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silver_shadow
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well actually, deads are a compound lift that do involve the quads and hammies too, apart from back and abs.theguy351 said:
Morons at the gym (the official thread)...
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This isn't really a specific story. But it's quite amusing seeing obvious noobs come in the gym, and looking pretty lost in how to start working out... Lol one time I seen a guy some in, and I guess he was so lost he just started doing calve raises lol...sometimes they start with rope downs...they are just so lost. Or when someone goes hard on the treadmill just looking beat, then they start thier workout, big pumps!
silver_shadow
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that's not moronic, that's just first time lack of knowledge. and no it's not very amusing...youngguns said:
Speak for yourself, well I must post something amusing now. Yesturday I was getting one 35 for triceps, and I noticed there was only one, and one 40... some guy puts them back (35 and a 40) after doing DB bench, just realiseing he had two different dumbbells, the look on his face was incredible.silver_shadow said:
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Noticing you were using two different dumbbells after the set...priceless
letsrun4it
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At my gym there is a 16 year old (I asked his age, which might come off wrong haha) who thinks he's big time, probably 5'10 and like 170 lbs. he was taking pictures of himself with his camera phone in the mirror hitting all the poses. nothing like seeing a punk kid hit double bicep pose with nothing there.
he later told me he is trying to get to junior nationals for bodybuilding...good luck to him but haha he isn't close.
he later told me he is trying to get to junior nationals for bodybuilding...good luck to him but haha he isn't close.
silver_shadow
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i keep saying jan brings the hottest chicksNJL52 said:
silver_shadow
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welcome back iliketoliftyoungguns said:
Tweakle
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Not a specific example of idiocy, but I have to grumble that my gym is a freakin sauna this time of year thanks to the NYE crowd. Canadians panic and turn the heating up to 90 at the first sign of snow on the ground, unfortunately the gym is in an unventilated basement and packed to the gills with perspiring college students.
I've taken to wheeling the industrial sized fan out of the aerobics studio and standing it next to the squat rack in an effort not to stroke out.. 250+ and wearing sweats = no fun in a hot gym. But the wee men in their beaters and shorts appreciate it I'm sure.
I've taken to wheeling the industrial sized fan out of the aerobics studio and standing it next to the squat rack in an effort not to stroke out.. 250+ and wearing sweats = no fun in a hot gym. But the wee men in their beaters and shorts appreciate it I'm sure.
Chambewy20
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On one of our shirt nights a couple of weeks back, on our way to the water fountain... while wearing a closed back bench shirt, I had a dude ask me "Is that one of those bench vests?"
Yeah dumbfuck, its a vest with sleeves, otherwise know as a SHIRT... sorta like asking "How many beers in a six pack?..."
Yeah dumbfuck, its a vest with sleeves, otherwise know as a SHIRT... sorta like asking "How many beers in a six pack?..."
crossy
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Dunno if its classed as a moron or not but he looked stupid. A guy using straps doing barbell curls never seen this before.
I was doing bench short grip and some guy was spotting me and he was trying to move my hands wider i was like wtf you doing i tried to explain i was doing short grip he said i was doing it wrong and they should be wider (wide grip) dipshit.
And finally some indian guy got stuck under the bar on the decline bench, i was doing abs on the otherside of tehgym when i spotted him and fucker would help him (there were numerous ppeople about) i finished my set and he was still there so went over and pulled it off him (he had been there a few mins)
I was doing bench short grip and some guy was spotting me and he was trying to move my hands wider i was like wtf you doing i tried to explain i was doing short grip he said i was doing it wrong and they should be wider (wide grip) dipshit.
And finally some indian guy got stuck under the bar on the decline bench, i was doing abs on the otherside of tehgym when i spotted him and fucker would help him (there were numerous ppeople about) i finished my set and he was still there so went over and pulled it off him (he had been there a few mins)
silver_shadow
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fat slob who's been coming every day since i first joined this gym 3 yrs ago - i moved out of town and back again, he's still as regular as before - seems to come every day. he does the same weights and same exercises EVERY DAY. he also walks around with ILS. occassionally i see him squatting weightless... and just as i think he's warming up for real squats, he goes and does leg extensions looking all badass and grunting loudly. then he wears a belt and walks grunts out some "heavy" tricep pressdowns. BTW, he looks exactly the same as he did 3 yrs ago, and i try not to notice, but he seems to wear the same thing too... the stink from him seems to be unchanged as well
anotherbutters
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I saw a guy put on a belt to do bent over rows with 25kg (55lb) today 
I got a pretty fucked up story. This happened a few years back when I was a senior in highschool. We had a weightlifting class and we basically had to do specific core workouts and supplement workouts since our teacher was the football coach. So one day we had to do squats, and I'm a few squat racks down from this other kid, who was on the football team. A friend of mine walks up to me and goes "watch this" with a grin on his face. I have no clue what he's about to do, so I'm watching him walk over with a squat belt in his hand to the other kid that's squatting. In the middle of his squat (half-way coming up), my friend whips him in the back of the leg with the squat belt, kind like you'd whip someone with a wet towel. The kid freaks out, falls to the grounded, and luckily all 275 lbs. fell on the little "bar saver" or whatever you'd like to call it. He's freaking out crying, and I'm in fuckin shock at what just happened as our coach run's over and he's like "WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED!?!?"
