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Island Son
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treilin said:
Same happens to a friend of mine, a chick practically stalks her on the stairmaster
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Same happens to a friend of mine, a chick practically stalks her on the stairmaster
Island Son
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vansmack2000
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saw a 5'3 jackass wearing his sunglasses while working out.
i almost laughed in his face
i almost laughed in his face
Jim Ouini
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I saw this PT at my new gym putting some guy through what I can only assume was his leg workout.
He stood back to back with the guy, and then they leaned against eachother. Then the PT started walking forward and had his client walking backwards as they made their way across the gym like some kind of weird potato sack race but without the potato sack.
He stood back to back with the guy, and then they leaned against eachother. Then the PT started walking forward and had his client walking backwards as they made their way across the gym like some kind of weird potato sack race but without the potato sack.
I saw the funniest thing.... I had my headphones on full blast and was working on the cables... Well there was a guy behind me also working on the cables. In between his sets he had an ez-bar with about 120 pounds on it, and he was wearing a belt. Well he gets done with his cable set walks over picks the bar up (legs straight) I heard Ewffff and then he gets it up to his hips, then he goes ROARRRRRRRRRR and pulls it up to his chest with this huge back bend and then straight up into the air going Grrrrrrrrruhhhhhhh. Mind you my head phones are on FULL blast people have to tap me because I can't even hear them talking next to me. So next set he does this again, but this time had loaded up more weight and kept looking at me thinking I must be thinking he is soooo strong. So he gets it up to the hips, fully back bends and couldn't lift the thing any higher. So he pretended he was doing some forearm flexing thing a few times sits it back down, wipes his forehead, and says "Phewwwwwwww" really loud.
MANnnnnnn Where do they come from???
Oh and to the guy who licks his lips when he looks at me, I'm going to rip his tongue out!!!!
MANnnnnnn Where do they come from???
Oh and to the guy who licks his lips when he looks at me, I'm going to rip his tongue out!!!!
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heatherrae
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wtf! That sounds weird.
I had a first session with a PT today and she kept feeling whatever muscle group I was working. I really think she meant NOTHING by it, but I felt the eyes of a bunch of people when I was doing glutes and she had her hand on my butt the entire time. LOL. I was a little embarassed.
I had a first session with a PT today and she kept feeling whatever muscle group I was working. I really think she meant NOTHING by it, but I felt the eyes of a bunch of people when I was doing glutes and she had her hand on my butt the entire time. LOL. I was a little embarassed.
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heatherrae
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rofl...that would be more embarrassing than her hand on my butt.Sassy69 said:
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heatherrae
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That makes me CRAZY when guys do this! They grunt on every single rep, even the first set. It's like they wear it like a badge of honor. I also hate when this girl at the gym sits there on a machine doing a gazillion reps with no weight just so she can be next to some guys that she very obviously stalks around the gym. It's like she uses the equipment like a piece of furniture to park her butt. In the meantime, I'm patiently waiting for the boys to move on so she will go with them. I know it has to annoy these guys too, because they never speak to her.tgriff said:
Sassy69
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HeatherRae said:
Is it worse if they grunt like ROAAARRRRRR or like a little bitch?
There were these 3 guys who would train together. Friggen 3 man rotation on everything. Except as they got into the heavier lifting, of course they'd strut around like they were doing the "hardcore" stuff. But what started as just those "I'm pullin' hard" faces started turning into these high-pitched squeals like a little bitch on the contraction. Jeez. Didn't know guys could hit those high notes like that. Every freekin rep too.
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heatherrae
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I would not be able to control myself if I heard a guy squealing like a girl on a rep. I am prone to the giggles when I'm really tired, anyway, and I'm pretty sure I would fall over laughing.Sassy69 said:
Sassy69
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HeatherRae said:
Two of the 3 guys were really into it & all about the "strut". The 3rd guy caught me looking at him once & sort of trying to hold back that laugh. And then he listened to himself -- he's like "God, I'm sound like a little bitch!" He wasn't able to do it w/a straight face ever again, but he kept doing it.
silver_shadow
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i've seen a group of 6-7 guys, rotate on the BB flat bench, doing that tag team bench/row with 150 and getting psyched up, roaring like it's 500Sassy69 said:
Protobuilder
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Hey! What'd everybody do w/ DJeclipse? LoL
O.k. I understand the whole personal trainer touching a working muscle to help the client focus... but some muscles you just don't touch!!! I mean I think everyone knows "Squeeze your glutes" or "Really squueze your chest muscles"... Could you imagine a girl doing an incline chest press and the whole time the trainer has his/her hands on her chest saying,"Squeeze right here darling!" I think not... I'd tell her to get her hand off my butt if you felt that uncomfortable especially...Sassy69 said:
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.
