Costco

lol @ the mention of upper body day only guys

I notice some fools doing only one or two machines, and the treadmill/elliptical/stationary bike. That's it.

Rapture

Was at the gym not too long ago. I was on a bench doing some reverse crunches then a trainer + client walk nearby. Suddenly during my set I hear the trainer say "You see what that guy is doing? As soon as he's done, do those"

....

Well then why bother with a trainer if you can just walk around, observe and copy others, right?

is300eater

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goose25

I was at the gym yesterday spending some quality time on the treadmill and noticed a nice younger female with some really tight shorts on. Needless to say, she inspired me to do a little extra time on the treadmill while enjoying her one-woman act.

tkeo

hahaha oh man, these posts gave me a good laugh.

Rapture

She probably knew you were staring, too. I've seen a lot of attention-starved women at my gym...

Also, has anyone ever been to a gym where people hide equipment? I've had to go on scavenger hunts on occasion, looking for collars for barbells, locking pins for weight machines, etc. I usually find them hidden underneath gym furniture. seems deliberate.

Costco

I hate those mother fuckers that hoard like four different sets of weights.

It is amusing to watch those guys that have like a four-inch range of motion on a bench though. you bet I lift, brah

is300eater

even worse is when they don't put them back. Yeah, you're a badass, you can shoulder pressed a shit load, but putting them back is too much effort, right?

I honestly think sometimes they purposely leave them around because it's their way of showing people "Look what I just pressed you pussies!"



and then there's the Crossfit guys that take up 3-4 different areas for their circuits. I'm pretty sure if I was to go to a Crossfit gym and just did my regular workouts, they'd ask me to stop that or leave because I'd be getting in their way...

mrstak

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sigh...saw another guy at the squat rack doing bicep curls last week...

SamDoe1

Devil Dog 21

I'm a CrossFit guy and hate the fact that there are people that do circuits in normal gyms. Go to a damn CF gym to do your workouts!
Anytime I'm traveling for work and stop in at a normal gym I head straight to the squat rack and do curls....ha, yea right, straight to squattin.

is300eater

here's another rant about the Crossfitters... (while it would seem like I'm not a fan of them [in general]... I'm NOT. But that said, I DO respect whatever people decide what they want to do for fitness. It's just when they get in my way because they think they should have some kind of privilege, that's what I have an issue with... anyways), so there's a Crossfit gym 2 blocks away from where I live... and I guess part of their program is to run around the block at some point of the circuit, and oftentimes it's in packs of anywhere from 3 to what seems like 8+ people. They run on the sidewalk, and sometimes they expect other people on the side walk to get out of their way or something or move to the grassy area so they can continue their run side by side because they feel the need to talk during the run. Nah, fuck that... see, when I'm walking on the sidewalk, I ALWAYS walk on the right side (just like you would driving), and I expect that people RESPECT MY SPACE. When I see these Crossfitters coming, and I sense that they are expecting ME to move for them, I raise my left arm and pretend I'm scratching an itch in the back of my neck... If they want to run their face into my elbow, that's fine... Sorry, if you're a Crossfitter and find this disturbing but I'm just tired of this around my hood.

Mizouse

Doom878

That's funny. But true. I only yield when I walk in a pair or for kids walking towards me since they go their own direction.

Acura_Dude

is300eater

Yes with kids and old people I yield for them

#1 STUNNA

Currently watching these fools try to do synchronized squats using ONE bar

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Doom878

That's the gayest thing I've ever seen. HAHAHAHAHAH. Seriously what the fuck is the point.

#1 STUNNA

No clue. It was hilarious to watch though. Watching them struggling just to get it up on their shoulders, then when they did the squat the guy up front would start going down before the guy in the back so the bar was uneven so weight distribution during their set had to be all over the place.

What's even crazier is that after at least 5 sets of this shit, they go back to doing normal single person squats sets with 225lbs!

