View Full Version : January joiners. - Gym dickheads
We had to have a thread on this really...
Those of you who have the misfortune of training and/or working in a commercial gym - Give us your amusing tales of January gym incompetence.
One to start you off - A fat git lying on his back on the floor doing explosive pushes with a medicine ball barely avoids breaking his nose by failing to catch the ball on the way down...
...on every single rep in his set.
I'm glad that I amused you ^ :mad:
I'm glad that I amused you ^ :mad:What's not amusing?
The guy's barely getting the ball six inches out of his hands but nearly drops it on his face at least ten times during a single set. He's throwing it upwards at an angle, trying to bounce it off a nearby mirror as he does it and he's waving his legs in the air throughout.
Maybe you had to be there...
PikeKing
30-01-2007, 20:17
yesterday alone i witnessed
guy putting on a belt to curl 8kg DBs
curling in the squat rack, the classic
cable concentration curls
What's not amusing?
The guy's barely getting the ball six inches out of his hands but nearly drops it on his face at least ten times during a single set. He's throwing it upwards at an angle, trying to bounce it off a nearby mirror as he does it and he's waving his legs in the air throughout.
Maybe you had to be there...
Maybe I was...you didnt have to laugh at me,I was trying my best to move that heavy ball thingy...and I was having problems balancing too...
I've seen a guy with an A4 notepad, may as well of had the brief case to go with it, scribbling christ knows what after each rep - yes rep not set and having a 5 minute glance around the gym to see if anyone is checking him out each time. The only muscles he's gonna develop will be in his hand!!
Maybe I was...you didnt have to laugh at me,I was trying my best to move that heavy ball thingy...and I was having problems balancing too...
:023:
Also, birddogs on a swiss ball.
PikeKing
30-01-2007, 20:57
ummm thats ok :045:
well assuming they are done right, though most dont do them right on the floor
The other day I seen this guy doing behind the back shrugs in the Smith whilst leaning forward about 30 degrees, wearing a belt and using straps with 5kg on each side.
ummm thats ok :045:
well assuming they are done right, though most dont do them right on the floor
What do you reckon the odds of that were? The guy could barely balance on the thing with a four-point contact...
PikeKing
30-01-2007, 21:03
yeah i'm sure, i dont know why i posted that
HardcoreSportsTraining
30-01-2007, 21:18
I try and avoid gyms these days, for these amongst many other reasons
jan 06 i was waiting to use a treadmill (dont start, ok) and some middle aged woman was moaning to the gym manager that i wouldn't let her jump to the front of the queue as she should have priority because it was next on her "program" that had been designed for her
chavs using the smith machine for OHP
chavs using their mates for assisted lat pull downs
today chatting to a guy on a chest&tri, back&bi and legs&abs split who doesnt squat on his legs day
Normaly I would have a lot to moan about here, but the gym I am at now is pretty good actually, some times you see guys doing a million reps, but thats as bad as it gets.
PikeKing
30-01-2007, 21:55
i saw the famous gym owner training today, chest, legs, biceps no less, awesome split
he was training with some guy, their last chest exercise was a chest press machine, every rep they did the other person would help them complete the set.
no squats either, i saw some leg pressing and seated leg curls, thats it
jan 06 i was waiting to use a treadmill (dont start, ok) and some middle aged woman was moaning to the gym manager that i wouldn't let her jump to the front of the queue as she should have priority because it was next on her "program" that had been designed for her
Haha... Self-pwn3d.
Guy saying that he wasn't training for size, that he was already "too big really" and now just lifted for rugby - at ~11 stone doing one-arm machine bicep curls.
Guy bench pressing for sets of 10, even though he failed the first rep on his sternum so had all 10 reps assisted.
The most back popping one I've seen was the guy who followed the routine from Arnies book doing 'cleans'. They were round backed as much as possible SLDL's followed by dodgy reverse curl where he leans back/arches as much the other way. I winced every time he done a rep.
uk machine
31-01-2007, 09:01
Not too much to report except for the usual gym abuse/social gathering-talking the pounds off.
Though i did see some bloke at the cable crossover machine, he put a bench in front of the stack, put the horse stirrup handle on,whilst standing on the bench crouched down and did a movement similar to machine dips with one arm at a time, hard to describe. but it was a first for me lol. odd
damn i almost miss it. New trainee's at my gym more or less HAVE to follow the program set by Steve, the owner. Its pretty much box sq, rack pull and bench.
BengDogg
31-01-2007, 17:34
The only muscles he's gonna develop will be in his hand!!
I knowa better excersise for that
BengDogg
31-01-2007, 17:38
The other day I seen this guy doing behind the back shrugs in the Smith whilst leaning forward about 30 degrees, wearing a belt and using straps with 5kg on each side.
My grip isnt what it was
the block
31-01-2007, 23:15
i recently had the pleasure of being witness to an ex-steroid user, who has now shrunk, doing tricep pulldowns with a belt on :017:
but the best one ever was what i saw in Egypt - 2 guys standing, facing each other (like squaring up to one another) and holding each others hand (right with right and then left with left) with a dumbbell in the other hand, standing and shoulder pressing their respective dumbbells together at the same time. the same was also done for dumbbell curls. beat that! :044:
PikeKing
01-02-2007, 06:57
i should close the thread, no one will beat that
i recently had the pleasure of being witness to an ex-steroid user, who has now shrunk, doing tricep pulldowns with a belt on :017:
but the best one ever was what i saw in Egypt - 2 guys standing, facing each other (like squaring up to one another) and holding each others hand (right with right and then left with left) with a dumbbell in the other hand, :044:
Arab guys are very tactile.... :045:
BengDogg
01-02-2007, 10:55
That is awesome, this is why you need to take you mobile to the gym and film it
uk machine
01-02-2007, 12:17
i should close the thread, no one will beat that
^^^^^
Well hang on a minute. Bloke I was stood next to in the gym today was a classic:
- Used some blue paper towel as knuckle wraps to do some truly horrendous shadow boxing;
- Rolled his sleeves up to "show-off" his 12" pythons while he curled, then treated us all to a massive double-bi shot;
- Bobbed his head, dusted his shoulders off and shook his hands in stereotypical ghetto-cool stylee to whatever his iPod was playing;
- Screamed and nodded to his reflection whilst bashing out his 8kg power-curl 21s before just dumping the weights because "they're just so heavy, man!"
It was the knuckle wraps that got me the most...
These stories are getting tiresome, you guys are really doing yourself a great dis-service training in such gyms.
These stories are getting tiresome, you guys are really doing yourself a great dis-service training in such gyms.
*yawns*
No really, I just LOVE little boys
HardcoreSportsTraining
01-02-2007, 13:54
These stories are getting tiresome, you guys are really doing yourself a great dis-service training in such gyms.
Quite, 'pompous gangsta powerlifter/accountant' is a much better gimmick than 'moaner about gym idiots'
Alex - No worries, I'll still charge you half price to do your accounts or a drive-by on your enemies :025:
Narc, I'm sorry I keep making stupid snide and entirely pointless posts all over the place, I promise I'll stop
Where are the snide remarks, and what's with editing my posts, what's that about.
