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Morons at the gym (the official thread)...

this one goes out to all the trainers who keep telling me to be quiet when i deadlift.... When you tell me a way to put 300 pounds down without making any noise, i'll be glad to not make any noise... and all the fucks who do curls in front of the DB rack for 2 minutes straight for 5 sets so i can't get any DBs.
 
So who else just kinda ignores the no chalk and no gym bag on floor rule? It's a gym! They ought to have chalk at the front desk if I need some!
 
im banned for life from InShapeCity for refusing to stop using chalk... there was no policy against it, and i cleaned it up after myself... new manager came in and made up stories to corporate about me making a scene and cussing him out...
i wish now that i did cuss them out...
 
moya said:
ive seen TRAINERS at my gym do that shit... at a Gold's at that... this one trainer is really starting to piss me off actually...
i was talking with the head sales guy (more on him later) who knows how to train right... well he was asking me about the program i was doing for squats, i was in the second phase on smolov at the time... i was telling him my weights planned for the next day, which was somthing like 10 sets of 3's with 365+... well, the deuch trainer walks in, who ive never seen squat before, and says 'oh, i could probably do that...'
next week or so i see the dip with 315 on the bar struggling, not even near making parallel lol...
anyways, that sales rep buddy of mine and that trainer got into it about a month after that... unfortunately the fired my buddy, and then later on the trainer was promoted to head trainer... he also lives with the general manager... what a crock of shit, eh?....
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Yea, could have seen that coming. I find it hilarious that in this thread alone a good to great portion of acts of stupidity we have heard about stem from some type of personal trainer. It's fine if you can't squat 315, I have zero respect for the guys I described but I def respect the guy who puts on what he can squat at the proper range and depth with a lighter weight. To me that's way more impressive.

By the way I saw these two again about a week or so later. The guys leave 315 on the rack like some type of trophy for others to see. I did the right thing and took the weight off cause he left. But about 5 minutes later I see him walking by. I made a B line to him took my HPhones out and told him and his partner to take the fucking weights off out of consideration for everyone else in the gym. He made a move to walk upwards them but I told him I already stripped it. Ask your self this. Is the gym really the place you want to be lazy in?
 
agreed... much respect for any weight squatted to proper depth with intensity... i want so bad sometimes to help others do it right... but i have to bite my tounge unless someone asks me themselves... its sad because another kid was in there a while back, trainer had him on leg presses... i think around 500ish.. and i was squatting 365 next to him... trainer asked me if he could work in for a set... had the kid get under the bar i had set, minus the 25's so 315... he could barely walk it out... got down maybe 1/2 way struggling bad... i was scared the trainer was going to get this (big) kid hurt... once again, gold's gym in oakdale, ca... DONT use the trainers there... come find me,...
 
Hellawulf said:
So who else just kinda ignores the no chalk and no gym bag on floor rule? It's a gym! They ought to have chalk at the front desk if I need some!
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This trainer at my gym asked me not to use chalk. I said to him: If you don't get the f out of my face, I'll put you in my trunk. He got the idea I was not impressed with his request.
 
I still don't understand the no chalk thing. Guys can leave shit everywhere, dumbbells, bars weights on the floor. Guys drying their nuts with hand driers, shaving naked and grinding nuts on the counter, people with sweat problems leaving pools of body fluids on benches but you bust out some chalk and they wanna crack the whip?! Get the fuck outta here. Unless you take it and load it in your hand and blow it in the air like LeBron what's the harm? It amazes me the trainer and staff let all the other shit slide but that. That they won't and can't allow. Meanwhile there are two 8 year old kids on the floor running around using every weight machine in sight. With NO supervision.
 
DaBangEm said:
I still don't understand the no chalk thing. Guys can leave shit everywhere, dumbbells, bars weights on the floor. Guys drying their nuts with hand driers, shaving naked and grinding nuts on the counter, people with sweat problems leaving pools of body fluids on benches but you bust out some chalk and they wanna crack the whip?! Get the fuck outta here. Unless you take it and load it in your hand and blow it in the air like LeBron what's the harm? It amazes me the trainer and staff let all the other shit slide but that. That they won't and can't allow. Meanwhile there are two 8 year old kids on the floor running around using every weight machine in sight. With NO supervision.
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exactly why i love the golds i go to. theyres chalk all over half the barbells there and they even put out a chalk bucket. they have powerlifting competetions and whenever i forget my ipod i ask whoevers working to put hair nation on and theyre like yeah sure bro no problem.

youre never gonna go to a gym where everyone cleans up after themselves, ive given up on that, i just clean everything before i use it
 
the_alcatraz said:
This trainer at my gym asked me not to use chalk. I said to him: If you don't get the f out of my face, I'll put you in my trunk. He got the idea I was not impressed with his request.
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Holy shit thats the fucking best bro!!!!



Not being able to train right now, I still am at the gym everyday either doing cardio and/or training my son during his football off season.
Nothing has made me more irate lately than these couple groups of 3-5 early 20's dick wads that come in. Usually one of them is in pretty good shape then his buddies are skinny ass bags. They each do a set or two then they fucking stand there taking up half the free weight area leaning on shit and bullshitting for like 15 minutes. then they each do another set or two and start allover.
It pisses me off so much cause a) your an asshole b) your wasting your time b) your raping my eyes with your faggotry (no homophobic intended here) c) I cant train right now!!! So I get to sit here and watch you idiots train wrong and throw away gym time that they totally take for granted and dont give a shit about....god help them when I can train.
 
can't use chalk at my gym either, same reason you cannot juice.... cause you have nimrods that abuse it and don't clean up after themselves.

the best gym i've ever been to was my high school gym. it was dusty, chalk everywhere.. no shirt rule, grunting was allowed, yelling was allowed. you could drop the weights..
 
soyo13 said:
Or everybody knows these idiots...the guys who are like ^ feet tall weighing 190 lbs and walk like they cant keep their arms down because there extremely small lats are just to swole!! fuckin histerical when i see those dudes.
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This right here is one of my BIGGEST pet peeves. It drives me absolutely friggin nuts.

