People at Your Gym

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[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
the Danimal wrote:
I lift at a college gym, so I have a bunch of them:

The Indian grad students: Never really know what they’re doing, and I actually saw one doing bench press with a spotter. The spotter was straddling his stomach.

Old guy 1: I guess he comes in right after work. He doesn’t bother to change and just lifts in a dress shirt and dockers. Always has a goofy-ass smile on his face.

Old guy 2: I hate this guy. He’s absolutely worthless. He just comes in to do hanging leg swings (I think he’s trying to do pullups), 2" leg raises on the captain’s chair, and everything else he does only has a 2" ROM. He mainly comes in to flirt with the college chicks. He literally wears the same thing every day (a dirty-ass blue polo with cargo shorts) and he drives a scooter.

Guy who enjoys lifting way too much: He honestly sounds like he’s nutting when he lifts. It’s really loud, too. All I see him do is curls and he only thing that has gotten bigger on him in 4 years is his bear gut.

Guy who wants you to know that he’s working hard: This guy will do high reps on the leg press and scream and swear for the last 10 reps. Also, on the rare occasion that he does deadlifts, he’ll slam the weights down after each rep. He has 2 or 3 minions that do the same thing.

Gym Nazi: The guy who walks around the gym making sure nobody drops or rolls the dumbells.

Guy who wants you to know how strong he is: He never unloads the bar.

i sound like “the guy who wants you to know how strong he is”

yeah i make noise on my last 10 reps of leg press, because if you have to say ‘LAST TEN reps’ it means you were going hard.

i leave the weight on a lot of machines. i left 4PPS on the Hammer Lo Row today, that machine is easy to max on, im assuming other people wont be too far off from me as i was still doing 12+ reps for my LAST exercise. i put the weights away when i deadlift though because i usually take the bar from a bench press, which is funny,

and because i know that statistically there will be no one else deadlifting in my gym for at least 3-10 hours and over a week before that person deadlifts near that kind of weight again…because sadly, no one at my gym can lift over 4 plates…although theres a guy here and there that are trying, so i give those guys credit.[/quote]

I hate when people leave shit on the machine - yes, it’s easy to be doing that much for a working set, but if it’s my first exercise of the day or whatever I’ll do quite a few warm-ups starting at pretty low weight.

I mean, 1 plate per side on the leg press is fine, but 4 on a row machine?

I also don’t understand how someone who is actually trying hard with their deadlifts is supposed to put the weight down in a manner that doesn’t sound like “slamming.”

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[quote]polo77j wrote:
cromwell2007 wrote:
jasmincar wrote:
I am aqua man

Between each set of every exercise I take a walk to the water fountain and take 2 quarter sips

Haha that’s me! I am “annoys the 20 somethings in their tapout gear shirts” By just going about my training and ignoring them. Then because i am 40 something guy with 20 something body, as soon as i leave a station these clowns run over , increase the weight and struggle to do 2 reps.(if that)

The fact that i am not incredibly strong or imposing makes it even funnier. Funnier still some of them to the same BJJ place i do as well. Thankfully they avoid me there. Wearing the gear does not give you respect in there, ability and professionalism do. Maybe they will learn one day. Oh, and there are lots of cougars in my gym. Not that i’m complaining

haha … as a 40 something a cougar to you would be in her 60’s …[/quote]

never said i “looked” 40…most of them are younger than me but don’t realize that…weather that’s funny or sad i don’t know

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“as a 40 something a cougar to you would be in her 60’s …”

Don’t knock it till you try it. Oh yeah.

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[quote]AlisaV wrote:
“We Come Here To Chill”: I seriously heard this conversation while I was deadlifting.
“Dude, you need to push harder. I mean, look at that girl over there.”
“But I don’t come here for that kind of intensity. I come here to chill.”
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I surely hope you were “that girl over there” kickin’ weightlifting ass.

A gym, by definition, is not a place “to chill.” That’s a Starbucks or Caribou Coffee, or other assorted coffee shops. Or maybe a park bench or something free to the public.

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My old gym had the following:

The 1 and a half repper aka super squats: Older guy (late 50’s) would bench 225 for reps. Only, he would use a full ROM with the right arm and only a 3 inch partial with his left. He would then immediately run to the squat rack, load 495 on the bar, use 2 pads, then lift it 1 inch up off the pins, re-rack, and repeat.

