Making people do more work is not courtesy. It's like if I came up to you and removed a plate from your bench and put it away... Hey! I was using that!
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Gym Idiot Sightings 2007
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Making people do more work is not courtesy. It's like if I came up to you and removed a plate from your bench and put it away... Hey! I was using that!
Then they will be doing many people a great service when they remove those plates. I feel so good knowing I allowed someone else to do a good deed.
I usually tell them to put the fucking weight away.
I'm close to Michigan, like right next door. Except I'm in Canada.
No one has complained at my gym, but then again no one really complains about anything there.
No one has complained at my gym, but then again no one really complains about anything there.
What the hell are you talking about?
So far, my favorite is the guy who was doing lateral raises while standing on the Bosu Ball. He made sure to come over to me and let me know that if I needed a spot to just ask him. I guess he was concerned that if an earthquake hit during my set, he would be the best person trained to handle that unstable environment and sport me. 
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That's free entertainment. 
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So far, my favorite is the guy who was doing lateral raises while standing on the Bosu Ball. He made sure to come over to me and let me know that if I needed a spot to just ask him. I guess he was concerned that if an earthquake hit during my set, he would be the best person trained to handle that unstable environment and sport me.
Those fault lines are unpredictable.
I also like the guy who swings wildly on his reps to show off. Specifically, that structure w/ the arm sling things hanging form the top, where you put your upper arms through them and bring your legs upwards to hit your abs.
This older, chubby guy was talking to this younger, chubby guy on how many reps they cna do.
Younger Guy: Man, I can only do about 5 at a time of these.
Older: Really? These are really easy for me.
The younger guy did 5-6 slow, good form, reps.
The older guy got on and started swinging back and forth as hard as he could to build up momentum. It wa slike being on a swing and he was building up for the jump off. the back of the structure would come off the ground by about half an inch every rep.
After his 15 rep set, he gave the "see, I'm the shit" look to the younger guy, the younger guy jsut smiled. Does anyone know the thing I'm talking about?
Yea, those slings are for pussies. Real men hang from their arms.
In all honesty they are difficult to do in good form, and I hardly see anyone do it in good form. However, I will simulate that same sling-aided position without the slings. Better workout, in my opinion. Of course, that's contingent upon one's ability to keep their arms at 90 degrees for an extended period of time.
its saltier than soy sauce. but lighter. kinda like manjuice
oh i love the over weight guys doing ab excercises, like they are going to get a six pack without running or changing their diet.
well theyll have it, but itll be the reserve behind the keg, in case it runs out.
or the people walking on a treadmill.... WTF why would you have to walk on a treadmill. at least jog or walk fast... but going 3-4 mph isnt doing anything for you, unless your going uphill a lot!
and to the guy in my gym with fuckin gas; dont stand by me, or anyone unless you want to get throat punched. if im going to have trouble breathing during my workout, you can have trouble breathing during my workout too.
I don't understand criticisms of people doing valid, non-injurious, well formed exercises. Walking is healthy, what are you complaining about? Maybe it's a warm up, cool down, perhaps they're just getting into exercise after having done nothing for a decade. Don't make fun of the overweight person doing ab exercises. You don't know what they're doing for their diet, you don't know if they get some cardio.
Complain about the guy who farts. Complain about people steaming in a corner while you workout on a machine. But don't complain or make fun of someone who is getting exercise.
Complain about the guy who farts. Complain about people steaming in a corner while you workout on a machine. But don't complain or make fun of someone who is getting exercise.
Hey HEY!!!! nothing wrong with farting, let me tell you...I go in a corner and blast. No one knows what happened and it is deadly.
I prefer the crop-dusting method. It's a skill I perfected as a waiter in college. 
I've seen that one too. I see trainers making clients do squats on that thing
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I've seen that one too. I see trainers making clients do squats on that thing
lol, wow. That is dangerous.
lol!
Its like taco bell hot sauce ...
So i'm in the locker room and i'm next to this wrinkled ass nekked old guy... I'm sitting down putting on my socks, hes like 2-3 feet away.. He then takes a hand full of what i guess was baby powder and splashes it in his butt crack. I look up in suprise just in time to catch a cloud of ass powder right in the face.
I would have paid to see the look on my face.
I think i've been scared
I would have paid to see the look on my face.
I think i've been scared
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No; face climbing is dangerous. That's like trying to catch a bus with your teeth: suicidal.
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...or...just turn to her...and say "You know..I'm gonna be here a while"...then fart..
Gross....but effective..
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somethings that the PT's in my gym are having thier clients do..is stand on one leg...and lift something.
Ex: one armed standing on one leg DB military press.
I understand 'core' training and all that fad crap..but doesn't that take away from the exercise to concentrrate on balance?
so...if you can do reps w/ 65lb DB's...but do it the one armed, one legged variety...you could do..say...40 lbs...cause u are also thinking about your balance...are you getting a better or worse workout?
Ex: one armed standing on one leg DB military press.
I understand 'core' training and all that fad crap..but doesn't that take away from the exercise to concentrrate on balance?
so...if you can do reps w/ 65lb DB's...but do it the one armed, one legged variety...you could do..say...40 lbs...cause u are also thinking about your balance...are you getting a better or worse workout?
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Had a good one tonight, not an idiot but a funny one. There is this guy who works at our juice bar who is really fat around the middle and has these huge mutton chop sideburns, pretty quiet. Doesn't look like he's touched a weight in his life. Keeps to himself.
So I'm training a client this afternoon and I see him come downstairs, still in his juice bar shirt and lie down on the bench press. I think "this should be interesing" as I watch him load on a plate and push out 12 reps with great form. Adds another plate. Same thing. 3rd plate (now at 315). Same thing. Didn't even look like he was trying. Put on another 35 per side and repped out 12 full range at 385, racked it, got up, took the weights off and walked away. My jaw was on the floor.
Turns out he's a former national level powerlifter who can deadlift 600 with no problems and can squat 4 plates easily. Sometimes it's the quiet ones...
So I'm training a client this afternoon and I see him come downstairs, still in his juice bar shirt and lie down on the bench press. I think "this should be interesing" as I watch him load on a plate and push out 12 reps with great form. Adds another plate. Same thing. 3rd plate (now at 315). Same thing. Didn't even look like he was trying. Put on another 35 per side and repped out 12 full range at 385, racked it, got up, took the weights off and walked away. My jaw was on the floor.
Turns out he's a former national level powerlifter who can deadlift 600 with no problems and can squat 4 plates easily. Sometimes it's the quiet ones...
I don't believe it's better or worse. It's different. Focuses on a wider range of muscles than a simple, weakmo, curl.
Besides, if one has to think more about their balance, maybe they should be working on that.
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If someone is using a PT, odds are (though not always), they are new to weight training. I don't think that a trainer should be doing something like that to a beginner.
The should be teaching them the basic, fundamentals, of weight training; and not treating them like a circus bear.
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thats crazy
Oh sure. But that assumes the PT actually knows the basic fundamentals...If someone is using a PT, odds are (though not always), they are new to weight training. I don't think that a trainer should be doing something like that to a beginner.
The should be teaching them the basic, fundamentals, of weight training; and not treating them like a circus bear.
(That is in no way directed to any of the well trained professionals that visit this site, only the idiots I've witnessed at every gym I've been to...)