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.
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
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
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... 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...
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
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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
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2003059254_healthbodybuilding14.html
silver_shadow
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i think that article is right at home here in the morons threadJim Ouini said:
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.
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markshark said:
dude your posts are the best hands down.
Island Son
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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
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.
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.
columbia58
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mm107 said:
Now thats some funny stuff....
Island Son
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exhaling like the airbrakes on a semi on a set of 3, then grunting on a set of 8
i don't know what got into me.... i'm sorry
i don't know what got into me.... i'm sorry
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heatherrae
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hehehe...I would have paid to have seen that one. =-)markshark said:
Ok im havin an off day lol...today the moron in the gym was me
I just got to the gym and im workin on the 5x5 program so squats was on the agenda first. I put a bar on the rack and as i try to go under the bar to check and make sure its the right height, i crack my head off the bar and it makes a loud dong noise. As im daised i trip backwards over a plate on the floor behind me and land flat on my back...after about 5 mins i get up to notice some girl just standin there smilin at me from across the gym lol
Then to top it off when i get home, i go to mix a protein shake in the blender and somehow forgot to put the lid on...needless to say more protein was on me than in me...but i blame that one on the head shot i took lol
I just got to the gym and im workin on the 5x5 program so squats was on the agenda first. I put a bar on the rack and as i try to go under the bar to check and make sure its the right height, i crack my head off the bar and it makes a loud dong noise. As im daised i trip backwards over a plate on the floor behind me and land flat on my back...after about 5 mins i get up to notice some girl just standin there smilin at me from across the gym lol
Then to top it off when i get home, i go to mix a protein shake in the blender and somehow forgot to put the lid on...needless to say more protein was on me than in me...but i blame that one on the head shot i took lol
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heatherrae
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hehehe...good one.Skarh said:
A teammate of mine weighs about 320lbs, and he hardly ever lifts. He's a junior now and he benches about 135. One day i told him to do crazy 7's. benching 95lbs as many times as he could. so i was spotting him and right when he lifted up the bar and went down, then a few inches up, he was leaning the weight back and forth as i told him to keep it straight and the 25lb weights started jumping off of each side (he didn't put a clip on). I had the bar so quickly. Then when he was about to rack it, he threw the bar over the rack and it almost hit me in the head.
Another time, this not so smart Sophmore on my team loaded up 315 on the squat rack and tried to do what he thought was a squat (barely squatting down) without any spotter. He fell over the ground and hurt his back. Another time I went down to the weight room, looked over, and asked him what the hell he was doing. I saw that he loaded up 225lbs on the squat rack and had a box with three rubber 45lb plates. He was backing his ass and touching the rubber plates without squatting down at all. I asked him, "Brand, what the hell are you doing?" "Box Squat's", he replied. So i had to explain to him the utter importance of squats again.
Another time, this not so smart Sophmore on my team loaded up 315 on the squat rack and tried to do what he thought was a squat (barely squatting down) without any spotter. He fell over the ground and hurt his back. Another time I went down to the weight room, looked over, and asked him what the hell he was doing. I saw that he loaded up 225lbs on the squat rack and had a box with three rubber 45lb plates. He was backing his ass and touching the rubber plates without squatting down at all. I asked him, "Brand, what the hell are you doing?" "Box Squat's", he replied. So i had to explain to him the utter importance of squats again.
silver_shadow
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box squats?! ROFL!Iggy- said:
vansmack2000
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one of the best scenes everlanky said:
http://sportsmed.starwave.com/media/pg2/2002/0726/photo/pool.jpg
c3bodybuilding
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The most annoying bastard at my gym is this short bald guy who loves to bother women that are training alone. He makes me sick. They have complained about him a few times. He also loves to load the bar up with 135lbs and do 'squats'. He goes down about 3inches and then GRUNTS really loud as he goes back up.
One time the bastard got really out of line. I was with my wife working out about 6 months ago. She was training with me and he then starts asking me right in front of her about my ex fiancee from 3 years ago! He actually goes "whatever happened to that little blonde girl you were with. dont tell me you broke up, it looked serious!" I tried to keep my cool, but my wife told him he was rude and had no manners. He then told her not to be insecure. Now I have fun with him. Today I unracked his weights he was using on TWO benches (one loaded with 135, one loaded with 95). That's right the fuck was taking up two benches. Unreal. So while he went to bother some poor girl, I stripped the shit off.
