Douchebags at the gym...
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JP10
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I hate when people slam cable weights. I feel like it's disrespectful to the gym to be honest. Half of them are tiny and I'm just like control your sh1t man..
Quest
Active member
I started out at a small personal training gym. The owner Frank faschetti was a great guy. You could give him your dues whenever you had the $. Guys would clean up etc out of respect.
You would not Even think of dropping his cable's. When I first started out I dropped my dumbbells after chest press. He walked over and said hey do not drop my weights. If you can't pick them off of the rack, do your presses and walk them back, you're lifting too much weight.
To this day that's how I roll...
You would not Even think of dropping his cable's. When I first started out I dropped my dumbbells after chest press. He walked over and said hey do not drop my weights. If you can't pick them off of the rack, do your presses and walk them back, you're lifting too much weight.
To this day that's how I roll...
puccah8808
Legend
Bench day.
Me: Hey, can you spot me?
Old man: Sure.
*135*
Me: Ok, I just want to do two reps, I haven't benched heavy in a while.
Him: Ok.
*lifts off.... Never lets go of the fcukin bar*
Him: Good job!
Me: Uh, can you let go of the bar next time?
Him: No, good spotters never let go of the bar.
Me: But I've benched it before. Can you just let go?
Him: No, I've spotted guys who lift heavier than you and they've injured themselves.
Me: Can you just let go on this next set, I want to see if I've improved.
Him: Ok.
*puts on 10 more lbs*
Me:
*waits* Are you going to help me lift off?
Him: You said you didn't need my help.
Me: Well, I need you to help me lift off.
Him: Ok.
*Lifts off and...... Never lets go of the fcukin bar*
Him: Great job! That's 2 more for you!
Me: Ok, well, thanks. I'm all done benching.
Me: Hey, can you spot me?
Old man: Sure.
*135*
Me: Ok, I just want to do two reps, I haven't benched heavy in a while.
Him: Ok.
*lifts off.... Never lets go of the fcukin bar*
Him: Good job!
Me: Uh, can you let go of the bar next time?
Him: No, good spotters never let go of the bar.
Me: But I've benched it before. Can you just let go?
Him: No, I've spotted guys who lift heavier than you and they've injured themselves.
Me: Can you just let go on this next set, I want to see if I've improved.
Him: Ok.
*puts on 10 more lbs*
Me:
*waits* Are you going to help me lift off?Him: You said you didn't need my help.
Me: Well, I need you to help me lift off.
Him: Ok.
*Lifts off and...... Never lets go of the fcukin bar*
Him: Great job! That's 2 more for you!
Me: Ok, well, thanks. I'm all done benching.
hairygrandpa
Legend
Bench day.
Me: Hey, can you spot me?
Old man: Sure.
*135*
Me: Ok, I just want to do two reps, I haven't benched heavy in a while.
Him: Ok.
*lifts off.... Never lets go of the fcukin bar*
Him: Good job!
Me: Uh, can you let go of the bar next time?
Him: No, good spotters never let go of the bar.
Me: But I've benched it before. Can you just let go?
Him: No, I've spotted guys who lift heavier than you and they've injured themselves.
Me: Can you just let go on this next set, I want to see if I've improved.
Him: Ok.
*puts on 10 more lbs*
Me:
Him: You said you didn't need my help.
Me: Well, I need you to help me lift off.
Him: Ok.
*Lifts off and...... Never lets go of the fcukin bar*
Him: Great job! That's 2 more for you!
Me: Ok, well, thanks. I'm all done benching.
LOL, he cared about you, silly. I would do the same, I'm old too. LOL
RegisterJr
Legend
Bench day.
Me: Hey, can you spot me?
Old man: Sure.
*135*
Me: Ok, I just want to do two reps, I haven't benched heavy in a while.
Him: Ok.
*lifts off.... Never lets go of the fcukin bar*
Him: Good job!
Me: Uh, can you let go of the bar next time?
Him: No, good spotters never let go of the bar.
Me: But I've benched it before. Can you just let go?
Him: No, I've spotted guys who lift heavier than you and they've injured themselves.
Me: Can you just let go on this next set, I want to see if I've improved.
Him: Ok.
*puts on 10 more lbs*
Me:
Him: You said you didn't need my help.
Me: Well, I need you to help me lift off.
Him: Ok.
*Lifts off and...... Never lets go of the fcukin bar*
Him: Great job! That's 2 more for you!
Me: Ok, well, thanks. I'm all done benching.
By holding the bar he has an excuse to hover over you and creep on you.
BlockBuilder
Well-known member
Bench day.
Me: Hey, can you spot me?
Old man: Sure.
*135*
Me: Ok, I just want to do two reps, I haven't benched heavy in a while.
Him: Ok.
*lifts off.... Never lets go of the fcukin bar*
Him: Good job!
Me: Uh, can you let go of the bar next time?