When the belt snapped against his leg, his leg was stretch to the max since he's lifting up all that weight, and the belt snapped a tendon, and he was out for the rest of the season and had to walk on crutches for awhile.
My friend never got caught because strangely with the whole class in the weightroom, no one seen him do it except me. The only thing he said afterwards to me was "don't tell anyone."
When the belt snapped against his leg, his leg was stretch to the max since he's lifting up all that weight, and the belt snapped a tendon, and he was out for the rest of the season and had to walk on crutches for awhile.
My friend never got caught because strangely with the whole class in the weightroom, no one seen him do it except me. The only thing he said afterwards to me was "don't tell anyone."
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Phaded
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mad dipz said:
if someone did that to me and ruined my football season and possibly disabled me.. i wouldn't hesitate to prob. kill him..
Kabeetz
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OK I always tend to think of this thread when I'm at the gym... and there are a few really frustrating people/situations that I encountered last night that have finally forced me to post. 
#1 This one isn't so bad, it's just disappointing how ignorant some people are about how to achieve anything fitness-related in the gym. There is a middle aged lady at the gym, who does leg presses at the gym, with a 2.5 pound plate on each side, but they aren't really leg presses, it mostly involves the ankles ala calf raises, BUT, not really because she also bends at the knees about 20 degrees. She does like 1/4 range of motion while reading a book, but of course she just stops and sits there when she gets to the good parts. I don't mean to call her a moron, it's great that she's being active, it's just frustrating to see I guess.
These people really are morons though, without question, ALL 3 from the other night:
#2 This guy and his girlfriend. They make out nonstop throughout their workout. I don't mean the occasional kiss, I mean make out. At one point, while he was on the incline bench, she got on top of him, facing him, straddling him, they started hooking up, and actually began dry humping eachother for about 5 minutes. WTF?!?! This is PDA taken way too far... out of control.
#3 I'm squatting at one of the two squat racks. Two guys come over to the empty one, grab a free bench, put it in the middle of the rack (like they are getting ready to bench press off the squat rack). He puts the bar at the bottom of the rack, hops over it, faces out, and they proceed to do TWO sets of WRIST CURLS! One bar, one with a 10 and a 2.5 on each side. This is at 11:30 at night... there were 4 free bench press areas, the whole curling area was unoccupied, and at least of handful of free benches and olympic barbells.
#4 Remember the guy from #2 who was hooking up non stop? He comes over to that empty squat rack while I'm doing deads nearby. Two other guys in their early 20's come up to him. And really loudly the guy is like man I can't wait to do some tren this summer! And one of the younger guys is like I'm gonna do winny this summer! And he's like how's your current cycle going?? And this guy (about 6'2") goes: I'm up to 207! I love this stuff!! And they go back and forth talking pretty loudly about their cycles and juicing. This puts my gym in jeapordy and them in jeapordy because my gym is filled with cops and other law enforcement officials, most of which are pretty cool, but nonetheless. WTF?!?!
Anyway... didn't mean to rant but I think all of these were post-worthy.
#1 This one isn't so bad, it's just disappointing how ignorant some people are about how to achieve anything fitness-related in the gym. There is a middle aged lady at the gym, who does leg presses at the gym, with a 2.5 pound plate on each side, but they aren't really leg presses, it mostly involves the ankles ala calf raises, BUT, not really because she also bends at the knees about 20 degrees. She does like 1/4 range of motion while reading a book, but of course she just stops and sits there when she gets to the good parts. I don't mean to call her a moron, it's great that she's being active, it's just frustrating to see I guess.
These people really are morons though, without question, ALL 3 from the other night:
#2 This guy and his girlfriend. They make out nonstop throughout their workout. I don't mean the occasional kiss, I mean make out. At one point, while he was on the incline bench, she got on top of him, facing him, straddling him, they started hooking up, and actually began dry humping eachother for about 5 minutes. WTF?!?! This is PDA taken way too far... out of control.
