Are You A Gym Idiot?

[Strongrm5791]

If I add squats once a month, can I get disqualified?

[DrivenBeaver]

if you take advice from the gym idiot, you're the official gym idiot.

[BigJon55]

Huh? There is nothing wrong with tricep kickbacks.

There is definitely something wrong with triceps kickbacks. Especially if you have less than 18 inch arms. If you don't have mass what are you sculpting? Substitute with close grip bench press and dips and watch those toothpick arms grow!

[BenW22]

There is definitely something wrong with triceps kickbacks. Especially if you have less than 18 inch arms. If you don't have mass what are you sculpting? Substitute with close grip bench press and dips and watch those toothpick arms grow!

How about dips, CGBP and Tri KBs? And while we're at it, skullcrushers and cable pressdowns? It's silly to eliminate an exercise from your routine because someone thinks it's only for "sculpting." It's wise to do them all or at least rotate through them.

[Austere]

How about dips, CGBP and Tri KBs? And while we're at it, skullcrushers and cable pressdowns? It's silly to eliminate an exercise from your routine because someone thinks it's only for "sculpting." It's wise to do them all or at least rotate through them.

Well, we gotta look at it from the perspective of time. If you're on a split routine, you probably have time for all kinds of triceps iso stuff. If you're not, but you want to hit your triceps, you gotta do the most efficient exercises.

[iJoe]

I get so tired of getting to the gym and some motherf****** is squatting in the curl rack!!

[BenW22]

There was a guy today who wasn't really a "gym idiot," but he made me laugh. He was wearing a belt for every single exercise he did. Bench pressing 105, DB curling 15s, every single lift. I'm not making fun of the weight he was lifting...everybody starts somewhere, but I'm sorry, you don't need a belt for curling 15s. At first I thought he must have a bad back injury, but then I noticed he was wearing the belt the gym provides for its members. If he had an injury I'd think he'd own his own belt.

Who knows.

[navy_flyer]

The point is that you can do a lot of the silly exercises people do in the power rack elsewhere. In my gym, the power rack is the ONLY place you can do squats (I don't count smith squats). And, there's ONE power rack. So quit deadlifting, barbell shrugging and curling in the power rack and GTFO you friggin amateur!

[macshow]

thank god im not a gym idiot

[Icepray]

The point is that you can do a lot of the silly exercises people do in the power rack elsewhere. In my gym, the power rack is the ONLY place you can do squats (I don't count smith squats). And, there's ONE power rack. So quit deadlifting, barbell shrugging and curling in the power rack and GTFO you friggin amateur!

Same in my gym but in my gym nobody deadlifts/squats except me and a few other guys, so it's never really busy with people :P and as I dead/squat the same day I'd just use it unless it was really crowded and someone needed it

[BenW22]

The point is that you can do a lot of the silly exercises people do in the power rack elsewhere. In my gym, the power rack is the ONLY place you can do squats (I don't count smith squats). And, there's ONE power rack. So quit deadlifting, barbell shrugging and curling in the power rack and GTFO you friggin amateur!

So I'm not supposed to deadlift in the squat rack because you might be coming in to squat? I don't think so brah. Like the other poster said, not a lot of people in my gym squat or DL (or BB shrugs for that matter). If someone asked me to use it while I was DLing, I would move, but in 18 months at my current gym I've never once been asked.

[jbball92]

today these two frat guys came in, first they went to preacher curls, then standing barbell curls, lying incline barbell curls, cross body DB curls, then hammer curls, normally I wouldnt care, but this is the 5th day in a row ive seen them do the exact same routine.

[TheSharkShaw]

People, well usually just the one person, who you see in the gym every time your there and he tries to become your best friend. Constantly talking to you while your in the middle of a set. This person annoys far more people than me and is notorious for doing this to everyone in my gym. Its only a small place its usually quiet and this person just comes into the gym, does absolutely nothing only annoy everyone around him. Jackass.

[Ion26]

The point is that you can do a lot of the silly exercises people do in the power rack elsewhere. In my gym, the power rack is the ONLY place you can do squats (I don't count smith squats). And, there's ONE power rack. So quit deadlifting, barbell shrugging and curling in the power rack and GTFO you friggin amateur!

Same in my gym but in my gym nobody deadlifts/squats except me and a few other guys, so it's never really busy with people :P and as I dead/squat the same day I'd just use it unless it was really crowded and someone needed it

I do barbell curls all the time squat/power rack...

today these two frat guys came in, first they went to preacher curls, then standing barbell curls, lying incline barbell curls, cross body DB curls, then hammer curls, normally I wouldnt care, but this is the 5th day in a row ive seen them do the exact same routine.

Curls for gurls brah, but 5 days in a row...wtf..

