[quote]LarryDavid wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
Yeah guys, I’m sorry that this thread about douchebaggery at the gym turned out being about me.
I’ll go to Hell, but enjoy the videos if you like.[/quote]
You are a douchebag in the gym. The thread is still completely on topic. [/quote]
GET HIM LD
[quote]solidkhalid wrote:
So the amount of weight he used is funny? What if the guy just got through an injury or surgery or something and was trying not to hurt himself again or get a feel for what hes able to do safely? I hate planet fitness as much as the next PL’er but damn dude[/quote]
^^ I’ll agree on this. I enjoy the vids of bad form, stupid shit, odd use of a machine, but good form with light weight shouldn’t make the blooper reel. C’mon man, that’s an ass move for anybody who has been lifting awhile and knows better.
Anyone really want to see Nards lifting now?
[quote]Nards wrote:
The guy started with a 2.5 lb plate on the T-Bar, then went to a 5, which I think is where started filming, then he got a 10 then a 25.
Yeah guys, I’m sorry that this thread about douchebaggery at the gym turned out being about me. I’ll go to Hell, but enjoy the videos if you like.[/quote]
So… after I injured my shoulder lifting, and had to rehab it by doing t-bar rows with pussy weight, and pulldowns with pussy weight, and pretty much every upper body lift with pussy weight, and it hurt like holy fuck for weeks, but it was worth it because if finally healed and eventually I was able to start lifting heavy again…
Yeah, that was pretty hilarious.
When I see a dude lifting small weight, I assume that he’s either rehabbing or warming up… but ultimately it’s none of my business anyway.
I do get a kick out of whacked-out shit that you can’t ignore, though. Guilty there.
The guy could have been rehabbing a bodypart, or maybe it was his first time using a machine. Whenever I use a new machine, I start off with little to no weight to work on form, see how much resistance the machine alone gives, etc.
On another note, because my tumour was at my left rib cage, I know that I’ll be doing some pretty light upper body work when I get back in the gym. Hopefully some douche can focus on his workout rather than worrying about me doing 10 lbs on the lat pulldown machine.
[quote]LarryDavid wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
Yeah guys, I’m sorry that this thread about douchebaggery at the gym turned out being about me.
I’ll go to Hell, but enjoy the videos if you like.[/quote]
You are a douchebag in the gym. The thread is still completely on topic. [/quote]
yeah, that’s the self-defecating joke I was making.
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
The guy could have been rehabbing a bodypart, or maybe it was his first time using a machine. Whenever I use a new machine, I start off with little to no weight to work on form, see how much resistance the machine alone gives, etc.
On another note, because my tumour was at my left rib cage, I know that I’ll be doing some pretty light upper body work when I get back in the gym. Hopefully some douche can focus on his workout rather than worrying about me doing 10 lbs on the lat pulldown machine.[/quote]
I think Chris Shugart wrote something about this once, and it had that gist of “Dont judge because you don’t know what that person has been through.”
You might look at me with a snide look when you see that I rarely go above 175 or 185 on the barbell bench. Yea, you’re soooo much bigger…but I dislocated my shoulder three times in boxing and MMA. so judge all you want. I’ll still knock your fucking teeth out.
[quote]jp_dubya wrote:
So I am watching the typical gym bench press neo-men. Bencher, with loose fitting. medium wife beater. Spotter has under aluminum shirt on…
After they are done with their fiasco, I looked at the guy on the bench, telling him, “that is an interesting way for you to spot him during upright rows”
I don’t think they got it.
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What those guys were doing sounds more like beginners. Real dbaggery would involve reading the paper on the bench between sets of bench presses, talking on the cell while doing the same, not putting the weights away after you are done, curling in the power rack (frat curls), yelling during routine lifts, walking into the path of the arc of someone doing lateral raises or curls, blow-drying your balls in the locker room (TC wrote about that), and generally pissing people off who are there merely to work out. Insert your own rants about things that make ya go “what the …”
Leaving a pool of sweat and then not wiping it off the bench. Thats what towels are for and the gym provides plenty, jerk off.
[quote]solidkhalid wrote:
Leaving a pool of sweat and then not wiping it off the bench. Thats what towels are for and the gym provides plenty, jerk off.[/quote]
I left that there so you wouldn’t have to walk all the way to the pool you asshole.
