Gym Parking Lot Punks

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[quote]derek wrote:
Amsterdam Animal wrote:
This does bring up a good point about the sad state of affairs of this once proud brotherhood of iron. What the fuck happened? Am I the only nostalgic mofo on this site? I feel a thread coming on.

No, you’re not the only nostalgic mofo. I’m with you. This sad state is why I opened my own place.

Two squat racks, dip unit, t-bar row, chin bar and enough weight to make things interesting.

The world is becoming pussified before our eyes.
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Thank God you guys said that. Whew. There’s the t-men!

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Yeah I checked out your pics, sweet set up man. I started a thread on this just to see if there was any hope left out there after all.

[quote]derek wrote:
Amsterdam Animal wrote:
This does bring up a good point about the sad state of affairs of this once proud brotherhood of iron. What the fuck happened? Am I the only nostalgic mofo on this site? I feel a thread coming on.

No, you’re not the only nostalgic mofo. I’m with you. This sad state is why I opened my own place.

Two squat racks, dip unit, t-bar row, chin bar and enough weight to make things interesting.

The world is becoming pussified before our eyes.
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Hey China,
Nice to see you here and not working your ass off :wink:

For more material to get you going, I started a thread on this

http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1202798&pageNo=0#1202939

[quote]chinadoll wrote:
derek wrote:
Amsterdam Animal wrote:
This does bring up a good point about the sad state of affairs of this once proud brotherhood of iron. What the fuck happened? Am I the only nostalgic mofo on this site? I feel a thread coming on.

No, you’re not the only nostalgic mofo. I’m with you. This sad state is why I opened my own place.

Two squat racks, dip unit, t-bar row, chin bar and enough weight to make things interesting.

The world is becoming pussified before our eyes.

Thank God you guys said that. Whew. There’s the t-men!
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[quote]hockechamp14 wrote:
Shit happens, if you see him again throw a 45 pound plate at him and yell, “I’m the juggernaut bitch!”[/quote]

Cool.

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[quote]Amsterdam Animal wrote:
Hey China,
Nice to see you here and not working your ass off :wink:

For more material to get you going, I started a thread on this

http://www.T-Nation.com/readTopic.do?id=1202798&pageNo=0#1202939

chinadoll wrote:
derek wrote:
Amsterdam Animal wrote:
This does bring up a good point about the sad state of affairs of this once proud brotherhood of iron. What the fuck happened? Am I the only nostalgic mofo on this site? I feel a thread coming on.

No, you’re not the only nostalgic mofo. I’m with you. This sad state is why I opened my own place.

Two squat racks, dip unit, t-bar row, chin bar and enough weight to make things interesting.

The world is becoming pussified before our eyes.

Thank God you guys said that. Whew. There’s the t-men!

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AA~

Nice to see you too!! Yep, days off are nice!

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, thank goodness you and the others posted what you have here. And sweet other thread too!

Hugs,
c:)

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What happened to the O.P. ? Anybody heard from him? Maybe he got pissed off enough by this thread to tell his GPLP to kiss his ass.

I know it’s not PC to bring this up but I wonder sometimes if some of these kids are raised by single mothers or don’t have a good male role model around.

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[quote]BigSwede wrote:
Who said people calling you an internet bad ass would run?

Who said people calling you an internet bad ass haven’t been threw a lot rougher shit than you ever have and stood their ground because then there wasn’t a better way out of it?

Example: the guy on the thread that seams to been threw most of these situations, and handled them, didn’t ridicule the parking lot guy, he called YOU internet bad asses (in not so many words).

You’re not internet bad asses or even bad asses for how you would handle the situation but for ridiculing everybody who would have handled it differently.

You’re internet bad asses for assuming that everybody who doesn’t TALK your TALK are cowards who never stand, and never stood, their ground.

You’re internet bad asses for talking so much and still being so alive. And so not in jail. All that talk about being predators, and crazy, and all that shit… Haha

Go find some people who live up to that shit for real, keep the attitude, and see what happens.

THAT’S why you are internet bad asses.
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I think most of these posts were good natured ribbing. I also think most of the guys you term inter-net bad asses were making a valid point. Most would NOT have gone into the gym and asked for someone to make sure he got to his car o.k… It just wouldn’t normally happen.

Disagreements happen, in gyms, schools,
offices and elsewhere and most do not turn violent. We were not in the gym. We don’t know exactly what was said or what else might have happened and more than likely, if the guy had a real serious problem with the other two he could have gotten a gym employee involved. Most men simply don’t expect someone to protect or watch out for them as was described in the original post.

If the situation had the potential to escalate into one that he didn’t think he could handle he could have remained in the gym and called the police. I’m not sure what kind of response he was after when he posted but if he didn’t want the men on this site to tell him what they thought he should have kept his hands off the key board and talked with his mother about it. Believe it or not, some men actually act like men. Most are non confrontational until the point that it ceases to be an option.

