i am SOOOOOO fucking glad im on winter break and go at the gym at 12pm. its like me and everyone else who is on winter break or works at burger king and has the day off.
but to be honest, i want to go to the gym ~5 sometimes just to see this spectacle and amaze them by curling their DB presses.
you can pretty much point out those that wont make it more than 8 weeks .
and you can see it in the eyes of those that wont return after the “Initiation” . those are the saddest ; the ones that cant scrape up enough courage to at least try .
the only thing that is bugging me about the New Years people is that Molester Man has made his triumphant return to the gym.
this is a 53 year old guy that i swear to god has the face of a man that enjoys touching little boys.
his workout consists of staring wide eyed, unblinking, at you while you lift. coming up behind people while they are doing rope pull downs(seriously it seems like he waits for people to do them) and grabbing their arms from behind and saying ‘Your not stopping low enough’
Then he likes to finish up with singing along to songs on his iPod and lifting up his shirt and rubbing his stomach in the mirror for 5 minutes while standing next to the people curling.
[quote]tribunaldude wrote:
I wish I could have taped this, cos no one will believe me.
The gym I trained in this week has a series of maybe 5 hyperextension (lower back) stands in a row and there were 5 skinny chinese guys (since I could hear them speak) doing hyperextensions in PERFECT UNISON (I’d expected resonance-induced damage to the walls if 5 heavier guys tried this) and cadence, and EACH had a cellphone in his right hand pressed into his ear with the left arm reaching out in an extension of his upper body…and they were all engaged in conversation (I assume different ones) speaking at the same time.
I followed one of them around for a while and then saw him make a murderface, pick up two 50 pound DBs from the rack (chest swelling with pride), place them at his feet as he sat down on an upright bench and called out to a bunch of chinese girls he came in with (a group I assume) and asked them to try lifting them off the ground. they all tried, gave up with their faces contorting in pain - and then marveled aloud and shrieked in unison as the “asian hercules” hefted both DBs from the floor and (with herculean effort) pushed them overhead.
I cut my session in half that day and just kept watching this group monkeying around. Worth it.[/quote]
That was the most vivid mental picture ever, I loved that.
Yeah I can’t stand these New Years resolutioners. The gym has never been so packed before. I would appreciate if they were going to be serious about it, but it’s very apparent that most will not last. They never do.
hahaha wow this is great. get ready in a couple of months for the spring break crowd aka people who think they can get ripped after 2 weeks of curls, crunches and cardio.
[quote]Zackgsc wrote:
the only thing that is bugging me about the New Years people is that Molester Man has made his triumphant return to the gym.
this is a 53 year old guy that i swear to god has the face of a man that enjoys touching little boys.
his workout consists of staring wide eyed, unblinking, at you while you left. coming up behind people while they are doing rope pull downs(seriously it seems like he waits for people to do them) and grabbing their arms from behind and saying ‘Your not stopping low enough’
Then he likes to finish up with singing along to songs on his iPod and lifting up his shirt and rubbing his stomach in the mirror for 5 minutes while standing next to the people curling.[/quote]
LOL
[quote]xxxfitchickxxx wrote:
hahaha wow this is great. get ready in a couple of months for the spring break crowd aka people who think they can get ripped after 2 weeks of curls, crunches and cardio.[/quote]
Indeed. Which is kind of funny, because I’m always in the best shape during the winter when I have plenty of time to workout. In the summer I’m in too many league sports to keep a good lifting schedule. Kind of ironic that I always look best when it’s -5 degrees in this forsaken state…
My favorite is when they get upset because your supersetting and have 4 sets left and get mad when you say no your can’t work in unless you can use this weight!
I was doing stiff leg deads tonight. Got done with my first set and turned around to talk to an acquaintance. Less than a minute later I catch someone walking off with both of the 10 lb plates I was using to put my toes up on.
Since this about the 75th time someone has taken a piece of equipment from me without asking, I just don’t care anymore and have come to expect it. Unless a person walks up and starts unracking my weight on a BB, takes a machine I’m using, or takes the one cable attachment I need, I don’t bother taking time out of my workout to mark my territory and let the other person know that they were acting like an asshole.
