Resolutionist Sightings Thread

[ponyboy]

Hey everyone,

I can tell you that my gym last night had a few more faces in it.

I'm waiting until tonight (our typical busy night) for my first round of resolutionist sightings! I already have two new people signed up to consult with this week for personal training. Amazing how this happens every year.

I thought we could use this thread to post our resolutionist sightings. I'm expecting to see the typical people this year as always:

Mr. "I have bad form on everything but I'm too good for your advice." Can also be a "grunter" or "screamer" while he lifts 25 lbs. Hurts himself within two weeks and never returns.

Skinny teenagers who want to get huge taking over flat benches and squat racks (but only to do bicep curls).

Cardio machines packed with people doing two hours of cardio a day who walk outside and smoke.

The people walking around clutching a program they have gotten from the latest magazine article doing weird exercises.

The "builder" - who makes a big scene making a totally new piece of equipment that serves absolutely no purpose.

Any others you can come up with?

[kbm8795]

You have me laughing already, ponyboy...and damn...what happened with your interview at that big health club?

I'm at a large University and we have a huge fitness forum with Nautilus machines, a Universal area, and an even bigger free weight room, and I'm already changing my workout schedule to try avoiding the onslaught of students for spring semester. From January until early March, the Rec gets a flood of students on a mission to get in shape before Spring Break - after March, the number drops off fast.

Most come in small groups and spend 2/3 of their workout chatting, meaning they sit on whatever machines they are using for long periods of time. They don't seem to have any real program to help them reach a goal, don't seem interested in learning how to use any equipment properly, and think nothing of butting in to ask if they can have the machine WHILE you are in the middle of a set.

In the free weight room, this also means that most of them will never return a plate to the storage pedestals, will toss dumbbells all over the floor (along with most plates) and leave equipment wherever they were using it. This is despite all the signs to please put plates back, of course... The regular heavier free weightlifters I know there tell me they have to increase their own workout time by at least 30 minutes and eliminate supersets during this time unless they come in on Friday or Saturday nights.

The worst thing is that inevitably there will be machines knocked out of commission (usually several every year at this time) because someone didn't know how to use them or got pis*ed off at the padding or seating controls and break them.

[Dale Mabry]

I workout at 2 pm to avoid this situation.

[butterfly]

We call these people TUMBLEWEEDS

[TKEYellow]

It's so funny that I was just mentioning this to my lifting buddy the other day as I work out in a college gym also. Most of these people I notice are out by the first two weeks, even more after a month and only a few survive into the coming months. Just my observation..

[Rixmon]

My Friend goomy man who just signed up on forums, has been going to 24 hour fitness and seeing those people.

[P-funk]

I was just commenting to one of my clients last night about how there are so many new faces in the gym. It is ridiculous, in three weks half of those people will be gone......which is kind of unfortunate because I am really enjoying the new crop of young ladies

[naturaltan]

yep ... should expect to see them all tonight. We try and encourage the hotties to stay.

[Larva]

well i notice alot of younger girls at my gym very destracting rolling down the pants to just below the hips walking around thinking their the shit

[ponyboy]

Originally posted by kbm8795
You have me laughing already, ponyboy...and damn...what happened with your interview at that big health club?

I got into the second round of interviews, which are supposed to be next week. I think I have a pretty good shot

Well, last night was pretty typical! I walked into the weight room with a client which at my gym typically has 3-4 people in it maximum and there are 8-10 in there, which for my gym (which is small) is a lot. The only positive note was the three hotties in tight pants doing pelvic thrusts on the swiss balls. Even my client commented on it and he's gay

The only annoying thing is trying to train somebody else when all the benches and useful free weight equipment is taken up by these people. And of course, we had "know it all guy" flirting with the hotties telling them how to do pretty much every exercise they were doing just for an excuse to talk to them.

[kbm8795]

.......... ain't that always the case? This time of year is like walking into a big social club - kinda strange. I mean, I see a lot of the same people all of the time, and usually we kinda nod or say "hey" or have a minimal conversation cuz we are all just trying to get our workouts finished. Now it's almost like going to a night club....

Hey, congratulations on making it to the next round of interviews! I know you are hoping for that position, so we're pulling for ya, bud!

[Mudge]

Originally posted by trailrix
My Friend goomy man who just signed up on forums, has been going to 24 hour fitness and seeing those people.

I used to workout at 24 Hour Fitless, its a true pump and dump operation. Stiff sign up fees because most people wont last very long without them, and then due to the sign up fee people keep paying the monthly because they feel guilty over that $159 or whatever it was they shelled out, and they STILL dont guy. I have a friend like this, was paying for over a year before she got out of paying it, and was never even going anyway.

I had to go between midnight and 7am it was so freaking packed there. I went around 10PM once and had to wait 45 minutes for a damn bench.

[ponyboy]

Ah, the fun part about working at your gym - putting people in their place about gym etiquette. Call me an asshole, but here's what happened last night.

I'm training a client last night. Three skinny guys came in, went straight to the flat bench, and then instead of using the barbell grabbed about five sets of dumbbells and started using them for presses. Didn't affect me, but I could see other people wanted to use them. One girl went up and asked if she could use them for a set and one of the guys said no. That pissed me off. Quick walk over - "guys, if other people want to use those dumbbells for a set, let them. Oh, and by the way, we have benches over there (5 feet away) you can use these dumbbells for so you aren't taking up the flat bench and the same time." while I picked up the dumbbells and handed them to the girl. Owned.

That was only the beginning of my adventure with these idiots.

[Triple Threat]

Thankfully there have been very few new faces at the gym to go to. I really don't care how many new people join, just as long as they don't show up until after 7 AM.