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

Had this guy who looked like Einstein get in my shit. He was an older gentleman of small stature. Stood about 5'10 and weighed no more than 115 pounds.

He chose to do his arm twirling stretches next to the squat rack where I was deadlifting instead of stretching in the large stretching area. I thought about using him for my warmups, but it would have been a bad idea because 115 isn't adequate for warming up.
 
Had this guy who looked like Einstein get in my shit. He was an older gentleman of small stature. Stood about 5'10 and weighed no more than 115 pounds.

He chose to do his arm twirling stretches next to the squat rack where I was deadlifting instead of stretching in the large stretching area. I thought about using him for my warmups, but it would have been a bad idea because 115 isn't adequate for warming up.

lmao
 
Okay I wouldn't call this kid a moron. Maybe misinformed. I do appreciate him trying though.

This younger kid, about fourteen of fifteen decides to do some squats. He did them in the regular squat rack opposed to the smith machine. I can definitely appreciate this. The only thing is he was doing some sort of calf squats. He wasn't driving from his heels, rather from the ball of his foot. This was very evident because upon coming up, the back of his foot would lift up like he was shooting a basketball.

I wanted to go talk to him about it, but I only had 45 minutes to lift and lots of things to finish up.
 
Okay I wouldn't call this kid a moron. Maybe misinformed. I do appreciate him trying though.

This younger kid, about fourteen of fifteen decides to do some squats. He did them in the regular squat rack opposed to the smith machine. I can definitely appreciate this. The only thing is he was doing some sort of calf squats. He wasn't driving from his heels, rather from the ball of his foot. This was very evident because upon coming up, the back of his foot would lift up like he was shooting a basketball.

I wanted to go talk to him about it, but I only had 45 minutes to lift and lots of things to finish up.

A lot of new squatters will do this without even knowing it. They don't know any better and end up on the balls of their feet, leaning forward. usually I will just walk up to them and ask them if they would like a little advice and explain the squat to them. Sometimes they listen sometimes they don't either way, I did my part by giving them good info, it is up to them to use it.

usually the guys doing quarter squats with way too much weight on the bar are a lost cause and I don't waste my time.
 
Went to the gym today after eating lunch with my parents. It's fathers day and there are about five people there including myself. Everyone was doing curls. Who the hell does curls on fathers day?
 
Went to the gym today after eating lunch with my parents. It's fathers day and there are about five people there including myself. Everyone was doing curls. Who the hell does curls on fathers day?

Yeah, thats just disrespectful to fathers everywhere.
Really a person should be squatting and/or deadlifting if they really want to show their father that they care.:jester:
 
Yeah, thats just disrespectful to fathers everywhere.
Really a person should be squatting and/or deadlifting if they really want to show their father that they care.:jester:

Yea I know what you mean. Curling on fathers day is like saying, "hey dad, I got something to tell you... I'm gay".
 
Saw one of the "arms" guys at my gum today. By "arms guy" i mean he's part of the crew that does nothing but arms and chest. I see this gentleman every single day and he's doing arms or chest. Chest is always a 2" range of motion and arms is sometimes in the squat rack. Anyways this man was doing something weird looking. He was doing some kind of reverse incline twisting thing with some dumbells. He sat at the incline bench with his hands gripping the dumbells in reverse then pressed them upwards. While he reached the top he would twist his hands and the dumbells would be turned around and his palms would be facing away from him. It looked like he was swimming on the incline bench.

Yea I know, it wasn't too moronic. I bet it was actually good for isolating something. Just gotta keep this thread alive.
 
I wish gym owners cared who they let in their club. Sort of like the high end night clubs. If you're lame, you stay outside. There should be some sort of written and practical test everyone should have to pass in order to be granted a membership. I realize that is not realistic, but it sure would be nice.
 
There was this guy I saw a few days ago. He wasn't moronic, but funny looking. He had such a fat face. When he did shrugs he looked like Peter Griffith
 
Nothing too outrageous today. Just another 2" knee bend squatter in the smith machine and a gentleman curling on a bench press.

Oh and this was from about a month ago. There was a guy working his lats on one of those "incline hammer strngth machines"

The machine allows for an inclined bench press motion. He stood up on the seated area facing the machine and started to do some sort of barbell row movement. It actually looked sort of credible because since he was standing on it he was getting a pretty good range of motion. The only problem was since he was standing on it, and the machine was located in a major walk way, his ass was in everyones face.
 
The most disturbing morons I've ever seen are two guys an indian and an eastern european, I swear man those mofos smell like rotten meat, they just passed by and their stench stays for minutes, WTF!!! Is disturbing, damm it's like the only reason they come to the gym it's to use the shower afterward, disgusting people!
 
I always laugh on the inside when I see guys loading tons of plates on the leg press and then do 1/4-1/2 reps and are pushing their legs assisting them lift the weight.

I laugh on the inside when I see guys super curling. I laugh on the inside when I see the guys that try to tricep push the whole stack and have the bar cocked to the side and are basically jumping up and pushing down with the weight of their whole body.

There's an old fat guy at my gym also that always seems to like to insult me. I sat my bag, towel, and water bottle down right next to the shrug machine. I go to grab a couple of plates from the rack to add on to the machine. The guy comes up and starts doing a warm up set as if I wasn't there at all. I went over to him and said yeah you can work in with me. Then he said I am going to be throwing some heavy weight, you might want to wait. I said i'll go ahead and do a set. The guy loads on 3 plates on each side. He struggles to get in 8 - 1/2 style reps in. I went over and did a set of 15. Right after that the fucker just walked away and moved on to another exercise.

About a week later, I am working out with my wife. I am doing the last exercise on my back/bi day. My wife and I both are doing curls. My wife was doing sets of 8... I was doing burnouts. I got down to my last set and the guys has the nerve to say to me "damn you're weak, your girlfriend is lifting as much as you"... What a fucking douche!
 
I always laugh on the inside when I see guys loading tons of plates on the leg press and then do 1/4-1/2 reps and are pushing their legs assisting them lift the weight.

I laugh on the inside when I see guys super curling. I laugh on the inside when I see the guys that try to tricep push the whole stack and have the bar cocked to the side and are basically jumping up and pushing down with the weight of their whole body.

