Gym wierdos

[Gym rat]

People talking on there cell phone in the gym and people who bring there cell phone charger with them to the gym

[rose]

So, ditch shinyland for a nicer happier place :grin:

I seriously think I might sell the rest of my membership I really do not have a nice time there, it's set up too weird and guys with too much tan and not enough sharing! I might start going at hideous o'clock in the morning, nobody wants to squat then!

Come to the darkside Vee, we have all the beef :grin:

[Beef]

a guy at my gym was trying to balance on a swissball while doing bicep curls and kept falling off.. its either abs or biceps, not both at once :pfft:

[runveerun]

So, ditch shinyland for a nicer happier place :grin:

I seriously think I might sell the rest of my membership I really do not have a nice time there, it's set up too weird and guys with too much tan and not enough sharing! I might start going at hideous o'clock in the morning, nobody wants to squat then!

Come to the darkside Vee, we have all the beef :grin:

SIGN ME UP! I AM ON MY WAY! :grin:

[Beef]

people that constantly check themselves out in the mirrors :roll:

[Specter]

people that constantly check themselves out in the mirrors :roll:

:oops:

[Beef]

:roll:

[rose]

Gym People

Now before you get all offended or start sending me hate mail about these caricatures and why I don’t help these poor, mislead people, you need to realize a couple things. People don’t want help. They think they’re doing the correct things and won’t listen or change. Their ego can’t take it. They heard it from someone or read it somewhere, so it must be the right way. I understand. I was in the same spot, and until they broaden their base of knowledge and realize how much BS is out there, they aren’t going to change.

To be honest, rewind a little more than ten years ago, and I’m in the same spot. I know I wouldn’t even listen to myself if I could go back in time and try to put myself on the correct path. Back then, I knew everything. Now, after years and years in the gym, thousands of hours of reading everything from articles on lifting and supplementation to books like Supertraining, Science and Practice of Strength Training, and ones usually reserved for college courses, I realize how little I know. I had the same kind of hubris the people described above have. Reading a thing or two, taking it as gospel, and following it. Really if you “don’t know that you don’t know,” what else can you really do?

Also, I really don’t know where to start. I was baffled when I heard someone say that muscle turned to fat. Seriously? People still believe this? Lifting weights turns girls big and bulky? C’mon. I’m just thrown off when I’m supposed to go from thinking about reciprocal inhibition in lower crossed syndrome to some thought like “muscle turns to fat.” It would take hours just to get a person to a basic level. How would you explain how to rebuild an engine to someone who doesn’t even know how to check their oil? I get frustrated enough reading and listening to what people think who don’t even have a basic knowledge of physiology or training much less trying to explain it all to them.

Frankly, I’ve wasted so much time already trying to help people out. I’ve grown a bit cynical and figure why waste my time (although sometimes I do slip up and help)? I remember one time I was asked to design a lifting routine. I was given the old program for an idea of what was currently being done and the exercises that were known. It was a train wreck, but I went ahead and just did some basic things to make it way more effective. I changed the split, I changed the exercise selection and exercise order within the workout, and I changed a progression scheme to use that would have lasted a few months for this relatively new lifter. I gave it back and explained a bit about the thought process behind it. To my sorrow, the very next day, the person came back with another ridiculous workout similar to the original. Claiming what was in the one I gave him and the thought process behind it inspired him to fix it himself. I just shook my head and realized once again how much time I had wasted on helping someone.

[Beef]

Gym People

Now before you get all offended or start sending me hate mail about these caricatures and why I don’t help these poor, mislead people, you need to realize a couple things. People don’t want help. They think they’re doing the correct things and won’t listen or change. Their ego can’t take it. They heard it from someone or read it somewhere, so it must be the right way. I understand. I was in the same spot, and until they broaden their base of knowledge and realize how much BS is out there, they aren’t going to change.

To be honest, rewind a little more than ten years ago, and I’m in the same spot. I know I wouldn’t even listen to myself if I could go back in time and try to put myself on the correct path. Back then, I knew everything. Now, after years and years in the gym, thousands of hours of reading everything from articles on lifting and supplementation to books like Supertraining, Science and Practice of Strength Training, and ones usually reserved for college courses, I realize how little I know. I had the same kind of hubris the people described above have. Reading a thing or two, taking it as gospel, and following it. Really if you “don’t know that you don’t know,” what else can you really do?

