Please Scroll Down to See Forums Below
Morons at the gym (the official thread)...
- Thread starter djeclipse
- Start date
silver_shadow
New member
Last edited:
blut wump
New member
I saw one of the regulars at the gym yesterday ask for a spot from a kid I knew to be a team bencher. I was just finishing up my set and asked whether he was ok with it or whether he'd prefer that I spotted. They both seemed happy with their arrangement so I left them to it. As the first rep started, the spotter took a firm grip on the bar. After the set, the guy got up with a puzzled look on his face and said "You helped me quite a lot with that".
I took it as a good opportunity to start a conversation that benching wasn't a pairs event.
I discussed it with my wife, later, though, and you can hardly blame the kid. We have a small bunch of jacked dudes who team bench. Who is the kid going to emulate: the jacked dudes claiming all the attention or the fat guy in the corner huffing and grunting all alone? Everyone knows you can lift more with a bit of help so why would you want to lift less?
I took it as a good opportunity to start a conversation that benching wasn't a pairs event.
I discussed it with my wife, later, though, and you can hardly blame the kid. We have a small bunch of jacked dudes who team bench. Who is the kid going to emulate: the jacked dudes claiming all the attention or the fat guy in the corner huffing and grunting all alone? Everyone knows you can lift more with a bit of help so why would you want to lift less?
I
Ilovetolift
Guest
Exactly, it makes so much sense, but then you realise the right way of doing it, and benifit!blut wump said:
I
Ilovetolift
Guest
wow,...silver_shadow said:
In that thread I was trying to express that having sex with a girl you actuly love is nothing compared to any random girl. Case dismissed.
silver_shadow
New member
really?! it sure didn't come across that way...Ilovetolift said:
I was doing cables pushdowns yesterday and some guy who obviously didn't really want to use the laying hamstring curl machine just stared at me.
So then he motions for me to take my headphones off, and I was just kinda like,"Yeah?" He said,"You work-out a lot, eh?" I was like,"Yes." He said,"Huh.... I haven't seen you here before." (I went earlier in the day then usual)
I said,"I'm here at night." He said,"Ohh, where do you work?" I was like,"Here." He said,"What do you do?" I said,"Train." Then I start my next set. He says,"I work at Fridays, ever been there?" I said,"Yep." He said,"What are you doing this weekend?" I said,"Working." He said,"Ohh." Then I turn back do another set started talking to another trainer and the guy walked to the other side of the gym, without having done anything with the machine except stand between the curl pad and the bench sweating on it. Classic....Not a bad approach but grow a pair. Why not say something like,"You should come up to Friday's when you get off of work and have a drink." Even though I'm not drinking... It's still better then the last guy who was pissing me off trying to make me do that stupid 1RM 55 pound DB curl....
So then he motions for me to take my headphones off, and I was just kinda like,"Yeah?" He said,"You work-out a lot, eh?" I was like,"Yes." He said,"Huh.... I haven't seen you here before." (I went earlier in the day then usual)
I said,"I'm here at night." He said,"Ohh, where do you work?" I was like,"Here." He said,"What do you do?" I said,"Train." Then I start my next set. He says,"I work at Fridays, ever been there?" I said,"Yep." He said,"What are you doing this weekend?" I said,"Working." He said,"Ohh." Then I turn back do another set started talking to another trainer and the guy walked to the other side of the gym, without having done anything with the machine except stand between the curl pad and the bench sweating on it. Classic....Not a bad approach but grow a pair. Why not say something like,"You should come up to Friday's when you get off of work and have a drink." Even though I'm not drinking... It's still better then the last guy who was pissing me off trying to make me do that stupid 1RM 55 pound DB curl....
Tweakle
New member
I have a new hero, little guy with glasses who wears tighty tighty spandex and running shorts that just screams of faggery.. and in fact just screams at everything
I was warming up for legs and I hear someone yelling at 1000 db's 'COME ON MAN, YOU CAN DO IT< YEAH YEAH INTENSE!!' - turn around and see wee man doing wirst curls with one of those aerobics instuctor bars
curls followed, done with the same theatrics. sadly I had to leave early but I'm hoping he's back to disrupt my concentration tonight!
I was warming up for legs and I hear someone yelling at 1000 db's 'COME ON MAN, YOU CAN DO IT< YEAH YEAH INTENSE!!' - turn around and see wee man doing wirst curls with one of those aerobics instuctor bars
curls followed, done with the same theatrics. sadly I had to leave early but I'm hoping he's back to disrupt my concentration tonight!
overcome73
New member
People who don't put back their weights piss me off. I look across the gym and see 315 on the bench and no one in site...ok, great you benched 315...now put the F'ng weight back. There is no excuse for that. Its just ignorant.
People who curl on the powerlifting platform. Get the F off. This is not for curling, not for tricep kickbacks.......
People who do benching as a "team" sport. One pushes and the other performs an upright row. Then the dude will pop up off the bench like he accomplished something.....leave your ego at the door when you enter the gym.
People who curl on the powerlifting platform. Get the F off. This is not for curling, not for tricep kickbacks.......
People who do benching as a "team" sport. One pushes and the other performs an upright row. Then the dude will pop up off the bench like he accomplished something.....leave your ego at the door when you enter the gym.
This isn't so much about a specific moron, per se, but it does have relevance..
I am a senior in college.. so I typically have seen the same kids in and out of the gym for the past four years. Every school year we get new people in there thinking they are the shit, all big bad and tough. You know the type. Often times there were dudes in there lifting like me, but alot bulkier, and more muscular.
I started sticking to a decent 5x5 type routine a little over a year ago. Ever since then, I just look around and everybody has stayed the same size, while I have slowly grown, in size and strength. Even kids I know from four years ago. It just makes me laugh. I cleaned up my diet, got a decent routine, put on about 20 lbs of muscle in the past two years, and now all these dudes who were once intimidating to me are now skinny little dweebs.
Funny how it works. I guess they could be considered morons.
I am a senior in college.. so I typically have seen the same kids in and out of the gym for the past four years. Every school year we get new people in there thinking they are the shit, all big bad and tough. You know the type. Often times there were dudes in there lifting like me, but alot bulkier, and more muscular.
I started sticking to a decent 5x5 type routine a little over a year ago. Ever since then, I just look around and everybody has stayed the same size, while I have slowly grown, in size and strength. Even kids I know from four years ago. It just makes me laugh. I cleaned up my diet, got a decent routine, put on about 20 lbs of muscle in the past two years, and now all these dudes who were once intimidating to me are now skinny little dweebs.
Funny how it works. I guess they could be considered morons.
