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Douchebags at the gym...

huxley309 said:
Some are really clueless in the gym.
I have the same problem as above with an Indian guy.
I'm sat down doing rope face pulls, he sits on the pulldown looking right at me whilst I'm working out, bearing he's what 2ft from my face.
I mean seriously what is it with him, I asked the owner what his deal is and apparently he's learning so will tag onto whoever he admires.
Well he can, just stop being such a space invader.
I'm really having my reservations about this guy, given he's middle aged so should know better.

I now have visions of being hog tied like in deliverence.
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So now you understand that he is trying to learn, so why not just be polite and acknowledge him so you can teach him that he cannot be in the way. I've had people stand around too close and I just nod and say, "hows it going or what's up, man" just to get their attention because sometimes they don't realize they are doing what they are doing and you acknowledging them makes them snap out of it.

ninja edit- just saw that he follows you into the locker room. You need to confront that with the gym management.
 
True, I'll leave him to it for now, as I don't need to train anyone as I have enough going on.

But I will say something if not to break the ice and make him see it's really freaky.


kisaj said:
ninja edit- just saw that he follows you into the locker room. You need to confront that with the gym management.
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Lol rich thought it was comical, I guess it is in a way.

If he oversteps the mark, I'll be sure to make it known.
 
Nothing at the gym has gotten me really pissed lately, except that it is like a freaking library in there. Any time anyone slams weight or makes a sound people just glare at you. So to rectify the situation I was doing some heavy squatting, suicide silence comes on - no pity for a coward , Invalid Link Removed , so at that point its on. Gets to a point in the song where im just looking at the weight I have on the bar and then it happens..... i just scream " PULL THE TRIGGER BIIIIITCCCCHH" and start repping out my old max like it was 135. Pretty big adrenaline rush, after I got some strand death stares and then laughed.
 
EatMoar said:
Nothing at the gym has gotten me really pissed lately, except that it is like a freaking library in there. Any time anyone slams weight or makes a sound people just glare at you. So to rectify the situation I was doing some heavy squatting, suicide silence comes on - no pity for a coward , Invalid Link Removed , so at that point its on. Gets to a point in the song where im just looking at the weight I have on the bar and then it happens..... i just scream " PULL THE TRIGGER BIIIIITCCCCHH" and start repping out my old max like it was 135. Pretty big adrenaline rush, after I got some strand death stares and then laughed.
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didn't know you were still here.... Nice squatting... Douche
 
EatMoar said:
I drop in from time to time, still following you thread, I see you are still a crossfitter (the only cool one :D). Hope all is well with you and your family bud.
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haha, dude I ain't done CF for over a year now! Did my 1st PL meet, and now I'm hooked!!
 
So the same guy that I laughed at for his half shrugs was doing tricep pushdowns on the knee pad of the assisted dip/chin machine. Do I have the right to laugh at him again?
 
mountainman33 said:
So the same guy that I laughed at for his half shrugs was doing tricep pushdowns on the knee pad of the assisted dip/chin machine. Do I have the right to laugh at him again?
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I see people using that machine for all kinds of weird stuff. Pushing it down with their legs, straight arm pushdowns, pretty funny
 
huxley309 said:
Some are really clueless in the gym.
I have the same problem as above with an Indian guy.
I'm sat down doing rope face pulls, he sits on the pulldown looking right at me whilst I'm working out, bearing he's what 2ft from my face.
I mean seriously what is it with him, I asked the owner what his deal is and apparently he's learning so will tag onto whoever he admires.
Well he can, just stop being such a space invader.
I'm really having my reservations about this guy, given he's middle aged so should know better.

I now have visions of being hog tied like in deliverence.
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Having reservations with an Indian guy.... Soundsa bout right... *bass, snare, symbol*
 
Sometimes doing weird exercises on a machine is beneficial. Doing the tricep pressdown on the assisted dip machine can be essentially like doing a diamond pushup. One can position their hands in the fashion you would for the pushup and the triceps are more isolated. Doing shrugs in the standing calf machine is great too, especially with slow negatives. The pads are trying to force your traps down while one tries to contract them.
 
AntM1564 said:
Sometimes doing weird exercises on a machine is beneficial. Doing the tricep pressdown on the assisted dip machine can be essentially like doing a diamond pushup. One can position their hands in the fashion you would for the pushup and the triceps are more isolated. Doing shrugs in the standing calf machine is great too, especially with slow negatives. The pads are trying to force your traps down while one tries to contract them.
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Yep and you can almost mimic a landmine press with the calf machine. Just get under it and press.
 
I travelled the world for a while, and some gyms have very minimal equipment or some just don't have the exact pieces I want to use for certain workouts. I'll improvise however I can. I've been known to use seated calf raises and lat pulldown machines as GHD's many a times. You do what is needed to get sh!t done.
 
juniorab said:
I travelled the world for a while, and some gyms have very minimal equipment or some just don't have the exact pieces I want to use for certain workouts. I'll improvise however I can. I've been known to use seated calf raises and lat pulldown machines as GHD's many a times. You do what is needed to get sh!t done.
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Yeah, it's hard to judge what people do. Some people just don't know what the machine is used for until someone shows them.
 
juniorab said:
I travelled the world for a while, and some gyms have very minimal equipment or some just don't have the exact pieces I want to use for certain workouts. I'll improvise however I can. I've been known to use seated calf raises and lat pulldown machines as GHD's many a times. You do what is needed to get sh!t done.
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I'll absolutely agree with that! However....when you have a gym full of equipment, and what you're doing with a piece of that equipment is useless, then you need to reavaluate your training.
 
