Every gym has these guys... right?

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spatch

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Lets document the worst guys to share a gym at.

1) The cell phone dude-

Last week I waited 25 minutes for a decline bench because some idiot took that long to do 3 sets on it and talk on his phone

2) The old dude who thinks he is king.

So im doing power press and some guy (im sure he had good intentions) come over and says "why arent you doing that on a normal bench. I tell him that I like to change it up a bit sometimes. He says its a half ass way to bench because the bar comes to a stop at the bottom. Later that day, he cut me in line at the water fountan :wtf: .


3) Machine hogs

I was waiting on T-bar rows for a while. The same weight had been on it for maybe 15 minutes. I then realize that the guy doing it is tri setting T-bar rows/cable curls/leg ext, and taking about 10 minutes in between sets.




I know I'm missing some, so who pisses you off most at the gym?
 
The jack as*es who stare you down and lift heavier weights than they can really lift trying to intimidate you

The guys whos conversation is being almost yelled throughout the gym about how much they "usually" rep or whatever.....no one gives a fuc8 about how much you can lift; theyre is always someone stronger than you......you dont need to make the people there there who are out of shape feel like sh!t by rubbing in how much you can supposedly bench
 
Dude, not to be a dick, but ask these people to work in (1 and 3). If they make a fuss, let them know that gym time is gym time, not chit chat with your buddies or talk on the cell phone time. I'm a pretty mello guy most of the time, so most people don't really bother me when I'm working out. And to keep people from talking to you during your workout (#2), wear headphones. I've been working out at my current gym for about a year now and have spoken to maybe 2 or 3 people. Most of the time I just nod to the guys I see in a frequent basis.
 
There is this old guy who is a supposedly a trainer for some of the older women at my gym.

It seems every other day im in between sets...doesnt matter if my towel is on the machine or not he cuts in with one of his clients and I eithier have to cut my sets short or wait like 30 mins for some old lady to finish her 2 sets of 5. Im all for seniors staying active but damn could someone teach them some etiquette.

Also every gym has them but the assholes who throw the dumbells on the floor so everyone can hear them thud on the floor.

All I need is 20 or 40 pds coming off the bar and smacking me in the face.
 
natedogg said:
And to keep people from talking to you during your workout (#2), wear headphones. I've been working out at my current gym for about a year now and have spoken to maybe 2 or 3 people. Most of the time I just nod to the guys I see in a frequent basis.
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Head phones work miracles if you want to get in, bust your ass, and get out. Most people at my gym probably think I am a dick just because I keep the music going and I never make eye contact.

As for the annoyance, if you pick the right time of day like later in the evening when the schools are out, you get all those little teeny boppers just standing in front of the machines talking about Suzies ass at school, and you can always see the look-at-me, look-at-me boyZ. :nutkick:

It kinda makes you feel like Chucky Cheese or Gatti Land went out of buisness and they all floated over to the gym for social fun time.:mad:
 
prld2gr8ns said:
Head phones work miracles if you want to get in, bust your ass, and get out. Most people at my gym probably think I am a dick just because I keep the music going and I never make eye contact.

As for the annoyance, if you pick the right time of day like later in the evening when the schools are out, you get all those little teeny boppers just standing in front of the machines talking about Suzies ass at school, and you can always see the look-at-me, look-at-me boyZ. :nutkick:

It kinda makes you feel like Chucky Cheese or Gatti Land went out of buisness and they all floated over to the gym for social fun time.:mad:
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Tell me about it...

A bunch of kids ask me how to get big. Well I didnt do it talking on my phone or trying to show off.


And I do wear cell phones. People still talk to me and distract me. Sometimes you just cant win :nutkick:
 
natedogg said:
Dude, not to be a dick, but ask these people to work in (1 and 3). If they make a fuss, let them know that gym time is gym time, not chit chat with your buddies or talk on the cell phone time. I'm a pretty mello guy most of the time, so most people don't really bother me when I'm working out. And to keep people from talking to you during your workout (#2), wear headphones. I've been working out at my current gym for about a year now and have spoken to maybe 2 or 3 people. Most of the time I just nod to the guys I see in a frequent basis.
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I usually do, but most people who fall into these catagories are usually pretty weak (wonder why:blink: ) and changing the weight, not to toot my own horn here, is a pain in the ass. That and they give me evil eye sometimes :twisted:
 
1) People who do curls in the squat rack :hammer:

2) Assholes who do not understand that when I have my headphones on I want them to leave me the **** alone.

