This might be one of those “you had to be there” stories but I always smile looking back.
I used to train at this key club that was any meathead’s wet dream: it was an old warehouse with a reverse hyper, thick bars, kettlebells, heavy bags, and even a small boxing ring. The owner started publishing a newsletter for the members there and to publicize his gym.
There was this guy there who competed in powerlifting- no Ed Coan but pretty strong. He seemed like a decent guy, though I learned he was going through his fourth divorce. Anyway this guy really liked the newsletter and bugged the owner to let him write an article for it.
In his thick Brooklyn accent the owner replied: What the fuck kind of article would you write? “Divorce and the Powerlifter?”
[quote]al1492 wrote:
ucallthatbass wrote:
I over heard a kid at the gym ask a guy squatting 405, when he was rock bottom, “Hey, does that work your back or something?” They guy paused and yelled “Fucking DIE!!” at the top of his lungs coming out of the hole. I collapsed in almost tears, as the kid semi-jogged to the door and left the gym.
best one yet[/quote]
I still can’t stop laughing at this. I can just picture dude in hole and some Azz clown comes and ask him a stupid ass question with 405 on his back. “Fucking DIE”! 5-star story!
[quote]TDub301 wrote:
There’s some really epic quotes in this thread. Makes me mad, cuz none of that shit happens at my gym. The best I can come with is when my friend is trying to pump me up for a lift, he tells me to put my dick in a box (referencing the snl skit with Justin Timberlake). Actually usually works pretty well, now that I think about it…[/quote]
You’re friend pumps up your dick in a box huh … way to out yourself on the internet
[quote]Genocide_General wrote:
I lift at home, and I’m so glad I do knowing how retarded the typical gym crowd is. I’d end up murdering someone if I put up with half the shit you guys do.
I still hear dumb shit all the time though. I’m probably the biggest guy at my college, so I always get these little guys coming up to me acting all excited and friendly, trying to be my friend or something. They always ask me what my workout routine is and how I got so big. When I tell them I do heavy compounds/strength training and eat really big, they just give me this retarded look and respond with, “Oh… I just do some curls and bench press…” Then it’s like an awkward few moments until they just walk away with a defeated look. I’ll see the same people months later and they still look exactly the same.[/quote]
So, do you go to an all girls school or something? Not saying you’re not big or anything (compared to a lot of the guys I’ve seen at my college you’d be considered big as I am) but you’re not really that big (neither am I) … I’m going to go ahead and say you were exaggerating and leave it at that…
Also, have you ever thought about, oh I don’t know, NOT being a dick face and actually extending an invitation to these guys instead of being an arrogant prick? Just saying you’re an arrogant prick who thinks he’s a lot bigger than he really is…
On another note…why is it that whenever anyone describes how they squat they often put something like “I was squatting with perfect form, ATG of course”. There are entire legions of flawed form, deep squatters out there. Am I the only one that has days when I cut them high and my knees cave and they generally suck? I guess I am. I do suck.
On another note…why is it that whenever anyone describes how they squat they often put something like “I was squatting with perfect form, ATG of course”. There are entire legions of flawed form, deep squatters out there. Am I the only one that has days when I cut them high and my knees cave and they generally suck? I guess I am. I do suck.[/quote]
I don’t think you suck at squats ouro … you might suck, but that’s not a bad thing, especially because it’s you
and no, i’m not on my period thank you very much … I just found that post to be very self congratulatory and arrogant … “I’m the biggest guy at my college” What college is that? Little People’s College?
On another note…why is it that whenever anyone describes how they squat they often put something like “I was squatting with perfect form, ATG of course”. There are entire legions of flawed form, deep squatters out there. Am I the only one that has days when I cut them high and my knees cave and they generally suck? I guess I am. I do suck.[/quote]
LOL. They could probably write a book on bad form about me: I don’t touch the bar to my chest when I bench, I have NEVER done a squat ATG, and I use an overhand grip on my deads. And that’s just the stuff I know of without thinking too hard. Oh, and I usually lift barefoot and without shirt, too. But I guess that’s just poor etiquette as opposed to poor form.
