Are You A Gym Idiot?

[FitnessFan76]

Some guy asked me how many sets I have left and I said one. And after my last set I reracked the weights and all so he could use it. And he was like "you didn't have to do that. thanks". First time I heard someone who didn't expect me to rerack the weights.

I wish more people unloaded the bar when done with it, especially if they're just going to leave it on the floor. Not everyone who uses the gym is capable of hefting 100kg around...

[speedjason]

Some guy asked me how many sets I have left and I said one. And after my last set I reracked the weights and all so he could use it. And he was like "you didn't have to do that. thanks". First time I heard someone who didn't expect me to rerack the weights.

if they gonna do the same workout after you then yes. normally I rerack. I even rerack weights someone else had left on the bar or leg press machine. cuz its just eye sore.

[Maximumoutput]

if your taking up bench space to txt on your phone, you are a gym idiot

[71Avido]

While not a person, ghost equipment is on my list of gym idiots.

Ghost equipment can be defined as every-day "house" equipment that disappears suddenly and re-materializes months later as mysteriously as it left and nobody sees anything.

[EYZE]

If you are:

Doing incline dumbbell curls and bouncing the weights off the floor on every rep…

Doing wide grip pull downs but leaning so far back that your torso is parallel to the floor…

Doing ‘seated’ row but, for some reason, you look like you are ‘lying down’ while performing the exercise…

Not just once or twice, but every time. You can be found doing bicep curls in the yoga/stretch-area-where-all-the- girls-are-even-though-the-weights-you-are-curling-come-from-the-other-side-of-the-gym-and-you -just-carried-them-there-to-do-that-exercise- at-that-specific-place-because-there-are-girls-there…

Attempting to lift 20 to 50 pounds more than you actually can…

Wearing a muscle shirt/tank top/sleeveless shirt/ ‘wife beater’ (I fuc#ing hate this nickname, but for some reason ‘men’ identify with it and understand what it is…) after two weeks of going to the gym...

Inappropriately dressed. If you are wearing jeans, khakis, cargo pants, dress shoes, high heels, a shirt and tie, crocs, uggs, a dress (yes!, I actually saw a middle aged woman on a treadmill at Goodlife wearing a baggy dress and sandals attempting to go for a run and none of the staff talked to her about her attire), mesh shirts (c’mon guys…), or no shirt (again, c’mon guys), is your ass hanging out of your booty shorts? Or are you serving up an overly generous amount of cleavage that I feel like I should have been on at least four dates with you prior...

Not using the right equipment for the right job…. First question should be: Should I bicep curls in the squat rack? Second question: do I actually require a power rack for my entire workout? The answer for both, 90% of the time, is: NO...

At the gym to get laid instead of workout…

Committed to never putting your weights away…

…You are a gym idiot.

Please rep if you like/agree. Please and thank you.

[jrp7807]

lol nice thread!

If you use the benches as your personal table for your phone/magazine/water bottle and don't actually do any exercises on it...you are a gym idiot!

[xsx4u]

grabing 4 pairs of dumbbells saying - "Have you ever heard about superset"
curling really big weight with dumbbells moving your upper body along like crazy

[speedjason]

if your taking up bench space to txt on your phone, you are a gym idiot

yea try say that to some overweight dude thinks hes badass texting hogging the preacher curl thing.

[ckSiy]

60 year olds going to their one PT session probably ever with about 1kg of makeup on their face.

[pghchick]

When people take a vacation on their A** between sets. Seriously? Do you really need to sit on that machine for 4 mins between sets? Just go home.

[FitnessFan76]

What with all the posts about gym idiots, how about one to the contrary? I was sharing a bar today with another member who was using more weight than me, and when he'd finished his set, he quickly took the extra weight off so it was ready for my use. Kudos to guys like that.

[TeeJay07]

1. I'm wondering if I am missing something but days when I work on arms are the most frustrating because of constantly having to locate the collars for the ez-curl bar. I do not see the logic as to why someone would use collars doing bench with 35 pound plates on each side, yet every arm day I frustratingly waste my workout time trying to locate these got damned things!

I had to keep tracking them down for the bench at my old gym. One day I found two pairs of the damn things sitting beside the smith machine. I can't figure out why you'd need one set of collars for the freaking smith machine, let alone two.

[XNibiru]

Interesting! Come on. Ha ha

[pyaarawala]

This is a must see! He did 5-6 sets of this, delaying my squat session by a good 15-20 min. And afterwards he continued to do partial "heavy" decline bench w/ a spotter again.

[Fenix266]

leather pants to the gym......

[legdaybestday]

What with all the posts about gym idiots, how about one to the contrary? I was sharing a bar today with another member who was using more weight than me, and when he'd finished his set, he quickly took the extra weight off so it was ready for my use. Kudos to guys like that.

[jsmoor09]

Barbell curls in the squat rack = Gym Idiot

This is the most annoying thing in the world. I work out at the Y, and there are only 2 "curl" racks. Nearly impossible to steal one for squatting.

