The 'New Year Crowd' Has Arrived!

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I have yet to endure much of this, though I’m heading off to do our Unis central gym in about half an hour so it’ll probably be full of fat staff members who just signed up to the “membership out of your paycheque” thing… Next week’ll be all the posh girls trying to loose weight… Luckily the rowers aren’t in much at the moment as they’re on the river most days.

BUT, I’ll be keen to exploit it for our college gym - get as much cash in by grabbing the Freshers who didn’t sign up in October then spend it on new toys for the roughly 10 of us who lift…

Don’t know if it’s as obvious elsewhere, but here we tend to get an influx in the Summer vacation period - lots of local teenagers getting bored and coming in - last year I remember some bunch of pencil-necks who spent about an hour on cardio machines, then decide to “do some weights”… There were 4 or 5 of them and they all ended up doing typical newby-curls with Dumbbells most people would pick their teeth with. My gripe was the fact that one of them decided that he wanted to sit on a bench right in my eyeline to do them, so, just as I grip the bar for a set of SLDLs with about 90k on the bar (that’s heavy for someone with my spinal health or lack of it) - he steps over the end of the bar… Only just noticed as I was about to pull it off the floor. I just wish it had been power-cleans and I had timed it to get him in the mouth.

Just waiting for my old friends the “Bench-Brothers” to come back - two skinny guys who always wear vests and spend lots of time doing an exercise I can best describe as an upright row with spotter lying supine beneath the bar…

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[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
I hadn’t seen this girl before, and I was amused by her cardio skirt.[/quote]

There must be something witty I can say about you photographing girls at your gym.

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[quote]chimera182 wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:
I hadn’t seen this girl before, and I was amused by her cardio skirt.

There must be something witty I can say about you photographing girls at your gym.[/quote]

How about…

“I didnt know red heads were your type.”

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[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
I hadn’t seen this girl before, and I was amused by her cardio skirt.[/quote]

Was she the prettiest princess at the gym today?

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[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
Doug Adams wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:
Shoot, people probably think I’m a noob because the other day, I smacked my chin with the barbell doing an overhead press.

Haha u hurt urself noob! :stuck_out_tongue:

It didn’t hurt. Bitch.[/quote]

awesome :slight_smile:

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I overheard a dad - tubby, really weird looking, puffed up mullet, wearing black sweat pants, a hooded black sweatshirt and gloves, turn to another guy and say (about his son):

“I didn’t want him doing squats and deadlifts and other useless shit. I want this kid to get STRONG. So, I pulled him out of his training at school and told the coach I’d be handling his workouts.”

Doesn’t beat the other guy asking me if I was a “pharmacist by trade” because I told him 1 gram = 1000 milligrams when we were discussing fish oil dosages.

It just hurts sometimes.

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I haven’t posted on here for awhile, but this thread definitely called for it.

The Bad News:
I too walked into my gym and found a mob of soft, weak, people. They are here ladies and gentlemen. The new years resolution setters. No, they are not like us. They do not train to improve their physical selves, in order to better represent their intellectual selves. No. They are here in hopes that one day they may be able to see their toes. They are here to undo the damage of ma’s holiday cooking- along with 364 other days of neglect for their physical form. It has begun.

The Good News:
These people will, by way of decoding the stick figure charts drawn on the instructional stickers placed on machines- lose about 5 pounds of fat. Now they may have much, much more to lose before someone within this circle would find them sexually appealing, but among their own kind, they will be slightly more attractive. Before you know it, these people will have new found confidence to begin dating. (See Valentines Day Hypothesis)

Valentines Day Hypothesis:
Before you know it, Valentines day will be here. These people will have been dating with their new found confidence for several weeks now. Valentines day, for many implied reasons, will bring a sense of security to their new relationships. By this time, no longer will their relationships be based upon their slightly less fat appearances…No longer will they need to clog up our gyms.

Conclusion:
Bear with me, brothers and sisters, for following the second Saturday of February, we will have our gyms back

MJ

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[quote]medog11 wrote:

Valentines Day Hypothesis:
Before you know it, Valentines day will be here. These people will have been dating with their new found confidence for several weeks now. Valentines day, for many implied reasons, will bring a sense of security to their new relationships. By this time, no longer will their relationships be based upon their slightly less fat appearances…No longer will they need to clog up our gyms.

