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Posted by: clemson357

I am curious.

I personally think slamming things around is obnoxious. lets see.


Posted by: Du

Im torn between "its obnoxious" and "I dont care".

It is obnoxious, I dont do it myself and get annoyed at people who do.

But, I pay them very little mind, as all theyre doing is looking for attention. The music is already too loud.

Ill vote #2 because I dont like people slamming weights, as it eventually breaks the DBs. Thats not cool.


Posted by: Tommy

I have no prob. with people who grunt or even yell a little bit when doing heavy lift's cause I tend to do that, but there's a couple of guy's who SCREAM and I actually lose my consentration,dont mean to offend any of you hardcore guy's but "Holy Shit"


Posted by: ihateschoolmt

It's bad, but not as bad as the guy who was on his cell phone during his set of push downs.


Posted by: musclepump

I grunt and yell when I need to, I don't mind a bit when other people do it. The guys who are doing heavy shrugs and then, rather than dropping them they put extra effort into throwing them down, that I do hate. Some of the DBs at my gym are so bent that they can't even go back on the rack.


Posted by: Tommy

Quote:
Originally Posted by ihateschoolmt
It's bad, but not as bad as the guy who was on his cell phone during his set of push downs.
I'll never understand that!!! the last thing I want to do while im at the gym is talk on the phone I understand that some people need there cell's on them all the time but...I go the gym not only to train but to take my mind off everyday outside stress,it doesn't really bother me unless I want to use the bench there sitting on and talking on the phone


Posted by: SlimShady

Quote:
Originally Posted by ihateschoolmt
It's bad, but not as bad as the guy who was on his cell phone during his set of push downs.
I fuckin hate people who talk on the cell phone while they are in the gym.


Posted by: BritChick

Grunting, groaning, cursing and the occasional loss of control of the dumbell - fine...
I just cringe at the wankers who do it for show.


Posted by: Du

Quote:
Originally Posted by BritChick
Grunting, groaning, cursing and the occasional loss of control of the dumbell - fine...
I just cringe at the wankers who do it for show.
Those bloody wankers.


Posted by: musclepump

There was the fattest man I've ever seen in the locker room the other day, right inside the entrance, butt ass naked, legs spread for some reason, on his cell. And he wasn't trying to cut the conversation short.


Posted by: Heimir

Quote:
Originally Posted by SlimShady
I fuckin hate people who talk on the cell phone while they are in the gym.
Me too.
I hate cell phones in the gym, they shoud outlaw them.

For me the hour I spend in the gym is mine and I do not want to share it with anyone on the phone.

Throwing the weights down annoyes the crap out of me. The other day a guy was doing ez curls and just dropped the bar (70 lbs) when he was done.
I belive in respecting the equipment and take care off it like it was my own.


Posted by: Witmaster

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Originally Posted by musclepump
There was the fattest man I've ever seen in the locker room the other day, right inside the entrance, butt ass naked, legs spread for some reason, on his cell. And he wasn't trying to cut the conversation short.
You mentioned this in another thread... Did it happen again or was the event so traumatic that the image is seared into your memories?


Posted by: BigDyl

I like picking up a 150 LB dumbell and waiting for everything to turn around, then scream loud like I'm doing bent dumbell rows, and then letting it drop about 4 feet and slam against the floor. Makes me feel like a man.


Posted by: musclepump

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Originally Posted by Witmaster
You mentioned this in another thread... Did it happen again or was the event so traumatic that the image is seared into your memories?
It was the one time that scared me for life. The topic seemed appropriate, so I had to share again It was too horrifying to keep in


Posted by: seabee

I agree with B Dyl...when I'm done with massive db shrugs...bombs away.


Posted by: sgtneo

i think its obnoxious but i also dont really care lol, sometimes when ive pushed my self hard i cant lower the dumbells i have to let them drop but i usually allways make sure i lower weights to the ground. the other day a bloke pulls a plate of one of the bench press bar and launches it about a good 15-20feet just to get it out of his way, he didnt look like he was having bad day or anything, i think he was just an arshole who thinks it is big to do so

Neo


Posted by: ZAGLOBA

Quote:
Originally Posted by BigDyl
I like picking up a 150 LB dumbell and waiting for everything to turn around, then scream loud like I'm doing bent dumbell rows, and then letting it drop about 4 feet and slam against the floor. Makes me feel like a man.
ME TOO


Posted by: Luke8395

The part that makes me think it's obnoxious is that I know it's done for attention. But I honestly don't care. I laugh and crank up the volume on my ipod.