If they knew how to do it the right way the entire time with more weight why the fuck were doing this gay shit to begin with!?!?!

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Doom878

They probably weren't squatting near parallel either.

Rapture

Is the guy in the back wearing loafers?

Doom878

My buddy does prefer working out in Converse shoes instead of sneakers that have somewhat of a "heel". For deadlifts and squats you feel less like leaning forward with the flatter heel.

Aman

A new one for me: People taking a machine I cleaned for my use while I'm throwing away the towel. It's always the oblivious ones for some reason, too.

Also: Salesmen/women. GoodLife Fitness has some of the highest-pressure salespeople I have ever experienced, anywhere. What a huge turn-off.

Costco

re: the gayest thing I've ever seen at the gym... two guys doing the seated tricep extension machine.



We have a weird, slightly different machine. The guy doing the exercise was facing the seat. His "spotter" was right up behind him, helping him push down the weight. Meanwhile guy doing exercise is loudly grunting and moaning. It was enough to get several people to turn around and stare. Then they started to yell in tandem :theghey:

is300eater

The gayest thing I've seen was 2 guys doing donkey calf raises like this

Costco

^

The only thing gayer than that could be... nevermind.

Undying Dreams

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is300eater

Yeah, back in the day (90's, think "Pain and Gain"), I trained at a Gold's Gym, a real hard core one, not like the newer ones now that are basically health clubs that got the Gold's franchising... donkey calf raises like that was common, I'd just pretend I wasn't seeing it, never talked about it with friends outside of the gym lol

Rapture

Shirley one could do better than loafers, though. Reminds me I need better/different shoes. I have super padded shoes myself and they have their ups and downs.

and the only thing worse than seeing someone doing those kinds of exercises is making eye contact with someone doing them. Happened to me when I saw a woman doing butt-bridges. No, she was not hot. At all.

Mizouse

but i guess if it works?

is300eater

there's a machine that puts you in that position for calves, but most gyms don't have it these days




but FWIW... even Arnold has done this :ghey: exercise

Mizouse

couldnt they use like a belt with the weights hanging off it?

or one of those belts with handles that hold weights?? although i guess that could be mistaken for a sex gadget that ive seen in pornos

Costco

What's the point of doing it that way though? I can't imagine it hits your calves at a different angle or anything.

All but the tiniest apartment complex gyms these days have a smith machine/platform or calf raise machine(s) to do it.

Smith machine with step platform = calf raises that burn like crazy yet don't mark up your shoulders

is300eater

I can't remember how, but there IS a difference of doing calf raises between sitting upright and bent over like the donkey calves and standing straight up

is300eater

yeah, you can use weight belts


but maybe it's easier for those big guys to have another guy sit on them since they can handle more weight





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Doom878

Yeah no thanks. Don't want to feel your junk on my lower back near my ass.

Mizouse

Doom878

Anyone mention the old guy who "back in the day...."

Old hippy looking dude, long hair, cut off sleeve shirt. Probably like 5'7 160. I'm warming up for deadlifts and he starts by watching me work out. Then he starts chatting me up. He tells me when he was like 19 he weighed close to 300 pounds and was a bodybuilder. Ok maybe he was. Then he tells me he fucked up his stomach on a dare to deadlift 650#. He says when he lifted the weight he felt like his intestines dropped and his stomach just bruised up all of a sudden. He still got the lift though! And he proceeded to show me his destroyed stomach. Said he couldn't lift for like 10 years after that. Gotta love whopper tales.

Mizouse

is300eater

I absolutely hate this chick at my building's gym... always on the phone texting, I mean ALWAYS... to say she half-ass her workouts would be describing too much. Normally, I don't care, but today, I had in mind to do the elliptical for cardio, I get there and I see her on it doing this

to be honest, that was pretty fast, sometimes she slows down to a pace that's near zero, where the machine actually beeps thinking that the person on the machine is done with the session.