Douchebags at the gym...

Oh god, yes we do. We have the group of guys with no legs and spend 2 hours only working north of the belt, yelling and dropping weights while they punch each other in the chest after each set. I am just waiting on one of them to knock the other over because their legs can't support them.
 
I don't know if this bothers anyone else, but it happened again today, so I thought I'd post it.

Does it bother anyone else when you're using a squat, power rack, smith machine, or bench that has pegs attached to put plates or clips on. You're in the middle of a set and a person comes in your line of sight to take a plate or clip or even asks you while you're performing your set if you are using a plate or clip they want to take. Or if you're on a bench in the middle of your set and someone takes a plate and it shakes the bench a little. I cannot stand that. If a person needs weights from a rack or bench you're on, they should wait until you're done with your set. It is beyond distracting to go into a person's direct line of sight or even taking weights and making a bench or smith shake by taking them off the pegs or putting them on. Finally, if I am performing a set, I need to breathe, anyone who trains should know this. Why are you going to ask me a question in the middle of my set?

Sorry /rant. I just find this to be a common courtesy type thing.
 
It isn't just common courtesy, it is a safety issue and that person needs to be made aware. That is straight amateur hour and there is no excuse.
 
kisaj said:
It isn't just common courtesy, it is a safety issue and that person needs to be made aware. That is straight amateur hour and there is no excuse.
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I have no problem letting it be known to people if they're doing something stupid in my bubble mid set. I've actually had someone walk Into a barbell mid set on bench. Wanna talk about an ass chewing. I was scared and I wasn't even yelling at me. People have to have some regard for others health and safety.
 
superbeast668 said:
I have no problem letting it be known to people if they're doing something stupid in my bubble mid set. I've actually had someone walk Into a barbell mid set on bench. Wanna talk about an ass chewing. I was scared and I wasn't even yelling at me. People have to have some regard for others health and safety.
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I've had someone wait until the bar went up during OHP, just so they could pass by underneath it... Yes, that really happened... This came down to stupidity, carelessness, & pure laziness, because there were 3 other lanes they could've chosen to go down... I wish that lift failed, so that idiot would instantly regret that decision...
 
Not douchey at all but thought I'd share. Last father's day weekend I saw a fit father bring his son to the gym. Kid looked about 12 ish. His dad gave him a tour of the free weights section and was demonstrating/explaining how to use the equipment. The look on this kid's face was pure admiration and happiness. I couldn't get over how awesome that must have been for them both!
 
gokix811 said:
Not douchey at all but thought I'd share. Last father's day weekend I saw a fit father bring his son to the gym. Kid looked about 12 ish. His dad gave him a tour of the free weights section and was demonstrating/explaining how to use the equipment. The look on this kid's face was pure admiration and happiness. I couldn't get over how awesome that must have been for them both!
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Doesn't get much more anti-douche than that. He
 
AntM1564 said:
I don't know if this bothers anyone else, but it happened again today, so I thought I'd post it.

Does it bother anyone else when you're using a squat, power rack, smith machine, or bench that has pegs attached to put plates or clips on. You're in the middle of a set and a person comes in your line of sight to take a plate or clip or even asks you while you're performing your set if you are using a plate or clip they want to take. Or if you're on a bench in the middle of your set and someone takes a plate and it shakes the bench a little. I cannot stand that. If a person needs weights from a rack or bench you're on, they should wait until you're done with your set. It is beyond distracting to go into a person's direct line of sight or even taking weights and making a bench or smith shake by taking them off the pegs or putting them on. Finally, if I am performing a set, I need to breathe, anyone who trains should know this. Why are you going to ask me a question in the middle of my set?

Sorry /rant. I just find this to be a common courtesy type thing.
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I had this happen to me the other day: Squatting in the rack, and some weathered looking, overly tanned numbskull grabbed some 10s off the pegs of the rack. I actually stopped mid set to make sure an accident did not occur. The dbag had the smallest legs ever, and I snickered as I saw him go through every leg machine. But alas, he did not squat! HA

There's also a dbag at my gym that tries to talk to you during your set. There is no bigger bigger dbag move IMO
 
IrishSoldier said:
Haha my gym partner would fall into that category. I'm training him but he's never intense and always tries to talk the whole time!
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Mine will talk about himself non stop and since he won a show he feels the need to give me advice... The guy who helped him add size to his legs and build separation, critique his diet, help him with gear dosing and give him symmetry advice.... That's who he feels the need to give advice too. I bite my tongue and keep lifting. Because I'm gunna blow past him in size this year and crush him next year. I love the dude but damn... He told me to concentrate on my decentric movement the other day. I racked my bar, pulled my headphone out and said WTF did you just tell me?!? He repeated it and I said "you mean eccentric movement? Like the elongating stretch of the muscle before you contract into a CONcentric movement?" He had this look on his face like oh ****. I then told him to never lecture me on my lifting unless he can use the proper verbiage to portray his message. I don't care is he is ISSA certified, a certification doesn't mean a qualification.

