Douchebags at the gym...

IrishSoldier said:
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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Me to! This fat dude was trying to tell me I need to completely lock out my push ups. And I was like can you even do a push up? Haha
I saw him doing bench later with the worst form iv ever seen lol
 
IrishSoldier said:
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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It's the same thing as going to a dentist with bad teeth or hiring a personal trainer that is out of shape. Why would one do either one lol
 
Can we just make it a point to not clown on the overweight too much. In my opinion it's these guys that we should be helping along.

I help them out at the gym every chance I get. Look at it from their point of view. They feel bad about themselves, possibly have insecurities and are still going to the gym to make a change. You guys may not think so but I'm sure that takes major courage on their part. Just the other day I helped out a woman that couldn't figure a machine out.

She was fumbling around trying to lower a seat and was getting super frustrated. I walked over and started to help her out. She specifically told me she saw me working out and I scared her lol but that me taking time to go over and help her made her feel welcome. She thanked me and went on to tell me how hard it is for her to get up the nerve to workout around a bunch of intimidating men and women but that knowing people are willing to help made her more comfortable.

They're people just like us, trying to better themselves, and get healthy. Who knows why. Maybe for themselves, their families, or to combat an illness.
 
Spaniard said:
Can we just make it a point to not clown on the overweight too much. In my opinion it's these guys that we should be helping along. I help them out at the gym every chance I get. Look at it from their point of view. They feel bad about themselves, possibly have insecurities and are still going to the gym to make a change. You guys may not think so but I'm sure that takes major courage on their part. Just the other day I helped out a woman that couldn't figure a machine out. She was fumbling around trying to lower a seat and was getting super frustrated. I walked over and started to help her out. She specifically told me she saw me working out and I scared her lol but that me taking time to go over and help her made her feel welcome. She thanked me and went on to tell me how hard it is for her to get up the nerve to workout around a bunch of intimidating men and women but that knowing people are willing to help made her more comfortable. They're people just like us, trying to better themselves, and get healthy. Who knows why. Maybe for themselves, their families, or to combat an illness.
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God damn lack of a thank you button!!

So true.
 
superbeast668 said:
God damn lack of a thank you button!!

So true.
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Aren't you a medic or in EMS? If so, you don't count lol. You do this already I'm sure and have to deal with all types of people. Gotta love Healthcare, eh?
 
Spaniard said:
Aren't you a medic or in EMS? If so, you don't count lol. You do this already I'm sure and have to deal with all types of people. Gotta love Healthcare, eh?
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Nah man. No medical back ground. Electronics technician. Kinda.

My girl is bigger. Working her ass off to get smaller. That's where my empathy comes from. That and I've weight around 300 at a low point.
 
superbeast668 said:
Nah man. No medical back ground. Electronics technician. Kinda.

My girl is bigger. Working her ass off to get smaller. That's where my empathy comes from. That and I've weight around 300 at a low point.
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That's Awesome man! Good for you guys! If you ever have any questions feel free to hit me up via PM for yourself or her :)

Keep it up man!
 
Spaniard said:
That's Awesome man! Good for you guys! If you ever have any questions feel free to hit me up via PM for yourself or her :) Keep it up man!
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Thanks man. Smallest I've been was 207 (in my avi). Not quite as lean 20 lbs heavier now. It's all come together quite well. And AM is the sh!t. Quite helpful.
 
Spaniard said:
Can we just make it a point to not clown on the overweight too much. In my opinion it's these guys that we should be helping along.

I help them out at the gym every chance I get. Look at it from their point of view. They feel bad about themselves, possibly have insecurities and are still going to the gym to make a change. You guys may not think so but I'm sure that takes major courage on their part. Just the other day I helped out a woman that couldn't figure a machine out.
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I believe it takes more courage to actually practice humility and consider that they are another human being - someones son/daughter, mother/father, sister/brother. It takes more balls to have compassion and practice it than it does to mock.

She was fumbling around trying to lower a seat and was getting super frustrated. I walked over and started to help her out. She specifically told me she saw me working out and I scared her lol but that me taking time to go over and help her made her feel welcome. She thanked me and went on to tell me how hard it is for her to get up the nerve to workout around a bunch of intimidating men and women but that knowing people are willing to help made her more comfortable.
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Been there and done that too. It's someones daughter or mother - very likely someone here has a mother just like that.

They're people just like us, trying to better themselves, and get healthy. Who knows why. Maybe for themselves, their families, or to combat an illness.
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Who is this "us"? You are not like the "us" your are referencing on this board nor am I. You and I may actually have compassion.

Thanks for being a light in an otherwise very dark world.

EDIT: :D
 
Spaniard said:
Can we just make it a point to not clown on the overweight too much. In my opinion it's these guys that we should be helping along.

