CNN Article on 'Jerks @ the Gym'

[BigCasino]

Just thought I'd share with you all this article I came across on CNN, about 'Gym Jerks', people @ the gym displaying unacceptable behavior, by their definition.

Dealing with jerks at your gym - CNN.com

The main reason it irked me was they make it sound as though you need to be completely silent, and are not allowed to sweat cause that is 'icky'. Some stuff, like talking on the cell phone, I agree with, but other parts just seem like more health spa style complaining and bullsh!t.

I also like how it is an article about unacceptable behavior, and they show a muscular black man appearing to be grunting while squatting. Muscles? Weights? At the gym? God forbid.

 

[ReaperX]

i can't believe cnn would write an article on something like this.


If people are so clueless that they don't know how to deal with people in the gym and need to read an article helping them, they have bigger problems then gym bullies.

 

[SilentBob187]

i can't believe cnn would write an article on something like this.


If people are so clueless that they don't know how to deal with people in the gym and need to read an article helping them, they have bigger problems then gym bullies.

Hiding their lunch money? Getting their pocket protectors stuck in the smith machine? Talking to girls? Don't leave me hanging Reap!

 

[ReaperX]

Hiding their lunch money? Getting their pocket protectors stuck in the smith machine? Talking to girls? Don't leave me hanging Reap!

I believe the proper term is 'socially inept'. lol.

 

[Nightwanderer]

There will always be people who are jerks -- people who take their workout way too seriously and feel entitled to do whatever they want, whenever they want because they've paid their $29 a month,"

just....omg....dunno what to say... the people who take their workout 'too seriously' are the people who really deserve their gym time....

 

[pantera101]

I hate intentional grunters....Ya'll know the ones.I also hate the singers.This one girl always sings and it's never words or anything,just these moan type things and she'll do little dances between sets.She's got a good voice but I don't want to hear it.I hate the half reppers,the same thing every daypeople,the machine people,I hate it when I'm waiting for something and the person is half a$$ing the sets and talking in between,I also hate the nudity in the locker room when theirs a room out side the shower to change in.You know the double curtained showers?But heres what I do about it......I put up with it!If it gets to me then I transfer the anger to the weights.

 

[ReaperX]

No matter what time I go, no matter how late, no matter what locker I choose, everytime I get done with my workout and go back to the locker room there's always a fat, smelly naked guy using the locker right next to mine.


I've given up as no matter what I do, it always inevitably happens.

 

[pantera101]

I get a weird feeling everytime I walk into the lockeroom,and a sence of relief when I leave without seeing a naked dude.It's usually the old guys....

 

[hardknock]

I tell you the worse thing ever happened

It's when my original gym first opened, 7 years back and they did not have a box in on the toilet area yet. It was open basically.

So Im getting done with my work out and i go in to get my stuff...Im there getting my things and this guy walks in...so, Im paying him no attention due to having my back turned getting things out of the locker.

When i turn around, this guy is sitting on the toilet taking the browns to the super bowl...im like wtffff?

I just acted liek he werent even there, got my shoes, and walked out ... I had no idea what to say.

 

[Inarius]

wow... this is interesting...
It seems like people who are serious about lifting don't belong in a gym. I think that people who think we are too serious about lifting don't belong in a gym. I just look at some people and question whether they are there to make a difference in their life or just to give them the confidence to eat the last donut when they get home...

 

[ShakesAllDay]

I have a new appreciation for grunting and yelling since I've been working out at home. I used to minimize any such noise at the gym. Not avoid it, but not just let it loose like I do at home. Now, I'm very fond of screaming on my last 2-3 reps of squats and deads. :head:

 

[ReaperX]

I tell you the worse thing ever happened

It's when my original gym first opened, 7 years back and they did not have a box in on the toilet area yet. It was open basically.

So Im getting done with my work out and i go in to get my stuff...Im there getting my things and this guy walks in...so, Im paying him no attention due to having my back turned getting things out of the locker.

When i turn around, this guy is sitting on the toilet taking the browns to the super bowl...im like wtffff?

I just acted liek he werent even there, got my shoes, and walked out ... I had no idea what to say.

That would have def. been awkward, esp without the doors. Hm. I guess if I were in that situation I would have just rolled with it, ran up to him and kicked him over while he was sitting on the toilet.


It's not like the situation would get any more awkward. Does that make sense ?