There's an old fat guy at my gym also that always seems to like to insult me. I sat my bag, towel, and water bottle down right next to the shrug machine. I go to grab a couple of plates from the rack to add on to the machine. The guy comes up and starts doing a warm up set as if I wasn't there at all. I went over to him and said yeah you can work in with me. Then he said I am going to be throwing some heavy weight, you might want to wait. I said i'll go ahead and do a set. The guy loads on 3 plates on each side. He struggles to get in 8 - 1/2 style reps in. I went over and did a set of 15. Right after that the fucker just walked away and moved on to another exercise.

About a week later, I am working out with my wife. I am doing the last exercise on my back/bi day. My wife and I both are doing curls. My wife was doing sets of 8... I was doing burnouts. I got down to my last set and the guys has the nerve to say to me "damn you're weak, your girlfriend is lifting as much as you"... What a fucking douche!


Last weekend I saw this guy with some nice upperbody but skinny legs, he loaded the whole leg press with 1500lbs, i just sat because I had to see it, think this guy will either do something spectacular or he is going to get hit with a shit load of weight :worried: so here's what happened: placed his feet up high to get more hip/glute activation and repped with range of motion similar to my calf raises. The only true effort he did was loading and unloading the leg press machine :p
 
lol gotta love douches at gyms
had a 40 year old fat guy at my gym the other day who obviuosly was der to loose weight and ive seen him at ma gym for past year and has prob gotten fatter
he prob 5 n half feet tall btw wif big beer belly n sweats heaps, no biggie but he STINKS LIKE OMG, if hes training in the weight room i move to another wight room, i dont think i could ever bench within 10 metres of him, im always scared ill drop 90 to 100 kilos on me coz my gym partner is abit of jus a lazy bugger who doesnt pay attention,
anyways hes prob funniest guy ive seen weight train, wen he attempts to do shrugs hell grab 58 kilogram dumbells which he literally spends 10 minutes trying to get off the rack, den he will rest dem on a bench coz he cant lift them off the ground since his legs n bak are so weak, no to mention he prob couldnt reach half way to his toes, he then will grab them off the bench and attempt to shrug
how does he do them?
he jumps
he cant even get one rep so in order to do so he hops up and down to get a small half a centimetre range of motion, hell do maybe 4 reps n jus drop the weights, wen the weights hit the ground he glares around the room n gives this look like hes a huge monster n that hes the biggest guy der, den wen im struggling to shrug 50 kilograms and twice his size he glares at me smiles as if im a weakling, wat a fat C U N T
 
lol gotta love douches at gyms
had a 40 year old fat guy at my gym the other day who obviuosly was der to loose weight and ive seen him at ma gym for past year and has prob gotten fatter
he prob 5 n half feet tall btw wif big beer belly n sweats heaps, no biggie but he STINKS LIKE OMG, if hes training in the weight room i move to another wight room, i dont think i could ever bench within 10 metres of him, im always scared ill drop 90 to 100 kilos on me coz my gym partner is abit of jus a lazy bugger who doesnt pay attention,
anyways hes prob funniest guy ive seen weight train, wen he attempts to do shrugs hell grab 58 kilogram dumbells which he literally spends 10 minutes trying to get off the rack, den he will rest dem on a bench coz he cant lift them off the ground since his legs n bak are so weak, no to mention he prob couldnt reach half way to his toes, he then will grab them off the bench and attempt to shrug
how does he do them?
he jumps
he cant even get one rep so in order to do so he hops up and down to get a small half a centimetre range of motion, hell do maybe 4 reps n jus drop the weights, wen the weights hit the ground he glares around the room n gives this look like hes a huge monster n that hes the biggest guy der, den wen im struggling to shrug 50 kilograms and twice his size he glares at me smiles as if im a weakling, wat a fat C U N T

the way that you type made this post that much funnier
 
This one isn't about anyone in particular, but the gym itself.

I went to another 24hour fitness center. This one is supposedly better because it is a sports level which is better than the one I currently go to. I arrive and the place looks nice. It's certainly bigger than my current gym. There are more cardio machines, a basketball court and even a pool. The weight room is a lot larger. They have twice the dumbells and larger space, too.

The only thing I find moronic about this gym is they too have two squat racks and one power rack. Just like my current gym. The only thing is they put one of the squat racks downstairs right next to the cardio machines... To top it off, the lone squat rat is sitting there in the middle of the walk way. It is a major walk way in the gym so everyone will be walking by it constantly. I checked out the squat rack and there was only 1 set of 45's and the rest were 25's and 10's.. I think they set that squat rack there so people can use it for curling infront of the people doing cardio. You know, to show off their massive curling.

Another thing about this gym that was moronic. They have eight ab roller machines, but no ham glute raise machine. They have four leg press machine, but nowhere to do deadlifts. Six bench press areas, but only enough plates for 1/2 the equipment in the gym. It's a chore finding 5 pound plates.

The only thing I like about the place is their power rack. It's a nice sturdy rack compared to the one at my current place.
 
This one isn't about anyone in particular, but the gym itself.

I went to another 24hour fitness center. This one is supposedly better because it is a sports level which is better than the one I currently go to. I arrive and the place looks nice. It's certainly bigger than my current gym. There are more cardio machines, a basketball court and even a pool. The weight room is a lot larger. They have twice the dumbells and larger space, too.

The only thing I find moronic about this gym is they too have two squat racks and one power rack. Just like my current gym. The only thing is they put one of the squat racks downstairs right next to the cardio machines... To top it off, the lone squat rat is sitting there in the middle of the walk way. It is a major walk way in the gym so everyone will be walking by it constantly. I checked out the squat rack and there was only 1 set of 45's and the rest were 25's and 10's.. I think they set that squat rack there so people can use it for curling infront of the people doing cardio. You know, to show off their massive curling.

Another thing about this gym that was moronic. They have eight ab roller machines, but no ham glute raise machine. They have four leg press machine, but nowhere to do deadlifts. Six bench press areas, but only enough plates for 1/2 the equipment in the gym. It's a chore finding 5 pound plates.

