why are the people...

clemson357 · 10-27-2004, 12:14 PM

why are the people that scream and grunt always the sames ones who have awful form in every exercise they do, and they are always the same ones who just drop the dumbells from like 4 feet in the air when they are done with a set? and they are usually the same ones that are like 30% body fat but have broad shoulders so they think they are the baddest thing in the gym.

I recently joined a Gold's Gym, and I usually go to work out at times when the gym is empty, but the other day i made the mistake of going at "happy hour", the time when people just go to the gym to hang out and take like 10 minutes in between sets to babble with their spotting partener...etc. etc. These guys were doing incline dumbell press, and literally weren't bending their elbows past 15 degrees or so, the dumbells never came within a foot of their chest. Then after their last rep, they were all red in the face from screaming, and they would just drop the dumbells. It was so loud it sounded like a car crashed into the building.

Is it just me, or does anyone else like to consentrate on form? I like to use a weight I can controll, not one my spotter has to put his back into to lift off me. I don't mind people grunting, even loudly on occasion, but if everyone in the gym is looking at you, you are probably being to loud.

Is there any advantage to using a weight so heavy that your spotter has to do a substantial amount of work on every rep? I go to failure on benchpress if I have a spotter, but he never has to touch the bar until the last rep or two.

sorry, just felt like getting that off my chest.

madden player · 10-27-2004, 12:37 PM

I don't know why the 'screamers' have such horrible form. They are only there (the gym) to try and impress someone with their 'big lifts'. Teenage boys are almost always the ones doing the screaming / dropping weights in the gym, but I have seen a couple middle aged men guilty of not having any gym etiquett.

The problem is, that you are not a tough guy if you scream or grunt too loud. IMO it is the guys or gals that grit their teeth and endure the strain and exertion of lifting in silence that are impressive and tough.

Like you said, I also like to concentrate in the gym and it is difficult to do when someone is screaming and dropping weights on the floor.

IONOR · 10-27-2004, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by madden player

I don't know why the 'screamers' have such horrible form. They are only there (the gym) to try and impress someone with their 'big lifts'. Teenage boys are almost always the ones doing the screaming / dropping weights in the gym, but I have seen a couple middle aged men guilty of not having any gym etiquett.

The problem is, that you are not a tough guy if you scream or grunt too loud. IMO it is the guys or gals that grit their teeth and endure the strain and exertion of lifting in silence that are impressive and tough.

Like you said, I also like to concentrate in the gym and it is difficult to do when someone is screaming and dropping weights on the floor.

I agree with you on that one madden player! I mean have you ever actually tried to scream your head off our grunt loudely during a set of HARDCORE SQUATS OR BARBELL CURLS its near impossible to even make a noise when your gritting your teeth trying to block out the pain.Never mind scream like a banshie.This is a great example of a gymbiecile but not as good as the Expanded Lat Syndrome Guy.
You will probably see him at your gym. Hes about 110 pounds but somehow thinks hes built like Ronnie Coleman!! and trys to empizies this by walking around with his arms out about 6-12 inches from his body.Giving the name expanded Lat Syndrome.

Unfortunately this mental deease can worsen.it begins in the gym but can easily spread to the outside world into the gymbeciles everyday life.
For example the other day I was walking down the high street. This guy I was watching was walking down the other side of the street with his arms held out 15 inch but this wasnt good enough he was also stamping his feet (trying to make himself sound louder) as well.
The best way to avoid these morons is to hang out near the squat rack and when your near wimpy machines avoid eye contact at all costs! REMEMBER HE WANTS YOU TO NOTICE THEM!! and if you do he will look for you every time he is in the gym!!

MaxMirkin · 10-27-2004, 01:55 PM

I only scream during cardio, but that's just my mating call.

**CowPimp** · 10-27-2004, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by madden player

The problem is, that you are not a tough guy if you scream or grunt too loud. IMO it is the guys or gals that grit their teeth and endure the strain and exertion of lifting in silence that are impressive and tough.