One time the bastard got really out of line. I was with my wife working out about 6 months ago. She was training with me and he then starts asking me right in front of her about my ex fiancee from 3 years ago! He actually goes "whatever happened to that little blonde girl you were with. dont tell me you broke up, it looked serious!" I tried to keep my cool, but my wife told him he was rude and had no manners. He then told her not to be insecure. Now I have fun with him. Today I unracked his weights he was using on TWO benches (one loaded with 135, one loaded with 95). That's right the fuck was taking up two benches. Unreal. So while he went to bother some poor girl, I stripped the shit off.
silver_shadow
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here's a classic. this PT was working out with his client. he was showing him the hang clean and press, except that his "hang clean" was done slowly.
they were struggling to clean 110lbs and needed 2 "spotters" on either side
they were struggling to clean 110lbs and needed 2 "spotters" on either side
SgtSlaughter
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LOL! Next time hide the barbells on him tooC3bodybuilding said:
SgtSlaughter
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treilin said:
WTF?!... must be that comp prep diet going to your brain
c3bodybuilding
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LOL! Next time hide the barbells on him too >>>>
It's a thread like this that makes me feel better about all the goons and rude people in my gym! I love some of these stories.
LOL I would hide them. He deserves it. He told this one girl "wow you lost some weight, you were a real fatty when you first came here." And that's him on a really good day. They tried kicking him out but the one personal trainer who is also a part time manager always vouches for him and says he is just being fun natured.
LMAO Sassy... I wish I would have thought about it!
It's a thread like this that makes me feel better about all the goons and rude people in my gym! I love some of these stories.
LOL I would hide them. He deserves it. He told this one girl "wow you lost some weight, you were a real fatty when you first came here." And that's him on a really good day. They tried kicking him out but the one personal trainer who is also a part time manager always vouches for him and says he is just being fun natured.
LMAO Sassy... I wish I would have thought about it!
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Phaded
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i love it when faggots use the squat rack as a towel rack when they are doing their hammer curls with fucken dumbells inside the rack..
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I have seen about 4 people squat at the gym I've been going to for the past month. Not ONE has done even a parallel rep, let alone ATF. One Abercrombie loaded up 255 and did this hip dive thing for 3 sets and got cocky with me when I asked to work in. One goon is working his D-bol cycle and trying to impress his girlfriend with 365lb, 1/8 rep squats. Seriously, they aren't even quarter squats. I want to smash his knee caps in with a plate while he's doing whatever it is you'd call that.
Jim Ouini
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Funny you should mention that. There's a guy I mentioned a couple weeks ago who was squatting with the fake traps and going down less than a 1/4 squat, barely bending his knees.
Yesterday I see him benching with 275 and range of motion is just like his squat, he unracks the bar and his elbows flare out in a little blip and straight again.
Also, why do these guys always have a posse cheering 'em on, high fivin' and jumping around like loons as he racks the bar.
Yesterday I see him benching with 275 and range of motion is just like his squat, he unracks the bar and his elbows flare out in a little blip and straight again.
Also, why do these guys always have a posse cheering 'em on, high fivin' and jumping around like loons as he racks the bar.
Tweakle
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There was a posse of Abercrombies playing a game of bball in the gym with an imaginary ball last night.. I shit you not, it was the most retarded looking thing I've seen since golf-swing man practicing with his imaginary golf club. Oh, and they did a 90 minute ab workout too, when they weren't jumping around like tools... lots of Mens Health twisting and leg throwing with the obligatory woodchops to bring out those Brad Pitt obliques
some serious shirt pulling in front of the crossover station was going on, and 3 soft, completely muscle-less bellies were in full show for the laydies in the house.
some serious shirt pulling in front of the crossover station was going on, and 3 soft, completely muscle-less bellies were in full show for the laydies in the house.
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what a day. One guy around 55kg in the leg press, occupying it for 45 min reading a Men's Health. Occasionally he did some reps, with the incredible weight of 80 kg on the press, but without stopping to read. If i would use the leg press ever that would really piss me off. And the other guy, around the same weight class, was doing like 10 sets of concentration curls with the EMPTY ez-bar (less than 10kg). ??!! Must a hell of a concentration going on there.
On the other hand, there was a pretty big guy I never saw before doing DEADLIFTS with a FULL DELOAD at every rep. This is absolutely unheard of and a never-seen-before. Well, ok, I do them too. But I am the strange guy there. And, contrary to me, this guy had a pretty decent weight on the bar, around 200 kg (440 lbs). That really made my day. I hope that guy stays, for a change.
One guy around 55kg in the leg press, occupying it for 45 min reading a Men's Health. Occasionally he did some reps, with the incredible weight of 80 kg on the press, but without stopping to read. If i would use the leg press ever that would really piss me off. And the other guy, around the same weight class, was doing like 10 sets of concentration curls with the EMPTY ez-bar (less than 10kg). ??!! Must a hell of a concentration going on there.On the other hand, there was a pretty big guy I never saw before doing DEADLIFTS with a FULL DELOAD at every rep. This is absolutely unheard of and a never-seen-before. Well, ok, I do them too. But I am the strange guy there. And, contrary to me, this guy had a pretty decent weight on the bar, around 200 kg (440 lbs). That really made my day. I hope that guy stays, for a change.
