[quote]T-Beast wrote:
i hired this trainer for a probationary two weeks at the studio that i manage. He goes on to tell me and the owner (who is a c.s.c.s. by the way) that he has never trained legs. and then on the side, he tells me that he ran a CYCLE of creatine before. hahaha [/quote]
How long did you let him stay around?
[quote]jermag27 wrote:
Sorry, the title says at the gym. After working for a year at a local Rec. center, and having to hear a wannabe power lifter critique my form in the middle of heavy sets, my wife and I dropped a bunch of money for 3 years pre-paid at 24 Hour Fitness. More equipment, larger area, and ALL are complete strangers. Well worth it.
Best line (after trying to lift WAY more weight than he was capable of): “Man, I had that, but I had a cookie with lunch and now I’m on a total blood sugar crash.”
I’m not going to miss that guy… [/quote]
Which rec center? We have a few wannabe PLers at our rec center (myself included).
I get dumbass comments alot. Some douche on the street always wants to ask me how much I “press”. Like what kind of press dumbass?
Be specific.
I get that “baby gap” comment too…
The final thing that blows my mind though…“Why do you drink soo much water?” WTF!
BradTGIF i fired him the following week.
cant find a decent trainer these days. i should make a “reader of T-Nation.com” a requirement. lol
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
jermag27 wrote:
Sorry, the title says at the gym. After working for a year at a local Rec. center, and having to hear a wannabe power lifter critique my form in the middle of heavy sets, my wife and I dropped a bunch of money for 3 years pre-paid at 24 Hour Fitness. More equipment, larger area, and ALL are complete strangers. Well worth it.
Best line (after trying to lift WAY more weight than he was capable of): “Man, I had that, but I had a cookie with lunch and now I’m on a total blood sugar crash.”
I’m not going to miss that guy…
Which rec center? We have a few wannabe PLers at our rec center (myself included).[/quote]
Highlands Ranch Rec. Center system. I don’t mean wannabe like aspiring, I mean he lifts way too much weight for 1-2 shitty reps and uses power lifting as an excuse. Most days he cruises on an elliptical and says he has an injury.
He was the classic idiot that wanders around giving advice, but is in horrible shape.
I have two stories. One involving dumb things said, another involving an awesome accident.
First, I was spotting my female friend on the bench press about a year a go. She was struggling to get it up so I offered her encouragement, in a loud or abrasive manner, or whatever. The typical “Come on! Push!” or whatever. Then this dude from all the way on the other side of the room comes running over, gets in my face, and yells “Don’t you ever talk to a woman like that again!” I will now never offer positive encouragement to a woman…ever.
Second story: A couple days ago I was in the gym, helping my girlfriend, teaching her how to do barbell rollouts. These dorks on the x-country team were nearby, doing all sorts of stupid shit, lunging with kettlebells, leaving all these little dumbbells out in everyone’s way. One dumbbell is behind my gf, who is on her hands and knees about to rollout. She looks at me and says “Can I move it?” I nod and she just donkey kicks the fucking thing like 15 ft. It lands right behind one of the x-country guys who takes one step back, trips and lands on his face.
To add insult to injury, my girlfriend later that day worked in with him on the pull up bar, and did more chin-ups than him.
Damn, I wouldn’t know what to say…
I never hear anyone say anything at the gym.
Headphones FOR THE WIN!!!
[quote]gatesoftanhauser wrote:
Totally forgot about this one but today it happened again…
This isn’t about the gym, but it’s related…
I eat hard boiled eggs every day. I probably down about 6 of them, and I eat scrambled eggs for breakfast. That’s pretty normal to most of us around here…but to the sedentary fatties at my job, they always whine about how “John’s food smells”. [/quote]
Since when was food not supposed to smell? Seriously, when did sterile, over-processed, odorless food become the norm, and now it is literally offensive to people that food might actually have a smell? These people live off food out of vending machines that have a 10 year shelf life. Smell is a giant part of the taste of a food, that is, unless it’s processed shit that is just blasted out with sugar and salt.
No doubt, my office gets filled with the repulsive stench of processed TV dinners and fast-food every day. Not to mention the bathrooms a few hours later…
Why is it the guys with bellies hanging over their belts are the first to criticize your healthy eating??
I think if someone gave me that “baby gap” comment I’d probably ask them if they ever come up with anything witty on their own or do they sit at home after work with a pad and pen and write down clever quips from all the popular movies? Or just smile, nod and walk away … one of those two
[quote]kellerdp wrote:
PozzSka wrote:
Verbing weirds words.
Calvin and Hobbes rules.
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you know it.
[quote]jermag27 wrote:
Why is it the guys with bellies hanging over their belts are the first to criticize your healthy eating??[/quote]
Envy is ugly in person
Tonight I heard…
“I hear creatine gives you more veins?” from the dumbass kid who gets paid to rerack the weights -lol.
S
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
Tonight I heard…
“I hear creatine gives you more veins?” from the dumbass kid who gets paid to rerack the weights -lol.
S
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My mom heard that “creatine gives you roid rage.”
Im not allowed to get any. Can’t wait till I can drive…
While I was in the locker room…I am mixing my protein shake at the sink and a older guy walks over, our convo went something like this…
Him:“What is that?”
Me: "Oh, it’s a protein and carb shake.
Him: "Oh ok, what kind of protein is it?
Me: “It’s just whey.”
Him: “Well have your ever tried hemp protein?”
Me: “Um…isn’t that weed?”
Him: giggles, winks, and walks off…
I didn’t know what to think.
Not at the gym, but:
During PT this fat old NCO tells me that the 10 minute mini-yoga we do before our group 5k isn’t enough of a warm up. I replied, “You’re right. That’s why I warmup with a 5k before PT.”
I’d like to give him the benefit of the doubt because he’s old and sport medicine has come a long way since he was…in shape? But I still hate fat guys telling me how to run, lift, swim, etc.
I was doing 200lb pulldowns and the lady at the counter said: “That’s the most weight I’ve ever seen someone do on there!”.
I felt really sad because I know she’s been working there for at least 5 years.
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
While I was in the locker room…I am mixing my protein shake at the sink and a older guy walks over, our convo went something like this…
Him:“What is that?”
Me: "Oh, it’s a protein and carb shake.
Him: "Oh ok, what kind of protein is it?
Me: “It’s just whey.”
Him: “Well have your ever tried hemp protein?”
Me: “Um…isn’t that weed?”
Him: giggles, winks, and walks off…
I didn’t know what to think.[/quote]
lol