Goofy things you see in the gym..

[SJ69]

I'd probably annoy you guys, because sometimes I like to hit 1rm's, and sometimes I miss them.

The couple thing can be annoying, especially if they're are lovy dovy. If they're both hard core though, that's cool.

 

[sparknote_s]

Did somebody say they get mad at the skinny guys who are using light weights? I mean come on, gotta start somewhere right? (I'm one of those 'skinny guys')

 

[ihateschoolmt]

No one said that, someone said they hate the skinny guys that try to lift the whole rack of plates just to say they did.

 

[Flex]

I finished my deads today and head over to the only good pulldown machine in the gym. There's this prick on there, and i wait til he's done with his current set to ask him how much he's got left.

He says "6 sets".

With a half disgusted/half furious face, i say "6 sets, huh", and turn my back and walk away.

Now the prick is buried in the front lawn of the gym.

R.I.P. Prick

 

[Flex]

Did somebody say they get mad at the skinny guys who are using light weights? I mean come on, gotta start somewhere right? (I'm one of those 'skinny guys')

As a matter of fact i LOVE using light weights w/perfect form. People, mainly those who throw "too-heavy weight" around with terrible form, look at me in awe.

Then I love even more when i do an exercize with weight they can't even come close to....with perfect form.

 

[ihateschoolmt]

Sadly that's every kid at my gym...and my gym is about 90% kids. They only use machines too. I've been going for almost a year and literally never saw one person (besides me) deadlift.

 

[BruiseKnee]

people who FUCKING STINK BEYOND STINK! the kind of smell that stays in the air 3 minutes after they walk by and has the power to extend to a 10 ft radius. TAKE A FUCKING SHOWER........WITH SOAP DAMMIT

 

[j rizz]

lol..this was a "goofy things you see at the gym" thread and got turned into "shit you see at the gym that fucking pisses you off and makes you wanna put people 6 feet deep in the ground because of it" thread.

gotta love it!

 

[silencer]

Well I prefer the way the thread is developing. Some of the things you hear are damn funny.

 

[thatguy]

I finished my deads today and head over to the only good pulldown machine in the gym. There's this prick on there, and i wait til he's done with his current set to ask him how much he's got left.

He says "6 sets".

With a half disgusted/half furious face, i say "6 sets, huh", and turn my back and walk away.

Now the prick is buried in the front lawn of the gym.

R.I.P. Prick

 

[westb51]

yesterday in the gym i saw this guy is doing standing, one leg, arnold presses. i'm not that old but i've seen some stuff in my day and this one took the cake. standing, one leg, arnold press. wow i had to go somewhere else i couldn't stop laughing.

 

[LAM]

I just noticed today that just about 90% of the men that I see benching that are over 40 never touch the bar to their chest. just about all of them only go half way down.

 

[NipsMG]

I hate people who take cell phone calls in the middle of a workout.

Also, the people who use the gym as a social hour. I go to a VERY SMALL gym, and there's a limited amount of equipment. and you'll get these freaks who sit there and take a 5 minute rest inbetween sets to talk to everyone in the goddamn gym. When you ask if you can work in with them, they give you this look, then jump down onto the bench again like they were JUST going to start back up. GET OFF THE EQUIPMENT IF YOU"RE NOT GONNA USE IT.

I also hate the people that snicker at me for doing very low weight but concentrating on form, then I watch them use way too much weight and basically turn into contortionists to get the weight up.

I pretty much hate everybody.

 

[SlimShady]

Yesterday, I saw some old guy go flying out the back of a treadmill machine. He looked like Homer's boss on The Simpsons. He landed on his knees, scrambled back on the treadmill then flew off again. The second time he just laid there for a few seconds, then got up and turned it off. I was doing squats and saw this happen in the mirror. I almost dropped the bar... it got me in some trouble, cause you ever bust out laughing while you're in the hole?

 

[thatguy]

Gosh, I saw some guy doing half-reps on his DB Military Presses with 70's today. 1 set of 6 and he's done. Why doesn't he just bump down to 50's and do three sets of ten? He's also one of those guys whose chest curves in - all chest and front lats and no rear lats/traps to pull it back to normal.

