bar and proceeded to do 5 half reps with all the weight plates in the gym. The guy nearly fell out of the smith after locking out and screamed "OH fuck!! Yeah!!! FUUUCCKKK!"
The guy on the bike next to my GF leaned over and said "Pretty amazing, huh?"
When she told him that her boyfriend could easily do that weight with no smith for about 20 reps he looked at her like she was crazy.
Oh and the weight on the bar - about 300lbs...

 

[carlsuen]

My GF told me about her gym on Wed night:

About 8 ghetto type guys we crowded around the smith machine with one of the instructors and a little guy - all wrapped up in a belt and knee wraps. They were al screaming and shouting as the little guy unlocked the bar and proceeded to do 5 half reps with all the weight plates in the gym. The guy nearly fell out of the smith after locking out and screamed "OH fuck!! Yeah!!! FUUUCCKKK!"
The guy on the bike next to my GF leaned over and said "Pretty amazing, huh?"
When she told him that her boyfriend could easily do that weight with no smith for about 20 reps he looked at her like she was crazy.
Oh and the weight on the bar - about 300lbs...

 

[cwc73]

You're such a hawse, you big hairy mustache man you. hahaaha

 

[blut wump]

A well-deserved winner for thread of the week.

We had 'kha-kha' guy in again on Monday. I couldn't do my sets while he was doing his. I kept thinking about this thread and couldn't concentrate on the lifts.

 

[vin01]

A well-deserved winner for thread of the week.

We had 'kha-kha' guy in again on Monday. I couldn't do my sets while he was doing his. I kept thinking about this thread and couldn't concentrate on the lifts.

Everytime I imagine a guy doing this I burst out laughing.



If I am ever having a bad day, this thread is where I come to make it better.

 

[*Bunny*]

Everytime I imagine a guy doing this I burst out laughing.
If I am ever having a bad day, this thread is where I come to make it better.

I totally agree! I just wish I could contribute something as funny as these posts, but I guess I should be happy these people don't frequent either one of my gyms.

 

[djeclipse]

I totally agree! I just wish I could contribute something as funny as these posts, but I guess I should be happy these people don't frequent either one of my gyms.

You're telling me there's no one at your gym that does stupid shit like this? Morons are everywhere, the percentages say there has to be at least one of these people at your gym.