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[quote]allNatural wrote:
Just got back from the gym where this guy apparently had some beef with me. I was using a bench when all of them were full. I went to get different dumbells and this guy sat on it and I said “I’m still here” and he sloowlly gives up the bench like he’s a badass. Basically this was the only confrontation between us but he follows me to my next exercise. I see him behind me looking at me and I say, “You using this one?” He’s basically stalking me. When I’m walking out of the gym he follows me out to my car, so I slow down ready to fight then he calls his friend over so I duck back into the gym and get my friend who works there to walk with me back out (yeah I’m a bitch cuz I don’t want to fight 2 on 1). The point is, do any of you big guys get this type of shit? b/c I honestly feel like he just wanted to fight me (not 1on1 though obviously) because he’s jealous of my size or whatever else. [/quote]

I think he might have been pissed becuase you were doing 1/8th reps again, and telling everyone that walked by what a badass you are.

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How the fuck did I missed this thread?

If you go back into the gym you should be going back to get someone that will be there so you can confront the other two and see what their problem is. Getting an escort is like having your mom watch out the door as you run to Johnny’s house down the street at dusk.

With that respect I’ve never had someone try and come after me because I told them I was still using the bench. Thats odd and it seems like something is missing here. Its for reasons like this that I ALWAYS leave something on the bench I’m using, towel, keys, drink, etc. that way there is no confusion whatsoever.

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[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
allNatural wrote:
I think you misread my story…you must smell weakness on me or something, and trying to start a confrontation?

A confrontation? Is this a race to see who can duck back into the gym the fastest? I honestly don’t think I read your post wrong. I don’t think the guy you are having problems with read you wrong either. Are you saying you don’t believe your own actions possibly helped this along at all? Only half of the problem is the guy who followed you around. The other half is the fact that you didn’t seem prepared in any way to ever deal with something like that…and that is a problem in itself even if you want to avoid a confrontation.

How did I miss this fucking thread…

Backing down is worse than not fighting.

You’ll recover from an ass beating. You never recover respect.[/quote]

Agreed, I never had anybody start any crap with me unless there were 2 or more thats the way most punks operate,All Natural better realize thats the way it is and quit being a Georgia Peach.He wont be able to have his one on one very often so he better get used to stayin Home.

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[quote]jbodzin wrote:
I think he might have been pissed becuase you were doing 1/8th reps again, and telling everyone that walked by what a badass you are.[/quote]

There’s our t-man.

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You should have walked out of the gym, but instead of walking to your car, walked over to the nearest stop sign and ripped it out of the ground.

If that didn’t make them flee in terror, you should have taken off your shoe and held it out in front of you while walking toward them yelling, “WHAT’S MY BODYFAT, BENCH-HOGGIN’ MOTHERFUCKER!”.

If that didn’t do the trick you should have dropped trou and taken a dump on the hood of his car (in the absence of a skillet, of course).

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[quote]Professor X wrote:
allNatural wrote:
wressler125 wrote:
allNatural wrote:
Or, you can learn to look people in the eye and walk with more confidence. People fuck with you if they think they can win. They don’t fuck with you if they think they are going to lose.

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Yeah, getting a mean-ass stare will help you in situations like these. I know it sounds corny and all, but having a ferocious look in your eyes will get a lot of people to back off. If you are of an intense temperament such a look can come easy to you, but some people just don’t have it.

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[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Professor X wrote:
allNatural wrote:
I think you misread my story…you must smell weakness on me or something, and trying to start a confrontation?

A confrontation? Is this a race to see who can duck back into the gym the fastest? I honestly don’t think I read your post wrong. I don’t think the guy you are having problems with read you wrong either. Are you saying you don’t believe your own actions possibly helped this along at all? Only half of the problem is the guy who followed you around. The other half is the fact that you didn’t seem prepared in any way to ever deal with something like that…and that is a problem in itself even if you want to avoid a confrontation.

How did I miss this fucking thread…

Backing down is worse than not fighting.

You’ll recover from an ass beating. You never recover respect.[/quote]

That is true, but is based on the assumption that you have even the slightest value for the respect of some jackass that wants to start fights over who’s turn it was for the bench. By having the desire to get their respect you empower them.

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[quote]Digital Chainsaw wrote:
You should have walked out of the gym, but instead of walking to your car, walked over to the nearest stop sign and ripped it out of the ground.

If that didn’t make them flee in terror, you should have taken off your shoe and held it out in front of you while walking toward them yelling, “WHAT’S MY BODYFAT, BENCH-HOGGIN’ MOTHERFUCKER!”.