Him: No, good spotters never let go of the bar.
Me: But I've benched it before. Can you just let go?
Him: No, I've spotted guys who lift heavier than you and they've injured themselves.
Me: Can you just let go on this next set, I want to see if I've improved.
Him: Ok.
*puts on 10 more lbs*
Me:
Him: You said you didn't need my help.
Me: Well, I need you to help me lift off.
Him: Ok.
*Lifts off and...... Never lets go of the fcukin bar*
Him: Great job! That's 2 more for you!
Me: Ok, well, thanks. I'm all done benching.
That pisses me off so much. Horrible spotter. Awful
BlockBuilder
Well-known member
I saw this fella doing bench the other day, wearing his sick beats. After every set he would stand up and start hand motioning with his hands like he was rapping and then pretend to "hit it out of the park" with an imaginary bat.
So I asked him if I could work in and then doubled his weights and sets.
Who's the real douchebag?
I see this all the time they look so stupid and they start rapping and cursing in between sets
Sparkss
Well-known member
Bench day.
Me: Hey, can you spot me?
Old man: Sure.
*135*
Me: Ok, I just want to do two reps, I haven't benched heavy in a while.
Him: Ok.
*lifts off.... Never lets go of the fcukin bar*
Him: Good job!
Me: Uh, can you let go of the bar next time?
Him: No, good spotters never let go of the bar.
Me: But I've benched it before. Can you just let go?
Him: No, I've spotted guys who lift heavier than you and they've injured themselves.
Me: Can you just let go on this next set, I want to see if I've improved.
Him: Ok.
*puts on 10 more lbs*
Me:
Him: You said you didn't need my help.
Me: Well, I need you to help me lift off.
Him: Ok.
*Lifts off and...... Never lets go of the fcukin bar*
Him: Great job! That's 2 more for you!
Me: Ok, well, thanks. I'm all done benching.
He wasn't just coping a feel when you lowered the bar to your chest?
lukehayd
Legend
You lift in the same gym as Ronnie?
Aleksandar37
Well-known member
Sounds more like Ric Flair, Woo!!!
Joe12
Active member
This was more funny vs being a d-bag. Had a guy tell me he was trying to get back his gains from a year ago. Said he lost all his gains bc he stopped taking "Super protein" said that protein shake was powerful stuff ��������
fro60ol
Active member
Sounds like "Michael's secret stuff". Space jam for all of you that don't know
UCSMiami
Well-known member
True. which is why prefer to do squats in front of the mirror to see how low I actually go. Sometimes I think. Lower? No way!!
ajbogs
Member
My hips are so tight I stop right below parallel anyways. It works perfect for me LOL
Joe12
Active member
Myself and another guy were flipflopping between cable-cross and doing pull ups (Bar on top), and this chick rolls up with a bar in her hands and just stairs at us. Doesn't say anything, just stands in front of us the entire time with this locked in gaze. She did the exact same thing the week prior... Im like, come on, go do some freakin crunches or something. Nothing is more uncomfortable then some frumpy nasty women hard mugging you while you are trying to work out.
JP10
Member
This sentence had me busting up at the office lol.
Joe12
Active member
LOL, to paint the picture even further...
Invision a women with a hard face, short curly un-maintained red hair, over weight, braless spandex shirt, with huge saggy boobs, and spandex bottoms. Not trying to be mean, just trying to help you see my pain.
JP10
Member
This is so much worse then what I had envisioned in my head lol.
fro60ol
Active member
Oh yea people do that all the time in my gym.
youngandfree
Well-known member
Maybe they want guys to look at their asses like chics in yoga pants.
fro60ol
Active member
He's an ass that's why. That how they show it
muscleupcrohn
Legend
I was doing legs yesterday and there was this group of three high school age girls on the smith behind me when I was at the squat rack that kept staring at me and talking about me (I forgot my headphones), haha. But the douchbag part of the story was this guy with a ponytail who was clearly trying to get their attention the whole workout. He had headphones in and was shouting (not just grunting, but shouting) on every rep of every exercise, most notably when he turned smith machine calf raises into the upper few inches of a squat with a little bounce onto his toes at the top of the reps. Between the terrible form, shouting, and him nodding and trying to start a conversation with the girls and them not even responding to him at all, it was like watching a gym stereotype video.
lifted67
Well-known member
2 guys at the gym really making me grit my teeth lately...
First 1 has to be around high school age, maybe 150, 160 tops...has a suitcase full of **** that he places in the squat tower for his 4 hour lift sessions.
Step one: 20 minutes of foam rolling (pulled from the luggage case of course) I'm thinking dude your like 17.25, you can get away with not warming up like your preparing for a goddamn decathlon...
Step 2: sets up tripod and video camera.
Step 3: another 15 minutes of warm ups
Step 4: chalks his entire ****ing back.