Hahahaha he didn't say much more that day.
 
DangerDave said:
He told me to concentrate on my decentric movement the other day. I racked my bar, pulled my headphone out and said WTF did you just tell me?!? He repeated it and I said "you mean eccentric movement? Like the elongating stretch of the muscle before you contract into a CONcentric movement?" He had this look on his face like oh ****. I then told him to never lecture me on my lifting unless he can use the proper verbiage to portray his message. I don't care is he is ISSA certified, a certification doesn't mean a qualification.

Hahahaha he didn't say much more that day.
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thank you! You made my day!!!!

I had a good friend who use to say "that's his prerogatory" and another one with the "irregardless"!!!!

It's his "prerogative"...."regardless"!!!!

The "I could care less" kills me!!!
"I" - "could NOT care less"!!!!
 
David Dunn said:
thank you! You made my day!!!! I had a good friend who use to say "that's his prerogatory" and another one with the "irregardless"!!!! It's his "prerogative"...."regardless"!!!! The "I could care less" kills me!!! "I" - "could NOT care less"!!!!
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Little grammar things like that irritate me in person. Online not so much, but pronunciation face to face shows the level of intelligence of whom you are communicating with. I will correct people all the time. One of my "switches" if you will. Believe it or not I enjoyed English in Highschool and pulled A's in all my classes. My teachers loved me for it. Math ... Not so much. Never grasped the whole letters with numbers thing. I just couldn't understand it and scraped by with C's. Would have been honor but math isn't my thing when you get into algebra 2 and trig.
 
Piston Honda said:
How did you get below a million rep points? Or am I just imagining things?
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David Dunn said:
I didn't even notice until you mentioned it. I can't recall the meter/measure for points aside from approve/disapprove. I can't recall any neg reps but who knows. I think it may be inactivity. There's not much I engage in otherwise as I'm an old man in a younger crowd community :(
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I think I negged him couple times...
(shhh! maybe he won't notice)
 
JD261985 said:
Lol were sure they were all just drooling! They all stopped their workout just to stare at you Dave only you LMAO!! I love in south florida I see guys at my gym more jacked than you are. The women are gorgeous and I have never seen a woman stop their workout to drool over a guy. All in your head buddy. You aren't that important. You seem like a narcissist. I couldn't imagine spending more than 15 minutes in a room with you listening to you yap about how amazing you are LMAO! Sorry but man..I really do get a kick out of you lol. Damn.. I'm laughing so hard I'm tearing up lol
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:think:
wow this jd dude was always a bit, uh, different, but wth happened here?

puccah8808 said:
That's me, I always make sure my makeup is on point before I train, and that's also how I met my bf. *shrugs* I'll tell you this, too, I probably train harder than half those men and women at the gym. And attention seeker? No, I bs on here, everybody bs on here, but in the real world, I avoid people.
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I would just like to know what happened to the sponsored promo thread on our Stimul8 that you were in the middle of running, that I can now find no sign nor trace of....
?
 
She took off I believe, deleted her account and what not. Crappy she was in the middle if a log and didn't tell you guys.
 
thanks guys - yes I see there were some issues in other threads going on..
but yes nick, not cool to not follow thru on a sponsored log, and kinda compounded by her deleteing the damn thread she has logged to that point
oh well, stuff happens all the time eh..
 
BLaQz said:
I've had someone wait until the bar went up during OHP, just so they could pass by underneath it... Yes, that really happened... This came down to stupidity, carelessness, & pure laziness, because there were 3 other lanes they could've chosen to go down... I wish that lift failed, so that idiot would instantly regret that decision...
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Had a little old lady grab the end of the bar to support herself while I was in the middle of a rep. I racked the bar and cussed granny out then her husband comes at me talking like he wants to fight and telling me how he's a retired brigadier general cussed his old ass out to. God do I hate training at the gyms on post but they're free and well equipped just full of dumb mother****ers
 
Oscar said:
Had a little old lady grab the end of the bar to support herself while I was in the middle of a rep. I racked the bar and cussed granny out then her husband comes at me talking like he wants to fight and telling me how he's a retired brigadier general cussed his old ass out to. God do I hate training at the gyms on post but they're free and well equipped just full of dumb mother****ers
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Go back to Mexico you *******.
 
