Thread: Do people who scream very loud at gyms hinder your training?

I had a guy like that at my gym, this guy was a nut though. He used to scream out loud before every lift and make these crazy faces at everyone after he did the lift. Thankfully he's no longer there, I think he got arrested or committed or something.
I myself get kind of pumped up when I hear people grunting cause it kind of gets me into the lift more, but yelling just throws me right off and at times I want to laugh.

Peace,
Joe

Its a way to pump yourself up and its works psychologically. I dont personally care if someone screams.

Just lift and focus ... you'll get to the point where nothing like that will intrude.

well if no one else will say it I will. THAT SHIT BUGS ME. There is a reason no one else is yelling, its called respect for other people. Yelling never even made sense to me. If your yelling like that to get that rep done, maybe its too much and I'm willing to bet he's focusing more on yelling than on form.

How does yelling like a WILD animal, FOCUS you? Doesnt that theory contradict itself?

I Understand that sometimes you need to get extra pumped up, but thats a MENTAL thing that doesnt require yelling if your really focusing on the weight and proper form.

It usually makes me laugh. What a bunch of jackoffs. Why don't they get a little more obvious and just yell, "Look at how much I'm going to bounce off my chest!!!!!!'

It is funny ...

I like to lift in peace. Sometimes I may breethe a little loudly but I try not to get loud and scream. It is funny as hell when people do it. I personally can't consentrate or lift if I am wasting energy screaming.

When I force reps I yell.

most people who scream excessively are just trying to draw attention to themselves so everyone can see how much weight they are lifting...

Screaming bugs the hell out of me also. Does it interfere with my workout? No, while lifting I am oblivious to it all, but it does irritate me during my recoup time.

Originally Posted by LAM

most people who scream excessively are just trying to draw attention to themselves so everyone can see how much weight they are lifting...

I lift by myself at home in my garage with the music blaring and will groan on heavy lifts and sometimes screem on the last forced rep as I get past the burn. I guess I am drawing attention to myself of myself. Since I have no one to impress but myself, I must be impressing myself.

You live in Sac, Phred? Where do you lift? I cut my teeth at (ugh) California Family Fitness, but I got my first taste of powerlifting at the Muscle System near Watt and 50.

Originally Posted by Saturday Fever

You live in Sac, Phred? Where do you lift? I cut my teeth at (ugh) California Family Fitness, but I got my first taste of powerlifting at the Muscle System near Watt and 50.

I WO in my garage. I do not like gyms. I feel rushed and cannot control the tempo of my WO. For me, I like to WO at the end of the day (just after dinner). It is my alone time to reflect on the day and do something for me. It sort of caps off the day by doing something good for myself. I am fortunate in that I have the space and the funds to do this. I only WO in gyms when I travel for my job (which has not been to often).

I have a home gym as well. It makes everything much smoother.

I work out at home. I have a home gym and gads of free weight, along with treadmill & stair-stepper. The last gym I belonged to I used to work out with some guys who also worked shift. We never really talked much, I wear headphone, but we always spotted each other and were friendly. There were a few screamers, some grunters, and a few like me, "breathers who occasionally grunt".

But all of us were intense and all business. To me there is great joy in throwing yourself against the iron, and I truly love weightlifting. Anyway many times we would feed off of each others energy and I had some great lifts in that gym with those guys there.

I would gladly take that over one of these "happy hour gym's". Where everyone is dancing around in the latest fashions and doing more posing,talking, and sitting around then working out. I have no problems working out alone at home cause Ive had to rehab from so many injuries alone and have no problem self-motivating.

But I don't think its as intense as having a few screamers and grunters around. It would be fun to train at some of the west coast gyms where the greats of the sport have/do train. To lift a dumbell Arnold once pumped would be awesome.

