Flex

Now, i know in our ventures to the gym, we have seen some pretty ridiculous things from people who, to put it bluntly, "don't have a clue".

You get the people who do exercises completely wrong. You get the ones who put on way too much weight to do it correctly etc. etc. etc.

but what i saw the other night absolutely takes the cake.

As i'm riding the stationary bike (which is a rarity), i glance around the gym to notice the clown of all clowns.

this guy is standing up facing the lat pull down machine. you're thinkin' no biggie, right? So he reaches up and grabs the lat bar with a medium overhand grip. No biggie right? Then he proceeds to slam the weight down as hard as possible, with a mix of a pulldown, a pullover and a tricep pressdown till the weight gets down to his waist. then he lets the bar raise as it would due to gravity with sort of a negative tricep pressdown, pullover, and lat pulldown. Now to the best part. As the weight flys up, he actually JUMPS a few inches off the ground when the bar gets at its highest point.

I couldn't fuckin' believe this guy. it was probably the funniest thing i've ever seen.

keep pumpin', (but not like that guy),

FLEX

You're a funny guy, Sully, I like you. Dat's why I'm going to kill you lahst.


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Jeezuz Herbert Christ......Id have had to kill that assclown to put him out of his misery. Thats why I have my own gym.

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I'm dying over here.....
I just got back from the gym a little while ago and saw an Indian guy (not Navajo or Apache) running on the treadmill at about 3mph, punching at the air. Now I guess that's pretty weird, but if you saw how he was punching...omfg...if he ever hit anything he'd break his wrist in three places. Well, with the power he had behind those punches maybe not. Funny as hell though.

I guess it could be worse. He could be sitting at home watching TV eating chips complaining how he just can't loose any weight. At least they are making an effort. Plus it adds comedy relief.

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DimebagDarrell

haha, yeah, theres some weirdos at the gym. i go to a iowa state university which is a big engineering school, and not to make fun of anyone because of their race, but some of the asians who come in there are hillarious as shiite. they come in dockers and polos and then curl 20 pound dumbbells with such ferocity their faces are going to blow up. ive never seen so much exertion with such little weight before.

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wow...just, wow

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wtfzor

well, we all start from somewhere, you don't just go in there and curl 50lb dumbbells straight away if I see a skinny guy who curls 20lbs struggling with good form(you never know maybe It's his last set of his last exercise) and a big guy who curls 60lb for 3 reps with shitty form I would laugh at that big guy

but damn I hate those people who wears dockers and polos to the gym, I mean WTF you are there to train right?? who the fuck gives a shit what you wear , It's not a fashion show or anything.

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DimebagDarrell

i know we all start from somewhere, hell, when i first started at the rec i could barely bench 95. but you'd think people would have any idea what good form was, since there's so many other people there that do have (at least) decent form. that's gotta be the biggest thing i laugh at - poor form. i love swinging the entire body just to get one more BB curl in

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wtfzor

shit where did you see me??
damn I got bUstEd!!!!!!

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RexStunnahH

I almost got into this fight once at the gym,I was liftin with a buddy of mine,and while I was spotting my freind this guy was cussin,when I turned to see who was swearing he was lookin at me,and we kinda stared at eachother,well I ignored it,but it kept happening,he was saying stuff like"fu*k you" or fu*kin Bi#ch"and everytime I would look at him he was lookin at me,my freind was telling me he was cussin at me when my back was turned,finally I got fed up and turned to the guy and was like "WTF!,you lookin for some action?" and he was like no!,I heard my freind laughing.my freind told me he was joking,the guy was actually looking in the mirror cussin at himself,to get himself hyped up,and he would look at me whenever I turned around.I felt so bad.But we ended up becoming freinds.

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Flex

I normally would charge people $50 to kill him. But for myself, i'd make an exception and do it for free.

I forgot to add one thing. He jumped/hopped after EVERY rep. So in the beginning he throws the weight down, lets it come flying up, and then jumps to stop its momentum and start it the other way...and repeat.

What a clown. Here's an idea. If you ARENT building muscle and ARENT getting stronger and ARENT getting leaner, perhaps youre training incorrectly

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plouffe

I seen a kid on the Roman Chair, Just like lifting his body up and down like with shoulders/traps... He's in the abdominal/cardio section of this fitness center doing like some weird fucking dips.. hah I just kinda laughed

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pmech

So he would be doing things exactly like 90% of the rest of the people at gyms. Most of the individuals there are only there to give the people trying to accomplish goals a hard time.