These stories are getting tiresome, you guys are really doing yourself a great dis-service training in such gyms.
Not really - they don't affect my training, it's at work so I can use it at lunchtimes, it's only £18 a month and it's packed with student girls wearing not a lot.
They have been edited out because they are annoying, unhelpful to anyone and pointless.
I would have thought that being banned from affs may have enlightened you to the fact that people tire of your smarmy one liners. I can't honestly believe you don't know what I'm talking about, or that you can't discern between the occasional good humoured dig and serial toolery. So that's what the editing of your posts is about. Sooner or later though, I suspect I may tire of that also...
Hmm, I'm well impressed that you manage to remember my posts, as with the quotes, one of them was recycled from alex, and the other one was the result of being provoked.
And as with affs supp, do you really think that I take it that seriously to reflect and take caution in treating an asshole like an asshole because I was banned on some other forum.
If it was the occasional post no-one would care, unfortunately it is indicative of a general trend in the way you post these days, which seems to boil people's piss.
As for treating assholes like assholes, I'm glad we agree on the way a forum should be run. And I'm sure you'll understand then that if you continue to swagger round like the fat kid at school screaming for attention and admiration at how cool and edgy you are, you will be banned from here too. Thin ice mi amigo
If it was the occasional post no-one would care, unfortunately it is indicative of a general trend in the way you post these days,
Maybe true with afs supps where I use to stop by to rip on people, but not on here or other forums I use.
which seems to boil people's piss.
It's not my fault that there are sensitive grown men that get emotional over the internet.
As for treating assholes like assholes, I'm glad we agree on the way a forum should be run. And I'm sure you'll understand then that if you continue to swagger round like the fat kid at school screaming for attention and admiration at how cool and edgy you are, you will be banned from here too. Thin ice mi amigo
Thank you for your attention, I'm done with your forum.
It's not my fault that there are sensitive grown men that get emotional over the internet.
You say this^^^^
Thank you for your attention, I'm done with your forum.
And then follow it up with a childish comment like this^^ "I'm not being told what to do so you can all **** off" Toys out of the pram everywhere.
I'm sure the guys with a keen interest in PL on here appreciate your training posts etc; all Tim is saying is to quit the constant unnecessary posts ripping people for the sake of it - Its funny when its needed but not all the time. Appart from your training log I can't remember the last useful thing you posted, whole point of a forum is to share experience not constantly self promote.
This isn't a dig just something to consider if you should choose to keep posting. :023:
i'm sure a load of other inexperienced lifters will feel the same as this:
i lurked and read IC for a while, feeling that this wasn't quite the stage for me to keep my journal, but the more you read, the more comments you find from the (seemingly) more knowledgeable guys saying how that as much as the appreciate the journals of the seriously strong the one thing IC needs is some noobies to keep the board going.
So when in our ignorance and naivity we attempt to expand our knowledge by asking exactly is meant in a post especially when abbreviations are used please don't shoot us down with a flippant one liner
here endeth the rant
BengDogg
01-02-2007, 18:51
No need to rant my man, for the pick has been banned. Too many people were getting sick of him and ic is a good forum atm, so with his attitude to others getting worse the banning stick was waved. He used to come across well at one point so i dont know when or why the wheel fell of but it did
I never did understand the crap he posted :017: The board is better off imo
You're right Chi. TBH that "what is Google" post was the straw that broke the camel's back
HardcoreSportsTraining
01-02-2007, 20:54
Only the coolest can play the 'what is google game' :cool:
Listened to a January joiner today, prob weighing in at 70kg (piss wet through) calling 'Big' guys meatheads. Pissed me off!
captaincaveman
02-02-2007, 16:22
Listened to a January joiner today, prob weighing in at 70kg (piss wet through) calling 'Big' guys meatheads. Pissed me off!
Hey, some of us have fast metabolisms :022:
:D
HardcoreSportsTraining
02-02-2007, 16:31
Yes, the ones that don't eat
uk machine
02-02-2007, 16:38
what the hell happened with ice? i must have missed all that.....
Only the coolest can play the 'what is google game' :cool:
I did think that...that if he got banned for that then he got banned for doing an AT impression but whatever
captaincaveman
02-02-2007, 16:55
Yes, the ones that don't eat
Hilarious
HardcoreSportsTraining
02-02-2007, 17:00
That's what she said
Hilarious
to be fair thats probably the best training advice you'll ever receive, providing your goal is to 'bulk up'
captaincaveman
02-02-2007, 17:25
I agree Tricky, my initial comment was a bit tongue in cheek, hence the :D however some people do find it a lot harder to add mass than others, while one person may gain a pound every other week on 4000 cals a day, some people would need a sports bra after a fortnight, thats why the eating comment pissed me off, its much easier for some than others. Thats like me saying to someone with a snails pace metabolism "Get on the treadmill fatty". Just to say my bodyweight is up 35lbs in 6 months so to be fair I don't think I need advice of that sort.
HardcoreSportsTraining
02-02-2007, 17:31
Thats like me saying to someone with a snails pace metabolism "Get on the treadmill fatty".
Good advice!
I agree Tricky, my initial comment was a bit tongue in cheek, hence the :D however some people do find it a lot harder to add mass than others, while one person may gain a pound every other week on 4000 cals a day, some people would need a sports bra after a fortnight, thats why the eating comment pissed me off, its much easier for some than others. Thats like me saying to someone with a snails pace metabolism "Get on the treadmill fatty". Just to say my bodyweight is up 35lbs in 6 months so to be fair I don't think I need advice of that sort.
Hope my post didn't piss you off, am a little confused as to whether this ^^ has come from what I said - just to clear things up (if it did) the January joiner was slagging off guys who have clearly worked hard and maybe taken years to get where they are and are dedicated, i wasn't slating him for not being able to gain weight it was just his attitude towards the regulars. A bit like someone getting on a horse for the first time and slagging off an olympic show jumper!
captaincaveman
02-02-2007, 19:30
No Dusty lol it didn't piss me off, my reply to your post was just a bit of a joke. What the other guy said annoyed me a bit, but tbh its nothing. Sorry if I over-reacted.
No Dusty lol it didn't piss me off, my reply to your post was just a bit of a joke. What the other guy said annoyed me a bit, but tbh its nothing. Sorry if I over-reacted.
Nah its me - a sensitive female who would prob cry if i thought I'd upset someone!! Glad we're sorted :)
HardcoreSportsTraining
02-02-2007, 19:32
ooh the other guy, it's like being in a relationship again!
captaincaveman
02-02-2007, 19:52
You knows it :D
PikeKing
13-02-2007, 19:43
not a january joiner (as he owns the gym)
half squatted 90kg for 3 reps with a belt, then when on to use calf raise/squat machine for more squats, still belted, bench press, still belted, press ups still belted, pec dec and yes u guessed it, still belted
captaincaveman
13-02-2007, 19:45
LOL
Makes my training sound respectable.
