some of the stupidest things i see at my gym

[babbabuee]

I try to pride myself on good form, and at 168lbs, I'm not the strongest foo in the gym, but on occassion, like once a month I'll wrap out a set of curls that are too heavy for good form, but I need to do that on occassion just to make gains. It's occasional but after reading this post, I'm gonna cut back even more, I hate to be one of those jack asses. Most of the time I have my back up against something to prevent swinging. thanks for the reminder.

 

[jubei]

Sammy sosa what are your stats if you don't mind me asking?

 

[kentucky]

I like the guys who are doing leg curls, and are actually tossing the weight off their legs during the end of extension.

 

[bignbadn]

I love that shit.
You guys nailed it - i was trying to think of what 'that look' is and it is the 'I own you' look.
hehehe - can't help laughing to myself.
i'm quite a big guy - almost 300 pounds but I have that classic small person perception - coz everyone around me i see as bigger even if they are the smallest person in the gym - like reverse anorexia - what do they call it - bigrexia or something.
But when you see really little guys competing for the 'spotlight' so to speak by exercising their voices more than their muscles it makes my day. Don't let it piss you off - you just gotta laugh.

 

[Dave949]

Yo Bignbad....had to laugh at your bigrexia comment
Back in the 80`s I used to workout at a hardcore place in Anaheim, CA. called Needams..... a lot of us use to talk and joke about that thing you refered to as bigrexia.....we called it having "the smalls". It was like.... hey bro.... do my arms look skinny to you ? How about my legs ? They look like they shrank.
or...god I look so fuckin small today....what da fuck ?
Since there was a lot of us that were friends, we used to fuck around and gang up on one bro or another and maybe 4 or 5 guys would approach a particular guy that we chose at different times and say shit like.......are you in a cutting cycle ? Are you working your leggs man...they look small......you better start squatting....next thing ya know the bro is walking around the gym with a depressed, blank look on his face asking people if he looks smaller to them....and we`d be all watching and laughing our asses off in the corner......of course we would all fess up to him and get a good laugh while he called us disgusting names.
It was all in fun and made for some good commaderie.
Bigrexia, the smalls....I think we all get it once in a while........

 

[Revelation]

This made my day!

The other day at the gym, this guy was on the leg extension "blasting his quads" while reading the newspaper

Classic

 

[jubei]

I hate fucking bigorexia.

 

[BigB_79]

Fat guys who think just because they're fat, they're ripped. One guy was obviously just fat and he was wearing a muscle t-shirt. He loaded up 405lbs on the flat bench and started grunting and slapping himself to get psyched up. I thought to myself, there's no way he's going to get that up. He dropped it straight to his chest and thats where it stayed. His spotter couldn't even help him lift it. Me and another guy ran over and pulled it off his chest and all he could say afterwards was "I guess I'm just having an off day"

 

[Koivu_11]

ah, I let those fucekrs do it. Anyways they're losing their time, I'm not. So it makes me laugh plus, they're still wasting their time lol.

 

[catharsis]

Sammy sosa what are your stats if you don't mind me asking?

His profile says 5'10" 175

I bet you guys are all small and weak. Good form is important but super slow reps don't do shit for building muscle. I know because I tried this method for a very long time. Think about it. The muscles you are trying to build up are fast twitch. They are designed to contract explosively. Try looking up Dr. Squat or Westside powerlifting club.

Hmmm, guess that "high speed fast twitch" Dr. Squat/Westside Powerlifting Club style training is just packing on that mass for ya' , 'eh Sosa?.



"Fast twitch" training does not involve throwing weights around like an epileptic monkey. Although I'm not that familiar with Dr. Squat/ Westide Barbell training methods I am sure they do not promote this either.