[ArizonaEli]

At the gym Wednesday, my Deadlift with Squat Assistance day, and 2 kids (18-19 years old) are in the squat rack. Doing Bench Press. With a 16" box under the back legs of the bench. Doing 185 pound reps, with 3 inches ROM.

Now don't get me wrong, I understand using a rack if you are lifting solo (for the safety bars) and going heavy. But they were spotting. And at that retarded angle they may as well have been doing dips. And don't even get me started on the ROM - dudes were just shrugging their shoulders, elbows weren't even being bent.

And sadly, it was the last squat rack, so I had to wait almost half an hour.

Oh shyte lol, just saw this a couple posts above:

This is a must see! He did 5-6 sets of this, delaying my squat session by a good 15-20 min. And afterwards he continued to do partial "heavy" decline bench w/ a spotter again.

HAHA yeah just like that, but with LESS ROM and LESS WEIGHT.

[melvin2345]

Saturday I was at the gym with my brother in law. There aren't many people there at 9am on a Saturday, so my brother in law was squatting at the monolift while I was benching, and we would spot for each other during our rests between sets. This pretty big (not fat) guy walks over and asks to work in on the bench press with his friend/spotter. I see no problem with that, so he starts. He started with 225x5, then 275x5, then 315x5. He had an 8" foam block on his chest the whole time. I figure, no big deal, he's doing board presses with foam and working his triceps. His "spotter" friend couldn't handle that much weight, so he asked me to spot for him because he was going heavy today. I agree, and as I get over him, I ask how he wants me to spot him. He says "ride the bar, keep it from moving forward or backward on me". At this point I wonder why he doesn't just use a Smith machine, but I spot for him as he wanted me to. He keeps adding weight until he has 415 on the bar. I help him lift off, he presses 3 times, but only hit the foam once. I certainly got a lower back and shoulder workout while performing my duty as a human Smith machine.

When he's done, I tell him good job, and out of curiosity, ask what his full ROM bench is. His response, "I don't bench like that, there is no point. Going to your chest just f***s up your shoulders, and you can't do as much weight that way."

[71Avido]

"I don't bench like that, there is no point. Going to your chest just f***s up your shoulders, and you can't do as much weight that way."

Simply brilliant.

[SirAndrewH]

If any of the following applys to you, you are officially a gym idiot.

1. If Your weekly workout routine reads as follows you are officially a gym idiot.

Monday:Chest and Biceps
Tuesday: Chest and Biceps
Wednesday: Chest and Biceps
Thursday: Chest and Biceps
Friday: Chest and Biceps
Saturday: Chest and Biceps

2. If you use the follwing set/rep scheme on any exercise you are officially a gym idiot. For example....

Barbell Curl 50 x 125

3. If you bench 300 pounds on a vertical bench machine and walk around like that's more impressive than the guy benching 230 pounds of free weights you are officially a gym idiot.

4. If you consider 45 minutes of cardio before your weight training session a warm up you are offically a gym idiot.

5. If you go to McDonalds and order a big mac with a medium diet coke and insist you are still cutting you are officially a gym idiot.

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

7. If you have ever uttered the phrase "I'm going to cut 40 pounds of bodyweight while increasing my muscle mass, you are officially a gym idiot.

8. If you believe that creatine is a steroid, you are offically a gym idiot.

9. If you believe that endless sets of crunches will get you a six pack you are officially a gym idiot.

10. If you squat 450 with the worst form known to man, you are offically a gym idiot.

There are many more examples of what constitutes a gym idiot, but these ten signs are a starting point.

man been callin out gym idiots since 03. lol

[NaveLB]

Barbell curls on the incline bench while wearing a polo---Yes you red that right

Another one was last week when I chick was on the treadmill running with sunglasses. I had to double take on that.

[edge131]

Barbell curls on the incline bench while wearing a polo---Yes you red that right

Another one was last week when I chick was on the treadmill running with sunglasses. I had to double take on that.

don't get that... whats the point of wearing sunglasses indoors lol!

[Woofwolf]

don't get that... whats the point of wearing sunglasses indoors lol!

Try and prose that question to those twats raving with their sunglasses on! 1am!

[RMohio]

Barbell curls on the incline bench while wearing a polo---Yes you red that right

Another one was last week when I chick was on the treadmill running with sunglasses. I had to double take on that.

I can see doing Barbell curls on a inclined bench, I have to because the lack of a preacher bench. I also do not do it on the fixed incline bench. The other two I don't understand at all, lol.

[RedwardG]

don't get that... whats the point of wearing sunglasses indoors lol!

Maybe she was on Ecstacy? was there OJ in her shaker cup?

[edge131]

Try and prose that question to those twats raving with their sunglasses on! 1am!

i'd rather not hahaha

[FitnessFan76]

Hmmm....red... I wonder why?

[71Avido]

Saw a guy doing curls on the plate loaded Hammer Strength shoulder press machine the other day, that was cool. :/

[deelanad]

the guy using the shoulder pad to squat the bar while my friend wanted it to squat 180kg, damn him