People At My Gym

Training
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[quote]Apoklyps wrote:

[quote]Spidey22 wrote:
LOL I like this thread. This story is kind of different then the other ones.

I lift at my university gym, and sadly I’m on of the more developed guys there. Last semester, there was this very small kid, like around 5’2" and just little skinny fat kid. Anyways he came up one day, asked what I did for my Squat (LOL I squat like mid-300’s for reps, but that’s a lot here) and we talked. He said he was just starting out, only could Squat 95 lbs for reps with good form, stuff like that. Really nice kid, obviously trying to do things right, wasn’t on a retarded program, just obviously a beginner. So we talked a few times, and I helped him in what ways I could, just telling him to eat, know it takes awhile, etc.

So there’s this other kid, who happens to be in some of my classes. He wears and EliteFTS hoodie, so I figured I’d try to talk to him. Well, he’s a douche. He moderately strong, but is the guy that dive bombs his squats to ATG and thinks anyone who doesn’t isn’t really lifting. Is the ‘straps are for pussies’ crowd, really has that ‘hardcore’ mentality that’s not only silly in this commercial gym, but also just dumb bro-shit. Like he talks shit to me that I do pulldowns sometimes (I do chins too, but for him it’s ONLY chins and rows for Back) or that I don’t touch my chest on Incline Presses. I’ve tried to tell him my goals are different, but he doesn’t get that I suppose. But really he’s cool with me, whatever.

Anyways, I’m lifting one day while both these guys are in there. I had seen newb in the Squat rack OHP’ing the bar and seen mega-douche at the lockers when I was coming in and gave him a head nod lol. Anyways, I go in and am doing something, when I see Mega Douche go over to Newb, and start kind of giving him shit. Newb had like 3 more sets, and Mega Douche wanted the Squat Rack.

Telling the kid that he shouldn’t be wearing glove they aren’t for men (Newb had torn like 3 callouses and said he got some gloves for right now lol), telling him he wasn’t using enough weight to have the rack, made some jokes about going to the Bitch Room (what most of us call this little room with like 8 lb weights, Swiss balls, and gymnast mats for girls mostly to just go work abs lol).

Basically I had to go over there and kind of tell Mega Douche to leave him alone, and that Newb was nice and had the makings to be a serious lifter. Well at this point Mega Douche starts telling the kid to ya know, never go arm iso work, that he needs to just throw 225 on the bar and ‘man up’ and Squat it (that’s probably a 2.5 BW squat for Newb) . LOL. Newb jut kind of nodded, and I asked Mega Douche to come spot me to get him away from Newb. lol. Later talked to Newb again, said he wasn’t phased but just could see why people would be scared to go to the gym initially, because he thought that’s how every day would be.

Regardless, my gym is so full with douchebags and retards the new kids just starting out have such a tough time. It sucks. Like it’s shit like that makes Planet Fitness appealing to newbies. [/quote]

Lol I read that and started thinking I’ve got some stuff in common with Mega Douche, as people tend to assume that I’m one based on how I dress/look/walk/grunt when I lift. But whatever, I don’t really care what people think I look like.

But you just don’t act like that. That’s crossing the line from being a little cocky to being a total fucking asshole. You have the patience of a saint. Kudos to you for handling that so well. I know I wouldn’t have. Dedicated newbs that are willing to learn are awesome. It’s great helping out people get better in something you love to do.

I feel much better giving up my squat rack to a newb doing proper ATG squats with 95lbs than 225lb 1/4 squats and thinking he’s the man. Hell, I’d rather give up the squat rack to someone who’s going to curl in it. There seems to be some kind of mentality in uni gyms that you must squat 225lbs to not be considered a pussy, no matter how bad the quality is.[/quote]

LOL believe me, I’m probably just as douchey looking. Almost always wear a string tank and snapback to the gym, and grunt if something’s heavy lol. So I know not to judge a book by it’s cover, because I feel I’m not to much of a tool. lol But I’ve learned a lot of patience dealing with people like that, because I’m an RA in the dorms at my university lol.

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[quote]MWP wrote:

[quote]Bauber wrote:
Anyone else have people like this in their gym?[/quote]

If your are the biggest dude in there, it never fails, you will be the center of the universe in the gym. People are either going to stare you down your whole training session or come ask you for advice. It’s either/or.

The only remedy to that is train with other meatheads. The intimidation factor gets multiplied by about a 1,000 for each dude in your lifting crew. 3 people in your circle and you won’t get one question from any of the other innocent bystanders working out. [/quote]

There used to be this one Asian dude that would always ask me what I was doing and why. He’s now my training partner. Then we recently added a third guy to our group. He’s black. I call us The United Nations of Jackededness: Breaking down racial barriers one rep at a time. I’m going to make that into a t-shirt.

