Thread: Possible horrible workouts...

HAHA yah the hockey players at my gym. what they do is they go around the gym in their big group and watch eachother do a few reps of a heavey weight. big waste of time and not even effective, theyre all skrawny fuckers

When I see that, I usually just shake my head and chuckle

(Unless it looks dangerous or something)

There were three young guys, sophomores in high school, bashing some of their teachers, talking about how much of a loser you have to be to be a teacher... making fun of special needs kids, whom i teach. I finally spoke up, from under a 400 lb squat, asking them where they went to school. They continued badmouthing, hooting at some of the ladies in the gym, and were asked to leave by the gym attendant on duty. Now i dont work out at a large gym or anything, its partially for rehabilitation and geriatrics, but has a full weight room and is usually empty enough for me to toss some big lifts. One of them knocked into me during a squat, and i racked the bar, tossed off my CD player, and explained, in a calm, sweaty manner, that i KNOW their teachers, being one myself, and coerced them to vacate the equipment that they, moments before, refused to vacate after being asked by a 60 year old gym attendant. I love teaching high school, and working out in the neighborhood gym.

Originally Posted by * Legion *

There were three young guys, sophomores in high school, bashing some of their teachers, talking about how much of a loser you have to be to be a teacher... making fun of special needs kids, whom i teach. I finally spoke up, from under a 400 lb squat, asking them where they went to school. They continued badmouthing, hooting at some of the ladies in the gym, and were asked to leave by the gym attendant on duty. Now i dont work out at a large gym or anything, its partially for rehabilitation and geriatrics, but has a full weight room and is usually empty enough for me to toss some big lifts. One of them knocked into me during a squat, and i racked the bar, tossed off my CD player, and explained, in a calm, sweaty manner, that i KNOW their teachers, being one myself, and coerced them to vacate the equipment that they, moments before, refused to vacate after being asked by a 60 year old gym attendant. I love teaching high school, and working out in the neighborhood gym.

I bet those kids almost sh*t a brick! LMAO Good for you, on so many levels!

Originally Posted by * Legion *

There were three young guys, sophomores in high school, bashing some of their teachers, talking about how much of a loser you have to be to be a teacher... making fun of special needs kids, whom i teach. I finally spoke up, from under a 400 lb squat, asking them where they went to school. They continued badmouthing, hooting at some of the ladies in the gym, and were asked to leave by the gym attendant on duty. Now i dont work out at a large gym or anything, its partially for rehabilitation and geriatrics, but has a full weight room and is usually empty enough for me to toss some big lifts. One of them knocked into me during a squat, and i racked the bar, tossed off my CD player, and explained, in a calm, sweaty manner, that i KNOW their teachers, being one myself, and coerced them to vacate the equipment that they, moments before, refused to vacate after being asked by a 60 year old gym attendant. I love teaching high school, and working out in the neighborhood gym.

Great job......thats a great story
I have a friend from way back in high school who is now a high school teacher and has been for 15 years.......In hear some great stories from him also.

well, all was good until the bumped into me while squatting.

I saw this guy at my gym who loads that easy grip bar up with weights and gets on the preacher bench. Guy goes from starting position with his arms vertical with elbows resting on the preacher pad thingy, to only about 90 degrees with his bicep. It doesn't even really look like hes using his arms for this anyway as hes just using body weight to heave it back into starting position. Call me crazy but i always thought you had to go all the way down to about 180 degrees and use your brachialis muscles.

I love the guys who pick up 70lb dumbells and start doing alternate curls, swinging like nothing you'd believe and using all shoulder to get the weight up. Then, after their 4 reps, they'd rerack the weight with enormous difficulty and then brag to their mates about how pumped their biceps were.

Or the competitive guys in the gym. You know the ones I mean, the teenager who fancies his muscles and always tries to outlift everyone. This one time I was doing 500lb deads, this guy, probably no older than 16, fairly solid kid but still had no chance of deadlifting the 350lb or so that he had put on the bar. I start my deads, and so does this kid. He gets the weight about 3 inches off the ground, his left hand gave out and the bar went crashing to the floor.

The gym I go to is in a rough part of town and there are some weirdos
that come in and do some unexplainable shit. One guy will grab the lower
cable on a crossover station and sort of act like he's trying to start a lawnmower. I've seen this done for lats but he will spastically jerk around like Dieter from Sprokets.

