New Years Noobs

[kx250rider]

Yeah, get a lot of people asking me where I work out, and what they should do to "get into shape". Sadly, I can see right through their great New Years aspirations. I'm sure some of them are serious and are going to get into it, and stay in it, but not many. I tell them I work out at home, and they don't believe me, since they tried that and didn't have the discipline to keep it up. I'm too nice a guy to tell them that if they don't have the discipline, they're going to fail before they start. They should just put their gym dues in the bank, and leave it there. If lifting isn't your passion, forget it. If it IS your passion, you're already doing it, and probably have been since high school, and wouldn't be asking me where I work out, or how I got to look the way I do.

Here's how I benefit from the nooblet in-rush each year: Since I work out at home, I built a gym which has all pro equipment, and there's nobody to bug me, and I can work out any time, listening to any music, and no nooblet kids telling me I'm doing something all wrong. The wealthy people tend to buy all kinds of professional gym-quality pieces for their home weight rooms around Christmas for a new years resolution, and they have no idea what they're getting into.... Then it'll all show up on Craigslist at pennies on the dollar, sometime in May or June, when they're tired of their wives asking when they're going to start. I've picked up all of my machines, benches, plates, and all, from noobs with money, who never used any of the stuff more than a week or 2. I don't mean home-duty stuff from Walmart; I mean Ivanko plates, and my machiens are Icarian, Flex, Cybex, and all the real stuff. I thank the wealthy wannabe lifter noobs for me being able to have all that stuff, and no be in debt for it!!!!!

I've been lifting, at least to maintain, since I was 15 or 16. That's when Reagan was in office. Slacked off for a couple years in the early 2000s due to back trouble, but never lost the passion. I'm not a competitive lifter/builder, and in fact, I'm not that big. I just want to be cut & <5% bf, and in great shape. And that's where I am, God willing.

Charles

 

[gstacker]

Its really funny. For the next 2 months, the membership salesmen will be giving their tours to the n00bs and go out of their way to not go near us in the power rack area. Its like we are brushed under the rug.

About 2 years ago they had a real douchebag of a gym manager, and he actually asked us to not be squatting or deadlifting when we saw a tour coming our way. He said the flexing bars, multiple spotters, chains, and "grunts of encouragement" were sometimes intimidating to new prospects.

One of our guys said to him "No. We were here before you got here, and we'll be here after you're gone. We ain't changing nuttin."

B-

You know what I'd like them to do at my gym? Really show the new guys how to respect the place....put the weights away, wipe the bench off, stay out of the way etc... Just basic stuff... Gym rules, it's mostly those sales guys fault that my gyms jacked up... Well partly

 

[ExtraMile]

it sucks for a small ass gym like mine to be busy, monday night is the worst

 

[burnthiscorpse]

You know what I'd like them to do at my gym? Really show the new guys how to respect the place....put the weights away, wipe the bench off, stay out of the way etc... Just basic stuff... Gym rules, it's mostly those sales guys fault that my gyms jacked up... Well partly

AMEN!! I walked in my gym last week. Its semi private(you need a code to get in) so no one is ever working there. I was the only one there, every bench had a bar on it with plates on it. Smith was loaded, rack had a bar with weights on it. Dumbells allover.....and......and.....a half eaten half melted protein bar on the floor over by the preacher station. Fucking goddamn kids!!!
There is only one squat rack and one power rack in my gym too. If there is some ass bag doing curls in it and i need it, I encourage them to do what they are doing elsewhere. They always seem to cooperate.

 

[bblazer]

Obviously the guy eating the protein bar at the preacher curl machine got his swole on and didn't need any more of that bar.

B-

 

[ExtraMile]

AMEN!! I walked in my gym last week. Its semi private(you need a code to get in) so no one is ever working there. I was the only one there, every bench had a bar on it with plates on it. Smith was loaded, rack had a bar with weights on it. Dumbells allover.....and......and.....a half eaten half melted protein bar on the floor over by the preacher station. Fucking goddamn kids!!!
There is only one squat rack and one power rack in my gym too. If there is some ass bag doing curls in it and i need it, I encourage them to do what they are doing elsewhere. They always seem to cooperate.

lol what makes u think it was kids?

 

[JDid23]

just curious.. does anyone know the best times to workout to avoid the "new years noobs"? I was thinking probably around 2:30-2:45 would be ideal because it's when all the moms leave to pickup their kids.. Night time probably sucks!

and when do these people usually give up their resolutions? Just curious what some of the people have to say who have been going to the gym for longer than i have

 

[Tblock1]

just curious.. does anyone know the best times to workout to avoid the "new years noobs"? I was thinking probably around 2:30-2:45 would be ideal because it's when all the moms leave to pickup their kids.. Night time probably sucks!

and when do these people usually give up their resolutions? Just curious what some of the people have to say who have been going to the gym for longer than i have

All depends on the gym, my gym is almost always pretty uncrowded as it's pretty small.

 

[burnthiscorpse]

lol what makes u think it was kids?

Because every other day at 4pm-ish there is a rush of about 20 faggot teenagers. They go there because they play some gay sport and their coach has them go. They spread out like maggots, grab every DB under 35 lbs, every bar of every kind and do the gayest shit. They are in the middle of the floors, aisles, doing lunges, different types of pressing abortion movements, allover the cables ect. Like rats....the fucking plauge. They dont pay attention to how close they are to people or anything. They leave a mess when they leave.
On the days when I dont have to run right out post W/O and do injections I take my 8 year old with me. He loves going. I take him a) because he cant wait to start when he is older, b) the more he sees it the better he will grasp it all later, c) to teach him GYM ETIQUETTE now so he is years ahead of others.
Even now he looks at me and says "wow dad, these kids are idiots".
Now I do stereotype the majority of teens because their heads are in their ass. Mostly at the fault of their parents.
YOU, however after reading many of your posts, are obviously not in that catagory. So smile...I can feel you getting aggitated

 

[ExtraMile]

Because every other day at 4pm-ish there is a rush of about 20 faggot teenagers. They go there because they play some gay sport and their coach has them go. They spread out like maggots, grab every DB under 35 lbs, every bar of every kind and do the gayest shit. They are in the middle of the floors, aisles, doing lunges, different types of pressing abortion movements, allover the cables ect. Like rats....the fucking plauge. They dont pay attention to how close they are to people or anything. They leave a mess when they leave.
On the days when I dont have to run right out post W/O and do injections I take my 8 year old with me. He loves going. I take him a) because he cant wait to start when he is older, b) the more he sees it the better he will grasp it all later, c) to teach him GYM ETIQUETTE now so he is years ahead of others.
Even now he looks at me and says "wow dad, these kids are idiots".
Now I do stereotype the majority of teens because their heads are in their ass. Mostly at the fault of their parents.
YOU, however after reading many of your posts, are obviously not in that catagory. So smile...I can feel you getting aggitated

lol I wasnt getting aggitated, I just know teens have a bad rep in gyms and wondered what they had done wrong in yours. Sound like a bunch of fucking pricks though...

your 8 year old sounds like a bad ass!