We've got this group of mexicans that come in and usually only flat bench. They MIGHT weigh 150 soaking wet and are like twigs. They usually get up to a whopping 185ish and literally move the bar MAYBE 4" and then lockout. It's hilarious and I laugh every time.
 
Doing pull-ups........
Do a set... taking my break under the bar........ and 2 guys come over (after watching me) right next to me and start doing pull-ups... WTF?
This would not have bothered me if they woulda said "hey man can i jump in"...
i seriously contemplated the consequeces of hitting them both in the jaw....... and telling them to have some dam manners... but i like this Gym
BTW there are 4 other Pull-up bars in the dam gym....
 
the guy in the gym that walks around in 1-3 week old dirty gym clothes and pretends he doesnt smell like rotting plants and fungus and uses the equipment and doesnt lay a towel down 1st... DAMMIT NASTY ASS
 
When I put up the gymnastic rings on the pull up bars eyerone adn there droper thinks they can do dips and muscle ups on it. It is hilarious to watch them come over after seeing me do 25 muscle ups, and they ask, " Hey can i try?" I politely tell em sure go ahead. I have yet to see one person who can manage to do a full dip on them, they usually spead them way out and fall to the ground. The muscleups are even more hilarious as they can pull up to parallel, but when the try to bend there wrist and push up they fall from the rings.

And then there is the guys who see me power clean and they try to do it and fall over!
 
I had an asshat experience this am. I workout at 6:15 everyday. Usually the same crowd there and can get through my workout pretty quickly, hit some cardio and roll. Well this am there is some old guy probably late 60's in there. I am like dam I hope i am still working out when I am his age. Long story short he starts supersetting between the smiths machine and the cables each on opposite sides of the gym. So I respectfully go over and work a set while he is on the Smiths. Put the weight back to where he had it the whole 9. Next thing I know he comes running over to me as if to let me know he is going to use both machines at the same time. To top matters off I try to go to the opposite side of the cable machine to continue with my set of rope push downs and as I am grabbing the rope and headed to the other side some chick walks right in front of me and just lays her hand up on the machine I need and starts gabbing to her girlfriend. Ok lets look at this. It is 6:15am. Tren running through my veins and trying my best to be polite. Have to say I let a Good God!!!! Slip and said it pretty loud due to the fact I had my I-pod blasting and I think the chick got the hint because she went back to the machines and went to gab outside of the free wieght room. Geez does any body have any gym etiquette anymore?
 
obsessedwliftin said:
I had an asshat experience this am. I workout at 6:15 everyday. Usually the same crowd there and can get through my workout pretty quickly, hit some cardio and roll. Well this am there is some old guy probably late 60's in there. I am like dam I hope i am still working out when I am his age. Long story short he starts supersetting between the smiths machine and the cables each on opposite sides of the gym. So I respectfully go over and work a set while he is on the Smiths. Put the weight back to where he had it the whole 9. Next thing I know he comes running over to me as if to let me know he is going to use both machines at the same time. To top matters off I try to go to the opposite side of the cable machine to continue with my set of rope push downs and as I am grabbing the rope and headed to the other side some chick walks right in front of me and just lays her hand up on the machine I need and starts gabbing to her girlfriend. Ok lets look at this. It is 6:15am. Tren running through my veins and trying my best to be polite. Have to say I let a Good God!!!! Slip and said it pretty loud due to the fact I had my I-pod blasting and I think the chick got the hint because she went back to the machines and went to gab outside of the free wieght room. Geez does any body have any gym etiquette anymore?
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Nope... every gym day.. i go to use equipment and i have to rack weights... Im gonna go the fuck off one of these days...
 
Two women in the squat rack next to me. Had 95 lbs on the bar and were doing some ridiculous partials and shit. The racks are tight so I wait until they clear away before I put my next set of plates on my bar. So I set up for my lift, and they stand right next to my bar just outside my rack and start talking about how great planet fitness is. Needless to say, I said fuck it and started the lift anyway. They got out of the way in lue of being knocked in the head with some plates...

Then to my left I have 3 idiots screaming at the kid on the seated OHP bench to get more reps like it was an Olympic event. The bar had a set of dime plates on it.
 
^^ People who have NO awareness at all of what's going on around them and stand in the dumbest places in the gym just amaze the hell out of me. I find myself all the time waiting for people to get out of the way of the obvious path of the barbell. Are you really that oblivious that you're standing right up against a squat rack/power cage that someone is actively using with several hundred pounds on the bar? lol...it's amazing.

Imagine how these people would fare in the wild..
 
Ok there's about 15 treadmills at my gym, but i think i'm the last person alive that actually runs on the things. They have nice flatscreens with 200 channels and i sometimes wonder if people cancelled their cable to save a buck and go to the gym to walk at a negligible pace and watch primetime tv. A few of them even have on street clothes...
If it wasn't 100 deg I'd of course be outside.
 
I was on vacation in Myrtle Beach and the gym I visited had a strict NO CELL PHONE policy. I actually saw a trainer explain the policy to someone using their phone. I HATE phones in the gym.

RD
 
The other day I was doing cable cross-overs, and a woman came up to me and said, "I need to use this equipment." I laughed in her face and told her to learn gym etiquette ,and wait your turn...Man, some folks think the world revolves around them.
 
ledhead said:
The other day I was doing cable cross-overs, and a woman came up to me and said, "I need to use this equipment." I laughed in her face and told her to learn gym etiquette ,and wait your turn...Man, some folks think the world revolves around them.
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That reminds me.... Not a gym story but a stupid bitch story.

