Are You A Gym Idiot?

[saeidsss]

i don't even train my biceps in isolation. only chin ups and bent over rows.

[catalinmn]

What about squatting or doing biceps curls on a Bosu ball?

[AlwaysBeShepard]

What about squatting or doing biceps curls on a Bosu ball?

I'm sure bosu balls have a legitimate function but I do not know what it is. Every exercise I've seen anyone doing involving a bosu ball just looks fukking stupid. (and it's usually because some bloody trainer told them to do it)

[FitnessFan76]

What about squatting or doing biceps curls on a Bosu ball?

Sounds bloody dangerous to me, especially squatting on one.

[CKBB]

My biggest gym idiot moment happened when I was 19, and still fairly new to lifting. One day, I was doing standing calf raises on a Smith Machine with about 250lbs on the bar...with my toes on a Reebok Step (for a greater ROM) Well, on about my second rep, the step flipped out from under me, sending the weight rushing down and folding me up like an accordion in a squat position in about .2 seconds flat. Amazingly, I was unhurt, but I took it as a sign, walked out of the gym, and never did that again.

I've seen plenty of gym idiocy over the years, but one thing recently that made me stop and shake my head was I found a 10kg plate someone had left, balancing on the base of the preacher curl handles (about 3 inches wide) Just sitting there. The slightest bump would have sent it falling, bouncing and rolling across the floor. It was like someone had set a trap.

[shesprints]

I'm sure bosu balls have a legitimate function but I do not know what it is. Every exercise I've seen anyone doing involving a bosu ball just looks fukking stupid. (and it's usually because some bloody trainer told them to do it)

The legitimate use is rehab or balance exercises. It can help develop stabilizer muscles, which is really important especially for women (tend to get injuries based on hip stability). I prefer a balance board, but a bosu turned upside down works well. Or right-side-up, I guess. Also not bad for putting your feet on and doing some pushups with instability.

[wildbill30]

i got a guy in my gym that cries during sets.

u will hear him yelling, then his voice will crackle and he will cry.

one day after his sets he fell down crying.

and im talking weird sounding cries, with tears and all.

[iJoe]

Copying this and posting on the gym wall!!

LMAO at the thought of you printing out 327 pages of forum posts and pasting it on your gym wall. I know you actually meant the original post.

[TheEngineerGirl]

Some girl was at my gym today with a 3lb dumbbell in either hand flapping her arms like she was doing the Chicken Dance. Laughed so hard I ruined a set of shoulder presses and had to do them over again. Good thing she had an Ipod with massive headphones on.

[AtomicDoom]

His channel is called sixpackshortcuts, why did you ever respect him? haha

I was actually following one of his routines for the first month of my training and then once I browsed bb.com for a while, I realized how ****ty he is

[AtroxEques]

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

Hey .... what about those people who run marathons?

[AtroxEques]

I was actually following one of his routines for the first month of my training and then once I browsed bb.com for a while, I realized how ****ty he is

He's such a sell out -.-"

[SeidelG24]

11. If you walk around and do 1 set on everything with low weight you are officially a gym idiot

[edge131]

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

Hey .... what about those people who run marathons?

to be fair sometimes i do 20-30 mins cardio before my weight workout

[edge131]

to the next person:

please only rate me if my front picture is showing, if its of my back then skip me!

[arnoldstoner]

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.

You gotta admit, squatting 450, even with the worst form, is still kinda impressive

[Partyrocking]

I would change this to
If you go to McDonalds and order a big mac w/ super sized fries with a medium diet coke and don't know why're your still fat you are officially an idiot.

If you figure out nutrition, you can eat McD's on a cut just fine. The problem is when fat/sedentary people cut out just the calories from the soda- eat the rest of the it, and can't figure out why they aren't losing weight.

[Jimthegiant]

Yesterday I had a real idiot.

This guy must have been about 140lb and skinny as hell. No hate towards people of that physique, we have to start somewhere but there is a reason he is so small.

My gym is pretty small and only has 2 power racks which contain the only barbells. The idiot was using it for over an hour with light ass weights and didn't even break a sweat by the end of it. The other one was being used by someone who was actually working out properly for about 40 mins of this.

He was alternating between doing 10 reps on the bench, 50 bicep curls with dumbbells (each arm) and 10 pull ups on the rack with long rests between. There must have been nearly 10 minute gaps between using the bench each rotation. He could have done the pullups on the machine and used the dumbbells outside rack but no...

There were at least 3 people waiting (including myself). I ended up doing pushups, dumbbell bench and the machines until it was free but not as effective as using the barbell.

The other idiot I want to mention is the first personal trainer I had at a gym back when I was 21. I was a binman at the time (back when they actually worked hard) so I was already doing 25 miles on foot every day. When I wasn't carrying weight I was running. I made it abundantly clear that I wanted to gain muscle mass and that I already did more than enough cardio.

The trainer they gave me ended up putting me on treadmill, stationary bike and the rowing machine for an hour! Needless to say after the way she ignored my goals I didn't go back to that gym!

[Artemisia510b]

Speaking of gym idiots, today I saw two guys (who looked like teens) not-even-half-repping 95-135 lbs on the bench, screaming and flailing all the while as if they were lifting the heaviest weights ever, and then supersetting that with push ups through a 2 inch ROM with their backs, knees, and heads all sagging down while they did them. It was PAINFUL to watch. I kind of wanted to go over there and show them PROPER form myself, but I thought it would be mean/rude to do so, so I just watched and cringed.

