Thread: Gym Idiot Sightings 2009

My favorite. Chicken flexer. This skinny kid (14-15) comes into the gym, walks in front of the mirrors, rolls up the sleeves on his Billa Bong T-shirt, and starts flexing. His arms are about as thick as my wrists. I nearly dropped a dumbbell on my foot trying not to laugh!

Its more funny when they lift their shirts to check their abs after 20 machine crunches.

Originally Posted by DiGiTaL

Its more funny when they lift their shirts to check their abs after 20 machine crunches.

Actually he did that in between his 5kg dumbbell bench press.

The more I learn from here and hanging around my fellow gym rats, the more I feel like the gym idiot. The cardio rooms are full, the circuit machines are full, the ab machines are full, the what-ever-they-do in the classes are always full, yet the weight rooms only have a few of us in there grunting and growning doing our squats, dead lifts, benches and various other forms of picking up a bar or dumbbell and putting it back down.

Yet I can't wait to get back in the old dingy dark room filled with iron and steel to be the gym idiot not following the herd of "toners".

We got an idiot in the gym that when he does squats he'll put 315 on the bar and barely go down to half way and back up. He'll do this 10 times then walk around like he did something. I never laughed so hard in my life.

Originally Posted by HOOPIE

We got an idiot in the gym that when he does squats he'll put 315 on the bar and barely go down to half way and back up. He'll do this 10 times then walk around like he did something. I never laughed so hard in my life.

Actually, I know this guy who is a year younger then me and does about 10 pounds more on everything I do But he never does it properly. On a incline DB press, he moves his hands down a little bit and pushes back up..he doesn't go all the way. When he is doing bench press he goes half way and pushes back up and claims he is stronger then me.

this would be a good thread for me to say this.
I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE WHERE JEANS TO THE GYM!!!
I dont even know why I hate it, I just really fucking hate it.
I think it is because most of the people who wear jeans or cargo pants to the gym, do so because they have a big upper body and want to hide their skinny ass chicken legs. Which is my other pet peeve, big upper bodies with tiny legs... train your wheels people,,, PLEASE!!!!

I've got a good one. My last leg day I arrived to the gym and was warming up. I was going to squat when a couple of high school kids jumped in the only squat rack just before I was ready to use it. They moved the protection side bars up as high as they would go, put the bar on the bars and proceeded to do chin ups! For 20 minutes, back and forth they were doing chin ups!!!!! I could only look and shake my head in wonder.

The biggest idiots it's probably the ones complaining about other people. People who think they are better than others.

Strength training is probably the sport filled with most confident, ignorant and wiseacred people.

A little bit of soul-searching wouldn't hurt in these days.

Originally Posted by ability

The biggest idiots it's probably the ones complaining about other people. People who think they are better than others.

Strength training is probably the sport filled with most confident, ignorant and wiseacred people.

A little bit of soul-searching wouldn't hurt in these days.

You must be that 90 pound weakling they make fun of....sorry.

Originally Posted by highpockets

I've got a good one. My last leg day I arrived to the gym and was warming up. I was going to squat when a couple of high school kids jumped in the only squat rack just before I was ready to use it. They moved the protection side bars up as high as they would go, put the bar on the bars and proceeded to do chin ups! For 20 minutes, back and forth they were doing chin ups!!!!! I could only look and shake my head in wonder.

I bet there was a chin up bar a few feet away.

Originally Posted by ability

The biggest idiots it's probably the ones complaining about other people. People who think they are better than others.

Strength training is probably the sport filled with most confident, ignorant and wiseacred people.

A little bit of soul-searching wouldn't hurt in these days.

A douche bag is a douche bag. If you can't recognize that then guess what, you're one of them.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

I bet there was a chin up bar a few feet away.

There are actually 3 other places to do chin-ups at the gym. One on the wall, one on the cable cross over support and one on the hammer strength dip station.

Originally Posted by ability

The biggest idiots it's probably the ones complaining about other people. People who think they are better than others.

Strength training is probably the sport filled with most confident, ignorant and wiseacred people.