I was with my daughter at the grocery store renting a movie at the red box (2 machines) we were pushing buttons reading etc and this fat bitch looks at my 12yo daughter with a impatient selfish expression, smakes her lips and says "I just have to return a movie" I just looked at her and told her in the most sarcastic way possible that as soon as were done you can do anything you like with the machine... When we got in the car my daughter told me if looks could kill I would of been dead haha
 
kid lay faceup on the leg curl machine the other day trying to do leg extensions... failing that he tryed doing reverse crunches on there lolol
 
lmao EM!!!!!!!!!!

and i second the fat PT one. new PT at my gym i saw this morning who was pretty overweight. just shook my head
 
That PT Certificate is a joke. I seen this one PT having this one women with a wide bottom squating. I sad to myself, real nice buddy, that's all she needs is a bigger ass. CLUELESS...
 
There is a young kid at my gym, maybe 19 or 20 who is massively large. He's really annoying walking around like he owns the place wearing a muscle tank top, always flexing in the mirror between sets. Always wears sweatpants but the other day he was there in shorts. Funniest thing I have ever seen. his legs are like bones with some skin around them. has obviously never done a leg exercise. you see that alot, but what would possess a guy to get so massively large in his upper body but never work his legs? it looks ridiculous. I mean people are free to workout as they want, i guess i just don't understand the mentality.

Also, whats with the guys in the tapout shirts or shorts shadow boxing in the mirror between sets?

The other day i'm at the gym and theres a group of 4 high school kids. one is talking to the others how he squatted 405 the other day and today he is going higher. looking at how skinny he is, I thought there was no way he could squat that much weight. sure enough, i watch them load up 405 with two guys spotting, he unracks doesn't even go a quarter of a way down, seriously there is barely a bend in his knee, and then stands upright. his friends start yelling how he owned that and they start to load more weight. I was finished with my workout and couldn't listen to anymore so i left.
 
csk1969 said:
There is a young kid at my gym, maybe 19 or 20 who is massively large. He's really annoying walking around like he owns the place wearing a muscle tank top, always flexing in the mirror between sets. Always wears sweatpants but the other day he was there in shorts. Funniest thing I have ever seen. his legs are like bones with some skin around them. has obviously never done a leg exercise. you see that alot, but what would possess a guy to get so massively large in his upper body but never work his legs? it looks ridiculous. I mean people are free to workout as they want, i guess i just don't understand the mentality.

Also, whats with the guys in the tapout shirts or shorts shadow boxing in the mirror between sets?

The other day i'm at the gym and theres a group of 4 high school kids. one is talking to the others how he squatted 405 the other day and today he is going higher. looking at how skinny he is, I thought there was no way he could squat that much weight. sure enough, i watch them load up 405 with two guys spotting, he unracks doesn't even go a quarter of a way down, seriously there is barely a bend in his knee, and then stands upright. his friends start yelling how he owned that and they start to load more weight. I was finished with my workout and couldn't listen to anymore so i left.
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Good damn post. Seen it all!!!!
 
speaking of quarter squats...
i currently lift at a Gold's... they have all these TV's on the walls, some playing espn etc... well the one that is in sink with the music changed from the music station to some kind of Gold's Gym training advice segment... squats... the dude demonstrating was using just horrible, knee destroying form... he didnt sit back, his knees went out waaay past his toes... his head positioning was off... he only went down a couple inches... to top it off he was only using the bar...
now the best part...
the trainer that ive had tell me 'oh, i could probably do that' when i was telling someone else about my squat workout (i believe it was somthing like 10sets of 3x365)... well he does his squats like the guy demonstrating on the tv... so i took the time to say out loud right by him, even so the whole gym could here... 'THAT AINT A SQUAT... HE ISNT EVEN MOVING THE WEIGHT BUT A FEW INCHES!!! WHAT A JOKE, THAT KIND OF ADVICE IS JUST GOING TO GET PEOPLE HURT"... :evil:
 
I hate the trainers at my gym. They get people doing the craziest exercises with ropes, cables, sleds, you name it. And only trainers have access to that stuff so they have to work out with them. These trainers are so dishonest I can't stand it.
 
True story today at the gym
::dude with douchy toe shoes walks by::
Me: Say, what w/ everyone wearing those stupid ass toe shoes around the gym?
Douch: They help me run faster and lift more.....
Me: Riiiiiiight

This is a 100% true story, and I see guys and gals every day at the gym wearing these "shoes" you all know what i'm talking about right, the paper thin shoes that have toes and shit...Now I don't doubt they may be good for running but this guy literally said he lifts more w/ them....did I mention he had tapout shirt on and walked around big and bad at his 5 10ish 175lb frame....moron!
 
Toe shoes are great for lifting.


Ideally you would be able to squat and deadlift barefoot. However, most gyms do not allow you to lift barefoot, so the toe shoes are the next best thing.

If you go from wearing normal running shoes, and put on those toe shoes you could add 20 lbs. to your deadlift.
 
It was douchebag central up there today.... the 100lb 16 year olds were sitting on both low row machines ,texting on their fuckin iphones for 20 minutes between sets...sets of pulling about with 40lbs with everything they got.

king of the douchbags is wearing his lime green cut off t-shirt to show off his fantastic tan and skinny soft arms...turning his head from side to side making a pssssst sound everytime he curls the 22lb dumbell .

Arnie wannabe is in the far corner trying to do skullcrushers with an easy bar that was loaded with 154lbs on ...nearly snaps his spine trying to squeeze out one rep..

The " abs are everything" morons then arrived in their clown car - and the circus was complete....

It was a conspiracy i tell ya.
 
miked8c said:
Toe shoes are great for lifting.