Belted pec decs rock for so many reasons.
Black Knight
14-02-2007, 15:12
Belts are ace though
I saw this Iranian guy(not seen him since jan) in the gym the other week doing Bench Press, he has the most horrible form ever - he bounces the bar off his sternum, the only part of his body on the bench were his upper traps, one of his arms was flared, and the other tucked. I had to get a close up view of how bad it was so offered to spot him on his 100kg, I really wanted his sternum to crack or something. Anyway, His first rep was a struggle, his second near failure, but then came the massive bounces off his sternum and he managed 7 reps - WTF!!! This is EXTREME ego training.
not a january joiner (as he owns the gym)
half squatted 90kg for 3 reps with a belt, then when on to use calf raise/squat machine for more squats, still belted, bench press, still belted, press ups still belted, pec dec and yes u guessed it, still belted
Makes you wanna 'belt' him? :023:
PikeKing
15-02-2007, 21:22
Makes you wanna 'belt' him? :023:
i think i prefer the clinch, if i "belt" him, no doubt my wrist would go lol
Headbutt for the win.....
Witnessed recently at my gym:
muppets putting on a belt to do cable curls
staff member (i really can not bring myself to say instructor) telling my mate from the rugby club who was front squatting that "if he put the weights on his shoulders he will find it easier"
"if he put the weights on his shoulders he will find it easier"
:046: thats funny as ****!
BengDogg
27-02-2007, 17:54
pmsl thats a gud un
What would he say if he was deadlifting?
"If you go for a lighter weight you wouldnt need to keep putting it back down and you would be able to do some curls then too.."
Bullneck Pacifist Gimboid
27-02-2007, 20:32
Fella in my gym this aft, squatting in the smith, with no weight on the bar, to no depth, struggling his tits off.
Useless.
i hate this guy..............
walk into gym,
1. loads BB to 110kg, grunts out 5reps of 6inch ROM presses
2. 9 million crunchs in ab cradle
3. scratchs arse for 15 minutes while talking about local inter-village football and how he should be at least playing in the Norwich sunday league
4. 30kg DB incline bench - 5 reps half ROM
5. 9 million crunchs in ab cradle
6. fcuk off to sauna for 60 minutes "to get rid of last stubborn bit of fat"
PikeKing
10-12-2007, 22:05
saw someone doing alternate high pulley double biceps pose, curls
or whatever the hell you call it
also, same guy, in squat rack, BB curling 40kg with horrendous back arching
i'm dreading January already........theres this moron in our gym who tries to use three pieces of equipment on his own while he runs from one to the other sweating like a beast. Now hows that going to work when the gym is over crowded.
I recenctly rejoined Fitness First simple because I can get a cardio/mini workouts in during lunch times in addition to my other pl sessions at my proper gym. And I must say that I am digusted at the shit I see people doing there, never used to bother me years before when I trained there, but now I really get to the point that I feel like duffing some of these mother****ers.
I'm currently training at a gym where they have a room dedicated to "Chest and Arms". Beat that anyone?
BengDogg
11-12-2007, 10:36
I'm currently training at a gym where they have a room dedicated to "Chest and Arms". Beat that anyone?
:046: That is truly astounding
its insane at my gym. you are encouraged to spit on the floor and leave weights everywhere.then they get you to throw chalk all over yourself when using a log or axle. chalk dust all over the floor and only ventilation is from gaps under the doors and in the roof.
HARDCORE TO THE BONE! :023:
... no january joiners here.
I'm currently training at a gym where they have a room dedicated to "Chest and Arms". Beat that anyone?
you gotta take a pic of that!
Its ridiculous, I only joined due to its convenience as its close to the commute home, and for when I can't train with the sloth. The owner was showing me around and was like "Upstairs is Chest and Arms, here is the CV and Abs room, over there is Back and Bi's" My retort "Where's your Squat Rack" owner: "Oh - you're one of them are ya? the sqauat racks and deadlift area are in the unit out back"
LMAO, love it.
out the back with the dogs and bears.
This is also the same gym owner that will put the needle in for you if you scared or not sure how to do it!!!
Female trainer to senior trainer: (to the effect of) can you come and advise my client on her particular needs as she is morbidly obese
Senior trainer to morbidly obese woman: how old are you and how much do you weigh?
Female trainer: you can't ask a lady that
WTF?!???!!!???!!!!!
PikeKing
11-12-2007, 17:43
today i saw the following workout
incline DB curls supersetted with preacher curls
barbell curls in the squat rack
cable ez bar curls supersetted with single arm cable curls
seriously
BengDogg
11-12-2007, 19:09
today i saw the following workout
incline DB curls supersetted with preacher curls
barbell curls in the squat rack
cable ez bar curls supersetted with single arm cable curls
seriously
You said it would make me buff!
CheeseOnToast
11-12-2007, 19:16
If anyones gym is short of dickheads I can pop around
PikeKing
11-12-2007, 19:18
You said it would make me buff!
i meant it would get u in the buff :045:
this evening i witness a trainer putting a client sat onto a swiss ball to do double cable biceps curls so they could train arms and core at the same time. WOOOOOOOO
this evening i witness a trainer putting a client sat onto a swiss ball to do double cable biceps curls so they could train arms and core at the same time. WOOOOOOOO
Classic! Seriously I'd burst every ****ing swiss ball ever made if I could :016:
captaincaveman
11-12-2007, 23:12
If anyones gym is short of dickheads I can pop around
LMAO Me too.
today i saw the following workout
incline DB curls supersetted with preacher curls
barbell curls in the squat rack
cable ez bar curls supersetted with single arm cable curls
seriously
I can honestly say this sort of crap is a regular occurrence with the chavs who frequent my gym
today i saw the following workout
incline DB curls supersetted with preacher curls
barbell curls in the squat rack
cable ez bar curls supersetted with single arm cable curls
seriously
Bigger boys made me do it.
Hmmm, thats not gonna ride with me Tone..... or should that be T-Dawg as all your fellow other chavs call ya?
Hmmm, thats not gonna ride with me Tone..... or shoudl that be T-Dawg as all your fellow other chavs call ya?
F***ing WORD dude!!!
Anyway,you just dont know how it is that we roll on the mean streets of Salisbury.WORD.Dude.
Today a new employee was being shown a squat, she had a go and then said “It’s easier than it looks” I was like – yeah sure anyone can do a partial squat with an empty bar on the balls of their feet! Now load the bar, squat to full depth, with good form and then say it’s easy. Grrrrr! :mad:
Gym boss likes employing clueless women that he can brainwash into his ‘machines are best, curling in the squat rack style training’ It is seriously worrying that she is going to be teaching – doesn’t effect me one little bit but it still annoyed me.
Today a new employee was being shown a squat, she had a go and then said “It’s easier than it looks” I was like – yeah sure anyone can do a partial squat with an empty bar on the balls of their feet! Now load the bar, squat to full depth, with good form and then say it’s easy. Grrrrr! :mad:
Gym boss likes employing clueless women that he can brainwash into his ‘machines are best, curling in the squat rack style training’ It is seriously worrying that she is going to be teaching – doesn’t effect me one little bit but it still annoyed me.
your boss is a cock by sounds of things.
this kinda shit really makes me wana sort a gym when i finish uni.
