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

[djeclipse]

This moron is the manager of the weight department of the YMCA I work out at. He's the typical do it yourself home schooled PT type person that hasn't worked out a day in his life.

The squat rack they have there is non-adjustable, the safety bars are fixed and too high for me and a few other people. When I do a full squat the bar will deload on the safety bars = not good.

I asked him if I could bring in a little platform made out of 2 x 4's and plywood as it would lift me up enough so I could do a full squat and clear the safety bars.

He said no because of safety issues (kind of expected that), and then proceeded to tell me that they specifically picked that rack because they want people to do what they think is a proper squat which is at or above parallel.

I started to explain to him just how ignorant he was and he got this blank stare on his face when I mention sheer forces on your knees when you stop at or above parallel. He basically had nothing to say when I told him that the hips are much stronger then your knees and if you go below parallel the weight is transferred to your hips instead of the knees...

He replied with more of a blank stare. I told him that I have to walk out of the rack to do my squats and the first time I fail on a heavy set I'm dumping the weight and someone is going to get hurt (there's always some tool behind me when I'm doing squats).

He still didn't seem to care much, hopefully no one is behind me when I get stuck on a lift, lol.

I just can't believe the number of PT's that just don't have a clue.

 

[Sassy69]

This moron is the manager of the weight department of the YMCA I work out at. He's the typical do it yourself home schooled PT type person that hasn't worked out a day in his life.

The squat rack they have there is non-adjustable, the safety bars are fixed and too high for me and a few other people. When I do a full squat the bar will deload on the safety bars = not good.

I asked him if I could bring in a little platform made out of 2 x 4's and plywood as it would lift me up enough so I could do a full squat and clear the safety bars.

He said no because of safety issues (kind of expected that), and then proceeded to tell me that they specifically picked that rack because they want people to do what they think is a proper squat which is at or above parallel.

I started to explain to him just how ignorant he was and he got this blank stare on his face when I mention sheer forces on your knees when you stop at or above parallel. He basically had nothing to say when I told him that the hips are much stronger then your knees and if you go below parallel the weight is transferred to your hips instead of the knees...

He replied with more of a blank stare. I told him that I have to walk out of the rack to do my squats and the first time I fail on a heavy set I'm dumping the weight and someone is going to get hurt (there's always some tool behind me when I'm doing squats).

He still didn't seem to care much, hopefully no one is behind me when I get stuck on a lift, lol.

I just can't believe the number of PT's that just don't have a clue.

I think that blank stare is actually a module in the manual that they get tested on.

 

[Sassy69]

OK Here's from last nite's leg workout. Not really "morons" but interesting experience...

I managed to spend all of Wednesday trying to recover sleep from being up all nite working (not partying...) so pretty much blew the whole day between diet & training. So I was both well rested and feeling like a slacker for missing a day, so I'm ready to go in & KILL THAT SHIT last nite. Normally I love leg day, but I've got enough tendon problems that I sort of dread it because just everythign hurts - once I get warmed up its all good tho.

OK I'm in there. Did hams first - GMs, SLDLs, leg curl + butt blaster supers, reverse hypers to the point of cryign for mommy. Now its quad time. Front squats (always enjoyable). Now its time for the hack + leg press super. I rack up 125 lb on each side of the hack, & 4 plates on the leg press. Do the sets - 3 x 12 reps w/ wide stance. While I'm doign this, these two young guys come in & start setting up the sliding hack machine between my two machines. One guy seems to be leading the other. They put on 25 lb plates. The other guy is feeling stupid because I've now racked up another plate on the leg press for reps. They're up to 70 lb on each side. I'm now on my close stance sets w/ 6 plates on the leg press for 15 reps. The other guy keeps looking over while he's doing his 2 plates on the hack. His friend is off setting up something else. And then the first guy is nice enough to help me strip the plates when I'm done. Very nice guy. The other guy is sort of like getting pissed .