Ideally you would be able to squat and deadlift barefoot. However, most gyms do not allow you to lift barefoot, so the toe shoes are the next best thing.

If you go from wearing normal running shoes, and put on those toe shoes you could add 20 lbs. to your deadlift.
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If those queer looking Vibram five fingers will add 20lbs to my DL I would rock them!!! LMAO!
 
You'd be surprise. I came so close to buying a pair, and then realized that there is in fact a point where one must draw the line.
 
Dont do it boys....Dignity is more impotant , and you can kiss that good bye when you put them dorky fuckers on your feet...:sick:
 
C0LUMB0 said:
Dont do it boys....Dignity is more impotant , and you can kiss that good bye when you put them dorky fuckers on your feet...:sick:
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Bro there was one of those five finger wearing guys at my gym this am. He looked like his back was going to break if he stuck his chest out any further...LMAO By the look of your post sir looks like the Tren Ace is kicking in nicely!!!!LOL
 
No problem with the PT in my gym. and you know why??? They were both doing one part per day 5-6 days a week, i started for the first time the madcow 5x5, they were looking at me strange and you know the usual questions, no abs? no arm exercising? no front soulder movement the were sceptical that was 3 years ago. Now, they call me up every day to inform me about their improvement on the 5x5 hahahahahahahaah!!!!! I am getting more and more 5x5 freaks into the tribe so i deserve a little respect :)

The thing i enjoy most is that they realised that even if i am a skinny dude 177cm 170lbs but having a good body, i know my shit... they understand that reading and studying is giving you more results than just going under the bar and do whatever it comes in your mind..
 
Story #2, I was asked to spot this guy on the smith machine doing decline bench (the gym doesn't have a decline bench so a lot of the guys use the smith machine). It was loaded up with way more then this roid head could ever dream of lifting. He literally move the bear up and down like 3", I was like WTF is this guy doing. I stood there trying not to laugh and only helped him get the bar back to the top for the last "rep". He gets up and says "man, that sucked, I usually do more".

Lmfao for this reason I built my own (small) gym in my garden because some of the guys at the gym spent longer in the mirror than moving metal.. Anyway a kid ( 20 ) from a few houses down my street asked if he could start training with me as he was not "growing" yet his strength had improved on he was benching 110kg in his reps when we started training he did as you explained the 3" movement haa haa then I explained the importance of form and a full movement his bench dropped to 60kg four months he's chugged he listened as he is now up to a proper 80kg (30% improvement) and seeing the gains... Great post mate still laughing
 
At a different gym than I usually go to today and this guy almosy runs to the seated cable row and sits down and does the worst most rediculous form ive ever seen.. Then he starts talking to me and telling me how hes pretty big and his arms used to be way too huge until his body caught up lol.. Needles to say he was a skinny sligjtly muscular 17 year old lol

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The guys who come into the gym wearing trackies and a hoody... Blast out a few sets until they get a bit of a pump on then take off their hoody to reveal the tiniest vest!! Bellends!!!
 
Everyone hates the guy that curls in the squat rack - what about the guy that curls whilst straddling over the flat bench press...?

There was a guy in my gym doing it this morning and I couldn't help think of this thread!
 
Not sure if this is just my gym, but does anyone else experience the guys or women who decide to use a bench or piece of equipment they are not using to hold their keys, water bottle or towel? Happens all the time in my gym. went to use a bench yesterday and found a set of keys and water sitting on it. I waited thinking someone was using it, then i realized the guy they belonged to was curling 20 ft away!!
 
How about the orange Oompa Loompa looking Guido with 5 shirts on under his hoodie who spends the first half of his workout yappin' to his fellow goons a about the gear he almost scored and drinking a protein shake. When he's finally ready to throw down with the iron, he jumps on the bike for 10 minutes with an iPod earphone in one ear and a cellphone in the other, slowly peddlin' and yappin' into the phone about all the ass he's gonna get at the club that night ( because he's freakin' huge and ripped). When he's finally done ridin' in his mind the equivalent of the
Tour de France on the LifeCycle, he rips off the hoodie revealing an oversized thermal shirt and runs right for the bench. He throws on 225 for his warm up and goes to work proceeding to bust out 8 fast reps (no form and barely quarter reps, the last 2 of which he barely makes). When he's done, he jumPs up and immediately starts flexin' and posin' his pecs. About 5 minutes later he's ready to attack again, throwing another 45 on each side (of course looking around the gym the wh
 
Whole time to make sure all are witnessing his greatness. With weight in place he's ready for battle. He catches eyes with the quiet newbie doing curls in the corner and demands a spot. Not wanting any trouble, the kid obliges. Oompa Loompa slides under the bar writhing and breathing the whole time like he's goin' into labor. He arches his back and slams his feet up and down on the floor while instructing the poor kid on the finer points of spotting (all wrong of course). At last he's ready. With a count of three the bar goes poppin' off the rack (mostly due to the kids 200lb upright row) and our friend goes to work. Immediately the weight drops onto his chest and the newbie goes in to help. Oompa dismisses him with a grunt. He weighed and pushes until the weight makes it three quarters up then demands newbie's help. At this point the whole gym is watching not in amazement but horror at what's unfolding before them. In the silence Oompa cuts a fart while straining further adding to the comedy. It ends when the weight at last makes up onto the rack. Oompa jumps up now orange and purple with glassy eyes and admonishes the newbie for what he believes is a poor spot bnow Oompa sheds another layer now revealing an MMA t shirt from which his bloated tattooed forearms (shaved of course) stick. He starts his between set ritual once again of posing and strutting. He repeats the show 3 more times before wrapping up (his max was 335- all spotter) and grabbing another shake, stripping down to a string tank top (more dopey tattoos and zits) posing then leaving (again while on his cell phone). What a tool! Unfortunately their are more and more in the gym every week. That's why I finally gave up and invested in a fully stocked home gym. Very sad state for our sport and hobby.
 