In all seriousness though I don’t understand why people focus so much on what others are doing. Anyone who is actually working hard is going to be red in the face, look like they have 20 chins, gasping for breath, and making strange monkey noises. People are not attractive when they work out unless it is some hot piece of cardio-bunny ass doing yoga stretches. If I make eye contact with somebody at the gym I quickly avert my eyes and feel like I just talked to a dude while peeing at the urinal next to him. That, and if you are working hard I don’t know how you have the time to be paying attention to anything except getting done so you can limp home and take a shower.
[quote]solidkhalid wrote:
So the amount of weight he used is funny? What if the guy just got through an injury or surgery or something and was trying not to hurt himself again or get a feel for what hes able to do safely? I hate planet fitness as much as the next PL’er but damn dude[/quote]
I know I can’t justify my taking videos, it is wrong of me, but I must say that I’ve seen that guy from the video many times and he does the same thing every time he’s in for many months now, maybe even the whole 2 years I’ve been going to that particular branch of my gym.
What I’m saying is there are whole threads like “Squat Rack Curls” where maybe we should all post after every post: “Hey! Maybe he’s recovering from an injury!”
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
Anyone really want to see Nards lifting now?[/quote]
Only if he dances on the treadmill.
[quote]Nards wrote:
yeah, that’s the self-defecating joke I was making.
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LMAO! Classic word-smithery!
Just to put this out there, most gyms are not public property, they’re private property. If someone is filming you and you report it, they’ll probably either ask the person to stop or kick them out. People get skeeved out by some weirdo walking around with a camera and most businesses don’t want customers to cancel their memberships because of it.
[quote]Nards wrote:
That’s also why I make my videos of idiots in the gym and don’t confront guys in their face. I’m easy for someone to point out to his friend (“Go stab that 9 foot tall giant that looks like Harry Enfield! He insulted me!”) but I’m not going to recognize a Taiwanese guy that’s been told by another guy to come get me. But I guess that could happen anywhere.
So I do it all passive/aggressive like with my camera. Check out “How Not To Work Out” on youtube with the username “nardpuncher”[/quote]
Fixed for accuracy.
[quote]Nards wrote:
Just checking but you guys have all seen my “Nutbar on the Treadmill” video right?
Did you tell her it’s not Dance Dance Revolution? 
[quote]Ct. Rockula wrote:
See Nards, you’re fucking weird. I hope some Asian dude tapes you and puts it on Asian T-Nation.[/quote]
Asian T-Nation is banned in China…as expected.
[quote]PimpBot5000 wrote:
[quote]Johnny T Frisk wrote:
I don’t know whats worst, randomly ending up on youtube or in some creepy guy’s spank bank.[/quote]
If women only knew how little it takes to be added to the spank bank. All it takes is a front, side and back view…almost like rendering a CAD drawing in your mind, and she’s in there.
I don’t know why everyone is suddenly jumping on Nards here. I seem to remember the last time he posted his videos he got a favorable response. In Japan, I wouldn’t feel bad at all filming people doing exercises with weird form or being annoying on the street. I’ve sacrificed any semblance of privacy here anyway so it would feel like a bit of retribution, LOL! (a few notable instances: I’ve seen people rooting through my garbage at 5am and returning it to my doorstep because I didn’t sort something right, I’ve had total “strangers” tell me my home address, a doctor who I met while drinking at an izakaya told everyone at his table the results of my HIV test…negative, but still…and the list goes on)[/quote]
So very true Pimp. It’s just funnier here because we’re not from here. If you think we’ve got it easy, think again, we know “they” are talking about us, that they switch to their local language, talk about you, to you, whatever. After 8 years living here you tend to stop wanting to correct the people around you (for their mannerisms, for their grammar, for their customs), and just OBSERVE. I’ve had taxi drivers here ask me how much I weigh, how much I make, am I married, where I live - I dare say you’d tell the driver to STFU if it were you elsewhere.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
Just checking but you guys have all seen my “Nutbar on the Treadmill” video right?
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To be honest, her moves are too precise. I bet she’s a dancer. Some artists even practice singing while doing cardio so they get better at performing under that sort of stress.
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There is a time and place for everything. Her “moves” could have got herself injured on the treadmill. I didn’t assume immediately that she was a dancer, she could be “warming up” much like the lady next to her was doing stretching. Tai Chi classes usually start with waving of the hands to get the circulation going and she maybe doing the same.
wow this thread really blew up… why dont people rip apart the SRC threads?
I thought that dancer on the treadmill video was pretty awesome though