Finally at the end of the night I'm leaving and the one guy asks what my leg day looks like and what my whole split looks like. Then says he wants to train w/ me next time I do leg day. His buddy is all like "fuck you man".

eh maybe you had to be there. It was sorta nice. I don't train at a hardcore gym so there are lots of newbies who have the most godawful form - most of them guys too - but I just hook up the iPod and pull the hat down and do what I'm there for. The other guy was obviously peeved that he got dumped for leg day training.....

 

[liegelord]

I guess it was bound to happen. I'm real short on time to workout tonight and as I head to the squat rack there they are; and not just doing curls either. Until tonight I had only read about them on this forum - the team curlers and using only the bar.

By the way, these were the same skinny kids who laughed at the 56 year old powerlifter last month. Coincidence?

 

[rick_hfh]

Back in highschool I was was lifting during studyhall. I was doing 315 for reps and wanted a spot. The only people around were two freshman, big mistake. One got on each side of the bar as I started lifting. I got a few good reps and just got short of lock out and bar slowed slightly. Then it happened. The dumb freshman pulled up on the bar on his side as hard as he could. As the right side of the bar was raised the left side came crashing down on my chest. The other freshman jumped as the weight on his side hit the floor. I had to wiggle from under the bar to get from under it. Both just sat there all red and just looked at me. If I would have tore a peck I would have beat them both with my good side. But they apologized and I let them put my weights back.

 

[silver_shadow]

This moron is the manager of the weight department of the YMCA I work out at. He's the typical do it yourself home schooled PT type person that hasn't worked out a day in his life.

The squat rack they have there is non-adjustable, the safety bars are fixed and too high for me and a few other people. When I do a full squat the bar will deload on the safety bars = not good.

I asked him if I could bring in a little platform made out of 2 x 4's and plywood as it would lift me up enough so I could do a full squat and clear the safety bars.

He said no because of safety issues (kind of expected that), and then proceeded to tell me that they specifically picked that rack because they want people to do what they think is a proper squat which is at or above parallel.

I started to explain to him just how ignorant he was and he got this blank stare on his face when I mention sheer forces on your knees when you stop at or above parallel. He basically had nothing to say when I told him that the hips are much stronger then your knees and if you go below parallel the weight is transferred to your hips instead of the knees...

He replied with more of a blank stare. I told him that I have to walk out of the rack to do my squats and the first time I fail on a heavy set I'm dumping the weight and someone is going to get hurt (there's always some tool behind me when I'm doing squats).

He still didn't seem to care much, hopefully no one is behind me when I get stuck on a lift, lol.

I just can't believe the number of PT's that just don't have a clue.

maybe you should have told him to watch some olympic lifting videos...

 

[letsrun4it]

Screw all the people telling me not to drop the weights. I'm not going to break my wrist so I can set the weights down gently. I do the best I can, fuck off.

 

[Sassy69]

You know, I had a moron-free night at the gym. When I walked in there were all sorts of people (typical Monday trying to compensate for a weekend of debauchery). But by the time I finished my warm up, all my eqpt was clear I even had a nice young man spot me on a military press

 

[theprofessor]

Screw all the people telling me not to drop the weights. I'm not going to break my wrist so I can set the weights down gently. I do the best I can, fuck off.

k to that

 

[mm107]

got 1

Amazez me....

Dude, 150lbs. 19-21. Polish, So he is WHITE as hell. Couple of TATTOOS, all over his chest and back. The tats look ok truthfully.

So dude is doing ever ab excercise possible, then jumps up, screams and starts flexing like he has the best abs under. He did, have good ones, just not the best, its just a 150lb dude, who cant gain weight so he works his abs kinda guys.

So im getting annoyed, not because hes lifting up his shirt being retarted, but, because hes screaming trying to have the attention on him...

i let it go....

later in day...

dude comes walking in shirtless, hes walking around the WHOLE gym shirtless. so i had to say something because he was annoying me personally know, i went up to him, told him he looked real cute w/ o a shirt(in a stupid non homo type of way) and procceded to tell him he should be an A&F model because they like small framed guys with a 6pac from birth. He gave me the blank stare I laughed and walked away.

Havnt seen him since, thank god