On another note…why is it that whenever anyone describes how they squat they often put something like “I was squatting with perfect form, ATG of course”. There are entire legions of flawed form, deep squatters out there. Am I the only one that has days when I cut them high and my knees cave and they generally suck? I guess I am. I do suck.
LOL. They could probably write a book on bad form about me: I don’t touch the bar to my chest when I bench, I have NEVER done a squat ATG, and I use an overhand grip on my deads. And that’s just the stuff I know of without thinking too hard. Oh, and I usually lift barefoot and without shirt, too. But I guess that’s just poor etiquette as opposed to poor form. :-)[/quote]
I lift shirtless too. That prevents people from critiquing my form
On another note…why is it that whenever anyone describes how they squat they often put something like “I was squatting with perfect form, ATG of course”. There are entire legions of flawed form, deep squatters out there. Am I the only one that has days when I cut them high and my knees cave and they generally suck? I guess I am. I do suck.
LOL. They could probably write a book on bad form about me: I don’t touch the bar to my chest when I bench, I have NEVER done a squat ATG, and I use an overhand grip on my deads. And that’s just the stuff I know of without thinking too hard. Oh, and I usually lift barefoot and without shirt, too. But I guess that’s just poor etiquette as opposed to poor form.
I lift shirtless too. That prevents people from critiquing my form :)[/quote]
It’s not proper form until you remove the bottoms, too.
so i forgot a pretty funny story that happened last week…
I was in the center of the pull station doing some seated chest pulls…a new girl to the gym was behind me doing pull downs…i was on a super heavy day so i was doing decent weight…
i got to 5 on my first set and let out a little “toot”. Now, sometimes these little guys can be heard, and sometimes they can’t…I also tried to cover by making the same type of noise out of my mouth on the next set…as close as i could…This ended up turning into a Seinfeld episode for my friend and I, as we began to judge the distance she was behind me, the sound volume of the fart…and many other variables…I don’t think she heard it because she had no reaction to it, but if someone did that beside me I wouldn’t react either out of respect…
[quote]polo77j wrote:
Genocide_General wrote:
I lift at home, and I’m so glad I do knowing how retarded the typical gym crowd is. I’d end up murdering someone if I put up with half the shit you guys do.
I still hear dumb shit all the time though. I’m probably the biggest guy at my college, so I always get these little guys coming up to me acting all excited and friendly, trying to be my friend or something. They always ask me what my workout routine is and how I got so big. When I tell them I do heavy compounds/strength training and eat really big, they just give me this retarded look and respond with, “Oh… I just do some curls and bench press…” Then it’s like an awkward few moments until they just walk away with a defeated look. I’ll see the same people months later and they still look exactly the same.
So, do you go to an all girls school or something? Not saying you’re not big or anything (compared to a lot of the guys I’ve seen at my college you’d be considered big as I am) but you’re not really that big (neither am I) … I’m going to go ahead and say you were exaggerating and leave it at that…
Also, have you ever thought about, oh I don’t know, NOT being a dick face and actually extending an invitation to these guys instead of being an arrogant prick? Just saying you’re an arrogant prick who thinks he’s a lot bigger than he really is…
Reality: It’s not for everyone[/quote]
No actually I’m not exaggerating. I go to a school of mostly women and geeks. I know I’m not big, I’m actually pretty small imo. I have yet to see anyone at my whole university with any type of muscular physique.
And I do try to help these guys, but as soon as I get into talking about any type of proper routine they think I’m insane and run the other direction. And I’m always a pretty friendly person towards them. Just saying maybe you’re an arrogant prick who possibly began thinking he was some sort of psychic who can instantly criticize a situation and person that he knows nothing about.
i was doing flies, the PT looked at me while teaching a new member how to do curl: hey, don’t bring your arm too low as it will rupture your pectoral muscle near your sternum.
me: ok, thank’s!
reason: i need him to spot me on bench press when i don’t have training partner.