60kg, belted, gloved, pussy padded 1/2 squats. yEEEEEEEEEAAAHH baby
you know what, I see so many half squatters, knee bends in there, it ****ing unbelievable, from 60-220 kilos, that shit really pisses me off. It's not even about the weight, I'm easily impressed when I see people that know what they are doing. Me and a mate was blown away by the sight of a woman squatting 40kgs with great form and to depth.
van_halen
18-12-2007, 07:49
Not really - they don't affect my training, it's at work so I can use it at lunchtimes, it's only £18 a month and it's packed with student girls wearing not a lot.
Holy crap dude, why didn't you tell me!!?! Want them all to yourself hey!? I may have to come for my gym induction. In fact I'll do it on dress-down friday in a gun top with my belly on full display doing that swole, drunken pirate walk!
I'm still amazed by the shit that goes on in my gym - guy of asian persuation screaming his head off supersetting 20kg DB Press with cable flyes - idiot.
Also a guy squatting 80kg with knee wraps, belt and singlet. His mate gets in and ups it to 140kg, (not a bad rom either) but his stance was so narrow that I thought he was going to buckle at any given moment, his poor knees!
It gets worse, last night:
> 3 guys with THE worst deadlift form I have ever seen plugging away with 110kg, when I say bad form I mean massively roundbacked, stiff legged, odd foot positioning etc, then the biggest of the 3 whacks 140 on the bar, does one horrible rep, looks around for admiring glances and signs off with "good workout guys"
> 1/8 squats in the rack with Mark Reardon (2paclives on) bar positioning.
> Two huge BBers screaming as they rep out 120kg rack pulls, tough guys eh!
Needless to say my Clean and Presses were looked on as if they were some new alien training method.
It gets worse, last night:
> 3 guys with THE worst deadlift form I have ever seen plugging away with 110kg, when I say bad form I mean massively roundbacked, stiff legged, odd foot positioning etc, then the biggest of the 3 whacks 140 on the bar, does one horrible rep, looks around for admiring glances and signs off with "good workout guys"
> 1/8 squats in the rack with Mark Reardon (2paclives on) bar positioning.
> Two huge BBers screaming as they rep out 120kg rack pulls, tough guys eh!
Needless to say my Clean and Presses were looked on as if they were some new alien training method.
i thought your gym was athlete/invite only?
i thought your gym was athlete/invite only?
Well you did be surprised what some of these athletes do at times, I have seen Dalton grant and ben challenger regularly squat 300kgs. I'm going to video it next time and upload it.
Funny shit for real!!!
i thought your gym was athlete/invite only?
One back home is, down here in Cardiff its roid head city unfortunately.
plateau2
30-01-2008, 14:07
Kid of about 16-18, must have weighed about 50kg doing curls with silver dumbells then doing a bicep pose in the mirror.
2 twins about 18, at best weigh about 70kg -one says to his roid head cousin/older brother "am I the strongest 18 year old around? I can use the 32kg dumbbells". Then he proceeds to take his shirt of to train the rest of the workout.
This isn't the worst of things I have seen by any means :mad:
Isn't Ben Challenger an high jumper?
While I'm trying some drop snatches i overheard a guy doing curls with an eleiko bar on the platform next to me tell his mate that they are 'awesome for really hitting your rear delts' and went on to say he would do some in a bit.... he didn't.
Don't get me started on the 2 polish guys that get topless and shadow box in the mirror. Pure class.
I train at home so i miss all the fun but I just saw this...makes me want to join a gym just for the laughs
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sl1XrHeG1WI
I think someone mentioned previously that the kid throws a Jim Carey impression in at the end for Xtra pump FACTOR....
Don't get me started on the 2 polish guys that get topless and shadow box in the mirror. Pure class.
Andy and I are actually Slovakian not Polish.
PikeKing
04-02-2008, 17:47
Andy and I are actually Slovakian not Polish.
come visit my country, i can recommend a great hostel, sexy fun times, yes
Andy is the taller,hairier one by the way so you can tell us apart.I'd describe our faces but there are normally bacon sandwiches in the way.
plateau2
04-02-2008, 19:37
Tonight witness group of 3 guys slightly bending the knees with 140 on their back must have sunk all of 2"...
Andy is the taller,hairier one by the way so you can tell us apart.I'd describe our faces but there are normally bacon sandwiches in the way.Haha there is no way in hell you could ever be as awesome as these dudes, both clearly use as they are pretty big and only ever scream their way through workouts consisting entirely of tiny isolations and the obligatory topless boxing. I once had the misfortune to see them applying fake tan to each other in the changing rooms... Shudder.
kinkymisspinky
04-02-2008, 22:44
One of the PTs at my gym had his client doing one arm DB snatches sitting on a Swiss ball right after he buggered her ankle or knee doing completely inappropriate plyometric nonsense.
Haha there is no way in hell you could ever be as awesome as these dudes, both clearly use as they are pretty big and only ever scream their way through workouts consisting entirely of tiny isolations and the obligatory topless boxing. I once had the misfortune to see them applying fake tan to each other in the changing rooms... Shudder.
Lucky you didn't come in 10 minutes earlier is all I can say :023:
talking of gym idiots, i went in today to talk 2 someone about Sunday and there was some guy was going heavy on th pec dec to impress his mates. Came over to me and one of the guys who were working at the gym, mid conversation and says to the gym staff:
"you got anything for my shoulder, it's killing me"
"what do you mean?"
"i know you used to use, do you have any gear?"
"one vial of deca, why?"
"can i have it?"
"it won't help your shoulder mate"
"yeah but if i go to the doctor they'll just tell me to stop doing drugs"
"yeah ok mate, take it, its yours.........idiot"
kinkymisspinky
08-02-2008, 22:31
I had to explain a periodisation to one of the PTs today... :022:
I had to explain a periodisation to one of the PTs today... :022:
Ye, my wife often complains about the pains they give her too, that PT must be really thick.
PikeKing
09-02-2008, 19:40
Ye, my wife often complains about the pains they give her too, that PT must be really thick.
haha that cracked me up
one chav came into out gym today, sat on the pec dec, removed his hoodie, only to put it on backwards, then put the hood over his face while he lifted. he repeated this for every other exercise he did that session
I'm lucky that I train at 7.00am at we get the same 5 guys in every morning and no chavs! what a tosser
Finished my pulldowns today after been glared at by two chavs who proceeded to stack the machine with all the weight plates, much to my amusements one was doing the pulldowns while the other one was pushing down on the bar whilst saying "These are all yours mate, all yours" :044:
one chav came into out gym today, sat on the pec dec, removed his hoodie, only to put it on backwards, then put the hood over his face while he lifted. he repeated this for every other exercise he did that session
What...the...fudge...
Was doing cleans and missed a couple, the guy next to me benching on the smith (who had seen my previous sets) said "Mate if you need a hand I'll grab an end and you grab an end and we can both lift it."