3) People who complain about being in the gym and about how sore they are. :whiner:

4) People who come up to me out of the blue and start talking about AAS. Like i should know everything about them simply because im bigger than everyone else. :wtf:

5) People who ask for a spot on the bench press and cant press the amount they have on the bar. You help them get through that rep to rack the bar but they continue to go for another rep while your doing all the work. :nutkick:
 
There was this kid that I'd see at the gym I used to go to sometimes. He always had his friend there to lift with, and it was definitely social hour with them as much as it was time to get big. I remember one time I was finishing my workout, doing some ab work, and I saw them on the bench. This guy was loading up exactly the same weight I did for my chest, and I was thinking to myself, "how the hell is he gonna do that, maybe he's one of those kids that has to test their max all the time." Then I saw him lift it and it hurt to watch, he was not only bouncing it off his chest, but he was using his legs to make his whole body jump and give that extra push to get it up. It was like a whole-body-have-sex-with-this-weight kind of motion. I almost had to stop my ab stuff because I was laughing.
 
The cell phone guys really sucks. Like I have time to wait for him!

The guy who refuses to stack the weight back. This is the usually the ass that wants all the attention! Look at me!
 
I agree trifreeze.

It sucks when you have to walk all around the gym to strip weight for your lifts coz other people are too lazy to put it back.
 
I forgot the people who randomly decide to take weight that I am using off my bar and use it... :wtf:
 
i posted this a long while ago.. but we have a nice man at my gym who acts like he is gods gift to lifting...starts grunting and yelling and snot out of his nose.... well.. he goes up for some squats.. nothing all that great for a man of his size and weight.... he gets all over dramatic.. goes under the bar.. lifts it up.. goes to.. screams like he is getting his balls ripped off... then.. he shits him self.... the most awesome sight of protein pooo running down his leg
 
Damn MaynardMeek I did not need THAT visualization.

Here's one:

I walk by this guy on the decline bench and hear him say something. I think he is asking for a spot so I turn and say "you need a spot?". He glares at me with a perturbed look on his face and then I realize I AM INTERUPTING HIS CELL PHONE CONVERSATION! He's upside down, no intention of using the decline bench cus its not loaded, talking smoochy with his girl and he's looking at me as if I'm the asshole. Thirty minutes later he's still using the decline bench like his couch. :wtf:
 
I guess I have it pretty good I don't have any PIA people, I always get to hear the music I want to, when I want to and at the volume I want to. No one EVER gets on the bench before me and if there is any sweat it is mine so I don't care.

only problem is my dog tries to lick my face when I am doing leg curls.


:)




CROWLER
 
anybody that tries to talk to me while I'm actually in the middle of a set!!:wtf: I mean, I hate talking to anybody when I'm in the gym, but it's even worse if someone tries to talk to me during a lift.. I work out here @ the firehouse & these guys go in there trying to lift too much weight.. I tell them to leave their egos @ the door. I could care less how much weight they can lift. If their form is crap, then their results will be too..
 
I forgot about the people that come up and talk to you while ur lifting. I once had this chick try to hit on me while I was lifting. I was trying to be nice and not go off on her, but it was hard. Did I mention she was kinda fat, yeah, if she was lookin' good then it might have been another story, but nope.

Now I was also just thinking to myself, when y'all started lifting, before you knew anything were you any of these characters? I'll admit that when I first started I used the squat rack for curls, not anymore of course though.
 
spatch said:
Lets document the worst guys to share a gym at.

1) The cell phone dude-

Last week I waited 25 minutes for a decline bench because some idiot took that long to do 3 sets on it and talk on his phone


I know I'm missing some, so who pisses you off most at the gym?
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My gym has this dude who has this bulky Nextel phone (must be an original) attached to his gym shorts (which are nothing more than grey sweatpants cut into shorts). Along with the phone, he has a text pager and portable CD Player stuck to his hip.

Between sets, he pulls his shorts up since all his friggin **** keeps dragging his shorts down.