#3 I'm squatting at one of the two squat racks. Two guys come over to the empty one, grab a free bench, put it in the middle of the rack (like they are getting ready to bench press off the squat rack). He puts the bar at the bottom of the rack, hops over it, faces out, and they proceed to do TWO sets of WRIST CURLS! One bar, one with a 10 and a 2.5 on each side. This is at 11:30 at night... there were 4 free bench press areas, the whole curling area was unoccupied, and at least of handful of free benches and olympic barbells.
#4 Remember the guy from #2 who was hooking up non stop? He comes over to that empty squat rack while I'm doing deads nearby. Two other guys in their early 20's come up to him. And really loudly the guy is like man I can't wait to do some tren this summer! And one of the younger guys is like I'm gonna do winny this summer! And he's like how's your current cycle going?? And this guy (about 6'2") goes: I'm up to 207! I love this stuff!! And they go back and forth talking pretty loudly about their cycles and juicing. This puts my gym in jeapordy and them in jeapordy because my gym is filled with cops and other law enforcement officials, most of which are pretty cool, but nonetheless. WTF?!?!
Anyway... didn't mean to rant but I think all of these were post-worthy.
silver_shadow
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next time, sit down facing them on the bench beside them with a bag of popcorn and watch the funKabeetz said:
silver_shadow said:next time, sit down facing them on the bench beside them with a bag of popcorn and watch the fun
LOL dude that would be HILARIOUS...
I have to be honest, my gym doesnt have a lot of complete douche bags... I'm literally one of MAYBE two people that do actual squats, and everyone that is at the gym the same time I am knows Im always at the rack.... so usually if im making my way over there no one is a dick about it... they just wrap things up and i get on with my workout... I honestly dont think ive ever waited longer than just a couple minutes for the rack.
Also, since i have been doing the 5x5 for about 8 weeks now, several people have come up to me and asked about the chains, no dumbass questions just generally interested in what im doing. Its pretty cool really... so i give them my cliff notes version of progression and planning and continue on. its cool to actually have people ask questions and really want to know the answers.
even the one guy in my gym that is really odd and does strange stuff, u know grabs dumbells, tries to lift them, cant but tries like 5 times in a row anyway... week after week.... well hes actually a decent guy and its hard to laugh at someone when they are good people lol
Kabeetz
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My gym is the exact opposite... in the early, early a.m. it is the same 15 guys, two of which compete regularly, everybody knows everyone's name, in the afternoons its a lot of workout partners and groups... but some ridiculously heavy squatting going on and all that powerlifting stuff like chains and bands and box squats and at night its mostly a hood environment, but some serious lifters. So when someone sticks out, they stick out and everybody notices.
Only drawback is the music generally is top 40 or jack fm. I want some lifting music over those speaker so badly.
Only drawback is the music generally is top 40 or jack fm. I want some lifting music over those speaker so badly.
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Landospike
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Do any of you sometimes gross yourselves out as I do? Sometimes watching my veins pop out during training sickens me and I can't look in the mirror. Forget about the site of blood, I can't handle the veins that carry the blood Weird huh???
Weird huh???I really hate it when you see people benching with their back arched way up in the air like the damn bench seat is too hot to sit on. At the highschool there's a list on the wall of lifting records for different weight classes, and one of the kids I knew broke the record for benching in I think it was either the 130's or 140's weight classes, lifting up 315, and I was there watching him do it, and his back was arched up so damn high I'm surprised he didn't throw it out lifting that sucker up. What pissed me off is that they accepted it as a new record for the school.
There is an old man who just started going to my gym (hats off to the man for trying to get into shape at his age) I guess at some point or another he decided that getting a pair of lifting gloves would be an asset, not just any lifting gloves would do for this old fart though, what kind of gloves you ask... well he was sporting a brand new pair of bright yellow rubber dish gloves I bet none of you have seen that one at your local gym...frickn hilarious thread guys/gals
SgtSlaughter
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bro, it's called powerlifting.mad dipz said:
That's acceptable in the rules and it's how they bench.
s8nlilhlpr
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mad dipz said:
You know, I prefer the extreme back arch to the people that hump the air and throw their hips up.
