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The_Blond_Myth Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 420) |
posted July 07, 2000 09:34 PM
  
I am at a new gym in a different state for the summer, I guess I never realized how hardcore my old gym was. All the shit people talk about in the gyms, well I never had to deal with any of that. Well at this new gym, I fucking laugh so hard. It has got all the heavy duty shit I need, hammerstrength/Free weights, but they have those fucking rubber coated plates, with the handle, and rubber dumbells. So anyway, onto my rant, the other day I heard a couple of 35-40 year old guys talking, they are the typical gym people, have to wear tank tops all the time, so u can see that they workout. Well I heard the one dude talking under his breath about androstenedione, one of the brands, he was saying how the recommended dose is 4 per day and he is doing 6 and his buddies are like wow, and all Impressed...Now what is the difference between taking andro and taking juice? aren't the intentions the same? come on people!! What also amuses me is the workout chicks, that look descent because of genetics, not because they workout, because they don't know what the fuck they are doing, and there going around doing there god knows what, goofy exercises from the latest fitness mag's. Stick to the basics!! and then I see guys with 14 in arms talking about where to grip the preacher curl bar and what part of the bicep it works...Get real, go grow some biceps before u try to shape them. Well I have put on 21 lbs so far in the middle of week three, I think people are starting to look at me funny, and I am getting past the stage of attractive big, and heading into the uncharted waters of freaky big... Tell me some stories!!! ------------------ IP: Logged |
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eastarr Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 80) |
posted July 07, 2000 09:48 PM
Well, never really thought of it till today. I was at the gym this afternoon, and this 60 yearold guy was in there, I see him alot in the evening, he is always in there with young hot chicks. I asked him whate does and he tells me he is a personal trainer. either this guy is loaded with cash or he has a functioning 20" penis. this guy couldn't train a monkey toeat a friggin' banana. Then I was going to do some tricep push downs on the cable machine, I was waiting for this skinny little 100# kid to get done doing his one arm curls with 40#'s on it. He then finished when I got there and let me have the machine. (I love when they do that). I put the pin in and went and got a pair of dumbells and put them on for a good workout, he looked at me and asked me if it paid to be a musclehead? I looked at him in disbelief, I got pissed, then thought of walking through the woods during hunting season and steping on that little branch that makes the loudest "SNAPPING" sound in the world. I looked at him, pictured the branch and laughed at him. I just asked him if he wanted to work in with me. He just turned and walked away. What an ass! ------------------ "Pain is weakness leaving the body>>>" IP: Logged |
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bb4424 Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 44) |
posted July 07, 2000 09:50 PM
I was in the gym the other day and I just finished some heavy squats. I was buzzing pretty good from the heavyweight and ephedrine. Well, I wanted to do the leg sled with some heavyweight as well. I wanted to do some sets to failure, I was feeling invincible. Anyway, there are two leg sleds in my gym, on the first one was a women. She had a personal trainer who was encouraging her while he was flossing his teeth. On the other sled was was a guy using 50 lbs. of total weight and he was reading USA today while doing his reps. I almost left the gym, instead I did some more squats. Bunch of pussies in my gym. IP: Logged |
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Parabellum Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 261) |
posted July 07, 2000 10:03 PM
hahaha. That's funny 50lbs on the sled. Don't these morons realize they can do so much more. You carry your body weight around all day long. You walk up stairs on one leg at a time. Do the math. Ummmmm let me try my body weight, at least tr., 50 LBS isn't trying! (unless you doing some physical therapy). 50 x 20 reps = a tired muscle. 500or1000 x 6 = growth Some people limit themselves so much. STOP being pussy's and lift!! LOL Another thing I hate is: I don't wanna get big I just wanna tone. [This message has been edited by Parabellum (edited July 07, 2000).] IP: Logged |
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GymRatSD Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 201) |
posted July 07, 2000 10:28 PM
Actually, this is one of those great "rant" topics... I've been to gym frequented by a number of homos, and some of my favorite overheard quotes are: "I don't want to get too big." Well, you certainly don't have to worry about that with those 25 lb dumbbells you're pressing. "Are you going to be at THE pool party this weekend?" (As heard on a Monday) "I totally crashed this morning after all the crystal I did this weekend." There's several more, but I'll leave it at that. IP: Logged |
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eastarr Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 80) |
posted July 08, 2000 12:05 AM