Gumbo
 
Don't forget the old naked man that is always in the locker room drying himself in front of the big mirror, or taking a shower with the curtain open.
 
b_delgros said:
Don't forget the old naked man that is always in the locker room drying himself in front of the big mirror, or taking a shower with the curtain open.
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Aaaa..:run:
Sad to say but I believe all gyms have someone like this.
 
Can anybody match this? I work at a gym and we have this old guy who comes in most days (actually havent seen him for awhile :blink: ). However, when he does come in somedays he is there for, I kid you not, 4-6 hours. And throughout this entire time he does probably the worst workout I have ever seen. Most of his time is spent just walking around talking to people however. The kicker is about every half hour or so he goes outside, sits in his pickup with the windows down, and smokes a cigarette. But not even joking he has been there before I start my shift and not left yet by the time I leave many times.
 
prld2gr8ns said:
Aaaa..:run:
Sad to say but I believe all gyms have someone like this.
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Maybe you guys should spend a little less time in the shower with the old naked guys and a little more time in the gym working out. :D
 
natedogg said:
Maybe you guys should spend a little less time in the shower with the old naked guys and a little more time in the gym working out. :D
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Some of those old guys in the shower are pretty creepy...

asking about my tats and ****...

:nutkick: me and old creepy guy
 
Geez that reminds me...

Some asshole keeps urinating on the rocks in the suana.

Smells like ass and he broke the damn thing.

The LAWRENCE ATHLETIC CENTER does everything half ass so it took them over 3 months to get the thing working again.

Still dont have an accurate scale .... damn thing is always 5 or six pds off over or under... I have to get on the thing like 5 or 6 times and do some division just to get in the ballpark.

And Im afraid to get in the whirlpool as well... some dumbass supposedly pinched of a log in there about a month back. I heard the janitor complaining about it.

And they want 25 dollars extra a month to rent a locker.

Nazis
 
It shouldn't bug me...but I would really like the two loud gentlemen in the corner squat rack to take some weight off the bar and AT LEAST squat somewhere CLOSE to parallel. ATF would be nice...but I don't want to ask too much.
It just hurts to watch someone not be sure if they're gonna do a squat...or a goodmorning...that's all. :(

Also...I think curls in the squat rack are totally justified....since there are usually more squat racks in most gyms then people who squat. :D
 
People who piss in the community showers while I'm in there washing, or at any time really. That's just nasty.

People who don't flush the frigging toilets. Again, that's just nasty.

People who sweat like Meatloaf and don't throw a towel down on whatever piece of equipment they're using. I sweat like hell but, back when I actually went to gyms, I put a towel on the bench so no one else had to sit or lay their head back in my funk.

Guys who do the dental floss method of drying their crotch in the locker room. One, it's unsanitary for them dragging feces towards their testicles. Two, it's make me laugh so hard that I can't get anything done.

People playing wallyball in the frigging racquetball courts, or people who otherwise occupy sport courts for ridiculous or nonsport oriented activity. I couldn't get a racquetball court several times at my last gym because a bunch of nimrods had coopted them for square dancing.

Someone mentioned it before, but people doing curls in the squat rack always pissed me off.

People who shouldn't wear spandex wearing spandex. I don't need to see a 500 pound man or woman in a pair of neon daisy dukes, it's not right.

People who want to talk to me in general. I'm not a social person when I'm in the gym, and when I'm working out I usually look like I'm ready to kill someone. Basic signal is to stay away, I don't know why people can't follow the signal. Same thing when wearing headphones. Can't figure it out.

People who are too loud in general. If there isn't a fire they're warning people about, conversation and other vocalizations should be kept at a reasonable level.

Enormously fat guys with no lats and arms that would make any whaling ship launch a harpoon walking around like they have a midget under each arm.

People who stop and stare at people who are injured. Rubbernecking is bad enough on the highway. Bringing it into the gym makes me want to kill. Like the injured person doesn't already have enough **** to deal with at that moment, they've got to be stared at like a God damned circus freak. Help or get the **** out of the way. Of course this doesn't count for serious injuries which anyone would look at. If some guy blows his ass out or launches a knee cap to the other side of the room while trying to squat or dead lift too much, alright, stop and look. Someone icing an ankle is not a frigging tourist attraction.
 
i think its funny when teenagers come into chill out and just talk and flirt with the females they come with . go home. dont come to the gym to talk. atleast go sit and talk on the treadmill, not the sh*t i actually use
 
Damn, you listed the main group of people I hate in the gym.