So I grab two more 10 lb plates and do my second set. I get done and make a b-line to the water fountain. While walking back across the room to my barbell I spot another guy walking off with both of my plates! ughughughugh
Two more weeks till it all goes back to normal…
[quote]Big Aristotle wrote:
I was doing stiff leg deads tonight. Got done with my first set and turned around to talk to an acquaintance. Less than a minute later I catch someone walking off with both of the 10 lb plates I was using to put my toes up on.
Since this about the 75th time someone has taken a piece of equipment from me without asking, I just don’t care anymore and have come to expect it. Unless a person walks up and starts unracking my weight on a BB, takes a machine I’m using, or takes the one cable attachment I need, I don’t bother taking time out of my workout to mark my territory and let the other person know that they were acting like an asshole.
So I grab two more 10 lb plates and do my second set. I get done and make a b-line to the water fountain. While walking back across the room to my barbell I spot another guy walking off with both of my plates! ughughughugh
Two more weeks till it all goes back to normal…[/quote]
this summer I had a guy take weight off my leg press, while I was leg pressing.
I was || close to snapping.
[quote]Big Aristotle wrote:
I was doing stiff leg deads tonight. Got done with my first set and turned around to talk to an acquaintance. Less than a minute later I catch someone walking off with both of the 10 lb plates I was using to put my toes up on.
Since this about the 75th time someone has taken a piece of equipment from me without asking, I just don’t care anymore and have come to expect it. Unless a person walks up and starts unracking my weight on a BB, takes a machine I’m using, or takes the one cable attachment I need, I don’t bother taking time out of my workout to mark my territory and let the other person know that they were acting like an asshole.
So I grab two more 10 lb plates and do my second set. I get done and make a b-line to the water fountain. While walking back across the room to my barbell I spot another guy walking off with both of my plates! ughughughugh
Two more weeks till it all goes back to normal…[/quote]
This is why those online programs having you use several pieces of equipment at once seem crazy to me. But that’s another topic!
It double sucks for me because another gym just closed, a world’s gym. Now Gold’s where I go to, gets ridiculously packed already by 5:00 and that building used to be a toys-r-us, so it’s not small.
[quote]InnerVoice wrote:
Big Aristotle wrote:
I was doing stiff leg deads tonight. Got done with my first set and turned around to talk to an acquaintance. Less than a minute later I catch someone walking off with both of the 10 lb plates I was using to put my toes up on.
Since this about the 75th time someone has taken a piece of equipment from me without asking, I just don’t care anymore and have come to expect it. Unless a person walks up and starts unracking my weight on a BB, takes a machine I’m using, or takes the one cable attachment I need, I don’t bother taking time out of my workout to mark my territory and let the other person know that they were acting like an asshole.
So I grab two more 10 lb plates and do my second set. I get done and make a b-line to the water fountain. While walking back across the room to my barbell I spot another guy walking off with both of my plates! ughughughugh
Two more weeks till it all goes back to normal…
This is why those online programs having you use several pieces of equipment at once seem crazy to me. But that’s another topic![/quote]
Truth. Doing a superset with multiple pieces of equipment this time of year is near impossible.
I am a new person. I am very conscious of being considerate of people who seem to know what they are doing. I am trying. I hope you still see me 2 weeks, or 2 months from now. I don’t want to be the crazy fat lady who lives alone with her cats. I am going to hope someone from here is at my gym and gives me a smile when he or she sees me working hard. I am not where you guys are yet but I am working on it.
[quote]zephead4747 wrote:
this summer I had a guy take weight off my leg press, while I was leg pressing.
I was || close to snapping.
[/quote]
Thats just stupid. I would have snapped for sure.
[quote]zephead4747 wrote:
Big Aristotle wrote:
I was doing stiff leg deads tonight. Got done with my first set and turned around to talk to an acquaintance. Less than a minute later I catch someone walking off with both of the 10 lb plates I was using to put my toes up on.
Since this about the 75th time someone has taken a piece of equipment from me without asking, I just don’t care anymore and have come to expect it. Unless a person walks up and starts unracking my weight on a BB, takes a machine I’m using, or takes the one cable attachment I need, I don’t bother taking time out of my workout to mark my territory and let the other person know that they were acting like an asshole.
