gym shoot the sh*t thread

[SoreArms]

Do you carry your cell phone while you're working out?

Nothing pisses me off more that seeing some chump on a bench that I'm waiting on, talking away on his cell phone instead of working out. You there to talk or train, dipshit? I always make it a point to leave my phone at home or in the car, unless I'm expecting an important call or something.

 

[cwick0]

Hey, you guys ever cut a mean one in the corner of the gym while deadlifting or some shit, and then some unsuspecting guy (or even worse...girl) comes walking over to grab a Db or some other piece of equipment? And then you just continue to hit your shit like you don't even notice, but you can totally see the expression on the person's face go from a look of determination and focus to...."WTF!?" If it's a dude, I don't even trip, I'll claim my shit, cuz I know another hardcore lifter is just as O.D.'d on protein and supps as me, and has probably been doin the same all around the gym, but when it's a girl, I start lifting that much harder so that the red on my face just looks like a result of instense training. LOL. Sorry for the foul subject....but c'mon, I know you guys feel me.

lol, i thought letting one was a part of doing deads and sqauts.

 

[BOOEY]

Lol, I almost always let one rip when doing leg presses. I just grunt at the same time to cover it up

But nothing beats doing squats when a hot chick is close by. PR's galore

 

[guldukat]

Do you carry your cell phone while you're working out?

Nothing pisses me off more that seeing some chump on a bench that I'm waiting on, talking away on his cell phone instead of working out. You there to talk or train, dipshit? I always make it a point to leave my phone at home or in the car, unless I'm expecting an important call or something.

I see that a lot. Annoys the piss out of me.

What's bugged me at the gym lately are two guys I call Pops and Pops' Fat Pal. They train at least 6 days a week; I see both of them in there every time I train. Their workout is something like this:

Mon.--10 sets of flat bench to failure, 6 sets of Smith incline, ???? (I'm finished by the time these jokers get this far)
Tues.--10+ sets of behind-neck Smith press, 10 sets of FRONT Smith press, ? sets of DB presses, ? sets of Hammer shoulder press, then plate raises with a 45
Wed.--same as Mon.
Thurs.--same as Tues.
Fri.--same as Mon.
Sat. or Sun.--same as Tues.

(They used to do really hideous pulldowns and heave-ho curls with dinky weight, but I haven't seen them do either in a long time. Maybe they come in and do those in another workout, 2-a-day style *shudder* But I'd bet good money they never, ever train legs or their core.)

As you can see, they're hogging equipment like motherfuckers. They'll spend at least a half hour doing one exercise, so they'll tie up a Smith for a whole HOUR on their "shoulder days." All sets are to failure or close thereto, and they use really, really ugly form. You could fit a monster truck tire between their asses and the bench when they're flat pressing.

What bugs me is the way they strut around, though. Pops, especially, seems to think he's the king shit; of course, he's not even close. He and PFP are actually a bit weaker than they were a year ago. In street clothes you couldn't tell they worked out at all.

All that time and effort just to bounce 245 off your chest for a few ugly, ass-in-the-air reps, and to not have a scrap of discernable muscle...*shakes head* If I was in their shoes, I'd take up table tennis.

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

2 weird things just happened at my gym this wk--

first off- this guy spots me on DB press (45s) & nearly rips my shoulder out, then goes "really nice set hon" (wtf?). Second, I saw Chris Cormier & we start chatting about the Florida game this wkend

weird. most the time I never talk to anyone.. from now on- remember headphones! LOL.

 

[SoreArms]

2 weird things just happened at my gym this wk--

first off- this guy spots me on DB press (45s) & nearly rips my shoulder out, then goes "really nice set hon" (wtf?). Second, I saw Chris Cormier & we start chatting about the Florida game this wkend

weird. most the time I never talk to anyone.. from now on- remember headphones! LOL.

LOL, Chris Cormier went to my night job (restaurant) about a week or two ago with some hot chick. That dude is huge, but short, he's also a cheap tipper.

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

LOL, Chris Cormier went to my night job (restaurant) about a week or two ago with some hot chick. That dude is huge, but short, he's also a cheap tipper.

huge, short & NOT in shape for the Olympia in 6 weeks!

 

[Mike_Rojas]

Do you carry your cell phone while you're working out?

Nothing pisses me off more that seeing some chump on a bench that I'm waiting on, talking away on his cell phone instead of working out. You there to talk or train, dipshit? I always make it a point to leave my phone at home or in the car, unless I'm expecting an important call or something.

Last time I was at my gym, this girl was chatting on her phone while she was doing leg extensions.

 

[guldukat]

2 weird things just happened at my gym this wk--

first off- this guy spots me on DB press (45s) & nearly rips my shoulder out, then goes "really nice set hon" (wtf?). Second, I saw Chris Cormier & we start chatting about the Florida game this wkend

weird. most the time I never talk to anyone.. from now on- remember headphones! LOL.

WTF indeed

So how's Cormier looking? He's got the Olympia here in what...about five weeks?

 

[wnt2bBeast]

ditto on that crap.

fees to use the place is $35 per SEMESTER

I figure since people feel like they're barely paying anything (which is true) it gives them free reign to abuse the place

The DB's are always mismatched, weights are frequently not stripped off bars, plates are all over the place

they literally have to hire people just to clean up after our sloppy asses. Oh well, time to go embarass myself some more with some 15's. be back in 1.5 hours, 2 if I eat afterwards. Who am I kidding, of course I'm gonna eat afterwards

believe it or not my gym is a total mess as well (its a world).i hate when people leave machines with plates on them the benches are all loaded and there are 2 people in there..for me the power rack is right next to the smith machine so there are never any 45's around to squat i gotta lug friggin plates across the gym plus get rid of all those goddamn 10's and 5's and 25's..loading the power squat i need to hijack all the 45's before i start my workout then hope no one tries to walk off with plates!!