bump.... ... . . . ------------------ "Pain is weakness leaving the body>>>" IP: Logged |
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Snapper55 Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 76) |
posted July 08, 2000 01:34 AM
I dont really give a shit if someone cant do alot of weight as long as they have proper gym ediquite...who gives a rat's ass if their workout if different than yours? what I hate are guido lifters...guys who get all dressed up and carry their cell phones...an example of people with poor gym behavior regardless fo size or strength are the assholes who have one set left on squats but get phone call and talk for ten minutes while other people are waitingIf alittle kid is using light weights ahead of me, I wait for him just as Id expect him to wait for me ------------------ IP: Logged |
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mystic_hormones Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 93) |
posted July 08, 2000 01:40 AM
I am a teen but I am abnormal. I have somewhat strict parents who keep a tab on everything. I am kinda like those geeks in those 80's movies who never go out but I look normal and like normal things. the parents. any how. I train not by magazine. I don't train the way anyone tells me. I experimented and found out what works for me. I have grown pretty good since incorporating this style. I always get a good pump. feel sore the next day. and on leg day I cannot even walk the next day. I hate when we youth get flamed and as a youth I do not get affended by it. But I do my part in being correct. now the teen morons who give teens a bad wrap. I saw these idiots I have personally nothing against them exept they're stupidity. Do you know about those decline smith machines where you sit upright and the weight is on top. well this 15 year old put 2 45 plates on each side and pushed it twice. and he would let it bounce of the rubber and from 60 ft. away you can hear the weight jingling. its pathetic how vets talk about us because of idiots like that guy. I just laugh and others laugh too. have any of you seen guys like that. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Rexie317 Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 273) |
posted July 08, 2000 02:42 AM
Ditto to mystic and snapper. I cant lift alot of weight, but I got good form. (Form over function) and I have good gym etiquette. I put my weights away and shit and do a weight that takes all my attention not that I can read a newspaper too. I really hate when people think I am a gym asshole cause I don't lift alot of weight. I'm there to improve, not to worry what some guy thinks bout me cause I don't lift as much as him. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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MrMuscle Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 1149) |
posted July 08, 2000 06:37 AM
hey man, dont dis the 14inch arms bro, i can understand what you mean. but even if he doesnt have the world biggest arms doesnt mean he dont know how to perform an exercise. most likely hes not on gear, and then his arms will never be 20 inches. i know, cuz that guy is me.. no flame intended. just remember there are still naturals with natural measurmeants. no need to put us down.. no hard feelings bro..its all good. ------------------ "...damn you for not giving my TEST" - Metallica "After this show i'll be fat and happy again.....If i make it to the show...." - Lee Priest IP: Logged |
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bikinimom Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 157) |
posted July 08, 2000 07:17 AM
THIS is the post I have been waiting for... You know what REALLY PISSES ME OFF about the fucking loser idiots at my gym?! Of course, I think we probably train at the same place because ALL of the aforementioned crap goes on DAILY, BUT ... I walk over to the sled or press or hamstring curl, whatever, you all get the idea, and there the apparatus is loaded to the max. I'm thinking, "OK, some bro just went to take a pee or he's supersetting or he went to get a drink." So I'm standing there, like a geek, looking around, adking people around if someone is using the equipment (like I'm someone's freaking mother), and I wait, and I'm losing my pump getting FUCKING annoyed because their are time limits on the childcare, and now more than enough time has passed and it is evident that this FUCKING mess was left by no brother - A BROTHER WOULD NEVER DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS - I loudly announce, "Which studly he-man felt the need to leave the plates?! He was obviously pretty FUCKING strong to be doing 200lb hamstring curls! So how come he didn't have enough strength left to strip the bar?!" And now I'm feeling like some kind of idiot because I took the time to be courteous and all I did was get pissed off and waste MY TIME! And I forgot to mention that the plates were not 45's but 100#'s a piece - strong though I may be - even I have difficulty manipulating that kind of weight. Who would do such a thing? As I said before even though a brother would perhaps be capable of such a feat of strength he would NEVER be so rude! Who then? I'll tell you FUCKING who - it's that silly kid (note the word silly NOT SKINNY). You know the one who just got his first summertime gym membership and feels the need to flex his "imaginary" muscle by deluding himself into thinking that he is actually capable of such things. Or maybe its the stupid old bastard who got himself his first gym membership and feels the need to flex his "used-to-be" muscle by "showing these snot-nosed" kids what a "real man" can do. HELLLOOO!! Are you people really that stupid? You are going to get hurt and then I'm going to have to clean up yet another mess just so I can get a descent workout! I'm off the soapbox now ....I feel so much better! Mr M - your arms are big enough for me! IP: Logged |
