some peeps just don't grow??

[Scotsman]

yesterday was my first day back in the gym after an extended layoff because of a shoulder injury.

i work out at the same gym at about the same time (depending on when i fall outta bed!).

i was gratified to see that some of the regulars from before i got injured were still there, pumpin' and sweatin' away.

then i noticed......most of these peeps were still the same size as before i laid off!!!

WTF???

At my gym there is one guy who for the last two years hasn't gone up at all in weights, changed his appearance, or even added any reps. Still he struts around like king shit. Oh well at least I get amusment from laughing at him.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[InTraining]

Hmmm..I was just thinking about this yesterday....what is the point of even going to the gym if you are not making any progress?

I was someone who made absolutely 0 progress in my first 6 months of training.....why you ask? Not eating enough, doing a horrible routine and basically knowing nothing about how to train correctly...

Luckily enough for me...I found the internet and saw people using words like "deadlift" and "squat" and I tried these exercises and by golly, I grew....

It's funny how people say "not everyone at the gym is there to get big"....if you train with weights....THEIR ONLY PURPOSE is to tear a muscle(Ok maybe I am wrong in strengthening the R\C ligament) and then subsequently it will become bigger after proper eating and rest..

A guy at the gym started talking to me yesterday for basically no reason at all...and I very rarely do this but I enquired about his routine...he said it isn't really working and after telling me his diet it was suprisingly good? Just needs to eat more.and start training with free weights..I am setting this guy in the right direction...and I wish someone did this for me....

However much we can deny it...no one goes to the gym to make zero progress in whatever goal they are aiming for...sadly people read routines out of Flex and think that these 20 set bicep routines are going to make them huge...and come back month after month, year after year....I wouldn't really care about this that much...but it is always these people giving me "advice" or saying I am doing this exercise "wrong" and then pumping out 30 sets for chest..

Actually I saw a good friend of mine enter the pits of overtraining through his own stubborness and inability to see that he was simply doing FAR TOO MUCH work with weights and that just because some says it is beneficial doesn't make it true..

Sorry for the long winded post

 

[cwick0]

Most people are the same size forever and ever because they use the same shitty routine that doesn't work with the same shitty form that doesn't work with the same shitty eating habbits that don't work day after day, week after week, year after year.

Most people come to the gym on monday to max on bench with their asses a foot off the bench, and pump up their chest and bis, they come in on tues to do lat pulldowns with the entire stack, not knowing how much it is, while they swing their bodies as if having a seizure and still only manage to move the bar in a 2 inch range of motion, they then do some type of row tht looks like a pelvic gyration, then they move on to every type of bicep curl inaginable with the worst form one can dream of.....Wed is a day off from all the "intense" training....then they come in on thurs to do 1/16th of a rep milirary presses on the smith machine, swinging side raises with more weight than they have any business touching, 1/40,000th of a rep shrugs with 8 plates a side, and some partial ROM skull crushers with 100% assistance from a spotter. They spend thurs night - sun afternoon pouring alcohol down their throats, eat about 1,000 calories a day and do this for years.

Thats why the average gym member, despite being considered "built" or "buff" by the average person who doesn't workout never seems to grow or progress despite being a member of a gym for 5 plus years....lol.....I noticed this phenomenon myself.

LMAO!

Doesnt this occur with about 90% of the people in the gym.

 

[BigBadBootyDaddy29]

Enough with the elitist training mentality. Although there are some who fit that description there are plenty of capable, motivated, and intelligent members at my gym and we often learn a lot from each other and help newer members out.

Furthermore, not everyone at your gym may have the same goals as you do. Maybe they dont have the resources to grow because of money, time, stress, work ect. Or maybe they like the size they are and are comfortable just staying healthy and relieving stress. Not everyone goes to the gym to look like Ronnie or bench 500.

That said, most of the problems you higlighted concern ego-driven know-it-alls who think they are hot shit. Check your ego at the door and let them be fools, they aren't hurting anyone but themselves.

Yeah, I think you completely missed the point. The point is that no matter who you are or what your goals are, you are at the gym to get things accomplished and make progress and improve yourself by doing something constructive. It doesn't matter if you are an elite athlete, an overweight woman looking to drop a few dress sizes, an elderly man recovering from a heart attack, or a guy who wants to gain some muscle, you SHOULD be inching closer to your goals workout after workout and you SHOULD NOT be at square one after 5 years of going to the gym. If you want to chat with your friends and release stress you should go and fucking play raquet ball then walk around the treadmills and try to find a date for the weekend and stop wasting the space and time of people who have an agenda and are at the gym to accomplish goals.

Furthermore, any male who is lifting weights in a gym, or makes an attempt to "lift weights" is doing so to gain muscle, strength, or both. That what weight training is for.

 

[cwick0]

At my gym there is one guy who for the last two years hasn't gone up at all in weights, changed his appearance, or even added any reps. Still he struts around like king shit. Oh well at least I get amusment from laughing at him.

Cheers,
Scotsman

I love these guys. They always yield great entertainment when we need a laugh in between some heavy sets.

 

[BigBadBootyDaddy29]

At my gym there is one guy who for the last two years hasn't gone up at all in weights, changed his appearance, or even added any reps. Still he struts around like king shit. Oh well at least I get amusment from laughing at him.

Cheers,
Scotsman

I am seriously considering writing a book on all of the jackasses you see at gyms. I want to give the characters names, Like Joe Suitcase for the guy Scotsman described in the post I quoted. I am still thinking of names for the ever-present group of 5 college kids who fancy themselves as some sort of metrosexual male models.

 

[Scotsman]

At my gym there is one guy who for the last two years hasn't gone up at all in weights, changed his appearance, or even added any reps. Still he struts around like king shit. Oh well at least I get amusment from laughing at him.

Cheers,
Scotsman

I am seriously considering writing a book on all of the jackasses you see at gyms. I want to give the characters names, Like Joe Suitcase for the guy Scotsman described in the post I quoted. I am still thinking of names for the ever-present group of 5 college kids who fancy themselves as some sort of metrosexual male models.

How about the flab 5?

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[BigBadBootyDaddy29]

How about the flab 5?

Cheers,
Scotsman

Sounds good to me, lol.

 

[cwick0]

I prefer to call these guys the "Beach Boys."
All they do is come in and train their beach muscles and leave.

 

[InTraining]

Hhahaah..the Beach Boys...same guys who look at their "abs" between sets...

Couple weeks ago one of these metrosexuals did this after a grueling set with 135 on flat...so of course I had to follow suite and show off my glorious one pack.....