So I grab two more 10 lb plates and do my second set. I get done and make a b-line to the water fountain. While walking back across the room to my barbell I spot another guy walking off with both of my plates! ughughughugh
Two more weeks till it all goes back to normal…
this summer I had a guy take weight off my leg press, while I was leg pressing.
I was || close to snapping.
[/quote]
Damn you, I just spit out my green tea all over my shirt.
I just got my first real taste of the New Year brigade tonight.
Kind of a small guy, but not in bad shape wearing spandex pants, dress/casual black leather shoes, a skin tight polo shirt, a headband, and my favorite…a pair of those Everlast gel handwraps as gloves. He was a definite sight.
He was using the only unused incline bench as a little table for his selection of dumbbells, none over 15 lbs. He refused to move them so I could use the bench.
I waited til he started his next set and cleared the bench, rolled it a few feet away and went about my business. Got nothing but an eye full of stink from him for the next 15 minutes. He’s my new Arch Nemesis…you know…for the next 3 weeks.
its nice to have a home gym…and good to have a friend who split the cost! haha…
i was gonna say having a “resolution” crowd show up for a few weeks might not be bad since there might be more chicks BUT then i thought about it and the “resolution” crowd is very likely NOT IN SHAPE! so it wouldnt be a pleasant sight anyhow lol…
good luck whoever has to deal with those “knuckleheads”!
I hadn’t seen this girl before, and I was amused by her cardio skirt.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
I hadn’t seen this girl before, and I was amused by her cardio skirt.[/quote]
rolflmao
I just got back from the start of working my new 4 day split (chest/bis today) and I encountered something i hope to never see again…
anyway story time.
So I pissed off a religious group today at the gym.
around 15 of them all wearing the same shirt that said ‘Get Fit For Jesus!’
Im doing peck deck at the end of my chest workout
im sitting there.
and I do about 3-4 sets the last two are to max just for the hell of it.and one of them comes walking up to me and says ‘excuse me can we use this we’ve been waiting awhile’
I just started so I was like sorry man I got about 4 more sets
and he says ‘mind if we all work in’
and I was like 'uuuuh there’s quite a few of you guys i’ll try and be as quick as i can
and the guy was like ‘don’t be so rude you know you don’t own the gym!’
So i said alright well whatever im going to do my sets.
and you can just wait for me to finish up or use the other peck deck over there in the chest section not many people are on that one.
so i did my first set, secound set, ran out of water went to fill up my bottle as quickly as i could.
3rd set im going for about 25 reps
and the guy is like ‘LISTEN BUDDY I THNK YOUR DONE’
im sitting there going ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff so i give him a pretty dirty look
and he backs off for a bit.
finish my set
rest for a sec
then get back on to do my final set.
and i get to my last target rep one i can’t do it so im like ‘awwh fuck’ at this point im getting upset because im being distracted by this asshole hovering over me glaring at me while i lift
and he goes off on me ‘EXCUSE ME YOU THINK YOU CAN THROW THAT KIND OF LANUAGE AROUND?! MY KIDS ARE HERE’
‘YOUVE BEEN SO RUDE TO US THE WHOLE TIME WE’VE BEEN HERE MY WIFE WENT TO COMPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE AT THE FRONT DESK ABOUT YOU’
and I was like ‘okay dude whatever im sorry’… and just turned up my iPod and started walking away
and he grabbed me on the shoulder and was like ‘DON’T WALK AWAY FROM ME IM NOT DONETALKIN TO YOU’
I said ‘dude please whatever i need to move on i don’t have all day to sit and chat with your ass so please just go lift and leave me alone.’ loooonnng story short the guy continues to bug me…talks my ear off for two sets of curls while i crank the volume on my iPod and try my best to ignore him which is kind of hard since he’s standing practically in front of me. finally he leaves not before saying ‘i hope i don’t see you again, the gym could do well with less people like you around’ which is funny because i’ve had a membership there for over 5 years…not that I’ve been lifting that entire time.
In the time i’ve lifted i don’t think i’ve ever had a single person get upset with until this guy…