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Submission of Corollary to Valentine’s Day Hypothesis:

With new found confidence and security, the approximately 6 weeks from the New Year and the food reward earned, the Resolutioners will gorge on Valentine’s Day chocolates and take the first step in putting back on the 5 lbs they lost, plus a little more by the end of the year.

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[quote]Zackgsc wrote:

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]

Yea - shit like this makes me happy I have a home gym.

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spotted

guy sat on a ham curl machine…doing dumbell curls

gent with the oakley shades, oakley cap and popped collar on his polo shirt

really skinny guys with shorts under their track bottoms…which where (literally) around there knees (its street init)

definately that time of year

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My gym moved into a new building a couple of days ago. This place has three times the square footage of the former location. I went there for the first time today, and praise be to jebus, this was leg day. There was a crowd of elderly people, as is to be expected on a wednesday morning in a new gym right after new years. No worries though, as I’ve never seen any of these people go near the squat rack.

The place was ridiculously big, and I felt like I had walked through a forest of machines before arriving at the free-weight area. That is to say: “area”, as it was the size of a phone booth.

“Well, atleast I’ll have it to myself”, I thought, and started looking for the squat rack. No squat rack. WTF? I ask one of the skinny-fat assholes who work there, and he says they didn’t have room for everything, and so had to choose the smith machine and leg press instead. They didn’t even have a leg press before.

He patiently explains that the squat rack was only useful for people who were “already good at training.” And anyway, I could just start from the floor, and overhead press the bar to get it into place, in his opinion. I laughed loudly, earning an irritated look from and elderly gentleman. Understandable, as he was reading a magazine.

I couldn’t think of a thing to say, so I started back towards the lobby, fully intent on canceling my membership. As I get back there, a crowd has gathered for some kind of grand opening. I even see a there is a reporter from the local newspaper. So I guess I’ll cancel tomorrow. Or maybe I’ll make those bastard hoist the weight to my shoulders every time I squat. God knows they could use the exercise.

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[quote]Mr.Purple wrote:
My gym moved into a new building a couple of days ago. This place has three times the square footage of the former location. I went there for the first time today, and praise be to jebus, this was leg day. There was a crowd of elderly people, as is to be expected on a wednesday morning in a new gym right after new years. No worries though, as I’ve never seen any of these people go near the squat rack.

The place was ridiculously big, and I felt like I had walked through a forest of machines before arriving at the free-weight area. That is to say: “area”, as it was the size of a phone booth.

“Well, atleast I’ll have it to myself”, I thought, and started looking for the squat rack. No squat rack. WTF? I ask one of the skinny-fat assholes who work there, and he says they didn’t have room for everything, and so had to choose the smith machine and leg press instead. They didn’t even have a leg press before. He patiently explains that the squat rack was only useful for people who were “already good at training.” And anyway, I could just start from the floor, and overhead press the bar to get it into place, in his opinion. I laughed loudly, earning an irritated look from and elderly gentleman. Understandable, as he was reading a magazine.

I couldn’t think of a thing to say, so I started back towards the lobby, fully intent on canceling my membership. As I get back there, a crowd has gathered for some kind of grand opening. I even see a there is a reporter from the local newspaper. So I guess I’ll cancel tomorrow. Or maybe I’ll make those bastard hoist the weight to my shoulders every time I squat. God knows they could use the exercise. [/quote]

Happened to me… My gym had a power cage and a neg deadlift platform. I always had it to myself. “Renovation” ensued. No specific place to DL, a squat rack with no place for rack pulls, 4 (FOUR) more benches making my DLs in the remaining corner a danger to shipping, and best of all, one of the benches is in the path of the squats! It’s OK, though. Even if I don’t squat that much, I can pass through the DB benchers without noticing.

This gym has now started franchising the concept…
and I just bought a power cage.

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[quote]Zackgsc wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:
I hadn’t seen this girl before, and I was amused by her cardio skirt.

