Are You A Gym Idiot?

[mattward1979]

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.

Hey surely this is just utilising the equipment to its fullest!
His spotter was getting a ****ing epic leg workout partial DLing that weight to keep it off his chest...

[AlexTheNewbie]

As long as you see good gains, you're doing it right.

[JakubMatuska]

A lot of people in our gym are idiot by these rules, haha

[PushYourself11]

Hahahaahaha love this thread!

1. You may be a gym idiot if you try to find the closest possible parking spot to the gym entrance. Isn't the whole point of going to the gym to get a workout in? The extra 13 calories burned to walk to the door will not hurt you. Unless it's squat day, then that walk might hurt

2. You may be a gym idiot if you would rather stick the barrel of a gun in your mouth and pull the trigger than get on the treadmill/elliptical for the 93475th time for a cardio session. Mix things up with walking a frolfing course, swimming laps in the pool, bicycling, rollerblading, etc. It does wonders for the chubby tummy and is fun at the same time!

3. You may be a gym idiot if you carry your phone into the gym with you other than for emergency calls, recording workout data, and Pandora radio/other tunes that jack you up and turn you into an animal during your workout. Personal improvement time is important, people can wait.

4. You may be a gym idiot if your ego is bigger than your muscles. If your form is compromised by trying to lift outside of your means, lower the weight. You will make gains much faster with a lower weight and good form.

5. You may be a gym ******* if you walk around the locker room needlessly naked. I don't want to accidentally get a glimpse of your hairy peashooter ever ever ever ever ever ever ever. Ever!

6. You may be a gym idiot if you have been lifting for awhile and your form still sucks. Youtube is an amazing tool and has 'howtos' on basically everything. Watch. Learn. Apply.

[Downunder Gaz]

There's a husband and wife that come to my gym and usually see them doing some weird ass training program I just don't get, and today they took up the only 2 squat racks to do curls at the same time! Typical arrogant South African he is and he was abused half way through his set by some guys wanting to do squats. He tried to argue with them but got shut down pretty quick when they all pointed out the 2 stands for curls that on one were using.

[71Avido]

I get the husband/wife team in my gym also. I get it, you want to workout with your SO, that's cool.
Just don't take up the only 2 squat racks in the building to move a whopping 190lbs combined.

If you've both got 95lbs to move, you can do it in the same rack.
What kills me is despite taking up both racks, they still alternate so they can check each others form or lack thereof. 1/4 squats of peace.

[melvin2345]

Not certain if this guy was an idiot, or if I'm just ignorant to these exercises.

Exercise A: He had a 30lb ez-curl bar that he would upright row, then push his arms out so that they were parallel to the ground, then swing them down in an arc until the bar was resting on his thighs.

Exercise B: Same 30lb ez-curl bar. Overhead press, then one arm at a time, drop his elbow to his hips while doing a half side bend.

Exercise C: Again, 30lb ez-curl bar. Alternating sides, he would grab the bar with a mixed grip, and basically did a motion like he was shoveling dirt from one pile to another.

Again, these may very well be legit exercises with useful applications, but they sure looked odd.

[71Avido]

Oh, what about the people doing side bends holding a DB in each hand?
What is that accomplishing exactly?

[dreamdriss]

good topic thanks

[71Avido]

Had another good one yesterday.

This tool was in the gym in the classic Ed Hardy shirt, jeans and dressier shoes (they had shine). In the hour I was there, all he did was walk from one room to the other. He'd be sitting on a Hammer Strength machine, get up, walk to the far room and into the squat rack. He'd look at himself, do one of those arm cross stretches where you throw your arms across your chest and then walk back out to sit on the hammer strength machine again. Through all this, he'd never break eye contact with himself in the mirror.

He would do this every few minutes, over the course of 10 minutes worth of good mornings, this tool had to blow through about 7 times.
Through the "no walk-throughs" sign and everything.

When I was leaving, he was arguing with management about having to pay membership fees.

I wanted to drop something on him.

[akolatier]

If when doing tricep pushdowns it turns into a full-body exercise that looks like you're training to spin the wheel on "The Price is Right" you are a gym idiot.

