Douchebags at the gym...

Brandinooooo said:
Atleast you tried to help. I know quite a few people that will nod and agree but go right back to doing what they were doing.
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I REALLY wanted to do more, because I could tell she had potential to actually be a decent lifter, and I hate to see people be mislead and ripped off by ignorant/arrogant supplement store owners, but some people just don't want to hear it. I could see them just ignoring me if I was some little guy (thinking "what does he know, he doesn't even look like he lifts"), but I'd like to think I look like I'm in pretty decent shape, and I had just finished repping 100lb+ dumbbells on incline press and 90-135lb weighted dips, and had a pretty nice pump going. I tried telling them that they'd be better off buying a joint supplement (and any supplement) online, and was going to recommend a few joint support supplements (ignoring the fact that it probably wouldn't even be necessary if she squatted manageable weight with proper form), but they didn't want to hear it.

justhere4comm said:
She was a douchebag.
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Oh, I also forgot to mention that the three of them were playing music from what I think was a portable speaker instead of using headphones.
 
That is what I said earlier. Some people just don't care or think they know everything
 
ryane87 said:
That is what I said earlier. Some people just don't care or think they know everything
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Pretty much. She's likely either going to hurt herself, or go into a powerlifting meet and not have a single lift count, even though she'll think she squats 300+. Unless of course she eventually ends up listening to someone; maybe a powerlifting coach one day, who knows. I'm not going to lose sleep over it though, haha. She probably would have saved $20 a month on the joint supplement alone if she'd listened to me (not to mention get a far superior product, and God knows what else he'll try to sell her); it's her loss at the end of the day.
 
muscleupcrohn said:
Pretty much. She's likely either going to hurt herself, or go into a powerlifting meet and not have a single lift count, even though she'll think she squats 300+. Unless of course she eventually ends up listening to someone; maybe a powerlifting coach one day, who knows. I'm not going to lose sleep over it though, haha. She probably would have saved $20 a month on the joint supplement alone if she'd listened to me (not to mention get a far superior product, and God knows what else he'll try to sell her); it's her loss at the end of the day.
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I'd rather have good form and and lower weight squats than painful high weight. But she's gonna have super painful and low weight squats.
 
This is the reason I have to fight the urge to help anyone in the gym. I see so many people making egregious errors in form, or exercise choice for their body. I keep it to myself.

Partially because I think I intimidate people (It could be in my head), and the rest because I've had too many people behave as if I were a martian; speaking in tongues; while riding a unicorn; drinking the blood of a goat.

The only truth is, that blood-of-goat power drink is damned good. Oh, I think I just may have given someone a Pre-workout name! Dibs, copyright...

The fact is, you tried to help, and I admire the effort.
 
muscleupcrohn said:
I REALLY wanted to do more, because I could tell she had potential to actually be a decent lifter, and I hate to see people be mislead and ripped off by ignorant/arrogant supplement store owners, but some people just don't want to hear it. I could see them just ignoring me if I was some little guy (thinking "what does he know, he doesn't even look like he lifts"), but I'd like to think I look like I'm in pretty decent shape, and I had just finished repping 100lb+ dumbbells on incline press and 90-135lb weighted dips, and had a pretty nice pump going. I tried telling them that they'd be better off buying a joint supplement (and any supplement) online, and was going to recommend a few joint support supplements (ignoring the fact that it probably wouldn't even be necessary if she squatted manageable weight with proper form), but they didn't want to hear it.


Oh, I also forgot to mention that the three of them were playing music from what I think was a portable speaker instead of using headphones.
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Should have said, "Oh, the real reason I came over here, turn that shyte down." Thanks. :)
 
justhere4comm said:
This is the reason I have to fight the urge to help anyone in the gym. I see so many people making egregious errors in form, or exercise choice for their body. I keep it to myself.

Partially because I think I intimidate people (It could be in my head), and the rest because I've had too many people behave as if I were a martian; speaking in tongues; while riding a unicorn; drinking the blood of a goat.

The only truth is, that blood-of-goat power drink is damned good. Oh, I think I just may have given someone a Pre-workout name! Dibs, copyright...

The fact is, you tried to help, and I admire the effort.
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Lmao
 
It's wendnesday so that means it's QUARTER SQUAT HUMP DAY! At least at my gym it is. I love watching guys quarter squat 4 plates on the smith machine.
 
Shyt, the majority of the lifting population wouldn't see anything wrong
 
I went to my new gym yesterday and there's a big platform for powerlifters. A guy was deadlifting 405 with a curved back and hitching like crazy, then dropped the bar from the top.
 