Seriously!??
That and Madcaps seem unreal..
wtf, some crazy stories going on!!
haha milhouse that's classic! if this kid's in when i train on Friday i'll take a pic of it. Couldnt concentrate on my shit properly after i saw that
A pic would be hilarious! Make it priority! :045:
haha, word. tell him its for maximuscle!
Finished my pulldowns today after been glared at by two chavs who proceeded to stack the machine with all the weight plates, much to my amusements one was doing the pulldowns while the other one was pushing down on the bar whilst saying "These are all yours mate, all yours" :044:
Haha, that reminds me of when I took my housemate to the gym (who was a person who never did weights) and on one of the last reps whilst I was benching shouted out really loud 'COME ON YOU F()CKER' and I just burst out laughing, and couldn't do anything after that.
PikeKing
01-03-2008, 20:34
there is a guy at my gym who routinely does standing pec dec flyes
there is a guy at my gym who routinely does standing pec dec flyes
Are you sure you just weren't facing a mirror ;)
Watched two guys who thought they were totally gangsta spot each other and do assisted reps on quarter (if that) squats with 80kg today. The assisted reps involved grabbing each others tits and copious amounts of groin to arse contact, i almost lost it completely. 5 minutes later i was lucky enough to witness KNEELING curls and military press. Good times.
wha!!? :017:
and you didnt drop kick the **** because?
Obv because Kneeling movements make you bad ass, that and i was laughing so much i couldn't move
Obv because Kneeling movements make you bad ass, that and i was laughing so much i couldn't move
Probably because it was a position they were used to for one reason or another..... :023:
You reckon they were religous types then?
You reckon they were religous types then?
Or they might have been criminals-you know,done for receiving swollen goods....
RANT - so im speaking to a dude in my lecture yesterday, chris, he seems alright and is usually a good laugh, hes moaning his back is hurting cause he did chest and shos that morning as well as back, cause he missed it the other day, usually he does chest a bis, back and tris and shoulders and abs.
"where the **** is the leg work?"
"i dont do legs anymore"
"why not, if anything thats the only thing id do"
"i used to play football, so my legs are pretty strong, i got up to 180 for reps and dont see the point anymore"
"180 for reps huh, pretty good" TOSSA!
this guy weighs 80k max and has no ****ing legs, why do these cun7s lie!"!? FFS, does he ont think that i know hom much ****ing things weigh, if he put 180 on his back, hed fold in ****ing half.
- RANT over.
hmmm, might make more sense.
still a ****.
180lbs?
On the leg press?
kinkymisspinky
10-03-2008, 21:13
Some prat in the gym told me that power training is dangerous for my shoulders. In 'real' martial arts what I should do is poke someone in the neck with my thumb and this will kill them instantly. I used my anger towards him to fuel my workout, imagining his head was the ball/bag and slamming it that little bit harder.
A PT was showing a new client how to do various exercises; his squat form was average, client's was excellent. He tried to show him how to bench and got stapled by 50kg on the first rep! His diary must be jam-packed with bookings after a demo like that...
Stapled by 50kg? God he's almost as weak at benching as Narc....
Today a lad i've never seen before came in a vest that was far too big for him and had match stick arms my forearms were bigger than his biceps (and my forearms ain't shit) but you could tell how he was throwing the weights about and his general attitude he thought he was massive or something. Then he whips off his vest for no reason and starts posing <buff> now to be fair he was cut but he was skinny as **** probably weighed a maximum of 10-11 stone but was doing the double bicep pose while nodding his head!! What a dick!
Stapled by 50kg? God he's almost as weak at benching as Narc....
Almost...
One of my favorite articles (http://www.t-nation.com/article/performance_training/6_things_i_really_dislike&cr=) on this subject. Narc, listen up - some advice for you too in there on pull-ups.
Today a lad i've never seen before came in a vest that was far too big for him and had match stick arms my forearms were bigger than his biceps (and my forearms ain't shit) but you could tell how he was throwing the weights about and his general attitude he thought he was massive or something. Then he whips off his vest for no reason and starts posing <buff> now to be fair he was cut but he was skinny as **** probably weighed a maximum of 10-11 stone but was doing the double bicep pose while nodding his head!! What a dick!
you shoul've calmly walked over, grabbed his head and planted it into the mirror :029:
One of my favorite articles (http://www.t-nation.com/article/performance_training/6_things_i_really_dislike&cr=) on this subject. Narc, listen up - some advice for you too in there on pull-ups.
Curls in the squat rack so many pricks in my gym do this :019:
BengDogg
07-06-2008, 08:00
That heathen! He doesent like shrugs! Gotta get yoked!
One of my favorite articles (http://www.t-nation.com/article/performance_training/6_things_i_really_dislike&cr=) on this subject. Narc, listen up - some advice for you too in there on pull-ups.
Mike Boyle can suck my cock. And 'powerlifting' depth squats still aren't full squats, he's a douche, and he writes shit articles.
Curls in the squat rack so many pricks in my gym do this :019:It's curls on the platform with an eleiko bar and bumpers that really upset me...
BengDogg
07-06-2008, 11:36
Mike Boyle can suck my cock. And 'powerlifting' depth squats still aren't full squats, he's a douche, and he writes shit articles.
What do you really think of him? :042:
PikeKing
07-06-2008, 11:39
Curls in the squat rack so many pricks in my gym do this :019:
more people do curls in the squat rack at my gym, than do squats
What do you really think of him? :042:
i think he wants his penis
more people do curls in the squat rack at my gym, than do squats
Are you sure u don't train at my gym?
They get right moody when I politely tell them to move on too.
It is well out of order and gay as **** to do curls in squat rack
PikeKing
08-06-2008, 08:29
lots of people doing high pulley curls at the moment, like the double bicep one but just one arm
Cable cross over flyes seem to be the order of the day at my place with a few of the new members, they were scourned upon by the owner though!
A few highlights from the gym last night.....
1. A guy hunched over, doing deep breathing and snorting to pysche himself up for his spotted/assisted DB overhead presses.
2. Woman doing the same squat/GM hybrid that the trainers demonstrate to all women with a pussy pad on a 15kg barbell
3. Trainer having a 9st 17y/o doing cheat DB curls whilst stood one footed on a bosu ball as part of his induction.
Wow, number 3 boggles the mind..
Seriously JB, the trainer in question just makes me mad almost every time i see her with a client.
This is a conversation i had with my wife the other week......
Mrs Chi: X is going on a training course for training women who have given recently given birth, she will have done it by the time the baby is born.
Me: hmmmmmmpff, i could train you better than her.
Mrs Chi: yeah, but i need to get back into training gently
Me: right in that case 12 weeks to ease back into it, then i'm buying you a book called the news rules of lifting for women which is written by a couple of well respected authors.
I've even told my mother in law to stay away from the trainer in question
van_halen
17-06-2008, 11:55
Hmmm! I saw a guy in the gym a while ago doing seated preacher curls wearing a belt and using straps (what most people use for shrugs). Yes he had his hands strapped to the bar doing preacher curls with about 30kg. There are TONS of goons who train wearing gloves and belts for EVERYTHING.