A little bit of soul-searching wouldn't hurt in these days.

Confident? YES! Ignorant? NO. The ignorant ones are the people who come into the gym thinking they are going to morph over night into something that has taken most people years to achieve. They are either too stupid or too proud to ask if their technique/method is correct! I believe you will find that there are a great number of strength athletes (Especially here in this forum) that are more than willing to help those out who ASK! Since you seem to be outspoken (1 POST) I take it that most of your time is done reading all of the advice given here at Ironmagazine?

(Wow, I usually don't vent like that! Must be the 1-Andro Rx kickin' in. I like it!!!)

Originally Posted by highpockets

There are actually 3 other places to do chin-ups at the gym. One on the wall, one on the cable cross over support and one on the hammer strength dip station.

I don't but wouldn't it help if the gym owners/ trainers policed kids?
Place a set off rules or an explanation on gym etiquette over the machines and racks.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

I don't but wouldn't it help if the gym owners/ trainers policed kids?
Place a set off rules or an explanation on gym etiquette over the machines and racks.

That is one of the problems at our gym. When new members arrive, they get a walk through, and if they request it, a trainer will walk them through their first workout. This usually only occurs for those that need or want help with the variety of machines in the gym. I have never seen a trainer walk anyone through the free weights to date or explain to anyone that the squat rack is for squatting. We have members use the squat rack for everything from bicep curls to standing military's.

With some of the lifting technique I have witnessed, I'm actually surprised there has not been any serious injuries. I'm lucky that most of the younger fellows that lift about the time I hit the gym, are always cooperative, encouraging and open minded. We watch out for each other with spots and check to make sure correct form is being adhered to.

All in all, our gym is a great place to workout.

So this story is from last year but I'd love to share it. Some guy that i've seen in my classes I nick named Douche Bag because of the questions he asks was attempting what he thought to be a workout. He went to the cable crossover machine which has other machines attached to it. He takes a straight bar and attaches it than maxes out the weight. He proceeds to walk in the opposite direction as far as the wire would allow him which resulted in the weight being at the very top. I think he was trying to do some kind of over head triceps extension but he couldnt handle the weight and it slipped out from his hands. The bar went flying straight at another guys head who was doing lat pulldowns. It didnt hit him because as the weight went down it shortened the wire but it was probably no less than a foot away from buddies face. He went white with shock. Douche Bag went all red and what not than left the gym. I havent seen him since. If that bar did hit the guy it would have fucked him up with so much momentum.

Here's a twist...how about something that YOU'VE done in the gym.
I'll go first.
This happened a long time ago. I switched from one gym to another. No biggie. I was doing lat pull downs. (correct form, btw)
For some reason / habit, after my sets I'd always push myself back from the machine to the edge of the pad.
Forward to the new gym.
As normal, I finished my set and pushed myself back from the machine...and right off the seat, landing on my back. (evidently, the seat on the bench was about a foot shorter than the one i was previously used to.)
Whatcha gonna do? I just layed back and laughed, picked myself and what ever dignity I had left and kept on going

That was funny.
Anyone else laugh?

One of the few times me and min0 went to the gym together I was doing leg presses while he was doing shoulders.
I notice him glaring at me and at this other guy.
Turns out the shorts he told me were too short were in fact too short, every time the the weights went down to my chest my shorts sort of move in a way exposing some of my private part.
Big argument that night with I did it on purpose and the I told you so.

I think he threw them away.

Originally Posted by min0 lee

That was funny.
Anyone else laugh?

hope so...or a lot of people need to work on their sense of humor...it was funny....

Originally Posted by min0 lee

One of the few times me and min0 went to the gym together I was doing leg presses while he was doing shoulders.
I notice him glaring at me and at this other guy.
Turns out the shorts he told me were too short were in fact too short, every time the the weights went down to my chest my shorts sort of move in a way exposing some of my private part.
Big argument that night with I did it on purpose and the I told you so.

I think he threw them away.

shoot...he shoulda kept them around for the home co-ed cardio nights...

