Don’t you just hate it when someone is in the gym, hardly lifting anything, but grunts, groans and screams on every single rep, whether lifting a 15 lb dumbbell or a 6kg medicine ball?
True Story:
I used to train at this one place a while back. There was one guy in particular, very cocky. He owned a local night club or something, so he thought he was pretty cool. Ond day he was in there, slinging away little dumbbells with his little noodle arms. Without warning he started yelping like someone dropped wild, rabid animals down his pants. It was ridiculous- he could be heard clear out into the parking lot and people would come in with puzzled faces, wondering who was hurt or what was going on.
By this time, the jackass had stripped off his shirt and was flexing in the mirror, grunting, groaning and twisting up his face like he’d eaten a crate of lemons. It was embarrassing. The poor idiot had NO muscle to speak of and many people had covered their faces and turned away, laughing at him.
He was oblivious to it- kept on howling like his nuts were in a vice. After his workout, he never put back on his shirt, hopped back into his Mercedes and drove off- still enveloped in his own little He-Man world.
Shadow, I doubt that ANYone had a story like that. That is hilarious. I’m sure we’ve all seen our fair share of screaming lifters in the gym, but your guy takes it to a whole new dimension.
It’s a true story alright. Unfortunate, but true. With some people, their egos are swelled much bigger than their bodies will ever become. You almost just want to run up to these people and ask for their autograph (with sarcasm of coarse.) I wonder if they’d even understand the irony of the situation.
Shadow
That is classic. Unfortunately, you know there is some smokin’ hot girl out there who thinks he’s the coolest guy in the world, mainly because he drives that mercedes. And, as long as that keeps happening, he’ll still be grunting and screaming.
When I was in school there were two guys who used to grunt and yell quite a bit, but only when they were putting up some big weights, and they were pretty big boys. One day this little, skinny, cocky peckerhead walks up to them and says, “So, do you guys think you’re tough cause you can throw around big weights?” One of the guys, who goes about 6’3", 250 or so, says “Shut the f*** up or I’ll f***ing kill you.” HAHA, that kid turned as pale as a ghost and took off. Probably soiled himself, too.
Grunting with maximal weights is acceptable, especially when going for a PR. But the song and dance that some guys do is entirely unnecessary- you’d think that they’d overtrain their CNS from all the racket they make. You’d think Godzilla was attacking Tokyo.
In high school I belonged to a gym where there was a man we called “The Vowel Man” … he would grunt the alphabet. A … E … I … O … U … no matter what exercise or what weight. Dreadful.
We used to call it the 300 Ib. rule at me old gym. No matter who was doing it. Muscle head or weenie hammer. If you were not lifting at least 300Ibs. No screaming or yelling. 300 and over, have at it.
Yo Shadow,
I have had experiences like that and you almost feel sorry for the guy because he has no idea that he is a TOOL!
Next time he is doing his song and dance walk over to where he is lifting and grab some heavy ass weight preferably two-three times what he is lifting. Bang out 10 reps without making a sound, rack the weight, then stare at him, until he realizes he is a TOOL! Then laugh at him and walk away. It is a bit dickheadish but it has worked for me several times.
I feel cheated, I read this thread title “Grunters and Screamers” and click on it thinking I am going to read some anicdotes about Grunters and Screamers during sex. But it is just about weightlifting. LOL
Ive seen my share of grunters, we have one in the gym where i work that moans and groans like and animal having sex…lol…this goes for every exercise weather it be laterals or crunches. Ive also seen a bunch of counters…guys who count out load so everyone knows what rep they are on. However, I think ive discovered a new species…the wiper…this guy, who is pretty big, but kinda fat, will get done with a set of bench press or andy other exercise for that matter, and then will try to casually look at himself in the mirror while wiping his chest with his hand to try to outline his pecs through his shirt. Its hard to explain, but when you notice it you realize he does it all the time, pretty much after each set. A bunch of my friends and I now try to see how long it takes him to do this after each set and we are trying to do group wipings in order to mock him…lol
The only time that yelling is remotely acceptable or at least understandable is when you drop the plate you were taking off the rack on your foot, while looking at the hot T-Vixen across the room. This is only theoretical though, as none of us would ever do this…
“We used to call it the 300 Ib. rule at me old gym. No matter who was doing it. Muscle head or weenie hammer. If you were not lifting at least 300Ibs. No screaming or yelling. 300 and over, have at it.”
That is a bit stupid. So if a guy is 140lbs and he’s benching 290 he can’t grunt on the way up?
If Niam Simanagulu was doing some lite snatches with, say, 250, he cant grunt?
The three hundred pound rule is pretty weak. If you going hard for a big movement like squats or deads you can grunt. Smaller guys aren’t as strong so a max effort won’t be as much as a guy who’s been training for several years can lift. I was pretty freaking small before. I bet a lot of you were too at one point.
I know this is an old thread but here it goes. I’m at the gym today and this 70kg max guy comes in in all his bodybuilding clothing ( boots, baggy pants, superman shirt etc ) and starts working out. By the look of it he was doing an arm workout that day.
He started with some close grip bench and started grunting like a motherfucker. Then it’s on to the bicep curls with the EZ bar. The grunting gets louder so I look over to see what weight he’s lifting. Turns out that it’s about 22 kg! Then he’s straight over to the dumbbells for some hammer curls. The grunting is now screaming but this time he’s using 12.5 kg dumbbels!!! What a cockhead!
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That is classic. Unfortunately, you know there is some smokin’ hot girl out there who thinks he’s the coolest guy in the world, mainly because he drives that mercedes. And, as long as that keeps happening, he’ll still be grunting and screaming.
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No.
He bangs that smoking hot girl AND drives a mercedes because he thinks he is the greatest thing since bread came sliced.
Even a little primadonna like that can get very far by not giving in to limiting beliefs.
Every thread that goes up regarding some kind of ass-clown in the gym makes me want to go into one of the gyms where I’m at and start hurting people. I wanna place a 5 lb weight in a pillowcase and bash people with it ghetto style. I fucking hate most people at the gym! I person needs to be left the hell alone when they lift!
If the sub-maximal lifting is tough enough for you to make you need to scream, whimper, or otherwise make yourself overly noticeable, then you need to start out with some push-ups and sit-ups for a few years until you can handle big-boy weights. Or I can sneak up on you while you’re screaming like a freshly castrated baboon on your little 20 lb curls, and bash in your skull with a handful of 1/2 lb plates bundled up in a pillowcase. I might not fight like a pro, but I know how to throw and swing some shit motherfucker!!