Current morons at my gym. Team of 3 who like to "squat" big weights. Moron #1 loads up 3 plates, and does 4" depth. Moron #2 actually starts to get decent depth, before #1 stops him and says "you can move more weight if you don't go so deep" #3 never actually lifts, just stands around shouting encouragement, then goes back to using the wrist roller.
ricanx99 said:
well, I never learned the proper technique for an arch or leg drive etc. so I am not going to use it even for a 1RM bench. we cant really tell from the description if the kid at the high school was a trained power lifter. I think it would be flat out stupid to use a powerlifting technique to complete a max bench try even though you know shit about it.
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odoyal rulez
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Dude...seriously, i cant belive you saw him cripple that kid and you didnt say anything...thats bullshit.
blut wump
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This thread has drifted toiletwards on this page.
We should assume the kid knew what he was doing since he set a new school record. Rotating your chest upwards on the bench prior to lifting, resulting in making an arch, and holding it throughout the lift puts the musculature in a mechanically advantageous position to perform the lift. This means you lift more and it's safer. Anyone who is unsure about why this kid was making an arch needs to read up on benching. I'd recommend buying a copy of Starting Strength.
I think a pair of Marigolds is a great idea for lifting gloves and probably a damn sight more effective than the crap most people buy. The guy was using some creative thinking. What does his age have to do with the story?
We should assume the kid knew what he was doing since he set a new school record. Rotating your chest upwards on the bench prior to lifting, resulting in making an arch, and holding it throughout the lift puts the musculature in a mechanically advantageous position to perform the lift. This means you lift more and it's safer. Anyone who is unsure about why this kid was making an arch needs to read up on benching. I'd recommend buying a copy of Starting Strength.
I think a pair of Marigolds is a great idea for lifting gloves and probably a damn sight more effective than the crap most people buy. The guy was using some creative thinking. What does his age have to do with the story?
al420 said:
well like I said I never knew arching your back is a technique for powerlifting I just it was how the kid lifted. He wasn't in powerlifting either we played football. it just looks awkward and dangerous to me I guess
odoyal rulez said:
well, he was my friend and I didn't really know the other kid even though it was bullshit what he did but I was kinda in a corner with the whole situation so I just minded my own business
theguy351
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i hate the fat guy at my gym who thinks hes a powerlifter....hes watching me do squasts the other day and i finish an he tells me i dont need to unrack it....so im like sure....but this guy is huge he deff cant squat i thought....so he proceeds to unrack the bar and try adn squat down....he didnt he like moved his ass out and his back forward (not goodmornings for anyone here) and go off all pumped and looked a tme like he owned me...lol...i was like dude im 170 ur 370.....haha
silver_shadow
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i don't know what to call this but the other day i saw this guy rolling the 45lb plates across the gym floor... 
Don't be so sensitive. His point was, this old fart doesn't count as a moron. he's an old fart trying to do something. The morons are the younger asshats that are just plain rude or obnoxious, and people that should know better.nicee said:bro dont be a jackass I was mearly telling a story! he was a 70 yr old man wearing fucking dish gloves I thought it was funny.
Being an old man myself, and knowing the problems of older men, I'll fill you in: His skin is tender and prone to tearing/splitting. I'll bet you he has his hands smeared with Carbolated Jelly under those gloves.nicee said:There is an old man who just started going to my gym (hats off to the man for trying to get into shape at his age) I guess at some point or another he decided that getting a pair of lifting gloves would be an asset, not just any lifting gloves would do for this old fart though, what kind of gloves you ask... well he was sporting a brand new pair of bright yellow rubber dish gloves I bet none of you have seen that one at your local gym...frickn hilarious thread guys/gals
NJL52
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Today I go to the gym solo to do Squat/Press/Deadlifts.
I arrive and there is a guy wearing Hollister Beanie, Hollister shirt and Hollister gym(do they make "gym" clothes) pants. He has 225 on the bar doing squats. I walk up and do my warm up sets and gradually arrive at my work set of 235, not to show him up mind you, just a coincidence.
I do my set, so the instant I finish my set he adds a 45 to each side on his bar. He gets under it and picks it up. I have never seen somebody shake this much. I was 75% sure he was having a seizure. His legs looked like a naked obese lady wearing a suit made of jello doing jumping jacks. He lowers the bar about 10 inches letting loose the loudest grunts known to man and does about 5 "reps."
After two sets of this travestamockery(just heard on tv, funny word), he gets up and leaves with all 3 caddies on both sides. Poor 60ish year old lady walks up next to use it and had to unload all the weight. I helped her take them off, but she looked absolutely terror stricken at seeing all that weight to take off.