Full deload? Isn't that counter productive? Isn't it better to keep the tension on through the whole set?Maks said:what a day.
On the other hand, there was a pretty big guy I never saw before doing DEADLIFTS with a FULL DELOAD at every rep. This is absolutely unheard of and a never-seen-before. Well, ok, I do them too. But I am the strange guy there. And, contrary to me, this guy had a pretty decent weight on the bar, around 200 kg (440 lbs). That really made my day. I hope that guy stays, for a change.
so dudes. what do you think of teenage powerlifters who wear bench shirts and load up 500 lbs. on the bench and do a single with their best buddy pulling like mad with the "it's all you" spot? i guess i'm just "old school" when it comes to lifting weights. i like to do it by myself.
silver_shadow
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actually, there are 2 things here:HiDnGoD said:
1) deadlift = lifted dead, meaning that it should be deloaded totally
2) however, in order to deload fully, you'd ending up losing the stretch reflex.
so IMO, deads are best done for singles. but on lighter weights where i'd do 2 or more reps, i'd deload, as do most of the bros and broettes around these parts
nah. the hardest part is the initial pull from the floor. i see dudes struggle with the first rep, then slam about 6 or 7 more afterwards. i do 1-5 singles, every set. you'll notice a huge difference in your strength after some time. same goes for pausing in the bottom of a bench or squat.HiDnGoD said:
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blut wump
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The only times I wouldn't fully deload is during warmups with just the bar or a single plate at each end. Those I do more as RDL or just touch-and-go from the floor. Anything higher than that, I'd momentarily let go of the bar or unclench and adjust my grip. Some guys go so far as to stand up between reps and treat each rep as a full single.
blut wump
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I'm just waiting for the day when I see the guy on the bench pressing raw and his spotter fully decked out in belt, knee wraps, metal groove briefs and power suit.HumanTarget said:
This was the best I could do to redress the balance on short notice.nelmsjer said:I'm going to have to ask that the recent series of intelligent posting cease immediately.
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O.k. so maybe early 20 year old or something at the gym. Black short sleeve shirt, b-ball shorts, walking around with this "Duhhh" look on his face. Like one of those guys that typically sits in front of a nintendo or X-box whatever is 'in' these days.
1) I'm low-carbed
2) I'm not impressed
3) I'm irritated because he reminds me of someone and he just has that look like I want to punch him and I don't know why. Like he's to innocent and dunce to be lifting.
So I walk by he stares. No harm. I start doing cable stuff he pulls a bench right up next to me grabs the 50 db's. Now I hardly have room to work. Getting irritated. Then he decides to do the Arnold shoulder press. Torques his back all around to get the weight up does 3 reps ( I suppose), sits them down and rolls his sleeves up. Looks at me for recognition of his hard work. Looks in the mirror flexes, makes grunt noise. I move to otherside of room. I walk back to another machine, he is doing 3/4 bent over torqued back rows. Sleeves still up looking sideways for affirmation from me... Kid looks like he's about ready to fly away if only someone had not weighed his arms down he would be gone.
Uhhh he Irritates me, why? He just has that personality like he would fuck everything up in life and then get that stupid look on his face like what did I do???
Maybe my carbs are to low...
O.k. so maybe early 20 year old or something at the gym. Black short sleeve shirt, b-ball shorts, walking around with this "Duhhh" look on his face. Like one of those guys that typically sits in front of a nintendo or X-box whatever is 'in' these days.
1) I'm low-carbed
2) I'm not impressed
3) I'm irritated because he reminds me of someone and he just has that look like I want to punch him and I don't know why. Like he's to innocent and dunce to be lifting.
So I walk by he stares. No harm. I start doing cable stuff he pulls a bench right up next to me grabs the 50 db's. Now I hardly have room to work. Getting irritated. Then he decides to do the Arnold shoulder press. Torques his back all around to get the weight up does 3 reps ( I suppose), sits them down and rolls his sleeves up. Looks at me for recognition of his hard work. Looks in the mirror flexes, makes grunt noise. I move to otherside of room. I walk back to another machine, he is doing 3/4 bent over torqued back rows. Sleeves still up looking sideways for affirmation from me... Kid looks like he's about ready to fly away if only someone had not weighed his arms down he would be gone.
Uhhh he Irritates me, why? He just has that personality like he would fuck everything up in life and then get that stupid look on his face like what did I do???
