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

[Tweakle]

that reminds me of the girl in full makeup, sports bra and tiny tiny bootyshorts who was draped over the hyper bench last night for most of my workout, bending sloooooowly over to show the gym her camel toe... then doing some stretches for those hams followed by what seemed like an hour of lying leg curls.

While I enjoyed very much staring at her goodies, and made comments to my training partner about being able to lip read & that I expected him to wear a pair of shorts like that for leg day next week, I'm wondering if I did a bad thing? She left very quickly and didn't come back much to my distress.

 

[fortunatesun]

I guess this isn't exactly the work of a moron, but...

At the gym today I peered over and spotted some guy with his Flyer's jacket on, sort of attempting a 225 deadlift INSIDE of a squat rack. No, he wasn't using the pins or the rack itself, the bar was on the floor, inside the rack. I didn't quite understand it.

When the bar is on the floor, it lowers your center of gravity, making the first part of the lift harder. He's working his weak point, so when he does a normal deadlift, hopefully getting it off the floor won't hold him back. Sometimes a gym will have a seperate platform for you to stand on when doing deadlifts off the floor.

 

[silver_shadow]

that reminds me of the girl in full makeup, sports bra and tiny tiny bootyshorts who was draped over the hyper bench last night for most of my workout, bending sloooooowly over to show the gym her camel toe... then doing some stretches for those hams followed by what seemed like an hour of lying leg curls.

While I enjoyed very much staring at her goodies, and made comments to my training partner about being able to lip read & that I expected him to wear a pair of shorts like that for leg day next week, I'm wondering if I did a bad thing? She left very quickly and didn't come back much to my distress.

well, if a chick shows off her pretty camel toe, then she obviously likes attention so i see nothing wrong in that.

 

[vin01]

I guess this isn't exactly the work of a moron, but...

At the gym today I peered over and spotted some guy with his Flyer's jacket on, sort of attempting a 225 deadlift INSIDE of a squat rack. No, he wasn't using the pins or the rack itself, the bar was on the floor, inside the rack. I didn't quite understand it.

Sometimes I deadlift inside the squat rack.. What's the big deal? I am like one of 3 people at my gym who use the rack. It is much easier to set up inside the rack then outside...

 

[Jim Ouini]

that reminds me of the girl in full makeup, sports bra and tiny tiny bootyshorts who was draped over the hyper bench last night for most of my workout, bending sloooooowly over to show the gym her camel toe... then doing some stretches for those hams followed by what seemed like an hour of lying leg curls.

While I enjoyed very much staring at her goodies, and made comments to my training partner about being able to lip read & that I expected him to wear a pair of shorts like that for leg day next week, I'm wondering if I did a bad thing? She left very quickly and didn't come back much to my distress.

Every gym must have one of these. At the 24hr Fitness I used to lift at there was a woman who looked like a poor man's Pam Anderson, except her face was a bit 'Lincoln-esque'. She'd mostly wear things like a neon orange bra and a thong, basically. One day she decided to go with the farmer's daughter look: checkered bra, denim daisy dukes and pigtails.

Exercises primarily consisting of bent over cable cross overs, bent over dumbell rows, bent over stiff legged deads, bent over fly's, bent over curls. Usually a pack of guys would be following her around the gym as she moaned and groaned through every rep.

A couple ladies actually complained to gym management and she was asked to tone it down. So for awhile she complied but she couldn't help herself I guess and a few weeks later it was same ole' same ole'. One guy came up to me and asked me what was up with her because he was offended, muttering something about having 'six kids for crissakes' lol

She talked to me once but she got me confused with some other Asian guy.

 

[*Bunny*]

Exercises primarily consisting of bent over cable cross overs, bent over dumbell rows, bent over stiff legged deads, bent over fly's, bent over curls. Usually a pack of guys would be following her around the gym as she moaned and groaned through every rep.

At least she was lifting some weights & not cardio queenin' it up ...
Wait, WAS she lifting some 'weight' ... excess of 5-10 lbs?


lmao at the farm outfit ... wtf

 

[Tweakle]

Gotta love the groaners! One chica in my bally would drape herself over a swiss ball in the middle of the gym , make a raunchy sex face & start groaning on every rep of crunches or back raises.. it was AWESOME. Of course that was in a 95% gay gym so I was the only guy who found it fascinating to watch and listen to

 

[Jim Ouini]

At least she was lifting some weights & not cardio queenin' it up ...
Wait, WAS she lifting some 'weight' ... excess of 5-10 lbs?


lmao at the farm outfit ... wtf

Oh yeah. Good lifter I must say. She could also pump out 8-10 BW wide grip pullups. Although I'm sure she's still working on a way to do them bent over...

I was warming up on the treadmill once and she walked by and stopped to talk to the woman next to me, complaining that she was 'up to 112lbs'. I thought the non-112lb woman was going to cry

it was AWESOME

lol

 

[djeclipse]

I like the way this thread has turned. It went form Morons at the gym to hot chicks in tight clothes looking for attention doing things bent over... perfect!

We have a few of those at our gym and it really makes the work outs that much more enjoyable.

 

[*Bunny*]

You guys are great lol.

I thought of something I simply cannot stand ... I need to know this ... WHY do men wear spandex? WHY?

Not under your shorts or pants, but full blown skin tight spandex? What is this appeal of the material? NO it does NOT flatter your package and it does not look good. If you're a cyclist that's cool, but please get out of my weightroom with these things ... good lawd ... Who wears em? I was going to start a poll b/c the # of men I see in these friggin things is doubling

 

[Jim Ouini]

You guys are great lol.

I thought of something I simply cannot stand ... I need to know this ... WHY do men wear spandex? WHY?

Not under your shorts or pants, but full blown skin tight spandex? What is this appeal of the material? NO it does NOT flatter your package and it does not look good. If you're a cyclist that's cool, but please get out of my weightroom with these things ... good lawd ... Who wears em? I was going to start a poll b/c the # of men I see in these friggin things is doubling

First of all, I'd like to state that I actually DO lift when I go to the gym, I just don't go and look around observing people

That being said, there was this guy at the same 24hr who used to wear the light gray cotton bike shorts. Oh my. So tight you could tell what religion he was, as we used to say.

That place was real freakshow now that I come to think of it.

 

[djeclipse]

You guys are great lol.

I thought of something I simply cannot stand ... I need to know this ... WHY do men wear spandex? WHY?

Not under your shorts or pants, but full blown skin tight spandex? What is this appeal of the material? NO it does NOT flatter your package and it does not look good. If you're a cyclist that's cool, but please get out of my weightroom with these things ... good lawd ... Who wears em? I was going to start a poll b/c the # of men I see in these friggin things is doubling

I wear the same spandex that White Goodman has in the movie Dodgeball, pump up and everything

 

[Canadian Iron]

I thought of something I simply cannot stand ... I need to know this ... WHY do men wear spandex? WHY?

Thanks for reminding me of this guy I saw at the gym wearing spandex on the weekend.

