I hate my gym

[biggernu]

Well let me begin by saying, this is the only gym around for 45 miles, and its on the University campus. I have been going there since i was a lil kid 4 years old or so with my dad when it first opened. Since i work nights i work out mid day. They play gay ass country music so i bring my ipod and crank some heavy metal as loud as it goes. Today i was doing some incline dumbell presses with 100lbers and i was on my last set going to failure. I came down and couldn't get them up for a 8th rep and i pushed my arms out and let them go so they drop on the mat. Keep in mind these are nice rubber coated bumbells and the floor is a thick ass rubber coated mat. I dropped them alot less harder then most people do, and it was only 2 feet of the ground. Well some old jack wad went to the director and complainded that i was making ot much noise banging weights around and dropping them and damaging there property, and that they need to look into me possibly taking steroids becasue i have some good vascularity. When she said this to me, i just simply said, hey, i am working out hard her mam, im not breaking weights, do you want to try holding 200lbs over your head and risk hurting your self? i dont think so, and personelly how many pro bodybuilders drop steel plated dumbells. Alot, I mean this is a weight room not a library, if you want i can complain about all the women jumping in on the free weight bench press, when i have 280 lbs on it and taking off all the plates when i have one set left just to use the bar for 5 reps. Anyways that is my rant for they day and i feel much better.

 

[702daswoll1]

Fuck them haterz iz what I say.... The old guys that want to sit on the machines and count their metamucil pills are the worst. Get the fuck out of my way. Cant you tell Im trying to get YOKED?

 

[biggernu]

They were some old guys, but it wasn't them. I think it was this mid 40's woman. I can't wait for the 110's to 150 lbers to come in, they only had dumbells up to 100 lbs. I hate when people follow me around, im there to work out and people follow me asking me if im done with this machine, im like no i went to get a drink of water, i will clean the weights off when im done. I wait my turn to use stuff, i don't care if people want to jump in, as long as they put it back to where i had it.

 

[mendo]

I feel you. My gym has nothing but 65 year old fat-asses that love to remove all my plates and flatten the bench between my sets so they can do 1 set of 40lb bench presses. They don't even play music at my gym...they just blast Dr Phil on TV. Oh, and no squat rack...just a smith machine. I need to move...

 

[P4D2A022]

the weird things tho, are that some ppl give vibes like theyre at a fukn club. its that damn ego

 

[P4D2A022]

the weights are like bitches: "yeah i can do more than you buddy" with that smirk on their face lol

 

[biggernu]

Ya we got a gay ass smith machine too. I have to squat on it. I hate it but what are you going to do. I only pay 200 bucks a year for a membership. Im not cocky when i work out i let people finsh before i use the equipment. Mabey i need to lay the law down and start no shirting it up in there.

 

[OMEGA]

My Gym hates me

I have a loyal group that I help

I am not liked because I refuse to talk to people, I am their to TRAIN.

and I have told people, "please dont talk to me, TRAIN"

all the old ex hippie farts hate me, and all the cocky wife beater crew hates me too.

I thrive off of it.

Essentially I am like "what are you going to do?....... nothing!...........thats what!

 

[T-mo]

damn glad i live right next to a golds....all we have is hot ass women...and meat heads .....the grannies have there own section...gl man

 

[biggernu]

Well 5 years ago there was a new nice ass gym in town, but not enough people went there to use it so they went out of buisness. It was geared more twards bodybuilding, and being from wisconsin we like to drink beer, and a majority of the population is overweight or hillbilly's so you can see why.

 

[hyp1]

I DETEST fuckers that just stand around and talk instead of workout,most if not all are the biffy and buffy socialites that spend more money on their workout shirts,shoes,socks and shorts then I do on my entire collection of clothes.they're the morons that stand talking and bragging about how effective they think the newest products that GNC are putting out.they're usually also the same assholes that hog equipment standing around talking instead of actually using it.