The only thing I like about the place is their power rack. It's a nice sturdy rack compared to the one at my current place.

Quit complaining my gym has -

Db's up to 90lbs. (only eight 45lb plates!)

A weight lifting floor space of about 6 metres by 3 metres

1 squat rack

1 set of dip bars, 1 pullup bar 1 machine to do assisted pullups/dips on

1 crossover station

1 pulley which can be adjusted to do stuff like pressdowns, seated cable row etc

2 lat pulldown stations

3 treadmills, 2 rowing machines, 4 stationary bikes 1 crosstrainer thing

1 benchpress machine, 1 shrug machine, 1 preacher curl machine

1 45 degree back extension bench

2 ez bars, 4 oly bars, 1 5ft barbell

anything else you can think of is not there. oh exept for a smith machine

Lol :supercool:
 
Ok I seen it tonight, I saw two guys in the gym doin tag team curls with a straight bar at the squt rack!! LMFOA.. Jus to start.. Good thing I was already done squatting and was at the DL station and couldnt stop shaking my head at these clowns doin a set of 6-8 then handing it to the other, yes it was just the bar.. And then after they are done they go to the Smith Machine and start doin standing military press and it just looked retarded, then to top it off the pull over a bench and start doing flat bench at warp speed with 25lb plates on it while dancing to some hiphop music and continously looking in the mirror and flexing, then have the nerve to look at everyone in the gym hardcore.. LMAO.. Made my day.. :D
 
Two retards.

Yesterday: I walked up the stairs from the weight area to the cardio area ready to leave. I see this guy who looks just like me. The only difference is he has small shoulders and a hunched over back. I have very wide shoulders and my back is pretty straight. We're both fat.

So I walk up the stairs and I see him doing some sort of hip hop routine on top of the stair area. This made it pretty hard to pass by. I thought about hitting him in the side of the head, but he looked just like me. I can't punch someone who looks like me.


Today I was at another gym. I'm beginning ot like this other gym because they have a great power rack. It's a good twenty minutes away, but the power rack is that good. Im there doing my lifts and one of the personal trainer was training some middleaged man. He had him doing some sort of bent over knee on the bench tricep extension thing. He was using those chrome 5 pounder. I wondered how much this man was paying to have his time wasted.

At the same gym, different area. There was this man who looked maybe Greek or Middle Eastern. I don't know. He smelled horrible though. He wore this tank top and he was always staring at the mirror into his own eyes. He looked sort of like Rocky Balboa, but a lot thinner and a ton creepier.

Same gym, smith machine area. There was this personal trainer girl. She was training some middleaged guy. She had him do the worst looking quarter squats I've seen so far. It was more of a knee exercise. This really drove the nail in the coffin. Convinced me these personal trainers at these fitness centers aren't really trainers, but just salespeople.
 
The owner of the gym was watching me the past days doing the Bill Starr Madcow 5x5 intermidiate program. he came to me and asked me what are you doing? i told him the guys from the net all of them suggested me to start this program and i said i will give it a shot, so i told him no more summer diet i will start eating large and train heavy.he wasnt so impressed as i saw the experssion on his face.

Guess what? After 2 weeks, yesterday that is he asked me to join me in this program AND HE ALSO WROTE IT DOWN TO 3 clients of his in order to follow it too :) I WAS SO SATISFIED :)
 
First one. A buddy of mine. He doesn't lift weights, but likes to talk a lot. I took him with me and he kept bothering the shit out of me. Told me body builders and powerlifters are the exact same thing. Jumped in during my 5x5 bench press and spotted me by lifting the weight off me when I was on my third rep. Didn't need any spot, but he insisted anyways. I was going to teach him how to spot, but didn't because I knew he would try to argue with my way of spotting (which is, don't touch the god damn bar unless it's on my chest and I yell for help).

Second: Saw a guy today doing 1/4 squats in the squat rack using nothing but the bar. Wasn't so bad since it's friday and the gym wasn't crowded, but if it were prime time it would have been unacceptable. What made this funnier was right across from him was a woman doing 1/2 squats with 25's on the bar. She was going deeper than he was and was even using more weight.

Third: saw this skinny kid just walk around the gym like he was trying to start a fight. I rest about five minutes between my squats so I have time to look around. He wasn't really lifting weights. He would just walk to different stations and watch the person do his set, then he'd ask if he could do a set inbetween. He would put more weight on it pump it out with horrible form then walk away without saying anything. He did this to atleast four people. I was waiting for someone to smash his head with a plate.

Fourth: guy was in the power rack shadowboxing infront of the mirror. He had on some lifting gloves and looked like tough shit. His calves were nonexistant.
 
There was a guy wearing fully black sun glasses in the free weights room today... like Stevie Wonder style... and no he wasn't even blind, he was just a dumb fuck.
 
The owner of the gym was watching me the past days doing the Bill Starr Madcow 5x5 intermidiate program. he came to me and asked me what are you doing? i told him the guys from the net all of them suggested me to start this program and i said i will give it a shot, so i told him no more summer diet i will start eating large and train heavy.he wasnt so impressed as i saw the experssion on his face.

Guess what? After 2 weeks, yesterday that is he asked me to join me in this program AND HE ALSO WROTE IT DOWN TO 3 clients of his in order to follow it too :) I WAS SO SATISFIED :)

i hope you're not doing his routine lol..

today, this one kid wore weightlifting gloves, and right after my friend finished doing some dips, he did dips but only went down about an inch and then pushed back up like it was really hard. Then, he was doing curls with 35 pound dumbbells and he cheated worse than anyone i've ever seen. He bent over, sprung his back back, and curled, using 100% momentum to bring the weight up. To top it off, he let out a huge grunt, and dropped the weights at the end of each fucking rep. I wanted to strangle the kid while i was doing OH Press, but i decided to let him off easy and know that he would never get jack shit done in the gym. I also was thinking about telling him his form was off, but decided not to.
 
Todays moron at the gym was me.

I've decided to start working my neck. I don't have a pencil neck or anything, but I want to grow my neck to make my yoke bigger. I went onto the neck machine and didn't know how to use it. I screwed with it for like twenty minutes the finally figured it out. While I was doing lifts I olooked at the mirror at myself lifting. I was lifting weights with my face! I looked like a retard, but it was a good neck workout.
 
