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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Bluto on August 02, 2007, 11:11:57 AM
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not sure if it's the right word but i hate it when people wanna "work in" and take turns doing sets at the gym i dont allow this and tell em NO!
some geeks think thats bad behavioiur and is against the "gym etiquette" but as far as im concerned they can go fuck themselves. i dont work in with anybody and for some reason im always able to finish my workout anyway so why cant others? when im IN THE ZONE i dont want some punk to come and disturb me as im preparing for war and psyching myself up for my 6th set of dumbbell presses!
another thing that is annoying is people asking how many sets you got left. well when i start stripping the plates they'll know im getting there so they dont have to ask!
today at the gym one guy was preparing for benching 4,5 plates per side and one punk ass #### had the balls to disturb him to ask "how many sets you got left bro?" now what the fuck is up with that? how the hell do you get the nerves to ask a big bencher a question like that before his final set? afterwards he did ONE plate per side and struggled like a little bitch!
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how long do you wait between sets usually
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Settle down Bluto, the ladies at Women's Fitness have every right to use the equipment you're using.
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1-1,5 minute.
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Pro's have asked me to work in at Golds Vencice. But if you have that preferance, I believe you are entitled to it!
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i wouldnt call waiting 90 seconds "IN THE ZONE", thats more in the "checking out chicks on the assisted dip machine" zone or "finding a better song on your mp3 player" zone. and when it takes people no more than 30 seconds to complete a set theres no reason not to let someone work in
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you sound like this big dummy we have at our gym.guy loads up 3 or 4 machines including the power rack and squat rack ( which there is only one)and tries to do his gay version of super sets and giant sets at 5 oclock while the gym is packed.then he gets all pissy if while he is gone someone unloaded his wieght and started using it.then he usually will leave 4 or 5 45 plates on everything and he just leaves. so the next lady that walks up to the machine and wants to use it has to struggle to clean up after him.he also smells like a stinky farm animal. i am glad you said you were gonna strip the plates off.
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i wouldnt call waiting 90 seconds "IN THE ZONE", thats more in the "checking out chicks on the assisted dip machine" zone or "finding a better song on your mp3 player" zone. and when it takes people no more than 30 seconds to complete a set theres no reason not to let someone work in
yes there is. say it's a machine, weight and height need to be adjusted, and people might take too long, or not long enough which makes you off balance.
i guess it comes down to if you're serious with your training or not. if you dont give a fuck - by all means let some schmoe work in and ruin your set.
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also one day i was using a machine i got up to grab my water botle i left at the last bench i was using,when i get back some older guy is using it so i stand the and wait patiently as i didnt see the reason to give him shit and tell him to get off. so i wait till he is done his set and the he just sits there hanging all over the machine and looks at me and i say mind moving please so i can finish and he gets all pissy.so i was a dick and said hey if you weren't so wrapped up in your own legend you would have noticed i was here long before you and i was nice enough to wait patiently now get out of my way.he started to talk as he got up i just put my headphones back on and took over the machine and finished my stuff.
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you sound like this big dummy we have at our gym.guy loads up 3 or 4 machines including the power rack and squat rack ( which there is only one)and tries to do his gay version of super sets and giant sets at 5 oclock while the gym is packed.then he gets all pissy if while he is gone someone unloaded his wieght and started using it.then he usually will leave 4 or 5 45 plates on everything and he just leaves. so the next lady that walks up to the machine and wants to use it has to struggle to clean up after him.he also smells like a stinky farm animal. i am glad you said you were gonna strip the plates off.
not at all. i enver occupy more than one machine. and people leaving weights on the machines should be shot. happens all the time
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life and death over here for bluto..gimme a break how often does that even happen? barely ever happens to me.
work in rarely happens people know not to ask, but the question how many sets left etc i hear a lot + the leaving weight on the machine happens a lot and its annoying like hell
something else that annoys me is people using benches for their own little cute exercises instead of what it's meant for
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Settle down Bluto, the ladies at Women's Fitness have every right to use the equipment you're using.
yes. but only after im done. i need to watch my territory.
