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Morons at the gym (the official thread)...
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I witnessed a couple morons at the gym today during my 15 minute weight for a squat rack.
The first guy had all of his gym stuff that he just can't live without - cellphone, sweater, keys, water jug, towel, etc. - laid all around the squat rack. He would do a set of 6 military presses and then walk over to his buddy doing some sort of back extension machine and talk for a minute or two. He must have repeated this 7 times, never upping the weight on the bar once, and always walking back over to his friend. I finally walked over and asked "Excuse me, how many more sets do you have" and he replied with "Four or five." 11 sets of military press? They were behind the neck too...
The second guy was performing some of the worst squats I've ever seen. He was barely going down half way and the look of his back made my spine scream. The worst thing was that, as he built up to a grand total of 225 pounds, he was wearing a full on lifting belt and knee wraps. He would take the belt and wraps off after every set, rest 5 minutes or so, and then put them back on for another go.
So I'm standing next to some fly machine turning my head back and forth between these two. There's only two squat racks in the gym so I had no choice but to wait. The worst part was everyone kept coming up to me asking if I was waiting for some misc. machine they were using, and I had to politely tell them "No I'm waiting on a squat rack." By the time squat man finally finished (Leaving the full 225 on the bar for me to take off) I was beyond irritated. Some people are just so rude and stupid.
The first guy had all of his gym stuff that he just can't live without - cellphone, sweater, keys, water jug, towel, etc. - laid all around the squat rack. He would do a set of 6 military presses and then walk over to his buddy doing some sort of back extension machine and talk for a minute or two. He must have repeated this 7 times, never upping the weight on the bar once, and always walking back over to his friend. I finally walked over and asked "Excuse me, how many more sets do you have" and he replied with "Four or five." 11 sets of military press? They were behind the neck too...
The second guy was performing some of the worst squats I've ever seen. He was barely going down half way and the look of his back made my spine scream. The worst thing was that, as he built up to a grand total of 225 pounds, he was wearing a full on lifting belt and knee wraps. He would take the belt and wraps off after every set, rest 5 minutes or so, and then put them back on for another go.
So I'm standing next to some fly machine turning my head back and forth between these two. There's only two squat racks in the gym so I had no choice but to wait. The worst part was everyone kept coming up to me asking if I was waiting for some misc. machine they were using, and I had to politely tell them "No I'm waiting on a squat rack." By the time squat man finally finished (Leaving the full 225 on the bar for me to take off) I was beyond irritated. Some people are just so rude and stupid.
I love this thread. The other day I saw something I've never seen before, yes, it was at the squat rack. However, it was not BB curls.
This guy was doing tricep kickbacks, the kind where your upper body is parallel to the floor. He wasn't using DB's though, he was using a BB. He started with bent knees and straightened his legs out as he swung the bar up and did this really fast with a whopping 55 pounds. I couldn't stop laughing.
This guy was doing tricep kickbacks, the kind where your upper body is parallel to the floor. He wasn't using DB's though, he was using a BB. He started with bent knees and straightened his legs out as he swung the bar up and did this really fast with a whopping 55 pounds. I couldn't stop laughing.
You have one of those too!!! Wow the guy at our gym drinks a gallon of Tropicana OJ instead of water because he needs ALL that sugar!!Dposey said:
Of course he has his 5 sets of dumbells laying in the middle of the floor, next to the leg press machine that he is doing 1/4 presses on and heaving over. What is the purpose of taking half the dumbell rack? I mean does he have like 4 sets of arms? When people go to use any of the weights he's hoarding them all yet he's not even using one set because he is focusing on that hard core leg press. ERRrrrr
The moron im about to talk about is my Gym Partner! lol
Well i was inclining 65lbs, i know not that heavy but after the sets i was doing i was tired.
So this sexy ass Blonde Chick walks by, now to remind eveyrone i go till failure. So im struggling and when i need him the most hes looking at some T&A! lol well i dropped the 65lbs almost on my head and hit my chest preety rough and everyone looked at me lol
but shit T&A like the T&A that passed would have been worth some stitches lol
Well i was inclining 65lbs, i know not that heavy but after the sets i was doing i was tired.
So this sexy ass Blonde Chick walks by, now to remind eveyrone i go till failure. So im struggling and when i need him the most hes looking at some T&A! lol well i dropped the 65lbs almost on my head and hit my chest preety rough and everyone looked at me lol
but shit T&A like the T&A that passed would have been worth some stitches lol
If my training partner did this to me, (male or female, but I prefer training with guys) I would hurl that 65 lb DB at him, or drop it on his foot... My biggest pet peeve is when your TP is NOT focused on the task at hand, no matter how hawt the piece of ass that walks by is ...mm107 said:
Last Night Louie was in the house grunting up a storm...now, I have NO BEEF with grunting out some reps, but this got kinda loud, and the only kicker was after the set, him and HIS w/o partner would hop up on the Weighted Barbells, balance and act like they were surfing ... hang ten *yahhh bra* & everything ... this went on for about 10 minutes ... I couldn't believe it ... lol
Oh and looks like gray spandex guy got the memo about wearing gray fitted COTTON (ahem swass) spandex ... but the memo but have been cut off when it got to the part about NOT wearing spandex ... b/c he now changed to black span shorts ...
Tweakle
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Last night I had a great one
Me - 'Dont touch the bar when I lift, ok? I don't want your hands on it at all, you don't lift it for me, help me get it out and rack it if necessary but that is all'
Him - 'Sure, I get you'
Me - Starts the set
Him - Strolls away leaving me with 425lbs at arms length
Me - 'Dont touch the bar when I lift, ok? I don't want your hands on it at all, you don't lift it for me, help me get it out and rack it if necessary but that is all'
Him - 'Sure, I get you'
Me - Starts the set
Him - Strolls away leaving me with 425lbs at arms length
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Iliketolift
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What a moron, why would anyone do that, what did you say to him?Tweakle said:
Well we have T.v's in our gym... and so many people go to the preacher machine curl and sit and watch t.v and do a few sets, like 5 minutes inbetween sets.