Todays moron at the gym was me.

I've decided to start working my neck. I don't have a pencil neck or anything, but I want to grow my neck to make my yoke bigger. I went onto the neck machine and didn't know how to use it. I screwed with it for like twenty minutes the finally figured it out. While I was doing lifts I olooked at the mirror at myself lifting. I was lifting weights with my face! I looked like a retard, but it was a good neck workout.

haha!
 
There is on guy in my gym who is the most annoying man i have ever come across. He is new muscle, about 45 with a personal trainer. When he exhales he is like the wolf trying to blow over the three little pigs house. When he exhales it lasts for about 20 seconds, no joke, and it drowns out the music in the gym. He gives people sh*tty advice also, he told one lad that you basically have to bend fully over for t-bar rows so that you face is practically touching the weight and when he lat pulldowns he over exaggerates the movement so much that he is basically lieing horizontal facing the ceiling when he pulls down. Also while i was resting between sets on the seated leg press he asked me if i was using this "apparatus" and i felt like telling him that i was just looking for a seat to relax on,even though he saw me doing the exercise.

This has been like counselling for me thanks for giving me this board, i feel i can move on now that i let this all out!!
 
lol gotta love douches at gyms
had a 40 year old fat guy at my gym the other day who obviuosly was der to loose weight and ive seen him at ma gym for past year and has prob gotten fatter
he prob 5 n half feet tall btw wif big beer belly n sweats heaps, no biggie but he STINKS LIKE OMG, if hes training in the weight room i move to another wight room, i dont think i could ever bench within 10 metres of him, im always scared ill drop 90 to 100 kilos on me coz my gym partner is abit of jus a lazy bugger who doesnt pay attention,
anyways hes prob funniest guy ive seen weight train, wen he attempts to do shrugs hell grab 58 kilogram dumbells which he literally spends 10 minutes trying to get off the rack, den he will rest dem on a bench coz he cant lift them off the ground since his legs n bak are so weak, no to mention he prob couldnt reach half way to his toes, he then will grab them off the bench and attempt to shrug
how does he do them?
he jumps
he cant even get one rep so in order to do so he hops up and down to get a small half a centimetre range of motion, hell do maybe 4 reps n jus drop the weights, wen the weights hit the ground he glares around the room n gives this look like hes a huge monster n that hes the biggest guy der, den wen im struggling to shrug 50 kilograms and twice his size he glares at me smiles as if im a weakling, wat a fat C U N T


Funny, but learn how to type and spell words. You're not texting.
 
I got one back in the locker room. Its prime time at the gym so its crowded. I walk back in the locker room only to see a butt naked 50 y/o man spread eagle at one of the hand blowers right next to all the sinks. Apparently he forgot his towel so decided to dry off EVERY inch of his flabs right next to everyone while they wash their hands. Everyone was obviously disgusted as he was throwing his leg up onto the sinks, I guess to gain leverage to dry his fuckin ball sack. It was possibly the worst thing I have every seen, It ruined my day and It will haunt my dreams for years to come.
 
Was doing a 5x5 and as usual started with with squats. It was medium rep day so I had just 285 on the bar, when a dude walked over and said he didn't like to squat heavy because he did not want bulky legs. This fcker was about 6 ft tall and probably weighed 160 lbs soaking wet. He went on to tell me leg presses were better for me than squats. I just shook my head and laughed! Dumb shit!!
 
last night....skinny kid loads over 400 lbs on the smith bar and proceeds to get into the lift position...moves it an inch holds it and shakes for 10 seconds and allthese impressed 16 yr olds are around him...i over hear him brag how hes training his tendons for lifts thatbig lmao....another day guys gf starts trying to give him a lap dance on the incline....i dont have time for that junk in the gym
 
I got one back in the locker room. Its prime time at the gym so its crowded. I walk back in the locker room only to see a butt naked 50 y/o man spread eagle at one of the hand blowers right next to all the sinks. Apparently he forgot his towel so decided to dry off EVERY inch of his flabs right next to everyone while they wash their hands. Everyone was obviously disgusted as he was throwing his leg up onto the sinks, I guess to gain leverage to dry his fuckin ball sack. It was possibly the worst thing I have every seen, It ruined my day and It will haunt my dreams for years to come.

Now that's some sick story right there :sick:
 
last night....skinny kid loads over 400 lbs on the smith bar and proceeds to get into the lift position...moves it an inch holds it and shakes for 10 seconds and allthese impressed 16 yr olds are around him...i over hear him brag how hes training his tendons for lifts thatbig lmao....another day guys gf starts trying to give him a lap dance on the incline....i dont have time for that junk in the gym

I wish my gym offered that service. I wouldn't leave! Granted i wouldnt get big either....well i would, but not in the right place...;)
 
last night....skinny kid loads over 400 lbs on the smith bar and proceeds to get into the lift position...moves it an inch holds it and shakes for 10 seconds and allthese impressed 16 yr olds are around him...i over hear him brag how hes training his tendons for lifts thatbig lmao....another day guys gf starts trying to give him a lap dance on the incline....i dont have time for that junk in the gym

Are you for real?
 
last night....skinny kid loads over 400 lbs on the smith bar and proceeds to get into the lift position...moves it an inch holds it and shakes for 10 seconds and allthese impressed 16 yr olds are around him...i over hear him brag how hes training his tendons for lifts thatbig lmao....another day guys gf starts trying to give him a lap dance on the incline....i dont have time for that junk in the gym

im calling bullshit on the lap dance
 
This thread is great, I actually read from page 1 up to page 60. I usually zone out with my ipod blasting and wearing a cap so I'm in my own little world. But on a few occasions I have seen some oddities worth mentioning. Aside from the typical swinging curlers and guys who go down a few inches during their squats and benches I seem to have a problem with creepy old dudes who apparently get their jollies off checking out other dudes.... here's one of my worse experiences:

I was at the gym at the crack of dawn so the gym was nearly empty, and as I was doing my workout I noticed someone staring at me, I didn't think much of it. Then I moved onto the next workout and I noticed someone staring at me in the corner. I looked over and this dude looks like bill gates just sitting there facing my direction staring at me. Ok..... so I move onto the next workout and the guy is just working out near me or next to me the entire time. Finally I was sitting on one of the benches in front of the weight rack and he sits on the one next to me, looks over and says, "good morning" with a big grin on his face. So I finished up my sets in a hurry and walked upstairs to do cardio, and when I got up and looked down he was looking at up at me.
 