I arrive and there is a guy wearing Hollister Beanie, Hollister shirt and Hollister gym(do they make "gym" clothes) pants. He has 225 on the bar doing squats. I walk up and do my warm up sets and gradually arrive at my work set of 235, not to show him up mind you, just a coincidence.
I do my set, so the instant I finish my set he adds a 45 to each side on his bar. He gets under it and picks it up. I have never seen somebody shake this much. I was 75% sure he was having a seizure. His legs looked like a naked obese lady wearing a suit made of jello doing jumping jacks. He lowers the bar about 10 inches letting loose the loudest grunts known to man and does about 5 "reps."
After two sets of this travestamockery(just heard on tv, funny word), he gets up and leaves with all 3 caddies on both sides. Poor 60ish year old lady walks up next to use it and had to unload all the weight. I helped her take them off, but she looked absolutely terror stricken at seeing all that weight to take off.
blut wump
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I apologise if my reply seemed brusque but I was caught with wondering what your response would have been had the local school jock come in saying what great lifting gloves they make rather than a septuagenarian "old fart" minding his own business.nicee said:bro dont be a jackass I was mearly telling a story! he was a 70 yr old man wearing fucking dish gloves I thought it was funny.
No offence to you intended but, as Medical pointed out, older people do odd things for reasons you can only hope to get the chance to learn about.
blut wump
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Nah, I think I was the one over-reacting. I know I'd have laughed at someone wearing Marigolds in the gym.nicee said:Sorry bro maybe I was being a bit sensative perhaps a little more respect is required for the elderly on my part, oh well still thought it was funny.(who knows what I will be doing when im old, shit 30,s just around the corner)
Itsadeepburn
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I go to golds gym, and i dont mind it so much because i usually go pretty late when the crowd is thinned out. It only took me a few weeks to catch onto the weirdos in there....we have the dude that brings in a huge ass tub of celltech, drinks his shake and starts doing squats. Nothing wrong with doing squats, except every friggin time he throws up the celltech in the trashcan right next to the water fountain, and it stinks up a good portion of the gym. Then we have schizophrentic Dave...i dont know his real name, but he walks around talking to himself and smacking his forehead......i dont think i have ever seen him move a single weight.....several times i have been doing deadlifts and he was standing only a few feet behind me yelling and karate chopping the air staring at me. He flipped out on some girl that got on his treadmill before he wiped it down and started growling at her, so they kicked him out for good.
silver_shadow
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those are the american idol contestants at your gym eh?Itsadeepburn said:
There's this guy who lives next to the gym and looks like a 90ies fatty skinhead, squats 6 times a week and yesterday, he couldn't stap babbling about powerlifting to this new 17-yr old kid who tries to do some olympic lifts 3 times a week (and I respect that).
After making himself the big man by talking shit about half an hour about bodybuilders being pussys and powerlifting being for the real guys, he returns to where he put his halters and continues his tricep kickbacks. I had a hard time trying to hold my laugh.
After making himself the big man by talking shit about half an hour about bodybuilders being pussys and powerlifting being for the real guys, he returns to where he put his halters and continues his tricep kickbacks. I had a hard time trying to hold my laugh.
Itsadeepburn
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I broke a PR in the gym yesterday, i was in a pretty shitty mood, and ended up taking 7 of the Pure CEE caps cause i couldnt feel anything with a smaller dose. My old PR was a deadlift at 275 for 4 reps, nailed 315 for 3 reps today. Was feeling pretty damn good about puttin 3 plates on finally and some dude that was training this younger kid walks up and asks me not to set a bad example for the new guys. And i was like, sir im fairly new myself what are you talking about, and he proceded to tell me that deadlifts will cripple you later in life, and that i should go get on the row machine if i wanna work my back real good.
bodybuilder20
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Im not 100% how my body works but Im very skinny but strong. This happened before my accident that broke my wrist.
I was doing the bicep machine at 70lbs. I am 5'10 and weighed about 135-140lbs (yes very skinny) so this guy comes and asks if he can go in between. I said sure. This guy was in basketball jersey and shorts. He was 3 times bigger then me with big bicep (or atleast the definition) but I noticed he was new cuz his buddy kept telling him to stand up straight or push his chest out in some exercises. So this guy sits down at the machine and looks at me, probably thinking "if that skinny fuck can do it, I can too" .. dude doesnt even lift the weight up 1/4 way before his face goes BRIGHT RED and his factial expression turns to WTF!>!?!!? ... and he looks at me in total disbelief..
as soon as this happens, I do a quick 180 and start snickering.. it hurt me so much from not busting out laughin... funniest moment in the gym evar, ill never forget it.
