Any "That Guy" in the gym stories?

[P1zzaman]

Originally Posted by Vitruvian

I have an impressive story......

Guy at my gym I believe is in his early 80's (no exaggeration)

Working sets of rack pulls, no straps.... I think he had around 640 lbs. on the bar.

I'll see if I can get a vid this next week to post.....kinda inspiring.

Yea, I love seeing inspiring people at the gym. Just last week I saw this blind man working out with a trainer. It was really, really inspiring to me because here this guy is, he may never get to see what his body looks like, but he still works out just because he loves doing it. That really hit home for me. Made me think about how fortunate we really are.

--Mr.Pizzaman

[400Lb Gorilla]

Originally Posted by Vitruvian

I have an impressive story......

Guy at my gym I believe is in his early 80's (no exaggeration)

Working sets of rack pulls, no straps.... I think he had around 640 lbs. on the bar.

I'll see if I can get a vid this next week to post.....kinda inspiring.

lol gotta a guy like this in my gym back in the states. about 70 years old puts 90 lb on a dip belt and busts out 3 sets of 20 pull ups. lol it is inspiring.

[Stevinho]

There is a guy who wears a black shirt EVERY time hes at gym the same shirt, he is like 30yrs old and short.. he does like 1 rep on the smith machine then stops, walks around looking like "tough guy", i want to hit him.

[Vitruvian]

Originally Posted by P1zzaman

Yea, I love seeing inspiring people at the gym. Just last week I saw this blind man working out with a trainer. It was really, really inspiring to me because here this guy is, he may never get to see what his body looks like, but he still works out just because he loves doing it. That really hit home for me. Made me think about how fortunate we really are.

--Mr.Pizzaman

I'll try to get a vid. It was so funny the first time I saw him... he works out with a couple younger guys (maybe mid 40's). They had just finished a set at 405 lbs, and walked out to get some water. I see this old guy come shuffling up in his flannel shirt and sweats. I thought "What's he thinking he's gonna do?"... he proceeded to rack pull that weight about a dozen times. Thats when they started adding weight.
I was speechless.

[tletchworth]

Originally Posted by X-Mark-X

Ya, I've let some pretty rank **** go in the gym. I can't really help it though. With my diet the way it is I'm often gassy. That being said, when I'm about to go for a heavy set of squats or leg press I just let it go, because if I don't let one rip before my set, I just might end up ****ting my pants during my set lol.

dude thats some funny s**t lol, ya same here but it totally backfired one day when i was approached by a good looking blonde w/ a lip ring she asked if i would help her with a machine, then caught a wiff of it and quickly left. kinda funny get in the gym so ill be more appealing to the females, then drive them away lol.

[Hengman]

So anyways, I'm around my early 80's (seriously).

I was working sets of rack pulls, no straps...I think I had around 640lbs on the bar.

There was this kid there looking at me and he wanted to get footage of me because he wanted to "post it" next week. It was kind of inspiring.

[Keeptryin]

Originally Posted by Hengman

So anyways, I'm around my early 80's (seriously).

I was working sets of rack pulls, no straps...I think I had around 640lbs on the bar.

There was this kid there looking at me and he wanted to get footage of me because he wanted to "post it" next week. It was kind of inspiring.

was this b4 or after you took a **** with the door open....

[joeminihulkster]

I had squats to do the other day and there was a dude doing curls in the rack. I can't stand those people.

[SDFlip]

Originally Posted by joeminihulkster

I had squats to do the other day and there was a dude doing curls in the rack. I can't stand those people.

why didn't you make ask them to move?

or make them move?

[Tyrbolift]

Originally Posted by SDFlip

why didn't you make ask them to move?

or make them move?

Because the guy was curling more than he squats.

[SDFlip]

Originally Posted by Tyrbolift

Because the guy was curling more than he squats.

nah, that's guy is pretty built.

see, i don't understand the kids these days, it's gotta be the internet. what's so hard about asking the person how many more sets they have? or asking if you can use the rack for squats? or asking to work in?

maybe if you first ask for their phone number so you can text them so you don't actually have to confront them?

[Tyrbolift]

Originally Posted by SDFlip

nah, that's guy is pretty built.

see, i don't understand the kids these days, it's gotta be the internet. what's so hard about asking the person how many more sets they have? or asking if you can use the rack for squats? or asking to work in?

maybe if you first ask for their phone number so you can text them so you don't actually have to confront them?

We are becoming more passive-aggressive, and not just the kids.

These days people are less likely to discuss a problem with an co-employee, for example. They'd much rather go to the boss behind their back and lodge a complaint.

Kids in high school that silently scorn classmates, until they don raincoats and firearms and shoot up their school.

People that sue other people for things that should fall under the "**** happens" category.

[SDFlip]

Originally Posted by Tyrbolift

We are becoming more passive-aggressive, and not just the kids.

These days people are less likely to discuss a problem with an co-employee, for example. They'd much rather go to the boss behind their back and lodge a complaint.

Kids in high school that silently scorn classmates, until they don raincoats and firearms and shoot up their school.

People that sue other people for things that should fall under the "**** happens" category.

and the people that actually know how to talk to other people about a problem are considered assh0les. go figure.