Saved a noob from certain embarassment, and possibly serious injury, at the gym today

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12-01-2012, 02:53 PM
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Saved a noob from certain embarassment, and possibly serious injury, at the gym today

As usual the ignorant a-holes at my gym continue to leave all bars/machines loaded up with plates. In the rack next to me was a bar on the safeties with 335 loaded up.

Noob comes up and starts clearing it off to do whatever. But he's only taking the plates off one side. Bad idea. So he's cleared all but one 45 off one side and there is still 3 plates and change on the other side. I see him walk up and start taking the last plate off on the one side.

I yelled over to him "don't take that plate off!" and he looks over all confused "Huh?"

I said "If you take that plate off the bar is going to tip and you'll likely catch the end of it on your chin"

He looks around and finally gets it and says "oh. yeah. thanks."

My good deed for the day. :)
12-01-2012, 02:57 PM
LisaSkinnoble

I remember tipping a bar off the rack at the bench press. Darned near knocked somebody's head off. :o
12-01-2012, 02:58 PM
djflex

Arent you the ahole who breaks the no chalk rule?

Seems like you are just trying to suck up to gym staff now by helping others...

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v30/MorrisAO/skeptical-dog.jpg[/IMG]

:D
12-01-2012, 02:59 PM
FlaIronMind

Mother of God, is this something that needs to be [i]taught[/i]? Doesn't basic science class in junior high cover this concept?

;)

You done good brother.
12-01-2012, 03:01 PM
-=FLEX=-

[QUOTE=LisaSkinnoble;987399923]I remember tipping a bar off the rack at the bench press. Darned near knocked somebody's head off. :o[/QUOTE]

:rolleyes:

[QUOTE=djflex;987400273]Arent you the ahole who breaks the no chalk rule?[/IMG]

[/QUOTE]

And speaking of which; the PT that gave me **** about the chalk was there today with a client; also leaving plates on equipment.

I think if you're going to try to enforce the rules you'd better abide by them, and if that skinny non-lifting goof ever says anything to me again, I will tell him exactly that.
12-01-2012, 03:04 PM
mtpockets

Good man.

Yup, he could have gotten KO'd

With everyone carrying a smartphone these days, it's times like this, that some douchebag video's it for you tube fame.
12-01-2012, 03:07 PM
djflex

[QUOTE=-=FLEX=-;987401753]:rolleyes:

And speaking of which; the PT that gave me **** about the chalk was there today with a client; also leaving plates on equipment.

I think if you're going to try to enforce the rules you'd better abide by them, and if that skinny non-lifting goof ever says anything to me again, I will tell him exactly that.[/QUOTE]

My biggest beef with pt is when they leave their crap everywhere. They should know better and they work there. I hate those fuks, will pee in next douchebag trainers gym bag i see. Just to make a point...
12-01-2012, 03:13 PM
FlaIronMind

[QUOTE=djflex;987403663]My biggest beef with pt is when they leave their crap everywhere. They should no better and they work there. I hate those fuks, will pee in next douchebag trainers gym bag i see. Just yo make a point...[/QUOTE]

I mentioned it in my own journal a while back now, but one day I head to my dungeon and proceed to my customary power rack. I get to it and it is filled with all manner of God-forsaken crap, ranging from a yoga mat, to a weeble-wobbles ball, two DBs, a half-consumed beverage of some type, a 2-ft stand, some hand-written notes, some used wipes, etc., etc.

I ask the people who were at least nearby what the deal was with this, and noone knew whose crap this was. I wait a little bit to see if this culprit shows up, then I just start moving all the sh*t out of it so some real work could be done.

About the time I am done moving all this crap out of my way, this "trainer" comes running up. He proclaims it as his stuff and that he set it all up and then left to go take a shower.

Enter [i]BertStare.jpg[/i].

"Is this the new policy now?" I ask. "I can just set up all my crap and then leave to do my godd*amn grocery shopping and then come back?"

[i]Sigh[i].

Yeah, I share your sentiments about that.
12-01-2012, 03:13 PM
Phattso

PTs are some of the worst to leave plates and walk off :mad:
12-01-2012, 03:19 PM
djflex

[QUOTE=FlaIronMind;987405923]I mentioned it in my own journal a while back now, but one day I head to my dungeon and proceed to my customary power rack. I get to it and it is filled with all manner of God-forsaken crap, ranging from a yoga mat, to a weeble-wobbles ball, two DBs, a half-consumed beverage of some type, a 2-ft stand, some hand-written notes, some used wipes, etc., etc.

I ask the people who were at least nearby what the deal was with this, and noone

knew whose crap this was. I wait a little bit to see if this culprit shows up, then I just start moving all the sh*t out of it so some real work could be done.

About the time I am done moving all this crap out of my way, this "trainer" comes running up. He proclaims it as his stuff and

that he set it all up and then left to go take a shower.

Enter [i]BertStare.jpg[/i].

"Is this the new policy now?" I ask. "I can just set up all my crap and then leave to do my godd*amn grocery shopping and then come back?"

[i]Sigh[i].