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ive started wearing a hood in the gym and a giant waterbottle
when people see you as an animal, they tend to leave you alone more!
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I was wanting to work in at the gym one time, a LONG time ago, probably 9 or 10 years ago, on a Cybex curl machine. Wouldn't touch it now, but, at the time, it was my main exercise for biceps (everyone's gotta start somewhere).
Anyway, this douchebag was on the machine for about 5 minutes, just sitting there doing 1 set every 2 and a half minutes. I asked him if I could work in. His response, "I've only got 8 sets left. You'll just have to wait."
Ever since then, if someone wants to work in, I let them. Been that way through all the years. It's ridiculous to not let someone do a set in between yours unless it involves stripping 6 or 7 plates off the leg press or some shit like that. Only the BIGGEST DOUCHES at the gym don't let people work in, the same kind of guys that his poses in the mirror between sets.....
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I hate when someone ask's when I am going to be done since then I feel the need to speed up and not hog anything.
As for asking to work in..Never unless you either know the person or you are the one working out that offers to have someone work in with you.
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i dont take that long. but some recreational lifter is not going to come between me and my animal training. no way. no how!
the gym is a warzone. everybody need to know their place. big dogs go first. others have to wait in line!
when you let people work in with you, next they wanna work in with you in the shower. dont say i didnt warn you!
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yes there is. say it's a machine, weight and height need to be adjusted, and people might take too long, or not long enough which makes you off balance.
i guess it comes down to if you're serious with your training or not. if you dont give a fuck - by all means let some schmoe work in and ruin your set.
hahah, i guess arnold and corney werent "serious" with their training. neither were dorian and his obnoxious training partner. both these guys switched off using the machines while the other rested.
they should have just sat there with their arms folded after their sets, glaring at everyone else in the gym and waiting for their vibrating wristwatch to tell them 90 seconds had elapsed and it was time to start another set
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i dont take that long. but some recreational lifter is not going to come between me and my animal training. no way. no how!
the gym is a warzone. everybody need to know their place. big dogs go first. others have to wait in line!
when you let people work in with you, next they wanna work in with you in the shower. dont say i didnt warn you!
You're delusional.
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hahah, i guess arnold and corney werent "serious" with their training. neither were dorian and his obnoxious training partner. both these guys switched off using the machines while the other rested.
they should have just sat there with their arms folded after their sets, glaring at everyone else in the gym and waiting for their vibrating wristwatch to tell them 90 seconds had elapsed and it was time to start another set
that's a pretty lame example. training partners know eachother after months or years of training together, they work the same muscle group, often share same intensity, sets, reps and use pretty much the same weights. totally different thing than having some schmoe called "sir william idol" wanna work in and just looking at him and hearing his voice makes you lose concentration!
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I hate when someone ask's when I am going to be done since then I feel the need to speed up and not hog anything.
As for asking to work in..Never unless you either know the person or you are the one working out that offers to have someone work in with you.
thats what im talking about! yes i hate when people ask when im done or make it clear theyre waiting in line. doesnt have to be that obvious,
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You running your mouth about Billy Idol?
Fightin' words...
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.... another thing that is annoying is people asking how many sets you got left. well when i start stripping the plates they'll know im getting there so they dont have to ask! ....
since you never go over 95 lbs on the bench press, it's hard to tell whether you're going up or down....
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thats what im talking about! yes i hate when people ask when im done or make it clear theyre waiting in line. doesnt have to be that obvious,
I always go by the rule if I finish I put the weights back and thats the que to anyone that I am done and they can take over, I do the same when looking for the next exercise myself. If everybody did that it would work much better.
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that's a pretty lame example. training partners know eachother after months or years of training together, they work the same muscle group, often share same intensity, sets, reps and use pretty much the same weights. totally different thing than having some schmoe called "sir william idol" wanna work in and just looking at him and hearing his voice makes you lose concentration!
obviously you're doing the same muscle group if the other person wants to work in with you. as far as intensity, sets and reps thats irrelevant, since that doesnt affect you and if it does you're way too sensitive. the only thing that matters is the weights and on machines they're easily changeable, plus you're going to change your weight anyway for each set.