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Kahn Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 570) |
posted July 08, 2000 08:14 AM
How about the drips that use a machine to do thier invented exercises. You know, load up the bench so they can do those laying leg raises. Or load up the leg curls so they can lay on their back and do situps above the ground. Usual shit, too, of course, manners and commmon sense, I laugh at those itchy pricks. IP: Logged |
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jackfrost Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 77) |
posted July 08, 2000 09:00 AM
Unfortunately, I have to train at one of those "fitness centers" because of its location and the absence of a decent hardcore gym in my area. Also, my wife has to swim everyday and this place has an indoor pool. I definitely think proper gym etiquette has vanished. No one asks "Can I work in with you." They merely move right in when you go to get a drink. Seemingly no one ever puts the stinking dumbells back on the rack in their proper locations. No one ever strips the bars when exercises have been completed. I believe that everyone has a right to be in the gym, regardless of size, physical condition or age, but please be respectful of the others that train in there and do adhere to the rules. I don't like ripping on the small guys or the women that don't necessarily know what they are doing, Rather I give them credit for trying. IP: Logged |
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5setsofsix Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 8) |
posted July 08, 2000 09:26 AM
This new "gym" advertised its grand opening with "special memberships" so I went to check it out. It was pretty funny actually. Most of the equipment was used. Which I could live with if it was in good shape which it wasnt. But there were two staff members to show people around, one was a middle aged pot bellied man who smoked and the other was a 30ish woman in a black body suit. She also had a pot belly (not as big as his) and she sniffled almost constantly. The first thing that came to mind with the sniffling was cocaine. So luck of the draw I get the fitness babe to take me around the place. Right away I could tell she didnt know what she was talking about when she explained the equipment. Her info on technique and what body part each machine or piece of equipment worked was all wrong. So anyway I played dumb and let her take me around until we got to a calf raise machine. I asked her what it was for and she told me it builds up your ankles. I looked her in the face, cracked up laughing and walked out. IP: Logged |
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MONSTROSITY Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 334) |
posted July 08, 2000 09:27 AM
Fitness chicks that are tanned and cleanly shaven. I never really liked to eat at the "Y", but some of these chicks I would eat for days. HEAVEN!!!!!!!!! IP: Logged |
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ThePitbull Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 350) |
posted July 08, 2000 07:06 PM
People using improper form and then thinking they are super strong. Example - older fellow at the gym always loads up the bench press w/around 300 lbs. He only lowers the bar about 3-4 inches. He says he can't go any lower because of his shoulders. What a load of bs. I know he couldn't bench 225 properly. He just does'nt want to look weaker then any of the younger fellas that are there. Anyway, one day he was doing this, no collars, he lowers it his usual 4 inches but can't get it back up,he tries the old shifting of the body to try and raise one side then the other, all of a sudden he looses it. The weight comes flying off one side and then the other. Everyone at the gym is laughing at him. I stood there and wathed him struggle the whole time. Call me a prick, but I knew it was going to happen someday and it was his time to learn. he left the gym and I have not seen him since. My grandmother always told me, "pride hurts", I guess she was right. Pitbull [This message has been edited by ThePitbull (edited July 08, 2000).] IP: Logged |
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Ubermass Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 82) |
posted July 08, 2000 07:19 PM
i was over hearing this guy saying how he should drink meal replacements it really gets you jacked. i couldnt believe it all this time wasting money on gear and all i needed was meal replacements. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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riptchick Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 165) |
posted July 08, 2000 08:25 PM
