[quote]HerbertNL wrote:
Old freaky homosexual guy: Some guy around 45 years old that always stares at me while I am doing my workouts. Doesn’t say anything, just stares. Staring back to make him aware I am noticing him staring doesn’t do anything, he just stares. When he happens to be in the locker room at the same time as me he will always wait for me to change before he leaves. And just stares of course… Just stares…[/quote]
My power lifting co-worker, Dave, gets that a lot. And yea, he’s got a hawt bod and the attention is NOT welcome.
I guess I’m get-outta-dodge guy since I keep to myself, focus on my workout and keep strict time between sets. Get in, work out, shower and get out so I can see my kids. Others may see me as: “timer guy” (since I’m always looking at my stopwatch and keeping strict time between sets). “Barefoot lifter guy”, since I do deads and squats in socks on the gyms rubber floor. “Data man”, since I seem to be one of the few recording my wt & reps on a pc of paper.
A few personalities I’ve seen:
Old Ironsides - The guy thats maybe in his 50’s or 60’s but looks like he did body building shows when he was younger. Still in great shape.
Old rubber - Older woman with disproportionate sized breasts, obvious boob job, probably other plastic surgery. Tends to do cardio and walk around with an outfit that shows off her flat tummy and cleavage.
Gypsy powerlifter - Short brick of a guy that easily worked up to a 405 lb deadlift for reps. Gave me some unsolicited, yet useful, advice on my deadlifting form when I was just starting out. In conversing with him, found out he did powerlifting competitions, but was recovering from an injury so he was taking it “light”. Probably testing gyms out or passing through town as I’ve never seen him there before or after that time.
Soft bitchy figure girl with cell phone - The girl training with her friends for a local figure competition a few months ago, yet didn’t seem to be as lean as the others. Took up a military bench with her cell phone as she was doing floor exercises and got all bitchy when I asked if I could use the bench. I think her blood sugar was dangerously low that day.
I’ll have to keep my eyes open this afternoon to see what other characters I can spot.
I’m the guy with the hat hiding his eyes. Not to look bad ass, but to block everything out and focus on me. However it doesn’t always work because I still get annoyed when I notice some of the characters in the gym that have already been mentioned. The gym is not a social club for me. I bring my workout log, BCAA drink, stopwatch (if I’m training with specific rest intervals), and mp3 player onto the floor with me.
I give what I’ve got that day to my workout (some days are more intense than others). I get in, push myself and get out. I’m not the biggest, strongest, most cut, or probably even the most knowledgeable. But I work to learn and become better than I was (not better than someone else).
It may sound cliche but I am still only human and do get annoyed seeing some things in the gym going on. It irritates me to see the group of white boys who come in wearing their new official pro basketball jersey with their matching shorts down to their ankles, and who hang a neatley pressed and folded bandana hanging out of the back of their shorts. Their hair is freshley done up and leaves a grease mark on each bench they use.
Of course they have less than poor lifting habits, that’s when they actually do attempt to lift something in the gym because most of their time is spent standing around a bench talking about how hardcore their lives are with a loaded bar so people will think that they’re bad assess.
Besides that I would have to say the guy who shadow boxes for most of the time in front of the mirror and while walking across the gym. I really need to learn how to focus on myself more in the gym and not on the poor habits of others.
[quote]Tkamppinen wrote:
I’m the guy with the hat hiding his eyes. Not to look bad ass, but to block everything out and focus on me. However it doesn’t always work because I still get annoyed when I notice some of the characters in the gym that have already been mentioned. The gym is not a social club for me. I bring my workout log, BCAA drink, stopwatch (if I’m training with specific rest intervals), and mp3 player onto the floor with me. I give what I’ve got that day to my workout (some days are more intense than others). I get in, push myself and get out. I’m not the biggest, strongest, most cut, or probably even the most knowledgeable. But I work to learn and become better than I was (not better than someone else).
It may sound cliche but I am still only human and do get annoyed seeing some things in the gym going on. It irritates me to see the group of white boys who come in wearing their new official pro basketball jersey with their matching shorts down to their ankles, and who hang a neatley pressed and folded bandana hanging out of the back of their shorts. Their hair is freshley done up and leaves a grease mark on each bench they use. Of course they have less than poor lifting habits, that’s when they actually do attempt to lift something in the gym because most of their time is spent standing around a bench talking about how hardcore their lives are with a loaded bar so people will think that they’re bad assess.
