Gym Calls Cops on Heavy Squatter

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[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
i just read through this thread and found it very sad. gyms like Planet Fitness and the like are all about making money. They want you to join and never come back… but be sure to keep paying that membership.

In my opinion, the Lunk Alarm was invented to get all the serious lifters to quit. Because as we all know, only the serious lifters are religious about going to the gym all the time.
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Excellent point. I never thought of it from that angle. That’s brilliant from a business standpoint. Gyms are like an all-you-can-eat buffet. You expect a high percentage of your patrons to be average size with average sized appetites.

And you’ll make money if that is indeed true. You lose money (sometimes a lot of money) on the “5-10 percenters” who basically eat for fun. The serious lifters are the 5-10 percenters.

They show up and “eat all the damn food.” They make use of so much of the equipment that they are effectively robbing the place blind with how little they are paying each month.

If all-you-can-eat buffets could introduce a “lunk” alarm they would.

Judging by the guy’s build he is clearly the 5-10 percenter type of guy. He probably shows up 6-7 days a week and they’re trying to figure out how to get rid of him.

But… he knew the rules before he joined the gym. The rules are plainly posted on the wall. He (allegedly) broke the rules. And now he wants the manager to apologize.

Sorry, I don’t get it. When looking to join a gym read the f**king rules. If they say things like “no grunting” or “no dropping heavy dumbells” or “no deadlifting” then don’t join unless you don’t do those things – EVER. Pretty simple.

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[quote]ignignokt wrote:
the 5-10 percenter type[/quote]

Sadly, it would be more precise calling them “0.5-1.0 percenters” or even less.

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[quote]ignignokt wrote:
maraudermeat wrote:
i just read through this thread and found it very sad. gyms like Planet Fitness and the like are all about making money. They want you to join and never come back… but be sure to keep paying that membership.

In my opinion, the Lunk Alarm was invented to get all the serious lifters to quit. Because as we all know, only the serious lifters are religious about going to the gym all the time.
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Excellent point. I never thought of it from that angle. That’s brilliant from a business standpoint. Gyms are like an all-you-can-eat buffet. You expect a high percentage of your patrons to be average size with average sized appetites.

And you’ll make money if that is indeed true. You lose money (sometimes a lot of money) on the “5-10 percenters” who basically eat for fun. The serious lifters are the 5-10 percenters. They show up and “eat all the damn food.” They make use of so much of the equipment that they are effectively robbing the place blind with how little they are paying each month.

If all-you-can-eat buffets could introduce a “lunk” alarm they would.

Judging by the guy’s build he is clearly the 5-10 percenter type of guy. He probably shows up 6-7 days a week and they’re trying to figure out how to get rid of him.

But… he knew the rules before he joined the gym. The rules are plainly posted on the wall. He (allegedly) broke the rules. And now he wants the manager to apologize. Sorry, I don’t get it. When looking to join a gym read the f**king rules.

If they say things like “no grunting” or “no dropping heavy dumbells” or “no deadlifting” then don’t join unless you don’t do those things – EVER. Pretty simple.[/quote]

Exactly true. If the members don’t show up, they don’t put any wear and tear on the equipment, use water, lockers, TP, etc. But they still pay. Serious lifters actually use the equipment! And, we are such a small percentage of the population, we really aren’t worth targeting by these places. Commercial gym owners would be ecstatic if the membership rosters are full and the gym itself is empty.

So, from a business perspective, PF is doing what they need to do to attract their customers, then make sure they use the gym as little as possible. HOWEVER, the lunk alarm is pure asshattery.
On another note, I sort of see these places as a bit of natural selection. Let the masses go there and “work out”.

Let them think they are accomplishing something. In the meantime, we will be getting stronger, bigger, leaner and continuing to be physically superior. I don’t lift to be like everybody else. I lift to be better.

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Listen. Its a well known fact that a solid grunt is the only way to tell if somebody is on gear. They’re just trying to protect their good clean athletes from being overwhelmed by an “unnatural”, chemically induced physique. Its as reliable and science backed as a pee test.

I think what we should be focusing on here is what type of grunting should be permissible in the gym. I remember a couple years back, I was hanging out in the Nazareth Barbell with Mike Miller(world record squat holder) who is a family friend.

We were sitting behind the counter and there was only one dude in the gym. He was doing some squats and on the way up he was making this absolutely horrid noise.

After his second set he made a quick jet to the bathroom. As soon as he was around the corner Mike open hand smashed the counter. “I fucking hate that noise!!”
…the gym probably needed a new front desk after that.

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[quote]pinkponyz wrote:
ignignokt wrote:
the 5-10 percenter type

Sadly, it would be more precise calling them “0.5-1.0 percenters” or even less.[/quote]

True. I was being generous.

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Maybe this has been said before, but I fail to see how the Lunk Alarm is any less distracting than someone grunting or dropping a weight.

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They should have a camel toe alarm. That shit is distracting, and unfortunately, happens rather often.

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[quote]AngryVader wrote:
Maybe this has been said before, but I fail to see how the Lunk Alarm is any less distracting than someone grunting or dropping a weight.[/quote]

I tried to say it earlier, but not so well. You’re exactly right! Imagine being half way through lifting a moderately heavy weight above your head and suddenly being attacked by a fucking police siren! Far, far, far more distracting than a grunt.

