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Morons at the gym (the official thread)...
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theprofessor
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msam76 said:
tgriff
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What about the really loud "grunts" made on weight that isnt "gruntworthy"...I can understand belting out when you have a bar so stacked that the shit is bending...But there are these 3 guys that I guess get off to yelling while repping...They are pretty big guys and they are fucking welping out with 225-250...Am I the only one annoyed by this..
I am visiting family in southern California and had to lift in a Bally's tonight. There was a guy there who looked like an accountant, except for the fact he had about 17 inch arms that were ripped. No chest, no back and legs like a nine year old girl. He lifted like a girl, only did partials and left the weights on each piece of equipment he used.
Island Son
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Asian chick uses the leg press machine with one plate. When she's done, a guy jumps in, loads up and sits down.
Then I hear, "hey. excuse me". The guy's looking over at a PT working with a client.
"hey, buddy! can you give me some help?"
The PT walks over
"how do I unlock this?"
The PT shows him "turn these levers to the side...and next time you might want to TRY using it BEFORE YOU LOAD 4 PLATES ON EACH SIDE"
I'm this >< close to howling. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Then I hear, "hey. excuse me". The guy's looking over at a PT working with a client.
"hey, buddy! can you give me some help?"
The PT walks over
"how do I unlock this?"
The PT shows him "turn these levers to the side...and next time you might want to TRY using it BEFORE YOU LOAD 4 PLATES ON EACH SIDE"
I'm this >< close to howling. BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Maks
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treilin said:
hm ... coconut ...
well i dont mind if people smell good ... this is probably one of the two reasons i work out at a gym with around 80 % gay people. The other one is that they have two squat racks.
Anyway, yesterday i watched a guy doing one of the strangest exercises i ever saw. He was neeling in front of the leg curl machine, put his head under the cushion where other people place their knees, and then moved the weight by extending/ flexing his neck. Hm. I cant spontaneously think of a more effective way to slowly destroy your cervical spine.
And the PTs at that gym have gone one more step up the ladder of moronity. Calling themselves "personal trainer" in a German gym is rediculous as it is. But now they changed their signs/buttons to "Personaltrainer". Well, written together and with a capital letter its not English anymore. Its now German and means "staff trainer". Hmph. I mentioned to one PT that obviously noone cares for those annoying gym members but that im glad that at least someone trains the staff. He just grunted and switched from bicep curls on an incline bench to cable curls. He was still doing biceps when i left one hour later.
Well thats probably not funny but it pisses me off nevertheless.
letsrun4it
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This is a new one for me. Some big older guy with a pony tail comes up to me and says "are you done over there?" we had just been benching and were like "Yea we're done" and he said "well you could take the wegiht off" of course we had taken the weight off and asked him what bar he was referring to and he said the squat rack I said "no we didn't use that" and he gave me this look like I was lying. I then walked around the corner and there was 1 45 on each side. It's not like someone left 400 pounds on the bar. Who complains to people they don't know about stuff like that? Just take the weight off.
Ok, I have a good one. It is not at the gym, it was at GNC. There was an arse clown that was obviously on some sort of commision. Just so you know I havent bought anything from them for about 5 years. I was killing time waiting for a friend to get some shopping done. As soon as I got there he was trying to push this new brand of pretein on every customer, young or old. I heard him state that it had a great taste. I walked by and went straight back to the supps. After a few no takes he came up to me and asked if I needed help. I told him I wanted to know about any hot new supps, just to mess wiht him. His eyes lit up and headed back to the register. He proceeded to tell the benefits of the product and he did know what points to hit to make a sale. He had done a little research, though his heart was in the right place he didn't know where to draw the line. He said it tasted like chocolate milk, he guaranteed it. By this time ther was an old couple with some over priced bottle of glucosamine standing waiting in line behind me. I decided to make an example of the kid. I took him up on the guarantee. I read the container and it had aspartame. I knew it was going to be good.I layed a $20 dollar bill on the counter and told him I would bet him it for the bottle. He was quick to take me up. He got out a shaker bottle and mixed up 2 scoops, from an unopened container, with water. I told him to be fare we would have the couple be the judge of the chocolate milk flavor. So the old lady was the first to try it. Nope, doesn't taste like any chocolate milk I have ever tasted. Then the older fella, no me neither. I think you owe him that jug young man. He admitted that he had got a little over ambitious, and apologized for telling a fib. So I got my protein and headed out to find my friend. About half an hour later I walked by heading out to my car, sure enough he was giving two highschoolers his pitch. It is amazing what people will do for a dollar. I wonder how he explained the lost protein jug and the used shaker.