Gotta say I love this thread , Gave me some laughs all day haha,

So today I m doing my benching and I look over to my left and see the three teens who are always at my gym flexing away and shadow boxing , one guy sits down , the other 2 each grab the 40 pound dumbbells for him , he does about 5 reps and I see his right arm start to give out, his right man spotter was looking the other way , the weight fell behind him nearly landing on this dudes foot ,
 
csk1969 said:
The other day i'm at the gym and theres a group of 4 high school kids. one is talking to the others how he squatted 405 the other day and today he is going higher. looking at how skinny he is, I thought there was no way he could squat that much weight. sure enough, i watch them load up 405 with two guys spotting, he unracks doesn't even go a quarter of a way down, seriously there is barely a bend in his knee, and then stands upright. his friends start yelling how he owned that and they start to load more weight. I was finished with my workout and couldn't listen to anymore so i left.
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Back in college, there was a dude that was always at the university gym. He was bragging about how much he could squat. One day, I happened to be in the gym while he was at the squat rack. I can't remember how much was on the bar, but it looked to be WAY TOO MUCH for his size. Curious, I sat and watched as he got under the bar, walked it out and proceed to bend his knees about 3 degrees. I'm not sure if the bar even moved up and down. He does a few more slight knee bends and racks the bar. Spends the next 5 minutes strutting around like he has 40" quads.

One day, I run into him at the dorm. He starts telling me how he was doing squats and his knee gave out and the bar and shit went everywhere. I tried to contain my laughter. What I would have done to see that.

After I got my new job, I found a large gym right between work and home. I literally drive right by it. "PERFECT!" I think as I have images of hitting the gym after work each day. I go in and get a 7 day trial pass. After a short (and rude) tour by one of the trainers, I head over to the free weights. I see a short Asian kid that probably isn't much more than 120lbs wearing an oversized shirt with the elongated holes where the sleeves would be. He struts around and then loads up the bar on the flat bench. Barely moves the bar up and down, gets up and starts flexing....

I warm up and decide that I should get a spot. Everywhere I turn, someone has earbuds in, staring into space. Not a very friendly place I see. I do a few sets and leave. The next week, I bought a bench, bar, tree, various plates and dumbbells up to 90lbs. Fuck the gym
 
C'mon people lets get this going again !!!
Today was hilarious , had the skinny dude in wife beater with chain and bracelet on flexing in mirror and doing endless curls .. Had the squat rack curlers taking up space for 30 minutes !! I just asked if I could do squats on the SQUAT rack.. He left right after hahah
 
Today after reading about twenty pages of the thread I went to the gym and got to work out next to orgasm lady. Every rep was accompanied with a moan that sounded like she was further on her way to climaxing and the last rep of each set sounded to me like she was about to roll over and light a cigarette. She also was wearing A LOT of perfume making it difficult to breathe properly when doing my workout.
 
It's funny after reading through this thread how much you start to notice everday your in the gym. Mike3600, i had the exact same experience last week with a woman working out near me and all i could smell was her perfume. why lather on the perfume before working out? a few other things Ive seen in the last couple of weeks:

2 skinny guys in the gym for the hour i was there doing nothing but bicep curls (barbell, dumbell, preacher and cable)

A guy using the smith machine with the collars on the bar (maybe there is something i dont know)

A guy doing 2 bench press half reps with 315 and a spotter, then moving up to 405 with two spotters and a quarter rep and claiming with excitement that it was the first time he got 405

A guy giving a lesson to his friend on why you should never do a bench press moving you arms lower then a 90 degree angle because you will blow out your shoulder
 
Was doing my Wendler 5 3 1 squats quietly with my hood up (dave tate style, elitefts hoody). Pretty big dude hits up the power rack adjacent to me, gets all psyched up, and puts a lousy 315 on the bar...collar to collar grip like he's some kind of basass, screaming at the top of his lungs...manages about 4-5 half squats. Then he dramatically lays on the ground like he just ass-to-grassed a triple bodyweight squat or some shit. Very disappointing. It's a miracle that he got so big with such shit lifts...
 
I was squating today, I have not had a training partner in years, so I know my limitations. Anyway, I was trying for 15 reps a set, the last few reps were a little tough but nothing that was going to paste me. This nerdy dude started to attempt to motivate me by yelling, "you can do it, explode, explode," everyone in the gym started to tune in and I got pissed because this dude was drawing attention to me. After my set I said, "if I want a fuckin' cheerleader I will go to the local high school and find one, stay the fuck away from me." Who in the world does stuff like that???
 
Hate it when I get alot of stares from people when lifting. I do alot of cleans, hang cleans, deadlifts, front squats,etc. People just look and act wierd, its a 24hour gym so alot of them I guess are ignorant. Funny thing is the gym has olympic lift 8*8 pad with the wood center and rubber on sides that i use. What do they think the damn thing is for? Also half the time damn kids all in the squat rack just playing around being stupid. Thats why I prefer to go at night.
 
I hate people that come into my gym that are bigger than me. Seriously what the fuck is the go with that?

Can't you see I'm working out here I don't need some meathead working out next to me making me look inferior.
 
This thread is hilarious, I've been reading through it for the last few days and gotten some good laughs... anyways I thought I'd chime in with some things I saw today at my local 24hr fitness.

First was two high school kids who were straddling a bench and using the BB to do "team curls..." now I don't have a problem with doing BB curls but go do it somewhere else so someone can actually use the bench (there were tons of extra BBs but the benches were all taken).