It depends on the context of the exercise...I do my last few reps on my last set this way so I can get some negatives in. However, if you do the entire set this way then yes, you are a gym idiot.

[dense101]

you are a gym Idiot if you put the 40lb dumbells where the 90lbs are suppose to go.

[benio84]

Oh no... mate you just described my entire routine!

[chas2013]

Your a gym idiot if you get on the seated calf raise and do a movement I can only describe as a seated row. This guy does this every time I see him on that seated calf raise. Take some plates off bro, the last time I saw legs like that they were hanging out a nest. I even pointed out to him that that was a calf machine and that the seated row machine was over two isles. I told him his back shouldn't be involved in the motion, he still does it his way, and wonders why he has stick legs and pencil calves!! LOL

[Reaper94]

There's a kid at my school who was telling me that he only trains biceps and legs because he wasn't getting any results in other area's, gym idiot xD

[Reaper94]

Had another good one yesterday.

This tool was in the gym in the classic Ed Hardy shirt, jeans and dressier shoes (they had shine). In the hour I was there, all he did was walk from one room to the other. He'd be sitting on a Hammer Strength machine, get up, walk to the far room and into the squat rack. He'd look at himself, do one of those arm cross stretches where you throw your arms across your chest and then walk back out to sit on the hammer strength machine again. Through all this, he'd never break eye contact with himself in the mirror.

He would do this every few minutes, over the course of 10 minutes worth of good mornings, this tool had to blow through about 7 times.
Through the "no walk-throughs" sign and everything.

When I was leaving, he was arguing with management about having to pay membership fees.

I wanted to drop something on him.

Awesome xD

[chas2013]

I would have to say that the guy who wears real baggy pants into the gym to workout in, so as not to show that his massive upper body is carried by toothpicks. That my friend is the all time gym idiot.

Amen brother.....I hate to see guys with huge upper bodies and legs that should be hanging out a nest.....I see guys in the gym EVERYDAY, and a few I have NEVER seen work legs.....gym idiots

[dense101]

some sloppy dude today doing 20 sets of 3 on the military press with 15lb dumbells watching a movie on his phone. :/
i almost slapped him.

[klee0192]

If you speed across the gym parking lot in your ugly mustang and park in the closest spot then rev it multiple times, you're a gym idiot.

[hackysackerr]

fat people watching movies on exercise bikes still amazes me

[ArnasArnas]

Cha cha god one:
6. If you train, lets say chest on monday and triceps on tuesday, you are officially a gym idiot.

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.

[Os1to]

You're a gym idiot if ...:

-The weather outside is great, but you drive to your gym just to walk for 20 minutes on the threadmill.
-You take your girlfriend/chick friend to the gym and make her train biceps, back and chest instead of getting her to squat or do lunges ('the' exercises for dat ass).
-You take your n00b friends to the gym and make them do isolation exercises instead of compound exercises.
-You bench using the Smith machine (semisrs)
-You use a bunch of dumbells at the same time
-You pretend doing lots of bicep curls will make your arms grow
-You go to the gym twice a week and then do all possible exercises half-assedly
-You go to the gym to talk with people on the phone or to send text messages
-You are not a miscer.

[Jaccogo]

Not certain if this guy was an idiot, or if I'm just ignorant to these exercises.

Exercise A: He had a 30lb ez-curl bar that he would upright row, then push his arms out so that they were parallel to the ground, then swing them down in an arc until the bar was resting on his thighs.

Exercise B: Same 30lb ez-curl bar. Overhead press, then one arm at a time, drop his elbow to his hips while doing a half side bend.

Exercise C: Again, 30lb ez-curl bar. Alternating sides, he would grab the bar with a mixed grip, and basically did a motion like he was shoveling dirt from one pile to another.

Again, these may very well be legit exercises with useful applications, but they sure looked odd.

A: the second thing he did was front raises

B: sounds retarded

C:lmao

[garretcorlett]

Hahahaahaha love this thread!

