OK one more. My gym at home is a “leisure centre” that makes up for it with a hardcore weight section, weights up to 220LB, a whole host of hammer strength machines and a lot of big guys. Unfortunately there are some douchebags. Oh well.
After push day I went to the pool to chill out. Came out decided to have a shower so I don’t reek of chlorine. The showers are cubicles so you can just see the feet of the person next to you. I happened to glance down and the person WAS PISSING IN THE SHOWER NEXT TO ME. The piss started to run into my cubicle and I have never moved so quickly in my life. within about 30 seconds I was dressed and informing the hot receptionist of this atrocity. Needless to say I am never showering at this gym again.
[quote]Bambi wrote:
OK one more. My gym at home is a “leisure centre” that makes up for it with a hardcore weight section, weights up to 220LB, a whole host of hammer strength machines and a lot of big guys. Unfortunately there are some douchebags. Oh well.
After push day I went to the pool to chill out. Came out decided to have a shower so I don’t reek of chlorine. The showers are cubicles so you can just see the feet of the person next to you. I happened to glance down and the person WAS PISSING IN THE SHOWER NEXT TO ME. The piss started to run into my cubicle and I have never moved so quickly in my life. within about 30 seconds I was dressed and informing the hot receptionist of this atrocity. Needless to say I am never showering at this gym again.[/quote]
unless it’s with the hot receptionist … just finishing your story for ya 
I think I saw either Hans or Franz (from the old SNL skit) in the gym today. Guy was in a full sweat suit, bright yellow top, bright blue bottoms and a tight weight belt around his waist. I swear to all that is holy it looked like he had stuffed his sweater to make himself look larger, complete with lop-sided shoulders and random lumps around his chest area. He was pretty tall, and decent sized for your average fitness club type but the lumps gave it away; either that or he has the worst male breast cancer I have ever seen or heard of. (Not that I am making fun of breast cancer, that shit is the devil, ruining perfectly good boobs like it does).
There was another gentlemen who spent 35 minutes doing every wrist curl variant I have ever heard of. His whole work out consisted of nothing but wrist curls, trying to get his girl in shape I guess.
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i was training last night and i saw a big guy doing curls in the squat rack curls w/ an empty barbell…
AMIDOINITRITEGUISE???
Not really a SRC but thought it was funny so had to share it. was in a health food shop buying fish oils. Tey have some supps in there aswell, Any Way a guy was asking about whey and the woman at the counter (I don’t know which country she was from) pronounced it
WHEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYY PRRUUUUUUUUTAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYNNNN
[quote]Cathall L DW wrote:
Not really a SRC but thought it was funny so had to share it. was in a health food shop buying fish oils. Tey have some supps in there aswell, Any Way a guy was asking about whey and the woman at the counter (I don’t know which country she was from) pronounced it
WHEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYY PRRUUUUUUUUTAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYNNNN[/quote]
…she pronounced it in her 2nd, 3rd or maybe 4th language-how well can you pronounce it in your 2nd or 3rd language?
A guy benches 315 for 3 reps that are in 2" range of motion and gets me to spot him. He tell me in his Russian accent “I am getting ust to it you know?”. I don’t say anything to him. He won’t change his range of motion.
Theres a guy at one of the gyms I go to who, evertime i’ve seen him, wears some motorcycle themed beater and baggy carpenter pant-style jeans, and work boots. But he only works arms so maybe he doesnt wanna waste time changing.
One thing that really grinds my gears is the guys who you see working out in the A&F polo shirt…only to see them 3 hours later at the club with said shirt still on…gotta get that swell on, Bro!!!
Kind of related to a specific incident but more like a comment on this behavior in general. And I guess we’re all (or would be if we were in the situation) guilty of it. The workout with the girlfriend. I love watching the dudes show off for their woman. It’s comical to me. Maybe because I’m married and don’t have to play that game any more.
Dude today was like 150 lbs soaking wet brings his girl to workout. He’s got this crazy circuit going where he bench presses, then sprints to the rowing machine, then sprints to the DB rack and grabs a 5lb.er, sprints away somewhere with it (I lost him for awhile), reappears sprinting to the flye machine. Sometimes he came over and benchpressed. He had his girl benchpressing too. He went over to do like 165 on the incline bench press while she spotted him. She weighed less than he did, probably less than 90 pounds. What is this idiot going to do if his shoulder goes out or he pulls a muscle and cant lift that bar at all? I was walking out when I saw her spotting him, so maybe he’s still there pinned under the bar with his 90 pound GF trying to deadlift twice her weight off his chest.
[quote]Extremepain wrote:
Kind of related to a specific incident but more like a comment on this behavior in general. And I guess weâ??re all (or would be if we were in the situation) guilty of it. The workout with the girlfriend. I love watching the dudes show off for their woman. Itâ??s comical to me. Maybe because Iâ??m married and donâ??t have to play that game any more.
Dude today was like 150 lbs soaking wet brings his girl to workout. Heâ??s got this crazy circuit going where he bench presses, then sprints to the rowing machine, then sprints to the DB rack and grabs a 5lb.er, sprints away somewhere with it (I lost him for awhile), reappears sprinting to the flye machine. Sometimes he came over and benchpressed. He had his girl benchpressing too. He went over to do like 165 on the incline bench press while she spotted him. She weighed less than he did, probably less than 90 pounds. What is this idiot going to do if his shoulder goes out or he pulls a muscle and cant lift that bar at all? I was walking out when I saw her spotting him, so maybe heâ??s still there pinned under the bar with his 90 pound GF trying to deadlift twice her weight off his chest.[/quote]
Sadly, I see this happening with Marines every day at the gym, every day…
Like no offense to future wifey, but if she is physically capable of keeping with my workout, I’m doing something VERY WRONG. And if she isn’t, we will just go our separate ways, and do our own things.