 

[MawkieMawk]

Tough guys who don't clip the weights and then have them fall off.... best thing ever to see. oh, I also love seeing people do dumbbell curls but using their shoulder to lift the weight almost fully... hahaha ooohhh me ohhh my

 

[ihateschoolmt]

These two idiots at my gym put a bench under the squat rack and they bounced off of it as hard as they could from frist to last rep, screaming loud as hell the whole time.

 

[brogers]

yesterday in the gym i saw this guy is doing standing, one leg, arnold presses. i'm not that old but i've seen some stuff in my day and this one took the cake. standing, one leg, arnold press. wow i had to go somewhere else i couldn't stop laughing.

I have a friend who does those every once in awhile. He plays college football. He stands on one leg while doing them to improve balance...

 

[QuestionGuy]

i agree

In response to #1, just because you're smaller doesn't mean you can't give advice, I see a lot of guys whoe are 50 lbs or more heavier then I, probably more fat than muscle, who are just complete dumbasses in the gym

just because you are bigger then me doesnt mean you know more, I am open minded and I got some really good advice from someone who is much smaller then me at the gym when I had trouble with my bicep workout....

 

[BigDyl]

This one dude was telling me 'matter-of-factly' that he could bench 315, but only come down half way to his chest. I proceeded to beat him over the head with a dumbell.

 

[westb51]

I have a friend who does those every once in awhile. He plays college football. He stands on one leg while doing them to improve balance...

its doesn't matter if he plays college football, (what does that have to do with any thing?) that exercise is goofy. i see cats all the time trying to fly away while doing lat raises, they play football, does it make it ok?

 

[ZAGLOBA]

I hate those people who come to the gym and then spend the whole time talking instead of liftingAnd Stinky people

 

[brogers]

its doesn't matter if he plays college football, (what does that have to do with any thing?) that exercise is goofy. i see cats all the time trying to fly away while doing lat raises, they play football, does it make it ok?

What does it have to do with anything? Well if he's working out for his sport, he isn't training like a typical body builder. Their goals and strategies are different from yours and mine. But yes it does look goofy, I was just stating that it has a purpose.

 

[thatguy]

its doesn't matter if he plays college football, (what does that have to do with any thing?) that exercise is goofy.

College strength coaches care less about their players "looking goofy" than they do developing balance and coordination. Balance is important when playing sports, and I wouldn't be surprised if he has them doing exercises on a fitness ball, too. Clearly this exercise is meant to help build balance.

 

[thatguy]

What does it have to do with anything? Well if he's working out for his sport, he isn't training like a typical body builder. Their goals and strategies are different from yours and mine. But yes it does look goofy, I was just stating that it has a purpose.

Beat me to it.

 

[westb51]

I was just stating that it has a purpose.

maybe when there is a purposeful thread you can state it in there. j/k

 

[westb51]

I have a friend who does those every once in awhile. He plays college football. He stands on one leg while doing them to improve balance...

btw, is your friend 30 something, use 5lb db, and only been to the gym 3 times

 

[da jock]

Another odd locker room thing I saw a while back, a guy shaving @ the sink, but he had shaving creme on his chest, abs & clear down to his package, guess he was shaving everything!?

 

[CursedOne]

theres this guy at at my gym who ive seen several times standing in the locker room buck ass naked except with his shoes and socks on, whipping himself all over and between his legs with his towel for the whole time im in the locker room. i always hurry outta there.

then theres the kids that come in and go throw 225 on the bench even though by lookin at em you can tell they are far more like 135 material, then proceed to help each other with every rep starting from rep one, then do about 5 reps total

then theres this older guy who puts all this weight on the lat pull machine, which is at a 45% angle facing away from the mirror, then he turns around and sits on the seat at an angle so he can see himself straight on the mirror, then he does this like 1/5 of the way pulling down motion during which his ass comes up off the seat so hes kinda standing there hanging by the lat pull handle checking hisself out in the mirror, pumping the bar a few inches . . that shit cracks me up

dam there are just too many things to list

 

[Robin Hood]

I was working biceps yesterday morning and this 50 some year old man with a gut and absolutely no muscle definition comes over to me and starts to give me tips on working my biceps. Then he proceeded to continue to interrupt me 3 more times to give me tips...all while I was in the middle of sets...with headphones on. What can you do but humour the guy and continue with your workout. I think it was his attempt to try and "pick me up".