Thread: Observations made in the gym

I no longer workout at a public gym but had a few stories of when i did.

The loner
One of these assholes got me banned from the gym.
This will be the guy who goes to the gym the same time as you when its almost empty.
He will be doing Bench/Sqauts the same day as you.
You see him banging out 70kg on the bench at a struggle.
You ask if you can join him and you can help spot him to help make the last reps.
He will tell you No. Leaving you no choice but ask when he will be finish,
He will tell you 2-3 more sets.
Return 1 hour later he still got one more to do.........

Placebo Guy
This is one of those guys who takes every supplement available OTC.
Tells you how great each one of the 10-30 supplements are yet months pass and hes still weak and skinny and wonders why. You tell him diet and training but that translates in idiot to ..MORE SUPS !

People who Dress in the Dark
I know there are many different fashion styles out their but when i comes to working out there really is a very limited choice.
During my year or so in my old retarded gym i saw
A guy wearing a thick leather jacket, Pair of skinny jeans and cowboy boots.
Fat Chick with Small denim shorts and tank top which covered boobs only.
A guy who worked out in nothing but MMA shorts..no shoes ,socks or t shirt.
A fat guy wearing a suit.
And a Guy wearing womans cycling shorts with what looks like a womans Lycra top on as well.

And the old guys coverd with white body hair -a fat gut and drying ther dick in frunt of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why are there so many guys doing light weight flyes? Does this even do anything at all? Why do I see so many guys doing cable crossovers? It is a fairly lame exercise to begin with. I see guys in my gym doing chest about 90% of the time and the ocassional guy hitting leg presses. NEVER seen anyone doing squats. I shouldn't talk though cause I cant do them right now either- my lower back is ed up and so I have been resorting to leg presses and hack squats

Also, I see guys doing like 30 work sets per muscle and it obviously isn't working for them yet they are right back there the next time I am at the gym. Weird. Of course the average age at my gym is like 45 so....maybe that has something to do with the antiquated workout routines I see these people doing. Lots of goofballs with their shirt tucked into there shorts. Very cool. haha.

This one guy was asking me how many reps I was "going for" and I told him 5. He kind of looked at me weird. Any of you notice any of these oddities at your gym?

I hate those half ball things people stand on to do exercises on. Or the self braggers, but most of all the talkers. The talkers and cell phone users have to be the worse as they hog a piece of equipment to have a conversation and not work out. Then when you ask they say they are using it and don't catch a clue about "then use it damn it". Also I know some of you may do it but the guys who use multiple pieces of equipment at once, then get mad when you goto use it. Sorry boss you're not the only one here.

My personal fav is the abercrombie kid. Comes in dressed in jeans and a polo shirt to workout. Makes me laugh every time.

The main "observation" I make in the gym is that of those who use the free weights and machines, 75% seem to have no idea what they are doing. I don't know where they get their workout routines from or who instructs them, but they are just wasting their money on a gym membership.

Hahaha great thread!

-T

I belong to a "fitness club" and there are many "observations" which compel me to vomit in my mouth a little. The obese primetime weekday warriors who dominate a treadmill for 2 hours at a grueling pace of .5 mph simply because their satellite TV is on the fritz. There is a subsection of those who choose the seated elliptical. They have the seated part down pat, however instead of elipsing, they text friends and play with facebook on their Blackberry. I don't give a shit what people wear so long as it is washed. And, the old gomers who wear rubber dishwashing gloves while they work out are ok with me too. At least they are there "getting their fitness on". But, those who elect to waste precious equipment in a small ass gym, just to socialize and have personal happy time will get told in no uncertain terms, either do some work or gtfo. Also, I think bosu balls can be useful, you mad?

I like the jeans and workboots dude. He's always doing DB curls IFO the mirror.

What about the skinny-fat 65 year old lady that thinks shes 25 and wears way 2 revealing clothes and tons of make up to the gym. I will still stare at her ass tho, can't help it

Originally Posted by GMO

My personal fav is the abercrombie kid. Comes in dressed in jeans and a polo shirt to workout. Makes me laugh every time.

Forgot to add that one.