Well said. I rarely make any noise when I lift. If I do, then it's a "Hell yeah!" once I hit a PR or something. Even then, I lift at home, so I can make as much noise as I want. The few times I have gone to the gym, I remain fairly quiet.

DOMS · 10-27-2004, 04:47 PM

Same here, CowPimp.

Speaking of screaming, did you ever watch Pumping Iron and listen to Arnold's story about the screaming poser?

QuestionGuy · 10-27-2004, 05:44 PM

hahahahha, i watch it everytime i go to the gym, hahahi love it........ anyway,

i hate screamers tho man i hate it, i mean i would be soooooooo emmberased if i was those people, dont they realize that they are emberasing themselfes i just dont get it its is anoying.... but i realized now that us people in here who are serious about bodybuilding and n one here seems to be the screamer, ( we had this talk before)

cjrmack · 10-27-2004, 05:49 PM

I try to ignore screamers and droppers.

shutupntra1n · 10-27-2004, 05:54 PM

IMO if you can notice these people no matter how loud or rude they are it should tell you one thing... you need to focus more or turn your head phones up. Nobody, I mean NOBODY hinders my training. But Yes, I agree it's shitty of them. After all my name is SHUTUPNTRA1N derived from this example alone

Du · 10-27-2004, 06:05 PM

SHUTUPNTRA1N grunts and groans while lifting.

**CowPimp** · 10-27-2004, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by shutupntra1n

IMO if you can notice these people no matter how loud or rude they are it should tell you one thing... you need to focus more or turn your head phones up. Nobody, I mean NOBODY hinders my training. But Yes, I agree it's shitty of them. After all my name is SHUTUPNTRA1N derived from this example alone

I suppose, but in between sets, it is hard not to get distracted a little bit.

Duncans Donuts · 10-27-2004, 06:43 PM

On my final reps I make an assotment of noises.

Sounds like the ones who complain about it need to focus more on themselves and less on others

min0 lee · 10-27-2004, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by du510

SHUTUPNTRA1N grunts and groans while lifting.

You must be mistaken, she only makes those noises when she has sex......

**CowPimp** · 10-27-2004, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Duncans Donuts

On my final reps I make an assotment of noises.

Sounds like the ones who complain about it need to focus more on themselves and less on others

Granted, but you workout with a lot more intensity than the average gym goer. Beyond that, I have a feeling that you don't make enough noise to be heard throughout an entire gym, as I have seen on one occasion of the few times I have been in a gym.

min0 lee · 10-27-2004, 06:48 PM

I ignore them but when they ask you to spot them then I really feel uncomfortable when they yell.

Duncans Donuts · 10-27-2004, 06:51 PM

I haven't ever worked out in a gym, but I have trained people with methods that would require the average person to make noise. Maybe I don't understand, because I've never seen anyone scream while lightly pumping, but it seems like a petty complaint..

**CowPimp** · 10-27-2004, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Duncans Donuts

I haven't ever worked out in a gym, but I have trained people with methods that would require the average person to make noise. Maybe I don't understand, because I've never seen anyone scream while lightly pumping, but it seems like a petty complaint..

A petty complaint indeed. That doesn't detract from the entertainment value that some extraordinary stories of screaming lifters provide.

min0 lee · 10-27-2004, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Duncans Donuts

I haven't ever worked out in a gym, but I have trained people with methods that would require the average person to make noise. Maybe I don't understand, because I've never seen anyone scream while lightly pumping, but it seems like a petty complaint..

you never entered a gym? Why?

I have seen guys screaming while lifting lightly and with poor form....it's sad to be honest.

shutupntra1n · 10-27-2004, 10:17 PM

Ahhhh... Okay yes I make noises when I work out. Actually I tend to get very irritated at certain things and curse out loud. It's a very un-ladylike habit.