Maybe my carbs are to low...
Well I had to train at Bally's again tonight, always plenty of material for this thread. There were the typical morons though, I am posting this more because I hate to see the thread die.
First, I had to wait to squat, because who would have guessed, one guy looked like he was going to squat and the other rack had 3 skinny guys curling. Apparently they cannot deadlift 65 pounds, so they had to use the rack.
The first guy was not doing traditional squats though and maybe I just didn't recognize what he was doing. I thought maybe he's doing negatives but he wasn't. For some reason he's use both legs to bring the weight down and then he'd put one leg behind the other (in a way crossing his legs) and use both legs to lift back to the top. he'd then straighten his legs out and do it again with the other leg.
I really need to see if the college has a weight room when I visit southern California.
First, I had to wait to squat, because who would have guessed, one guy looked like he was going to squat and the other rack had 3 skinny guys curling. Apparently they cannot deadlift 65 pounds, so they had to use the rack.
The first guy was not doing traditional squats though and maybe I just didn't recognize what he was doing. I thought maybe he's doing negatives but he wasn't. For some reason he's use both legs to bring the weight down and then he'd put one leg behind the other (in a way crossing his legs) and use both legs to lift back to the top. he'd then straighten his legs out and do it again with the other leg.
I really need to see if the college has a weight room when I visit southern California.
Sassy69
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I have one to add -- at the local community center gym in a little beach town in Alabama - very nice facility, small, most of the machines you'd expect, small weight rack, preacher curl, squat rack, smith machine, couple benches.
In walk home boy 1 & home boy 2 - these are guys who look about 17 w/ the baseball cap turned slightly as if they were cool rap artists - except they are skinny white rednecks from 'Bama (not saying people from 'Bama are all skinny white rednecks - just these guys who are posing as big hot rappers, but are more the un-rapper....)
Anyway - they spend 90 minutes walking around that gym doing the same curling motion on every piece of eqpt. I'm guessing it was "bi's nite" - but they never changed anything - all curls, all nite, all eqpt.
Whatever.
I was so tempted to suggest 21s or something. Or at least slap those silly hats off their heads & send 'em home to mama.
In walk home boy 1 & home boy 2 - these are guys who look about 17 w/ the baseball cap turned slightly as if they were cool rap artists - except they are skinny white rednecks from 'Bama (not saying people from 'Bama are all skinny white rednecks - just these guys who are posing as big hot rappers, but are more the un-rapper....)
Anyway - they spend 90 minutes walking around that gym doing the same curling motion on every piece of eqpt. I'm guessing it was "bi's nite" - but they never changed anything - all curls, all nite, all eqpt.
Whatever.
I was so tempted to suggest 21s or something. Or at least slap those silly hats off their heads & send 'em home to mama.
I suppose this belongs in this thread. A family friend was a member of a ladies only fitness club in town that was recently bought out by my club. When getting the tour of the facilities, she was shown the cardio equipment and the machines. When she asked about the free weight area, she was told they were too dangerous to point out to the average gym-goers, and that she would have to sign up for personal training sessions if she wanted any instruction on the free weight area.
blut wump
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That's sensible. Very poor form or outstanding stupidity on a free weight can lead to irreparable harm. From what you write, they didn't insist that she have instruction to be permitted to use the area.GSP said:I suppose this belongs in this thread. A family friend was a member of a ladies only fitness club in town that was recently bought out by my club. When getting the tour of the facilities, she was shown the cardio equipment and the machines. When she asked about the free weight area, she was told they were too dangerous to point out to the average gym-goers, and that she would have to sign up for personal training sessions if she wanted any instruction on the free weight area.
I went to check out a gym once and asked to see the free-weights area and was shown a corner of the gym about 12' square with a few DBs, no plates and no bar. The guy said that they have a few 'big guys' who bring their own wieghts in.
blut wump said:That's sensible. Very poor form or outstanding stupidity on a free weight can lead to irreparable harm. From what you write, they didn't insist that she have instruction to be permitted to use the area.
I went to check out a gym once and asked to see the free-weights area and was shown a corner of the gym about 12' square with a few DBs, no plates and no bar. The guy said that they have a few 'big guys' who bring their own wieghts in.
Meh, I guess I can agree with that logic. I thought it was poor that they wouldn't even show her the area and where the various free weight equipment was located though.
xblitz44x
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Yesterday when I got done squatting I decided to do some bent rows. The only real space to do them is in front of the squat rack, but I thought: "Just incase somebody wants to squat, I'll move into the corner" (where there isn't much space). I did a set then looked over at the squat rack area only to find somebody setting up for, you guessed it, curls in the squat rack. Never again will I give-up that area.
