[quote]rmccart1 wrote:
I saw a guy doing dumbbell shrugs the other day—with 35 lbs. dumbbells.
He was using straps.[/quote]
well at least he knew how to use wrist straps. i had to youtube it just now
Well he only did about 8 reps. If you can’t hang on to 35 lbs. for 8 reps of shrugs, straps won’t fix your main problem.
[quote]eremesu wrote:
A trainer turn the only squat bar into a giant ab wheel when there was a perfectly functional ab wheel lying around. of course this was on my leg day[/quote]
I know what you mean. Today I came into the gym ready to work legs and what do i find?..A group of guys all huddled around the only squat rack in the gym doing curls! WTF and they were just curling the 45lb bar on top of that…must have done what seemed like 20 sets each! Guess they missed the 2 racks of barbells just 10 feet away!
cable crossovers with the dude leaning so far foreward and down that his face was less then one foot from the ground
[quote]GrindOverMatter wrote:
cable crossovers with the dude leaning so far foreward and down that his face was less then one foot from the ground[/quote]
Anyone do cable crossovers on their knees?
[quote]bulldogtor wrote:
One dude at my college comes into the gym and sits on a bench for hours… doing curls. Not even full curls, about 1/4 of the full range of motion. Oh, and he doesn’t bend his arm–he pulls his body forward to the dumbell. It looks like he is humping the air/dumbell. He even has is eyes closed as if he’s about to orgasm any minute.
After he “climaxes”, he flexes in the mirror like a badass.[/quote]
Does he have massive guns that make the ladies flock to him like flies on sh-t? If so, he maybe onto something…
dont hate, participate 
One sixteenth squats with 135lb and a pussy pad, complete with grunting.
[quote]Regular Gonzalez wrote:
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I hate that thing, today after my workout I hid it in the back room. Hopefully no one finds it.
[quote]LiftSmart wrote:
Regular Gonzalez wrote:
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I hate that thing, today after my workout I hid it in the back room. Hopefully no one finds it.
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I have to do stuff with the weight room too. Usually I have to move things around so that the squat rack is in an easy place to use. They have seriously put the squat rack in spots where you can’t even squat.
theres this older guy who only goes on the ellipticals and he runs extremely fast and has his water bottle and takes quick sips every minute or so…and of course he’s wearing short running shorts and a tank top…but his calves are pretty damn big
A couple weeks ago this 50-something hag with big hair and spandex wandered into the free weight area, grabbed a lat pulldown bar, and started swirling around like a retarded helicopter.
Everyone was staring in disbelief, but she went on for a good 15 minutes.
Yesterday I saw someone doin assisted pullups with one arm. Only one arm, because he was using the other to talk on the cell phone(no joke). I wish I had my phone on me to take a picture…but it would go against my policy of not having a phone on me while training.
I’ve seen this one guy who preps for a set of dumbell curls like he is going to squat 600 lbs. Well he preps for every type of curl movement like that. Heavy breathing, grunting. Followed up by a flex in the mirror. And no, he doesn’t even have an impressive physique…at all. He’s fucking annoying.
Then all the other poor form exercises people do which is probably typical of any non-hardcore gym.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
there was also this big guy, who seemed a little slow. guy was fuckin scary though. anyway hed talk to himself and say weird shit. i think he called me a “little hunky punk” when he first saw me. i was talkin to him and he said he liked the H.S. lat pulldown, but the cubans were better because they row boats. then he compared the t-bar to riding a donkey and i think hurting his balls.
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lol I love people like this… there is this one guy at my gym who always comes up to my brother and I when we are doing any type of leg workout and says “damn you guys gettin’ ready to run through walls!” I cry every time. Also the same guy has the most unrealistic goals in which he states in no time that he will be filling out a XXXL shirt in a couple months. He is now wearing a M and is 1/3 the size of me and I wear a XL. lol gotta love him though.
There was this one guy once that was doing cleans in front of the mirror picking the bar up from the ground straight leg curved back then cleans it with all his back and barley gets it up… So me, being the nice person that I am, goes over there and tell him that he will hurt himself if he continues to do them that way. Come to find out he was grateful that I had helped him cause he had no idea what he was doing and he had just had surgery on his back…
[quote]YoungBull wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
There was this one guy once that was doing cleans in front of the mirror picking the bar up from the ground straight leg curved back then cleans it with all his back and barley gets it up… So me, being the nice person that I am, goes over there and tell him that he will hurt himself if he continues to do them that way. Come to find out he was grateful that I had helped him cause he had no idea what he was doing and he had just had surgery on his back…
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What I don’t understand is that people don’t inform themselves better.