[Jimthegiant]

Speaking of gym idiots, today I saw two guys (who looked like teens) not-even-half-repping 95-135 lbs on the bench, screaming and flailing all the while as if they were lifting the heaviest weights ever, and then supersetting that with push ups through a 2 inch ROM with their backs, knees, and heads all sagging down while they did them. It was PAINFUL to watch. I kind of wanted to go over there and show them PROPER form myself, but I thought it would be mean/rude to do so, so I just watched and cringed.

I know the feeling. I'm pretty new myself so I have no problem with people giving me advice but some people take it as an insult or just don't care.

[edge131]

Had an ******* squatting with me the other day... he was a powerlifter and knew what he was doing and he wanted to work in with me (fairly new gym user)... well first he kind of insulted the eights i was using ("is that it??") and not even in a joking manner...snob.

Also he had an accent so i could not understand him very well, communication was a bit awekward when he told me what weights he wanted added on... well i made a mistake and put them too low and ofcourse he started laughing at me (not with me) like as if i didn't know what i as doing....

well i got pissed off but i harnessed my energy into doing my squats trying to ignore his snobish comments...

i would have thought people who have been lifting for years to be more understanding of newbies but i guess not...

[XwalkerX]

sounds like that guy was just a dick...the world is full of em.

dont let it get to you

[edge131]

sounds like that guy was just a dick...the world is full of em.

dont let it get to you

well when ever i get pissed off i just channel the anger into my weights... gets the argession out and helps me lift more!

[SMKillerBody]

Barbell curls in the squat rack = Gym Idiot

Haha awesome. I love all the people in Tampa who do this one.

[SMKillerBody]

i would have thought people who have been lifting for years to be more understanding of newbies but i guess not...

Real men and women who have been lifting for awhile respect the newbies that are doing their best and don't try to do more weight than they should, but occasionally you will run into a real prick that has a small prick and wants to pick on someone to make themselves feel better. Screw him and good for you for using it to fuel your workout. I hate nothing more than experienced people in the gym who forget they were a beginner at some point. Also, a lot of times, those are the guys and girls that have horrible form, despite how long they have been working out and should have learned by now.

[Jayczzz]

The other day I saw a guy on the squat rack trying to squat on a gym ball with 66lbs on him.
When he couldn't balance to get 1 rep out, he kicked the ball away and started trying to do pistols still with the 66lbs, and he only had like 5% ROM. He did like 10 "reps" on each leg. That was the most retarded thing I've ever seen.

I couldn't even hide my wtf face. A PT came to me and asked me if I was feeling ok.

[HarryFlashman]

At the beginning of every month at my gym, we have to pay £25 (38 dollars). We also get a membership card each month and on this card it has the code for the padlocked door so you can enter the gym at night and train (24/7). For the first few days of each month, the door is left open throughout the night as people may not have gone in that month to pay their subs to get the card. This means that this group of council estate 15 year old chavs come in. There was a group of about 10-15 of them when I was training (9.30pm to 10.30 pm). They usually just go into the martial arts area and start punching each other in the boxing ring. However this time they brought their slutty girls with them. There were about 4 of these gypsy/pikey looking slags. They would go into the gym and get in everyone's way, spend a few minutes on their phones, go outside the gym and smoke for a few minutes and repeat the process non stop. They never came in to do any exercise at all. When I leave the gym, I walk past this group and the guys seemed fine but i hear the 4 girls quietly making grunting noises as I walked past. I heard the noises and assumed they were aimed at me. I don't really grunt super loudly but I must have done a slight grunt/heavy breathing on the last few reps of each set for my power cleans. I just thought to myself 'why are you trying to take the piss out of me when you have walked into the gym and walked out doing sh*t all'. I said nothing to them but I should have gone up to them, looked them in the eye and said in an alpha way 'what was that? does it piss you off that i went in the gym and lifted? why don't you just stay at home with your slutty friends'. Really missed an opportunity to say that and it is one of them 'I wish i said it moments' rather than being quiet and minding my own business (which they should have done).

Yes but you probably would've been beated unconscious by the 15 yooofs. Don't worry about it. If they're kunts, they'll have a chit life. No skin off your nose. It happened to me when I was training at a local park years ago. I was practicing kicking with my mate and some fat useless pramface saggy lowriding tit heaps of chit women walked past and started making hiiyaah bruce lee type noises and cackling with laughter. I admit that it irritated me somewhat. However fast forward a few years. I'm strong and can hit hard. They are looser and weaker. Not worth getting agitated about, just laugh at those types of people.

[edge131]

Real men and women who have been lifting for awhile respect the newbies that are doing their best and don't try to do more weight than they should, but occasionally you will run into a real prick that has a small prick and wants to pick on someone to make themselves feel better. Screw him and good for you for using it to fuel your workout. I hate nothing more than experienced people in the gym who forget they were a beginner at some point. Also, a lot of times, those are the guys and girls that have horrible form, despite how long they have been working out and should have learned by now.

i know bro and i agree!

[mydreamshape]

Lol and they look like monkeys after

[BigTea]

Hahaha this is too funny