Are You A Gym Idiot?

[metroins]

Guy was curling dumbbells in the squat rack....wtf, they were 20's. How does a squat rack help with DB's? We have 2 racks, so it didn't bother me one bit. The gym wasn't packed, plenty of mirror space. I was confused.

[BigBalls22]

i curled in the squat rack the other day, but i had more weight than any pre-made barbells they had so that was my excuse.. i still felt like a douchebag tho

[jonny_b]

lol

[talligator]

I'm a gym retard. Explains my 128...

[BigBalls22]

here's my list:<deleted> lol

[Skyboy18]

If I had the body I wanted, I'd flaunt it and show off like a conceited jackass all I wanted to. **** what anyone else would think.

[jonathanhelm55]

I used to be so devoted to not being a gym idiot that my training schedule was as follows:

-back
-legs
-back
-legs, etc...

that was... until I realized that I was just being a gym idiot.

[titomuheedo]

want to see a gym idiot? at my gym theres this one guy he looks about 22, 5'6 probbally 135 small **** wannna-be swoll gym idiot, he gets on the wide grip chest machine, loads 4 45s on each side, bring his knees into his chest and starts repping out these ONE INCH MOTIONS. im 100% sure his arms dont even bend. its the most rediculous thing ive ever seen, i didnt really think people did that. then he gets off and looks at his friend and says "IM SO MOTHER ****IN BEAST BITCH YOU CANT EVEN HIT THAT ONCE!" then he flexes his bis and kisses them. o..m...g... i was so embarresed for him, i wanted to tell him he couldnt either. lmao

[goodspeed8]

We have a couple plate loaded machines with two seats for different exercises, but the weight is shared so only one person can use it at a time. They've been there since I started going and the last 3 days in a row several people have tried to use the second seat while someone else was working out. You'd think the handles moving up and down would tip them off.

There's also a new guy that comes in at least 4 days this week (every time I am there anyways) and picks up a fixed 20 lb. barbell and does maybe 15 sets of curls while rocking his hips and swinging his elbows. He pretty much uses every muscle in his body except his bicep. So he does about 8 or 9 reps on his first set, then throws the barbell down, no he doesn't drop it, he THROWS it down to the floor. Then he picks it up no more than 10 seconds later, musters 1 or 2 reps and THROWS it down again. After that, he can't put up more than half a rep, but he keeps going to 15 sets, throwing the bar down every time.

After the curls, he uses the seated cable bench and does the same thing for 15 sets, letting the plates slam down at ever opportunity. That's his whole workout, 30 sets, probably 25 of them half a rep, and he's done in 15 minutes.

People who needlessly slam/ drop weights are annoying. It's easy to tell who the people are that do it for attention to. I was at the gym a few weeks ago and some Affliction kids were doing clean and jerks. One did a single rep and set it on the safety bars of the rack. After he set it down, he picked it up, grunted, and SLAMMED it down. Useless and annoying....it was 95 lbs....

[goodspeed8]

Also, the pack of 16 year olds that: take up space, pyramid buddy curls in the squat rack, curl RIGHT in front of the DB rack, and stand around slamming muscle milks like they are chugging natural lights on a friday night...

[cfreetenor]

Interestingly, at my gym, most of the 16-20 year olds seem to be MORE serious than a lot of the adults. Granted, I'll never see someone else my age doing squats or deadlifts, but when someone's being a gym idiot (curling in the squat rack, doing 1/10th of the range of motion on every single exercise, etc), they're almost always over 25.

[RobertNextHulk]

One time--and it's happened 4 1/2 years ago--, I have had one of the two guys, teenagers not surprisingly, tell me I should take steroids after I did a set of ez bar curls, with 25 pounds on each side for 10 reps, I believe. I didn't even say a word, so I ignored this guy's so-called advice. Even though I wasn't as wise with alot of things involved with fitness as I am now, I always knew steroids is NO bueno. Anyone who recommends taking steroids is a total gym idiot, when they're in the gym offering that so-called advice, that is lol