This thread is great, I actually read from page 1 up to page 60. I usually zone out with my ipod blasting and wearing a cap so I'm in my own little world. But on a few occasions I have seen some oddities worth mentioning. Aside from the typical swinging curlers and guys who go down a few inches during their squats and benches I seem to have a problem with creepy old dudes who apparently get their jollies off checking out other dudes.... here's one of my worse experiences:

I was at the gym at the crack of dawn so the gym was nearly empty, and as I was doing my workout I noticed someone staring at me, I didn't think much of it. Then I moved onto the next workout and I noticed someone staring at me in the corner. I looked over and this dude looks like bill gates just sitting there facing my direction staring at me. Ok..... so I move onto the next workout and the guy is just working out near me or next to me the entire time. Finally I was sitting on one of the benches in front of the weight rack and he sits on the one next to me, looks over and says, "good morning" with a big grin on his face. So I finished up my sets in a hurry and walked upstairs to do cardio, and when I got up and looked down he was looking at up at me.

Maybe he likes your style... loves is everywhere you know... :rainbow:
 
This thread is great, I actually read from page 1 up to page 60. I usually zone out with my ipod blasting and wearing a cap so I'm in my own little world. But on a few occasions I have seen some oddities worth mentioning. Aside from the typical swinging curlers and guys who go down a few inches during their squats and benches I seem to have a problem with creepy old dudes who apparently get their jollies off checking out other dudes.... here's one of my worse experiences:

I was at the gym at the crack of dawn so the gym was nearly empty, and as I was doing my workout I noticed someone staring at me, I didn't think much of it. Then I moved onto the next workout and I noticed someone staring at me in the corner. I looked over and this dude looks like bill gates just sitting there facing my direction staring at me. Ok..... so I move onto the next workout and the guy is just working out near me or next to me the entire time. Finally I was sitting on one of the benches in front of the weight rack and he sits on the one next to me, looks over and says, "good morning" with a big grin on his face. So I finished up my sets in a hurry and walked upstairs to do cardio, and when I got up and looked down he was looking at up at me.

and you didn't even approach him!! wow, you played this wrong... he was yours for the taking bro
 
Saw this guy at my gym do legs for the very first time. I go 5times a week and see him there. He's always doing biceps, shoulders and chest. Never legs or back.

I see him doing legs for the first time today on the leg press machine. Then I notice the cast on his arm. I guess he's doing legs since he can't use his hands.

A good start though. Maybe the injury was a blessing in disguise?
 
Haven't heard much mention of swiss balls, but this is the best swiss ball story I got...

40 year old guy walks into the gym with his own custom, handcrafted swiss ball (literally has his name on it and everything), proceeds to do his entire workout on the thing. Anyways, starts BB benching 185 on the thing, and I see him struggling to hit his last rep on the set.

So he's on this ball, bar is halfway off his chest, and homies not giving up. Face is BEET red. Then I see it. His natural instinct to arch his back takes over. I can see this swiss ball, in all its customized glory, teetering on the brink. The guy finally manages to jerk the bar to lockout, but as soon as he does it, the ball gives. It flies out beneath him, he falls STRAIGHT back and the bar drops right into his chest. The entire gym had to collectively pick their jaws up off the floor at this point haha.

And the best part is he was doing DB goblet squats on a BOSU like 15 mins later...
 
Haven't heard much mention of swiss balls, but this is the best swiss ball story I got...

40 year old guy walks into the gym with his own custom, handcrafted swiss ball (literally has his name on it and everything), proceeds to do his entire workout on the thing. Anyways, starts BB benching 185 on the thing, and I see him struggling to hit his last rep on the set.

So he's on this ball, bar is halfway off his chest, and homies not giving up. Face is BEET red. Then I see it. His natural instinct to arch his back takes over. I can see this swiss ball, in all its customized glory, teetering on the brink. The guy finally manages to jerk the bar to lockout, but as soon as he does it, the ball gives. It flies out beneath him, he falls STRAIGHT back and the bar drops right into his chest. The entire gym had to collectively pick their jaws up off the floor at this point haha.

And the best part is he was doing DB goblet squats on a BOSU like 15 mins later...

and nobody even helped him?? i would have gone over and made sure he didn't kill himself, but that's just my morals.
 
and nobody even helped him?? i would have gone over and made sure he didn't kill himself, but that's just my morals.

yeah man falling onto your back with 185 in your hands would wind you for sure, getting the bar off by himself would be even harder
 
and nobody even helped him?? i would have gone over and made sure he didn't kill himself, but that's just my morals.

Nah guys like that definitely are morons! If someone tried to help him, he probably would throw an insult. Trust me, guys who go to the gym with their own custom swiss ball with the their name on it are just the type of people you would want to ignore, completely!
 
Ok, Monday I am sitting on the incline bench with the shoulder press area right in front of me. The two frat boys put 135 on the bar and bounce it off their chest to lock out for 5 or 6 reps. Ok bad form nothing moronic. Well, 175 is now the weight being lifted. The frat bro drops the weight to his chest and humps the air 3 or 4 times to get the weight up. This is what it looked like: Shoulder blades only part touching seat. Body in a saint louis arch posistion with only feet touching the ground. So it was like he was doing a bench with only his shoulders touching not a shoulder press. The best part is when he was in this posistion was the quick thrustings of his hips like he was trying to drive himself into a fat chick.
 
Saw some guy lay on a flat bench doing some weird arm movement. He was laying on his side with his head resting on one hand sort of like he's posing. He then uses his other arm to hold a 5 pound dumbell and does a jacking off motion.. I think he was working his tricep or something. It was gay.
 