Posted by: ihateschoolmt

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Originally Posted by seabee
I agree with B Dyl...when I'm done with massive db shrugs...bombs away.
Bigdyl was joking.


Posted by: Musclebeach

When Im doing deads I drop the bar and I dont give a shit if people think its annoying. They can go back to their little cardio section, get on a treadmill, set it at .5mph and talk on their cell phones.

Deads, shrugs, bb rows, and when I rack it on squats are the times I tend to 'slam' the weights. I try not to on other exercises to much, but after those last few reps you just want to get rid of that weight.

I voted turn up your headphones.

-Jeff.


Posted by: cider303

yeah I make noise when I need to, im not looking for attention and im not looking to harm any equipment


Posted by: BoneCrusher

Quote:
Originally Posted by SlimShady
I fuckin hate people who talk on the cell phone while they are in the gym.
There hace been times when the only way I could lift was to use a headset and handle business as I lifted. Elsewise I'da had to go in to the office. But I made sure I kept the ringer off so as to be uniobtrusive as I did it. I was not about to lose money while I lifted.

Very seldom do I have to drop the steel. Sometimes I am too fried and drop something but very rarely. I am always respectful of the people around me ... I get pissed if they disrespect me or my time. I always clean up my own mess. I don't spit in the drinking fountain. I don't stare at women's bodies or make lewd intrusions on their time.


Posted by: SlimShady

Quote:
Originally Posted by BoneCrusher
There hace been times when the only way I could lift was to use a headset and handle business as I lifted. Elsewise I'da had to go in to the office. But I made sure I kept the ringer off so as to be uniobtrusive as I did it. I was not about to lose money while I lifted..
Well that can be forgiven, but I still hate people who gab on the cellphone at the gym. At least you were still liftin and not strutting around make noise. Last week I saw some fat business guy gabbing on the phone, telling them all about his ex-wife screwing some guy, the divorce, and how he got the house, the car, etc.. talking loud, like he thought he was impressing everyone. He sat down on the bench next to me and I looked at him and asked him if he would like his cellphone shoved up his fat ass. Then he hustled right out of the gym.


Posted by: Yanick

i drop the bar with a little bit of control on deads (i see no point in wasting energy letting it down slowly). sometimes when i have no rack to work with and i need to do standing OH presses i don't feel like slowly letting the weight come down i'll just drop it. i could care less about drawing attention though, i try and keep to myself in the gym otherwise you get assholes talking to you for 10 min between/during your sets.


Posted by: P-funk

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sometimes when i have no rack to work with and i need to do standing OH presses i don't feel like slowly letting the weight come down i'll just drop it.

LMAO! Do you just let it drop from overhead??


Posted by: Yanick

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Originally Posted by P-funk
LMAO! Do you just let it drop from overhead??
well i did that once because some dick kept running back and forth around me and made me keep pausing and waiting for him to clean the weight and all so just to make sure he understands not to come near me anymore i dropped from the attic, lol. otherwise, i bring it to hang position and just kindda let it drop.

nice sig


Posted by: P-funk

Quote:
Originally Posted by Yanick
well i did that once because some dick kept running back and forth around me and made me keep pausing and waiting for him to clean to the weight and all so just to make sure he understand not to come near me anymore i dropped from the attic, lol. otherwise, i bring it to hang position and just kindda let it drop.

nice sig

LMAO....i almost had a heart attack reading this!!!! hahahhahahhahahahaha. why was he runnning back and forth?!!! that is great that you let it fly like that. like when george just let a 275lb snatch go with no bumper plates on....hahahahahahhahahahahahaha


Posted by: Yanick

Quote:
Originally Posted by P-funk
LMAO....i almost had a heart attack reading this!!!! hahahhahahhahahahaha. why was he runnning back and forth?!!! that is great that you let it fly like that. like when george just let a 275lb snatch go with no bumper plates on....hahahahahahhahahahahahaha
lol. the guy was an ass, he'd do a set on the cables then run and talk to his friends then run back to do a set etc fukin pissed me off.

george is the fuckin man!!