Lol min0 Lee.

This one time I was doing the bench press, I put on a little too much weight thinking I can do it. I lift the bar, bring it down..and im stuck I couldnt push it up..so I lay it on my chest and im struggle to push it back up. There was this big guy just standing beside me on the cable machine looking at me. After I finally managed to put the weight back up, I wanted to go slap him in the face for not helping another human being lol. I could have died.

Originally Posted by DiGiTaL

Lol min0 Lee.

This one time I was doing the bench press, I put on a little too much weight thinking I can do it. I lift the bar, bring it down..and im stuck I couldnt push it up..so I lay it on my chest and im struggle to push it back up. There was this big guy just standing beside me on the cable machine looking at me. After I finally managed to put the weight back up, I wanted to go slap him in the face for not helping another human being lol. I could have died.

think we've all been there before? (been stuck under the bar?)
I did it doing decline bench...ya know...you think you've got that one last rep in you...bring it down...and explode up....yet the explosion has the force of a pop corn fart? It gets about 1/2 way up...shudders...then comes back down to lay on your chest?
I had to lay there with that weight on myself chest 4 about 5 minutes till some guy finally walked past.
me: um...hey bud...little <wheeze> help<kak> here?

couple months ago i was in the gym , and was distracted with shit in my head and wasnt not paying attention, i was loading the bar for bench press and i was supposed to put 25 Lb plates for 185lbs for my last set but for soem reason i put 35's on which is exactly my max 205 , i didnt catch what i did and i lift off and go to start my et and it noticed it felt heavy i just figured i was weak it being my last set , nope bar touched my chest and i got it back up 2 inches and let it back down........i had to ask for help looking liek an idiot lol

Originally Posted by DiGiTaL

Lol min0 Lee.

This one time I was doing the bench press, I put on a little too much weight thinking I can do it. I lift the bar, bring it down..and im stuck I couldnt push it up..so I lay it on my chest and im struggle to push it back up. There was this big guy just standing beside me on the cable machine looking at me. After I finally managed to put the weight back up, I wanted to go slap him in the face for not helping another human being lol. I could have died.

A while back I was doing incline presses and I was pushing for that last rep. The bar came up just short of the support and I couldn't push it up any further, so slowly the bar came down till it rested on my forehead, luckily someone saw me before I had a chance to yell. When I got up I had a diamond pattern line on my head. Besides needing to be rescued the mark on my head really added to the embarressment!

Originally Posted by rayray715

A while back I was doing incline presses and I was pushing for that last rep. The bar came up just short of the support and I couldn't push it up any further, so slowly the bar came down till it rested on my forehead, luckily someone saw me before I had a chance to yell. When I got up I had a diamond pattern line on my head. Besides needing to be rescued the mark on my head really added to the embarressment!

That's AWESOME!! You win, sir!

lol since we're all confessing..
I must admit i have not dropped the bench bar on my chest....yet
But i did have a real embarasing moment a while ago...
i was on the 45degree machine leg press one day and ...yeh i was doing a great job..
I was just about to start my last set...when the most gorgious chick walked in ..so i did the normal matcho thing and put a heap more weight on sat on the machine tensed up and gave it shit...but the only thing that moved was my bowels and i let go a huge fart....
Have small did i feel

Two things.

1. Loaded up a weight belt with ~60lbs to do low rep pullups. Begin pullups. Promptly have weight belt slip off taking sweat pants with it. Good thing I wasn't commando that day.

2. For some reason by arms just gave out on a set of DB presses. It wasn't even heavy and I wasn't even tired. I had to roll out of the way FAST to keep from getting hit in the face by a falling DB. Promptly picked them up again and banged out the last few reps with no problems.

*Edit*

Remembered a #3. Loaded up what I thought was a leg press with 5 plates on each side which I know I can do. Found out that it was not in fact a normal leg press, but an angled one that moved in a way I didn't expect. Queue my legs being unable to stop the weight from crashing into the safety and then having to roll off of the seat from a very compressed position.