Yes. Asking how long someone is going to be isn’t unreasonable and certainly shouldn’t hurt anyone. Did the OP expect the guy to hurry up because he was waiting on him(even though he wasn’t actually “creeping” around him waiting on him)? I didn’t get that impression.
[quote]Kreal7 wrote:
Haha that’s hilarious. Do something else instead of creeping around him while he is doing his thing? Asking someone how long they are going to take helps no one. You think he’ll hurry since you are waiting on him?
Maybe time to add some mass if he thinks 95 lbs. will crush you.
Oh I’m sorry, am I being a douchebag?[/quote]
Well he said 10 minutes, and when I turned around a few minutes later he was gone. So maybe it did.
There’s no harm in asking how long somebody will be. If they say they have 1 or 2 more sets, obviously you would just wait opposed to if they said awhile you would do another exercise. Or in my case, ask them to move…lol. Nicely of course.
Next time he says no, get a barbell. Get about 3 or 4 feet DIRECTLY behind him. Crouch and start doing your rows (can’t hurt to change up a planned workout sometimes).
This is important → Use verbal cues to yourself. good ones would be: “Nice form.” “Work it, work it!” and “Tight…Keep it TIGHT”.
If you have succeeded in making eye contact with the GF, tell her that you think ‘her brother is kinda into you.’ If for some reason, he puts the weight down in order to speak with you, give him 3 or 4 shoulder feints, then ninja roll past him to HIS barbell. Yank it from the squat rack, and run to the cardio area with it. Get on a treadmill or a stairclimber, and crank it.
(rowing machines or ellipticals are probably too difficult to manage a barbell with) Scream “What now, bitches?” across the gym at the top of your lungs.
I promise you he won’t be the biggest douche bag in the gym anymore.
(towel snapping him in the O-ring should be included as well, but I’m much too busy to sort out when)
Prof X -
Respectfully, if the 250 pounder is 6’5", does he still qualify as a Big Guy?
[quote]Mad_Duck wrote:
Prof X -
Respectfully, if the 250 pounder is 6’5", does he still qualify as a Big Guy?
[/quote]
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Mad_Duck wrote:
Prof X -
Respectfully, if the 250 pounder is 6’5", does he still qualify as a Big Guy?
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?[/quote]
2 and a half if you’re well versed in the art.
[quote]cueball wrote:
Itchy wrote:
Do you ever get the feeling that some people on here login just to see what you are saying so they can argue with it?
This is a great way to trivialize any post written in disagreement with him removing any validity they might have had.
There is a flip side to your statement. I would bet many think he reads these threads just to see how many people he can belittle. Many deserve the tongue lashing he gives, but not everybody.[/quote]
Sorry, brother–wasn’t trying to trivialize.
It just seems like people LOVE to argue with Professor X. There could be 20 other people basically saying the same shit he is, but he is the one people choose to specifically address with their disagreements.
Just an observation.
[quote]Mad_Duck wrote:
Prof X -
Respectfully, if the 250 pounder is 6’5", does he still qualify as a Big Guy?
[/quote]
The hypothetical man in our discussion was actually 6’4".
[quote]Itchy wrote:
cueball wrote:
Itchy wrote:
Do you ever get the feeling that some people on here login just to see what you are saying so they can argue with it?
This is a great way to trivialize any post written in disagreement with him removing any validity they might have had.
There is a flip side to your statement. I would bet many think he reads these threads just to see how many people he can belittle. Many deserve the tongue lashing he gives, but not everybody.
Sorry, brother–wasn’t trying to trivialize.
It just seems like people LOVE to argue with Professor X. There could be 20 other people basically saying the same shit he is, but he is the one people choose to specifically address with their disagreements.
Just an observation.[/quote]
I’d say many people also go out of there way to be agreeable with him, as well. No one wants the proverbial tongue lashing, so to speak.
[quote]Mzungu wrote:
Ok, I’ve read the whole thread, so I might as well throw my opinion in aswell.
1: I think its just plain rude to ask someone to move so you can do what you want.
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Yup
[quote]
2: I think its rude to jump on a piece of equipment just because you think that as you are bigger you can get away with it.[/quote]
What does this have to do with this thread? No one did this.
“Hardcore” gyms aren’t that easy to find. It’s not like they have one inside every starbucks.
[quote]Itchy wrote:
What does this have to do with this thread? No one did this.
[/quote]
It’s like Planet Fitness around here…the big guy is always in the wrong.
I think so much of it is you’re disposition in the gym. You can be intense and well…nice at the same time. They aren’t mutually exclusive ideas. When someone asks me how many sets I have left I almost always tell them how many I have and that they can jump in if they feel like stripping it down and restoring it before my next set. Hell, if I notice someone standing around looking at what I’m using I offer “you want to jump in?”.
Even in the example the OP started this thread with my solution would have been to let the guy squat in the rack, while I pegged the bent over rows bar outside the rack. Maybe that’s to accommodating for many…but I have no problem with it…especially if it was a smaller guy that was new to the gym.
Now everything changes if it’s a shit attitude…like I’m in his way…but that hasn’t happened in a long time.
[quote]GDI Inc wrote:
I think so much of it is you’re disposition in the gym. You can be intense and well…nice at the same time. They aren’t mutually exclusive ideas. When someone asks me how many sets I have left I almost always tell them how many I have and that they can jump in if they feel like stripping it down and restoring it before my next set. Hell, if I notice someone standing around looking at what I’m using I offer “you want to jump in?”.
Even in the example the OP started this thread with my solution would have been to let the guy squat in the rack, while I pegged the bent over rows bar outside the rack. Maybe that’s to accommodating for many…but I have no problem with it…especially if it was a smaller guy that was new to the gym.
Now everything changes if it’s a shit attitude…like I’m in his way…but that hasn’t happened in a long time. [/quote]
Best post here.
[quote]hardgnr wrote:
Well he said 10 minutes, and when I turned around a few minutes later he was gone. So maybe it did.
There’s no harm in asking how long somebody will be. If they say they have 1 or 2 more sets, obviously you would just wait opposed to if they said awhile you would do another exercise. Or in my case, ask them to move…lol. Nicely of course.[/quote]
Good point, it probably did help. I just had the wrong picture in my head because usually when someone comes up to me they linger on the machine next to me until I’m done. It’s a bitch when a rack isn’t open I agree.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Mad_Duck wrote:
Prof X -
Respectfully, if the 250 pounder is 6’5", does he still qualify as a Big Guy?
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop?[/quote]
that’s why I asked… would you describe him as ‘Lanky’ then?