Man it makes me miss the days I could actually use my arm.. cant wait to get back on the saddle.. but for now, its all legs baby
I was doing the bicep machine at 70lbs. I am 5'10 and weighed about 135-140lbs (yes very skinny) so this guy comes and asks if he can go in between. I said sure. This guy was in basketball jersey and shorts. He was 3 times bigger then me with big bicep (or atleast the definition) but I noticed he was new cuz his buddy kept telling him to stand up straight or push his chest out in some exercises. So this guy sits down at the machine and looks at me, probably thinking "if that skinny fuck can do it, I can too" .. dude doesnt even lift the weight up 1/4 way before his face goes BRIGHT RED and his factial expression turns to WTF!>!?!!? ... and he looks at me in total disbelief..
as soon as this happens, I do a quick 180 and start snickering.. it hurt me so much from not busting out laughin... funniest moment in the gym evar, ill never forget it.
Man it makes me miss the days I could actually use my arm.. cant wait to get back on the saddle.. but for now, its all legs baby
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odoyal rulez
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I cant stand people that work out in jeans and muddy workboots...seriously bring some sweats and some sneakers in a gym bag..leaving dirt everywhere..
NJL52
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Just in general: I hate people who come dressed up to the gym.
I wear gym shorts, sneakers with holes in the toes and a rotation of like 3 shirts all with rust stains on the front from doing cleans.
But there are people who come in full matching hollister getups or abercrombie jeans.
Don't know why, but it annoys the hell out of me.
I wear gym shorts, sneakers with holes in the toes and a rotation of like 3 shirts all with rust stains on the front from doing cleans.
But there are people who come in full matching hollister getups or abercrombie jeans.
Don't know why, but it annoys the hell out of me.
lanky
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repeating scenario that happens to me......people decide to put their lock right next to my lock when there are 200 empty lockers in the changing room. and it never fails that right when i am done my workout and trying to get to my locker ther is someone blocking my locker completely naked and takes 10 minutes to get dressed...happens 70% of the time. unbelievable
Island Son
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Tweakle said:
congratulations on finding a brand-new species of fashion moron! Have you named it yet?
There were these two assholes at my gym, they became famous around my college town. Everybody knew them as "The Ponytail Twins". They were these two twins that came to the gym every damn day dressed in matching flannel pajama pants and black wifebeaters. Any time you went to the gym they were there, so pretty much anybody who went to the gym regularly knew who they were. Their looks alone were enough to get them attention but it was their antics that really made them imfamous. See, they fought and argued like 7 year olds everyday, pulling each others hair and shit. They got countless warnings for shit like chasing one another round the bench and yelling at people who asked them how many sets they had left. They finally got kicked out permanantly when they told a girl to get off an elliptical because she was "too fat already" and that she needed to "stop eating so many hamburgers" hahahaha. poor girl broke down crying and they got escorted off by the police. Now they are immortilized in a facebook tribute group.
Kabeetz
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This is a real good one from the other day...
Two squat racks next to eachother against a wall, about a squat rack's length apart. A pair of guys in their late teens at each rack.
The guys at the right rack are doing some kind of row I believe and the guys at the left rack just got their, and they are taking 275 off the Bar to begin whatever exercise they are about to begin. Well the guy at the left rack, takes the 25 off the left side of the barbell, then the 45 off the left side of the barbell, then the 2nd 45....
The barbell immediately flies upright and to the right, lands perpendicular with the 115's flat on the floor, the bar over swings due to the momentum, and hits the teen waiting his turn at the right rack HARD in the back of the head before swinging back and just stopping straight in the air.
HILLLLAARRRIIIOOOUUUUSSSSS. And idiotic. Unload your bars evenly.
Two squat racks next to eachother against a wall, about a squat rack's length apart. A pair of guys in their late teens at each rack.
The guys at the right rack are doing some kind of row I believe and the guys at the left rack just got their, and they are taking 275 off the Bar to begin whatever exercise they are about to begin. Well the guy at the left rack, takes the 25 off the left side of the barbell, then the 45 off the left side of the barbell, then the 2nd 45....
The barbell immediately flies upright and to the right, lands perpendicular with the 115's flat on the floor, the bar over swings due to the momentum, and hits the teen waiting his turn at the right rack HARD in the back of the head before swinging back and just stopping straight in the air.