1. You may be a gym idiot if you try to find the closest possible parking spot to the gym entrance. Isn't the whole point of going to the gym to get a workout in? The extra 13 calories burned to walk to the door will not hurt you. Unless it's squat day, then that walk might hurt

2. You may be a gym idiot if you would rather stick the barrel of a gun in your mouth and pull the trigger than get on the treadmill/elliptical for the 93475th time for a cardio session. Mix things up with walking a frolfing course, swimming laps in the pool, bicycling, rollerblading, etc. It does wonders for the chubby tummy and is fun at the same time!

3. You may be a gym idiot if you carry your phone into the gym with you other than for emergency calls, recording workout data, and Pandora radio/other tunes that jack you up and turn you into an animal during your workout. Personal improvement time is important, people can wait.

4. You may be a gym idiot if your ego is bigger than your muscles. If your form is compromised by trying to lift outside of your means, lower the weight. You will make gains much faster with a lower weight and good form.

5. You may be a gym ******* if you walk around the locker room needlessly naked. I don't want to accidentally get a glimpse of your hairy peashooter ever ever ever ever ever ever ever. Ever!

6. You may be a gym idiot if you have been lifting for awhile and your form still sucks. Youtube is an amazing tool and has 'howtos' on basically everything. Watch. Learn. Apply.

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There is at least one of these at my gym

[Agroth]

Saw a guy pick up about an 80lb ez-curl bar.. he used it for shrugs. However, instead of the bar being in front of his body, resting around the lower stomach as he pulls up with his traps, he held it behind his back, resting on the lower back if you know what I mean (Pretty much, imagine doing shrugs while holding the bar behind you, instead of in front). Fair enough, i've done this before - gives your traps a different range of motion.

Anyways, the very first shrug he did, with the weight being behind his body and all, this dude leaned backwards so far, fell, and landed in the rack holding all the ez-curl bars, causing half to fall on him and the other half to roll around the floor towards other lifters.

Needless to say, tears of laughter came out of my eyes.. I would pay money to go back a few hours and video this. Lmao.

P.S - I asked him if he was ok and all.. but after that, come on. Who couldn't laugh

[garretcorlett]

I got 2 for you;

1) The guys you don't see at all at the gym except for Mondays after a long weekend of drinking and to get their bench on and Fridays so they can get their pump before going out.

2) The super skinny guy and his fat friend that maybe come once or twice a week hardly do anything at all but see other guys that bust their butts wearing tank tops so they decide its ok to wear skin tight tank tops and flex in the mirror to take pictures.

[iamhewhois]

Not certain if this guy was an idiot, or if I'm just ignorant to these exercises.

Exercise A: He had a 30lb ez-curl bar that he would upright row, then push his arms out so that they were parallel to the ground, then swing them down in an arc until the bar was resting on his thighs.

Exercise B: Same 30lb ez-curl bar. Overhead press, then one arm at a time, drop his elbow to his hips while doing a half side bend.

Exercise C: Again, 30lb ez-curl bar. Alternating sides, he would grab the bar with a mixed grip, and basically did a motion like he was shoveling dirt from one pile to another.

Again, these may very well be legit exercises with useful applications, but they sure looked odd.

^^^^ sounds like he's a slalom canoeist, training the exact muscles he needs for canoeing

[SouthsideLifter]

You're a gym idiot if ...:

-The weather outside is great, but you drive to your gym just to walk for 20 minutes on the threadmill.
-You take your girlfriend/chick friend to the gym and make her train biceps, back and chest instead of getting her to squat or do lunges ('the' exercises for dat ass).
-You take your n00b friends to the gym and make them do isolation exercises instead of compound exercises.
-You bench using the Smith machine (semisrs)
-You use a bunch of dumbells at the same time
-You pretend doing lots of bicep curls will make your arms grow
-You go to the gym twice a week and then do all possible exercises half-assedly
-You go to the gym to talk with people on the phone or to send text messages
-You are not a miscer.

Defintley this: "-You go to the gym to talk with people on the phone or to send text messages" I try to have as little conversation as possible at the gym. I think that's why I lift in my basement.

[eagles418]

My favorites are the guys who bench 155-175 but only go halfway down to touching their chest... If they actually went down all the way that 155-175 would quickly drop to 125-145.

[tetrasp3]

Memorizes exercise phys textbook's glossary terms and uses it at gym to prove bb knowledge..