What I dislike the most about it is its public nature; so, if they really didn’t want grunting and weight dropping, couldn’t they just adopt a policy where a trainer quietly walks upto the “offender” and tells them to stop, or leave?

Why so public, why so loud? Perhaps its there for the collective enjoyment of those who want to see someone physically superior humiliated? It could be, but I might be wrong.

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I wonder what if an alarm goes off if somebody ripps ass at the smith machine…

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[quote]BrownTrout wrote:
I wonder what if an alarm goes off if somebody ripps ass at the smith machine…[/quote]

I’m sorry for the derail but that thing in your avatar … what in the fu… ??? I’m scared of it.

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Its a whippet, which is typically a skinny version of a greyhound. This one has a chromosome disorder which makes it gain uncontrollable amounts of muscle mass…some disease.

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[quote]BrownTrout wrote:
I wonder what if an alarm goes off if somebody ripps ass at the smith machine…[/quote]

When I rip ass in the Smith Machine, it is an alarm.

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[quote]BrownTrout wrote:
They should have a camel toe alarm. That shit is distracting, and unfortunately, happens rather often. [/quote]

Your cameltoe obsession is starting to become amusing. I think I’ll have to start sending you random pictures of cameltoe. MUHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!

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Its because the damn image is burned into my mind for all eternity!!! I think I need therapy, or at least a positive experience with cameltoe.

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[quote]BrownTrout wrote:
Its a whippet, which is typically a skinny version of a greyhound. This one has a chromosome disorder which makes it gain uncontrollable amounts of muscle mass…some disease. [/quote]

myostatin deficiency, right?

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Last week I saw an incident like this go down right in front of me. A large well built man doing deadlifts, and adding weight to what was already a heavy load. Some prissy fuck from the front desk walked up to him and asked him not to “breathe” so heavy.

I guess he was exhaling too loudly and someone complained. The guy tells prissy that he is working out and that this amount of weight causes him to exhale so loudly. Prissy asks him, “Just don’t breathe out so loud ok!” in a stern tone.

Turns out the guy working out is a Highway Patrol officer, and that he is GOING to workout in a manner that helps him do his job effectively. Prissy walks back to his desk with his tail between his legs. I normally hate law enforcement due to my less than stellar experiences with the law, but he kinda made me proud right there.

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[quote]BrownTrout wrote:
Its a whippet, which is typically a skinny version of a greyhound. This one has a chromosome disorder which makes it gain uncontrollable amounts of muscle mass…some disease. [/quote]

I hope it isn’t painful (or result in a painful/uncomfortable end). Nothing worse than seeing a suffering animal - maybe a lunk alarm, or a kick in the balls.

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I wouldn’t worry about the dog. I asked him about it and he said " To me, the pump is the greatest feeling in the world. To me, it is better then cumming."

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[quote]John Roman wrote:
Professor X wrote:

At this point, I am sure anyone who looks like they workout is avoiding that place like the plague. I would love to know how they are doing financially right now.

PF clubs, on average, operate at about $80-100K per month in membership dues.

This does not count over-the-counter stuff such as enrollment fees, personal training, pro-shop sales, or water/cooler drinks, or tanning products.

People need to stop hating on Planet Fitness. Honestly, when I considered myself a bodybuilder, if I walked into a gym without a squat rack, I would turn around and walk out. I wouldn’t begrudge the place the right to exist. All of you “hardcore” guys like to chime in on the internet about the “whiney pussies” at PF or similar gyms because their goals are not analogous to yours.

For the most part, though, those people aren’t clogging up internet forums bitching about it. SO I think there is a certain irony to argument of whining, don’t you?

PF is a good business model, and honestly, they exist to specifically target/attract people who have never been a member of a gym before. They offer a good rate, therefore people who are inexperienced are more likely to give it a go.

If you are hardcore, PF shouldn’t concern you. Let them do their thing. Stop whining about it like a bunch of fucking babies. Who gives a shit?

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Respectfully John, sometimes people don’t have a choice on where to work out. Schedule, location, whatever. I have been to some gyms however, who do manage to have the newbie to hardcore co exist.

I just lift my own weights in my own office, but some don’t have that choice.

Here’s another way to look at it. I’m 45. If I recall right you’re maybe late 20s now to 30. X is probably 30 ish.

I started working out when weight training was still a little weird. Most gyms were hardcore so to speak. As I got in college and beyond the fitness movement started picking up steam. This is when the can’t use chalk don’t grunt and whatever started.

Over the years I started to buy equipment to lift at my convenience and because I wanted certain stuff. I also have my own chiropractic office and can write it off and have it at my office which is a greta convenience also.

And I met some young guy patients that are good workout partners.

Another way to look at this is like the corner tavern with great wings and burgers. but they allow smoking and you can’t stand it. And there’s no other place in town. There goes your convenience.

Or you smoke and the bar doesn’t allow it and it’s cold outside. It’s another pain in the ass to deal with.

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did you guys see the sign that said no deadlifting too

ROFLMAO!

I’d stab somebody with an olympic bar