Oh and I often see people doing box squats with a box 2 times too tall and not actually ever hitting it!! What's the point!?! I'm guessing they've seen the powerlifters box-squat and are trying to copy it??
I think the guy training with his hoodie on backwards wins this though!!! WTF!!
lol @ no.3 on Chi's list - that's hard to beat.
What I saw last week;
some chav trying out the deadlift with the most horrible form ever - he was not using his legs one iota, and his back was so rounded it was funny - it's a good job he was only using 60 odd kilo.
Polish chap putting all the 2.5kg bumper plates on, then proceeding to do quarter squats.
I've seen many other things but these days it just doesn't register.
Chi is your missus pregnant then? If so congrats!
Chi is your missus pregnant then? If so congrats! Aye, thanks. We are now 20 weeks, due date 4th November.
PikeKing
17-06-2008, 17:03
Hmmm! I saw a guy in the gym a while ago doing seated preacher curls wearing a belt and using straps (what most people use for shrugs). Yes he had his hands strapped to the bar doing preacher curls with about 30kg. There are TONS of goons who train wearing gloves and belts for EVERYTHING.
a guy was doing back lat pulldowns wearing a belt, then he went on to back extensions with the belt on, he's a complete pleb
Aye, thanks. We are now 20 weeks, due date 4th November.
Awesome, congrats pal! :026:
Aye, thanks. We are now 20 weeks, due date 4th November.
Brilliant stuff! Pleased for you :023:
Aye, thanks. We are now 20 weeks, due date 4th November.Congrats from me too. Awesome.
kinkymisspinky
18-06-2008, 09:09
Aye, thanks. We are now 20 weeks, due date 4th November.
Congrats!
Saw a good one last night....
Seated Hammer BAR Curls - so he was basically just doing the top part of a hammer curl..
I had a word, but he was adamant that they gave him a good burn in the top of his biceps haha
Report from Saturdays gym visit
1. Spotting bodybuilder wannabe on the bench who was repping at 12-15 per set as at 13st he was big enough and now just wanted to tone.
2. Double bicep cable curls whilst stood, one legged, on a bosu ball.
SERIOUSLY!!!!
how the **** can someone think that is a good idea, let alone perform it.
This probably deserves it own thread, it truely is the ultimate gym dickhead behaviour.
Check out this video (http://asp.elitefts.com/qa/training-logs.asp?qid=77041&tid=)
Hahahahaha that's the best thing i've ever seen. When I saw him setting up i didn't begin to expect that..
BengDogg
11-07-2008, 12:38
That is crazy, i cant see what it would do for you but it looked hilarious
pmsl.
Reversed vertical gravity presses.
From the time i entered the gym to the time i left after doing squats, deadlifts and core work there were two guys doing a bicep workout, yes i said bicep not arm. Seated DB curls, standing DB curls, 1 arm DB preacher curls, EZ bar standing curls, EZ bar preacher curls and when i had finished deadlifting they then used the bar for BB curls.
Also had a trainer for the third time in three deadlift sessions tell me to put shoes on, although rather than having an issue with me they are having a purge on dress in general due to a number of chavs to want to train in jeans. That and the fact i'll be in VFF after xmas.
kinkymisspinky
12-12-2008, 10:43
Also had a trainer for the third time in three deadlift sessions tell me to put shoes on, although rather than having an issue with me they are having a purge on dress in general due to a number of chavs to want to train in jeans. That and the fact i'll be in VFF after xmas.
I think it's probably also a health and safety issue in case you drop a weight on your foot. Not that a pair of flimsy trainers would make much difference but I think they have to at least warn you.
From the time i entered the gym to the time i left after doing squats, deadlifts and core work there were two guys doing a bicep workout, yes i said bicep not arm. Seated DB curls, standing DB curls, 1 arm DB preacher curls, EZ bar standing curls, EZ bar preacher curls and when i had finished deadlifting they then used the bar for BB curls.
Also had a trainer for the third time in three deadlift sessions tell me to put shoes on, although rather than having an issue with me they are having a purge on dress in general due to a number of chavs to want to train in jeans. That and the fact i'll be in VFF after xmas.
Reading your first paragraph I thought how rude it was you didn't come train with us while visiting our gym! Reading the second i realised it couldn't be ours becuase you actually had a trainer. Our gym people do what the fudge they want, some times that good but most take advantage.
Don't think we'll get many January Joiners, they normally head to the post gyms like Fitness First rather than our sweatbox.
my old gym told me not to train deads in shoes. I honestly dont see how you can injure your toes doing a conv. deadlift, other than putting the weights on, but then noone goes into a gym shoeless anyways.
Reading your first paragraph I thought how rude it was you didn't come train with us while visiting our gym! Reading the second i realised it couldn't be ours becuase you actually had a trainer. Our gym people do what the fudge they want
They are not trainers like Cap/JB/Manatee have, unless they putting noobies onto a bosu ball routine or being paid for 1-1 personal training they are just glorified cleaners.
nobody's approached me about training, I just get shouted at lol :(
Hah me neither, I get squat advice from the PL dude sometimes and occasionally a few lifting tips from a mad old german lifter but that's about it.
Last night I witnessed someone fail a Bent over row, with an ez bar with a 10kg plate on each side. By my calculations that 27.5kg, and I thought I was weak!!!!!
Last night I witnessed someone fail a Bent over row, with an ez bar with a 10kg plate on each side. By my calculations that 27.5kg, and I thought I was weak!!!!!
lol at least he was trying hard, he worked to failure, cant stay fairer than that haha
Last night I witnessed someone fail a Bent over row, with an ez bar with a 10kg plate on each side. By my calculations that 27.5kg, and I thought I was weak!!!!!****in' awesome, I'm always suprised when an untrained n00b of normalish weight is incapable of even doing a single chin, but that is whole new levels of amazing.
I haven't seen any proper gym shenanigans since I was back in Edinburgh, but even then it was just the old 1/8th squats. The guy spotting, who should really know better, kept telling him his form was fine.
****in' awesome, I'm always suprised when an untrained n00b of normalish weight is incapable of even doing a single chin, but that is whole new levels of amazing.
Yeah to be fair this guy was a newbie, but I was thinking back to the days when I was 16 and first started gyming it, and even then I was benching 60kg etc. It was such a shock to see someone so frail as there are quite a few strong people at my gym, he did do two reps though....
One of my favs was watching some dude bench 60 whilst havinge both legs up in the air doing a little dance. Think Narc and I went to far as we where bent over laughing and pointing.
Or when some guy was lying on a bench with his head over the end nodding from left to right, up and down. When he finished Narc then got on the same bench to Mimic him while saying wait not finished, wait not finished. I was laughing the other guy looked well pissed off lol
Starting to think taking the piss out of noobs is the most fun.
lmao, some crackers there folks. i miss the humour, though saying that, there was never many people at my gym, those that were just sat on the bench press on their mobile phones.