Next was 2 big guys who come in and go straight to the bench opposite me, don't do any warmup sets, and load 2 45lb plates on each side of the bar. Guy #1 bangs out a set of 7-8 reps, going down about 1/3 of the way (his upper arms weren't even parallel to the floor), then guy #2 does the same. They then proceed to put ANOTHER 45lb plate on each side of the bar, and each do a set of even worse 1/4 reps. I never really paid attention to other lifters at the gym, but after reading this thread I've started lookin around at people and realizing how ridiculous they can be. I thought guys on here were exaggerating about these dudes loading up the bar and doing 1/2-1/4 reps.... I was thinking "come on, maybe they're not doing full ROM but you perfectionists are probably just blowing it out of proportion." But these guys were literally moving the bar like 4", I couldn't believe my eyes. This was of course followed by the "I own you" look and some light mirror flexing.

To make things worse, there weren't many people in the weight room so I had to ask one of them for a spot on my last set of BB bench. I ask him not to touch the bar until I say, then on my 8th rep I hit a sticking point and say "spot." The guy grabs the bar and heaves it into the rack, doing 100% of the work for me. Frustrating to say the least. Now, I'm only using 135lb, but I'm bringing the bar all the way to my xiphoid process and pausing for a second before pressing it up. And these guys have the nerve to be whispering and smirking at the pussy who asked one of them to spot him on such light weight.

Lastly was the resident 60 year old eastern European dude who had just gotten out of the showers and was butt naked, whipping his wet towel back and forth around his torso so that it slapped his back. I would've thought he was drying himself off but both he and the towel were soaking wet, so I'm not sure what he thought he was accomplishing (maybe some kind of special Estonian stretch). My locker was on the other side of his, so I politely say "Excuse me" and try to slink by him, hugging the lockers like I was the "man on a ledge." He had paused his towel-spinning so I assumed he was letting me by, but then as I pass him he continues and smacks me right in the arm and stomach with his gross wet towel. I really hope it was just water from the shower... I think I need to find a new gym...
 
This is just hillarious... Ledhead if I had someone cheering me on like that I'd throw the weights at them.. explode??? what I though you said unload???

Anyhow my moron story.. I was on the leg press... I'm slowly but surely adding weight over my workouts and I was up to 133kg or whatever but it involved having a few little weights on the bar.

I just finished my last rep and a guy walks up and said he'd like to use the press.. just leave the weights on.. the way he said "leave the weights on" had attitude..

I said ok and while standing up I caught sight of his matchstick legs which are half the size of mine, then I had a closer look at his head.. he kind of reminded me of the short guy off police academy.. the one whos wife jumped on the bonnet of the car.. but without the glasses.

He took my small weights off and started to load 50kg to the bar.. bringing his first set to 150kg (330 pounds)

I'm staring.. I'm not sure weather he's going to be crushed by the weight.. or if he will do it.. anyhow I couldn't look away..

He releases the weight and proceeds to bend his knees 10 degrees if that, and pumps out eight reps..

I'm thinking WTF.. and then springs up like he's a god and adds another 25kg each side bringing it to 200kg and proceeded to do the same but with less angle.. I couldn't look anymore

I saw him later strutting around like he owned the gym.. and what's worse he saw me looking at him in bewilderment and I'm sure that he thinks I was impressed and that would be jelly at his "amazing strength"
 
Yeah let's get this thread going again !!! Today at my YMCA gym it was very entertaining ..First of all there's this younger pretty muscular dude on the smith machine, he loaded on 3 plates per side .. Sets up like he is going to do squats but does this humping motion for 2 minutes ??? Strengthening his lower back ???lmao .. I have no clue ... Next to me we're 2 teenagers doing team curls but they were actually throwing the bar back and forth !!! I mean it only had on 15 pounds but WTF ?? They would grunt every time they caught it too !! Morons make my day entertaining to say the least!
 
Great thread, very entertaining! My gym is very small but still plenty of morons. Firstly I've never seen so many "tank top bodybuilders" these guys have well developed upper bodies with the skinniest legs you ever saw! Their idea of training legs is a few unweighted lunges. They spend ages doing flyes and smith machine presses, DB and BB curls etc but seem to shy away from free weight bench presses. At least they don't hog the squat rack for curling!

Then there are the big fat guys who love telling me they're doing high rep low weight curls or whatever to "rip the muscles up, get better definition" I don't have the heart to tell 'em they can do as many as they like but they'll never see any definition until they get their fat asses on the treadmill for a good few months!

There's also the "snakey snails" as I call 'em, doing barbell rows they jerk their entire back to get the weight up, from a nearly fully flexed spine till they're nearly upright! God knows how they haven't done serious damage to their backs, prolly cos they seem to think 35kg (77lbs) is a lot! Same guys try their hand at deadlifts (at least they're doing them I suppose) again flexed spine to start with and plenty of bouncing during the set and hardly any leg movement!

And of course my personal favs, the wannabe martial artists! These guys will spend an hour on the only punch bag in the gym tapping it with the worst technique I've ever seen for about 20 seconds at a time, slapping each other on the back and telling anyone who'll listen (and most who won't) about what belts they've got or championships they recently won! They don't bother when I'm there anymore, one day I decided to show 'em what a real punch looks like! One single jab and the bag jumped 5 times as much as when these guys were hitting it as hard as they could! Now I see 'em arriving just as I'm done.
 
Most of this shit is why I work out at home. Forget the fact the closest gym is a 20+ minute drive one way for me. I like working out without being watched. And I have ZERO tolerance for dudes who try to act alpha over me. Zero. I have the philosophy to treat everyone equal and like I would want to be treated. So, being as I am an easy going guy, I fucking snap if someone acts like a dick to me. I think it's because I used to put up with it for too long lol.

Therefor, I work out at home.

BTW, I realize I don't have all the equipment like a gym has, but it's just my preference.
 
RachelM said:
This is just hillarious... Ledhead if I had someone cheering me on like that I'd throw the weights at them.. explode??? what I though you said unload???