Joe12 said:
A friend of mine was so pumped the other day. He told me he nailed 245 on the smith machine. I was like, that's awesome, but you do know the bar is only 15 lbs.... so you technically benched 215. He was blown, haha.
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Was he upset when you told him you couldn't be friends with someone who benched on a Smith?
 
How about the 20 something spoon fed b@stard of a guy in the gym the other day doing deadlifts with 225? Not grunting, but literally growling at every rep. Not to mention the fact that he wasn't dropping the bar, he was d@mn near purposely SLAMMING the weight on the deck.....AFTER WVERY D@MN REP!!!
 
Warning. Not really a dbag story.

This one fellow I see at the gym daily was walking by me with a sling on his arm.

I had to ask.
He told me he ripped his tendon and bicep.

Holy crap. He had surgery where they had to move the nerve and block it. Damn.

Dude works out hard and is all business like me at the gym. Good guy.

It's nice to have a decent story now and then.

I mentioned nerve restore for at least his neuropathy and to look into it.

One of the few people I look forward to seeing there.
 
FireTitan said:
How about the 20 something spoon fed b@stard of a guy in the gym the other day doing deadlifts with 225? Not grunting, but literally growling at every rep. Not to mention the fact that he wasn't dropping the bar, he was d@mn near purposely SLAMMING the weight on the deck.....AFTER WVERY D@MN REP!!!
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Hay man, I can only DL 225, lol
 
What about the fat kid who's on gear who butt****s on his phone, does maybe 3 sets in the 2 hours they're there, takes smoke breaks during their workout and tried to pick a fight with me last week. I hate this guy. He always takes his shoes and socks off outside, then uses his socks to wipe the sweat off his feet. He also smells like cheese...y'all know this *****?
 
Whorid said:
What about the fat kid who's on gear who butt****s on his phone, does maybe 3 sets in the 2 hours they're there, takes smoke breaks during their workout and tried to pick a fight with me last week. I hate this guy. He always takes his shoes and socks off outside, then uses his socks to wipe the sweat off his feet. He also smells like cheese...y'all know this *****?
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Oh I forgot he's fat. Only reason I know he's on gear because I saw him buy a bottle of test outside the gym and proceeded to drop it on the sidewalk causing it to break...yeah that guy
 
You just replied and quoted yourself in that reply....

Something is amiss here but I can't put my finger on it...
 
I know this has been said millions of times before but encountered this guy again. Load up 6 plates on each side of leg press, then just leave them on there when you're done. I'm at the Y too where people of all levels go so there might be people that want to use it but can't take that much weight off
 
FireTitan said:
How about the 20 something spoon fed b@stard of a guy in the gym the other day doing deadlifts with 225? Not grunting, but literally growling at every rep. Not to mention the fact that he wasn't dropping the bar, he was d@mn near purposely SLAMMING the weight on the deck.....AFTER WVERY D@MN REP!!!
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Yeah, I have one at my gym, sets up a camera tripod, foam rolls for about 45 minutes, I think he's a Layne Norton disciple, not saying following Layne is a bad thing but you know how fresh lifters are...they see his videos and they copy his bar drop with 600#+ and they they are supposed to do that at every weight.
 
Hey, my new gym said that I could use chalk and I don't have to clean it up. That's what they get paid to do. :) :winwin:
 
puccah8808 said:
Hey, my new gym said that I could use chalk and I don't have to clean it up. That's what they get paid to do. :) :winwin:
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Speaking of chalk, I was doing dumbbell incline presses a few days ago, and when I went to pick up the 100s, it looked like someone dipped the entire dumbbells in chalk; I'm not really a fan of that, haha.
 
nicksox15 said:
I know this has been said millions of times before but encountered this guy again. Load up 6 plates on each side of leg press, then just leave them on there when you're done. I'm at the Y too where people of all levels go so there might be people that want to use it but can't take that much weight off
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Yeah, if you can load it up and press it, you can put the plates back. I don't leave more than 2 plates per side on the leg press. I like to take 2 plates off at a time; it goes faster and it's a bit of a workout, haha.
 
My gym has 100#s, makes loading leg press a breeze
 
We still get some of these guys:

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But for the most part it's a great place.
 
Well hurricane Michael Angelo decided to come **** on my area and the thought of doing squats while soaking wet doesn't seem appealing to me. It's gains o'clock tho
 
He's not a d bag for this but theres this guy I know who uses gear and I haven't seen him for 6 months. Today I saw him and **** you not his face has aged a solid 10 years. Come on there must be someway to negate that side effect. It's just crazy!
 
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