Saw some guy lay on a flat bench doing some weird arm movement. He was laying on his side with his head resting on one hand sort of like he's posing. He then uses his other arm to hold a 5 pound dumbell and does a jacking off motion.. I think he was working his tricep or something. It was gay.

OMG I think the exact same guy was lifting this morning when I was in there. LMAO he was doing the exact same movement. We were on the next bench and I kept a straight face the whole time, and then when we finished our day, we're walking back to the lockers and I say to my friend, "Hey, did you see that guy fagging it up like he was posing for a Playboy spread?" He busted out laughing.
 
After years of going to the gym I finally noticed a squat rack curler. My gym's squat rack is rarely ever used so it's no big deal, but this guy matches a lot of the morons you guys described. No muscles, chubby, jumping up and swinging the bar to get it up. Then after that he goes over to the ez curl rack and does some more curls.
 
Saw some guy lay on a flat bench doing some weird arm movement. He was laying on his side with his head resting on one hand sort of like he's posing. He then uses his other arm to hold a 5 pound dumbell and does a jacking off motion.. I think he was working his tricep or something. It was gay.

I feel you bro, for those who had trouble understanding the image you were trying to explain with words here is a video :rainbow: don't have nothing against gay people, but this is funny...

YouTube - Rotator Cuff Exercises for Pain Relief / Shoulder Pain Relief
 
I might start doing these also, just to keep my rotators good. But I'll do that at home, not at the gym. It seems if you're going to do anything that looks that way...it might be better off in the privacy of your own home. :verygood:
 
Today I saw a guy taking a shit in the bathroom with the door open. Not sure why the door was open. I walked by the stalls to get to the sink area and he was in there with his pants to his ankles dropping a load.
 
Today I saw a guy taking a shit in the bathroom with the door open. Not sure why the door was open. I walked by the stalls to get to the sink area and he was in there with his pants to his ankles dropping a load.

Yeah maybe he was expecting a lil help there... :rainbow:

Last week i saw these skinny, tall sloppy-walker mid-age guy. loading up the hack squat machine with 400lbs or more, with no warm-up whatsover and it was like 7am he then proceeded with some half quarter squats, but i was minding my own business so just walked away downstairs to proceed with my ab work, few minutes later he went to the abs station too and was touching his lower back obviously in pain from the bad form squats.

I mean are these people even for real, the guy couldn't even walk straight and yet he went to do that crap, this is beyond all understanding :worried:
 
In the locker room, I once saw the most nerdy looking guy you could ever see in your life, about 5'6" 170 pounds, very chubby, big round glasses, bald spot, very weak... getting changed. He was in the dead middle of the locker room, which is fairly large and has some more private areas, but he decides to get butt naked. He definately didn't have anything to show off, but I have to give him credit, the bro was def secure with his body apparenlty. I was 17 at the time, and I was much bigger waking by, also it seemed like at that moment every big guy that attended that gym was in that locker room at the same time.
 
Went in for some light cardio today and saw a guy playing one of those portable video game systems while running on the treadmill. He was running at a pretty good speed too.

Wouldn't call it moronic, but it's ridiculous.
 
cant read all the thread cause my sides r hurting
some classic stories here
at my gym its got 2 b screamer bloke
this bloke screams at every exercise NO KIDDING he sounds like hes having a baby even when doing the incredibly taxing 'triceps kickback' i dread to think his reaction to a squat perhaps earplugs should be mandatory when screamer blokes doing his thing
p.s. my cousin just informed me screamer bloke also shaves in the nude at the sinks and coiffures his big blond mullett worse still he didnt rinse his whiskers away
unbelievable! i love this thread and shall keep reading when i have a poor w/out to keep my spirits up
 
Went to another gym today for their nice power rack. Saw a guy eating his lunch in the locker room. Disgusting. Especially since the next room down is the toilets and someone was dropping a big stinking load during this guys meal.

If you're wondering, he was eating some tacos out of one of those take home containers.
 
I finally bumped into a hardcore moron today myself...... I was doing squats in the squat rack and I noticed this kid who can't be more than 18, short, chubby with a big belly going over to the smith machine.

I noticed he kept looking over at me but didn't think much of it. Then I added some weight... he saw me do that and he just had to "one up" me and added more weight onto his bar. And then proceeded to do halfass squats while I was going ass to the ground. After he finished he'd look at me like "WHAT NOW?".
 
I finally bumped into a hardcore moron today myself...... I was doing squats in the squat rack and I noticed this kid who can't be more than 18, short, chubby with a big belly going over to the smith machine.

I noticed he kept looking over at me but didn't think much of it. Then I added some weight... he saw me do that and he just had to "one up" me and added more weight onto his bar. And then proceeded to do halfass squats while I was going ass to the ground. After he finished he'd look at me like "WHAT NOW?".


Haha not sure why they do that. It's always the guys who don't really do squats either. They just want to do more than you on whatever it is you're doing.
 
i got a good moron at the gym.

Little guido guy like 5'6" must weigh 175lbs.

Asked me to spot him, 225 on the bench!! Thats not the funny part dont laugh yet.

Right before he works himself up into a frenzy for the 225 he has this glazed look in his eye and whispers to me, " do you see them, the enemy there everywere" (apparently he is refering to the weights). "I am going to crush them", he states with grinding teeth.

He then goes and benches 225 for 3 tuff reps. gets up and says,"hell ya thats how you do it". WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I shook my head, went to the front desk and got my refund!


I was trying to mentally prepare myself for a heavy (for me) set of atg squats, and this story (and that phrase) popped into my head, and I started laughing. Ruined my whole workout! :p
I'm glad I workout at 6am... not a lot of people to stare at the crazy guy laughing in the squat rack.
 
Not sure if this douche is at every gym or is a new breed of moron, never paid attention to anybody until I read this thread. Now, I'm watching out. I got to meet the quarterback guy today. After ever set of exercises, this moron walks up to the big mirror on the side wall, does a 5 step drop in between flat benches, and throws a phantom pass 4 or 5 times into the mirror. Not as bad as the shadowboxer I guess, but still f&%ing annoying.
 
Idiots that do step ups and situps on the bench press when theres only 2 of them and a million other benches to use...
 