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i ask how many sets a guy has left if its the only one of that in the gym ( power cage squat rack leg press) because then i have to re-adjust my work oput plan i had for that day. i always wait till after their set and if it looks like they are gettin psyched up for next set i will wait till they finish that one. and if i am using the one only of whatever it is i will let them work in depending on who they are and as long as we arent changing any wieghts,unless its a machine and its just a pin. plates no way
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nothing sucks worse than having to wait too long and your pump isnt gettin any better and you feel your core start cooling down.
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I always go by the rule if I finish I put the weights back and thats the que to anyone that I am done and they can take over, I do the same when looking for the next exercise myself. If everybody did that it would work much better.
exactly. and when machines etc are loaded still, you look around for someone using it only to find out they just didnt put the weights back
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obviously you're doing the same muscle group if the other person wants to work in with you. as far as intensity, sets and reps thats irrelevant, since that doesnt affect you and if it does you're way too sensitive. the only thing that matters is the weights and on machines they're easily changeable, plus you're going to change your weight anyway for each set.
it does affect me. and i dont pyramid so im not changing weights anyway.
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you're not changing the weights? bullshit. dont lie just to keep your argument alive
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you're not changing the weights? bullshit. dont lie just to keep your argument alive
rarely in the same workout. im doing volume training. for example 6 sets of 6 of shrugs with the same weight.
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i dont take that long. but some recreational lifter is not going to come between me and my animal training. no way. no how!
the gym is a warzone. everybody need to know their place. big dogs go first. others have to wait in line!
when you let people work in with you, next they wanna work in with you in the shower. dont say i didnt warn you!
There is an inverse relationship between 'animal traning' and post count. FAIL.
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Hate to break the news to you, Bluto, but you ARE a "recreational lifter."
- You will never make a living bodybuilding
- You are not a professional athlete
- You are not a magazine coverboy or model
- You do not make money off of bodybuilding
YOU are A RECREATIONAL LIFTER.
Hope this helps.
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Hate to break the news to you, Bluto, but you ARE a "recreational lifter."
- You will never make a living bodybuilding
- You are not a professional athlete
- You are not a magazine coverboy or model
- You do not make money off of bodybuilding
YOU are A RECREATIONAL LIFTER.
Hope this helps.
how do you know? people used to say i was a recreational msg board poster, and look at me now getting paid per post 8)
dont give up on that dream!
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I always thought that the people who can't let someone work in doesn't have enough focus. Why would it matter to you what someone else does while you are waiting? It is not your bench. I would agree that if you see a guy with 4-5 plates per side on bench, you let him go about his business and move somewhere else, but most machines and free standing benches by the dumbbells are so easy to change around, who cares if someone works in.
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thats where you're wrong.
it IS my bench until im done with it.
just as it IS my shower until im done with it.
if you wanna share benches and showers with eachother then thats your business
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Hate to break the news to you, Bluto, but you ARE a "recreational lifter."
- You will never make a living bodybuilding
- You are not a professional athlete
- You are not a magazine coverboy or model
- You do not make money off of bodybuilding
YOU are A RECREATIONAL LIFTER.
Hope this helps.
Bluto's been cage fighting for the better part of 20 years now while maintaining a top NPC caliber physique. The man is probably gracing magazine covers that cater the sub-110 pound crowd.
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Bluto's been cage fighting for the better part of 20 years now while maintaining a top NPC caliber physique. The man is probably gracing magazine covers that cater the sub-110 pound crowd.
are you saying that bluto is little more than an oxygen thief
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thats where you're wrong.
it IS my bench until im done with it.
just as it IS my shower until im done with it.
if you wanna share benches and showers with eachother then thats your business
So here is the question. Why would you be such a dick? I'm not they type to go asking if I can work in with someone because I like to focus when I am there, but if someone else wants to, so be it, it really is not that big of a deal. Also, what is with you and showers? They are not even close to being the same thing.