Picture a cross between an aging hippie and Richard Simmons. Long scraggly grey hair, sleeveless shirt, and spandex biking shorts.
What made this guy unique besides his outfit was his workout "routine". Basically he was jogging around the gym between stations, then every minute or so he would stop and run on one speat really quickly in tune with the music. It looked like he was auditioning for flashdance. He was doing it right in front of the power rack so I waited for him to jog away before I started using it.

 

[*Bunny*]

.. it was AWESOME.

I pictured chris farely saying this when i read your post lol ... i bet it was

First of all, I'd like to state that I actually DO lift when I go to the gym, I just don't go and look around observing people

I know Good thing I'm not one of the smart asses who'd say, " I'm too busy working out to notice this shit..."

I wear the same spandex that White Goodman has in the movie Dodgeball, pump up and everything

Thanks ... "I just threw up in my mouth a little bit."

Then every minute or so he would stop and run on one speat really quickly in tune with the music. It looked like he was auditioning for flashdance. He was doing it right in front of the power rack so I waited for him to jog away before I started using it.

lmao

 

[treilin]

I like the way this thread has turned. It went form Morons at the gym to hot chicks in tight clothes looking for attention doing things bent over... perfect!

We have a few of those at our gym and it really makes the work outs that much more enjoyable.

Yeah well you can thank me for that one! And no I don't do bent over stuff on purpose and NO I'm not looking for the guy to stare at my stuff!

 

[*Bunny*]

Well not sure if I'm a moron but I'm telling you guys anyway b/c I think it's funny ... Today was leg day at the gym.

I don't wear shorts really ever and try to stay somewhat covered (it depends). SO I wear a pair of tight pants with a comfy loose pair over them, Zipper side on the bottom so they're not tapered.

Set up to do a few warm up reps with the bar & squatted to the floor. I had my IPOD on I guess a little to loud b/c the first few warm ups I could feel a seam splitting ... I turned off the IPOD, squated again and could HEAR the seams pop some more ... and so could anyone in my vacinity for that matter. I re-racked the bar & decided the top layer must come off, so I pulled my pants down and stomped 'em off.

When I turned around, lol, I think the guy behind me with his mouth open realized I DID have pants on underneath and kinda shook his head (as in 'to snap out of it') and finished his rows... I did have my personal best leg day today though

 

[PolfaJelfa]

^
Funny stuff with those pants.

What i realy hate in the gym is people walking around as if they are GOD. Like they are carying watermelons under theur arms. Ussualy its the 170 lb club kids too with the spiked up hair who talk on the cell phone. I dont even react anymore.
On the positive side the 5 gallon water jug seems to be going out of fashion lately...although the sandals are comming back for spring break fashion. I guess some ups and downs. Oh did i forget the guy who looks at what you are doing...then decides he should do more...just because you are doing an excercise..doesent matter that the guy is usign his whole body weight and not even doing the damn thing 2". He must show you HE IS BOSS. And my favorite is the wolf gang....the bastrds who train in packs like wolves.... damn morons...I think somone already wrote a thead about these guys..here on elite....he put it perfectly...." they can readily be found by the bench press area"

Ok my vent is done.

 

[alex2678]

I love it how some guys see a woman training and automatically think they're stronger. 2 or 3 days a month, usually on Sunday, I workout with one of the female trainers from my gym if she has the day off. She's competed in everything from bodybuilding to powerlifting to more recently fitness comps. I can't count the number of times in the last few years where she finished her last set of leg presses and some kid (or grown adult) hops on the sled with the same weight that she was using and ends up getting his knees slammed up against his chest....And the look of shock on his face when he's standing back up making sure nobody saw him is priceless.

 

[rick_hfh]

Must HAve More!!!!

 

[DZLS]

seen guys waiting in line to use the Smith machine today to bench press...

and then a couple of morons were overhead pressing (barely) in the ONLY squat cage in the gym...

 

[silver_shadow]

^
Funny stuff with those pants.

What i realy hate in the gym is people walking around as if they are GOD. Like they are carying watermelons under theur arms. Ussualy its the 170 lb club kids too with the spiked up hair who talk on the cell phone. I dont even react anymore.
On the positive side the 5 gallon water jug seems to be going out of fashion lately...although the sandals are comming back for spring break fashion. I guess some ups and downs. Oh did i forget the guy who looks at what you are doing...then decides he should do more...just because you are doing an excercise..doesent matter that the guy is usign his whole body weight and not even doing the damn thing 2". He must show you HE IS BOSS. And my favorite is the wolf gang....the bastrds who train in packs like wolves.... damn morons...I think somone already wrote a thead about these guys..here on elite....he put it perfectly...." they can readily be found by the bench press area"

Ok my vent is done.

ROFL @ the wolf gang.
add 2 more morons to list:
1) the other day i was deadlifting. now, i seem to be the only guy in the gym who does DLs and definitely the only one who does cleans and good mornings and squats 3x wk. so anyway i've got up to 315 and am going along nicely when this skinny mother fucker looks at me, smirks and tells his friend "he thinks he's a weightlifter or something". now a few days earlier i remember stumbling across some lesser known forum similar to EF where some guy was raving about a video of ronnie pulling i think 800. now that is obviously pretty fuckin impressive. then some asshole joins in and says something like "you guys don't know a thing about weightlifting, he pulled it only half way; you obviously know very little about olympic lifts"! anyway, cut back to the present and i remembered the idiot on that forum and it occurs to me that mr know-it-all too obviously thought the same. so anyway a little while later some other guy sees him doing the 20th different curl variation and asks him "so you only do biceps?" and he says "yea, the chicks can only see my arms!"
2) we have a separate aerobics room. outside of the few hours when there is aerobics going on, it's empty and obviously nice and open and a few guys stretch before their workouts. so there was this fat guy who had taken a bar into the aerobics room and was doing some weird stretches with it. so he holds the bar about shoulder width apart and brings it right over his head with his arms outstretched. then he proceeds to bend from side to side. before he could finish one rep, the bar knocks a tubelight off the ceiling, it comes crashing down onto him, then on the floor and breaks up. it made a pretty loud sound and i went running in to see what had happened. so this guy was looking around sheepishly and trying to hide the mess when the owner came running in. the owner is a pretty mild mannered guy and he calmly told the moron to run out and buy another.

 

[momsgettinfit]

OOOO I got another one for ya'll.

Ok there is this guy that is at the gym on a regular basis. Well the other night I noticed b/c before I just kind of ignored him. Well this dude is in the arobic shorts or running shorts you know the ones that are really short kind of cut on the sides and loose in the legs he will wear these with a wife beater. Ok so he runs then gets off the treadmill and starts to stretch no biggie even though most people go to the arobic room to do this. Well I noticed the was stretching and a showing his ass when he bent way over and holding the stretch. Then he proceeds to lift his legs up to stretch and shows his balls. I'm OMG! Then it gets worse. HE does the bench press ok no biggie right. Well this gym has 4 flat benches he gets on the only one that is facing the rest of the gym where the cardio and nautilus machine are and proceeds to do his sets with his legs on the floor and spread in those shorts with the tip of his johnson peaking out to say hello!