Not sure if this douche is at every gym or is a new breed of moron, never paid attention to anybody until I read this thread. Now, I'm watching out. I got to meet the quarterback guy today. After ever set of exercises, this moron walks up to the big mirror on the side wall, does a 5 step drop in between flat benches, and throws a phantom pass 4 or 5 times into the mirror. Not as bad as the shadowboxer I guess, but still f&%ing annoying.

lmao i can only imagine

today there was this asian kid who was trying to do planks, but his ass was way too high up off the ground. Then, this hot girl walks into the area and he starts moaning and air humping the floor. Funniest thing i have ever seen at the gym
 
I always feel like the moron at the gym when I use the four way neck machine. No one ever uses it and everyone stares at me when I use it. It looks like I'm lifting weights with my face.
 
Was close to being the moron myself yesterday. Was in a little hurry to get w/o in and was on the phone with someone while getting dressed at the house. BTW, I free-ball it, so when I w/o, I either wear a jock or short compression shorts under my shorts. Drove over to the gym and right before I walked in, realized I forgot to put my outer shorts on and compression shorts were showing the magnafied "bulge". Reminded me a little of the Will Ferell skit from SNL concerning his patriotism day thong bulge. No one was in parking lot, so I doubt I'll end up here.

"Quarterback Guy" was there again today, but since I had my camera phone with me ready to take a video, he failed to put on another passing exhibition.

Did catch to other morons though while I was running on the treadmill. These 2 douches walk in and get on treadmills in front of me. Douche #1 is wearing a Tommy Hillfiger or something polo shirt, blue jeans, and running shoes. Douche #2 is wearing what could be considered an athletic-type adidas shirt, khaki shorts, and sandals. They "warm-up" I guess for a few minutes on the treadmill and then proceed over to the punching bag and do the stereotypical moron boxing exhibition.
 
Was close to being the moron myself yesterday. Was in a little hurry to get w/o in and was on the phone with someone while getting dressed at the house. BTW, I free-ball it, so when I w/o, I either wear a jock or short compression shorts under my shorts. Drove over to the gym and right before I walked in, realized I forgot to put my outer shorts on and compression shorts were showing the magnafied "bulge". Reminded me a little of the Will Ferell skit from SNL concerning his patriotism day thong bulge. No one was in parking lot, so I doubt I'll end up here.

"Quarterback Guy" was there again today, but since I had my camera phone with me ready to take a video, he failed to put on another passing exhibition.

Did catch to other morons though while I was running on the treadmill. These 2 douches walk in and get on treadmills in front of me. Douche #1 is wearing a Tommy Hillfiger or something polo shirt, blue jeans, and running shoes. Douche #2 is wearing what could be considered an athletic-type adidas shirt, khaki shorts, and sandals. They "warm-up" I guess for a few minutes on the treadmill and then proceed over to the punching bag and do the stereotypical moron boxing exhibition.

lol @ working out in jeans
 
i just stopped going to the gym, way too many douche nozzles. basement ftw. When i was going to the gym, we had one guy wear straps above his elbows that were different colors. It was like a wwe/wwf kinda setup.. like the ultimate warrior.

he made me giggle.

anther time this guy who was large, pretty cut.... but i walked in at the same time as him.. he walked in sideways threw the front doors with his arms stretched out over advertising his frame.. shrug..

he made me giggle.
 
I think I found a secret admirerer today.

I used to suspect this guy was trying to show me up. First incident was when I was doing overhead presses. He goes to next rack and does the same thing with leg drive. Few more incidents inbetween, but I never really thought anything of it.

He did the same thing today during bench press. This was when I realized this guy had a chip on his shoulder. He had something to prove. Not sure why he's trying to show me up. I'm like the most unfit guy in the gym and I was only benching 185.
 
cant read all the thread cause my sides r hurting
some classic stories here
at my gym its got 2 b screamer bloke
this bloke screams at every exercise NO KIDDING he sounds like hes having a baby even when doing the incredibly taxing 'triceps kickback' i dread to think his reaction to a squat perhaps earplugs should be mandatory when screamer blokes doing his thing
p.s. my cousin just informed me screamer bloke also shaves in the nude at the sinks and coiffures his big blond mullett worse still he didnt rinse his whiskers away
unbelievable! i love this thread and shall keep reading when i have a poor w/out to keep my spirits up

Me and my buddy actually made a pretty funny prank call when we were younger. We called up the YMCA to file a complaint about someone shaving in the locker room, and the guy was like, uh... did he not clean up after or something and my buddy goes "no, it wasn't his face he was shaving" and the fucking kid on the phone starts cracking up so my buddy is like "whats so funny, my kids go there i dont want them seeing that shit" and the guys like i'm very sorry sir if it happens again let us know.:D
 
Me and my buddy actually made a pretty funny prank call when we were younger. We called up the YMCA to file a complaint about someone shaving in the locker room, and the guy was like, uh... did he not clean up after or something and my buddy goes "no, it wasn't his face he was shaving" and the fucking kid on the phone starts cracking up so my buddy is like "whats so funny, my kids go there i dont want them seeing that shit" and the guys like i'm very sorry sir if it happens again let us know.:D

:lmao:
 
I was just doing my normal routine, and then this like 14-15 year old kid puts two 25's lbs for his bench press. (total of 90 lbs) Once hes finished he looks at me and smiles like hes some tuff shit.
I then went over and showed him what real weight lifting is.
 
Today I was doing one arm dumbbell rows today. 115 lbs and I use straps because I have woman grip. I get done with my last set and this kid lifting next to me goes, "That's pretty good man. I do 170 lbs without straps and it's hard. Keep it up."

I just said, "Congratulations, you're as strong as Ron Coleman." As I reracked the dumbbell, I noticed he was hammer curling 25s. LOL. What is it with people sometimes?
 