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heatherrae
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LOL...I think that is pretty silly. They probably don't know how to use them, themselves. I would be pretty pissed if they did that to me. When I joined Golds here in FL, they showed me all the cardio equipment, the aerobics room and the machines. Then they pointed at the free weights and said something to the effect of "over there are the free weights. It's mainly only men over there." Ummmm....thanks.GSP said:
xblitz44x
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HeatherRae said:
Gold's is such a god-damn joke anymore. They have a reputation for being this hard-ass gym and when I visited it was filled with 50 year olds and Abercrombie's pumping their arms for Friday night's frat party. Yet they have the balls to post pictures of Arnold all over the joint.
And didn't you know that free-weights are for men only? Women want to get toned and you can only do that with machines. Free weights bulk you up...obviously.
Tweakle
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I may have a winner in the 'most retarded imaginary thing to do in a gym' category - the golf swing, hoop shooting, shadow boxing guys were all close to taking this one but last night I saw the beseterest evar - an A&F type fella practicing his 10-pin run up in the mirror.
5 steps back, narrowly avoid tripping over the decline bench then take a lil run and skip up to the mirror to send that imaginary bowling ball flying. Pause to flex guns, repeat.
Who are these people and why are they in my gym?
5 steps back, narrowly avoid tripping over the decline bench then take a lil run and skip up to the mirror to send that imaginary bowling ball flying. Pause to flex guns, repeat.
Who are these people and why are they in my gym?
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heatherrae
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You can't be serious! OMG, I would have rolled around laughing at himTweakle said:
I would have said, "Damn if only you had a little more spin you could have had a strike on that last one... Especially with that gun show to follow... Man of many talents I C! Must be all that effort you put into practicing in front of a mirror. Hey, maybe I can lift more weight and get big by shadow lifting."Tweakle said:
djeclipse
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xblitz44x said:
Ya, screw that, I do all my deadlifting, rows, military press in front of the only squat rack inthe gym. It's the only place to do them.
When someone asks if I am using the squat rack I say no and imediatly ask "why, are you going to do squats?" If the answer is yes I move back and give them room. 99.9% of the time the answer is "no I was gong to do curls, or some other lame exercise. To which my reply is I'll be hare a while.
I recently found out I'm known as the guy that does all his w/o's in the squat rack area, none of it being curls. I am proud of that.
Jim Ouini
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Yesterday as I was incline benching I saw some guys standing in a circle chatting away, kinda looked like a Dockers commercial but no biggie, right. Anyway a couple of 'em pick up a 'curling bar' (those ez curl barbell's with set weight) and start pumping out some curls. Again, pretty normal, although you have to wonder if the yak formation is really necessary.
But then what I saw after that really gave me pause - they begin passing the bars around like some kind of musical chairs/curling circle jerk. One guy would pump out 10 or so and pass it to the guy to his right. Then take a break until the guy on his left handed him the next set. rofl.
But then what I saw after that really gave me pause - they begin passing the bars around like some kind of musical chairs/curling circle jerk. One guy would pump out 10 or so and pass it to the guy to his right. Then take a break until the guy on his left handed him the next set. rofl.
SgtSlaughter
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He uses the bumper lanesSassy69 said:
the moron of last night:
Pretty big dude (from my perspective) probably around 240-260 (with his gut it's hard to tell
)... Very thick guy, jacked up top ... just with a prego belly... odd looking... wanders around the gym aimlessly inbetween sets killing time I assume.... oh and he's wearing jeans.He gets this guy reping out single arm reverse grip tricep somethings on the cable (forget what they're called.. i've done them, but in NO WAY as friggin' fast as this guy... it was more of an elbow exercise for this numbnut
)...Big Dudes got a bench loaded up with 325lbs...
... He lays down... Arches his back like he's doing a damn Bridge thingy... has his feet out wide... grips like he's doing a "normal" bench... so it's like part powerlifting stance part "normal" lol...
... Now he's got the weight above him... when it goes down is the scary part
... It goes down... I see in the mirror... Literally going 1.5-2 inches into his chest/belly area... "HOLY SHIT" i though... dude's just bouncing the weight up and down, mostly negative.The "bro" is yelling "you got it, YOU GOT IT" ... with his hands on the bar pulling
... The bar dipped into his body deep about 5 or 6 times
All the while the A&F kids on the seated preacher curling "station"... are going to town helping eachother do reps.
Sassy69
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sgtslaughter said:He uses the bumper lanes
the moron of last night:
Pretty big dude (from my perspective) probably around 240-260 (with his gut it's hard to tell
He gets this guy reping out single arm reverse grip tricep somethings on the cable (forget what they're called.. i've done them, but in NO WAY as friggin' fast as this guy... it was more of an elbow exercise for this numbnut
Big Dudes got a bench loaded up with 325lbs...