Not that I enjoyed looking not my type but damn it was so freaken obvious!!! NASTY!

 

[treilin]

Well I was at the gym on friday and the Michigan State University football kicker was in there doing I guess you would call them deadlifts. His form was Soooooo bad. His back was bent like a McDonlad golden arch when he went down and not only that he was doing like a 1 sec concentric, 1 sec eccentric rep. I have no idea where the heck their physical training coach is for those guys but they are going to lose their kicker if he keeps that up. I couldn't look any more because it was hurting my back just watching him.

 

[treilin]

OOOO I got another one for ya'll.

Ok there is this guy that is at the gym on a regular basis. Well the other night I noticed b/c before I just kind of ignored him. Well this dude is in the arobic shorts or running shorts you know the ones that are really short kind of cut on the sides and loose in the legs he will wear these with a wife beater. Ok so he runs then gets off the treadmill and starts to stretch no biggie even though most people go to the arobic room to do this. Well I noticed the was stretching and a showing his ass when he bent way over and holding the stretch. Then he proceeds to lift his legs up to stretch and shows his balls. I'm OMG! Then it gets worse. HE does the bench press ok no biggie right. Well this gym has 4 flat benches he gets on the only one that is facing the rest of the gym where the cardio and nautilus machine are and proceeds to do his sets with his legs on the floor and spread in those shorts with the tip of his johnson peaking out to say hello!

Not that I enjoyed looking not my type but damn it was so freaken obvious!!! NASTY!

OHHH MY WORD!!!!

 

[momsgettinfit]

Well I was at the gym on friday and the Michigan State University football kicker was in there doing I guess you would call them deadlifts. His form was Soooooo bad. His back was bent like a McDonlad golden arch when he went down and not only that he was doing like a 1 sec concentric, 1 sec eccentric rep. I have no idea where the heck their physical training coach is for those guys but they are going to lose their kicker if he keeps that up. I couldn't look any more because it was hurting my back just watching him.

Oh ouch. He's gonna wish he did things correctily one of these days.

 

[silver_shadow]

Oh ouch. He's gonna wish he did things correctily one of these days.

funny thing is that he should have at least figured out on his own with all the pain and the dangerous "arch" that he was doing something really wrong.

 

[momsgettinfit]

funny thing is that he should have at least figured out on his own with all the pain and the dangerous "arch" that he was doing something really wrong.

He's probably to stupid to know the difference between good pain and bad!

 

[Jim Ouini]

You ladies complain about the tight spandex biking shorts, and then when we try to appease and wear something loose you're still unhappy

 

[Jim Ouini]

Well I was at the gym on friday and the Michigan State University football kicker was in there doing I guess you would call them deadlifts. His form was Soooooo bad. His back was bent like a McDonlad golden arch when he went down and not only that he was doing like a 1 sec concentric, 1 sec eccentric rep. I have no idea where the heck their physical training coach is for those guys but they are going to lose their kicker if he keeps that up. I couldn't look any more because it was hurting my back just watching him.

Well he's only a kicker, it's not like he's a real athlete or anything

 

[*Bunny*]

You ladies complain about the tight spandex biking shorts, and then when we try to appease and wear something loose you're still unhappy

dood coulda at least wore underwear or something. I told her she should have walked over to him, gave him a dollar and said thanks for the show. How can you NOT feel your junk hanging out ... He had to have felt some type of air flow ... ugh


UGH! LOL ew..

 

[Jim Ouini]

dood coulda at least wore underwear or something. I told her she should have walked over to him, gave him a dollar and said thanks for the show. How can you NOT feel your junk hanging out ... He had to have felt some type of air flow ... ugh


UGH! LOL ew..

Oh now you mention underwear

 

[treilin]

dood coulda at least wore underwear or something. I told her she should have walked over to him, gave him a dollar and said thanks for the show. How can you NOT feel your junk hanging out ... He had to have felt some type of air flow ... ugh


UGH! LOL ew..

Yeah no joke... That's so not attractive unless the guy was so hot and then it's still like o.k. you showed me everything no need to get to know you.. I know what it looks like.

 

[momsgettinfit]

Yeah no joke... That's so not attractive unless the guy was so hot and then it's still like o.k. you showed me everything no need to get to know you.. I know what it looks like.

See I have given this some thought and I do honestly believe it was on purpose. I guess his package is lonely and long due for some action!!! LOL

YUCK YUCK YUCK!!!!

Oh and not to mention he was old!!!!

 

[*Bunny*]

you showed me everything no need to get to know you.. I know what it looks like.

LOL Gurl you crazy

Oh and not to mention he was old!!!!

Hahahahahaha

Big Daddy Quote comes to mind ... "You'll be missing me when you have that big white wrinkly body on top of you with his loose skin and old balls... gross!"

 

[momsgettinfit]

LOL Gurl you crazy
Hahahahahaha

Big Daddy Quote comes to mind ... "You'll be missing me when you have that big white wrinkly body on top of you with his loose skin and old balls... gross!"

You 2 are killing me here!!!

 

[treilin]

You 2 are killing me here!!!

I'm serious why the heck do that to yourself?! Noone wants to see that when they are working out.. Only thing it's going to do to me is make me hurl!

 

[momsgettinfit]

I'm serious why the heck do that to yourself?! Noone wants to see that when they are working out.. Only thing it's going to do to me is make me hurl!

Yep and to think I worry about my clevage showing???? LOL I think if he does it again I'm gonna go ummmm exuse me sir, you ding a ling is out. And walk away.

 

[markshark]

i remember one time i ate a slice of pizza and then went over to a 60 year old mans house and made him fuck me in the ass in front of his kids.

 

[momsgettinfit]

i remember one time i ate a slice of pizza and then went over to a 60 year old mans house and made him fuck me in the ass in front of his kids.

You just nasty!

 

[mustang_00]

somewhere there is about the people who have perfect form and know what their doing. And the guys we talk about are on that thread. haha it might sound something like this.

man i saw this guy in the gym who was benching 285 today. He did 3 sets of 10, the bar actually touched his chest and he didn't arch his back.

re: what a fucking tool. I hope you told the guy his chest is going to be sore tomorrow. You should have showed him how to do it, so you he could have done all the sets/reps he wanted without getting sore.. or big for that matter. Who wants to get big anyways?

 

[markshark]

You just nasty!

i guess none of u know who adam sandler is

 

[letsrun4it]

Ok my turn...

I coach high school throwing and after practice I workout in the weight room with the kiddies, mostly the 9th-10th graders. I was doing my chest workout and then I was exhausted and laid down on the bench that already had 25s on each side and so for a cool down i cranked out like 20 reps and one of the punk kids said "you know you really should have clips on" wtf like I can't balance 95 pounds. Fuck I can max without clips.

 

[treilin]

I saw a guy yesterday on one of those cycle bikes, cycling his little heart out while punching into thin air and dodging the fake throw back.. O.k. not so bad.... Until every time he punched he was making these sound effects like (puchuu, eh, pow, poo, ehh, pow) and then in between little punch sets he would like dance on the bike to eminem. It was one of those upper body dances where he wishes a girl was going down dancing low on him (I've seen this before). Then he kept looking up to see if I was checking him out. Ummmmm No not the way he was hoping I'm sure.