You are missing some>>>>The guy that stare at you in the gym.

The 130 pound guy that's giving advice on how to lift weights and how to add mass. {He is 5'11 and 133 pounds}

The overweight females that attend a gym to hook-up with a guy and they always wearing these tight Seal looking clothes.

I hate the guys that yell through their entire workout. WHY?????? I don't get it.

I hate the people that leave their damn sweat on the bench.

I hate the helpless female type in the gym. I'm not there to assist or train her.

I really hate the old timers in the gym that wants to tell you how to workout but I listen to them out of respect.

I hate the females that come to the gym and they think they are to pretty to workout. I don't mine looking at some eye candy between sets but don't try to talk to me while I'm lifting weights and you get a "F" attitude because I'm not answering back. { I'm ok guys, I just had a flashback. } I wouldn't mine if my gym go to an "only men gym".

I really hate open showers. Our shower room is located right across from a glass steam room and right by the washroom. I hate for gays to stare when I'm taking a shower. I hate for guys to stand right next to me in the shower and there is only me and him in the shower. I hate when old guys come in the shower and say...I used to have a body just like yours and they keep looking at me. Here the part that really freak me out>>>>Why do some guys get an erection in the shower room? We all know the answer to that question....he is gay.

I really hate the cell phone group. My workout friends and I leave our cell phones in the locker. I remember this guy kept talking loudly on his cell phone about a female he had sex with and how he had her screaming. This conversation went on for 10 to 15 minutes and I guess he wanted to impress us that he had sex the night before. Here the funny part....While he was laughing and talking loudly about his sex experience>>>>>>>>>His phone rang and we all busted out laughing at him. We all know that no phone in use, ring out loud. The guy fakes the entire phone conversation. We couldn't stop laughing at him because it was so damn funny. The guy got up from the bench and walked out the door and we haven’t seen him since that day.





spatch said:
Lets document the worst guys to share a gym at.

1) The cell phone dude-

Last week I waited 25 minutes for a decline bench because some idiot took that long to do 3 sets on it and talk on his phone

2) The old dude who thinks he is king.

So im doing power press and some guy (im sure he had good intentions) come over and says "why arent you doing that on a normal bench. I tell him that I like to change it up a bit sometimes. He says its a half ass way to bench because the bar comes to a stop at the bottom. Later that day, he cut me in line at the water fountan :wtf: .


3) Machine hogs




I was waiting on T-bar rows for a while. The same weight had been on it for maybe 15 minutes. I then realize that the guy doing it is tri setting T-bar rows/cable curls/leg ext, and taking about 10 minutes in between sets.




I know I'm missing some, so who pisses you off most at the gym?
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There are about 8 Russian guys in my gym who are always working together. SO at any given time there are 8 machines that are unavailable for a good hour. They are also the same people who refuse to clean up sweat, drop weights, and scream at the top of their lungs while they bench press a 3 rep set of weight that is way too heavy for them and walk around with a "big man" strut. They are by far the most hated people in my gym.
 
spatch said:
And I do wear cell phones. People still talk to me and distract me. Sometimes you just cant win :nutkick:
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:icon_lol:

I hate the guy who comes in with no towel and leaves puddles on the bench I wanna use. He also has no care for reracking weights properly. He leaves the barbels for curling on the ground instead of back on the rack and puts the dumbells back wherever he wants. I find 30s where the 60s should be and 45s over by the 15s. It changes every day he's there. And he's got this book he carries around with the "Beginning Bodybuilding Workout" on it. I do not like him at all!!!!:nutkick:
-Chris
 