None of us are the biggest guys there but we’re all definitely in the top 10. There are 2 NPC heavyweights training there though so it’s kinda hard to be the biggest LOL. It’s an LA Fitness too; pretty high standards for a generic commercial gym.

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[quote]rds63799 wrote:

an old gym I trained at had this huge big Polish dude that trained there. Guy was the size of the WSM competitors, and looked mean as fuck. Was always pretty friendly to me but there’s no doubt in my mind that the guy would murder someone without a second thought.

So anyway there was three young guys, must’ve been in their late teens/early 20s all working in together on a bench. Thing is, they had like 6 sets of dumbells. Every time they finished with one set, they’d just leave it on the floor and go get another set. They were doing the whole flexing their abs in the mirror and texting shit that everyone hates too. I could see the big dude eyeing them up, clearly not impressed.

So then the big dude walks past me and says to me “I am saying something.” It was the most ominous sounding sentence I’ve ever heard in my life. He walked over to the guys, took one aside and whispered something in his ear.

I have no idea what the dude said, but the three kids picked up all the dumbells, including a set I’m pretty sure they hadn’t even been using, and left the gym.[/quote]

That’s how a man handles a douche or a group of douches. Pull them aside and tell them how their behavior needs to change; privately, so they don’t have to save face by acting hard and further escalating the situation.

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[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

[quote]rds63799 wrote:

an old gym I trained at had this huge big Polish dude that trained there. Guy was the size of the WSM competitors, and looked mean as fuck. Was always pretty friendly to me but there’s no doubt in my mind that the guy would murder someone without a second thought.

So anyway there was three young guys, must’ve been in their late teens/early 20s all working in together on a bench. Thing is, they had like 6 sets of dumbells. Every time they finished with one set, they’d just leave it on the floor and go get another set. They were doing the whole flexing their abs in the mirror and texting shit that everyone hates too. I could see the big dude eyeing them up, clearly not impressed.

So then the big dude walks past me and says to me “I am saying something.” It was the most ominous sounding sentence I’ve ever heard in my life. He walked over to the guys, took one aside and whispered something in his ear.

I have no idea what the dude said, but the three kids picked up all the dumbells, including a set I’m pretty sure they hadn’t even been using, and left the gym.[/quote]

That’s how a man handles a douche or a group of douches. Pull them aside and tell them how their behavior needs to change; privately, so they don’t have to save face by acting hard and further escalating the situation.[/quote]
I wish I Could have heard what he whispered in his ear.

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So tonight at my gym there was some douchebag doing deadlifts, he put his belt and chalk off to the side behind some sort of lat pullover machine, well he then goes behind the machine squats down chalks up and goes to stand up and hits his head on the machine…pretty hard. (This was most definitely not me)

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[quote]bdocksaints75 wrote:
So tonight at my gym there was some douchebag doing deadlifts, he put his belt and chalk off to the side behind some sort of lat pullover machine, well he then goes behind the machine squats down chalks up and goes to stand up and hits his head on the machine…pretty hard. (This was most definitely not me)[/quote]

LOL, I always get pissed when I smack my head on the pulldown bar.

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[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
I call us The United Nations of Jackededness[/quote]

so you refuse to acknowledge any Tibetans? HATE CRIME

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[quote]A-rod wrote:
I too shall contribute my own deliriously farcical narrative. I had embarked on an evening of repetitious iron clanging and eager I was to supplant my previous bests. Beta alanine, creatine and perilous amounts of caffeine (and perhaps some horny goat weed as well) were coursing through my veins. My minions blow a tungehorn to announce my arrival to the other gym goers. With the conclusion of my warm-up, which consists of ravaging the cardio-bunnies, I make my way to the room of iron clanging. To my dismay no 45s are available. How am I to squat? It is then I see across the gym. the famed plate’o’saurus rex. All the 45s where stacked on a single barbell just shy of 600lbs. The plate’o’saurus rex stands six feet two inches and weighs 165 lbs. Although this can vary due to climate. The plat’o’saurus rex was performing static holds. Lifting the 600 lb barbell half an inch off the safety bars in the squat rack.

“Doth thou need rack every single 45” I inquire.
“Hast thou seen any sort of progress with such an absurd routine”

Hesitant I am for the plate’o’saurus rex is known for being incredibly fucking stupid.

The plate’o’saurus rex us unused to such inquiring. As it is often avoided by other gym members that know the beast to be fucking weird because who racks 600 lbs for static holds.

None the less the cowering beast mumbles a response

" I have seen plenty of progress."

Intrigued I ask

“Dost tho recall the number of lunar cycles tho hast been doing this fucking retarded program?”