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So here is the question. Why would you be such a dick? I'm not they type to go asking if I can work in with someone because I like to focus when I am there, but if someone else wants to, so be it, it really is not that big of a deal. Also, what is with you and showers? They are not even close to being the same thing.
i think the ones disturbing me is the dick. what the hell are they thinking? would you ask ronnie coleman if you could work in with him? probably not.
it's just disrespectful.
people need to learn how to mind their own business.
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bluto you sound like a aggrovated introverted douchebag.
be nice to people in the gym. even if you think they are wierd or whatever. you will feel better.
that matcho plugged in dont say a word to anyone matcho bullshit is just ::) ::) ::)
grow up..
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bluto you sound like a aggrovated introverted douchebag.
be nice to people in the gym. even if you think they are wierd or whatever. you will feel better.
that matcho plugged in dont say a word to anyone matcho bullshit is just ::) ::) ::)
grow up..
i am being nice. by leaving them alone. not disturbing them. not breaking their concentration. not being a possible reason for them to fail on their attempt to set a new PR etc
maybe you should do the same?
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i am being nice. by leaving them alone. not disturbing them. not breaking their concentration. not being a possible reason for them to fail on their attempt to set a new PR etc
maybe you should do the same?
lame. i knew this would be your type of reply....'im not in the gym to make friends im there to train hard and mind my own business blablablbla'
typical introverted delusional shithead
buy an animal t-shirt with "stfu and train.." printed on it to why dont you ::) ::) ::)
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I agree with you Bluto, I hate it when people bother me in the gym. I usually work out in the morning so its not a big deal, but if I go in the evening every asshole who I may or may not have met over the last 20 years wants to come up to me and talk. ::) If I am drunk and at the bar, then come say hello, not when I am at the gym. And I am not even going to start with the overweight counter girl who tries to take up 5 minutes of my morning trying to show me her Myspace pictures everyday. >:(
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I agree with you Bluto, I hate it when people bother me in the gym. I usually work out in the morning so its not a big deal, but if I go in the evening every asshole who I may or may not have met over the last 20 years wants to come up to me and talk. ::) If I am drunk and at the bar, then come say hello, not when I am at the gym. And I am not even going to start with the overweight counter girl who tries to take up 5 minutes of my morning trying to show me her Myspace pictures everyday. >:(
haha yes. people need to mind their own business.
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bluto:
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=94466.0;attach=102410;image)
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bluto:
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=94466.0;attach=102410;image)
I forgot which member was that supposed to be? I didn't think it was Bluto.
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weedouttheweak?
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I forgot which member was that supposed to be? I didn't think it was Bluto.
neither one of those two beasts are bluto
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weedouttheweak?
Thanks. Did he disappear?
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im not sure if he ever admitted to it, he seemed to deny it was him forever.
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somtimes you have some idiots stand there while you doing your set just waiting for you to leave they dont say nothing just stand there so when that happens to me i take longer fuck them you know i hate that and you have these fucks who don 't strip weights off and get mad when you tell them too
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I'll ask anybody how many more sets they have. If they just started they will usually ask me to work in. If they're almost done, I just wait patiently or move onto something else. People can ask me the same thing and I have no problem with that. Usually they won't work in because the weight I use is usually more than they use.
The gym shouldn't be a war zone for anybody unless it's your a pro. And even some of those guys seem to have the work ethic of a sloth.
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I'll ask anybody how many more sets they have. If they just started they will usually ask me to work in. If they're almost done, I just wait patiently or move onto something else. People can ask me the same thing and I have no problem with that. Usually they won't work in because the weight I use is usually more than they use.
The gym shouldn't be a war zone for anybody unless it's your a pro. And even some of those guys seem to have the work ethic of a sloth.
Exactly!
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bluto:
(http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=94466.0;attach=102410;image)
its good to see jay being nice to the "special" ones
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ive started wearing a hood in the gym and a giant waterbottle
when people see you as an animal, they tend to leave you alone more!
There is a guy like that in every gym.. ::)
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I'll ask anybody how many more sets they have. If they just started they will usually ask me to work in. If they're almost done, I just wait patiently or move onto something else. People can ask me the same thing and I have no problem with that. Usually they won't work in because the weight I use is usually more than they use.
The gym shouldn't be a war zone for anybody unless it's your a pro. And even some of those guys seem to have the work ethic of a sloth.