 

[momsgettinfit]

I saw a guy yesterday on one of those cycle bikes, cycling his little heart out while punching into thin air and dodging the fake throw back.. O.k. not so bad.... Until every time he punched he was making these sound effects like (puchuu, eh, pow, poo, ehh, pow) and then in between little punch sets he would like dance on the bike to eminem. It was one of those upper body dances where he wishes a girl was going down dancing low on him (I've seen this before). Then he kept looking up to see if I was checking him out. Ummmmm No not the way he was hoping I'm sure.[/QUOTE


Oh wonder who he was trying to impress!!!

 

[blut wump]

I saw a guy yesterday on one of those cycle bikes, cycling his little heart out while punching into thin air and dodging the fake throw back.. O.k. not so bad.... Until every time he punched he was making these sound effects like (puchuu, eh, pow, poo, ehh, pow) and then in between little punch sets he would like dance on the bike to eminem. It was one of those upper body dances where he wishes a girl was going down dancing low on him (I've seen this before). Then he kept looking up to see if I was checking him out. Ummmmm No not the way he was hoping I'm sure.

If you'd licked your lips when he glanced at you, he'd probably have fallen off.

 

[momsgettinfit]

If you'd licked your lips when he glanced at you, he'd probably have fallen off.

LOL Now that's something I would love to see!!!!! LOL

 

[230lbs]

I had to wait, and I am not exaggerating, almost 25 MINUTES to do squats because some new year's newcomers (4 of them!!!!) were doing curls in the squat rack..


It is something that everyone hates and talks about all the time... but everytime it happens, you still get pist

NO CURLS IN THE SQUAT RACK !!!! IDIOTS !!!
How about watching what some of these people do with cables...I like the hunched over push 3 or 4 heavy reps with a machine entirely designed for reps and vascularity.
People need to read more to understand what exercises are for what.....oh ya ...and so they can stop looking like complete tools.

I have a saying that I use and that I love ...it goes like this.....

"Its not how much you lift, it's how you look naked"

 

[vin01]

**Temporarily changing thread to "Morons at GNC" for this post**

Went to GNC this morning in between my classes to pick up some whey (I was out, just ordered some online and needed a temporary). Looking around to pick up some dextrose also b/c I was out of that too.

GNC Guy (he was shredded): Hey, is there anything else I can get you?

Me (while still scanning the shelves): Yeah I need some dextrose.

GNC Guy (perplexed): I don't think we carry that brand.

Me (looking at him): It's a sugar.

GNC Guy (perplexed): Oh. We definately don't carry it.

Me (holding back a laugh): Thanks. This is it.


God I almost burst out laughing. Made my day.

 

[djeclipse]

yesterday I saw the olympic event of "group leg press" which is such a good team sport.

These 3 skinny tools load up the leg press machine (the one that is on a 45 deg angle) with a bunch of 45's looking around to see if anyone is checking out the massive weight they're using.

The one skinny guy gets set up for the press while his other 2 team mates each take their places on either side of the leg press machine. The guy doing the press un-racks the weight and lowers it a few inches. Then with an amazing group effort he lets out a scream, pushes on his knees as hard as he can while his teammates push as hard as they can on the machine to help complete one full group effort rep.

This goes on for 5-6 more reps, each time the guy is screaming louder and louder. When he's done they rack the weight get up and look around to see if anyone saw such a superbly preformed team effort. The sad thing is most of the tools in the gym were actually impressed with that pathetic effort.

just sad.

 

[momsgettinfit]

yesterday I saw the olympic event of "group leg press" which is such a good team sport.

These 3 skinny tools load up the leg press machine (the one that is on a 45 deg angle) with a bunch of 45's looking around to see if anyone is checking out the massive weight they're using.

The one skinny guy gets set up for the press while his other 2 team mates each take their places on either side of the leg press machine. The guy doing the press un-racks the weight and lowers it a few inches. Then with an amazing group effort he lets out a scream, pushes on his knees as hard as he can while his teammates push as hard as they can on the machine to help complete one full group effort rep.

This goes on for 5-6 more reps, each time the guy is screaming louder and louder. When he's done they rack the weight get up and look around to see if anyone saw such a superbly preformed team effort. The sad thing is most of the tools in the gym were actually impressed with that pathetic effort.

just sad.

WTF! LOL

 

[vin01]

YO DJ That's so funny. Because yesterday I must of been there for the Team DB Bench Press portion. The best part was when the skinniest of the 5, maybe 135lbs wet, was DB "pressing", or should I say "balancing" 75's while a spotter on either side did a kneeling quasi front raise with supinated grip. I thought the kids pecs were going to rip out of his chest. I don't think it was even possible for him to lift a 75lb db to get it off the rack.

Oh and I saw a guy try to teach the clean with 155lbs on the bar. The guy learning almost snapped his spine in half, because he was using his arms to row it up partially. I was obliged to tell his "teacher" to remove the weight and teach him from the hang.
My good deed for the day yesterday.

 

[HiDnGoD]

Thanks for reminding me of this guy I saw at the gym wearing spandex on the weekend.

Picture a cross between an aging hippie and Richard Simmons. Long scraggly grey hair, sleeveless shirt, and spandex biking shorts.
What made this guy unique besides his outfit was his workout "routine". Basically he was jogging around the gym between stations, then every minute or so he would stop and run on one speat really quickly in tune with the music. It looked like he was auditioning for flashdance. He was doing it right in front of the power rack so I waited for him to jog away before I started using it.

There was a woman at my old gym. She was apparently some kind of 'artist'. She used to walk up & down the rows of cardio machines with exagerated movements, very slowly, with her arms going too. Then she'd finish up, on the side, stretching. Funny thing was, she never wore a bra, so you occasionally got a glance of nip, & she never wore panties, so you could tell when she hadn't wiped herself, or when she was excited. BTW, she rarely broke a sweat.

 

[momsgettinfit]

**Temporarily changing thread to "Morons at GNC" for this post**

Went to GNC this morning in between my classes to pick up some whey (I was out, just ordered some online and needed a temporary). Looking around to pick up some dextrose also b/c I was out of that too.

GNC Guy (he was shredded): Hey, is there anything else I can get you?

Me (while still scanning the shelves): Yeah I need some dextrose.

GNC Guy (perplexed): I don't think we carry that brand.

Me (looking at him): It's a sugar.

GNC Guy (perplexed): Oh. We definately don't carry it.

Me (holding back a laugh): Thanks. This is it.


God I almost burst out laughing. Made my day.

LOL I always hate dealing with GNC nimrods as most of them are. I remember once I went in there for something and asked the clerk for help and he's like we don't carry that. I walked over to where it should be and found it right off. Walked up to the register and he looked at it like he's never seen it before.