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…

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As soon as I saw Get Fit for Jesus and a guy asks to work in I would say No. If he continued to persist I would tell him that I do not come into his house of worship and interrupt his quality time with his higher power so what gives him the right to come into mine.

If he still had a problem I would drop something heavy on him.

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As frustrating as it is, and it is very trying (No place to park, waiting on equipment, bad behavior, silly questions). At least they are are there and trying to do the right thing. I ask all of you to be encouraging and supportive where you can. We will all be better off if only a few do actually adopt a healthier lifestyle. It is no secret that we are facing a health crisis with far to many making unhealthy choices every day. We all know how difficult it is to commit to a healthier lifestyle and to stick with it through skeptical friends and family, stressful times, illness, or injury.

I am not asking anyone to sacrifice their goals or compromise their dedication, just be kind and try to be a positive influence toward a healthier lifestyle.

Thanks

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[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
I hadn’t seen this girl before, and I was amused by her cardio skirt.[/quote]

I’m glad you find my outfit amusing. You know what? You really are a mean, mean girl. I was told the skirt would add drag therefore burn more calories.

I have/am checking out a few new gyms in my area. It is unrelated to new year but the timing is unfortunate because everything is crowded as hell. No doubt I look like a total newbie because I can’t freaking find anything…like collars. No one seems to use them at the one gym I’ve gone to twice. When I asked where they were, I got blank looks.

On Monday I was squatting and the rack next to me was occupied by a trainer and trainee. The trainer was interested in what I was doing and was asking if I did PL. I said yes and the guy spent most of the time watching me and barely paying any attention to the guy he was training who he had doing very rounded back deadlifts with 135. I felt sorry for the boy because that’s the reason why people say deadlifts are bad for your back. I was going to offer to demonstrate but decided to mind my own business.

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[quote]RWElder0 wrote:
Zackgsc wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:
I hadn’t seen this girl before, and I was amused by her cardio skirt.

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…

As soon as I saw Get Fit for Jesus and a guy asks to work in I would say No. If he continued to persist I would tell him that I do not come into his house of worship and interrupt his quality time with his higher power so what gives him the right to come into mine.

If he still had a problem I would drop something heavy on him.

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Regardless of who was asking, if it’s like 4 or more people, it makes perfectly logical sense to wait for 1 person to finish up.

Bugging them is one thing, but if that motherfucker laid a hand on me (he grabbed the guy by the shoulder) I would take him outside and sort it out, or report him for assault.

I don’t mind new people at the gym, but when they act like fucking idiots it bothers me. There is this clown at my gym who likes to think he owns one of the racks and always manages to kick whoever is using it out when he gets into the gym. I wonder how people all just shrug and say “ok”, and move to another station.

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[quote]Barra wrote:
Just waiting for my old friends the “Bench-Brothers” to come back - two skinny guys who always wear vests and spend lots of time doing an exercise I can best describe as an upright row with spotter lying supine beneath the bar…[/quote]

LOL, funny!

I’m glad there’s nothing like this in my gym.

LR

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I train at the local “Y”, since I am not allowed in the new Planet Fitness. Well they just added on a new Wellness Center(Gym). They had 2 benches before they moved and now they have 3, the new one is an EliteFTS competition bench(great bench). Well it came with band pegs, which were on it the first day It was there. I was thinking “Finally an easier way to use all my of bands”.

I saw it on Monday which is squat day, came in on Tuesday and they were not there, I ask one of the staff members where the pegs went and she told me they threw them away because they thought they were handles for moving the bench into place and they got into the way when people were trying to get up off the bench…

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[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
On Monday I was squatting and the rack next to me was occupied by a trainer and trainee. The trainer was interested in what I was doing and was asking if I did PL. I said yes and the guy spent most of the time watching me and barely paying any attention to the guy he was training who he had doing very rounded back deadlifts with 135. I felt sorry for the boy because that’s the reason why people say deadlifts are bad for your back. I was going to offer to demonstrate but decided to mind my own business. [/quote]

So now this guy is going to be a cripple for life because of you minding your own business.

Unbelievable.

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[quote]Zackgsc wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:

In the time i’ve lifted i don’t think i’ve ever had a single person get upset with until this guy…

[/quote]

Long story short… Get Fit for Jesus…