Dumb things we see in the gym... - Page 12

I'm happy to let people work in, but put everything back where you found it, sport.

I have a minor dislike for guys who pick up DBs and stand in front of the rack exercising. How bloody hard is it for you to take two steps back? But I have a special hatred for guys who load 14 plates on a leg press machine, do three half reps then walk away.

At any rate, I'm as guilty as anyone for doing dumb looking shit in the gym. Barbell rollouts always garner a few looks.

lefty

What's wrong with people doing martial arts in the aerobics room?

I need to join a gym. Not to get fit but just to witness all the amazing things you guys are seeing. I could do without the old man naked bits though.

exactly fucking right.

I see all manner of dumb, dangerous, and lame acts at the gym I attend. I am an older lifter and do some work that others rarely do. The one that often draws the most curiosity is floor lifts in the power cage.

^i love power partials and floor presses, even pullover and press on the floor.

Yeah, it seems like a reasonable thing to do. I don't think some of these dumb things are really all that dumb.

I'd have to say the dumbest thing I've seen is a guy benching without a spotter and then having to yell for help because he's using too much weight for too many reps.

I only work in with people if I do their weight or more, you have to show them their place or it isn't worth it.

That's been me more then once.

The only thing that really annoys me is when people who can't lift shit act arrogant. Some big fat guy was douching it up and telling me to hurry up in the squat ( I wasn't resting that long and i was obviously busting my ass as my face went red by the end of the set). I assumed he was strong but fat (hard to tell). After i'm done he proceeds to quarter front squat 135 3 x 5 (he looked about 270-300) while bs-ing with his trainer. I actually started laughing.

yeah, I do that every now and again. I don't like working with anybody, because I don't like the talking that goes with it. but every now and again, I do need a spot. I try to grab people before I need it, rather than after, but that has happened, too.

I work out at a gym in China. Far worse than anything I've seen back in the states.

People never carry around towels and gym employees never clean off the machines. The employees job is to mop the floors non-stop.
Ping pong and billiards consist of half the gym.
The gym sells water, gatorade, creatine, fake protein powder, and cigarettes.
90% of the men smoke before and after working out.
For some reason the men here don't only use towels to dry off. They use a blow dryer to dry and fluff out their massive pubic bushes.
Our shower has a squat toilet in the corner. When it is occupied people openly pee in the shower.
The bigger guys at the gym always leave their weights on the squat racks and benches. The few women that attempt using free weights struggle to pick them up.
Most guys come, chat for an hour, play ping pong, do 2 sets of bench presses, talk on their cell phones loudly, spit at least 10 times, then go spit more in the locker room.

Honestly, not much pisses me off in the gym. I have a high tolerance. But one thing that really irks me is the quarter-rep squats, when some skinny kid loads up 315lb+ on the bar and goes down about 5 inches. How could anyone possibly think that it is the correct way to squat?

It's not "the correct" way to squat, but on alternate weeks my trainer has me do full ROM squats or partial squats (about a 1'-2' ROM) with as much weight as I can possibly handle (with chains and safety rails in place ). The idea is that after partials, the weight I'm using for full ROM feels feather-light. So the kid may know what he's doing (doubtful, I agree, but he's not necessarily a moron).

At least not smoking during work-outs. My first gym did not ban smoking.

How about outside the gym?



lefty