One of my favs was watching some dude bench 60 whilst havinge both legs up in the air doing a little dance. Think Narc and I went to far as we where bent over laughing and pointing.
Or when some guy was lying on a bench with his head over the end nodding from left to right, up and down. When he finished Narc then got on the same bench to Mimic him while saying wait not finished, wait not finished. I was laughing the other guy looked well pissed off lol
Starting to think taking the piss out of noobs is the most fun.
Bench guy ruled. Neck guy is an utter dweeb. Overhead kids doing 22.5kg are pretty funny too.
These three or four kids, 18 or so I guess, that do wobbly behind the neck presses on an olympic bar with a pair of 1.25kg plates on it.
Haha I don't wanna know what the strong guys at my gym though of me when I started going and could do maybe 1 or 2 horrible arched back OHP reps with an oly bar.
kinkymisspinky
12-12-2008, 17:59
****in' awesome, I'm always suprised when an untrained n00b of normalish weight is incapable of even doing a single chin, but that is whole new levels of amazing.
I think people are getting more and more sedentary and gym training is getting more and more gay so that people now have no idea what strong (or even normal) looks like.
Today I was waiting for the cage while one of the large gym staff (probably about twice my weight) was struggling to do 60kg quarter squats. He turned to me and asked, "Can you lift this weight?" with a tone of voice like I should probably not be in the free weights area on account of being a small woman. I gave him a withering look and replied, "That's easy. It's only 60kg. I use that as a warm up." It shut him up and he left.
My gym is a joke only handful of people actually use the squat rack to squat! Majority of the time it is some stringy armed chavs using it to do curls on - pick it up off the floor you **** wit
I think people are getting more and more sedentary and gym training is getting more and more gay so that people now have no idea what strong (or even normal) looks like.
Today I was waiting for the cage while one of the large gym staff (probably about twice my weight) was struggling to do 60kg quarter squats. He turned to me and asked, "Can you lift this weight?" with a tone of voice like I should probably not be in the free weights area on account of being a small woman. I gave him a withering look and replied, "That's easy. It's only 60kg. I use that as a warm up." It shut him up and he left.
hahaha awesome!
Been away on training this week so had the pleasure of using the gym in the university of Warwick. I witnessed some gems...
- Three Asian guys struggling with a 40kg Bench. They were on the station for ages and when they got up to 60 I asked if I could jump in to warm-up. The looks on their faces were pretty funny.
- Thumbless grip 1/2 deadlifts. Imagine something inbetween a RDL and a Dead.
- The old classic curls in a squat rack
- 2 Guys doing about 18 sets on the lat pulldown using every different handle attachment and every different dort of pulldown
I did see a tiny chinese guy pull a 170kg dead though, he must have weight no more than 60kg himself!
I've seen a few classics in my time too, but the one that sticks in the mind at the moment is three guys doing one armed lateral raises in tandem while all holding onto something for support with the other arm.
i really wish I took a video of hoody-chav-flyes
PikeKing
19-12-2008, 17:30
one guy standing right behind the other, both doing db laterals in harmony
no ****ing way! thats better than olympic synchronised swimming.
did the yboth have vests on?
PikeKing
19-12-2008, 20:12
no but i think they bummed eachother later between sets of kickbacks
Wow, i forgot how bad regular gyms were: In the edinburgh uni gym a group of about 6 guys- for some reason 3 of them London rude boi types, a couple of yanks and some local twatbags apparently all AF players- all doing curls on the platform, from squat stands with an eleiko bar filled with the full size 2.5kg plastic bumpers. They were in all seriousness chatting about how they really liked their bicep veins as they made their arms look "really toned and shaped." One had particular favourites apparently.
Apart from that some guy way bigger than me doing 1/8 squats (that's being generous, the safety bars were set about the bottom of his rib cage and he was staying a good few inches clear) with 120 and screaming his lungs out with every rep.
PikeKing
29-12-2008, 17:23
oh my god thats a good one!
If i can get the snatch grip DL vid up you'll be able to see some of them in all their glory.
My gym has removed the nice wide metal bar from the lat pull down machine with one that is 8inchs shorter and comes with lovely plastic grips as the health and safety officer said the old one was dangerous if some one walked into it.
You have a health and safety officer at your gym?
I imagine one from the council went round as some kind of inspection.
Liquid Ash
12-03-2009, 07:33
After reading some of this stuff I am glad I no longer have to go the gym since I got my oly set and power rack.
Although I suppose you should go easy on the n00bs, I am sure a fair few of you were like them (some probably still are).
I've been to the gym in the evening a few times recently, it seems the decline DB bench, DB pullover and DB overhead tri ext program is very popular.
This morning i got to witness roundback BO rows, with hip drive, in the smith machine.
"Barry" the 50 something BBer that frequents the gym in the evening who is normally found lieing on his back doing cable curls in the cable crossover machine asked my wife what postural realignment meant.
The middle age women who ALWAYS places the BOSU ball under the chin up bar to do her bodyweight 1/4 squats on no longer leaves it under the bar while she supersets tricep pushdowns after i kicked it across the gym. I blame lack of sleep.
One yoof training another on how to squat safely in the smith machine. I'm not sure it his spine or knees will be first to blow out, but i'm positive when they transfer to an actual barbell they will no longer be able to squat with their feet behind the bar.
If your skinny and can bang out millions of half rep chin-ups don't expect your fat friend who has struggled to do any to miraculously manage to do them with 10kg strapped to them.
I did deadlifts, lunges and abs the other day. When i arrived the polish guy was doing biceps, when i left he was still doing biceps. He only ever does chest or biceps i'm sure.
I think i've forgotten some, but i feel much better now.
My old gym had some pretty big built Polish dudes who only seemed to do seated behind the neck partials with the sort of weights that I could probably handle :009:
Team benchers!! Some geezer turns up to the gym with 'air lats', tight tracksuit, fake tan, spiky hair etc... starts talking to the instructor behind the desk, the gym instructor asks him what he's benching he says he's up to 120kg now so he goes to the smith machine with his mates warmups up and gets 3 of his goons to help him lift 100kg. Then he sticks on 120kg, and all 4 of them were grunting to get it up. Then he spent the rest of his session curling. The worst thing about it is he is a qualified personal trainer (qualified with the same course i did) and actually has plenty of work.
:038:
I've been to the gym in the evening a few times recently, it seems the decline DB bench, DB pullover and DB overhead tri ext program is very popular.
This morning i got to witness roundback BO rows, with hip drive, in the smith machine.
"Barry" the 50 something BBer that frequents the gym in the evening who is normally found lieing on his back doing cable curls in the cable crossover machine asked my wife what postural realignment meant.
The middle age women who ALWAYS places the BOSU ball under the chin up bar to do her bodyweight 1/4 squats on no longer leaves it under the bar while she supersets tricep pushdowns after i kicked it across the gym. I blame lack of sleep.
One yoof training another on how to squat safely in the smith machine. I'm not sure it his spine or knees will be first to blow out, but i'm positive when they transfer to an actual barbell they will no longer be able to squat with their feet behind the bar.
