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

[big4life]

There are only a couple things that really bother me at the gym.

1- Not racking your weights. Most would think that this would be the novices who do this, but I have seen several regulars, who should know better do it. Just yesterday morning I had to rack a 50 pound bar for a pregnant woman, because someone had left it in the preacher curl.

2- Using benches, and chairs for a place to sit your cell phone, water, or weights on. If you are not putting your butt on it don't be using it for a table to hold your stuff.

 

[mm107]

Hey i have a moron at the GYM, funny to say, it was ME!

Too much protein for the day, Lets just say Let a TOOT out, GF was there so i really didnt care too much lol.

I let it out in the AB section, wich is about 10 feet from the treadmills, etc.

about 5 seconds later, 1 by one the place started to clear out. lmao it was so funny, AS my girlfriend is calling me gross, i can see like 4 women laughing as they walked by because i was proud of it.

Ah cockiness is one hell of a thing.

I love my protein

 

[vansmack2000]

... m u s t n o t l e t t h r e a d d i e ...


anyway yesterday i saw who i /thought/ was a kid running around , maybe 5'1, 110 pounds perhaps, with the tightest black shiney shirt i have ever seen. i see him hitting on a pack of overage cougars and i hear one of them say, "you should curling w/ 10 pounds your form is terrible" and he says "baby its 20 pounds that has got me where my rock hard body is today"

it was so sad... he really thought he was perfect...

 

[Jim Ouini]

Probably not the best place to put this, but there was an article I found kinda funny in today's local rag:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2003059254_healthbodybuilding14.html

As Aliotti goes through a typical routine, it's apparent that her workout isn't about pushing tons of weight. She does shoulder presses with 20-pound dumbbells — more than most women would hoist — but on leg extensions she lifts only 30 pounds, and on triceps (arm muscles) kick-backs she uses 15-pound dumbbells.

By contrast, female bodybuilders might lift 75 pounds on leg extensions, and use 25 pounds on kick-backs. Workouts, even pre-contest, aren't hours-long torture sessions. A focused weight workout could last about 35 to 45 minutes; a bodybuilder might spend two hours.

 

[silver_shadow]

Probably not the best place to put this, but there was an article I found kinda funny in today's local rag:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2003059254_healthbodybuilding14.html

i think that article is right at home here in the morons thread

 

[markshark]

i did something funny the other day. i was doing decline dumbell bench press with the 95s and did a set of 10 with good form, but when i went to do a swing situp to get up, my one leg slid out of the feet hooks and eventually the other did and i slid down the bench sideways pinned under the dumbells with my legs straight up in the air and the one dumbell rolled over my face and the other went rolling like 20 feet away. i got up and looked around embarassed but started laughing and this one guy was at the preacher curl thing with his head down like tryin not to laugh. fuck im so glad there werent many people there.

 

[The Iotola]

i did something funny the other day. i was doing decline dumbell bench press with the 95s and did a set of 10 with good form, but when i went to do a swing situp to get up, my one leg slid out of the feet hooks and eventually the other did and i slid down the bench sideways pinned under the dumbells with my legs straight up in the air and the one dumbell rolled over my face and the other went rolling like 20 feet away. i got up and looked around embarassed but started laughing and this one guy was at the preacher curl thing with his head down like tryin not to laugh. fuck im so glad there werent many people there.

dude your posts are the best hands down.

 

[Island Son]

again not a "morons" thing really but I don't think a PT should be trying to get a severely overweight woman to do hack squats. Maybe start with bodyweight or ball squats first... but what do I know

 

[liegelord]

I disagree, that is a morons thing. At the gym I work out in you get the impression the PT's have contracts with local chiropractors. One example is the lunge - good morning combo in the smith machine I mentioned earlier.

 

[GSP]

I generally don't have much to say in this thread, as my gym is pretty benign. Mostly the typical partial range of motion guys, bench-row tag teamers, etc. Nothing extraordinary.

But today was different. There were 3 guy working in on Bench, all were fairly built. One guy loads up 315 then gets under the bar. His buddy helps him lift off and get into position, at which point he begins to grind out about a 1/3 rep. But that's not the good part. He was really struggling with the weight, and he started moaning like a pregnant woman in really hard labor - and his buddy starts yelling 'PUSH, PUSH!'. When he finished, it took every ounce of self-control I have not to blurt out "Congratulations, it's a girl!".

Said guy finishes up his workout on the flat Hammer strength bench. Instead of painful grunts or screams, he mutters 'FUUUUCK', during each rep.