Besides that I would have to say the guy who shadow boxes for most of the time in front of the mirror and while walking across the gym. I really need to learn how to focus on myself more in the gym and not on the poor habits of others. [/quote]
btw, i don’t think wearing a Tapout shirt means you know how to roll or spar. it’s kind of like wearing a sports jersey of your favorite player or just a t-shirt with the team’s logo.
i don’t really care what someone wears as long as it isn’t like a holiday sweater or something equally tacky. yea i’m still going to make a judgement about you based on what you wear (which is half the reason people wear what they choose to anyway) but it doesn’t really get under my skin like that.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
btw, i don’t think wearing a Tapout shirt means you know how to roll or spar. it’s kind of like wearing a sports jersey of your favorite player or just a t-shirt with the team’s logo.
i don’t really care what someone wears as long as it isn’t like a holiday sweater or something equally tacky. yea i’m still going to make a judgement about you based on what you wear (which is half the reason people wear what they choose to anyway) but it doesn’t really get under my skin like that.[/quote]
Nothing I wear would attract attention. I go out of my way to be invisible when I go in. Nothing like a great big plain gray tee to get you ignored. Love it.
[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
stockzy wrote:
How bout this guy i photographed tonight???
L O L
what is he doing - pretending to be a turtle?[/quote]
On his CELL PHONE, no less!
Cell phones… I’m just now back in a commercial gym, after years of doing all my training at home and the cell phone usage is really pissing me off. Sitting on a box in the squat cage, oblivious to the people around them who need the equipment, yakking their little heads off… LOUDLY. That’s why the only time I’m in the place is when there’s hardly anyone around. Otherwise, my head would explode.
[quote]SirenSongWoman wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
btw, i don’t think wearing a Tapout shirt means you know how to roll or spar. it’s kind of like wearing a sports jersey of your favorite player or just a t-shirt with the team’s logo.
i don’t really care what someone wears as long as it isn’t like a holiday sweater or something equally tacky. yea i’m still going to make a judgement about you based on what you wear (which is half the reason people wear what they choose to anyway) but it doesn’t really get under my skin like that.
Nothing I wear would attract attention. I go out of my way to be invisible when I go in. Nothing like a great big plain gray tee to get you ignored. Love it.[/quote]
So I suppose my reindeer sweater with the jingle bells on it may be construed to be attention getting. It’s pretty hardcore when you deadlift and the bell tinkle.
[quote]SirenSongWoman wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
btw, i don’t think wearing a Tapout shirt means you know how to roll or spar. it’s kind of like wearing a sports jersey of your favorite player or just a t-shirt with the team’s logo.
i don’t really care what someone wears as long as it isn’t like a holiday sweater or something equally tacky. yea i’m still going to make a judgement about you based on what you wear (which is half the reason people wear what they choose to anyway) but it doesn’t really get under my skin like that.
Nothing I wear would attract attention. I go out of my way to be invisible when I go in. Nothing like a great big plain gray tee to get you ignored. Love it.[/quote]
k, not everyone, in fact most people, don’t want to be ignored especially when they go out.
bodybuilding is the furthest thing away from not drawing attention to yourself.
So I suppose my reindeer sweater with the jingle bells on it may be construed to be attention getting. It’s pretty hardcore when you deadlift and the bell tinkle.[/quote]
Yeah but it must make a helluva noise in the dryer
There’s a douche baggy high school kid of either Mexican or Middle Eastern descent. He wears Under Armor everything and in XXS and a cute little fitted cap to that he wears below brow level. He stands in this ghey ass pose whenever hes doing any sort of curling movement and groans like a dying walrus even when he’s barely moving 40lb dumbbells on the flat DB bench
V-Neck former Bally’s Employee: I hate this piece of shit, Guido haired cock wrangler. If he can read it, you know who I am.
Me - the quiet little asian boy who doesn’t wear tight clothing, doesn’t flex his muscles while doing lifts and blasts slipknot in his headphones. Polite to ppl even though some are real d-bags and keep preaching dumb shit like “don’t squat too low”.
Who everybody looks at when he deadlifts close to 400 and “ass-to-grass” squats close to 300…I know these are NOT big numbers at all, but in a commercial gym with a bunch of the stereotypical N.Y. Italians (I go to NYSC), it’s an eye-catcher to these mis-informed people.
The kid people stare at when doing foam rolling work for my IT band and other areas more vulnerable to injuries…It gives me peace of mind being knowledgeable about what I do in the gym (eventhough I have a long ways to go), rather than being the majority who complain about not gaining weight while they stick to curls.
O want to mention:
O.D. Grunting man (“horse humper”) - Continually grunting and weezing for air…I swear, it sounds like he’s aggressively raping a horse. Everyone in his vicinity is doing everything they can to hold in their laughters…Although I find his horse humping grunts hilarious and a bit over-did, I can’t hate on him too much because the circuit he puts himself through isn’t that easy and he’s a pretty big guy so it’s probably working for him.
Oh that’s why ppl wear hats. I’ve always been like ‘WTF are you afraid of getting sunburnt in hear?!’
And then they have to turn it around to do bench press or something.