“Tho must realize never on this earth has a man grown from such a routine.”

“Not true” rebukes the beast “Lou Ferrigno and Sergio Olivia did such a routine”

Provoked by such blasphemous allegations I unsheathe my dagger from my scabbard and slay the treacherous beast. No longer will I allow such vermin to squander around in my dominion of iron.

Post work out me and my brethren have an open pit roast. Despite being extremely fucking stupid the plate’o’saurus rex is a great source of protein. [/quote]

Lol how long did it take you to write this? I enjoyed it!

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[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

[quote]bdocksaints75 wrote:
So tonight at my gym there was some douchebag doing deadlifts, he put his belt and chalk off to the side behind some sort of lat pullover machine, well he then goes behind the machine squats down chalks up and goes to stand up and hits his head on the machine…pretty hard. (This was most definitely not me)[/quote]

LOL, I always get pissed when I smack my head on the pulldown bar.[/quote]

I nearly knocked myself out the other night training at home. Stood up under the end of the loaded bar somehow and the collar got me right at the base of my skull. Had fireworks going off in my eyes for a little while ha.

Had a friend doing drop sets on cable curls one time, took a really big drop from the first set and smashed his teeth with the straight handle. Tooth came through the lip. I still haven’t really figured out how he did that.

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[quote]bpick86 wrote:

[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

[quote]bdocksaints75 wrote:
So tonight at my gym there was some douchebag doing deadlifts, he put his belt and chalk off to the side behind some sort of lat pullover machine, well he then goes behind the machine squats down chalks up and goes to stand up and hits his head on the machine…pretty hard. (This was most definitely not me)[/quote]

LOL, I always get pissed when I smack my head on the pulldown bar.[/quote]

I nearly knocked myself out the other night training at home. Stood up under the end of the loaded bar somehow and the collar got me right at the base of my skull. Had fireworks going off in my eyes for a little while ha.

Had a friend doing drop sets on cable curls one time, took a really big drop from the first set and smashed his teeth with the straight handle. Tooth came through the lip. I still haven’t really figured out how he did that.[/quote]
Dropped a circus dumbbell on my head

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[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]bpick86 wrote:

[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

[quote]bdocksaints75 wrote:
So tonight at my gym there was some douchebag doing deadlifts, he put his belt and chalk off to the side behind some sort of lat pullover machine, well he then goes behind the machine squats down chalks up and goes to stand up and hits his head on the machine…pretty hard. (This was most definitely not me)[/quote]

LOL, I always get pissed when I smack my head on the pulldown bar.[/quote]

I nearly knocked myself out the other night training at home. Stood up under the end of the loaded bar somehow and the collar got me right at the base of my skull. Had fireworks going off in my eyes for a little while ha.

Had a friend doing drop sets on cable curls one time, took a really big drop from the first set and smashed his teeth with the straight handle. Tooth came through the lip. I still haven’t really figured out how he did that.[/quote]
Dropped a circus dumbbell on my head[/quote]

Ouch guys lol.

My workout partner while doing behind the head dumbbell overhead presses blackened his eye bad. Looked like he took a punch from Mike Tyson right to the eye. It was a 130 lbs dumbbell and when he brought it back over his head to set it down he misjudged and brought it down right on his eye. It wasn’t pretty and at first I thought he had torn something as he sat bent over grimacing.

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[quote]Spidey22 wrote:

LOL believe me, I’m probably just as douchey looking. Almost always wear a string tank and snapback to the gym, and grunt if something’s heavy lol. So I know not to judge a book by it’s cover, because I feel I’m not to much of a tool. lol But I’ve learned a lot of patience dealing with people like that, because I’m an RA in the dorms at my university lol.[/quote]

Do you dress like an idiot for any particular reason?

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[quote]Bauber wrote:

[quote]spar4tee wrote:

[quote]bpick86 wrote:

[quote]Steel Nation wrote:

[quote]bdocksaints75 wrote:
So tonight at my gym there was some douchebag doing deadlifts, he put his belt and chalk off to the side behind some sort of lat pullover machine, well he then goes behind the machine squats down chalks up and goes to stand up and hits his head on the machine…pretty hard. (This was most definitely not me)[/quote]

LOL, I always get pissed when I smack my head on the pulldown bar.[/quote]

I nearly knocked myself out the other night training at home. Stood up under the end of the loaded bar somehow and the collar got me right at the base of my skull. Had fireworks going off in my eyes for a little while ha.

Had a friend doing drop sets on cable curls one time, took a really big drop from the first set and smashed his teeth with the straight handle. Tooth came through the lip. I still haven’t really figured out how he did that.[/quote]
Dropped a circus dumbbell on my head[/quote]

Ouch guys lol.