 

[momsgettinfit]

There was a woman at my old gym. She was apparently some kind of 'artist'. She used to walk up & down the rows of cardio machines with exagerated movements, very slowly, with her arms going too. Then she'd finish up, on the side, stretching. Funny thing was, she never wore a bra, so you occasionally got a glance of nip, & she never wore panties, so you could tell when she hadn't wiped herself, or when she was excited. BTW, she rarely broke a sweat.

OH yuck

 

[HiDnGoD]

i got one for yall but im the moron of this story, i was on my third set of ten doing 225 on the flat bench by myself and i got stuck on #8 i jus held it at the sticking point for bout ten seconds it wasnt going up, so in one fluid motion i let it down to my stomach and sat up and picked it up and tossed it in front of my feet stood up turned around and dead lifted it back on the bench took a step forward and threw it back on the rack......scanned the whole gym instantly to see if anyone saw me lol im retarded

I overstepped my abilities once. I work out at home, alone, & I was doing benches. I was on my last set, of about 220, & figured I could get one more. When I had it halfway up & realized I couldn't I let it down as slow as I could onto my stomach. Then I rolled it down to my thighs, sat up & lifted the weight doing a kind of seated squat thing with my legs on either side of the bench. The next day my legs were killing me from that & my abs were bruised.

 

[Iliketolift]

The other day this guy, greasy hair, rips on each shoulder, dirty as hell(once might have been a white shirt) Old crusy ass shoes, stumbling like he was plasterd just looked like a straight out bum, I'm still contemplating if this guy was a bum who just came off the street. He got on the bench press machine and just gave a few reps out and left. The whole time i was thinking " Is anyone else seeing this?" It was rediculous to say the least.

 

[Iliketolift]

And a few days ago I wanted to see my abs when I did hanging knee up, so i pulled my shirt up a bit. and this gay guy infront of me giggled like a school girl, now i kinda dont like to go to my gym anymore, he might be there, watching....

 

[HiDnGoD]

That reminds me of the invention I was thinking about while watching this moron do these 1/2 motion superset curls on the squat rack. Why not make an actual thing called a curl rack? It would be 2 poles sticking up to about thigh level with some braces to hold the bar for them. Of course it would bea huge waste fo space but I bet the body builder morons would buy them up like mad, especially if you geve it some stupid name like the super duper bicept rack.

My last gym has a full set of weighted bars, from about 15 lbs to about 120ish. Straight bar & EZ curl. For some of you monsters that may not be enough, but for the general population, it's good.

I have weights at home, so I do my workouts there. But I go to the gym for cardio & classes. There's a girl that does a LOT of cardio. She's about 30 & really is beautiful & trim. But she never works up a sweat. She pins her hair up & does an hour on the slliptical, then she goes on the bike for 1/2 hr. She has the resistance on low, the incline is low, & she doesn't go very fast, just reads the newspaper, or a magazine. Man, I wish I had that kind of time.

 

[djeclipse]

And a few days ago I wanted to see my abs when I did hanging knee up, so i pulled my shirt up a bit. and this gay guy infront of me giggled like a school girl, now i kinda dont like to go to my gym anymore, he might be there, watching....

lol, you should read this whole thread, this kind of thing is exactly what we're talking about. Skinny people that are full of themselves and just have to look at themselves while doing their lame routine.

Let me guess, after your set you just had to do a 5min pose down in front of the mirror becasue you're so huge. Then went to do 20 sets of curls becasue your bies were lacking a little.

Sorry, but you my friend are one of the MORONS we're talking about...

 

[Tweakle]

reading about people getting all worked up over what other people wear makes me smile.. I am the dirtiest, skankiest motherfucker in my gym - torn blood stained sweats, filthy stinking 'lucky' squatting shirts and grimey old chucks.

I'm sure the Abercrombie & cologne wearing collegeboys I share my hole of a gym with must be getting a giggle at my inability to accessorise

 

[Tweakle]

lol, you should read this whole thread, this kind of thing is exactly what we're talking about. Skinny people that are full of themselves and just have to look at themselves while doing their lame routine.

Let me guess, after your set you just had to do a 5min pose down in front of the mirror becasue you're so huge. Then went to do 20 sets of curls becasue your bies were lacking a little.

Sorry, but you my friend are one of the MORONS we're talking about...

I'm sure he slams the big weights (the 65's, maybe 75's if he's on his spring break winny cycle) down with authority once he's finished a killer set of flat presses. People cower in fear at the strongest kid in the gym.

puts me in mind of the legend of Adam Ramsay, Canadas Strongest Teen

 

[*Bunny*]

reading about people getting all worked up over what other people wear makes me smile.. I am the dirtiest, skankiest motherfucker in my gym - torn blood stained sweats, filthy stinking 'lucky' squatting shirts and grimey old chucks.

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

 

[djeclipse]

I'm sure he slams the big weights (the 65's, maybe 75's if he's on his spring break winny cycle) down with authority once he's finished a killer set of flat presses. People cower in fear at the strongest kid in the gym.

puts me in mind of the legend of Adam Ramsay, Canadas Strongest Teen

ya, because if you slam them down it draws attention to You and everyone can see how huge you are lifting those "big" weights.

That's one thing I can't stand is tools that drop the dumbells like that. One gym I was at all the weights looked like this /-\ because of people dropping them on an angle. If you're strong enough to lift the weight you're strong enough to control the weight and put it down properly.

 

[Tweakle]

LOL he has nothing on me, trust me! if you were on the eliptical next to me after a workout you'd be moving to another piece of equipment very fast. I stink like a bull in heat after a workout and in a fucked up way I enjoy knowing I'm offending the other 'healthclub' users (I am a naughty child who makes a stink in his diaper and runs around showing it off)

 

[Tweakle]

ya, because if you slam them down it draws attention to You and everyone can see how huge you are lifting those "big" weights.

That's one thing I can't stand is tools that drop the dumbells like that. One gym I was at all the weights looked like this /-\ because of people dropping them on an angle. If you're strong enough to lift the weight you're strong enough to control the weight and put it down properly.

You try lowering a massive 65lb dumbbell with control - it's not safe, you could blow a shoulder out. Plus how else are you going to prove you're the Alpha Male in the gym if you dont break some shit now and again

 

[djeclipse]

You try lowering a massive 65lb dumbbell with control - it's not safe, you could blow a shoulder out. Plus how else are you going to prove you're the Alpha Male in the gym if you dont break some shit now and again

lol,

but the sad thing is even the 45's were like that.

 

[momsgettinfit]

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

Oh man that's just sad. LOL

Like one time when I use to go to the ymca and workout I was doing cardio and this girl came in no biggie right. I am on my own little planet and look around and couldn't figure out what in the hell she was doing. She was dressed in gym clothes with spandex shorts and a sports bra no problem except she was huge her big tummy stuck out and her fat legs jiggled. YUCK! Then she really looked stupid she was bouncing around the cardio room where they also had their nautilus equipment and jumped on the leg extension machine did some really quick I think maybe one set if that and then jumped off. And she started doing some cheerleader moves with kicking her leg up like she was a vegas show girl or something. And then she would do high knees and then left. I was like WTF! What was that!

 

[treilin]

If you'd licked your lips when he glanced at you, he'd probably have fallen off.

