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

[djeclipse]

there is one grossly fat, overcompensating dad who puts his inbred looking son through some great half-rep tag-team workouts... come on boy, you can do it, strong, strong! I very much enjoyed the one and only time I asked to work in on the squat rack with them and poppa Cankles challenged me to lift the immensely heavy weight on the pins.. could I REALLY do 405? He could do it, I'd just seen him go down about 6 inches, topple forward slightly, turn purple and 'back' the weight up for a great max effort.

well, I said I don't know - I've never tried to lift so much weight.. maybe he could give me some pointers on how to do the exercise? He visibly puffed up and started bragging in front of his son, so it was very satisfying to see him shut his enormous mouth once I started repping out full, paused front squats. I think I caught him muttering something about 'steroids' to his son as they walked away from the rack

OWNED!

nice.

 

[momsgettinfit]

well, I said I don't know - I've never tried to lift so much weight.. maybe he could give me some pointers on how to do the exercise? He visibly puffed up and started bragging in front of his son, so it was very satisfying to see him shut his enormous mouth once I started repping out full, paused front squats. I think I caught him muttering something about 'steroids' to his son as they walked away from the rack[/QUOTE]




Awesome! Of course he's going to do the steriod thing they always do.

 

[markshark]

This is nothing out of the ordinary, but this past Monday, otherwise known as 'international bench press day' there was a skinny kid, about my height, but maybe 100lbs less than me, and he was benchin'. He did 135 for 8 sloppy reps, then I saw him get burried with 225 and have his spotter save him, so what does he do? ...... he puts 315 on, gets burried and has his spotter pull it off of him, what does he do next????..............he goes to 405, but his spotter talked him out of it, and if he didn't I probably would have because there is only so much I can take.

WHAT??!!!!!!

 

[BiggT]

WHAT??!!!!!!

You read correctly, lol. 6' tall kid, about 160lbs, maybe early 20's.....also, he was doing a wrestler's bridge on the bench and squirming around like a fish out of water if you can get a mental pic.......his spotter pulled the full 225 and full 315 off of him, I think the 405 was just asking for too much and he told him 'not today'....I was thinking 'not this year or next or the one after that'......I seriously would have come over and said something if his spotter hadn't.

 

[lanky]

i cant stand the people who take the locker right next to yours when there are 100 others open, and then when you try to get to your locker after a workout they are standing in front of you locker nbaked trying to get dressed, but it usually takes them 10 minutes to get their underware on(usually the geriatric population)

 

[silver_shadow]

I hear ya - I've been doing good mornings lately and the looks I get are great. I'm pretty sure that I'll have a good 'MATG(tot)' story soon - lots of guys who don't speak English work out here and have some pretty odd workouts, but have yet to do something truly moronic. It's just a matter of time....

oh really? from some cute boys standing behind staring at your crotch each time you bend forward?





lol j/k

 

[momsgettinfit]

i cant stand the people who take the locker right next to yours when there are 100 others open, and then when you try to get to your locker after a workout they are standing in front of you locker nbaked trying to get dressed, but it usually takes them 10 minutes to get their underware on(usually the geriatric population)[/QUOTE

Omg that reminds me of something that happened to my husband. We had finished up our workout and he walked in the locker room to get his stuff. ANd he said he had to wait around b/c he couldn't get to his locker. I said why. He said b/c 2 old nasty naked asses had it sandwiched between them and I'm not about to get in the middle of that. I had to laugh!

 

[xblitz44x]

I was deadlifting on Tuesday, in front of two guys who were benching. I didn't go very heavy, maybe 385 or something, but I heard one of the guys say:

"Screw that. I don't do those. They are terrible for your back."

 

[djeclipse]

This is nothing out of the ordinary, but this past Monday, otherwise known as 'international bench press day' ...

So true

 

[nappyd]

At least they only show up once a week. I saw a guy struggling to get 85 for reps get outbenched by a girl doing 95 for reps monday night. Granted, she's a regular and shows up throughout the week though.