[AirForceV]

today these two frat guys came in, first they went to preacher curls, then standing barbell curls, lying incline barbell curls, cross body DB curls, then hammer curls, normally I wouldnt care, but this is the 5th day in a row ive seen them do the exact same routine.

Win if I ever seen it.

[Muuuse]

I was doing squats yesterday. I started off light to do 20 reps. Gradually building up the weights as I was doing less reps. On my final set (about 120kg, or what I thought) I unracked it and I notice in the mirror that the bar was sloping down to one side. I thought: 'why does that side feel heavier'. Anyway, I proceeded to do my 8 reps. Started taking off the weights and realised that I forgot to take off the 10kg weight off one of the sides before putting the new amount on. So, basically- I was lifting about 65kg on one side and only 55kg on the other. I felt embarrassed as phuck.

Note to self; take notice of weight on both sides.

[kentpaul]

there was a guy doing leg presses with about 30kgs on each side. whats the point in doing that it was less than his bodyweight?

[Xgamer791]

There are not many idiots in my golds gym but I really hate to see guys with huge defined upper body and tooth pick legs, when I see them I always stare at there legs first, it they spend so much time gettiny that great physiquue up top, why can't they balance it out with legs?

[FunkymonkAW]

So I'm not supposed to deadlift in the squat rack because you might be coming in to squat? I don't think so brah. Like the other poster said, not a lot of people in my gym squat or DL (or BB shrugs for that matter). If someone asked me to use it while I was DLing, I would move, but in 18 months at my current gym I've never once been asked.

I don't see the point of deadlifting in the rack.
That being said, you said you'd move if asked, so it really doesn't matter. Real gym idiots are the ones who say "sorry I need the rack for that"

[Ion26]

There are not many idiots in my golds gym but I really hate to see guys with huge defined upper body and tooth pick legs, when I see them I always stare at there legs first, it they spend so much time gettiny that great physiquue up top, why can't they balance it out with legs?

Because they want to fit in and look good in slim fit pants/jeans. I know a guy who does squats and deads twice a week, after a while he couldnt fit into slim jeans and looked unaesthetic in pants..

[jbball92]

today this dude was doing some weird sort of overhead chest press type excercise on the leg press...
his hands were where the feet should be on the plate pushing up and his knees were on the back pad...

http://www.myhousecallmd.com/wp-cont.../Leg-Press.jpg

[Goddah]

Guys who make fun of other people in the gym for doing lifts incorrectly, when they are obviously uneducated.

[AirForceV]

There are not many idiots in my golds gym but I really hate to see guys with huge defined upper body and tooth pick legs, when I see them I always stare at there legs first, it they spend so much time gettiny that great physiquue up top, why can't they balance it out with legs?

Get bigger legs than you have now, grow out of all your jeans and pants.

Come back at me with how great it is....

[Austere]

Get bigger legs than you have now, grow out of all your jeans and pants.

Come back at me with how great it is....

Heh, I know you're trolling, but aren't there considerable health risks involved with serious muscle imbalances? I know that overdeveloping the chest and neglecting the back can lead to postural problems and eventual RC damage. Though it might be broscience, I can't imagine that having a massive upper body and zero leg development is entirely healthy in regards to things like your hips and knees.

[rdferguson]

The point is that you can do a lot of the silly exercises people do in the power rack elsewhere. In my gym, the power rack is the ONLY place you can do squats (I don't count smith squats). And, there's ONE power rack. So quit deadlifting, barbell shrugging and curling in the power rack and GTFO you friggin amateur!

In general I'd agree with this. But in my gym, I've only seen other people squatting maybe 5 times (even including quarter squats). I've been making a point of only using the power rack for squats so that it's free for others to use, but no one else uses it (or even appears to know what it's there for), so today I got too lazy to move outside of the cage for my deadlifts. I don't think anyone cared.

[rdferguson]

Get bigger legs than you have now, grow out of all your jeans and pants.

Come back at me with how great it is....

Get bigger chest, arms, back and shoulders than you have now, grow out of all your shirts and jackets.

Come back at me with how great it is....

[iamhewhois]

I was down the gym today when i noticed a hole in my trainer just big enough to get my finger in. So I did. Only the bitch made a formal complaint and now I'm barred for life.

[AirForceV]

Get bigger chest, arms, back and shoulders than you have now, grow out of all your shirts and jackets.

Come back at me with how great it is....

Pretty great bro, just went shopping last night.

Got jeans that fit me too, no more ripping of the crotch seams

[jimlaH]

5'9 100lb ecto doing 30min on the treadmill b4 and after his workout

[brownj12]

5'9 100lb ecto doing 30min on the treadmill b4 and after his workout

Might be an idiot, might be training for something that requires low body weight i.e. horse jockey, or long distance runner. Not every one trains to get big.