... He lays down... Arches his back like he's doing a damn Bridge thingy... has his feet out wide... grips like he's doing a "normal" bench... so it's like part powerlifting stance part "normal" lol...
... Now he's got the weight above him... when it goes down is the scary part
The "bro" is yelling "you got it, YOU GOT IT" ... with his hands on the bar pulling
... The bar dipped into his body deep about 5 or 6 times
All the while the A&F kids on the seated preacher curling "station"... are going to town helping eachother do reps.
SgtSlaughter
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The sadest part is that I think they are older than ISassy69 said:
I'm glad Elite saved me from that insanity
SgtSlaughter
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I sent a K message to someone saying something about filming this stuff!... Agreed
Sassy69
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Interesting nite tonite -- I was waiting patiently for the squat rack and one of the trainers was doing box squats w/ this girl he was working with. He had her racked up w/ 2 x 10 lb plates on each side. I understand that when you start squatting its sort of hard, but she was pretty much planted on the bench and he was pulling her up by the arm pits for 10 complete reps while each side of the bar wavered up & down - thank god he put the collars on. I was like, dude, drop the weight....
I did my sets and moved on to the flat bench. During this time this Indian guy comes up and sets up the squat bar w/ 25 lb plates to do DLs. I'm done w/ my presses & at my "pull" option. Just to check how my back is doing I play around w/ 10 reps w/ just the bar doing DLs. Indian dude is still screwing around w/ his 25s. I set up my bar w/ 25s & pound out 10 reps, scuff my knees real good so I look like a hardcore PLer w/ blood running down my shins. The Indian guy was sitting watching me & then looking back at his plates. PWNED by a girl.
O well I guess it was the look on his face that was sort of funny.
Anyway, carry on.
I did my sets and moved on to the flat bench. During this time this Indian guy comes up and sets up the squat bar w/ 25 lb plates to do DLs. I'm done w/ my presses & at my "pull" option. Just to check how my back is doing I play around w/ 10 reps w/ just the bar doing DLs. Indian dude is still screwing around w/ his 25s. I set up my bar w/ 25s & pound out 10 reps, scuff my knees real good so I look like a hardcore PLer w/ blood running down my shins. The Indian guy was sitting watching me & then looking back at his plates. PWNED by a girl.
O well I guess it was the look on his face that was sort of funny.
Anyway, carry on.
thewanderer690
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lol this dude asked me to spot for him on the bench press and i said ok. The guy calls over this girl he knows and is like "Hey baby watch this". Hes got 275 on the bar and says hes gonna do like 2-3 so im like ok. He lifts it off the pins and the bar basically slams into his chest and he makes this sorta oomph sound and I have to deadlift it off him. He gets up looks at his girlfriend, flexes and yells "Yeah baby". I wanted to laugh so hard
raze
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Guinness5.0 said:I'll never forget the time I saw this dude benching, going heavy as he could. Guy was maybe 160-ish and his buddy spotting looked like an older version of Joe Dirt - I'm talkin' full on mullett and dinky little mustache , sleeveless shirt despite absolute lack of arm musculature, and (my favorite part) wearing jeans to work out
Anywho, No-Mullett tries 225 and almost gets one on his own. So what does he do next? Throws on another plate per side for 315. I made sure to be ready to run over in case Mullett couldn't row the weight off No-Mullett. They managed to synchronize their might and rack the bar, and I'll be damned if No-Mullett didn't jump off the bench like he had set a world record.
That and the occasional 'super curler' are about the only really stupid things I've seen. I've learned to accept that bad squatting is ubiquitous and unlikely to go away in any of our lifetimes.
lol awsome post, couldnt help but to laugh!
