I go right after work most of the time and the kids show up later after reruns of 90210 are over, maybe.
I like to watch them in turn try to attempt 2 reps of some ungodly weight, stand around rubbing their arms while they dare their buds to lift it.
Some kids are pretty dedicated though and show up all the time, at least when I’m there.
BG
[quote]beachguy498 wrote:
Some kids are pretty dedicated though and show up all the time, at least when I’m there.
yea thank god for them, i mean im only 19 but i havent missed a day in as long as i can remember and i very rarely talk for more than 30 seconds of my entire time at the gym so there are some that are dedicated and there to work
[quote]beachguy498 wrote:
I go right after work most of the time and the kids show up later after reruns of 90210 are over, maybe.
I like to watch them in turn try to attempt 2 reps of some ungodly weight, stand around rubbing their arms while they dare their buds to lift it.
Some kids are pretty dedicated though and show up all the time, at least when I’m there.
BG[/quote]
Saw a douchey kid load up the leg press yesterday while I was spotting my husband bench. We wagered whether it would be a 2" ROM or he would fold like a lawn chair.
We both won. After his first set with a 2" ROM, I went off to do farmer’s walks. During his second set, he unlocked his knees and the sled came BAM! into his face. Too bad the safety was on. And too bad I wasn’t in the room at the time!
[quote]B rocK wrote:
And where the hell can I find a decent set of jeans to fit over these tree trunks of mine?
[/quote]
Now just hold on there, Brutus.
Weren’t you one of the guys who created a thread asking where to buy pants to fit your enormously swole legs?
[quote]beachguy498 wrote:
I go right after work most of the time and the kids show up later after reruns of 90210 are over, maybe.
I like to watch them in turn try to attempt 2 reps of some ungodly weight, stand around rubbing their arms while they dare their buds to lift it.
Some kids are pretty dedicated though and show up all the time, at least when I’m there.
BG[/quote]
yes… I see that all the time…
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
beachguy498 wrote:
I go right after work most of the time and the kids show up later after reruns of 90210 are over, maybe.
I like to watch them in turn try to attempt 2 reps of some ungodly weight, stand around rubbing their arms while they dare their buds to lift it.
Some kids are pretty dedicated though and show up all the time, at least when I’m there.
BG
Saw a douchey kid load up the leg press yesterday while I was spotting my husband bench. We wagered whether it would be a 2" ROM or he would fold like a lawn chair.
We both won. After his first set with a 2" ROM, I went off to do farmer’s walks. During his second set, he unlocked his knees and the sled came BAM! into his face. Too bad the safety was on. And too bad I wasn’t in the room at the time![/quote]
you kinda have to feel sorry for them sometimes…right?..who am i kidding no you dont
I work out at the highschool I graduated from as I’ve got seniority there and have coached during the summer program. There are a few things wrong with working out at a highschool.
First: Females on the Olympic Lifting team. loud, annoying, and take up 2 or 3 platforms by themselves. Purposely doing shitty form mocking each other and giggling
Second: Yesterday I was doin curlz. (With a short bar no worries) A kid asked me for my curl bar, and I was done so I gave him it.
He had 5 bars now, he lined them up vertically like so
| | | | | (each | is a different bar of a different weight)
He did 5 reps on each one, starting with the heaviest. He swung every single rep like his arms were rubber bands. I cringed, he curled. I cried.
Third: Everyone in there wants to be huge, and I don’t blame them. However, hearing them talk puts me in great distress.
Quotes of the highschool weightroom Pt. 1:
“dude he’s a bitch, did you know he takes creatine? hes cheating so why would I care how much he can bench. Only pussies would cheat anyways.”
“Drink your protein every 3 to 4 hours or you won’t get big” - 120lb kid
“Try to roll your shoulders all the way around while doing shrugs”
- the demonstration was horrific
“You are in the UFC?! I know Brock Lesnar he is going to train me how to do UFC”
-After overhearing me and a friend discuss our BJJ practice.
“You don’t want more than a gram per kilo of protein daily”
-Strength coach 
Part 2 will be added to this thread. I’m sure I’ll hear it.
uhhhhhh…
1)kids use ‘half’ bosu ball to catapult themselves into the air.
2)New Athletic Facility with TV’s on weight floor
3)New Team Exercise?
5)Personal Trainers at the University of Western Ontario
And yes… this is in point form because the first time i wrote it, I was rambling and making very little sense.