Bodybuilding is an awesome sport............take care...............Rich

screaming and the occasional grunt is fine with me, a few of the bigger guys do it at my gym and it can be motivating to see someone screaming out a forced rep as it makes you think you should be going harder till your in that much pain

however there is a difference between someone actually screaming out some last reps in pain, and some IDIOT yelling his arse off to get attention, this BIG bulked up cocky asian dude at my gym never shuts up! he shouts across the gym, yells on every rep and struts round like he runs the place (he don't even swipe in at the entrance, he just barges through the exit gate), now he really pisses me off! but sometimes it can be funny...

so.. screaming and grunting: cool

yelling and attention seeking: not cool!

peace

Yelling and moaning on the last rep is kind of like cursing when you stub a toe. It helps and makes you feel better. I usually have my music up so loud so I can't be distracted anyway. What I do hate though are the sloppy folks that never rack the weights. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR

Originally Posted by asicx

There's this guy at my school gym...he's wierd, man! He's always lifting big weights. Now, I'm not saying he's small, he's somewhat big, not too big. But man, whenever he sets himself up to do the upper body stuff (which I always see him do, nothing else) like dumbbell shoulder press and bench press, he yells like there's no tomorrow. Trust me, you can hear it on your way out in the hallway.

These people are usually average or below average when it comes to intensity. Buy a pacifier at a store, and bring it to the gym next time. Tape it to his locker with a note while he torturing everyone else in the gym with his hoots and howls.

They can scream as loud as they want, they still aren't as annoying as the guy that wears a gallon of cologne. What the heck's he trying to do, hit on the equipment? And the dudes that stand RIGHT infornt of the db rack, and curl 1 million reps with the 10 lbs'ers.

Originally Posted by LAM

most people who scream excessively are just trying to draw attention to themselves so everyone can see how much weight they are lifting...

I was about to say that.

Originally Posted by Luke9583

They can scream as loud as they want, they still aren't as annoying as the guy that wears a gallon of cologne. What the heck's he trying to do, hit on the equipment? And the dudes that stand RIGHT infornt of the db rack, and curl 1 million reps with the 10 lbs'ers.

I know what you mean. I have encountered one guy that proceeds to do circuit training on just about every machine in sight, doing about 5 quick reps at low weights so the cycle lasts about 1 minute and then he is back to the first machine.That is really annoying.

i hate yellers. i also hate singing dipshits.

there was once this dipshit who was singing a whole chorus. i felt like throwing a 10 pound plate like a discus at him. but i was too scared.

i think i have a reputation of being the quietest person in my gym, i don't make any sound even when i squat beyond failure.

i don't like people who scream very loud but i hate those people who slam weights on the floor even more, too bad those things happen all the time in a commercial gym it's unavoidable. luckily i won't let them hinder my training, i only concentrate on what i'm doing, remember what Arnie said: "even if there is a bomb exploding outside, you do NOT lose your concentration."

Originally Posted by mino lee

i hate yellers. i also hate singing dipshits.

there was once this dipshit who was singing a whole chorus. i felt like throwing a 10 pound plate like a discus at him. but i was too scared.

lol i'v seen people who walk around between sets and whistle very loud. those are the people who lift weights so heavy that they can't even handle so they have to scream like there is no tomorrow, and then slamming all the weights on the floor thinking what a great workout that was.

It's hard not to laugh, because most of the time, the people screaming/causing a ruckus are doing it all wrong to begin with. Bad form, offensive spandex shorts, the whole bit. But I try to contain myself and stay polite. Inside I'm rolling on the floor. Outside, just rolling my eyes.

As for singing dipshits. hahaha.... I think i've done that without realizing it before, while I'm on the elliptical or the stair master. Then I realize it and am SO EMBARASSED!

i hate it when they slam weights. but all the big boys do it at the gym i go to. so now even the little guys are doing it. the singing guy actually had everyone looking at him. he wasn't doing it without knowing it. he thought people would clap their hands and the girls would ask for his number or something.

I make random animal noises while benching, is that somehow wrong?

There's nothing more annoying than some jerk that has to scream during a set. The only thing he is proving is how much of a sissy they are..maybe the screams impress these fairies boyfriends but it gives me a headache.

There is no excuse for screaming..some idiots do it on every rep?? (including warm up weights..WTF??) To say all you screamers sound like wounded animals would be an insult to water buffalo everywhere...

Man up/grow a sac, whatever ya got to do because if I can hear your screams above my walkman you are a pillow bitting homo (not that there is anything wrong with that)...

The next time any of you screamers feel the need to scream think about the other people that pay their gym fees...