If that didn’t do the trick you should have dropped trou and taken a dump on the hood of his car (in the absence of a skillet, of course).[/quote]

Funniest post EVER

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[quote]KombatAthlete wrote:

That is true, but is based on the assumption that you have even the slightest value for the respect of some jackass that wants to start fights over who’s turn it was for the bench. By having the desire to get their respect you empower them.
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There is no doubt in my mind that there was some action from both sides. If someone sits on my bench and I know I had a towel and my bag on it, I may look at them crazy for ignoring these items in the short time it took for me to get some water, but my usual response is, “I’m still on that” or something similar. I may throw in, “you can work in if you want to”, but most people don’t because they are lifting less. There is no need for me to stare someone down because of it and if some idiot began following me around, I would have confronted the situation at the moment it was happening.

As far as this thread, the worst thing to do at a place you know you will be going back to…a place where any regular would know your usual schedule…a place that has your name and the name of the other guy on file somewhere…is act like you can’t hold your own without someone else’s help.

He will have to see these people again. They know what kind of car he drives. Just like in school when some other kid is hassling you, standing up for yourself just one good time is usually all it takes to end it. If you start running, you will have to keep running.

I thought most of us learned that in grade school. I guess not. If you are from a big city, you should already have it in your head that your life is at risk. You can either live running every single time there is a small threat, which for some of us would be daily, or you can learn to squash these minor circumstances before they ever even escelate to this point.

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He should’ve handled it like a real man!

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[quote]Digital Chainsaw wrote:
You should have walked out of the gym, but instead of walking to your car, walked over to the nearest stop sign and ripped it out of the ground.

If that didn’t make them flee in terror, you should have taken off your shoe and held it out in front of you while walking toward them yelling, “WHAT’S MY BODYFAT, BENCH-HOGGIN’ MOTHERFUCKER!”.

If that didn’t do the trick you should have dropped trou and taken a dump on the hood of his car (in the absence of a skillet, of course).[/quote]

I didn’t think it was possible to condense some of the funniest threads from T Nation into one post. Good work Digital, Readers Digest would be proud!

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[quote]BigSwede wrote:
Okey we all understand this is the way it works in disney land, or the net and even in high school.

Now outside disney land, it’s the exact opposite, you DON’T want to fuck people up who see you every day and know your schedule.

Because all too often these guys wait until they are 100% sure to win and they hurt you.

And I’m talking from experience in Sweden, and I know the states are a LOT ROUGHER than Sweden which makes
this point even stronger.

I avoid trouble whenever possible, but since most my close relatives are criminals and push, collect money and such for a living, I’ve hade to deal with this shit a at least a few times.

I’ve had guns to my face and I backed down. Have you been there? And what did you do? Scare them with your crazy look?
Did you stand up to him like a predator? Did you laugh because you are superior?
You would be dead or you were never under a real threat.

I’ve had nice people visit my home, fought against more people (just once does that count?), some friends and family killed, and some other really kewl stuff.

And I do agree with you that the guy should’ve just went to his car not get his friend. But the “I always cary my self like a predator and look really crazy. just stare everybody down” bullshit is so fucking transparent. You try to look bigger on the “less kewl” guys expence, just like the punks we’re talking about.

You talk much about other peoples respect, but maybe you should look for self respect and respect for others.

I don’t think you’re getto, on the contrary. In the getto you would be dead, in jail or between jails.

And outside Disney land, a bad ass puss like the GPLP is the most dangerous person you will find. Because a pussys life, his relationsships, his training, everything he does is about proving “he’s not the pussy here”. He just can’t stand if the oh so importand stranger thinks he’s a pussy.

Kinda like some guys on the thread.
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You can tell English isn’t your first language. You should try reading this thread slower next time. If your post was directed at me, the majority of the things you are contributing to me haven’t been written in this thread at all…so what are you talking about?

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A few years ago a similar thing happened to me inside the gym I was training at – although I only weighed 180 lbs. at the time so they weren’t “jealous of my size”. Maybe it was my rugged good looks?

When they followed me out to my car, I told them I couldn’t afford to get banned from the gym (because it was cheap and near my apartment) so if they wanted to fight, we’d have to go elsewhere. I said it in a matter-of-fact, semi-friendly way and this seemed to diffuse the situation. The rage cooled, and they backed off. I had no problems with them again.

Seriously, is some borderline retarded knuckle dragger really worth fucking up your life over? You throw a punch and the door opens wide to assault arrests, lawsuits, possible jail time and a lot of hard-earned money down the drain…

“I’ve had guns to my face and I backed down. Have you been there? And what did you do? Scare them with your crazy look?” BigSwede.

The internet dick wavers have all been there. They’re badasses. It’s quite obvious they’d rather sit in a dentists chair for a week getting false teeth implanted rather than lose the “respect” of some inbred redneck stranger…because they’re real men.