King Kurt,
Alas, being a vegetarian is nothing more than an excuse to eat a lot of fat and carb together. As long as it’s not meat, they eat all kinds of fried stuff. Quite gross if you watch them eat and get fatter and fatter.
“I don’t understand why I’m gaining weight! I dont’ eat meat!” rolling eyes
As for the dork – I couldnt’ come up with anything more intelligent than “Uh huh” cuz I was doing HIIT on treadmill when he decided to get my attention. Otherwise I’d have said something mean. 
I think we should just combat stupid questions with stupid answers. Whenever someone asks you what to eat, they’re obviously looking for that one little thing that they’re missing that they can either cut out or include in their diets to change into the Greek God/ess that they know they can be. I think we should refer them to the link posted in another thread about the Weight Watcher’s cards:
Tell them that if they stick to those foods, they’ll have the body of their dreams.
Im getting pissed just reading this stuff… AHHHHH!!!
Great stuff. I don’t have any good stories because I now work out in my basement. But I would like to add:
CGB: I do a mean “Oklahoma” with my armpits.
Stella: Work on developing a foreign accent, preferably from a country whose language most people would not know like Ukranian. Next time a guy hits on you say, “I from Ukraine. Sorry, no English.”
All those who are constantly hounded by “trainers” recommending isolation exercises, make something up to confuse the crap out of them. For instance, say something like “I’m doing a reverse Bulgarian neural-hypertrophy routine. I’m working on the Type IIB development phase now but two weeks from now I’ll be doing the sarcoplasmic specialization phase which will include [insert name of exercise you are told you need to do]. I’ve had great gains from this and I don’t want to mess it up, but thanks for your help.” Make something up; have fun with the bonehead.
How about the skinny, spiked haired guido kid who is so important he has to talk on his cell phone between sets. Even going so far as telling the person to hold on so he can get his set in. I live in New Jersey, so I don’t know if this is a regionalized occurrence or what, but all I know is all three gyms I work out at have at least 4 or 5 of these idiots.
MikeTheBear, working out at home is wonderful, isn’t it? I have a decent set-up and supplement my workouts with some basement work every few days. I can lift in my underwear and check out my willy in between sets in the mirror. Ah, there’s nothing like it.
The music…other people talking…treadmills and rowing machines…did I mention the music? Ugh, I wish I had a home gym.
This might be in poor taste but it is not meant to be taken as such. When using a foreign accent say you are iraqi. (sorry if i offended anyone, i just think it would blow people away)
more things that nnoy me
those idiots who sit and talk at their machine and don’t even use them. they just sit and talk
those dumbasses who use an adjustable bench to do flat stuff when there is a flat bench next to it. let someoen else use the adjustable for inclines nimrods!
ahhhhh, i feel better now
Guys…
You guys are CRACKING ME UP! LOL. I don’t think they’ll buy that I’m from Ukraine or Iraq since I look VERY VERY Asian.
Maybe I’ll tell them I speak Korean or something…hoping that they wont’ notice that the music I’m listening to is in Japanese. Hehehe.
Sorry, I can’t figure out how my reply ended up in two topics…I only had one pint of beer…but I needed the carbs…really…and you can only go so many days without one in this town.
Days I feel especially sadistic I act like I don’t what I’m talking about and mess with the know-it all types.
Here was some of the good ones:
“Chew gum while you work out it will inhibit your breathing and allow you more endurandce?” (WTF?)
“You really need to watch what you put in your body” (takes a sip of Frutopia)
“Yeah I know I’m out of shape but I used to lift real heavy. I still carry alot of muscle.”
“Your working out too much, one excersise per muscle group per week” (I was doing Meltdown)
Speaking of Meltdown, I lost about 100 pounds a couple years back. In everyone’s eyes at work I’m a weight loss guru. A really fat ass co worker of mine (he works for a sports radio station no less) asked me for advice. I simply went to t-mag and printed off Meltdown. The next day he said he tried it and decided to up his cardio. If Meltdown won’t yank the Twinkies off your ass nothing will.
CGB - The problem with working out at home is that I now want to buy a bunch of workout toys - bumper plates for Olympic lifts, new power rack, etc. Still beats the gym. I tend not to look at my willy while working out, but it’s good to have that option.
Stella - You’re Asian? Perfect! Work on any Asian accent and you will be left alone.
CGB, “I can lift in my underwear and check out my willy in between sets in the mirror. Ah, there’s nothing like it.” You mean you’re not supposed to do that at the gym? Dammit! That explains A LOT!
Stella, most people can’t tell any Asian languages apart from each other for shit so I think you’re in the clear on that one.
Are you Japanese Stella? Which part are you from? Ive been living out here for almost 4 years now.
Too good to pass up the rant chance…