Yeah or if I just jumped on the abductor machine there next to me he would have a great view...

 

[treilin]

So yesterday at the gym this guy comes up running to me tapping me on the shoulder. I take the head phone off and was like o.k.??? He said,"Do you have the right time?" I looked at him and looked up at the clock sitting right behind his head and pointed. He said,"Oh but sometimes they are a minute or two off I want the exact time!" I looked at him and said whatever time was on my watch.(Note:I keep my watch at least a few minutes fast hope this didn't screw him off of whatever schedule he was on)
So then I look over and he was doing standing BB curls and he looked over and saw me looking at him (apparently he can't read my expression of you have got to be kidding me) He was doing the full back swing trying to get that weight up, and spitting as he got it up... It was so GROSS! He then put it down and looked at me like, "Yeah, you want some of that don't cha!" I looked over at one of the female trainers and she had this disturbed look on her face and then she looked at me and we both just started laughing.
Men, men, men......

 

[Jim Ouini]

So yesterday at the gym this guy comes up running to me tapping me on the shoulder. I take the head phone off and was like o.k.??? He said,"Do you have the right time?" I looked at him and looked up at the clock sitting right behind his head and pointed. He said,"Oh but sometimes they are a minute or two off I want the exact time!" I looked at him and said whatever time was on my watch.(Note:I keep my watch at least a few minutes fast hope this didn't screw him off of whatever schedule he was on)
So then I look over and he was doing standing BB curls and he looked over and saw me looking at him (apparently he can't read my expression of you have got to be kidding me) He was doing the full back swing trying to get that weight up, and spitting as he got it up... It was so GROSS! He then put it down and looked at me like, "Yeah, you want osme of that don't cha!" I looked over at one of the female trainers and she had this disturbed look on her face and then she looked at me and we both just started laughing.
Men, men, men......

Don't hate the playa, hate the game

lol, you should read this whole thread, this kind of thing is exactly what we're talking about. Skinny people that are full of themselves and just have to look at themselves while doing their lame routine.

Let me guess, after your set you just had to do a 5min pose down in front of the mirror becasue you're so huge. Then went to do 20 sets of curls becasue your bies were lacking a little.

lol. At my gym there's these 3 dudes who do the posedown after their sets. They all wear these pure white tank tops - not wifebeaters but the ones with like a spaghetti strap? Anyway, for example they'll hop up after a set of abs and pull the shirt up and feel the ripples. And I saw one of them doing 'seated facing the opposite way so you're facing the mirror behind the neck lat pulldowns' and after his set he'd just let go of the pulldown bar and let the 80lbs or so slam into the stack and just hold his arms in that position so he was already in in his double bicep pose lol.

 

[DZLS]

some of these stories almost seem to be made up...

sad thing is, i know they are not...

 

[EnderJE]

Funny stories. I usually don't notice other people at the gym unless they're in front of me or they're part of the "squat police." So, I don't have many of my own.

The squat police is a group of individuals who constantly tell me not go go lower then 90 WHILE I'm in the middle of a set. I love those people.

The only thing that I have other then that is in my sig.

 

[momsgettinfit]

some of these stories almost seem to be made up...

sad thing is, i know they are not...

Yes it may be sad but we have so much fun talking about them. LOL

 

[alex2678]

3 guys last night taking turns doing tricep pushdowns each with their own different bar. They insisted on switching off in between every set too. None of them had big arms either.

And those GNC morons are on another level. I went in there a while ago to get some vitamins and the salesman must have sold this poor guy $300 worth or Pro Performance supplements. 3 or 4 bags full of stuff. And he left the store smiling with this big "I just won the lottery" look on his face. I bet he doesn't gain a pound.

 

[Iliketolift]

lol,

but the sad thing is even the 45's were like that.

80's incline! so what i just started

 

[djeclipse]

80's incline! so what i just started

You forgot to mention the 10% ROM lol

So you are admitting to being one of those ass holes that feels the ned to drop the dumbells to dray attention to yourself?

 

[tay1506]

I did not know to post this here or in the why comercial gyms SUCK ASS!!! thread, but i decided to post it here! Sorry for the long ass story, but i had to post it as soon as i got home and the end almost made me cry!!!!!!

Theres this gym that just opened called Fitness Connection right next to my house and i heard it was good and stuff so i decided to check it out. I walk in the door tell the guy at the table i just want to check it out and not sign up and he says fill out the paper work. So i mummbled shittttt and did it then he said have a seat so i did. I sat there for like thirty minutes and then went up and said did u forget and he said no someone is coming. So finally this guy comes up acting all bad ass and big which he wasent maybe fat at best lol. So he sitts me down asks some questions like what is your goal and i said gaining about 40 lbs which would put me at 190 and he says to do that..........pulls out a calculator looks at some papers and says you will need to eat 390g of protein a day! I said "What the hell" you mean more like 300 right 2g per lb. He says "No" to get these guns you have to eat atleast 2.5. I was just like alright and just gave him a weird look. Then he takes me to see the place. I swear 1/4 of the machines were just for isolating biceps and he sat down in 2 and struggled getting up the weight and then had me do. It was on the second from last pin and it "said" 130(theres no way) i bet i could have done atleast 30 reps. I was like so where is all the free weights and he said "we are getting to that". There was probly about 200 - 250 machines for weights, 75 tredmills, and 50 stair climbers etc. Then he showed me the free weights. Four benches a set of dumbbells 1 lb. - 140 and about 8 curling seats and stuff and 4 random bars. He just ran me through this like "look at this" and then we were gone to see the pool, sauna, basketball court, and showers/chainging room. Then he took me back to the have a seat at his desk and showed me on this little person making computer program where i was at now and where i wanted to be and then he realized there was nothing on there for making "ME" gain weight and shut the program down and pulled out the prices. He walked out and said hold on and down run out on me just yet. Which i intended on doing after reading the prices. He then came back and says look how much i can save you and the best deal he could have given me was 600 up front and 10$ a month. I said is that all it will be a month and he says hold on pulls out some papers and starts calculating stuff and says just a little bit more. I said so how much!?!?!?! then he rights down 25$ and shows me the paper and starts going on about taxes. Then he says so you ready to join and i just said i don't have any money on me i gotta put it on my moms card. He says oh come on you don't have your own bank account and i said no (I lied). He said well if you leave its gona go back up to double what you would have to pay now. I said at best i could come back today which i was actually thinking about doing. Then the guy starts tearing up and i was thinking im hoping he has something in his eyes, but then like he actually starts crying. I was dident know to laugh or feel sorry for him. I just said i know yall get comission but i just wanted to check it out today. The he gets angry and says "so thats all u fucking wanted to do!!!!" and says good day and puts out his hand and i left.

 

[tay1506]

I did not know to post this here or in the why comercial gyms SUCK ASS!!! thread, but i decided to post it here! Sorry for the long ass story, but i had to post it as soon as i got home and the end almost made me cry!!!!!!