Originally Posted by ST240

I saw this guy at my gym who loads that easy grip bar up with weights and gets on the preacher bench. Guy goes from starting position with his arms vertical with elbows resting on the preacher pad thingy, to only about 90 degrees with his bicep. It doesn't even really look like hes using his arms for this anyway as hes just using body weight to heave it back into starting position. Call me crazy but i always thought you had to go all the way down to about 180 degrees and use your brachialis muscles.

Oh, I know these assholes. They are all over the place. Like this guy doing 135lbs while doing a barbell curls. I want to ask this guy how his back workout is going.

Funny how I can point out these guys easier than I could before...maybe cuz I used to do these workouts these ways.

I see this nonsense all the time. They do 3 sets consisting entirely of forced reps. How about you just use less resistance so your spotter doesn't get a workout too...

Originally Posted by AKIRA

Oh, I know these assholes. They are all over the place. Like this guy doing 135lbs while doing a barbell curls. I want to ask this guy how his back workout is going.

Funny how I can point out these guys easier than I could before...maybe cuz I used to do these workouts these ways.

Don't bash everyone who does 135 lbs on a barbell curl. I do it, but i do it strict and with little swing. However, i understand the criticism if you are describing someone who jerks and swings his whole body. I will do them for negatives, every other time i work biceps.

Originally Posted by snoogans

One guy will grab the lower
cable on a crossover station and sort of act like he's trying to start a lawnmower.

that brings a funny mental image to mind hahahaha

Originally Posted by ST240

that brings a funny mental image to mind hahahaha

hell yea it does.

legion, does doing negatives every other time you work biceps help you a lot? i've heard its bad to frequently do negatives, but they seem to really help my growth on biceps.

my story,
this dude at my gym will load up weight for leg press, do a rep or two, then immediatly put his hands on his knees, and push like hell with his arms for about 8 more reps.

Originally Posted by Brandon

hell yea it does.

legion, does doing negatives every other time you work biceps help you a lot? i've heard its bad to frequently do negatives, but they seem to really help my growth on biceps.

my story,
this dude at my gym will load up weight for leg press, do a rep or two, then immediatly put his hands on his knees, and push like hell with his arms for about 8 more reps.

lol i put my hands on my upper thighs, its just a habit. i dont push like a motherfucker and get a bonus arm workout like youre describing tho

Horrible workout you say? Probably the people that exaggerates on cardio, you may think it is nothing but some people go insane with it.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

Great job......thats a great story
I have a friend from way back in high school who is now a high school teacher and has been for 15 years.......In hear some great stories from him also.

Shut up or Im going to hit you in the head with a dumbell...............baby

I dont help them out, they need to figure it out on their own

Originally Posted by * Legion *

There were three young guys, sophomores in high school, bashing some of their teachers, talking about how much of a loser you have to be to be a teacher... making fun of special needs kids, whom i teach. I finally spoke up, from under a 400 lb squat, asking them where they went to school. They continued badmouthing, hooting at some of the ladies in the gym, and were asked to leave by the gym attendant on duty. Now i dont work out at a large gym or anything, its partially for rehabilitation and geriatrics, but has a full weight room and is usually empty enough for me to toss some big lifts. One of them knocked into me during a squat, and i racked the bar, tossed off my CD player, and explained, in a calm, sweaty manner, that i KNOW their teachers, being one myself, and coerced them to vacate the equipment that they, moments before, refused to vacate after being asked by a 60 year old gym attendant. I love teaching high school, and working out in the neighborhood gym.

CD player? what is that?

Originally Posted by pscaputo

I dont help them out, they need to figure it out on their own

Figure this out on your own: bumping a six-year-old thread? What? Is this a creative way to reach your necessary numbers to pm? If so, then play on playa!

Originally Posted by Gissurjon

CD player? what is that?

lol It's something they had back in 2005.

Another dead Akira thread...

Originally Posted by Curt James

Figure this out on your own: bumping a six-year-old thread? What? Is this a creative way to reach your necessary numbers to pm? If so, then play on playa!



lol It's something they had back in 2005.

oh maaan, point taken.

Originally Posted by pscaputo

I dont help them out, they need to figure it out on their own

My bad. I just noticed you're on AKIRA's friends list. It would be normal to seek out the posts by people you know or who are on your list.

Welcome to IronMagazine, mang.