Posted by: chiquita6683

like it makes me feel really big when i'm doing an intense workout.........
its really great now bc im the only hot buff girl with muscles that knows what their doing with the weights, all the other women stay in the ladies section of the gym or on the cardio equipment. anyway, so theres a law school across the street from the gym and they all get a free membership.... so its like i have an audience everytime i workout or i feel like i do, ......... I slam the weights when im doing squats or something and a 45 will already be on there, and Im sweating profusely, i have to walk around to find a 10lb plate in the disorganized gym. i slam 1 on each side get under the bar and do the reps.....and look for 2 more 10lbplates,.........


Posted by: myCATpowerlifts

Quote:
Originally Posted by ihateschoolmt
It's bad, but not as bad as the guy who was on his cell phone during his set of push downs.

Your kidding right?


Posted by: myCATpowerlifts

Quote:
Originally Posted by Heimir
Me too.
I hate cell phones in the gym, they shoud outlaw them.

For me the hour I spend in the gym is mine and I do not want to share it with anyone on the phone.

Throwing the weights down annoyes the crap out of me. The other day a guy was doing ez curls and just dropped the bar (70 lbs) when he was done.
I belive in respecting the equipment and take care off it like it was my own.

70? Thats not even heavy....wtf


Posted by: Newt

Man I hate those guys! Just like a lot of guys and gals in here I've lifted for years and pretty heavy weight for most of those years. I don't ever remember being at a powerlifting meet or beeing in the gym and maxing out on bench or squat and suddenly thinking to myself that if I yell and slap myself then I'll do more weight. Almost every time I've seen one of those guys doing all of that grunting and yelling while lifting and then slamming the weight it is after they have done like 1 1/2 reps on something they shouldn't have been doing anyway. I'd say that at least 85% of the time these guys have a workout buddy of two that are just as stupid as they are and none of them get a good workout because they are lifting these weights that they can't possibly do and then slamming them down after they just got them lifted off by their spotters instead of doing it themselves.


Posted by: bigss75

I like people yell and screaming personally because ti doesnt bug me one bit. I rather have that then abunch of people just shooting the crap and not doing anything. Cell phones piss me off too.


Posted by: NipsMG

I'd also rather have people yelling and screaming than the norm: People doing one set, then sitting and chatting with all their gym buddies for 10 minutes before starting their next set, while using one one of the 2 flat benches in the entire gym

They just recently put up signs in my gym though, stating that cell phones are not allowed to be used on the floor. They can only be used in locker rooms or outside. It was becoming a serious problem. Don't hold me up in my workout because you want to use up a machine and talk to your girlfriend for 20 minutes between sets


Posted by: SlimShady

How about guys who are only in the gym to hit on chicks? .. I was working out today and there was only one other guy using the weights. Several girls (probably 10 different women) came into the weight area and did exercises. I watched this guy hit on every female who came within 10 feet of the area. He did get one woman to agree to meet him at the gym tomorrow. ..lol


Posted by: Missfit4all

Ah-hhh......Cell phones? Gyms, Super Markets, Nat'l Parks....many (not all) Cell phone users don't know when to draw that ________ line of respect for others?

Unfortunately, i wish i knew less about Cell Phones and their disrespectful users? I was hit Head-On by one!!

__________________
back 2 the gym.


Posted by: I Are Baboon

I am a hell of a lot more impressed by the guy that uses huge amounts of weight and can control it start to finish than the assclown that can not and lets gravity do the work for him.


Posted by: westb51

when i see people's cell phone laying on the ground i either step on it or drop a db on it.

and then their phone goes, do do do if you would like to place a call please hang up and try again message 520.


Posted by: DamnHardGainer

I can deal with dropping weights as long as it's not excessive, such as from a db bench press and dropping with control to the floor. But what I can't stand are those dumbass apes in the gym who scream and grunt like they've got the bowel movement from hell on every rep. Get a life, it doesn't make you look macho, it makes you look like an idiot!


Posted by: Missfit4all

Quote:
Originally Posted by DamnHardGainer
But what I can't stand are those dumbass apes in the gym who scream and grunt like they've got the bowel movement from hell on every rep. Get a life, it doesn't make you look macho, it makes you look like an idiot!
LOL! I see your point. Cell phone talking....Moans...what's the difference? It's still people involving their "Non-peaceful ways" interferring with yours? Maybe a little Yoga for some could be the answer?


