Any "That Guy" in the gym stories?

[ant0064]

A fat hairy guy, about 350 lbs, was deadlifting yesterday in light colored shorts, and unfortunately I happened to notice his **** stains.




Sorry.

[wesleypryor]

Me and my friend were working out today and some homo came up while we were benching and started doing tricep extentions against the bottom of the bench WHILE my friend was in the middle of a set. After we called him a homo and told him to gtfo he came back and did it again. It seriously looked like he was trying to give my friend head while he was benching. Then some hot milf came by and started laughing with us about it and said he was staring at our asses everytime we walked by. And then she started imitating him and that wasn't a problem .

[hessunit]

1. Last night there were these 3 (I'm going to call them "brown" guys, cause that's how they referred to themselves - and I'm not really sure where they were from). They were there when I got there at about 8:30, already "working out". I use quotes because they were working out their mouths more than anything. Yap yap yap yap. One guy's in the middle of a set and the guy spotting him is laughing histerically about he story he is telling them. Felt bad for the guy lifting. I just can't stand people that come to gym to yap the whole time. At one point one of the douches took his 70lb dumbells that he got 4 inlcine reps out of and put them back on the rack where the 75's go.....as I'm waiting behind him to put back the 75's. I told him "Buddy, 7-0 goes with 7-0....it's called the matching game. You should try it sometime....my girlfriend's 3 year old is awesome at it!". I shouldn't of said that, cause it just made his tool friends laugh so loud at him that I thought the mirrors were going to fall off the wall.

2. The assbag that can't run on the treadmill without stomping his feet. You wearing lead shoes buddy?

[dn27]

Originally Posted by hessunit

2. The assbag that can't run on the treadmill without stomping his feet. You wearing lead shoes buddy?

****. That's me. Flat feet FTL. Shattered my feet because of it (5 stress fractures on mt left foot. Ran a 10:23 two ile with it too, lol)

[SixOneNine]

Some tool wearing sunglasses.

[jinkweon]

There's this huge ahole at my gym at school who always come in listening to music like hes the absolute ****. He does not look at you, he either looks past, over, or through you. I asked this guy if he was done on the cables and he turns around halfway, back still turned to me, and almost kinda sorta looks at me from the corner of his eye and gives this "w/e take it if you are so pressed for it my time is too important for you, why are you talking to me, man im awesome" look and this isn't even the main thing.

He'll be doing these random circuits from one end of the gym to the other and if you are doing tricep pulldown for instance, as soon as you let go of the bar or w/e he'll just take them with out saying a word to you or even acknowledging that you haven't moved a step away from them and yet and that you are actually still in the middle of your set and just needed to change your grip. It is really unbelievable.

Guy own the gym apparently. I had no idea, jeez

[dbluegoat]

tonight this dude was using the reverse incline leg press, the smith and the multi press....I was like wtf? and he was f'ing around talking alot too.....dude wearing a pair of kaki shorts and a t shirt with a short sleave collar button up shirt over the top of it.

I was just amazed

he moved some weight but damn its a little ridiculous taking up 3 machines for a good 30mins

[mc4_a]

Originally Posted by kevin376

I feel bad for the guys who bring dumbbells to the flat bench so they can curl in between sets. I feel like I should tell them there's other muscles they should probably exercise too.

??????

[Handsupfoo]

Originally Posted by Nodice123

Now this may just be me but is it at all possible that the original look you received was because the guy wanted the machine you were you using. Then when you left, thinking you were done, took the bench. Then upon your return he could see how angry you were and kept looking over at you. Cause from the sounds of this story you seem like you were pretty mad and you were probably showing it. Not trying to say you were wrong but just a different view.

Maybe. Very insightful. Reps for you.

[Trytic]

hows this for a "That guy" story...

I watched this guy try to do a clean and press last week down in Fort Polk. Well, he did about 4 sets with real good form, he was beat red on the last. I was doing mine next to him with my 2 other buddies, and I stopped to wait for him to finish his last set so I could put my weights back, and well, he came up, let go, the barbell went forward, smashed the mirror, and almost took him out rolling back.

I thought it was funny, but I didn't laugh cause he was still doing more then I can bench before he went too heavy.

[A_Hard_Rain]

Wow after reading all this sometimes I feel like I'm "that guy" when I'm staring at some people accidentally. I'm really just impressed with them or seeing what exercise they're doing. ;\

No one is really "that guy" at my gym except for the occasional person with horrible technique.

[The Protagonist]

I was that guy today. I had like ridiculous focus and I was squatting and after I hit a PR I spontaneously started shadow boxing for like 30 seconds. I looked straight ****ing possessed and everyone was probably like WTF. Atleast I train in kickboxing .. not that i'm making excuses lol

[jinkweon]

haha, funny, story, i like ur use if language saying that you were possessed.
Every now and then im a "that guy" too

[2uantuM]

Originally Posted by The Protagonist

I was that guy today. I had like ridiculous focus and I was squatting and after I hit a PR I spontaneously started shadow boxing for like 30 seconds. I looked straight ****ing possessed and everyone was probably like WTF. Atleast I train in kickboxing .. not that i'm making excuses lol

Shadowboxing really annoys the **** out of me

[hessunit]

Originally Posted by 8-Hype

I saw this massy guy at my gym again today. His back isn't particularly wide, but it's muscular. So he's got a huge and very muscular triceps, but he does dips on an assisted pull up machine with an assisted weight of about 30 lbs. Any explanations?