Yeah, I share your sentiments about that.[/QUOTE]

Douchebag *******s think they are above the rules. I am going to pick one at our gym, throw a brick through his window, then pee in his car. This must stop...
12-01-2012, 03:21 PM
DerekEt

Ok OP, you deserve greens for that. Greens delivered. = )
12-01-2012, 03:42 PM
mslman71

[img]http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/103620000/103620525.jpg[/img]
12-01-2012, 03:54 PM
Corbi

[QUOTE=LisaSkinnoble;987399923]I remember tipping a bar off the rack at the bench press. Darned near knocked somebody's head off. :o[/QUOTE]

So how close did you come to hitting Flex?:D
12-01-2012, 04:01 PM
FlaIronMind

[QUOTE=mslman71;987419163][img]http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/103620000/103620525.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]

Lulz. That fella sounds like the kind you could ask,

"Which weighs more: one hundred pounds of feathers or one hundred pounds of iron?"

and he'd have to think about it.
12-01-2012, 04:02 PM
km1711

I've seen that happen before it was hilarious...granted nobody got hurt....but I'm in the rack next to it doing power cleans....they start taking the weight off the squat rack and next thing I see is a bar flung like a catapult knocked everything over it was so loud...about 30 seconds after that you could hear a pin drop everyone was staring and not moving.

Potentially harmful but funny how stupid people can be.
12-01-2012, 04:04 PM
Keltron

[QUOTE=-=FLEX=-;987398183]As usual the ignorant a-holes at my gym continue to leave all bars/machines loaded up with plates. In the rack next to me was a bar on the safeties with 335 loaded up.

Noob comes up and starts clearing it off to do whatever. But he's only taking the plates off one side. Bad idea. So he's cleared all but one 45 off one side and there is still 3 plates and change on the other side. I see him walk up and start taking the last plate off on the one side.

I yelled over to him "don't take that plate off!" and he looks over all confused "Huh?"

I said "If you take that plate off the bar is going to tip and you'll likely catch the end of it on your chin"

He looks around and finally gets it and says "oh. yeah. thanks."

My good deed for the day. :)[/QUOTE]LOL! Believe it or not some idiot was unloading a fully loaded leg press the same way. We heard a loud bunch of thuds and clanks from the break room and ran out. When we arrived on the scene and saw what happened, we could barely contain our laughter.

And no, the leg press was NOT bolted down light it should have been.
12-01-2012, 04:14 PM
LisaSkinnoble

[QUOTE=Corbi;987424923]So how close did you come to hitting Flex?:D[/QUOTE]

Dang near knocked his and Neighbour Bill's heads off!
12-01-2012, 05:03 PM
Bando

will 3 plates on one side of an Oly Bar actually pull up a side with no added plates?

I've seen guys get in trouble mid lift with no collars but never seen an Oly bar flip from being unloaded wrong.
12-01-2012, 05:20 PM
-=FLEX=-

[QUOTE=Bando;987456123]will 3 plates on one side of an Oly Bar actually pull up a side with no added plates?[/QUOTE]

Hell yes.
12-01-2012, 05:30 PM
Nikonguy

ITT: the evolutionary process has been "jock blocked".
12-01-2012, 05:36 PM
-=FLEX=-

[QUOTE=Nikonguy;987467983]ITT: the evolutionary process has been "jock blocked".[/QUOTE]

lmao

sorry.....

no Darwin award for him this weekend. :D
12-01-2012, 05:37 PM
Bando

[QUOTE=-=FLEX=-;987463633]Hell yes.[/QUOTE]

I believe you - but since you're just a person on the interwebz who I'll likely never meet IRL - I went in my basement and checked

[b]2[/b] 45's pulled up the empty side :eek:
12-01-2012, 06:19 PM
-=FLEX=-

[QUOTE=Bando;987471193]I believe you - but since [B]you're just a person on the interwebz who I'll likely never meet IRL[/B] - I went in my basement and checked [/QUOTE]

LMAO

[QUOTE=Bando;987471193]
[b]2[/b] 45's pulled up the empty side :eek:[/QUOTE]

Two 45's CAN, but if you're smart you can get away with it. If you pull the bar so the collar of the side with the two plates is right against the rack then usually there is not enough leverage to tip the bar. But if it's the other way (collar of empty side is against the rack) then even two plates can tip the bar.

Physics man; you can't out-train it. :D
12-01-2012, 06:27 PM
CrazyTall

Stupid question: can you have too many plates on one side of the leg press and break it?
12-01-2012, 06:38 PM
StressMonkey

Didn't happen. Everyone knows Flex doesn't talk to people at the gym.
12-01-2012, 06:58 PM
-=FLEX=-

[QUOTE=StressMonkey;987497723]Didn't happen. Everyone knows Flex doesn't talk to people at the gym.[/QUOTE]

lmao

so busted........... :o
12-01-2012, 08:30 PM
MarkS51

[QUOTE=-=FLEX=-;987398183]My good deed for the day. :)[/QUOTE]

Perhaps, but like trying teaching small children about a hot stove it's not likely you spared him a real lesson he'll only learn by actually catching it on the chin someday. :)