For example, I turn away for a moment and someone cuts in without saying a word and uses my shit

Just tonight this happened. I turn around for a second and turn back to find out Grandpa who is like 100 years old removed some weights from the barbell I was using so I yelled FUCK then restacked the weights

oh and yes during sex I'm loud too

madden player · 10-27-2004, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by min0 lee

I have seen guys screaming while lifting lightly and with poor form....it's sad to be honest.

'Screamers' tend to make excessive noise when they are warming up. It is sad and embarassing. There is no need to be screaming when you are benching under 100 lbs.

Duncans Donuts · 10-27-2004, 10:25 PM

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you never entered a gym? Why?

I never said I never entered a gym. I work out at my gym at home, where I can focus better and do what I need without exchanging weights and waiting for machines.

shutupntra1n · 10-27-2004, 10:27 PM

DD, I like the avi.

The serious look is sexy

wtfzor · 10-27-2004, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by shutupntra1n

so I yelled FUCK then restacked the weights

oh and yes during sex I'm loud too

Duncans Donuts · 10-27-2004, 10:33 PM

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DD, I like the avi. The serious look is sexy

Sadly, that picture makes me look far better than my real life equivalent

shutupntra1n · 10-27-2004, 10:37 PM

Well I like it

GIZmo_Timme · 10-28-2004, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by IONOR

I agree with you on that one madden player! I mean have you ever actually tried to scream your head off our grunt loudely during a set of HARDCORE SQUATS OR BARBELL CURLS its near impossible to even make a noise when your gritting your teeth trying to block out the pain.Never mind scream like a banshie.This is a great example of a gymbiecile but not as good as the Expanded Lat Syndrome Guy.
You will probably see him at your gym. Hes about 110 pounds but somehow thinks hes built like Ronnie Coleman!! and trys to empizies this by walking around with his arms out about 6-12 inches from his body.Giving the name expanded Lat Syndrome.

Unfortunately this mental deease can worsen.it begins in the gym but can easily spread to the outside world into the gymbeciles everyday life.
For example the other day I was walking down the high street. This guy I was watching was walking down the other side of the street with his arms held out 15 inch but this wasnt good enough he was also stamping his feet (trying to make himself sound louder) as well.
The best way to avoid these morons is to hang out near the squat rack and when your near wimpy machines avoid eye contact at all costs! REMEMBER HE WANTS YOU TO NOTICE THEM!! and if you do he will look for you every time he is in the gym!!

hahahahah

thats som funny shit

10-27-2004, 12:14 PM	#1
clemson357 __________ Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,553 Photos: 1	why are the people... why are the people that scream and grunt always the sames ones who have awful form in every exercise they do, and they are always the same ones who just drop the dumbells from like 4 feet in the air when they are done with a set? and they are usually the same ones that are like 30% body fat but have broad shoulders so they think they are the baddest thing in the gym. I recently joined a Gold's Gym, and I usually go to work out at times when the gym is empty, but the other day i made the mistake of going at "happy hour", the time when people just go to the gym to hang out and take like 10 minutes in between sets to babble with their spotting partener...etc. etc. These guys were doing incline dumbell press, and literally weren't bending their elbows past 15 degrees or so, the dumbells never came within a foot of their chest. Then after their last rep, they were all red in the face from screaming, and they would just drop the dumbells. It was so loud it sounded like a car crashed into the building. Is it just me, or does anyone else like to consentrate on form? I like to use a weight I can controll, not one my spotter has to put his back into to lift off me. I don't mind people grunting, even loudly on occasion, but if everyone in the gym is looking at you, you are probably being to loud. Is there any advantage to using a weight so heavy that your spotter has to do a substantial amount of work on every rep? I go to failure on benchpress if I have a spotter, but he never has to touch the bar until the last rep or two. sorry, just felt like getting that off my chest. Last edited by clemson357 : 10-27-2004 at 12:59 PM.

