Do you even gym? (Weird/Bad workouts you've seen people do)

[SkinCoffin]

I really hate this one. It's always some skinny fat girl who just sits there and texts while her boyfriend works out usually using too much weight with ****ty form. He at least wasn't doing 1/4 squats but doing the opposite-- squatting down way too low with a rounded back. It hurt just looking at it. I wouldn't have noticed any of this if skinny fat gf wasn't sitting on the bench that I need to use to actually workout on!

Then he pulls some ridiculous amt of weight that he WISHES his gf could actually db press and proceeds to "spot" her doing db presses and lifts all the weight for her and doesn't take his hands off the weights for a split second during the entire range of motion. Then tells her what a great job she did. Lol!

Also this.
Saw this just last night, according to my bf who was spotting me (aka looking around the gym because I can lift my own weights lol) girl struggled to get up the bar with bf holding it the whole way and was staring while I benched actual weight :P

[Cara0915]

There's a middle aged, creepy looking guy at my gym who straps himself up on a chinup bar with these weird anke brace shoe clips that look like ski things, and kinda, jerks his body up and sideways. It's not only weird, it's pretty scary. There's also this girl I saw once laying in the smith machine with her feet on the bar doing a leg press movement, pretty retarded since ther's a perfectly good squat rack, hack squat and leg press right there lol.

What that guy does sounds pretty funny, I'd love to see a video of that lol
But I do use the Smith for leg press every once in a while. My gym only has the type of LP where you sit in the seat and press your legs straight out in front of you. It puts a ton of pressure on my lower back, it's uncomfortable.

[maeva27]

There's also this girl I saw once laying in the smith machine with her feet on the bar doing a leg press movement, pretty retarded since ther's a perfectly good squat rack, hack squat and leg press right there lol.

I've seen this 'exercice' being suggested in a few programs (in magazines like MFH, Oxygen, etc.). I'm not sure why someone would do that over using the leg press machine, is there a valid reason to using the smith machine for leg press?

[Shawal16]

I have a confession... I hip thrust on the leg extension machine.

[Shawal16]

I've seen this 'exercice' being suggested in a few programs (in magazines like MFH, Oxygen, etc.). I'm not sure why someone would do that over using the leg press machine, is there a valid reason to using the smith machine for leg press?

I've done that... to add a little glute stretch and hold at the end. At that point only my shoulder blades are touching the ground. If that makes sense. But I definitely see how that would look strange.

[Artemis00]

I've done that... to add a little glute stretch and hold at the end. At that point only my shoulder blades are touching the ground. If that makes sense. But I definitely see how that would look strange.

Actually if you are taking it to that level where your shoulder blades are touching the ground and your legs are locked, it is a really great core exercise. I do that quite frequently, I just don't do the leg press aspect of it.

[penny0527]

Also this.
Saw this just last night, according to my bf who was spotting me (aka looking around the gym because I can lift my own weights lol) girl struggled to get up the bar with bf holding it the whole way and was staring while I benched actual weight :P

Considering she was actually trying to bench and she was using the equipment properly this just makes you sound like a dick. Not everyone can bench the bar when they first start out. Try being more humble.

[Simpy]

I have a confession... I hip thrust on the leg extension machine.

I'm trying to figure out how this works. Vid please.

Considering she was actually trying to bench and she was using the equipment properly this just makes you sound like a dick. Not everyone can bench the bar when they first start out. Try being more humble.

Exactly. Heavy is relative to the individual. Never fault someone for attempting to make improvements.

[BrotherWolf]

shaky little baby fawn legs that look like they're going to snap, lower back shaking and going all over the place, and the bar wobbling

made me LOL

[BrotherWolf]

I have a confession... I hip thrust on the leg extension machine.

I was skeptical but it works very well and it's so much easier to set up .. actually there is no setup involved

[Shawal16]

Here's a video of hip thirst on leg extension. I can't post links yet so I put a space on the link.

The only thing I'm unable to get in and out of the leg extension graciously. It looks extremely awkward. But I do it because there's no setup involved.

http:/ /youtu.be/Vgsb3qQeAss

[DieselsMom]

Here's a video of hip thirst on leg extension. I can't post links yet so I put a space on the link.

The only thing I'm unable to get in and out of the leg extension graciously. It looks extremely awkward. But I do it because there's no setup involved.

here you go (hopefully it works - video embed)



I also do leg press on smith it takes all the pressure off your lower back. You can also use it to do donkey kicks which looks weird but is extremely effective.

[Simpy]

Here's a video of hip thirst on leg extension. I can't post links yet so I put a space on the link.

The only thing I'm unable to get in and out of the leg extension graciously. It looks extremely awkward. But I do it because there's no setup involved.

http:/ /youtu.be/Vgsb3qQeAss

Awesome. Hip thrusts are a problem for me in my morning gym because of space. BBs are too big and DBs hurt! I was going to try DM's Smith machine idea yesterday but the machine was taken. I may give this a shot next week.

[IzTriv]

Considering she was actually trying to bench and she was using the equipment properly this just makes you sound like a dick. Not everyone can bench the bar when they first start out. Try being more humble.

yeah, agreed.

It wasn't too long ago (we're talking a few months) where my bf had to spot me incline dumbbell pressing just 12lb in each hand. A guy nearby saw us and laughed. His reaction was really disappointing for me and annoying.

It's annoying seeing threads about creepy/disrespectful guys in the gym and how we hate them and then seeing posts like this. If we knew the way some other women thought about others in the gym maybe it would be the gals in the gym who we would really fear, not the guys.

[maeva27]

yeah, agreed.

It wasn't too long ago (we're talking a few months) where my bf had to spot me incline dumbbell pressing just 12lb in each hand. A guy nearby saw us and laughed. His reaction was really disappointing for me and annoying.

It's annoying seeing threads about creepy/disrespectful guys in the gym and how we hate them and then seeing posts like this. If we knew the way some other women thought about others in the gym maybe it would be the gals in the gym who we would really fear, not the guys.

Same for me. I remember being really intimidated to get in the weight section at my local Y, about 3 years ago... My BF was there for support and maybe it looked like he spotted me while pressing 10 pounds weights, but yeah it helped for encouragement and it made me feel a little less awkward.
It's kind of amazing to think about this realize the progress though. As long as you're actually training (i.e. and not texting, walking around, etc.)... We all had to start somewhere. I'm actually happy to see more and more girls lifting at the gym.