Anyhow my moron story.. I was on the leg press... I'm slowly but surely adding weight over my workouts and I was up to 133kg or whatever but it involved having a few little weights on the bar.

I just finished my last rep and a guy walks up and said he'd like to use the press.. just leave the weights on.. the way he said "leave the weights on" had attitude..

I said ok and while standing up I caught sight of his matchstick legs which are half the size of mine, then I had a closer look at his head.. he kind of reminded me of the short guy off police academy.. the one whos wife jumped on the bonnet of the car.. but without the glasses.

He took my small weights off and started to load 50kg to the bar.. bringing his first set to 150kg (330 pounds)

I'm staring.. I'm not sure weather he's going to be crushed by the weight.. or if he will do it.. anyhow I couldn't look away..

He releases the weight and proceeds to bend his knees 10 degrees if that, and pumps out eight reps..

I'm thinking WTF.. and then springs up like he's a god and adds another 25kg each side bringing it to 200kg and proceeded to do the same but with less angle.. I couldn't look anymore

I saw him later strutting around like he owned the gym.. and what's worse he saw me looking at him in bewilderment and I'm sure that he thinks I was impressed and that would be jelly at his "amazing strength"
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Trust me, he was close to getting assaulted in some manner...

Oh, I am sure he thought you were impressed. What a dweeb!! You should have laughed in his face!
 
Today whilst banging out some pull ups, this new bloke comes in, sees a mate of mine pushing his last few reps out on the bench and just goes over to him and starts shouting "yeah keep it up buddy! You can do it! Push that fucker"! Etc etc.. my mate nearly dropped the bar laughing! Sure he meant well but you just don't go doing that shit to peeps you don't know!
 
ledhead said:
Trust me, he was close to getting assaulted in some manner...

Oh, I am sure he thought you were impressed. What a dweeb!! You should have laughed in his face!
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Tell me about it..

I wished Sweetchuck (that's the police academy guys name) had the balls to come over to ask me out.. now that would be funny, I would have marched him back to the leg press and made him do the full range of movement.. and watch him crumble. :evil:
 
wow these are some horror stories. best thing is find a gym that doesn't have many people and go there when its not packed. get a small group of guys who are regulars to get to know that you trust to spot you and just listen to your MP3 and ignore everything else (except the hotties)
 
RachelM said:
Tell me about it..

I wished Sweetchuck (that's the police academy guys name) had the balls to come over to ask me out.. now that would be funny, I would have marched him back to the leg press and made him do the full range of movement.. and watch him crumble. :evil:
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Lol. You go girl..
 
stevesmi said:
wow these are some horror stories. best thing is find a gym that doesn't have many people and go there when its not packed. get a small group of guys who are regulars to get to know that you trust to spot you and just listen to your MP3 and ignore everything else (except the hotties)
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Lol. I agree with your post. However, at this juncture of the game proximity is everything to me. I really do not want to drive 20 min. to workout when there is a gym 2 minutes from my house. Although, it is tempting considering my gym is loaded with people who are 50 and over. Sometimes I think I am at a Lawrence Welk convention.
 
The last gym I went to had a lot of over 50's as well, you run for ten minutes on treadmill and everyone thinks your a champion runner.
The one I'm at now is smallish, generally quiet, but from time to time you get a moron.. they infiltrate everywhere
 
RachelM said:
The last gym I went to had a lot of over 50's as well, you run for ten minutes on treadmill and everyone thinks your a champion runner.
The one I'm at now is smallish, generally quiet, but from time to time you get a moron.. they infiltrate everywhere
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I love going to a gym that smells like a Bengay factory. I love it especially when I am supersetting and gasping for air and take a deep breath then my nostrils feel like they are on fire.
 
Makes you feel alive.. doesn't it?? Ha ha ha

Mine was Old Spice.. I can picture them dousing themselves in it prior, not just a dab, but a pouring it over themselves.. sometimes it was eyewatering
 
Minimal nonsense at the gym tonight except for the annoying owner who wants people to to change their shoes before entering the gym area. I am like wtf, I feel like I am at a Japanese restaurant.
 
the other day i was in the gym. I was looking to do deadlifts. Theres three racks in the place. 2 smith racks which people are squatting on and another rack.

Wouldnt you know it,...there's a guy doing reverse forearm curls in the rack. This guys walks around all intense and slow like the lactic acid is filling his entire body. I go over to him and ask him "how many more sets you got?" He looks at me all annoyed, takes his ear bud out and goes "2,...why?". I said "why?... because I thought these racks were supposed to be used for squats and deadlifts and I was hoping to do some deadlifts. you finish your forearm curls though".

Of course I sat on the bench about 10 from the rack and waited. he did 1 more set and said "all yours man."

Christ.
 
flabbyguy said:
the other day i was in the gym. I was looking to do deadlifts. Theres three racks in the place. 2 smith racks which people are squatting on and another rack.

Wouldnt you know it,...there's a guy doing reverse forearm curls in the rack. This guys walks around all intense and slow like the lactic acid is filling his entire body. I go over to him and ask him "how many more sets you got?" He looks at me all annoyed, takes his ear bud out and goes "2,...why?". I said "why?... because I thought these racks were supposed to be used for squats and deadlifts and I was hoping to do some deadlifts. you finish your forearm curls though".

Of course I sat on the bench about 10 from the rack and waited. he did 1 more set and said "all yours man."

Christ.
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There should be a law against curling in a squat rack. If you can lift the bar off the ground or the rack to curl it your biceps are the least of your worries.