Theres this gym that just opened called Fitness Connection right next to my house and i heard it was good and stuff so i decided to check it out. I walk in the door tell the guy at the table i just want to check it out and not sign up and he says fill out the paper work. So i mummbled shittttt and did it then he said have a seat so i did. I sat there for like thirty minutes and then went up and said did u forget and he said no someone is coming. So finally this guy comes up acting all bad ass and big which he wasent maybe fat at best lol. So he sitts me down asks some questions like what is your goal and i said gaining about 40 lbs which would put me at 190 and he says to do that..........pulls out a calculator looks at some papers and says you will need to eat 390g of protein a day! I said "What the hell" you mean more like 300 right 2g per lb. He says "No" to get these guns you have to eat atleast 2.5. I was just like alright and just gave him a weird look. Then he takes me to see the place. I swear 1/4 of the machines were just for isolating biceps and he sat down in 2 and struggled getting up the weight and then had me do. It was on the second from last pin and it "said" 130(theres no way) i bet i could have done atleast 30 reps. I was like so where is all the free weights and he said "we are getting to that". There was probly about 200 - 250 machines for weights, 75 tredmills, and 50 stair climbers etc. Then he showed me the free weights. Four benches a set of dumbbells 1 lb. - 140 and about 8 curling seats and stuff and 4 random bars. He just ran me through this like "look at this" and then we were gone to see the pool, sauna, basketball court, and showers/chainging room. Then he took me back to the have a seat at his desk and showed me on this little person making computer program where i was at now and where i wanted to be and then he realized there was nothing on there for making "ME" gain weight and shut the program down and pulled out the prices. He walked out and said hold on and down run out on me just yet. Which i intended on doing after reading the prices. He then came back and says look how much i can save you and the best deal he could have given me was 600 up front and 10$ a month. I said is that all it will be a month and he says hold on pulls out some papers and starts calculating stuff and says just a little bit more. I said so how much!?!?!?! then he rights down 25$ and shows me the paper and starts going on about taxes. Then he says so you ready to join and i just said i don't have any money on me i gotta put it on my moms card. He says oh come on you don't have your own bank account and i said no (I lied). He said well if you leave its gona go back up to double what you would have to pay now. I said at best i could come back today which i was actually thinking about doing. Then the guy starts tearing up and i was thinking im hoping he has something in his eyes, but then like he actually starts crying. I was dident know to laugh or feel sorry for him. I just said i know yall get comission but i just wanted to check it out today. The he gets angry and says "so thats all u fucking wanted to do!!!!" and says good day and puts out his hand and i left.

Oh yeah just noticed there wasent 1 machine in there and no free weights for lower body lol.......Well unlease u count the stair climbers and other cardio machines.

 

[djeclipse]

What kind of a gym was that? most places here will give you a free week to try it out.

And were there any squat racks or power racks?

600 up front, fuck that action, lol.

 

[Tweakle]

I had a winner last night (the collegeboy who kicked over my dipping belt plate stack came close, but deep breaths.. they can't help being cunts when they travel in packs).

Guy was pretty built so when he asked me for a spot with 315 I assumed he had it in the bag.. little did I know. It went down about a third of the way then he expected me to pull it off him. The charade went on for 4 more reps, with me yelling ITS ALL YOU MAN and almost breaking my wrist

It was fun but I feel dirty for being a participent in the most horrid of gym lifts, the tag team bench

 

[Iliketolift]

You forgot to mention the 10% ROM lol

So you are admitting to being one of those ass holes that feels the ned to drop the dumbells to dray attention to yourself?

no no no not at all, i only drop them while doing 80s for decline thats the only time.

 

[tay1506]

What kind of a gym was that? most places here will give you a free week to try it out.

And were there any squat racks or power racks?

600 up front, fuck that action, lol.

There was not one squat or power rack for sure and not even 1 leg machine or atleast not that i noticed there was like 200 machines and like i said 1/4 were for biceps im pretty sure there was nothing for legs besides the bikes and stair climbers and stuff like that and he was telling how big the bikes can make your legs(now wonder he wanted me to eat 390g of protein). And obviously he had no idea what the word core ment because i mentioned it at the beginning when he asked what i was doing at the ymca where i normally work out and while we were on the bicep machine he told me to use my core. I just still cant believe he started crying when i wouldent buy a membership. He just wanted to get some commission thats all who would come back if they thought they were going to have to pay 1200 up front and 40 something a month?!?!?!?!?!

 

[Iliketolift]

There was not one squat or power rack for sure and not even 1 leg machine or atleast not that i noticed there was like 200 machines and like i said 1/4 were for biceps im pretty sure there was nothing for legs besides the bikes and stair climbers and stuff like that and he was telling how big the bikes can make your legs(now wonder he wanted me to eat 390g of protein). And obviously he had no idea what the word core ment because i mentioned it at the beginning when he asked what i was doing at the ymca where i normally work out and while we were on the bicep machine he told me to use my core. I just still cant believe he started crying when i wouldent buy a membership. He just wanted to get some commission thats all who would come back if they thought they were going to have to pay 1200 up front and 40 something a month?!?!?!?!?!

WOW, thats almost impossible to believe, wow. HAHA Please talk to the owner or manager or soemthing, because that sounds so fucking sketchy. What a gay gym.

 

[silver_shadow]

yesterday i witnessed this new trend called tag team barbell curling. one guy picked up the barbell. he couldn't curl it more than an inch so his friend steps in and, standing opposite him, starts to curl it. so, these 2 guys stood went through 10 reps of barbell curls like this, both curling together... makes me wonder why they had to do "separate" sets. these were the same dicks who i saw tag team benching a few wks ago. the thing that really worries me is that i see them with this really cute chick and one of them is constantly giving her training tips!

 

[Maks]

the thing that really worries me is that i see them with this really cute chick and one of them is constantly giving her training tips!

Yeah i noticed that too. Seems that a lot of the biggest morons do have really hot chicks.
On the other hand - some of those girls come together with their boyfriends, but dont work out themselves but sit in the lounge area to drink something and throw admiring glances at their friends. All the time. Really, how dumb can you be, to not have something better to do. Men are usually used to sit around and stare at nothing, but the girls ... that really scares me.

 

[momsgettinfit]

Yeah i noticed that too. Seems that a lot of the biggest morons do have really hot chicks.
On the other hand - some of those girls come together with their boyfriends, but dont work out themselves but sit in the lounge area to drink something and throw admiring glances at their friends. All the time. Really, how dumb can you be, to not have something better to do. Men are usually used to sit around and stare at nothing, but the girls ... that really scares me.

Hell with that, I'd be like you better move over and make room for me b/c I'm gonna be keeping up wit ya'll. LOL


OMG I got this guy real good the other night. I was doing hammer curls and he walked past me and looks at me to see what I was doing, he then walked to the curl rack and gets a curl bar loaded with 40lbs then walks over to do preacher curls. He does one set of 6 with it and gets up and looks at me I can see him in the mirror like ha ha bet you cant do that. Then he sits down and does 2 more sets and straining with it like he's gonna pop a blood vessel. So when the time comes for us (hubby and I) to do preachers he's doing some kind of shoulder work and again looking to see what I'm doing. SO when my turn rolls around I grab a 40 same as his. Sit down and pop off 10 then look over at him. He left! Now with that said 40 is to light for me now so i'm move up to 50 next bi day. LOL Sooooo wonder if he's gonna challenge me next week!!!!!!