I Are Baboon

Flex, I am having a hard time picturing what he was doing. Next time, please take a digital video of this guy so we can all see it. I'd be happy to host the vid.

RoxyLinz

i'd say my most ridiculous gym encounter was a guy sitting on the preacher curl with his tongue down his girlfriend's throat. those kinda workouts are to be done at home.

dbolman

Letting the weights slam together, or slamming the plates together; grow up.

Most of these things wouldn't thrill management, would be glad to hear of it and put an end to the fun..

QuestionGuy

hahahah, funny shit, the person i hate most at the gym is the "SCREAMER" god damn man its is so emberasing to even watch them, plus all the other stuff is funny too but i think all of us once did stupid shit when we were begginers i remember 5-6 years ago when i first picked up weight i didnt know what to do with it.....

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CowPimp

You mean that's not how to use a lat pulldown machine?! I've been doing it wrong all this time...

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Hey all. I can't say I am the greatest in terms of form, etc, as I sometimes throw the weight a little on my last rep or two...but more to get it up to do basically a negative rep on the way down. (I generally pay more attention to form than weight.)

Anyhow, I have been to a few gyms in the past few years (been in gyms for about 6 years or so). I gotta admit, there have been a number of people who just seem to not have a clue. The one I saw the other day is one of the greatest ones I have seen, though. The guy was obviously very new to the whole concept of a gym...or at least weights. Young guy...maybe late teens, more like really early 20s. Anyhow, he was walking around trying this exercise and that. It was both amusing and terrifying to see this guy in action. If he would have gone on for much longer, I would have personally walked up and shown him how to do a few things. I have a feeling that he just signed up and was trying things out until his appointment with a trainer happened. (I hope)

While these people are interesting, I always love seeing the 'know it all'. And not just a know it all, but one who feels it is their duty in life to tell others how to do things, whether they ask for the advice or not. Guy at my gym walks up to countless people to tell them how they are doing things wrong, etc. Mind you, some of the advice isn't bad...but if I don't ask for it, don't tell me that I am doing something wrong. If I know it works for me, I know it works for me (I have experimented quite a bit with various exercises). The killer, though is that the guy really isn't in a shape for me to even take his advice. Yes, he is bulky, but fat-bulky. If the guy would be cut, or at least show heavy muscle definition, then I might consider his advice...but the guy just likes hearing himself talk.

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Schez

What really pisses me off is when people are on the treadmill (usually walking) and talking SO loudly on their cellphone. Man those things should be banned in gyms - and when driving but that's a whole other story... GRRRRRRRR

aztecwolf

personally i like the people that do dumbell bicep curls while looking/walking around like it is some cardio exercise.

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aztecwolf

also there is a guy whoe had 225 lbs on the bar when up to it like he was going to start squating, but he didn't, he put the weight on the back of his neck and started a sort of jumping or skipping with one leg in front of the other while in the power rack, my back and knees were hurting just watching him.

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DimebagDarrell

or how bout the guys who are benching 95 pounds but their friend has a really firm grip on the barbell, helping them the whole way. i yell at my brother (who i lift with) if he grabs the weight before i tell him to

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gococksDJS

I am in college, so I work out at our campus rec-center and I hate the little 130lb. kids who wear shoelaces for shirts and the thing that makes me mad as shit is when I see a little kid with about 225-250lbs. on the bar and i think to myself "how the hell is he going to bench this" and then commences to bounce it off his chest like a basketball, then promptly jumps up to make sure everyone is looking at him.

QuestionGuy

I walk ( 15.00 incline at 3.00 mph ) when im bulking 4 day a week for 30 minutes and if someone came up to me and said that i would spit at him, dont hate people who are walking on the treadmill you dont kno why they are doing it, maybe they have some condition that prevents them from walking like cardiovascular desise or maybe they are just walking because they dont wanna stree their muscles up a lot because they are bulking ( like me) so be carefull you dont know all people, but you are gith most people who walk are stupid know nothing lazy fatasses who think they are gona get in great shape by just showing up at the gym...!!!!

Squaggleboggin

What he doesn't like is how they rudely talk on their phones very loudly... He didn't mean that walking is a waste of time or that treadmills are stupid or anything like that...