Mr. Triceps: Would only do triceps push downs, or machine dips, with the whole weight stack. Be he only weighs like 140, and would jump yank or push the weight down, then let go and let the weight stack slam back down, for fear of being thrown off the machine. He would do this for 10-12 ‘reps’ then yell “AHHHHH, my tris are on fire” he had 10 inch arms at best.

The nice serial killer: This guy has ripped and insanely big. Full on beard, mohawk, like 6% bf, he sweats testosterone, looks like he’s about to eat your baby if you cross his path, squats 405 for reps. and has banged every female in the gym.

But, is the nicest guy on earth, spots everyone, does form checks, gives advice, helps old ladies cross the street, and has the voice of a prepubescent girl

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[quote]Tumbles wrote:

I hate when people leave shit on the machine - yes, it’s easy to be doing that much for a working set, but if it’s my first exercise of the day or whatever I’ll do quite a few warm-ups starting at pretty low weight.

I mean, 1 plate per side on the leg press is fine, but 4 on a row machine?

I also don’t understand how someone who is actually trying hard with their deadlifts is supposed to put the weight down in a manner that doesn’t sound like “slamming.”[/quote]

the other thing is, at my gym people steal plates off the machines at all times. i remember i went into the bathroom one time came back to my bench, went to do a set, unracked it and put it back up because something felt really weird. turns out someone took off one of the 45s to make it the 11th plate on their leg press…you know, that guy who loads it up and goes down 2 inches. yeah.

so i figure before someone actually uses the machine it will be stripped of parts faster than a set of rims in a bad neighborhood

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[quote]ucallthatbass wrote:

The nice serial killer: This guy has ripped and insanely big. Full on beard, mohawk, like 6% bf, he sweats testosterone, looks like he’s about to eat your baby if you cross his path, squats 405 for reps. and has banged every female in the gym.

But, is the nicest guy on earth, spots everyone, does form checks, gives advice, helps old ladies cross the street, and has the voice of a prepubescent girl

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Mike Tyson?

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[quote]dianab wrote:

They leave me alone because I confuse them, little white girls should not be that strong. But they do clear out of the rack when I walk that direction, so we have mutual respect.

The gangbangers: they don’t fuck with me and I don’t fuck with them. They see me watching them train and pick up their stuff, otherwise they leave shit everywhere and spit on the floor. Now and then one will hit on me, my standard response is learn to squat, then I’ll think about it.

Me: Floor trainer, little white girl, maybe one of 5 people who knows what that squat rack is for, occasionally wrapped and stuffed into a suit or carrying a bucket of chalk to the DL platform.

but I can out squat and DL most of the guys in the place, so fuck ya’ll.[/quote]

You are without a doubt the coolest girl. Come to arkansas and train at my gym. Scare the shit out of the sorority girls

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[quote]Grneyes wrote:
AlisaV wrote:
“We Come Here To Chill”: I seriously heard this conversation while I was deadlifting.
“Dude, you need to push harder. I mean, look at that girl over there.”
“But I don’t come here for that kind of intensity. I come here to chill.”

I surely hope you were “that girl over there” kickin’ weightlifting ass.

A gym, by definition, is not a place “to chill.” That’s a Starbucks or Caribou Coffee, or other assorted coffee shops. Or maybe a park bench or something free to the public.[/quote]

I’m normally the only girl down in the free weights section, so yeah, it was me.
I do not come here to chill.

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Atrophy man + pseudo lumberjack

These idiots come into the weightroom in a flannal for PL or a cut down bb.com t-shirt for atrophyman. They pretty much just bench and curl about 5 times a week. Neither has made any progress since I was a freshman. Loud club music coming from their headphones.

Old guy 1:
This guy is epic. Lifts weights for real, has a grandson into powerlifting. staying in good shape into his late 60s and early 70s. Not quite sure how old he is.

Old guy 2:
Another cool dude. Hits everything, actually has somewhat of a v-taper into his late 60s.