My workout partner while doing behind the head dumbbell overhead presses blackened his eye bad. Looked like he took a punch from Mike Tyson right to the eye. It was a 130 lbs dumbbell and when he brought it back over his head to set it down he misjudged and brought it down right on his eye. It wasn’t pretty and at first I thought he had torn something as he sat bent over grimacing.[/quote]
Lucky thing is the chambers of the dumbbell are hollow, so it didn’t even hurt that much. My workout partner thought it was going to knock me out lol. Sounded like a bell tone to me.

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Only thing I have experienced is the occasional guy who talks to long too you, hell im guilty of that too.

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[quote]flipcollar wrote:

[quote]Spidey22 wrote:

LOL believe me, I’m probably just as douchey looking. Almost always wear a string tank and snapback to the gym, and grunt if something’s heavy lol. So I know not to judge a book by it’s cover, because I feel I’m not to much of a tool. lol But I’ve learned a lot of patience dealing with people like that, because I’m an RA in the dorms at my university lol.[/quote]

Do you dress like an idiot for any particular reason?[/quote]

LOL

Most of the time my hear is really messy when I hit the gym, and I sweat horribly and it’s slightly less embarrassing when I’m not sweating through a t-shirt and looks like I just went swimming. lol

If it makes you feel better the string tanks usually have superhero, Pokemon, Power Ranger, or Thundercat item/logo/character on them

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[quote]Spidey22 wrote:

[quote]flipcollar wrote:

[quote]Spidey22 wrote:

LOL believe me, I’m probably just as douchey looking. Almost always wear a string tank and snapback to the gym, and grunt if something’s heavy lol. So I know not to judge a book by it’s cover, because I feel I’m not to much of a tool. lol But I’ve learned a lot of patience dealing with people like that, because I’m an RA in the dorms at my university lol.[/quote]

Do you dress like an idiot for any particular reason?[/quote]

LOL

Most of the time my hear is really messy when I hit the gym, and I sweat horribly and it’s slightly less embarrassing when I’m not sweating through a t-shirt and looks like I just went swimming. lol

If it makes you feel better the string tanks usually have superhero, Pokemon, Power Ranger, or Thundercat item/logo/character on them [/quote]

I dress like an idiot too.

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So this isn’t a guy I personally know, but it’s relatable so screw it. My workout partner said they recently got a new guy at his work. Big black dude, about 6’2 weights 260 and is ripped. My friend goes up to the guy to start talking about lifting weights. Said at first the guy was cool, but then started spouting off the dumbest broscience he’s ever heard. Some of the dumb crap he said:

-He never train legs, because it jacks up his testosterone levels and he can’t handle having high t because it makes him too aggressive and violent (WTF?).
-He never trains his back, because he thinks back muscles look stupid.
-He has never done a deadlift because their not safe.
-Never trains abs because their useless as a muscle. Apparently all they do is attract women and he’s not into weightlifting for women.
-He always, ALWAYS makes sure to rest for 3 minutes in between sets. He does this to avoid getting a pump (that’s right, HE ACTIVELY AVOIDS GETTING A PUMP).

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I just go topless…when the gym is closed and I’m all alone…cuz I work there…and take casual selfies in the gym mirror under #halfnatty ligthing…and than procede to flex the shit out of every muscle on my body…Inb4 Rear glute spread selfies…ok bye.

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[quote]jeanmich wrote:
I just go topless…when the gym is closed and I’m all alone…cuz I work there…and take casual selfies in the gym mirror under #halfnatty ligthing…and than procede to flex the shit out of every muscle on my body…Inb4 Rear glute spread selfies…ok bye.[/quote]
you been eating dat Ogus cake?

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[quote]Spidey22 wrote:

[quote]flipcollar wrote:

[quote]Spidey22 wrote:

LOL believe me, I’m probably just as douchey looking. Almost always wear a string tank and snapback to the gym, and grunt if something’s heavy lol. So I know not to judge a book by it’s cover, because I feel I’m not to much of a tool. lol But I’ve learned a lot of patience dealing with people like that, because I’m an RA in the dorms at my university lol.[/quote]

Do you dress like an idiot for any particular reason?[/quote]

LOL

Most of the time my hear is really messy when I hit the gym, and I sweat horribly and it’s slightly less embarrassing when I’m not sweating through a t-shirt and looks like I just went swimming. lol

If it makes you feel better the string tanks usually have superhero, Pokemon, Power Ranger, or Thundercat item/logo/character on them [/quote]

No more idiotic than anyone else in a uni gym. Some of the guys I lift with go with bright-coloured compression shorts and headbands, so it could be worse. I probably look pretty douchey too. Cut-offs, board shorts, and tattoos…