Posted by: CancerNV

The GYM I go to doesnt allow cell phones.

The thing that pisses me off in the gym is the locker room. Why the hell do people think they can walk around nude all the time? Is it asking that much to throw on a towel?


Posted by: Paynne

Quote:
Originally Posted by CancerNV
The GYM I go to doesnt allow cell phones.

The thing that pisses me off in the gym is the locker room. Why the hell do people think they can walk around nude all the time? Is it asking that much to throw on a towel?
That's nothing. I actually saw this old guy, butt naked, spray what must have been deodorant up his own ass! WTF was that all about? Didn't want to be stinky for his boyfriend? Unfortunately, that image is seared into my brain now


Posted by: cjfitfreak

i do this, and I dont realize it. And I'm a girl. My sister pointed out how rude it was, but I had no idea. I did not even realize I did it. Maybe I'm lazy. I worked out with a guy for years and years before I started w/ my sister. I think maybe I got it from him. Bad habits wear off on people. Anyway. Maybe they dont realize that they do it?

I'm not talking about being naked at the gym though.


Posted by: Du

Quote:
Originally Posted by cjfitfreak
i do this, and I dont realize it. And I'm a girl. My sister pointed out how rude it was, but I had no idea. I did not even realize I did it. Maybe I'm lazy. I worked out with a guy for years and years before I started w/ my sister. I think maybe I got it from him. Bad habits wear off on people. Anyway. Maybe they dont realize that they do it?

I'm not talking about being naked at the gym though.
What are you talking about?


Posted by: fUnc17

kinda unrelated but, there is this hispanic kid that works in the gym i go to (university gym). He's one of those kids that does chest + bi's everday and has skinny ostrich legs. he hits on all the girls in the gym, puts jayz on the gym radio and stands about 2ft from the mirror while rapping to himself, i just stare and laugh its great, but enuff of that....

i guess one day he decided to do shoulders, maybe his chest was too pumped from the 16 sets of bench presses he did, but he was doing standing military presses with 95lbs. He got about 5 reps, and then as he was attempting his 6th, he fell backwards and busted his ass while the barbell came crashing down on the rack he was using (it was one of those moments where everyone in the gym stopped what they were doing and just stared, LOL). all this happened while he was talking to 2 girls that were next to him. not to mention his dumbass spotter was too busy talking to the two girls to give his buddy a hand. it was great... he walked away with his head and down and went into his office.


Posted by: Lake

My pet peeves: Guys to try to rap to me while I'm working out. Especially when they expect me to stop what I'm doing to listen. I don't mind a "Hello" or a comment related to working out, but I didn't come there to hear about your day. Second major peeve is people who spit in the drinking fountain! Juss' naaasty!


Posted by: cman

Quote:
Originally Posted by SlimShady
Well that can be forgiven, but I still hate people who gab on the cellphone at the gym. At least you were still liftin and not strutting around make noise. Last week I saw some fat business guy gabbing on the phone, telling them all about his ex-wife screwing some guy, the divorce, and how he got the house, the car, etc.. talking loud, like he thought he was impressing everyone. He sat down on the bench next to me and I looked at him and asked him if he would like his cellphone shoved up his fat ass. Then he hustled right out of the gym.
Sure you did.


Posted by: ST240

a lot of gyms ban members for grunting/dropping weights.... dropping weights i can see, because it damages that rubber shell. but asking someone to stop grunting in a fuking gym? you gotta be sh!ttin me man


Posted by: ST240

Quote:
Originally Posted by cman
Sure you did.
lol thats what im saying haha


Posted by: Missfit4all

you guys are cracking me up with all your bizarre stories! The one about the guy with the deorderant spray up the B-hind takes the winning prize! The one about the Divorced guy on his cell phone bragging about all the goods he gets 2 keep....and U offered 2 shove that cell phone up his... was next in line!! Thanks 4 the good laughs!