Fat bench only guy:
This guy is epic. He’s a bench monster seriously. I watched him attempt (and barely miss) a 495 paused bench press. He spotted me the first time I maxed on 12" box squats with 315+chainsx2 and blood came out my nose and I fell over seeing spots on the wall. He laughed and said that feeling is the best in the world. Really cool dude

Random dude with a decent build:
Guy looks like an athlete, probably 5’8" 200 lean. Probably about 17" arms, 26" thighs. Does squats on the smith stopping about 3-4 inches above parrallel. But he actually has quads so what he’s doing is working for him. He busts ass and looks decent for it. He’s my go to guy for spots when the weightroom is empty. He congratulated me on a squat PR once.

Amateur football player guy:
big dude. Once saw him squat 405 for like 15+ easy reps, benches between 315 and 365 for higher rep sets. Haven’t seen him train legs in our weightroom recently though. Which sucks. Powerful dude.

We also have an assortment of stupid people, etc, my weight room is my highschool WR. Free access to the public.

Had a guy come into the locker room in his jean jacket, grey whispy long hair, dragon t-shirt, and jean short shorts talk about how he was going to kill obama and nuke the ME. He was epic.

Me: I look blood hungry in the weightroom, I sweat like a pig, I squat, pull, and press heavy. Sadly itI became a head turner in my weightroom when I squatted 375 and deadlifted 455 when I maxed last time.

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Okay, I went to a Real Gym (not really, there’s a bunch of stuff I still will have to do at home because of their typical rules like no chalk, no O-lifts, no DLs outside the rack) for the first time in a long time today. I’m really looking forward to the characters I see after reading this thread and Squat Rack Curls forever. Today’s contribution is

Carrot Boy. All 6 feet 150 lbs of freckled, flaming orange-haired charisma breezed in and started up with the ladies in the cardio area about his long run and resulting huge blister (this was on the other side of the gym but I could hear him) then moved to the guys who had been lifting about how hyooge they were(n’t) and roid jokes and all.

Then he went to the “ab area” and took one of those body bar things and commenced a very impressive array of contortions with it in all sorts of different positions. It was hard not to stare, but I was trying to avoid eye contact because I felt like he might very possibly express his obvious opinion of my being female and lifting some weight, and I don’t want N’s reputation at seminary to debut as “that guy whose wife cudgeled Carrot with a barbell.”

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[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
turns out someone took off one of the 45s to make it the 11th plate on their leg press…you know, that guy who loads it up and goes down 2 inches. yeah.
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There’s a pair of kids(late high school/early college, can’t really tell) that do rack lockouts on the leg press in my gym(I can give further details if you don’t get what I mean). Funniest shit ever.

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The man who stole a weight off the Smith machine I was currently using to put on his squat bar the moment I took a rest and didn’t even have the decency to own up, even though he continued his set right next to me for about 5 minutes.

He knew I knew, too, 'cause he wouldn’t look me in the eye. He’s also the man I’m going to throw the heaviest dumbbell I can lift at the next time I spot him.

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[quote]Sunny20 wrote:
The man who stole a weight off the Smith machine I was currently using to put on his squat bar the moment I took a rest and didn’t even have the decency to own up, even though he continued his set right next to me for about 5 minutes.

He knew I knew, too, 'cause he wouldn’t look me in the eye. He’s also the man I’m going to throw the heaviest dumbbell I can lift at the next time I spot him. [/quote]

He probably thought he was helping out by lightening the load for a woman. Some men can’t handle a woman lifting more than a drink.

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[quote]Grneyes wrote:
Sunny20 wrote:
The man who stole a weight off the Smith machine I was currently using to put on his squat bar the moment I took a rest and didn’t even have the decency to own up, even though he continued his set right next to me for about 5 minutes.

He knew I knew, too, 'cause he wouldn’t look me in the eye. He’s also the man I’m going to throw the heaviest dumbbell I can lift at the next time I spot him.

He probably thought he was helping out by lightening the load for a woman. Some men can’t handle a woman lifting more than a drink.[/quote]

This made me laugh. Grneyes, your smile reminds me of Colleen Dewhurst. That’s a compliment, she had a beautiful smile and so do you.

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Crazy Old dude with xactlees (breath smells exactly like my ass)
He loads up way more weight then needed and commences to bust out horrendous ass reps. I stare and pray a muscle or joint/tendon doesn’t snap/tear before my eyes.

This is usually followed by me telling him to chill out a little drop the weight and get rid of those fucking ugly ass dress shoes. I say this though in the nicest way possible.