Also, I really don’t know where to start. I was baffled when I heard someone say that muscle turned to fat. Seriously? People still believe this? Lifting weights turns girls big and bulky? C’mon. I’m just thrown off when I’m supposed to go from thinking about reciprocal inhibition in lower crossed syndrome to some thought like “muscle turns to fat.” It would take hours just to get a person to a basic level. How would you explain how to rebuild an engine to someone who doesn’t even know how to check their oil? I get frustrated enough reading and listening to what people think who don’t even have a basic knowledge of physiology or training much less trying to explain it all to them.

Frankly, I’ve wasted so much time already trying to help people out. I’ve grown a bit cynical and figure why waste my time (although sometimes I do slip up and help)? I remember one time I was asked to design a lifting routine. I was given the old program for an idea of what was currently being done and the exercises that were known. It was a train wreck, but I went ahead and just did some basic things to make it way more effective. I changed the split, I changed the exercise selection and exercise order within the workout, and I changed a progression scheme to use that would have lasted a few months for this relatively new lifter. I gave it back and explained a bit about the thought process behind it. To my sorrow, the very next day, the person came back with another ridiculous workout similar to the original. Claiming what was in the one I gave him and the thought process behind it inspired him to fix it himself. I just shook my head and realized once again how much time I had wasted on helping someone.

that's some good shit right there.

[AlBundy]

Not so much a gym wierdo as a diet wierdo, but...

And remember as you read this, this person probably drives AND votes!

Yep and I'm willing to bet that the person who wrote that, is already breeding and transferring their stupidity into their offspring, dragging the average I.Q down even further.

[Grover]

Yep and I'm willing to bet that the person who wrote that, is already breeding and transferring their stupidity into their offspring, dragging the average I.Q down even further.

So you reckon it was written by an Australian?

[Specter]

Not so much a gym wierdo as a diet wierdo, but...

And remember as you read this, this person probably drives AND votes!

Yep and I'm willing to bet that the person who wrote that, is already breeding and transferring their stupidity into their offspring, dragging the average I.Q down even further.

U talking about Douchebag?

[AlBundy]

Not so much a gym wierdo as a diet wierdo, but...

And remember as you read this, this person probably drives AND votes!

Yep and I'm willing to bet that the person who wrote that, is already breeding and transferring their stupidity into their offspring, dragging the average I.Q down even further.

U talking about Douchebag?

No, I was referring to the news paper statement about hunting for the purpose of eating it being bad.

[ShadyXxl]

The ugly girl at the gym who thinks everyone's checking her out.

[Beef]

The ugly girl at the gym who thinks everyone's checking her out.

what a tosser :roll:

[Maximus]

There is a guy at Les Mills Extreme in Wellington (I hope he is reading this) that struts around the changing room naked for a prolonged period of time after working out. I'm cool with the locker room vibe, however, when you walk around the entire room basically doing laps in the buff whilst holding a large towel in your hand for more than 10 minutes at a time its simply weird. Seriously, everytime I turn around recently the naked guy is there.

It's rather unusual to say the least.

[Grover]

I wouldn't be turning around if I was you.

Keep your back to the wall!

he's just waiting for an opening!

:shock:

[PTinCHCH]

farrrrrrkkkkk i hate them excessive nudists in the change rooms.

sort it out fags!!!!

we dont wana see that shit. keep it to a minimum PLEASE!!

:roll:

[EMC]

farrrrrrkkkkk i hate them excessive nudists in the change rooms.

sort it out fags!!!!

we dont wana see that shit. keep it to a minimum PLEASE!!

:roll:

^^this

its typically the suits that walk right in after work and walse around in the nude. i mean i can understand after a shower but at least wear a towel, they wanna show everyone?? jeez...youll never see a big dude in the toilets like that. i wonder what conclusion this results in :\sigh.

[PTinCHCH]

hahaha your so right. it is the suits.

[EMC]

hahaha your so right. it is the suits.

the last thing you want to see before max effort deadlift is a peer of pale cheeks hahaha

edit: you mentally prep 'hipdrive'

[Beef]

a guy at my gym today trained in jandals.. and he was doing legs :-s

thought you had to have covered shoes at my gym

[Gym rat]

I have also notice that a few times as well at my gym people training in jandals and I think not my problem if they drop a 20kg plate on there foot or 25kg plate

[Outkast]

a guy at my gym today trained in jandals.. and he was doing legs :-s

thought you had to have covered shoes at my gym

Train in thailand.. Most people wear jandals in the gyms there!

[HaNs]

All shoes will do is hold in the mess when you crush your feet?

A few guys wear jandals at my gym and no one cares..