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In one corner of the gym there was a guy curling (55#) in the squat rack with one of those gay Bane masks, and in the other corner there was a guy resting a gallon of water and two DBs on a flat bench.

Irritated me today, a lot.
 
Lucked out at the gym today. Decided against my usual postworkout doobie in the back, walked out front and there's a cop checking in.
 
Saw a guy with two overweight women the other day crowding a bench. One girl was filming this guy, who was average and also over weight. He had 4 10lbs plates on each side and needed both girls to strip the weight for a drop set. The guy went half way down and only did about 3 reps per. Not even sure what I saw.
 
Pretty lucky. Not much goes on at my gym, EXCEPT on the squat rack. Curling, rowing, shrugs, etc... Only 1 squat rack, too. Come on...



Oh, there is this one guy I rarely see. He always loads the bar up way more than he can safely lift (Squat & Bench) and knocks out 1/3 reps. First time I saw him bench, I just saw him and what he had on the bar and just waited thinking I'd surely be yanking the bar off his chest at anytime. Haha. Then I saw how little he was actually moving it and rolled my eyes and walked away.
 
blacklac said:
Pretty lucky. Not much goes on at my gym, EXCEPT on the squat rack. Curling, rowing, shrugs, etc... Only 1 squat rack, too. Come on...



Oh, there is this one guy I rarely see. He always loads the bar up way more than he can safely lift (Squat & Bench) and knocks out 1/3 reps. First time I saw him bench, I just saw him and what he had on the bar and just waited thinking I'd surely be yanking the bar off his chest at anytime. Haha. Then I saw how little he was actually moving it and rolled my eyes and walked away.
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Put a note on it saying curling is not allowed. I've debated doing that...
 
New Years is here! Aaaaaggghhh!!! So many newbies at the gym today it was scary. But the worst was a dad training his son on legs, and doing so poorly that the poor kid is going to blow out both knees before he graduates high school. I wanted to say something to the guy because I was getting so pissed at his horrible instruction, but went to the desk and asked if anyone who was a CPT could talk to the guy and correct him. Luckily the head trainer was on duty and talked with them. But of course being the douchebag I figured he was, after the head trainer left the guy went right back to having his son doing leg press with his toes pointed in and his feet nice and close together. I felt so bad for that poor kid.
 
mountainman33 said:
New Years is here! Aaaaaggghhh!!! So many newbies at the gym today it was scary. But the worst was a dad training his son on legs, and doing so poorly that the poor kid is going to blow out both knees before he graduates high school. I wanted to say something to the guy because I was getting so pissed at his horrible instruction, but went to the desk and asked if anyone who was a CPT could talk to the guy and correct him. Luckily the head trainer was on duty and talked with them. But of course being the douchebag I figured he was, after the head trainer left the guy went right back to having his son doing leg press with his toes pointed in and his feet nice and close together. I felt so bad for that poor kid.
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Lol time for the gym, I'm going to wear obnoxious gear and listen to ****ing Bobby shmurda and yell out lyrics. HAPPY NEW YEAR FELLAS
 
Semi-busy gym. Dude is curling in front of the dumbbell rack/mirror. When he finishes he slams the curl bar to the ground. Not drop. Hurls it into the floor. Every. Single. Set. It wasn't like he was curling 135, but he clearly did that just to make a scene because he'd look around afterwards to see if people were taking notice.
 
gokix811 said:
Semi-busy gym. Dude is curling in front of the dumbbell rack/mirror. When he finishes he slams the curl bar to the ground. Not drop. Hurls it into the floor. Every. Single. Set. It wasn't like he was curling 135, but he clearly did that just to make a scene because he'd look around afterwards to see if people were taking notice.
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He seems hot and alpha, go up to him and curl more than him. Drop the weight on his feet.
 
Two kids were doing shrugs right in front of the dumbbell rack today. I had to put my dumbbell back, at first, I stood net to one o them, thinking he would move back with the 3 feet he had behind him. No. I walked right in front of him to put my weight back. I don't want to disrupts anyone's workout and I always walk around if they are looking in the mirror, but come on. Have some common sense and etiquette.

And I say kids, but they were probably mid 20s. When people piss me off, I always call them kid
 
AntM1564 said:
Two kids were doing shrugs right in front of the dumbbell rack today. I had to put my dumbbell back, at first, I stood net to one o them, thinking he would move back with the 3 feet he had behind him. No. I walked right in front of him to put my weight back. I don't want to disrupts anyone's workout and I always walk around if they are looking in the mirror, but come on. Have some common sense and etiquette.

And I say kids, but they were probably mid 20s. When people piss me off, I always call them kid
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I had the same exact issue this morning, the kid (not much older than 20) was shrugging what I was chest pressing, but making it look like a huge amount of weight.
 
blacklac said:
Pretty lucky. Not much goes on at my gym, EXCEPT on the squat rack. Curling, rowing, shrugs, etc... Only 1 squat rack, too. Come on... Oh, there is this one guy I rarely see. He always loads the bar up way more than he can safely lift (Squat & Bench) and knocks out 1/3 reps. First time I saw him bench, I just saw him and what he had on the bar and just waited thinking I'd surely be yanking the bar off his chest at anytime. Haha. Then I saw how little he was actually moving it and rolled my eyes and walked away.
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There's like 10 different guys at my gym who do this. Drives me batsh!t crazy.
 
Aaahhhh I love the new year. So many New Years resolutionists with shiny new shoes, matching clothes, adorable little gloves and big dreams in their hearts. Welcome to the temple of gainz b1tches! Now get outta my way!!! They will start dropping like flies in a month or two.
 
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