Just thought i would share this with you
Last night i was doing a core circuit all in the same spot. I wasnt taking up much room. It was around 1130pm the gym closes at 12 and the cleaner was vacuming. Any ways i was about to finish my last exercise. All of a sudden the fucking cleaner comes and start vacuming litterally like an inch from me. I han noooo room to even move. Talk about invading my personal space. He could have waited till i was finished. I got up and and said "what the fuck!" He ignored as i went on to another spot really fast to finish the exercise. i never breake a circuit ;)
 
Havent posted in this thread for years but i got to today... This guy walks in the gym talking on his cell wearing a tight little element t-shirt and jeans.. Over 100• outside lol walks up to the preacher tucks his phone inbetween his shoulder and ear and starts his set while talking on the phone the was no collars on the curl bar and one part of me wanted the weights to fly off and the other part of me was preying to god they dont fly off an hit me.... I couldnt even work out around him i was so anoyed an im used to working out around morons... In fact for a instant i wish i was a moron with my phone so i could of taken a pictue of him an posted it in this thread!
 
Last week at work one of my co workers comes up to me and tells me he just broke up with his girlfreind so he now has time to go to the gym. Whatever the fuck thats supposed to mean. I look at him thinking obviously this is the same kind of person who is a New Years Resolution idiot by his comment. I was like "OK!". This guy is about 170 lbs and 6'3", he looks like a greyhound. Greyhound asked me some stupid shit, that if he spent a minute of his free time he could just google. I normally try to help people but I can spot someone who is doing it just to give it up 2 weeks later. I go to the gym that night and see him there, trying to bench press 220lbs. His spotter was rowing it for him. The best part of this story is when greyhound comes into work and asks me if I knew what "these weird lumps are on my stomach?" I told him he probably has a hernia and should go get it checked out. He in fact had 3 hernias from doing like 240 lbs on the abdominal machine. Greyhound is a text book example of the kind of idiot that companies and the government have to put stupid fucking labels that tell you coffee can burn you or that a sleep aid can cause drowsiness. Its sad when people are so stupid they have to be protected from themselves.
 
Last week at work one of my co workers comes up to me and tells me he just broke up with his girlfreind so he now has time to go to the gym. Whatever the fuck thats supposed to mean. I look at him thinking obviously this is the same kind of person who is a New Years Resolution idiot by his comment. I was like "OK!". This guy is about 170 lbs and 6'3", he looks like a greyhound. Greyhound asked me some stupid shit, that if he spent a minute of his free time he could just google. I normally try to help people but I can spot someone who is doing it just to give it up 2 weeks later. I go to the gym that night and see him there, trying to bench press 220lbs. His spotter was rowing it for him. The best part of this story is when greyhound comes into work and asks me if I knew what "these weird lumps are on my stomach?" I told him he probably has a hernia and should go get it checked out. He in fact had 3 hernias from doing like 240 lbs on the abdominal machine. Greyhound is a text book example of the kind of idiot that companies and the government have to put stupid fucking labels that tell you coffee can burn you or that a sleep aid can cause drowsiness. Its sad when people are so stupid they have to be protected from themselves.
Damn i actually feel sry for the guy, down in the dumps trying to get in the gym an ends up with a hernia... Shit! Kinda like a boxer with a jackt up face, whole hell of alot of heart but no skill
 
lol I didnt feel sorry for him because myself and like a dozen other people told him to lift with lighter weight. But of course he didnt. Then after he did get the operation for his 3 hernias he was bragging about having work off for 2 weeks and told me he was going to be skateboarding during that time.... Fucking Clowns Shoes!!!!
 
lol I didnt feel sorry for him because myself and like a dozen other people told him to lift with lighter weight. But of course he didnt. Then after he did get the operation for his 3 hernias he was bragging about having work off for 2 weeks and told me he was going to be skateboarding during that time.... Fucking Clowns Shoes!!!!

Hes not a moron in the gym he is a moron in life! Wow!!
 
lol I didnt feel sorry for him because myself and like a dozen other people told him to lift with lighter weight. But of course he didnt. Then after he did get the operation for his 3 hernias he was bragging about having work off for 2 weeks and told me he was going to be skateboarding during that time.... Fucking Clowns Shoes!!!!

WOW is right and I thought I saw stupid people in the gym thta I basically laugh inside at. I'm the same way, I will give you all the time in the world as long as the person is gonna be dedicated. Thats my first question than I will help all they want, if not I agree. I direct them to BB.com instead!
 
Was in the wet sauna today...some turd comes in and LAYS down with his knees up, feet only inches from my ass....total crotch shot.

Almost said "WTF"...but figure the guy wanted my bone and I didn't want to encourage.

Finally had to leave when he crossed his legs....
 
Gym was pretty packed for a friday. The squat racks/power rack area was full from people doing bullshit. I had a rack though and took it for a whole hour doing fronts/back squats. Some guy kept coming into the room to check if a rack was free. He entered about three times and each time everything was still full. I was going to ask if he wanted to work in since I was going to be there for a while. I ended up not asking though.

A few minutes later one rack opens up. He gets in, takes off the 25's from the previous person doing curls then adds on some 10's and starts doing curls. Then he puts on another 10 and does a standing bent over row. Not even 45 degrees.

Not a big deal really. Except our gym has a freaken huge area to do curls. Theres like four preacher curl stations with a shitload of bars/dumbells. I think people just don't like bending over to pickup the bar since they have no core strength.
 
Saw a guy curling in the squat rack today. Pretty normal right?

Well he was curling in the squat rack with a preset weight. He brought over one of those small bars that had a preset weight on them already and started curling in the squat rack. He didn't even touch the olympic bar on the squat rack, just stood in there curling with his preset bar. I thought he was doing some kind of circuit curling or something so I kept watch on him, but he just kept using that preset bar to do curls. After about five minutes he took the preset bar away and I never saw him again.

Some chick farted today. I was doing the seated aerobic row machine for warming up. I got up and walked past her and smelled her nasty fart. It was her. There was nobody else there and it sure as hell wasn't me.

Saw some guy squatting way more than he should. He had on 185 on his back with a pillow on the bar to cushion his neck. His lower back was so curved it was painful to watch.

I really wish every gym had atleast one guy there that is a personal trainer/safety manager. Someone who knows what they're doing and would be willing to stop and coach someone on their form for a few minutes without trying to sell personal training sessions. My old gym had a bunch of person trainers that would do that, but they would follow it up with some aggressive personal training sales tactics. Plus I don't think they knew what they were doing because only thing I saw them doing were curls and bench.
 
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