[Rycn]

im the ultimate gym idiot

[talligator]

want to see a gym idiot? at my gym theres this one guy he looks about 22, 5'6 probbally 135 small **** wannna-be swoll gym idiot, he gets on the wide grip chest machine, loads 4 45s on each side, bring his knees into his chest and starts repping out these ONE INCH MOTIONS. im 100% sure his arms dont even bend. its the most rediculous thing ive ever seen, i didnt really think people did that. then he gets off and looks at his friend and says "IM SO MOTHER ****IN BEAST BITCH YOU CANT EVEN HIT THAT ONCE!" then he flexes his bis and kisses them. o..m...g... i was so embarresed for him, i wanted to tell him he couldnt either. lmao

I'm smaller than he is lol, but its not as bad as when people jump up to the chin up bar, and go down like 5 inches

[JayMauythai]

I'm smaller than he is lol, but its not as bad as when people jump up to the chin up bar, and go down like 5 inches

People that do that piss me off, at school in the gym we had a chin up contest, i was in the lead with 16 dead hang chin ups. then this bitch does like 17 or 18 chin ups, his eyes never went lower then the bar.

[cfreetenor]

This.

[goodluck83]

6. If you train, lets say chest on monday and triceps on tuesday, you are officially a gym idiot.

I know when u do check ur tricep and other parts work with it..but what is a normal routine...
chest and what is the next day..back,shouldren

[MasonMatlock]

Somebody telling me that I shouldn't go down too far when squatting, instead I should go "just before halfway down"... Sigh!

[blackhawks87]

The one really sweaty guy that has no reason to be as sweaty as he is and doesnt wipe down a single stool or set...

[CrazyCallum]

Note to self. Must bring a woollen jumper, overcoat, scarf and beanie to gym next time so i can work up a sweat, because sweat = i worked hard. And must load up the bar with 5 plates on each side and deadlift it with a rounded back, hitching and the worst form known to man, because i need to force my body to grow. Thanks for the advice Callum.

No problem, I'd say keep doing what you're doing though because it looks like it works.




...lol

[primetime32]

I don't care how sunny it is outside, if you wear sunglasses in a gym, you are a gym idiot.

[cfreetenor]

I don't care how sunny it is outside, if you wear sunglasses in a gym, you are a gym idiot.

That's just an idiot IMO.

[TrainInsane1987]

me all the way!

ha! me all the way!

amnesia?

[BuccoBruce]

You're an idiot if you wear sunglasses indoors period.

[talligator]

People that do that piss me off, at school in the gym we had a chin up contest, i was in the lead with 16 dead hang chin ups. then this bitch does like 17 or 18 chin ups, his eyes never went lower then the bar.

yeah I can only do like 13 or 14, but if i kept my eyes above the bar i'd pop like 30 of those

[talligator]

You're an idiot if you wear sunglasses indoors period.

And you're a f*cktard if you throw a hat in the mix. I've seen it before....

[RobertNextHulk]

This may have been brought up before, but... You're a gym idiot if you talk to someone while he's in the middle of the set.

[TAS44]

Saw a couple today

1st guy I saw curling when I got there. He was probably 30+ years old. Had some amount of muscle mass and was pretty fat. I didn't pay attention to him the whole time but he was curling when I got there and curling with some other guy when I was leaving an hour later...strong bicep day.

2nd guy is huge and an obvious roid user. He's white and wears a du rag in the gym. He looks like a pirate. He's doing chest flyes while I'm doing tricep pushdowns. I notice him looking over between his sets. Then he comes over to the cable machine right next to me and loads on a ton of weight, does a few reps of pushdowns, then walks away and continues to do flyes... Not sure if it was coincedence but it sure seemed like he was trying to show me up for no reason.

[TrainInsane1987]

I have to say I think this is a rediculous idea. PTs are constantly researching and not just improving their own clients knowledge but improving their own. You cannot seriously believe that 4 weeks is enough to leave a client to their own devices. And like other members are saying, personal trainers don't just teach beginners. PTs are hired by many sports teams and professional athletes. You're also forgetting other values of a personal trainer which include being a good spotter and motivator which of course leads to great progress. I think your approach is very narrow minded and you are failing to see the overall point of a personal trainer.

this x infinity (no i'm not 8 years old)

[sdubb]

And you're a f*cktard if you throw a hat in the mix. I've seen it before....

how so.....i know ppl that wear old baseball hats doesnt really bother or affect anyone else. I used to wear on all the time as well when i had long hair.