QUICKRYDE said:
I really hate the cell phone group. My workout friends and I leave our cell phones in the locker. I remember this guy kept talking loudly on his cell phone about a female he had sex with and how he had her screaming. This conversation went on for 10 to 15 minutes and I guess he wanted to impress us that he had sex the night before. Here the funny part....While he was laughing and talking loudly about his sex experience>>>>>>>>>His phone rang and we all busted out laughing at him. We all know that no phone in use, ring out loud. The guy fakes the entire phone conversation. We couldn't stop laughing at him because it was so damn funny. The guy got up from the bench and walked out the door and we haven’t seen him since that day.
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Damn dude, that's funny as hell. I don't mind open showers, then again I'm only used to open showers from high school wrestling practice. Since we showered every day we got used to being all naked and **** and use to mess with the younger guys. My friend once brough some shampoo that had the same color and consistency of jizz, he squirted it on some kid's back and the kid didn't even realize it, that looked funny as hell. I used to always eat my postworkout meal in the shower and when ever I had yogurt I always threw some on the freshmen.
 
at my school noone reracks the weights in the right spot... pisses me off to no end when i have to pull 3 5lbs and 3 - 25lb plates off of the rack just to get one 45lb plate when im doing my sets... oh yeah and the people who ask you right after you rep their max weight how you got strong and the infamous question "how much do you lift" ... bro get the f*ck out of here

cell phone people suck... along with people that dont let you work in with them... people who mix up the DBs on the rack and put the 120s on opposite sides of the rack... who else... females that go in to molest you visually and make you want to whip your sh!t out and pistol whip them... the naked old guy is true about every gym HAHA i guess i am a pretty brutal dude to lift with... i hate everyone :icon_lol:
 
have u noticed how the guys who should be wearing tank tops and wife beaters aren't, and the guys that shouldn't are?
 
I got one, there is this kid (21 tops) who stops at wawa on his way in to get a 24oz coffee. He is probally 5'7" and 215 with about 25%BF. He tells people how to lift and how much. He does 5 mins. cardio and sweats like a dog. He wears a wife beater that is all stretched out. The best part, he always spills his coffee on his wife beater. Horrible. It actually makes me lift harder as I dont want to ever look like this dickhead.
 
Yeah, i think you'll find these characters at every gym. At the gym I train at there used to be this really skinny guy that would come in, and he had a big bushy beard and handle bar mustache. He always talked to himself, and would always say the strangest ****, that was kind of half mumbled. One time I swear he was talking about moose to himself... Anyways, one time my friend asked him if he was done with the lat-pulldown machine and he just gave him this death glare and grunted really loud. I think some people filed a complaint to the gym about him scaring the women lol. I haven't seen him since.
 
OldSpice said:
have u noticed how the guys who should be wearing tank tops and wife beaters aren't, and the guys that shouldn't are?
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Im soo sick of the wife beaters...

they are all over my gym with their little arm band radios.
 
ryano said:
Im soo sick of the wife beaters...

they are all over my gym with their little arm band radios.
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Hold on now, I wear an armband mp3 player hoping that no one will bother me. Last night there was this dude whos eyes go two differant directions and wears a Jerome Bettis jersey every day, stoped me mid rep to ask what I was listening to.:wtf:

I told him, if he wanted me to be a friend he would have to come out of pocket. He didnt understand what I meant. Damn, that dude bothered me for 45 mins straight.:nutkick:
 
revodrew said:
Hold on now, I wear an armband mp3 player hoping that no one will bother me. Last night there was this dude whos eyes go two differant directions and wears a Jerome Bettis jersey every day, stoped me mid rep to ask what I was listening to.:wtf:

I told him, if he wanted me to be a friend he would have to come out of pocket. He didnt understand what I meant. Damn, that dude bothered me for 45 mins straight.:nutkick:
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Cardio maybe...but lifting with those little armbands is next to impossible for me. Sorry.:run:
 
revodrew said:
Hold on now, I wear an armband mp3 player hoping that no one will bother me. Last night there was this dude whos eyes go two differant directions and wears a Jerome Bettis jersey every day, stoped me mid rep to ask what I was listening to.:wtf:

I told him, if he wanted me to be a friend he would have to come out of pocket. He didnt understand what I meant. Damn, that dude bothered me for 45 mins straight.:nutkick:
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Uhh yeah what do you mean? I dont get it eithier/:blink:
 
Paint my hand if you want my time to become our time. I have about 1 hour a day to do my workout. If you want to do more then say hello then you need to gimmie some green.
 
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