I know I would if I just had a bloody backsurgery…
Little guy grunting doing smith machine incline with like 155lbs.
Wierd looking, strange clothed, 40 year old guy with horible posture who comes into the gym only to curl. Usually curls in the squat rack and takes 10 minute rests and then does rest pause curls.
Lurch, and his crew: a guy who ruined his back in a car accident who brings in a few friends to the gym to bench 65lbs 100x5-50 followed by abb work. Lurch then likes to stick around and eye ball everyone in the gym. When you look at him he will usually turn away.
Hard core bodybuilder!: this guy is 29 years old, been arrested 31 times. Lives with his parents, and has been lifting for 10 years with steroids, growth hormone, and every kind of other drug “cocain etc” and is actually pretty big 198 with close to abbs. But still wont do squats without a 20" box.
Personal trainer: guy who you dont want to look like, who isnt really in shape, isnt strong, yet you watch him train people in the most retarted manner there is. Yet people still keep coming back to him!
CHIP aka Gym owner: 5ft5 little man syndrome, thinks leaving plates on the bar is a personal attack on his size. Loves to tell you hes not afraid of you and call you out infront of a bunch of people even while you and him both know you would kick his ass and he would just call the police.
And janitor guy: guy who used to work at one of the highschools where I live, as a janotor. His hobbys, making fun of the teenagers who went there. His favorite thing to do is make fun of one of the kids girl friends who goes to that gym. kids name is joe, and this 30 year old janitor makes from of his girl friend, saying she needs to shave her back etc. A 30 year old guy picks on a kids girlfriend and brags about it.
And finally.
Kreepy guy: This isnt one person in particular, this is every guy in the gym that wants to talk to you, that you want to just go the fuck away. they always say high and want to discuss something you have no intrest in. And will continue to talk to you while you try to get ready for a set. So you cant do shit without offending them.
I wouldnt consider these people goofy, mostly just sad and annoying. Thought id share anyway.
[quote]bushidobadboy wrote:
Jesus Christ, I’m glad I don’t train where you guys do.
The oddest thing I have seen is some dude who ‘works out’ on the bosu ball, doing dumbell punches and tricep kickbacks, whilst rhythmically rocking from side to side to ‘work’ his lower body.
Then he does some fu*ked up reverse leg raises on a swiss ball, except that he keeps his torso rigid and so the movement only comes from the elasticity of the ball. It’s just a bounce, really, with his face about 6 inches from the floor. Oh, and he has his knees flexed too. Odd.
I think next time I may just ask him “What are you doing that for?”
Bushy[/quote]
Im guessing his response will be “Didnt you know I am the resident gym idiot? SUPER FUNCTIONALLLLLL!”
I have 2 from the last “Globo-gym” I used to use. One older dude, about 6’5", 160 lbs. (if that) super-skinny. Always wears really short nut-hugger running shorts and a dirty wife beater that he has cut off so that it is a belly shirt. Very disturbing sight.
Also, there was this very anorexic chick who would be on the treadmill when I arrived, set at full speed and incline, elbows locked out on the handrails, and feet just flailing along the treadmill belt. When I left (1 hr or more later), she would be there, still flailing. She really looked like a concentration camp victim, so I know she had a serious disorder. I thought someone should do something to help her, but who knows WTF you can do.
[quote]Vechter wrote:
YoungBull wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
There was this one guy once that was doing cleans in front of the mirror picking the bar up from the ground straight leg curved back then cleans it with all his back and barley gets it up… So me, being the nice person that I am, goes over there and tell him that he will hurt himself if he continues to do them that way. Come to find out he was grateful that I had helped him cause he had no idea what he was doing and he had just had surgery on his back…
What I don’t understand is that people don’t inform themselves better.
I know I would if I just had a bloody backsurgery…[/quote]
If I just had back surgery the last thing on my mind would be picking heavy things up off the floor and jerking them around. Some people need back problems I guess… just to warn others of how much they suck.
That is fucking great. I am going to use that next time I am in the gym.
Wednesday it was a guy doing scissor kicks while we was benching. Scissor kicks? Really? Fucking scissor kicks!? He was also wearing knee high tube socks and his face was the color of a ripe tomato. . . need I say more?