 

[ReaperX]

I hate intentional grunters....Ya'll know the ones.I also hate the singers.This one girl always sings and it's never words or anything,just these moan type things and she'll do little dances between sets.She's got a good voice but I don't want to hear it.I hate the half reppers,the same thing every daypeople,the machine people,I hate it when I'm waiting for something and the person is half a$$ing the sets and talking in between,I also hate the nudity in the locker room when theirs a room out side the shower to change in.You know the double curtained showers?But heres what I do about it......I put up with it!If it gets to me then I transfer the anger to the weights.

Sometimes I hear so much grunting, huffing, and screaming I wonder if people are working out or if they are filming a gay pornographic film.


Much to my disappointment, everytime I look over they are just working out. Go figure.

 

[pantera101]

Sometimes I hear so much grunting, huffing, and screaming I wonder if people are working out or if they are filming a gay pornographic film.


Much to my disappointment, everytime I look over they are just working out. Go figure.

Theirs a girl at my gym who sounds like she's having sex as well.The bad part is she's a butch lesbian......

 

[ReaperX]

Theirs a girl at my gym who sounds like she's having sex as well.The bad part is she's a butch lesbian......

In that case I'd jack her in the face for being such a tease.

 

[SilentBob187]

Sometimes I hear so much grunting, huffing, and screaming I wonder if people are working out or if they are filming a gay pornographic film.


Much to my disappointment, everytime I look over they are just working out. Go figure.

Sometimes you can't help it. :sad:

 

[Inarius]

haha. I hate the guys who ask you for a spot then when they bench they blow up right into your face... That is gross...

 

[ReaperX]

Blowing out the world's biggest candle..................

 

[Jaynandez]

What a stupid article. I guess it is not appropriate to sweat at the gym anymore.

 

[dsade]

Sometimes I hear so much grunting, huffing, and screaming I wonder if people are working out or if they are filming a gay pornographic film.


Much to my disappointment, everytime I look over they are just working out. Go figure.

Much to your disappointment? Yeah, it must be a real let down to turn around all excited, expecting to see some hairy poop canal getting plowed, only to see nothing but weight moving up and down.

 

[ReaperX]

exactly.

 

[Inarius]

... only to see nothing but weight moving up and down.

That sounds pretty erotic in its self... lol

 

[ReaperX]

Much to your disappointment? Yeah, it must be a lreal et down to turn around all excited, expecting to see some hairy poop canal getting plowed, only to see nothing but weight moving up and down.

I think the choice in detail was spot, IMO.

 

[CDB]

Then there's the New York lawsuit involving a screaming spin class participant who was forcibly upended on his stationary bike by a classmate fed up with his loud grunts and shouts of "You go, girl!" In June, jurors acquitted the defendant, stockbroker Christopher Carter, of assault charges in that incident.

Am I the only one who thought this was hilarious?

:toofunny:

I can't stand people who scream bloody murder on every rep. I can't stand the old fat naked guys in the locker room. There's one guy at my racquetball club, it looks like he dowsed himself with rubber cement and then rolled through a barber shop. I'm surprised no one has shot him for a trophy yet.

But I don't think the article is unreasonable. There are pricks int he gym, and it's not like they're taking things to a Planet Fitness level of idiocy.

 

[CDB]

What a stupid article. I guess it is not appropriate to sweat at the gym anymore.

It's perfectly acceptable to sweat. You just might want to wipe the machine down when you're done so no one has to sit in your puddle of smeg.

 

[dsade]

I'm so hardcore, I grunt and scream when I wipe the sweat off my nautilus adductor machine..naked.

 

[SilentBob187]

I'm so hardcore, I grunt and scream when I wipe the sweat off my nautilus adductor machine..naked.

...while filming a gay pornographic film? I mean, you said you were hardcore.

 

[ReaperX]

hm. hardcore indeed. I respect the fact that he is curteous enough to wipe the sweat off though.

 

[dsade]

hm. hardcore indeed. I respect the fact that he is curteous enough to wipe the sweat off though.

To be fair, it isn't JUST sweat.

 

[Inarius]

Ew....

 

[pantera101]

It's perfectly acceptable to sweat. You just might want to wipe the machine down when you're done so no one has to sit in your puddle of smeg.

Exactly!!!I can't stand that either.But again,I go get a sanitary spray bottle and spray it and wipe it down with the towel thats with the bottle.