Oscar said:
Had a little old lady grab the end of the bar to support herself while I was in the middle of a rep. I racked the bar and cussed granny out then her husband comes at me talking like he wants to fight and telling me how he's a retired brigadier general cussed his old ass out to. God do I hate training at the gyms on post but they're free and well equipped just full of dumb mother****ers
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Not sure if srs
 
nicksox15 said:
She took off I believe, deleted her account and what not. Crappy she was in the middle if a log and didn't tell you guys.
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There was an issue regarding innappropriate post content that was address to all including her. Soon after she asked to have her account deleted. I personally told her I would not and emphasized her value here on the board. From what I can tell she has not posted since. She is welcome here at anytime provided she and everyone else abide by posting rules.
 
ion26 said:
Go back to Mexico you *******.
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Um not Mexican and I didn't so much cuss at her but yeah I yelled at her and her husband, what she did was extremely unsafe if you see someone doing heavy shoulder presses you do not grab the end of the bar she could've caused me or herself serious injury.
 
Oscar said:
Um not Mexican and I didn't so much cuss at her but yeah I yelled at her and her husband, what she did was extremely unsafe if you see someone doing heavy shoulder presses you do not grab the end of the bar she could've caused me or herself serious injury.
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how bout if the lil old lady was losing her balance, and simply reached out instinctively to steady herself and keep from falling, and you just happened to be close? I mean sh1t happens dude, doubt if she was thinking evilly to herself "hmmm this guy looks like a jerk, ima mess with his lift and yank on one side of bar"....

in any event, the issue would surely not be something I would cuss about, nor waste time retelling the story in such fashion

you need to lighten up
 
Oscar said:
Had a little old lady grab the end of the bar to support herself while I was in the middle of a rep. I racked the bar and cussed granny out then her husband comes at me talking like he wants to fight and telling me how he's a retired brigadier general cussed his old ass out to. God do I hate training at the gyms on post but they're free and well equipped just full of dumb mother****ers
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Abstract: elderly woman had trouble with balance, while attempting not to fall she unintentionally grabbed the closest thing to keep her from falling and possibly breaking her hip. Closest thing was op's barbell. OP then curses out old lady and then curses out her elderly veteran husband.
 
I'm waiting for granny to get home and post her experience with a douchebag here...
 
Oscar said:
Um not Mexican and I didn't so much cuss at her but yeah I yelled at her and her husband, what she did was extremely unsafe if you see someone doing heavy shoulder presses you do not grab the end of the bar she could've caused me or herself serious injury.
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Granny hatin on your gainz bro. She saw your gainz and was like fuk this dude.., what a bitch.

Or she almost fell and grabbed your bar out of instinct.

It was prolly the first one.., old people are mean and have no fuks to give.
 
todd muelheim said:
Abstract: elderly woman had trouble with balance, while attempting not to fall she unintentionally grabbed the closest thing to keep her from falling and possibly breaking her hip. Closest thing was op's barbell. OP then curses out old lady and then curses out her elderly veteran husband.
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Op is also a veteran and yes ill admit I overreacted but I'm a temperamental guy and if walkings such a bother for her she should carry a cane or use a walker no sense in risking other peoples safety just because she was likely to proud to let others see her as disabled
 
DangerDave said:
Granny hatin on your gainz bro. She saw your gainz and was like fuk this dude.., what a bitch.

Or she almost fell and grabbed your bar out of instinct.

It was prolly the first one.., old people are mean and have no fuks to give.
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Lol
 
Oscar said:
Op is also a veteran and yes ill admit I overreacted but I'm a temperamental guy and if walkings such a bother for her she should carry a cane or use a walker no sense in risking other peoples safety just because she was likely to proud to let others see her as disabled
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Just remember when you're old as fuk and in the gym and lose your balance don't grab anything... Fall down and really hurt yourself that way when you're in the hospital you at least can say you weren't a douche....
 
^^^ lmao....
I am so guilty of blacking out after an intense set and falling into a guy working with some heavy a$$ DB's, lol.....( sh!t happens, nobody got hurt, lol..)...
;)

As far as u getting pissed off at an older lady?
Sh!t Oscar, that is not acceptable!
It's not like she meant to do it. It was an instinct reaction to grab onto anything ....
And... Kudos to her for still going to the gym...
That's gonna b me someday!!
Old as fk n still givin er.... Yup...
;)
 
Hey Oscar.... If you're a veteran too, fückin act like it bro!! You're the douche here, or you made the story up to sound funny. Either way, not cool.
 