'Struth., CARTEL. And from what little I've seen, Bluto is more dedicated and ruder around the gym than our current Mr. O. I can only imagine Jay asking to work in and then being burned by such a tool. I bet Jay would just simply go and do another similar exercise without any fuss. ::)
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no need, it's common sense what it brings.
you can either
#1 mind your own business at the gym. focus on the work ahead of you. and not disturb others.
or
#2 let chaos into your workout, break your concentration, and possibly ruin not only your own workout but others as well.
it's an easy choice for me.
I have never been denied a piece of equipment when I want it.
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i leave my headphones on and just pretend i didnt hear them. fortunately for me i workout mid day when the gym is practically empty and very few people are there to bother me.
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'Struth., CARTEL. And from what little I've seen, Bluto is more dedicated and ruder around the gym than our current Mr. O. I can only imagine Jay asking to work in and then being burned by such a tool. I bet Jay would just simply go and do another similar exercise without any fuss. ::)
jay know better than disturbing me at the gym! he would set himself up for an injury! my tapout bandana usually get the msg across
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jay know better than disturbing me at the gym! he would set himself up for an injury! my tapout bandana usually get the msg across
you have never seen the inside of a gym
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Just a few questions ...
1) Do you own the gym?
2) Do you pay more than the other users?
3) Are you a VIP with special previlages?
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I just wear a shirt that says "immigration" then put a fake badge on and no one gets near me in my gym ;D
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i leave my headphones on and just pretend i didnt hear them. fortunately for me i workout mid day when the gym is practically empty and very few people are there to bother me.
Do you also pretend to press massive poundage? Common, you knew that one was coming? ;D
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not sure if it's the right word but i hate it when people wanna "work in" and take turns doing sets at the gym i dont allow this and tell em NO!
some geeks think thats bad behavioiur and is against the "gym etiquette" but as far as im concerned they can go fuck themselves. i dont work in with anybody and for some reason im always able to finish my workout anyway so why cant others? when im IN THE ZONE i dont want some punk to come and disturb me as im preparing for war and psyching myself up for my 6th set of dumbbell presses!
another thing that is annoying is people asking how many sets you got left. well when i start stripping the plates they'll know im getting there so they dont have to ask!
today at the gym one guy was preparing for benching 4,5 plates per side and one punk ass #### had the balls to disturb him to ask "how many sets you got left bro?" now what the fuck is up with that? how the hell do you get the nerves to ask a big bencher a question like that before his final set? afterwards he did ONE plate per side and struggled like a little bitch!
That benching example sounds irritating. Do you ever need to use a station yourself that someone else is on? Or do you just rearrange your workout?
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That benching example sounds irritating. Do you ever need to use a station yourself that someone else is on? Or do you just rearrange your workout?
i rearrange or wait until theyre done, i can see the irritation if someone is doing 10 sets and resting 3 minutes between and there's only one bench, but that rarely happens
and i tend to do exercises most people dont do, dips, chins etc where as in front of the mirrors its more crowded :D
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I usually don't ask members if I can work-in.
If I was on my way home, and needed the bench
for my last sets and you gave me an attitude like that,
I would choke you out and finish my set.
Trying to look like an animal protecting your bench
like it was your doghouse, is just asking for trouble.
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I usually don't ask members if I can work-in.
If I was on my way home, and needed the bench
for my last sets and you gave me an attitude like that,
I would choke you out and finish my set.
Trying to look like an animal protecting your bench
like it was your doghouse, is just asking for trouble.
hahahahhaa, another internet cage fighting badass. ::)
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lol..I knew that was coming
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I usually don't ask members if I can work-in.
If I was on my way home, and needed the bench
for my last sets and you gave me an attitude like that,
I would choke you out and finish my set.
Trying to look like an animal protecting your bench
like it was your doghouse, is just asking for trouble.
in your dreams pedro, in your dreams!
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in your dreams pedro, in your dreams!
Be careful, his muscle is functional!
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Be careful, his muscle is functional!
his muscle spasm is functional!
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hahaha classic thread
i own those fucks!