HILLLLAARRRIIIOOOUUUUSSSSS. And idiotic. Unload your bars evenly.
deathdroprob
Banned
ahh yes always funny watching people with no idea.I was at the gym with my no-brained friend,he said "Hurry up man lets go" I said Im doing my chest Ill be finished soon" He walked to the Rowing machine and said:"Come do this,this is the best excersise for your chest"haha he also likes to make up his own ridiculas excersise and tell me what part they work,like they actually work.He is a Bullsh!t artist by the way.
silver_shadow
New member
lol i've seen a number of incidents where the guy didn't unload the bar properly. but by far the funniest is the idiot who doesn't use clips while doing BB curls. so when he's curling, one plate comes off and the bar swings the other side and the other plate falls off as well... priceless!
blut wump
New member
I had that happen to me when I'd just bought my bar and plates. The bar was covered in a sheen of light oil, as were the plates.
I had one 20Kg plate on each end of the bar when I walked it out of the squat stand and I immediately felt one end slowly sliding. I adjusted position to prevent the slide only to feel the other side start to move. There wasn't much I could do at that stage except brace myself and wait for the whole sequence to unfold as first one plate slid off and then the other.
I used collars thereafter until grime and rust had done their work.
I had one 20Kg plate on each end of the bar when I walked it out of the squat stand and I immediately felt one end slowly sliding. I adjusted position to prevent the slide only to feel the other side start to move. There wasn't much I could do at that stage except brace myself and wait for the whole sequence to unfold as first one plate slid off and then the other.
I used collars thereafter until grime and rust had done their work.
JohnRobHolmes
Well-known member
The city gym I go to has rusted bars, never had a problem with weights sliding.
Went to a new gym a few months ago and had some weights slide around as I was benching. The bars are all grippy too, so my hands get munched doing bench.
Im still waiting to find the morons at this gym, other than the people that only do curls and tri extensions in front of the mirror.
Went to a new gym a few months ago and had some weights slide around as I was benching. The bars are all grippy too, so my hands get munched doing bench.
Im still waiting to find the morons at this gym, other than the people that only do curls and tri extensions in front of the mirror.
Island Son
New member
this isn't a real "morons" thing, but a few days ago i walked past the dumbbell racks. A bunch of guys were taking the "between sets" break from DB bench, shoulder press, etc. Imagine a row of 6 guys flexing and posing for the mirror.
It was SO hard not to laugh
It was SO hard not to laugh
monkey_boi
New member
blut wump said:
Same thing happened to me as well. My gym had just done an upgrade to all the equipment, so everything was new, shiny and of course very slick. I get ready to do my squats without bothering about the clips and end up dropping the weights with a nice loud clang. Quick look around to see if anyone saw that and then it was back to the rack but with the clips on this time
.I also made the mistake of unloading only one side of the bar while doing bench. The bar flipped up and hit me right above my eye. Aaah the good ol' times
s8nlilhlpr
Banned
OK, I have a new moron at my gym. Now, to be fair, I don't mind giving a spot or helping someone out. This new guy has been stalking me the past 2 times I've been. Helped him out with his bench the first day, then went back to my workout. Now I can't get rid of him. He stands around and waits for me, then stands behind me and keeps talking throughout my set. I've tried the nice comments "hey I need to hurry" "no time to chat today" etc, but he doesn't get the hint. I actually got pissed because he grabbed me to "help" with my squats when I was no where near failure.
He's using some "routine" out of Stacked? (must be some mag) and keeps asking my opinion on it, which I try not to bash too bad. All bench, all day, then some cable crap. Any tips for getting rid of him other than protein farts?
He's using some "routine" out of Stacked? (must be some mag) and keeps asking my opinion on it, which I try not to bash too bad. All bench, all day, then some cable crap. Any tips for getting rid of him other than protein farts?
Kabeetz
Banned
I'm having the same problem..only the guy always wants to spot ME and change my routine... he always asks me about my 5x5 and then criticizes it. I missed 177x5 on monday, on the 5th rep he yells out I'm cuuurling here!! LOL then today he comes over to spot me as I am redoing the lift and I'm like alright I'm going for 3 and then he's like I'll tell you when to stop.. JEEZ. I just don't know how to be mean to people. And then after I fail on the 4th rep he's like how many times a week u benching?? I go 2. he's like u gotta do 1. I'm like yeah yeah he's like you can do 2 but you can't go for max every time. I'm like THAT'S WHY I WENT FOR 3. And then he goes how long have you been trying to do this weight.. I go two weeks. He goes that's too long.. and I go well I did lose weight last week and 2 pounds this week..so I'm honestly OK with at least maintaining strength at the lower weight. And he goes? 2 pounds?? 2 pounds is nothing your lifts should be going up!!! And then he goes: Are you a trekkie? Cuz I'm a trekkie.... LOL I hate people.
s8nlilhlpr said:
god this thread is hilarious!!! Once I was on the treadmill doing cardio, and this big guy walked in like the baddest ass thing in the world, wearing a weightbelt on his way in. I seen him carrying plates over to the freeweight room, but didn't really think much about it. a few minutes later, he grunted so loud that I jumped and almost fell off of the treadmill. Everyone was looking at each other like "wtf??" So after the 3rd set of 4, I had to go check it out. He had 3 plates on each side of the bench, and as he was screaming like he was lifting a car or something, was only going down 3".