I help them out at the gym every chance I get. Look at it from their point of view. They feel bad about themselves, possibly have insecurities and are still going to the gym to make a change. You guys may not think so but I'm sure that takes major courage on their part. Just the other day I helped out a woman that couldn't figure a machine out.

She was fumbling around trying to lower a seat and was getting super frustrated. I walked over and started to help her out. She specifically told me she saw me working out and I scared her lol but that me taking time to go over and help her made her feel welcome. She thanked me and went on to tell me how hard it is for her to get up the nerve to workout around a bunch of intimidating men and women but that knowing people are willing to help made her more comfortable.

They're people just like us, trying to better themselves, and get healthy. Who knows why. Maybe for themselves, their families, or to combat an illness.
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We all have to start somewhere. Being skinny is intimidating also, I remember starting out I was 6'2" and 155 graduating high school. Starting out with low numbers with giants working out near you is tough, but you can't let that stop you from getting your goal. So I love seeing people bettering themselves at the gym. Usually the douches I see are in shape, lol
 
Spaniard said:
Can we just make it a point to not clown on the overweight too much. In my opinion it's these guys that we should be helping along.

I help them out at the gym every chance I get. Look at it from their point of view. They feel bad about themselves, possibly have insecurities and are still going to the gym to make a change. You guys may not think so but I'm sure that takes major courage on their part. Just the other day I helped out a woman that couldn't figure a machine out.

She was fumbling around trying to lower a seat and was getting super frustrated. I walked over and started to help her out. She specifically told me she saw me working out and I scared her lol but that me taking time to go over and help her made her feel welcome. She thanked me and went on to tell me how hard it is for her to get up the nerve to workout around a bunch of intimidating men and women but that knowing people are willing to help made her more comfortable.

They're people just like us, trying to better themselves, and get healthy. Who knows why. Maybe for themselves, their families, or to combat an illness.
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True. The point wasn't that he was fat I should have clarified that.
I don't care what your body type is, if your nice to me, I'm nice to you.
 
The biggest douchebags in just about every gym I've ever been in are the highschool/early college kids who travel in packs of 3-5, do bench and curls only and walk around like they are 250lbs of muscle and not the 155lbs of arm and chest that they all are. Most of the out of shape people have better gym etiquette than them and seem to work harder anyway.
 
todd muelheim said:
The biggest douchebags in just about every gym I've ever been in are the highschool/early college kids who travel in packs of 3-5, do bench and curls only and walk around like they are 250lbs of muscle and not the 155lbs of arm and chest that they all are. Most of the out of shape people have better gym etiquette than them and seem to work harder anyway.
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I love to see a hardworking young person in the gym, and I love it even more when they stick with it and become what they want. Because wasn't that every single one of us at one point?
I don't like the inconsistent groups of giggling 12 year olds you speak of, though ;)
 
reps4jesus said:
I love to see a hardworking young person in the gym, and I love it even more when they stick with it and become what they want. Because wasn't that every single one of us at one point? I don't like the inconsistent groups of giggling 12 year olds you speak of, though ;)
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It absolutely was me. These boards weren't really popular when I was that age but if they were I'd be on the douchebag thread. With all that's available at your fingertips these days I still don't understand how they are still doing the idiotic chest and arm only workouts that I was dumb enough to do back then. What a douchebag I was. :-)
 
David Dunn said:
I believe it takes more courage to actually practice humility and consider that they are another human being - someones son/daughter, mother/father, sister/brother. It takes more balls to have compassion and practice it than it does to mock.

Been there and done that too. It's someones daughter or mother - very likely someone here has a mother just like that.

Who is this "us"? You are not like the "us" your are referencing on this board nor am I. You and I may actually have compassion.

Thanks for being a light in an otherwise very dark world.

EDIT: :D
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" I believe it takes more courage to actually practice humility and consider that they are another human being - someones son/daughter, mother/father, sister/brother. It takes more balls to have compassion and practice it than it does to mock."

That's another topic altogether. I read a pretty cool quote the other day. It was describing a person, specifically their attributes and it said that "he makes me laugh without making fun of other people". It's kind of crazy to think about it but I bet if a lot of people actually looked back on the humor of others, they might see that a large portion of jokes are purely about putting others down. Now before I get all self righteous, I'm guilty of doing the same thing from time-to-time but when it's a constant thing, it's bordering self-worth issues IMO.

When I was younger I engaged in such antics etc. Then I got older, got out of my surroundings and my comfort zone and met some truly great people. People that others frequently made fun of, put down or made them feel like outcasts. I tell ya what, they were some of the coolest and funnest people I had the chance of meeting. There is another quote from a YouTube video I had to watch for school called the last lecture (if interested: Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Invalid Link Removed) that said trust earnest people over cool people. Being cool fades but being earnest lasts a life time. That is completely true.