Valor
[quote]MMA-Valor wrote:
uhhhhhh…
1)kids use ‘half’ bosu ball to catapult themselves into the air.
2)New Athletic Facility with TV’s on weight floor
3)New Team Exercise?
5)Personal Trainers at the University of Western Ontario
And yes… this is in point form because the first time i wrote it, I was rambling and making very little sense.
Valor[/quote]
The PT’s at any university gym are the same. hell the majority of PT’s anywhere are the same way… its a weekend course to become a PT, we can’t expect miracles
we cant expect miracles, no. But students who seek help from such an institution, an institution of “learning”, should be provided with the RIGHT information. IMO Universities exploit our need for a degree to get a job and make us pay a massive tuition (supposedly rumored to increased across Canada by 25% for next september). Yes i know, it’s an inevitable fact of life, but when they make students pay extra to be misguided by a personal trainer, its just criminal.
Its not like the money aint in the budget, a former Western graduate now a member of the department of finance, told me that it costs approximately $50 dollars to admit a student for the year. THe majority of your money goes to research that really has nothing to do with the student body. So in short, maybe we can’t expect a miracle, but money can pay for some pretty decent trainers, or at least one to teach all the rest…
Srry i’m ranting lmao, just my 2cents
Valor
What is up with them throwing the medicine balls at eachother and twisting 400+ times?
ahh glad I’m at my powerhouse gym. I don’t really see to much weird/stupid shit going on. Cause most guys at my gym actually look like they lift seriously:D.
Except today I saw one kid doing 2-3 inch rom squats with 225. Everyone snickered at him though, so I think he felt umcomfortable and left. Oh and we got one guy who screams and hollers like a monkey when lifting. I call him monkey boy:D.
funny enough, i lift at a Ballys and on any given night after 6pm youre likely to find 3/4ths of the weight room being guys 200 and up.
well its probaly more like 1/2 since half of the 1/4 crowd is on the ground doing pushups at any given time so i cant see them.
[quote]Corrosion wrote:
What is up with them throwing the medicine balls at eachother and twisting 400+ times?[/quote]
Unfortunately college phys ed classes are telling their students that this builds incredible core strength and power BY making their abs more visible.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
funny enough, i lift at a Ballys and on any given night after 6pm youre likely to find 3/4ths of the weight room being guys 200 and up.
well its probaly more like 1/2 since half of the 1/4 crowd is on the ground doing pushups at any given time so i cant see them.[/quote]
haha, man your math still sucks, stay away from fractions for now,
stick to descriptive words like some, few, all, many, most and so forth.
[quote]ignignokt wrote:
B rocK wrote:
And where the hell can I find a decent set of jeans to fit over these tree trunks of mine?
Now just hold on there, Brutus.
Weren’t you one of the guys who created a thread asking where to buy pants to fit your enormously swole legs?
[/quote]
Yes. And I still can’t b/c they are still massively swole. I’ve been walking around pantless. And it’s winter, and cold. But that’s what I have to deal with because my legs are bigger then the trailer of a semi-truck. How did they get this way? A mix between 1" ROM squats and creatine in my socks (yes that rhymes, big woop…wanna fight about it?)
I got a kid at the gym who wears headphones and sings out LOUD when moving between stations. I call him Vic Jagger, cause he does a little shoulder and head shake sometimes.
You have to be 18+ to join my gym.
[quote]B rocK wrote:
ignignokt wrote:
B rocK wrote:
And where the hell can I find a decent set of jeans to fit over these tree trunks of mine?
Now just hold on there, Brutus.
Weren’t you one of the guys who created a thread asking where to buy pants to fit your enormously swole legs?
Yes. And I still can’t b/c they are still massively swole. I’ve been walking around pantless. And it’s winter, and cold. But that’s what I have to deal with because my legs are bigger then the trailer of a semi-truck. How did they get this way? A mix between 1" ROM squats and creatine in my socks (yes that rhymes, big woop…wanna fight about it?)[/quote]
LOL wanna fight about it?
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
You have to be 18+ to join my gym.[/quote]
me too but that doesn’t mean there arent at least a few knuckle heads.
I make a distinction between the people just starting out and the people that have been getting their workouts from muscle and fitness for 3+ years who have horrible from or are using elastic bands on a 135 bench press. Or they might just be doing behind the head 1 RM shoulder presses.
The true newbs, the ones that don’t act like “know it alls” are ok. Everyone has to start somewhere. I don’t mind the newbs that are in the gym tring to learn good form and asking questions.