This thread is killin' me. Just two days ago I was laughing because I had just done this monster set of squats, I mean I trashed my legs and moved on to leg press where I continued to trash my legs then on to leg extensions. I mean I'm cooked at this point--we're talking rest pause strip sets on the leg press here. Finally, I hop on the leg extension machine and this Barbie wannabe comes running over from the hip abductor machine and asks if she can work in with me. Being a lady I said "sure no problem" As she gets on the machine she ups the poundage and says "oh my God I'm stronger than you, I never would have thought." What does that tell you? IP: Logged |
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Rexie317 Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 273) |
posted July 08, 2000 08:59 PM
Riptchick: It tells you the person is a prick. I would never compare my strength to another, especially in the gym cause you don't know what they were doing before that exercise or even what kind of day the had before they got in there. I compare my strength on the ice with the asshole that tries to plow me cause I wear a C and wind up putting him on his ass. Or I compare it with the prick that thinks he can roll with me cause hes just that...a prick. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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Capt'n_Crunch Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 1029) |
posted July 08, 2000 10:52 PM
I hate the inconsiderate assholes. When I go to the gym, I stick to myself and wait for a machine and if I think they are done I ask them, or I ask if I can work in with them. I hate those asswipes who just jump on your shit as soon as you stand up, they dont ask you if they can work in or if you are done, they just jump on and start their own shit. The one thing I have figured out is that the real lifters, whether it be BBs or PLs, are almost always considerate..... we(most of us anyways) ask nicely, we dont act like bad asses, we dont talk shit, we dont pile drive some punk into the ground when they say stupid shit to us, we dont go crazy when someone steps on our toes, and we clean up the weights when we are done..... what the fuck is wrong with these lazy little dumbfucks who think they rule the gym?!?!? Drives me insane sometimes..... WEW that felt good, thanks for making this thread LOL IP: Logged |
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mystic_hormones Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 93) |
posted July 09, 2000 12:32 AM
At school there is a cheap weight room and these 120lb chumps say I feel it today then try to benchpress 150 or so and the bar goes all over and they don't hit a rep then they get up saying Yep I can do 135 though and not that this is to much weight but man I just would love to see one of those morons tear a rotator badly. no stretching no warm up. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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BACKDRAFT Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 165) |
posted July 09, 2000 06:06 PM
How empty the fuckin place is,its great!!! Every thing is mine mine mine! IP: Logged |
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SassyS Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 70) |
posted July 09, 2000 09:16 PM
Backdraft- my gym is the same way.. usually empty (thank god), but when its not, its full of assholes that so many stupid things I dont even have the time to list 'em. IP: Logged |
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joker Pro Bodybuilder (Total posts: 222) |
posted July 09, 2000 09:37 PM
My gym is a fitness center, and its full of fitness people (actually unfit is more accurate). I thinks it's great that they want to get in shape and be healthy. But don't sit on the fucking machine between sets and tell me I can't work in because your not done. These people have no clue whatsoever. IP: Logged |
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Whammo Amateur Bodybuilder (Total posts: 69) |
posted July 09, 2000 11:28 PM
I hear y'all.. What REALLY pisses me off are the 'book worms'.. why the fuck do you go to the gym and READ while you are doing weights? What do you think you are accomplishing? Do they figure if you just move the weight 'up and down' with no effort that you will get.. as THEY say..'toned'? All these ripped brothers are doing it wrong!! Stop trying and pickup a time magazine! It will work wonders!!! It makes me want to say 'get the fuck off MY machine and go to a library.. other people here want to progress with thier physical state." Luckily I am to introverted to kick ass when I am at the gym. I used to look at people and say 'roid monkey' and 'look at that juicer'.. but then I started thinking and now believe that if you want to juice and look freaky.. good for you! Nobody has the right to tell you what to do with your body! I am 'small' right now, but when I do my next cycle, there is no way people will not be able to tell I am growin' huge because of the gear! If I hear ANY comments, ANYTHING, I will go up to them and say 'hey, I don't critisize you for being fat.. so what gives you the right to ream on me?" Off on a little tangent there, but, I found the bros are the MOST polite people at the gym.. because they understand the etiquette! all the other people that sit there and discuss how their weekend of sin was with their buddy while lounging on the leg extension. They make me want to sneak around the back of the extension, change the weight to 20, then laugh my ass off as he slams the weight into the top of the machine.. grabbing everyones attention..hahaha.. just my little rant... IP: Logged |
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