" Been there and done that too. It's someones daughter or mother - very likely someone here has a mother just like that."

Absolutely man, we all have family and friends that want to better their health, their self-image, feel better etc. When we hold ourselves in higher esteem than others, it's only out of low inner self-worth.

"Who is this "us"? You are not like the "us" your are referencing on this board nor am I. You and I may actually have compassion."

This "us" is us, the forum people. You know as well as I do that a lot of the non sense that gets posted around here is based on the forum trend at that time. Who knows, maybe little posts like this, here and there, could shift a few paradigms. It takes one voice, right?

"Thanks for being a light in an otherwise very dark world."

I'm anything but that lol. I just care about people. I believe in people. I think within any one person they have what it takes to live a happy life. Everyone deserves happiness, everyone.

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Anyways that's my piece, sorry for the derail. Back to douche bags lol, starting with me. The douche bag that turns threads that are meant to be funny into serious threads hahaha
 
My wife's CF instructor tonight. She hits the gym with me twice a week to go over proper form on compound moves and has a routine I change up every 6-8 weeks. She does CF 2 other nights a week and tonight was deadlifts and pull ups. The gd instructor apparently had the class do 2 x 50rep sets of deads for time. My wife tells me that she was concentrating on form like I have pounded into her head and the instructor started giving her a hard time for being slow. I wanted to drive down there and work this guy, but cooler heads prevailed and I consoled my wife and let her know that she can do her lifts as slow as she wants and if there is a problem, I will talk to the instructor.
 
reps4jesus said:
True. The point wasn't that he was fat I should have clarified that.
I don't care what your body type is, if your nice to me, I'm nice to you.
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I didn't mention you bro haha I didn't even see your post :)
 
Spaniard said:
When I was younger I engaged in such antics etc. Then I got older, got out of my surroundings and my comfort zone and met some truly great people. People that others frequently made fun of, put down or made them feel like outcasts. I tell ya what, they were some of the coolest and funnest people I had the chance of meeting. There is another quote from a YouTube video I had to watch for school called the last lecture (if interested: Randy Pausch Last Lecture: Invalid Link Removed) that said trust earnest people over cool people. Being cool fades but being earnest lasts a life time. That is completely true.
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When I surround myself with like minded people I reinforce my mindset and attitudes. When I surround myself with others of different mindset and attitude I expand myself. These can be both positive and negative but you get my point. Today I look for the different than myself character to engage with. It's always expanded my heart and mind in one form or another.
 
Paige McFarland (aka "Janet Mason") is the only one I know of...think she's NPC.
 
A google search of IFBB porn pops up several.
 
Today was naked man shaving his legs, dry, on the bench in the locker room. At least take it to the shower!
 
nicksox15 said:
Today was naked man shaving his legs, dry, on the bench in the locker room. At least take it to the shower!
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Same thing at my gym. Old guy (maybe 60s) shaving his face butt naked in mirror with the towel on the counter. At least put the towel around yourself and spare us the horror.
 
mf123 said:
Same thing at my gym. Old guy (maybe 60s) shaving his face butt naked in mirror with the towel on the counter. At least put the towel around yourself and spare us the horror.
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I think this is a rule at all 24 he fitness clubs because every single one I've been to has an extremely weird amount of old guys gingerly pacing around the locker room with their chicken bag out.
 
mf123 said:
Same thing at my gym. Old guy (maybe 60s) shaving his face butt naked in mirror with the towel on the counter. At least put the towel around yourself and spare us the horror.
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Every time I shave with a towel wrapped around me, it's fall off lol
 
The things GNC tells people...
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Wrivest said:
that place is pretty much my "holy crap I ran outta something" emergency stop! People there piss me off
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I had my sister return something for me the other day, and they told her that they needed me there with my card because they didn't have $36 in their register. Smh
 
I can't think of anything I would ever need so bad that would warrant a trip in there and every person I know feels the same way. We must all be on an island with our thoughts because someone is making them really rich.
 
RegisterJr said:
What's the image of? It's not showing over here.
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My friend got some diet pills from GNC and paid $45 for them. I showed her that it was on groupon for $9 and she said that anything under $40 wasn't legit. Lol I cut it out, but I told her that I rather eat healthy and stick to my workouts. She wasn't too happy with my response.


Oh, and she wants to lose 20lbs by August.
 
puccah8808 said:
My friend got some diet pills from GNC and paid $45 for them. I showed her that it was on groupon for $9 and she said that anything under $40 wasn't legit. Lol I cut it out, but I told her that I rather eat healthy and stick to my workouts. She wasn't too happy with my response.
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Every time I tell someone about GNC, they look at me wide-eyed like I'm saying something bad about their mom.

People...

puccah8808 said:
Oh, and she wants to lose 20lbs by August.
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GNC has a pill for that.
 
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