If your skinny and can bang out millions of half rep chin-ups don't expect your fat friend who has struggled to do any to miraculously manage to do them with 10kg strapped to them.
I did deadlifts, lunges and abs the other day. When i arrived the polish guy was doing biceps, when i left he was still doing biceps. He only ever does chest or biceps i'm sure.
I think i've forgotten some, but i feel much better now.
Some serious venting going on there.
I miss seeing some real stupid shit at my gym but last weekend I had the displeasure of training back at my old one, still the same rubbish going down. I love watching those idiots smith squatting.
I've never even seen a Smith before I don't think. Feel like I'm missing out really. Want to see those feet behind/way in front of the bar squats.
Go into any backward I mean modern commercial gym and ask them what equipment they have. Normally they start off proudly with 'we have a smith machine'.
Go into any backward I mean modern commercial gym and ask them what equipment they have. Normally they start off proudly with 'we have a smith machine'.
The machines in commercial gyms are a waste of good steel/iron - melt it all down and make some some nice thick handled globe dumbells and axles. Then people in these gyms might actually grow a bit from year to year. The machine that lets you go forward and back but not side to side is even gayer than the smith machine. Health and safety first though.
**** that sam, stick a chain around the pec dec and youve got a great dragging implement.
the block
30-05-2009, 18:17
Team benchers!! Some geezer turns up to the gym with 'air lats', tight tracksuit, fake tan, spiky hair etc... starts talking to the instructor behind the desk, the gym instructor asks him what he's benching he says he's up to 120kg now so he goes to the smith machine with his mates warmups up and gets 3 of his goons to help him lift 100kg. Then he sticks on 120kg, and all 4 of them were grunting to get it up. Then he spent the rest of his session curling. The worst thing about it is he is a qualified personal trainer (qualified with the same course i did) and actually has plenty of work.
:038:
PK trains at your gym?! :devil2:
PikeKing
30-05-2009, 18:31
PK trains at your gym?! :devil2:
thats actually pretty offensive you ****er :088:
the block
30-05-2009, 18:40
:dancban: twas too good an opportunity to pass :047:
van_halen
01-06-2009, 10:18
I've never even seen a Smith before I don't think. Feel like I'm missing out really. Want to see those feet behind/way in front of the bar squats.
I think you, Rory and I should take a free session at virgin or shitness first and see how quickly we can get kicked out :023:
I think you, Rory and I should take a free session at virgin or shitness first and see how quickly we can get kicked out :023:Hahahaha plan, i was going to say snatches would wind them up, but lets be honest, they'd probably have a fit if we started doing DLs...
Recent favourite was the gym manager saying "this place isn't really for getting stronger is it?"
Recent favourite was the gym manager saying "this place isn't really for getting stronger is it?"
he sounds like a real gay. probably about 6'1'' 12 stone right?
Recent favourite was the gym manager saying "this place isn't really for getting stronger is it?"
I've probably put this in this thread before but i heard one of the trainers telling my friend and fellow rugger player who was front squatting that "he would find it easier if he put the bar on his back"
he sounds like a real gay. probably about 6'1'' 12 stone right?
He's a runner :mad:
Did say we might be getting some bands soon though and lets me use their kettlebells so he's not all bad.
plateau2
01-06-2009, 21:10
Chav idiots doing spotted lat raises behind me when I was walking over when split squatting dropped a 15 plate close to his foot - they found somewhere else to train after that...
KBs are excellent - the fact that he has some at his gym makes him hetrosexual !
I've probably put this in this thread before but i heard one of the trainers telling my friend and fellow rugger player who was front squatting that "he would find it easier if he put the bar on his back"
I hadn't read this before. Proper crakced me up!:023:
JonnyJames
02-06-2009, 10:50
I hadn't read this before. Proper crakced me up!:023:
On that note, In b2k last night:
heavily spotted front squats in the smith machine
that MMA ****** 'teaching' a total begginer how to deadlift - I actually winced
someone doing 1/3 rep pull ups with more leg drive than Ussain Bolt
Ah, I could go on endlessly.
God I love that place.
I saw some 1/4 Squats for the fisrt time in ages at my place last night. The head trainer promptly walked over, told the guy to "take some weight off and squat properly" Nice to see!
... More leg drive than ussain bolt
rofl
Spotting some guy in the gym today - he asked to join in when I was on 100 saying he was going to do 8; he dive bombed 4 reps and just about bounced them back up, then proceeded to fail 4 on the trot, with me having to unstaple him each rep... Then when I moved up to 110 he said he'd go for that too and would aim for 4 to 6! WTF! Again he managed half his guess but kept going anyway... I felt like a traitor for spotting him but didn't want to waste my time explaining why he was being such an arse after he ignored my suggestions of not lowering the bar to his neck and not having his wrists bent back at 90 degrees.
Spotting some guy in the gym today - he asked to join in when I was on 100 saying he was going to do 8; he dive bombed 4 reps and just about bounced them back up, then proceeded to fail 4 on the trot, with me having to unstaple him each rep... Then when I moved up to 110 he said he'd go for that two and would aim for 4 to 6! WTF! Again he managed half his guess but kept going anyway... I felt like a traitor for spotting him but didn't want to waste my time explaining why he was being such an arse after he ignored my suggestions of not lowering the bar to his neck and not having his wrists bent back at 90 degrees.I just read that in your journal and had flashbacks of my old gym. I was spotting a guy in a similar situation and predictably, he got completely pinned. So i picked the bar off him and put it back in the stands. He got annoyed, picked it back up again then stapled himself 3 more times for good measure. I didn't quite have the heart to leave him.
yep sounds familiar i remember when i was 16 and first joined a gym , a gay commercial one. old geezer in a smith machine. He did 100kg. Then he called the gym instructor over and he did 140kg with the gym instructor rowing it. Then he puts on 180kg and asked me and another lad there to spot aswell (each side). 4 man team bench now. Not enough. 220kg goes on, i was a noob at the time but asked him 'surely that's too much' so he goes and grabs abother lad at the water fountain and with 4 spotters all straining to help so he doesn't get stuck he does a half bench with it. Bear in mind this is in the smith machine aswell!! Best part is afterwards he gets up flares his lats and says 'when i was younger i used to do 300kg. 666lbs. Looks like i haven't lost too much'
PikeKing
02-06-2009, 17:55
has there been a sudden influx again, due to the nice weather maybe?
I felt like a traitor for spotting him but didn't want to waste my time explaining why he was being such an arse after he ignored my suggestions of not lowering the bar to his neck and not having his wrists bent back at 90 degrees.
Sorry Ian but you kinda are. Last time some guy asked me to spot I didn't say anything, then when he went for a second set I told him only if he squatted to decent depth, by the time the third set came around the weight was lowered and depth was getting there :2guns:
Next time Ian be straight with him, tell him it's to embarrassing, and you don't want to be associated with someone training badly.:023:
Yeah but that takes time - I've only got half an hour to train. Plus if he ****s himself up he might not come back :)
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