I hear you masonweitzel,there's also some middle aged dudes that come into my gym and want their radio station played which happens to be an easy listening station that you couldn't pay me to workout to.(I just literally walk over to the radio and change the fucker to what I want to listen to,fuckem)they also complain when other people train intensely,luckily the owner is cool as hell and has told them that the floors are padded with rubber along with the dumbells and it's to be expected that people will train to failure.

 

[Trendsetter21]

I get what your saying People are annoying as hell but you should always try to have a spotter when you are working out to failure. Seriously your health is extremely important and any member here will tell you that by not having a spotter you could seriously hurt yourself. My friend was a powerlifter and was squatting over 500lbs. When he unracked it and took a small step forward to even his feet out he stumbled and his face hit a bench that was push forward in the rack. He almost died and ended up having metal plates and whole bunch of surgery on his face, he's serioulsy lucky he fully recovered. He was too lazy to move the bench out of the rack and also didn't have any spotter because 500lbs wasn't a lot to him.........but after that accident he's one of the safest lifters I know, and because of his story I am to. My wife usually spots me but never when I'm maxing out or going really heavy I call some guy over that looks like he knows what he's doing to spot me. I just mention this to you because like you said would you rather it land on your face, I would hate to see anyone get hurt especially people that post on these boards, just like when using gear you have to be just as careful in the gym. You never know when a muscle or tendon could tear and depending on whats in your hand you could get seriously hurt.

And on a side note, I'd tell that guy to stop being a bitch and to get out of the free weight room and workout with the girls.

 

[biggernu]

You can't change the station though. The receiver is in a locked box 8 feet up on the wall, it's either country, oldies, or a pop station. I use to have a spotter, but now that we are on different schedules, it's not working.

 

[Tatyana]

Country and Western Music in the GYM?

Reporting you as they think you might be on steroids?

OMG!

I love my gym, it is really HUGE by UK standards, not a huge amount of cardio equipment, but a machine section for the ladeeeeeeeeez and the older gents, then straight up Hammerstrength and Cybex plate loading equipment and LOADS of free weights.

Power rack and a cage, three smith machines, two different plate loading leg presses....................................Dumbells up to some ridiculous weights, sets of barbells, about 5 Olympic bars, three bench press racks, about 15 different types of benches......Two boxing sections with about 5 different types of bags........two roman chairs, including one for squats...........three areas for pull ups

It is a bit grotty in the proper weight section, no air con, very little heating in the winter, and we do get some leaks when it rains, but I LURVE it

Also there are so many of the lads that have trained there for YEARS, it is like a second home.

And they sponser me, so I don't pay gym fees, and get loads of supps for free or really cheap.



I am sure that is not going to make you feel any better, but if you are ever in Essex, it is a great place to train.

 

[Tatyana]

My avvie was taken in another local gym, the Estuary, owned by a former Mr. Universe (1969), Roy Perrot..................

It is in the basement and it looks like it is out of the 1950s, cause it IS.

I am lucky, there are 4 BBing gyms around my city, two are walking distance, one I could ride my bike to, the other is a distance, and I hear tonight there is another new one opening...............

A few pics from Roy's gym

 

[Tatyana]

And a few pics of Roy when he was competing, he is still training, recovered from leukaemia.

He has some FAB stories..........

These are from his photo album, you might recognise a few of the other people.

 

[puddlemonkey]

A few pics from Roy's gym

Old school!

 

[Tatyana]

Old school!

It even smells really old school.

 

[jumpmaster82]

hate old motherfuckers in the gym hatin.

 

[mustang_00]

in my gym it doesn't matter what you're doing. some old fuck or skinny fuck walks up to you when you're in mid rep and tells you, you're lifting wrong. some newbie trainer is always stealing your lifts and rep scheme and preaching it as his own. some high school kid is always talking about steriods at the top of his lungs to someone across the room. or someone is always eye fucking the shit out of you in the mirrors. or someone loads 10x more weight than they can use and then they shake there heads no (like their talking to themselves) and pose under it like they're going to lift it just to start unloading it and walking away!? hahaha i can go on and on about this.

 

[biggernu]

I get eye fucked cause the walls are all mirrors. This one is pretty nice on the inside, but theres not really any free weights all machines. i have to make dow ith what i have for now.