So people I’ve come across at gyms:
Dave - This guy had asburgas. He did it all. He would say hi to you EVERY time, always introduce you to anyone else who happened to be around. Stood naked in the bathroom all the time and wanted to talk to you… or greet you by shaking hands. He would also watch us in the free weights room, then come in and nearly give himself an injury trying to lift a 45kg db over his head. Oh and he also talked to himself in the bathroom when he didn’t realise you were there. Nice guy though.
Crap PT - I often catch him staring at me while his client uses poor form behind him. Seems to show no interest in his job. Loves giving his clients exercises on the smith. Awesome bodybuilder though…
The twins - when I was training at 6am I would see these guys everyday. One would rock up at 6am, do his upper body workout (in the order of triceps, chest, biceps, shoulder and a little back) then run on the treadmill for 5-10 mins. He would then go home, and his brother would rock up 10 mins later in the same car (so one would go home and the other would come back). Then the brother would do the exact same workout, and they always did this workout… Monday to Friday.
They looked pretty fit though, and I admire the dedication of coming so early. Also they had the same haircut, both wore white wife beaters, solarium tans and were like 38!!! Living together and dressing the same at that age…
The only thing that really shits me at my current gym is people leaving weights on the bar, why the f*** should I have to clean up after them???
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
SirenSongWoman wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
btw, i don’t think wearing a Tapout shirt means you know how to roll or spar. it’s kind of like wearing a sports jersey of your favorite player or just a t-shirt with the team’s logo.
i don’t really care what someone wears as long as it isn’t like a holiday sweater or something equally tacky. yea i’m still going to make a judgement about you based on what you wear (which is half the reason people wear what they choose to anyway) but it doesn’t really get under my skin like that.
Nothing I wear would attract attention. I go out of my way to be invisible when I go in. Nothing like a great big plain gray tee to get you ignored. Love it.
So I suppose my reindeer sweater with the jingle bells on it may be construed to be attention getting. It’s pretty hardcore when you deadlift and the bell tinkle.[/quote]
[quote]pasteee wrote:
The kid people stare at when doing foam rolling work for my IT band and other areas more vulnerable to injuries…It gives me peace of mind being knowledgeable about what I do in the gym (eventhough I have a long ways to go), rather than being the majority who complain about not gaining weight while they stick to curls.
[/quote]
I would do my foam rolling at the gym, but I’d scream and cry like a little bitch, and I prefer not to embarrass myself like that.
[quote]SirenSongWoman wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
stockzy wrote:
How bout this guy i photographed tonight???
L O L
what is he doing - pretending to be a turtle?
On his CELL PHONE, no less!
Cell phones… I’m just now back in a commercial gym, after years of doing all my training at home and the cell phone usage is really pissing me off. Sitting on a box in the squat cage, oblivious to the people around them who need the equipment, yakking their little heads off… LOUDLY. That’s why the only time I’m in the place is when there’s hardly anyone around. Otherwise, my head would explode.[/quote]
So your just about to do a weighted push up and your phone rings yeah? There really is only one logical thing to do right? RIGHT??? Obviously not.
He spoke on his phone for 5 mins like that…shakes head
Why can’t people leave their cell phones in the car or locker? Apparently everyone’s an on-call doctor these days. I don’t even carry mine into the building as I’m either changing, training or showering.
Last night I saw:
Mr. Enthusiasm - Big, out of shape looking guy, but very friendly. Doesn’t necessarily work out right (squats too high, diet is probably off) and doesn’t take up your time. just always seems happy to be there and says “Hi” to everyone who’s a regular and sticks his hand out for a quick slap/shake.
Also saw 1/2 ROM kid on the bench. Skinny, benching 160 at half reps.
So I suppose my reindeer sweater with the jingle bells on it may be construed to be attention getting. It’s pretty hardcore when you deadlift and the bell tinkle.
Yeah but it must make a helluva noise in the dryer[/quote]
I wear mine while making love, on a good day it sounds like throwing a crate of copper fittings down a stairwell.
The Soy Milk Guy: Slim 50+ Black Dude who is shredded to fuck, sits on the preacher curling 70kg+. Then proceeds to tell all the beginners “All i got in this bottle is Soy Milk, S’all you need, Soy Milk, HA HA HA” Crazy mother fucker.
We also have the slutty receptionist, except ours is a bit of a chubster. There’s a column by the reception desk that’ll she’ll literally hide behind to avoid the judgemental stares as she consumes a full Big Mac meal. It makes the gym reek. Good to see all the former fatties drooling over the cardio equipment though.
I’m the guy who talks to himself after hitting failure on my penultimate rep or a set. I get a few stares when, just short of losing my temper, i start calling myself a useless prick, and convincing myself i’m going to make the bar my bitch. My workout partner doesn’t seem to blink an eye though which makes it better.