Maybe he'd already slaughtered his tri's for an hour before you saw him.

[hessunit]

Originally Posted by The Protagonist

I was that guy today. I had like ridiculous focus and I was squatting and after I hit a PR I spontaneously started shadow boxing for like 30 seconds. I looked straight ****ing possessed and everyone was probably like WTF. Atleast I train in kickboxing .. not that i'm making excuses lol

Do that while you're training for kickboxing. I don't come to your kickboxing class and start curling right beside where you're shadow boxing after I did a sweet roundhouse for the first time.

[kilword]

Originally Posted by Greek_Elite

Movie: Bad Santa
Scene: Billy Bob Thorton watching the younger girls play beach volleyball

Now swap the sport for basketball
And swap the hot girls for a bunch of guys
Old creepy lookin guy stayes the same, watchin the guys play bball thru the glass w/ a pedophile smile on his face


lol

hahaha

[lammi_burger]

- When I'm doing circuit work in the gym and while I'm not at the seated calf raise, some middle-aged guy with a pride problem steals my 35lb weights off it to put it on the leg press. (Happened last Saturday) Sometimes I do a circuit of 6 exercises, unless the gym is busy. My gym is generally not busy, otherwise I will lessen the circuit to like 3.
- When people don't put their weights back after their sets.
- When people can clearly tell your not finished with your sets on the cable, and they change the attachment, height and weight, then they don't put it back!
- Smelly people
- When the guy next to you on the treadmill also has a pride problem, and just has to go faster than you, even when you are doing HIIT.
- The three young AFL (Australian football league) players (wankers) who do dumb stuff and jack the weight up as much as they can till their spotter is doing more work than they are.
- The guy that comes in with a stripper club shirt on (club raw-hide in big letters), has a high body fat percentage, and walks around like he owns the place. He also yells at the end of his sets. It scares the crap out of the girl trying to do lunges next to him, and then she stresses her hamstring and has to go home. (happened 3 weeks ago, she doesn't go on a Friday anymore!)

I don't see the problem if people are using the racks/machines in an unorthodox way, unless other people are trying to use that equipment. I also don't mind grunting that much. Unless its really really loud, than that's just pride. I exhale loudly sometimes at the top of my extension sometimes, but never grunt or anything.

[nsxmatt]

Originally Posted by lammi_burger

- When I'm doing circuit work in the gym and while I'm not at the seated calf raise, some middle-aged guy with a pride problem steals my 35lb weights off it to put it on the leg press. (Happened last Saturday) Sometimes I do a circuit of 6 exercises, unless the gym is busy. My gym is generally not busy, otherwise I will lessen the circuit to like 3.

So basicly your using 6 machines at once correct? I don't mind people do circuit work but be prepared to lose one of your stations if your off doing something on one of the other 5 machines your taking up that people shouldn't touch also.

I have a girl that does circuit work at our gym and she will lay a towel on 5 different machines during her workout like they are off limits. You take one station at a time, it's just plain rude to hog more than that and people have to sit and wait a hour till your done.

[Polo_Playa]

guy was doing T-bar rows in the one and only squat rack... when there is a perfectly healthy t bar row machine like 10 feet away...


why?

[Lifter4Life59]

I agree you shouldnt get mad when your doing a circuit with 6 machines and someone takes a station or uses the weight you left. They may not have realized what you were doing. If i see weight I can use and no one is around the machine using it I will use it if i need it

[Johnny5.1]

the old sweaty fat man that always goes on the lower back machine - nothing else, and huffs and puffs, smiles when you walk by, and can't seem to find his pants in the change room...

[marcodeniro]

I noticed what I do that might bug people . I look at weight spread fingers out like edward scissors hands -summoning energy for the lift. gives more menacing looks at weight at growls when lifting not grunt Growl.
On seated calve raises I get intense burning-pump feel that last for about 10 seconds after I finish repping I growl and kind of let everyone within 3 feet by my theatrics. cant help it . Its better out than in

[marcodeniro]

Nerdy looking guy walking around the gym with chubb and there isn't any ladies around

[chazzy1864]

Originally Posted by lammi_burger

- When I'm doing circuit work in the gym and while I'm not at the seated calf raise, some middle-aged guy with a pride problem steals my 35lb weights off it to put it on the leg press. (Happened last Saturday) Sometimes I do a circuit of 6 exercises, unless the gym is busy. My gym is generally not busy, otherwise I will lessen the circuit to like 3.
- When people don't put their weights back after their sets.
- When people can clearly tell your not finished with your sets on the cable, and they change the attachment, height and weight, then they don't put it back!
- Smelly people
- When the guy next to you on the treadmill also has a pride problem, and just has to go faster than you, even when you are doing HIIT.
- The three young AFL (Australian football league) players (wankers) who do dumb stuff and jack the weight up as much as they can till their spotter is doing more work than they are.
- The guy that comes in with a stripper club shirt on (club raw-hide in big letters), has a high body fat percentage, and walks around like he owns the place. He also yells at the end of his sets. It scares the crap out of the girl trying to do lunges next to him, and then she stresses her hamstring and has to go home. (happened 3 weeks ago, she doesn't go on a Friday anymore!)