 

[HiDnGoD]

LOL he has nothing on me, trust me! if you were on the eliptical next to me after a workout you'd be moving to another piece of equipment very fast. I stink like a bull in heat after a workout and in a fucked up way I enjoy knowing I'm offending the other 'healthclub' users (I am a naughty child who makes a stink in his diaper and runs around showing it off)

I sweat rather profusely too, so I carry a towel with me. Usually an old towel that doesn't match anything, so every 4 or 5 days I have this flaming pink one. I wear old shorts, & wife beaters type tee's. The kind of stuff I don't wear in the world anymore. I ain't trying to pick anybody up, so I don't care what I look or smell like. I'm so hot blooded, I'd workout naked if it wouldn't send everyone else into therapy.

 

[treilin]

Hell with that, I'd be like you better move over and make room for me b/c I'm gonna be keeping up wit ya'll. LOL


OMG I got this guy real good the other night. I was doing hammer curls and he walked past me and looks at me to see what I was doing, he then walked to the curl rack and gets a curl bar loaded with 40lbs then walks over to do preacher curls. He does one set of 6 with it and gets up and looks at me I can see him in the mirror like ha ha bet you cant do that. Then he sits down and does 2 more sets and straining with it like he's gonna pop a blood vessel. So when the time comes for us (hubby and I) to do preachers he's doing some kind of shoulder work and again looking to see what I'm doing. SO when my turn rolls around I grab a 40 same as his. Sit down and pop off 10 then look over at him. He left! Now with that said 40 is to light for me now so i'm move up to 50 next bi day. LOL Sooooo wonder if he's gonna challenge me next week!!!!!!

That's hillarious! I have had guys just try upping me one on my sets before and they would finally just give up and give me this look like I can't believe you are doing all that weight. Specially on standing bicep curls when I did the 75 on my strength days. Of course no sway back action either.. that kills me when people try and do so much weight that when their form is bad to begin with... it only really accentuates their bad form!

 

[que_66]

Since I joined a gym for the first time yesterday I'm going to apologize up front for the newbie moronish type behavior that I'm sure I will inevitably exhibit during the gym etiquette learning phase. This thread is funny and helpful.

So here goes:

***I apologize for the inconvenience, if you could please explain why what I did was wrong I would really appreciate your guidance. Thank you for your time***

I'm not trying to be a smartass or trying to be disrespectful to anyone.

I know myself, I also know that the screwup fairy has me on speed-dial!
I have a fitness goal to reach and the people in the gym and on EF have the knowledge and experience that I lack.

 

[fortunatesun]

Since I joined a gym for the first time yesterday I'm going to apologize up front for the newbie moronish type behavior that I'm sure I will inevitably exhibit during the gym etiquette learning phase. This thread is funny and helpful.

I wouldn't worry . We've all done things when first starting out that we wouldn't care to repeat. As the saying goes, you can't improve if you don't try. Your desire to learn already makes you stand out, and, for sure, your in the right place.

 

[que_66]

Thank you for the vote of confidence!

 

[BiggT]

Since I joined a gym for the first time yesterday I'm going to apologize up front for the newbie moronish type behavior that I'm sure I will inevitably exhibit during the gym etiquette learning phase. This thread is funny and helpful.

So here goes:

***I apologize for the inconvenience, if you could please explain why what I did was wrong I would really appreciate your guidance. Thank you for your time***

I'm not trying to be a smartass or trying to be disrespectful to anyone.

I know myself, I also know that the screwup fairy has me on speed-dial!
I have a fitness goal to reach and the people in the gym and on EF have the knowledge and experience that I lack.

Honestly, the idiotic behavior ISN'T newbies, it is jackasses that have been at the gym every day for the last 5 years and have yet to accomplish a thing, lol.

 

[Iliketolift]

Honestly, the idiotic behavior ISN'T newbies, it is jackasses that have been at the gym every day for the last 5 years and have yet to accomplish a thing, lol.

I second that, you must wonder what people think when they dont see results after so long.

 

[momsgettinfit]

That's hillarious! I have had guys just try upping me one on my sets before and they would finally just give up and give me this look like I can't believe you are doing all that weight. Specially on standing bicep curls when I did the 75 on my strength days. Of course no sway back action either.. that kills me when people try and do so much weight that when their form is bad to begin with... it only really accentuates their bad form!

I do 60 on standing bb curls and I make sure my form is tight. Who wants to get hurt and be out a couple weeks b/c of something stupid like that. I just look at some of the guys go in and get a bb loaded and horrible form. Dummy dummy dummies!!! I personally would rather go lighter and have good form than go heavy and injure myself.

 

[fbiboy]

I love my gym. Everyone is doing what they are able to do, no going over the top and making a fool of themselves. People are friendly and helpful.

But...

There were these two high school kids trying to lift 100lbs... he was done on his 3rd lift.. I was like buddy relax, start small (in my head ofcourse) + laughin'

 

[Tweakle]

PT to his client (at me, right next to me in the rack) "no, that guy is working his ego, he will get hurt" (I'm doing box squats singles with about 60% for technique for a workset)

Client "I want to try what that guy is doing"

PT "Ok, but we'll make it safe for you"

PT loads about 150% of his clients 1rm on the bar and makes him go down roughly six inches to a super high bench, rounds his back and starts to fall over while the PT and another spotter make a frantic grab for the bar (twisting all the time in all directions) and haul it back onto the rack

PT "Don't try doing these yourself without a proper spot (gestures at me squatting alone in the rack) You could hurt your back"

Me - cracks huge grin and tries not to laugh

 

[blut wump]

Overheard today from a conversation between two guys on how their training was going:

"I think you have one of those types of physiques that doesn't really change much over time".

"Yeah, I think you're right"

 

[djeclipse]

You should have told the Pt to STFU!

 

[samsonov]

I'll never forget the time I saw this dude benching, going heavy as he could. Guy was maybe 160-ish and his buddy spotting looked like an older version of Joe Dirt - I'm talkin' full on mullett and dinky little mustache , sleeveless shirt despite absolute lack of arm musculature, and (my favorite part) wearing jeans to work out

Anywho, No-Mullett tries 225 and almost gets one on his own. So what does he do next? Throws on another plate per side for 315. I made sure to be ready to run over in case Mullett couldn't row the weight off No-Mullett. They managed to synchronize their might and rack the bar, and I'll be damned if No-Mullett didn't jump off the bench like he had set a world record.

That and the occasional 'super curler' are about the only really stupid things I've seen. I've learned to accept that bad squatting is ubiquitous and unlikely to go away in any of our lifetimes.

the jeans are classic!!!! i love seeing these tools in the gym with jeans.

 

[Iliketolift]

Overheard today from a conversation between two guys on how their training was going:

"I think you have one of those types of physiques that doesn't really change much over time".

"Yeah, I think you're right"[/Q]
That was damn funny, just too funny.