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dabangem said:
what i don't get is, is this really the place to cut corners and be lazy? Because that's exactly what it is. I started a thread similar to this one before i knew it existed about lazy people at the gym. It's like having an escalator instead of stairs to come in. Or those people that fight for front row parking at the gym. Really? Wtf?
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:d
 
While I was at the gym today absolutely destroying my shoulders and traps I witnessed something very comical.. This dumbass is doing dips with his buddy and after a set I hear him say "Fuk this im going heavy".. He then proceeds to get the chain and put a dime on it...Walks around the gym with the chain and little dime dangling with his chest puffed up and his arms real far out from his sides like hes got 22in arms (when their really like 15in) When he finally starts his set he grunts and screams like hes going for a new world record.. He manages about 6 or 7 reps then walks around the gym again like billy bad ass.. I swear I think he has hisself convinced hes the shit.
 
That is some funny shit! Dude im sorry but I go to an old school gym and dude would've gotten laughed out of the place by everyone in there. I mean there are chics in my gym doing wide grip pullups with more weight than that. Lmao wow.

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I had a boner once in gym shorts after seening a super hot chick working out infront of me.
I had to sit on the bench and think of dead puppies and my exwife to get it to go away.

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crixus said:
While I was at the gym today absolutely destroying my shoulders and traps I witnessed something very comical.. This dumbass is doing dips with his buddy and after a set I hear him say "Fuk this im going heavy".. He then proceeds to get the chain and put a dime on it...Walks around the gym with the chain and little dime dangling with his chest puffed up and his arms real far out from his sides like hes got 22in arms (when their really like 15in) When he finally starts his set he grunts and screams like hes going for a new world record.. He manages about 6 or 7 reps then walks around the gym again like billy bad ass.. I swear I think he has hisself convinced hes the shit.
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I believe every bit, gyms for some odd reason draw the biggest weirdos in the world..
 
OWL its pathetic I know bro, but unfortunately for me my gym options are very slim.. The gym I go to is within walking distance which makes it very nice, the next closest one is 30m away.. If it wasnt for that I would have been long gone lol.. While im thinking about it were do we draw the line as far as adding weight to chains for dips and pulls/chins? If you cant do atleast a plate done bother? Im referring to guys btw not females

ledhead I know man right lol.. I wanted to pull him to the side and tell him hes embarrasing himself, but I dont think he would understand it
 
crixus said:
OWL its pathetic I know bro, but unfortunately for me my gym options are very slim.. The gym I go to is within walking distance which makes it very nice, the next closest one is 30m away.. If it wasnt for that I would have been long gone lol.. While im thinking about it were do we draw the line as far as adding weight to chains for dips and pulls/chins? If you cant do atleast a plate done bother? Im referring to guys btw not females

ledhead I know man right lol.. I wanted to pull him to the side and tell him hes embarrasing himself, but I dont think he would understand it
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Lol. Look bro, I am 40 yrs old, I been in this game for over 20 yrs, I stopped pulling people aside and giving them advise over 10 yrs ago because they do not want to hear it. It is a waste of time to advise people in the gym. My philosophy is that if you give people enough rope they will eventually hang themselves. Whoever he is he will eventually try something heroic and get pasted and when that happens make sure you laugh in his face.

I am in the same boat as you, the gym I belong to is a 2 min. drive and the next nearest gym is a 20 min. drive, sooo I have to suck up the retardness...
 
lmao man I cant wait for that day! Im going to shout "Hey everyone point and laugh at the dumbass!" haha.. yea man it sucks but better to suck it up and save gas.. unfortunately im not wealthy
 
ledhead said:
Lol. Look bro, I am 40 yrs old, I been in this game for over 20 yrs, I stopped pulling people aside and giving them advise over 10 yrs ago because they do not want to hear it. It is a waste of time to advise people in the gym. My philosophy is that if you give people enough rope they will eventually hang themselves. Whoever he is he will eventually try something heroic and get pasted and when that happens make sure you laugh in his face.

I am in the same boat as you, the gym I belong to is a 2 min. drive and the next nearest gym is a 20 min. drive, sooo I have to suck up the retardness...
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Couldn't agree more. No one wants to be given tips, it's like they sign out an extra big ego the moment they enter the gym. Besides, do someone a favour and you owe them for life...
 
Another Mickey Mouse incident at the gym tonight. This old dude decided to leave his water bottle and towel on a bench I wanted to use, then he proceeded to use another machine. I asked him, "is this your stuff on the bench because I want to use this bench," he said, "yes," and then just looked at me without removing his items. I guess he thought I was going to remove his stuff. I said, "could you remove your stuff because I do not like touching other people's stuff." He said, "it won't hurt you," then he removed his items. I thought, what an asshole, no gym etiquette at all. I felt like asking him if he wanted me to lift his weights for him, unbelievable!
 
I hate that also. People using the equipment as coat racks etc. I just hate the people that think it is their own gym and take up way too much space. The people in the locker room that lay out their bags and clothes all over the benches in front of your locker then go into the sauna for a half hour.

The people that try to reserve several pieces of equipment at once by placing their towel on it while they do other stuff and then only using the equipment every 15 minutes or so.
 
Led, I just put their shit on the floor and if they say anything go 'shit, then what are u paying me for?' I also hate the fucktards that talk 90% of the time and lift 10%. Makes no sense to me. People talking on their cellphones. People that stand 1 ft away from u while ur trying to lift.....

Luckily I can intmidate most people but the ones I can't I just let loose w/ the gas. After I've cropdusted an area very few people stick around.

I seriously try to be nice but when people are inconsiderate, just sit on a machine or bench forever while barely using it, never rack their weights or sit and babble w/ their friends mere inches from u while ur trying to kill it.....well, it makes one consider some serious beatdowns.

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I have spotted a new moron at my gym. Well its a new type of moron anyway. They look like a kangaroo while doing thier set. There is so much hopping and jumping during the whole set I cant stand to watch it. They even do arm curls like that. lol, I dont know what to think about it.
 
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