There was a guy at my old gym we called Rocky. This guy always wears a wife beater and those queer super short running shorts and a thick ass gold chain with a cross. This meatball is the loudest dude in the gym from first set to last. 20 lb db curls never looked so grueling! And then after a set of about 300 curls the champ gets up and starts shadow boxing in the mirror jab jab upper cut! Oh ya and the whole time he is carrying the clock off the wall behind the counter not sure why must be timing his rounds.

I work out at home or in a "foo foo" gym near work where nobody uses the weights but me. Items like the bench or the squat rack sit idle and unused. Everybody is walking on treadmills - a few are riding stationary bikes. Today I was the only one in the weight section. It is great! I do what I want, no waiting.

My fave is the guy with toothpick legs and huge upper body. He always motivates me to do squats.

Originally Posted by hudsontec

My fave is the guy with toothpick legs and huge upper body. He always motivates me to do squats.

Haha I call them wheelchair bodybuilders! Looks like they have been in a wheelchair for years and there legs atrophied lol!

i only use martial arts gyms now and believe there are some idiots in them too.

regular gym,my favourites are
1-old people who piss in the swimming pool
2-same old man who never does a work out yet is always hanging about in the changing room naked or semi clothed
3-fat guys training abs to get a 6 pack
4-bicep curling retards who get drunk 3 nights a week who simply use the guy as a social actitity
5-old guy who trains in shorts only when realisticly nobody is impressed by his 25 % body fat just because he has big biceps and tattoos that look pre-historic
infact i hate socialising with any o

Originally Posted by tinyfighter

i only use martial arts gyms now and believe there are some idiots in them too.

regular gym,my favourites are
1-old people who piss in the swimming pool
2-same old man who never does a work out yet is always hanging about in the changing room naked or semi clothed
3-fat guys training abs to get a 6 pack
4-bicep curling retards who get drunk 3 nights a week who simply use the guy as a social actitity
5-old guy who trains in shorts only when realisticly nobody is impressed by his 25 % body fat just because he has big biceps and tattoos that look pre-historic
infact i hate using my local gym and i only use it if i have to

martial arts wise the ultimate wind up is the new guy that tells every one he has trained every style yet he cant fight to save his life and looks like a crazy child on the punch bag and gets submitted by every one

What about the Girl with tons of makeup and enough perfume to make your eyes water. Is she at your gym too?

what about the spotter that yells "get your money son!"?

Originally Posted by tgarza

what about the spotter that yells "get your money son!"?

Yes he's at my gym too

Originally Posted by tgarza

what about the spotter that yells "get your money son!"?

where here just to get away from our wife club

a group of guy that sit around one machine shoot shit for about 25 minutes and the repeat this cycle few times then leave

i do believe my gym is the new "social network"... its ridiculous

im starting to build my own gym at home because of all the jackasses! aside from the lazy asses we haved this meatball rocky that wears the 80 bodybuilding mini tank top and no lie the black and purple striped spandex. he also yells at every set and is in the mirror looking and adjusting his junk during his 15 min rest session

The frat boy - Brings a 4x2 for bench and puts it on his friends chest. They did 20 sets of 1 on bench for 2 hours. Grunts when he is benching 135 to make everyone aware. He slaps his fellow frat buddys ass for motivation.

The geek - Skinny guy, who always does the same exact workout and clogs up the squat rack doing wrist curls.

The hardass - Wears sweats, hoodie and bandana. Surrounds himself with much smaller guys then himself so he appears big and strong (much like a girl does at a bar)

The loser - This guy tries to copy you, or show you up by trying to do the same weight as you. He of course fails and does nothing right.

The Know-It-All - Thinks he's mr. cool guy and tells people what they are doing wrong, and then goes ahead and does what he is trying to show them wrong.

The stickbug - This guy is ripped, cut, defined and weighing a solid 150 pounds at 6 foot. This is the guy who thinks he's huge and big because he's so cut because he never eats.

great thread

What about that douche that's always squatting in the curl rack?

And........the guys with the fat guts with big arms and no legs that dont know that no one notices the arms all they see is the fat gut! I also love the guy that grunts loud after each and every rep!!!!!!!!!!!