Oh and dsade,I love havoc!!!!

 

[BigT4040]

There's one guy at my racquetball club, it looks like he dowsed himself with rubber cement and then rolled through a barber shop. I'm surprised no one has shot him for a trophy yet.

LMAO:toofunny:

U got a sasquatch at ur gym too?

 

[Inarius]

I thought they were just myths...

 

[Inarius]

"You have people who are full of testosterone or are taking supplements and already hyped up when they come in to work out," he says. "When that mixes with an aggressive personality, you've got somebody who can easily get into an altercation"


.... Im not sure what to say about this one... It sounds like they are pointing the finger at supp users for this...

 

[ReaperX]

To be fair, it isn't JUST sweat.

:clap2:

 

[Zero V]

I think the term "icky" just ha a new classification added.

 

[crader]

You should try living with him, it refines the word icky and sasquatch all in the same sentence.

 

[Zero V]

something else. I dont do the grunt deal. If I am pushing it i do that "TSSSSSSSSHHHH" exhale through my teeth. I found it to be better for me. Grunting makes me feel like an ork! Though I have done it to push that final rep that probably shouldnt be done before lol.

Every one is attacking supp users....the normies dont like us.... they dont understand us..... they fear us:twisted:

 

[dsade]

they fear us:twisted:

and rightfully so. We'z crazy!

 

[CDB]

LMAO:toofunny:

U got a sasquatch at ur gym too?

Every time he lifts his arm to spray deoderant I expect birds to scatter from under there. It's sick. I thought I was hairy, this guy is legendery.

 

[b unit]

this thread reminds me of the you tube vid about "that guy"

i know it's been posted here before but why not post it again

 

[Zero V]

this thread reminds me of the you tube vid about "that guy"

i know it's been posted here before but why not post it again

LMAO!!!!!!!

Funny stuff b unit, like always :toofunny:

actually my gym is quiet 95% of the time, they have a ton of squirt bottles with towels on them to wipe equipment of when your done.

I have noticed people just watch you though... I will be getting a good pump going, cranking away at some reps, then notice in the mirror the people on the treadmills and bikes behind where im at are watching me... now the cute girls I don't mind....but whats up with the guys and older ladies....

I have done the lil flex thing in the mirror before, only to kinda gauge the difference in left and right arm though. Stupid left arm wont quiet catch up, and I am thinking a muscle injury from HS might be the issue...future surgery may loom if its what i think...

 

[hardknock]

That would have def. been awkward, esp without the doors. Hm. I guess if I were in that situation I would have just rolled with it, ran up to him and kicked him over while he was sitting on the toilet.


It's not like the situation would get any more awkward. Does that make sense ?

The weirdest part came about 2 weeks later when I spotted the guy in the gym again...he comes up and is nearly crying trying to apologize.

He says that he was on this new protein mix and it gave him diarrhea so bad he nearly sh!t his pants during dead lifts so that's why he ran in there ... he said he felt sh@t about to fly out of his eyeballs.

Man, that ish was so funny when he said that ... i walked to the back squat rack and nearly bust a gut laughing.

 

[ReaperX]

The weirdest part came about 2 weeks later when I spotted the guy in the gym again...he comes up and is nearly crying trying to apologize.

He says that he was on this new protein mix and it gave him diarrhea so bad he nearly sh!t his pants during dead lifts so that's why he ran in there ... he said he felt sh@t about to fly out of his eyeballs.

Man, that ish was so funny when he said that ... i walked to the back squat rack and nearly bust a gut laughing.

How can you take someone seriously once they tell you something like that ?

 

[CDB]

How can you take someone seriously once they tell you something like that ?

When you gotta go...

Hell, I've been there. But I've always managed to have some decent facilities around. However if one of those times hits and I'm on a tour boat, I'm jumping overboard.

 

[Inarius]

 

[Zero V]

what the.....

 

[Inarius]

its the supps man... lol

 

[b unit]

what the.....

would you believe that Arnold won a golden globe award for best supporting actor for that performance in Stay Hungry.

He did that movie right before the Pumping Iron documentary was filmed in 1975 and he had to drop his weight down to about 200lbs for that role in Stay Hungry.

It's a friggin crazy movie, a parody of when the fitness craze was starting to sweep america in the mid 70's, totally out there then and even more so now.

 

[hardknock]

That movie had a sorta porno feel to it...