Ugly clueless chubby chic(also has xactlees)/ Exercise Science Major Student- Uses shitty ass squat form, 2 inch range of motion, toes perfectly pointed forward to further prevent any real ROM.

Biggest waste of time after I offered to help her with goals. I still see her sometimes, still fat, ugly, smelly and clueless to what the fuck to do even though she’s “learning” about all this shit.

Mexicans and most other minorities - Most are pretty straight mind their own business, not to much shit going on with them. They love doing chest and arms as much as the next man. Rarely see them squat or do any sort of heavy ass rows/deadlifts. Maybe some calves once in a while.

Bodybuilders/Powerlifters/Big muhfuckas - Awesome people to watch, got a few competitors and regular powerlifters (this is powerhouse gym as viewed in Justin Harris’s & Steve Kuclo’s video) These guys honestly make up a huge amount of people in the free weight area (thankfully). Most are easy going and bust ass like no other.

Aerobics Class Chics- Probably some of the greatest moments when at the gym is seeing some of the regulars mamacitas in their busting ass, tight glutes and curves all over ai ai ai!!!

Cougars- Ohhhhh my lord we have a few, I love watching them use the glute machine and leg press machine. Fuck one was in their after breaking her ankle still busting ass with a cast on. I was like damn that’s a dedicated hot cougar for sure.

Screamer- I know we all grunt and shit like that. Yet I heard this one guy literally screaming when doing curls on nearly every rep. Every person in the gym literally stared at the guy. If he wasn’t decently built every one would have probably laughed at said guy.

all I have for now.

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The guy whos def on roids.–He has crazy acne, the weirdest balding pattern ever, and he squats unassisted with at least 6 plates per-side for about 300 reps. He walks around the gym staring at the floor with wide burning eyes. And if you accidently have the misfortune of looking him in the eye, you feel like you just got raped in the ass.

My best friends girlfriend—she’s super hot. She could probably compete in figure competitions. Her ass could crush the world if flexed hard enough. She is a hard worker but doubts her strength because she’s not encouraged enough. I pissed my friend off when I convinced her she could deadlift as much as him…and was right! She literally fucks my best friend 3 to 4 times a day.

Captain chicken legs–The first time I saw him my mouth dropped at the sight of his 19 inch arms and basketball like shoulders. About 5 minutes later I noticed that his calves were half the girth of my dick…flaccid!

The twins–Also two of my best friends. They’re two of the stronger guys at the gym. Both are benching over 300 pounds at a sub 200lb body weight. At 6’2 they have a long way to push that 300lb too. One of the twins is a disciple of the bud, smoking the holy grass at least twice a day. The other is a former disciple of the bud, but stopped after the time he smoked so much that he had a seizure…literally.

Chubby girls on the vagina machine. I’m not sure what the actual name of the machine is but I’m sure everybody knows that I’m talking about. The last time that one walked in wearing skin tights I puked in a trash can at the sight of her meaty cellulite ridden labia being compressed under the strain of her spandex.

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[quote]Carlitosway wrote:
Screamer- I know we all grunt and shit like that. Yet I heard this one guy literally screaming when doing curls on nearly every rep. Every person in the gym literally stared at the guy. If he wasn’t decently built every one would have probably laughed at said guy.

all I have for now.[/quote]

When I was lifting at crunch, there was one dude who screamed. He was 5 foot nothing and about 130lbs soaking wet. Screaming his balls off with every rep for any exercise. There was one time he almost killed himself on the smith machine trying to squat 500. He unracked the weight couldnt hold it and let it go.

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I’m finding several references to the vernacular “bro”. It must be inherant and universal. My friend that I train with will reference a particular piece of equipment as being “bro’d out”.

Bro’d out - def. when one or more are over using one particular gym equipment thus rendering it difficult for me to use it. (example) The Peck Deck is bro’d out again because apparantly it’s the only way to work out your chest.

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[quote]NvrTooLate wrote:
I’m finding several references to the vernacular “bro”. It must be inherant and universal. My friend that I train with will reference a particular piece of equipment as being “bro’d out”.

Bro’d out - def. when one or more are over using one particular gym equipment thus rendering it difficult for me to use it. (example) The Peck Deck is bro’d out again because apparantly it’s the only way to work out your chest.

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My squat rack is bro’d out with guys doing pull-ups
(I’m gonna use that if you don’t mind.)