Step 5: knee wraps
Step 6: 1RM, 1RM, 1RM etc etc...
Now listen this turn is tiny I said, but he can squat over 315, like I would be impressed if his routine didn't look like something out of the g0ddamn Layne Norton Little Gridders Starter Pack....FML oh yeah and that super high arc bridge power bench set up for 135...for real?
Next guy and he isn't a douche at all, I think he just honestly needs some advice. I'd say 5'8-5'10 around 160-170...puts on a dips belt to dip an extra 2.5 pound plate...it looks like a 3rd nut it's so tiny. I just want to tell him to get to the point where he can do 15-25 dips with ease and then just add a 10 pound plate...I could put a wet towel over his head if he wanted an extra 2.5 pounds to dip, f@wk the belt weighs that much...
Ok gripe over, resume your day.
First 1 has to be around high school age, maybe 150, 160 tops...has a suitcase full of **** that he places in the squat tower for his 4 hour lift sessions.
Step one: 20 minutes of foam rolling (pulled from the luggage case of course) I'm thinking dude your like 17.25, you can get away with not warming up like your preparing for a goddamn decathlon...
Step 2: sets up tripod and video camera.
Step 3: another 15 minutes of warm ups
Step 4: chalks his entire ****ing back.
Step 5: knee wraps
Step 6: 1RM, 1RM, 1RM etc etc...
Now listen this turn is tiny I said, but he can squat over 315, like I would be impressed if his routine didn't look like something out of the g0ddamn Layne Norton Little Gridders Starter Pack....FML oh yeah and that super high arc bridge power bench set up for 135...for real?
Next guy and he isn't a douche at all, I think he just honestly needs some advice. I'd say 5'8-5'10 around 160-170...puts on a dips belt to dip an extra 2.5 pound plate...it looks like a 3rd nut it's so tiny. I just want to tell him to get to the point where he can do 15-25 dips with ease and then just add a 10 pound plate...I could put a wet towel over his head if he wanted an extra 2.5 pounds to dip, f@wk the belt weighs that much...
Ok gripe over, resume your day.
lifted67
Well-known member
Pony tail... just no.
Joe12
Active member
Those lines had me cracking up!
A camera is not to bad, but a tripod and all the other crap that came along with it is funny!
lifted67
Well-known member
Tripod AND like canon or Nikon sports camera, the big kind, $800 probably at least....plus back chalking. Foam roller (when the gym has 3 on hand anyways) knee wraps, elbow sleeves...but his gym equipment cost more than 5 years membership at the ****ing place easy.
Joe12
Active member
Here is one for you, dude at my gym loads the incline bench with WAY more weight then he can lift. Then proceeds to snag some unaware victim to spot him. He then gets a lift off, violently slams the weight against his chest, and only moves it about 2 inches. At this point the spotter has to lift the weight for him. BUT WAIT, there is more.... dude then goes on to repeat this same thing for another 4-6 reps! I cant decide if its funny, or just sad.
Joe12
Active member
Oh gosh, that sends it over the top! That def. fits the D-bag category.
lifted67
Well-known member
Working on those partials for joint strength lol don't hate... That or he has a cardiac issue and doing self compressions.
Joe12
Active member
Or its an experiment to see how long it takes to break a rib, lol.
ChocolateClen
Well-known member
I'm not really sure what today is at my gym anymore, I think it's leg day because at least half of the 12 racks my gym has had 315lbs+ left on the bars. Naturally people don't want to take the weight off so they fight over the other 6 racks...
I saw some old fit guy doing cable curls but his ROM was less than 2 inches, and a woman was trying to burn calories on the rowing machine by hip thrusting instead of using her arms and legs. I wish I had a video.
I saw some old fit guy doing cable curls but his ROM was less than 2 inches, and a woman was trying to burn calories on the rowing machine by hip thrusting instead of using her arms and legs. I wish I had a video.
lifted67
Well-known member
Sometimes all you can do is shake your head and go back to work...
Joe12
Active member
I couldn't get the vision of 12 racks out of my head to read anymore.
Rndmher
Member
What your gym suck?
The on post gym I go to has two dozen and its never busy. That's your tax money at work.
Joe12
Active member
We have 1 rack, and 1 smith machine.
Rndmher
Member
Jeeze where are you working out of?
Joe12
Active member
Do we go to the same gym, lol. The only other thing we have besides what you listed is 3 adjustable rolling benches. Its a family gym, very chill environment. Which is why I like to drop into xfit, and meathead gyms from time-to-time. Its like a motivation spike!
Rndmher
Member
Yeah it's basically a meat head gym I go to. I'd it not that busy, aren't you constantly waiting to use sh*t
lifted67
Well-known member
Mine is a huge meathead gym, lots of competitors go there.
Joe12
Active member
Occasionally, but the main thing I have to wait for is the squat rack. Its just the closest gym to my house, and they have a pool, which the wife likes.