[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
idk people are pretty normal i guess at my gym.
theres some weird guy who wears a shirt that has sleeves but nothing covering the shoulders and some kid who is just an ass doing half reps and grunting, smacking himself in the head. other than them though, its fine.
oh wait what was i talking about? my gym uses PT’s who probaly know less than 50% of the people in there. they will take any motion then put it on a bosu ball, i shit you not. it doesnt matter what it is. theyll make you deadlift on a bosu ball theyll make you do dumb bell press on a bosu ball, theyll make you do clean and jerks on a bosu ball while a nearby poodle jumps through hoops.
i think the PTs are the worst because they sell douchebaggery at premium price.
i just feel as a PT youre supposed to know better. and theyre always guys with the phyisque of Jason Biggs.[/quote]
I know what you mean, I hired the PT in my local ‘hotel gym’ for 1 month and after realizing that he was only serving to use up my oxygen and gym space dropped him the next month (making some lame excuse like ‘I just want to exercise to relax or something’, can’t remember)
Anyway, 2 months later he decides to come over and offer lots of ‘free advice’ while I’m doing a power, endurance and strength test for my new program (so I can measure progress later, obviously). He starts chatting away and tells me that I shouldn’t be taking a test at the beginning; I should do 2 or 3 months of training first and then take the test!!! In his words… “You wouldn’t take any other exam without practicing first”
I simply couldn’t explain that it wasn’t the kind of test I needed to pass.
I had to leave the gym in the end as he just never stopped talking and my time there was always watsed - I work out at home now instead.
I walked into my gym recently to have the desk guy ask me if I wanted to renew my membership. I asked him when does mine expire. He tells me in 5 months, and offers the “I will hook you up if you renew with me right now, otherwise you will get screwed later” speech. Customer Service FAIL.
this is while he was doing something that resembled more of a hold. when he did move the other guy was almost military pressing the weight up…all while I was waiting to use the squat rack
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
You know you could’ve said “may I work back in?” People usually get the point.[/quote]
You missed the part where I was stunned by her lack of manners into a catatonic state.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
idk people are pretty normal i guess at my gym.
theres some weird guy who wears a shirt that has sleeves but nothing covering the shoulders and some kid who is just an ass doing half reps and grunting, smacking himself in the head. other than them though, its fine.
oh wait what was i talking about? my gym uses PT’s who probaly know less than 50% of the people in there. they will take any motion then put it on a bosu ball, i shit you not. it doesnt matter what it is. theyll make you deadlift on a bosu ball theyll make you do dumb bell press on a bosu ball, theyll make you do clean and jerks on a bosu ball while a nearby poodle jumps through hoops.
i think the PTs are the worst because they sell douchebaggery at premium price.
i just feel as a PT youre supposed to know better. and theyre always guys with the phyisque of Jason Biggs.[/quote]
That’s really the worst type of douchebag because not only are they being a douche and hampering someone’s progress…more likely their clients will backslide when injured AND they’re getting paid for it! At least with the typical douchebags you can ignore it but imagine being that poor sap client.
DB #1: “Bosu Boy”. This boy comes in at about 6’-4", red hair, baby blue sweat bands on forehead and wrists. He uses the Bosu ball for 90% of his workout. Things he does on it boggle my mind. Here is the worst/weirdest. Squats down on the Bosu; and does 1-Arm DB curls and somehow turns it into a standing overhead press. His Bosu was in the squat rack a few weeks ago when I ws going in to floor press; I just moved it and told him “I need the rack”. He moved it to another squat rack. haha
DB’s #2&3: “The Clubbers”. There are a pair of kids (probably 18-19yr old) who come in with their A&F, Cargo Shorts, Diesel sneakers, $70 hats and 1/2 a bottle of cologne. THAT is annoying part #1. One of them actually wears a mesh tank top sometimes…wow. Needless to say they aren’t strong at all. They spend most of the time BS’in and taking up valuable space and staring at girls. One funny thing has happened that I’ve noticed. My girl was 2 benches over in the middle of a set of benchpress; and Kid #1 was in the middle of his set. Kid #2 isn’t even looking at the kid he’s spotting (135lbs = too much, he needed help) because he’s watching my girl bench. Lol. I really wanted Kid #1 to drop it on his chest. But he hitched it up.
Other then that; my gym is pretty cool. Got some strong dudes there.
I guess I just don’t look around at the other people in the gym that often. I mean, I notice if a big dude comes in and starts throwing around some big weight, but that doesn’t happen all that often. Really, the only time I even look around at others in the gym is when I’m looking for someone who looks competent enough to give me a spot.