I saw a guy doing quarter squats with a dip belt tied around his waist the other day.
I walked into the gym this weekend and witnessed a dude doing a hula hoop workout. And not even hidden away in the studio. He was rocking the bright pink hula hoop right in the middle of the gym, in full view of everyone.
The gene pool is getting weaker by the day…
My buddy told me he saw a guy at the gym doing with squats with a belt. A fucking carpenters belt.
[quote]Enders Drift wrote:
[quote]HynesKetchup wrote:
[quote]captaincalvert wrote:
There’s one very skinny lanky fellow who comes into the gym, grabs some 10 lb dumbbells, and does a very interesting shadowboxing / side lunging / jumping / twisting workout, throwing random shoulder presses and bicep curls in between eccentric body movements. He always seems to do it at the busiest times in the gym, thus taking up a lot of space with his whirling dervish workouts. I’m afraid one of these days he’s going to twist and smack someone in the head with a dumbbell.[/quote][/quote]
At the gym I go to there’s a chubby asian guy that comes in and in the open space walking area grabs one of the small weighted bars girls use for things like pilates and starts to twirl, dance, kick, and thrust it at a pillar practicing his 1337 martial arts skills. By the looks of it he’s doin Aikido.[/quote]
If he was kicking, it’s not Aikido.
I was working out a while ago and it was just me in the gym. This fat Iranian dude walks in. Now, this Iranian dude is already notorious in the gym for his tomfoolery. Later on, the guy starts bench pressing dumbells. It’s lower body day number 1 for the week and I’m more concerned with not getting crushed in the “hole” than on whatever everyone anyone else is doing. But this guy has a history. Now, at the end of his first set, he drops the dumbells straight up when he’s at the top of the last rep. Now, I though that he just reached failure or something so I just ignored it. He goes for his second set and does the same thing. Now, I decide to let it go in spite of the fact that it’s denting the floor. For his third set, he does the same thing again. This is where I decide to go up to him. So I go, “Hey man, stop dropping the dumbells please. It’s clearly written on the gym rules that you shouldn’t be dropping the dumbells.” He says to me “no no no… You are not supposed to hold it then put it down. It is bad for your muscles and tendons to hold it. It is the RULE in bodybuilding. It is the RULE. You should go ask your trainer or something or get one.” So I ask him “Are you a certified trainer? Aren’t you a dentistry student?” “Yes yes I know but you should read more about bodybuilding so you would know.” So I just let it go and continued. When I was doing my farmer’s walk at the end of the workout he comes to me and says “Yo man, you probably don’t know because you’re not an athlete but it’s the rule in bodybuilding.”
Now I’m not JACKED or anything, just lean, but I think the by virtue of the fact that I read this site every day AND work with a CSCS I know a thing or two about training. And I’ve been a student of martial arts since I as 4. I was even wearing my “Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation of the Philippines” shirt with my BJJ club on it. IDK.
Inform me if I’m wrong, but last time I checked it wasn’t S.O.P. to drop dumbells at the top of your last rep every set…
Feet on Swiss ball, hands on BOSU ball; explosive push-ups with a 25 plate on the upper back. 2 sets of 5 reps and leaves clutching the back of his shoulder.
I’m not sure if this thread can be ‘won’, but we have a contender here.
This wasnt in the gym but I like to mention that a lady actually told me she drank Organic water. Let that sink in for a minute.
[quote]Totenkopf wrote:
This wasnt in the gym but I like to mention that a lady actually told me she drank Organic water. Let that sink in for a minute.[/quote]
Was it also in a can?
My own personal SCR moment:
I was doing chest the other day, and after a set of cable crossovers a hot hot gym bunny approaches me.
She tells me that I dont need to train anymore because Im already ‘pumped’ (5’10 185lbs wtf).
Then she tells me how girls prefer guys who are more laid back and not so into training- then I say the dumbest shit EVER.
This is a side effect of T-Nation abuse and all the blood being in my chest and not in my brain
“I mean yeah, you know, its, yeah, ummm, you can like, umm, drink and smoke and stuff, yeah, and umm, cool, but ummm, like, after all is said and done, and you have sex and drink , and yeah, like, if you dont work out, I mean, if you dirnk and smoke and dont eat, umm, WHERE WILL YOU BE WHEN THE ZOMBIES COME?”
She turned around faster then a centrifuge.
FML
[quote]Yeti2424 wrote:
I saw a guy doing quarter squats with a dip belt tied around his waist the other day.[/quote]
I do this - while waiting on the steps of the dip between sets with weights hanging on my belt I’ll often do a few squats. Not quarter ones, but still, why not?
[quote]ImSkinny wrote:
My own personal SCR moment:
I was doing chest the other day, and after a set of cable crossovers a hot hot gym bunny approaches me.
She tells me that I dont need to train anymore because Im already ‘pumped’ (5’10 185lbs wtf).
Then she tells me how girls prefer guys who are more laid back and not so into training- then I say the dumbest shit EVER.
This is a side effect of T-Nation abuse and all the blood being in my chest and not in my brain
“I mean yeah, you know, its, yeah, ummm, you can like, umm, drink and smoke and stuff, yeah, and umm, cool, but ummm, like, after all is said and done, and you have sex and drink , and yeah, like, if you dont work out, I mean, if you dirnk and smoke and dont eat, umm, WHERE WILL YOU BE WHEN THE ZOMBIES COME?”
She turned around faster then a centrifuge.
FML[/quote]
If she felt comfortable talking to you right after a set, you’re doing it wrong.