I don't see the problem if people are using the racks/machines in an unorthodox way, unless other people are trying to use that equipment. I also don't mind grunting that much. Unless its really really loud, than that's just pride. I exhale loudly sometimes at the top of my extension sometimes, but never grunt or anything.

Originally Posted by nsxmatt

So basicly your using 6 machines at once correct? I don't mind people do circuit work but be prepared to lose one of your stations if your off doing something on one of the other 5 machines your taking up that people shouldn't touch also.

I have a girl that does circuit work at our gym and she will lay a towel on 5 different machines during her workout like they are off limits. You take one station at a time, it's just plain rude to hog more than that and people have to sit and wait a hour till your done.

+1 when cirucuiting, expect to lose stuff. I'll superset or compound set alot, and if someone uses my machine while I'm at another station, i'll come back, wait for their set to finish, then ask if I can work in with them, since it is now their station (I was gone, they took it, fair and square).

Also, on the cable machine, never replace the pin to the other person's weight. not being a dick, but often times people pyramid weight as well, so they're going to change the weight anyways. By all means, if you're working in, put the height back to where they had it, but the weight is on them.

[trinitycab2]

First this thread is crazy,
There is this older guy at my gym. He actually followed me into the bathroom one time and informed me that I had not wiped down the tread mill.(Isn't that like rule number one, not matter how important some thing is do not follow someone into the bathroom. Also piss off, I happen to be a freaking clean freak at the gym, I actually take plates of bb if there is only is on there, a lop sided bb is the most dangerous thing in the gym.) So anyway one day this lady who works out at my gym comes up to me, please note she is older but in crazy shape. Really crazy shape. She says to me, do you ever do concentration curls, I say yes, do you always go full range of motion. I say most times and that some people do it to shape the muscle. She says exactly, so who is that douche bag over there who just gave me a five minute lecture of form. She tilted her head towards the clean police guy. Of course in his workout pants, belt and gloves.
If anyone wants to know, yes I use the rack for shrugs rows and deads. Curls if no one is around, why not. The fixed bb's only go to 110.
I believe if a person can squat 6 plates more than 10 times they have a right to the rack.

[dn27]

Originally Posted by trinitycab2

First this thread is crazy,
There is this older guy at my gym. He actually followed me into the bathroom one time and informed me that I had not wiped down the tread mill.(Isn't that like rule number one, not matter how important some thing is do not follow someone into the bathroom. Also piss off, I happen to be a freaking clean freak at the gym, I actually take plates of bb if there is only is on there, a lop sided bb is the most dangerous thing in the gym.) So anyway one day this lady who works out at my gym comes up to me, please note she is older but in crazy shape. Really crazy shape. She says to me, do you ever do concentration curls, I say yes, do you always go full range of motion. I say most times and that some people do it to shape the muscle. She says exactly, so who is that douche bag over there who just gave me a five minute lecture of form. She tilted her head towards the clean police guy. Of course in his workout pants, belt and gloves.
If anyone wants to know, yes I use the rack for shrugs rows and deads. Curls if no one is around, why not. The fixed bb's only go to 110.
I believe if a person can squat 6 plates more than 10 times they have a right to the rack.

I'm sorry I want to squat in your curl rack... Shrugs and rows are okay, but you can do deads on the floor.

[gbabula]

"that guy" at my gym is this dude who ONLY trains chest and triceps and walks around 99% of the time trying to give people advice on how they should train and talks about how he used to be able to bench 500 lbs

let it go buddy...let it go..

:-|

[norinicole]

Originally Posted by chazzy1864

+1 when cirucuiting, expect to lose stuff. I'll superset or compound set alot, and if someone uses my machine while I'm at another station, i'll come back, wait for their set to finish, then ask if I can work in with them, since it is now their station (I was gone, they took it, fair and square).

Also, on the cable machine, never replace the pin to the other person's weight. not being a dick, but often times people pyramid weight as well, so they're going to change the weight anyways. By all means, if you're working in, put the height back to where they had it, but the weight is on them.

x2. If I'm working in with someone on cables, I'll put the height back to what it was and change the attachment if necessary, but I leave the weight alone.

[S.F.S.2008]

Lol:

That guy #1: grunts audibly loud while lifting, there was a lady nearby though so trying to impress her could be the reason.

That guy #2 & #3: #2 likes to lift workout shirtless while wearing slippers and walk around like he is king kong after lifting for a little bit. #3 also wears slippers and talks with #2 in the gym in a loud and annoying voice.

That guy #4: (happened today, 12/22/2008) While I was doing my favorite, Lat pulldown, the dude looked at me while I was doing it in proper form, then proceeds to get another dumbell and do some workout within five feet of me. He has a huge belly and when I entered the gym that day, he was taking a nap on the sit up bench that I would later use for sit-ups.