The PRIMARY JOB of the STRONG is to PROTECT and ASSIST the WEAK!
 
Magdalena said:
^^^ lmao....
I am so guilty of blacking out after an intense set and falling into a guy working with some heavy a$$ DB's, lol.....( sh!t happens, nobody got hurt, lol..)...
;)

As far as u getting pissed off at an older lady?
Sh!t Oscar, that is not acceptable!
It's not like she meant to do it. It was an instinct reaction to grab onto anything ....
And... Kudos to her for still going to the gym...
That's gonna b me someday!!
Old as fk n still givin er.... Yup...
;)
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The amount of winky faces in this post IS TO DAYYMMM HIGH
 
I see this thread is still full of the same tom-foolery as the last time I was in here.

Had a guy come out of the showers while I was walking to the lockers yesterday. He power walks and gets in front of me and is as naked as the day he was born with his towel in his hand. Worst part? The freakin' dbag stops abruptly in front of me and bends over to pick up a penny someone had dropped on the floor. I felt like kicking him between the legs and seeing if I could make a field goal with his sack.
 
lukehayd said:
I see this thread is still full of the same tom-foolery as the last time I was in here. Had a guy come out of the showers while I was walking to the lockers yesterday. He power walks and gets in front of me and is as naked as the day he was born with his towel in his hand. Worst part? The freakin' dbag stops abruptly in front of me and bends over to pick up a penny someone had dropped on the floor. I felt like kicking him between the legs and seeing if I could make a field goal with his sack.
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Lol!
 
lukehayd said:
I see this thread is still full of the same tom-foolery as the last time I was in here. Had a guy come out of the showers while I was walking to the lockers yesterday. He power walks and gets in front of me and is as naked as the day he was born with his towel in his hand. Worst part? The freakin' dbag stops abruptly in front of me and bends over to pick up a penny someone had dropped on the floor. I felt like kicking him between the legs and seeing if I could make a field goal with his sack.
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Hahahahaha I'm fukn dying. That's too funny lol
 
lukehayd said:
I see this thread is still full of the same tom-foolery as the last time I was in here.

Had a guy come out of the showers while I was walking to the lockers yesterday. He power walks and gets in front of me and is as naked as the day he was born with his towel in his hand. Worst part? The freakin' dbag stops abruptly in front of me and bends over to pick up a penny someone had dropped on the floor. I felt like kicking him between the legs and seeing if I could make a field goal with his sack.
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bro - ever since I had my hemorrhoids removed, I am very proud of my smooth angus, and do not miss an opportunity to show off the browneye.. my apologies if i offended you with this
 
snagencyV2.0 said:
bro - ever since I had my hemorrhoids removed, I am very proud of my smooth angus, and do not miss an opportunity to show off the browneye.. my apologies if i offended you with this
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Dang man, you really let yourself go if that was you! What happened to you? You used to be cool! :p
 
snagencyV2.0 said:
bro - ever since I had my hemorrhoids removed, I am very proud of my smooth angus, and do not miss an opportunity to show off the browneye.. my apologies if i offended you with this
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Nothing like a good rusty sheriffs badge show off. Hahahaha
 
Karmas a bit(h since losing my temper with the old folk I haven't been able to find my ID card to get on post and train.
 
Vance said:
Every gym has at least one.

At my gym he is one of these; that (Fat, lonely looking) dude who you made the mistake of acknowledging once as you walked past him (Another common mistake is trying to help someone with their form before they end up in a wheel-chair who ends up being one of these) who now just has to come up and give it the "WAZZZZZZZZZZUUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!?!?!?!?!" when you're on the last 2 reps of a power set. :frustrate

Or wants to come over and dribble **** about how his (Probably imaginary or inflatable) girlfriend is giving him the ****s while you're in the zone because you nodded at him once so obviously you care. Regardless of how many hints you drop the only way to get rid of this guy is to be as blunt as possible. :bryce:

So one of those episodes got me to wondering what the douchebags at your gym do to annoy/amuse you guys..?

Could be good for a laugh.
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Exactly this fat ****er is in my gym too. At all times I keep my headphones on and look another way!
 
I had a really fat guy try to give me advice, I literally just said okay and kept doing what I was doing.

It's the equivalent of fat/old gnc reps telling me what I need..
 
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