*Bunny* said:SEE ^^ THIS I can handle ... I was just thinking this morning how that is FINE ... then dude who wears the cotton/mix GRAY spandex waltzes by, after his skinny ass is done checking himself out in the mirror (picture doing free standing squats, no bar, really fast whicle staring at his ass, lol then does a side to side shuffle while grabbing the towel wrapped around his neck & looking in each mirror) ... I had best Chest day of my life, but seriously I have to zone him out b/c it was
HAHAHAHAHAHA
CRounder99
New member
kingkrs said:
I'm sorry, but I laughed out loud for about 2 minutes when I read this. The mental picture alone from that is enough to make me tear up laughing.
A PT at the gym was teaching a client how to clean and press the other day. Well, that's what he told the client he was teaching. He had him pull the bar from the floor and then upright row it, then quickly bring his elbows under the bar. He told him to do an upright row. What's so pathetic is the client is paying $65 an hour to this assclown.
wolfman87
New member
there really aren't to many tards at my gym except for this one guy who always works in with me. it's so gay b/c i know i'm the only one who will talk to him for longer than a minute. it's what he does tho that makes him weird. i'll be doing my normal thing and then he gets up and tries to do whatever i do but better. he'll try to show my up by doing 7 reps on the first set and 2 on the second. after that he just quits and watches me finish up my last 3 sets. he also asks the most embarrassing questions like "are we friends?". when he said that there were two guys around one old one in his 20's and they both stopped what they were doing the old guy started laughing and the younger guy just shook his head.
I don't know what's going on at my gym. There's a coupla guys that walk around the change room with no clothes on. They walk to the crapper, or stand at the urinal, nude. yesterday therre was a guy shaving his face, nude. His package was resting on the counter. 
And he didn't even clean the sink.
And he didn't even clean the sink.
Kabeetz
Banned
HiDnGoD said:I don't know what's going on at my gym. There's a coupla guys that walk around the change room with no clothes on. They walk to the crapper, or stand at the urinal, nude. yesterday therre was a guy shaving his face, nude. His package was resting on the counter.
UN-F*CKING-ACCEPTABLE. PERIOD.
JohnRobHolmes
Well-known member
I stay outta the changing rooms for that very reason. I go in to check my weight and thats about it. Nothing worse than an old skinny guy that thinks his junk should rest on whatever object is nearest.
party_booye
New member
i've just joined a new gym, the one i went to before was a quite place with no problems. theres one guy in the new place, who thinks he owns the place - this winds me right up because it makes me unfomfortable , if he wants to walk past you- he'll push by you rather than say excuse me, when he goes swiming he walks to the showers arse naked then puts his shorts on in the shower and the same in reverse when he comes out the showers he'll walk to the changing room, shorts and towel in hand i know it sounds petty, and its a changing room- you should expect to see some people naked but i dont really think they have to stroll around like that all the fkin time!!! oh and big no diving signs al around the pool and he dives right over my head into the pool!!!!
tell me, am i being unreasonable?
tell me, am i being unreasonable?
silver_shadow
New member
yes! for taking this shit and not hitting him on the head with a hard heavy object!fiesta_bhoy said:
JohnRobHolmes
Well-known member
Next time he walks too close to you, stick out your foot and trip him up.
party_booye
New member
lol aslong as its not just me being petty, and picking everything out that bugs me about the guy.
i was so wound up when he dived in our mine and my gfs (ex now) head , not only is there big signs but ffs i got splashed lol. i intended to say somthing when he got back up to the end of the pool i was at but was asked not to by her. basically because i'm young and not very tall so look even younger and in the eyes of the suits (gym staff) i'd have been in the wrong so left it.
i was so wound up when he dived in our mine and my gfs (ex now) head , not only is there big signs but ffs i got splashed lol. i intended to say somthing when he got back up to the end of the pool i was at but was asked not to by her. basically because i'm young and not very tall so look even younger and in the eyes of the suits (gym staff) i'd have been in the wrong so left it.