Posted by: musclepump

Quote:
Originally Posted by fUnc17
kinda unrelated but, there is this hispanic kid that works in the gym i go to (university gym). He's one of those kids that does chest + bi's everday and has skinny ostrich legs. he hits on all the girls in the gym, puts jayz on the gym radio and stands about 2ft from the mirror while rapping to himself, i just stare and laugh its great, but enuff of that....

i guess one day he decided to do shoulders, maybe his chest was too pumped from the 16 sets of bench presses he did, but he was doing standing military presses with 95lbs. He got about 5 reps, and then as he was attempting his 6th, he fell backwards and busted his ass while the barbell came crashing down on the rack he was using (it was one of those moments where everyone in the gym stopped what they were doing and just stared, LOL). all this happened while he was talking to 2 girls that were next to him. not to mention his dumbass spotter was too busy talking to the two girls to give his buddy a hand. it was great... he walked away with his head and down and went into his office.
And the worst part isn't that he was embarassed by it, the worst part is that he'll never work shoulders again... bloat the chest, forget the rest!


Posted by: Musclebeach

Banned for grunting? or banging a few weights? WTF kinda gym is this? I sometimes go to a gym called "Big Daddys Iron Horse Gym" where if you arent banging some weights and grunting or screaming they'll boot your ass. They also play Death Metal and that kind of stuff over the speakers... FANTASTIC atmosphere... its a shame gyms like this arent all over the US... unfortunetly the majority of people who want to lift are of the "chrome and fern crowd" and most gyms are into the business of making money...

-Jeff.


Posted by: Brolly

i dont care if ppl slam weights... if the gym doesnt care their equipment is gettign raped.. what will me getting angry or even caring do? .. only time i slam weights is when im doing DB press


Posted by: Newt

Quote:
Originally Posted by DamnHardGainer
I can deal with dropping weights as long as it's not excessive, such as from a db bench press and dropping with control to the floor. But what I can't stand are those dumbass apes in the gym who scream and grunt like they've got the bowel movement from hell on every rep. Get a life, it doesn't make you look macho, it makes you look like an idiot!
Amen!


Posted by: topolo

i agree............they are gay


Posted by: Newt

Quote:
Originally Posted by Musclebeach
Banned for grunting? or banging a few weights? WTF kinda gym is this? I sometimes go to a gym called "Big Daddys Iron Horse Gym" where if you arent banging some weights and grunting or screaming they'll boot your ass. They also play Death Metal and that kind of stuff over the speakers... FANTASTIC atmosphere... its a shame gyms like this arent all over the US... unfortunetly the majority of people who want to lift are of the "chrome and fern crowd" and most gyms are into the business of making money...

-Jeff.
I've been in gyms like this and it seems like these guys spend as much time yelling, slapping each other, and throwing weights on the floor when they are done with a set that they would be done with twice as fast and be half the pain in the ass for serious people who want lift and get a good workout.


Posted by: Musclebeach

I dunno... they must be doing a few things right...

2 guys w/ 500+ bench
Not sure how many 400+ benches... id guess 10-11
700+ squats
600+ deads
-By the way thats the guys who compete in competitions... the tested ones.

Im not for sure what the geared guys do in terms of maxes on bench and squat and dead and such. But you guys ever hear of Jack Moore? I watched him do a 1475 quarter squat... insane.

The greatest thing about these guys are they are all willing to help the weak out (me)... as long as you dont interrupt them during there workout.

So Next I havent seen any of those guys who scream and slap eachother and take up more time throwing weights then lifting them.

-Jeff.


Posted by: westb51

i've been lifting for about 7 years and been a member of 6 gyms and really never hear people yelling like Sam Kennison, every once and a while especially on leg day I'm making some noise, not sure how much, cause of my headphones, but yelling is not even in the same league as dropping the weights. droping the weights is just a piss poor habit.


Posted by: bigbullboy

Yea we got them guys to, i ignore them, But not my buddy Tim.. Walk right over "excuse me ma'am (some big dude) are you done here" and just strip the plates. That stops the slamming and Grunting. TENSION... Bigbull


Posted by: musclepump

I'm usually in my own zone so I don't care about other peoples noises, but it pisses me off more than anything when people don't re-rack their weights. If your balls are big enough to get it off the rack, they're big enough to put it back!


Posted by: Musclebeach

Agreed musclepump!

-Jeff.


Posted by: musclepump

I keep wanting to bring in big red sticky letters and put them on the mirrors: "RACK YOUR FUCKING WEIGHTS OR DON'T COME BACK!"

heh...



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