10-27-2004, 12:37 PM	#2
madden player I am Canadian Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 707	I don't know why the 'screamers' have such horrible form. They are only there (the gym) to try and impress someone with their 'big lifts'. Teenage boys are almost always the ones doing the screaming / dropping weights in the gym, but I have seen a couple middle aged men guilty of not having any gym etiquett. The problem is, that you are not a tough guy if you scream or grunt too loud. IMO it is the guys or gals that grit their teeth and endure the strain and exertion of lifting in silence that are impressive and tough. Like you said, I also like to concentrate in the gym and it is difficult to do when someone is screaming and dropping weights on the floor.
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10-27-2004, 01:55 PM	#4
MaxMirkin Cheerfully Offensive Join Date: May 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 3,696 Photos: 4	I only scream during cardio, but that's just my mating call.
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10-27-2004, 04:47 PM	#6
DOMS Metrosexual Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: In a van, down by the river... Posts: 21,725 Photos: 6	Same here, CowPimp. Speaking of screaming, did you ever watch Pumping Iron and listen to Arnold's story about the screaming poser?
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10-27-2004, 06:05 PM	#10
Du Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: London, UK Posts: 4,085 Photos: 5	SHUTUPNTRA1N grunts and groans while lifting.
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10-27-2004, 05:44 PM	#7
QuestionGuy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 2,258	hahahahha, i watch it everytime i go to the gym, hahahi love it........ anyway, i hate screamers tho man i hate it, i mean i would be soooooooo emmberased if i was those people, dont they realize that they are emberasing themselfes i just dont get it its is anoying.... but i realized now that us people in here who are serious about bodybuilding and n one here seems to be the screamer, ( we had this talk before)

10-27-2004, 05:49 PM	#8
cjrmack Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Palm Desert, CA Posts: 247	I try to ignore screamers and droppers.

10-27-2004, 05:54 PM	#9
shutupntra1n Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,905	IMO if you can notice these people no matter how loud or rude they are it should tell you one thing... you need to focus more or turn your head phones up. Nobody, I mean NOBODY hinders my training. But Yes, I agree it's shitty of them. After all my name is SHUTUPNTRA1N derived from this example alone

10-27-2004, 06:43 PM	#12
Duncans Donuts Stay puffed, baby. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: CA Posts: 2,774 Photos: 2	On my final reps I make an assotment of noises. Sounds like the ones who complain about it need to focus more on themselves and less on others
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10-27-2004, 06:48 PM	#15
min0 lee Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Bronx, NYC Posts: 33,809 Blog Entries: 3 Photos: 542	I ignore them but when they ask you to spot them then I really feel uncomfortable when they yell.
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10-27-2004, 06:51 PM	#16
Duncans Donuts Stay puffed, baby. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: CA Posts: 2,774 Photos: 2	I haven't ever worked out in a gym, but I have trained people with methods that would require the average person to make noise. Maybe I don't understand, because I've never seen anyone scream while lightly pumping, but it seems like a petty complaint..
	"in the howling bleeding nights, the dogs plunge into the Volga and swim desperately to gain the other bank. The nights of Stalingrad are a terror for them. Animals flee this hell; the hardest stones cannot bear it for long; only men endure."

10-27-2004, 10:17 PM	#19
shutupntra1n Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,905	Ahhhh... Okay yes I make noises when I work out. Actually I tend to get very irritated at certain things and curse out loud. It's a very un-ladylike habit. For example, I turn away for a moment and someone cuts in without saying a word and uses my shit Just tonight this happened. I turn around for a second and turn back to find out Grandpa who is like 100 years old removed some weights from the barbell I was using so I yelled *FUCK* then restacked the weights oh and yes during sex I'm loud too

10-27-2004, 10:27 PM	#22
shutupntra1n Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,905	DD, I like the avi. The serious look is sexy

10-27-2004, 10:37 PM	#25
shutupntra1n Senior Member Elite Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,905	Well I like it