[quote]Kataklysm wrote:
Don’t “reserve” equipment. Use one piece of equipment or one bar and if you’re supersetting, for example, bench press and t-bar rows, make sure noone needs the t-bar before starting to monopolize both. I hate people who do that.[/quote]
Ditto, I hate being at the gym and abunch of guys are talking around or sleeping on a piece of equipment I need to use. It’s ridiculous!
Putting weights on a smith machine.
But all means still use it like this:
http://www.T-Nation.com/readArticle.do?id=810548
[quote]forevernade wrote:
Dont scream loudly when doing heavy lifts until you hear someone else do it first.[/quote]
Don’t scream at all. Real men grunt.
[quote]blazindave wrote:
-Locker room. You’re there to shower, sauna, etc…While some people freak out because of people walking around naked, try to be more mature. That guy’s dick won’t crawl up your ass on it’s own. Stop this “no homo” shit. If you dont like it, dont look. It’s just another male human body, like yours. Get over it.[/quote]
I most certainly won’t get over it. Men are icky. I have no problem with nakedness in unisex locker rooms however.
[quote]Makavali wrote:
blazindave wrote:
-Locker room. You’re there to shower, sauna, etc…While some people freak out because of people walking around naked, try to be more mature. That guy’s dick won’t crawl up your ass on it’s own. Stop this “no homo” shit. If you dont like it, dont look. It’s just another male human body, like yours. Get over it.
I most certainly won’t get over it. Men are icky. I have no problem with nakedness in unisex locker rooms however.[/quote]
OMG YOU’RE LIKE TOTALLY IMMATURE!!
1st day, go in and slap the biggest guy there on the ass and call him Sammy.
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don’t worry about it honestly, you’ll learn what to do in time.
Don’t stare at girls. Overall glances around the gym is fine - but no landing and lingering on the T or A.
^^^ That reminds me… learn how to use your peripheral vision.
[quote]Geminspector wrote:
Don’t stare at girls. Overall glances around the gym is fine - but no landing and lingering on the T or A. [/quote]
(stares)
If your spotting someone, DONT TOUCH THE BAR UNLESS IT STOPS MOVING COMPLETELY!!! I freakin hate when im pushing a double and some guy grabs the bar and says “ITS ALL YOU MAN!”. Some reps are just very slow, dosent mean you have to help them with it.
[quote]elano wrote:
If your spotting someone, DONT TOUCH THE BAR UNLESS IT STOPS MOVING COMPLETELY!!! I freakin hate when im pushing a double and some guy grabs the bar and says “ITS ALL YOU MAN!”. Some reps are just very slow, dosent mean you have to help them with it.[/quote]
I find it’s best to ask how the person wants you to spot…some idiots think it’s fine for you to do most of the work for them and still call it a rep.
[quote]elano wrote:
If your spotting someone, DONT TOUCH THE BAR UNLESS IT STOPS MOVING COMPLETELY!!! I freakin hate when im pushing a double and some guy grabs the bar and says “ITS ALL YOU MAN!”. Some reps are just very slow, dosent mean you have to help them with it.[/quote]
Good advice I hate when people do that. If you need a spot, tell the guy how you want it. I spotted a random dude on the bench yesterday, he knocked out 7 easy reps and then proceeded to give me shit because apparently I didn’t spot him when he started slowing down on the last couple of reps. I told him that I might as well do his next fucking set for him.
[quote]echelon101 wrote:
Putting weights on a smith machine.
But all means still use it like this:
http://www.T-Nation.com/readArticle.do?id=810548
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i work hard in the gym so people will think i know what i am doing. i am not going to show up and do what appears to be a comedy routine with a smith machine. even if it is mildly beneficial physicaly
[quote]Geminspector wrote:
Don’t stare at girls. Overall glances around the gym is fine - but no landing and lingering on the T or A. [/quote]
Sorry, but at my gym when girls come in with tight spandex and shorts so small that they might as well not be wearing anything, I’m going to stare. A lot.
[quote]mr popular wrote:
Using common sense, and common courtesy will eliminate 99% of the problems you would otherwise face.[/quote]
In life.
Why do people hate the smith machine so much? Sure it’s not as beneficial as free weights, but still they have their use. I mean, it can be usefull for beginners, or in special circumstances.
[quote]Dabba wrote:
Geminspector wrote:
Don’t stare at girls. Overall glances around the gym is fine - but no landing and lingering on the T or A.
Sorry, but at my gym when girls come in with tight spandex and shorts so small that they might as well not be wearing anything, I’m going to stare. A lot. [/quote]
OK, go ahead, but don’t plan on getting any.
My three biggest no-no’s for the gym
Do not grab some dumbells, and do your set exactly 2 feet in front of the rack, when assholes pull this move, I purposely get in their way, and reach for the dumbells in front of them.
If your not one of the biggest guys in the gym, than shut your piehole and get lifting. It kills me seeing a group of college guys my age with tiny calves, gossiping to each other while taking turns on the preacher curls. Your best bet is going to the gym alone, more reps, less yapping
The idiots with noodle arms who begin each rep of a curl with bending their knees, then transferring all their body’s momentum to their torso, and finally trying to curl a dumbell thats 20lbs to heaby for their dumbasses.
The best thing you can do is wait till a big guy is done with a set, and politely ask him for one or two exercises that he recommends for a specific bodypart. Thank him, and be on your way to lifting smarter
[quote]Geminspector wrote:
Dabba wrote:
Geminspector wrote:
Don’t stare at girls. Overall glances around the gym is fine - but no landing and lingering on the T or A.
Sorry, but at my gym when girls come in with tight spandex and shorts so small that they might as well not be wearing anything, I’m going to stare. A lot.
OK, go ahead, but don’t plan on getting any.
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I don’t know about you, but I go to the gym to lift weights, not to get laid. I’m not staring at the girls that are seriously training. Anyways, most of the girls are just going in the gym to talk on their cell phones and garner looks from guys. And that’s exactly what they’ll get. 
/end hijack