silver_shadow
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2 more:
1) the other day i enter the gym and see that the squat rack is being used (a rarity - most people either never/rarely squat or use the smith). so i'm warming up waiting and watching to see whether he does it with correct form. this guys had his head so forward that it was practically sticking out a foot in front of his feet, or so it seemed anyway. needless to say, he was doing 1/3 ROMs with a belt and a spotter pulling him up. ok fine. not too bad considering some of the other shit seen. but then came the good part. he's just finished a set with 260. then he loads on a couple of 10 lb plates for 280. next thing, he brings a bench into the rack and places it dead center. i'm like "wtf? is he going to try to box squat or something with the bench? where'd he even learn about a box squat to begin with?" then he begins his set, complete with spotter and belt - i just had to see what he was up to. then i see - he's doing similar ROMs as before - butt stopping a good 6 inches above the bench. apparently the bench was like a 2nd spotter
2) fat guy who seems to come in every day (i know this because if i miss a tuesday workout for example and come in on wed, i see him there). so he seems to alternate between bi and tri workouts. one day bi's, one day tri's. biceps consist of all manner of cable/BB/DB curls finished up with DB shrugs! triceps consist of push downs, skull crushers and some exercise - i don't know what it's called... he puts 2 benches near and parallel, rests his feet on one and palms on the other, back upright and does dips with plates on his lap. once in a while he'll do a chest workout of BB incline bench. oh yea he saw me doing NS abs, so he's started this too. he takes a 50lb plate places it on his stomach (that's right - not on his chest or behind his neck). then he goes down to above parallel to the ground and comes up so he's upright. i've never even seen him do cardio (considering that all fat guys [except me!] seem to do plenty). he usually puts on a belt when his push downs become heavy or on heavy BB curls. once i saw him do BB curls with a little 20 lb bar. first he had 50 lb plates (total 120) on it which he managed to move to about parallel to the ground. now he decided to go for that kickass WR set. so he puts 10lb plates (140 total) and puts on his belt. he walks up to the weight slapping his chest, getting all psyched up, picks it up. face is intense with concentration and determination. he swings - it goes up 3-4 inches and back down. he swings again - again 3-4 inches. then he drops it down with a thud, clenches his fists and stretches his fingers. he then whips the belt off while standing victorious over the bar, looks around in silent acknowledgement of the audience support for his WR. looks over at some of the bigger stronger guys with a "I PWN YOU" look
1) the other day i enter the gym and see that the squat rack is being used (a rarity - most people either never/rarely squat or use the smith). so i'm warming up waiting and watching to see whether he does it with correct form. this guys had his head so forward that it was practically sticking out a foot in front of his feet, or so it seemed anyway. needless to say, he was doing 1/3 ROMs with a belt and a spotter pulling him up. ok fine. not too bad considering some of the other shit seen. but then came the good part. he's just finished a set with 260. then he loads on a couple of 10 lb plates for 280. next thing, he brings a bench into the rack and places it dead center. i'm like "wtf? is he going to try to box squat or something with the bench? where'd he even learn about a box squat to begin with?" then he begins his set, complete with spotter and belt - i just had to see what he was up to. then i see - he's doing similar ROMs as before - butt stopping a good 6 inches above the bench. apparently the bench was like a 2nd spotter
2) fat guy who seems to come in every day (i know this because if i miss a tuesday workout for example and come in on wed, i see him there). so he seems to alternate between bi and tri workouts. one day bi's, one day tri's. biceps consist of all manner of cable/BB/DB curls finished up with DB shrugs! triceps consist of push downs, skull crushers and some exercise - i don't know what it's called... he puts 2 benches near and parallel, rests his feet on one and palms on the other, back upright and does dips with plates on his lap. once in a while he'll do a chest workout of BB incline bench. oh yea he saw me doing NS abs, so he's started this too. he takes a 50lb plate places it on his stomach (that's right - not on his chest or behind his neck). then he goes down to above parallel to the ground and comes up so he's upright. i've never even seen him do cardio (considering that all fat guys [except me!] seem to do plenty). he usually puts on a belt when his push downs become heavy or on heavy BB curls. once i saw him do BB curls with a little 20 lb bar. first he had 50 lb plates (total 120) on it which he managed to move to about parallel to the ground. now he decided to go for that kickass WR set. so he puts 10lb plates (140 total) and puts on his belt. he walks up to the weight slapping his chest, getting all psyched up, picks it up. face is intense with concentration and determination. he swings - it goes up 3-4 inches and back down. he swings again - again 3-4 inches. then he drops it down with a thud, clenches his fists and stretches his fingers. he then whips the belt off while standing victorious over the bar, looks around in silent acknowledgement of the audience support for his WR. looks over at some of the bigger stronger guys with a "I PWN YOU" look
A while back i was headed in our school weightroom and one of our freshman coaches (he's 27, played D3 college football as a QB and doesn't know a thing about powerlifting.) was spotting a freshman. The freshman was doing a normal squat without a box with 315 loaded on there doing a rep of one and i watched him squat down. He only came down about two inches as the coach shouted, "good squat Rego". I couldn't keep myself from not stepping in. I told him doing one rep of 315 with horrible form wouldn't do shit for him. Then i loaded up about 115 on there and placed a box below the squat rack. I showed him the proper form and how to go down slow and explode up instead of going down fast and going up slow. I told him weight you can control with perfect form is the way to go. The freshman coach gave me a dirty look as i smiled and walked over to get a drink of water. I was laughing and shaking my head.
This shows how stupid even coaches can be.
This shows how stupid even coaches can be.
