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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => Training Q&A => Topic started by: triple_pickle on November 26, 2005, 09:23:53 PM
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what do you guys do when you are in the middle of an exercise and some d***head comes up to you and asks how many sets or whatever you have to go? it happened to me while i was doing heavy leg presses. i thought i were about to kill the f***ing idiot.
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what do you guys do when you are in the middle of an exercise and some d***head comes up to you and asks how many sets or whatever you have to go? it happened to me while i was doing heavy leg presses. i thought i were about to kill the f***ing idiot.
Were you inbetween sets?
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Were you inbetween sets?
i was in the middle of a set, pushing hard and trying to concentrate.
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i was in the middle of a set, pushing hard and trying to concentrate.
That's just rude in ANY environment. Some people have no manners.
I would just ignore them until your set is over and you've caught your breath.
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just ignore the douchebag, i had a moron come up to me after my first set of barbell shrugs with 225, he said can i work in with you i said yeah, no problem he did his set with 225 and i asked him what he was going to he said 245, i said just go ahead and do your sets i'm going up to six plates.
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6 plate son each side?
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if someone had no senise to wait. i would be pissed
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6 plate son each side?
yes.
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yes.
holy s***!
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Sarcasm must be huuuuge! ;)
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if sarcasm was HUGE he wouldn't be such a hater.
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Amen to that... :)
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yo
I have one for you I was in the middle of a leg press routine I had 8 plates on each side working my way up to 10 on each side and some kid who was about 5'6'' and maybe 135lbs asks me if he could work in so I asked him what did he want to start with he tells me 2 on each side.....
well I told him very nicely no, you cant work in, because I am working legs; not how to load and unload leg press machine. if you can please wait 10 min and you can have the machine....
he then tried to start a fight I just sat there and laugh at him and told him to get lost...
some people just need a kick in the ass...
vinnie
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what do you guys do when you are in the middle of an exercise and some d***head comes up to you and asks how many sets or whatever you have to go? it happened to me while i was doing heavy leg presses. i thought i were about to kill the f***ing idiot.
If u r in the middle of the movement, ignore the girl.
If ur resting, tell him a few more.
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I have one for you I was in the middle of a leg press routine I had 8 plates on each side working my way up to 10 on each side and some kid who was about 5'6'' and maybe 135lbs asks me if he could work in so I asked him what did he want to start with he tells me 2 on each side.....
well I told him very nicely no, you cant work in, because I am working legs; not how to load and unload leg press machine. if you can please wait 10 min and you can have the machine....
he then tried to start a fight I just sat there and laugh at him and told him to get lost...
some people just need a kick in the ass...
thoughts: no matter how nicely you said it, you're still an ass for not letting him work in. You could've just told him he had to change the weight, i'm sure he would've done it. Now obviously if he really started a fight then he's got some problems as well, but I think that one should always be accomodating- the gym is for everyone.
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thoughts: no matter how nicely you said it, you're still an ass for not letting him work in. You could've just told him he had to change the weight, i'm sure he would've done it. Now obviously if he really started a fight then he's got some problems as well, but I think that one should always be accomodating- the gym is for everyone.
Dude, ur missing the point.
He means when u are actually in the middle of the movement, as in he was already squatting, which would put u off.
If u wanna work in, fine, but ask once the set is completed. Oh, and FFS, don't ask a guy who is obviously WAAAAAYYYY stronger than u, cause it takes too much time unloading plates.
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blaster, you're probably right. Generally i look at it this way. Ask how many sets a person has left, which opens the door for them to offer to let you work in....if they don't, you're SOL.
I generally always offer, usually no one is pretentious enough to try to work in if you're much stronger; they get scared away.
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yo
the thing is also it is very easy for a person to wait for you to finish, hell i have had people ask if i would get them after i am finished with the machine and i am more than happy to do so, but when you are in a rhythm and you don't have the time to wait for someone else to load and unload and make your 20 min exercise turn into 45min it kills what you are trying to get done .....
some people just need to wait.... i know that i have waited for a lot of people
Vinnie
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Some people need guidance with actual training tips (gentle pointers)
Some *newbies* need help with basic manners or gym etiquette - MANY need both . . .
including a thump on the (proverbial) head.
I often stuggle with these issues, I am (most often) helpful at times
and a DICK at other times . . . I am not (necessarily) looking to make
friends while at the gym - I am looking to make bigger muscles.
Worthy thread . . .
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I agree. I never ask someone if I can work in unless I know them from the gym or unless they are similar in strength and / or gym knowledge. I was on calves last night and some fat pig and his sloppy 12 yr old son come in and ask to do calves with me. I just left and told them I was done and went to standing calves....then the A-holes come over there and pull the same thing. When I am at the gym I don't want to talk to anyone, especially some fat ass and his dip sh*t son.
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wow that story almost makes me laugh i don't know what I'd do
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i agree with not making friends at the gym. i hate conversating at the gym. once in a while is okay. saying wussup with a quick head nod is fine. acknowledging ones existence is fine. but catching me resting and pulling me into a 5-15min convo is big no no. i'm already restricted on time as it is and i like to get in and out of the gym as quick as possible with a satisfied work out.
since i work out in the mornings, i don't deal with people asking to work-in with me since everyone is basically in the same state of mind i am. "gym. work out. shower. eat. go to work.."
and having someone interrupt your work out is straight up rude. i'd give the guy the dirtiest look and ignore him until i'm done.
and vinniedablade, i would've done the same thing if i was in your shoes. i'd just tell the guy to wait till i'm done. putting weights on and off is annoying and time consuming. it'd be faster if the guy just waited, then to have him work-in with you
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i have no problem working in with somebody but if they are taking their sweet ass time then i get upset (expecially them knowing i want to use the maching) i go into the gym already knowing what i want to lift, exercise wise, and not being able to do that throws me off, and with the comment on leg press, he can respect the fact that it would take more time to unload and load the press then actually waiting for a bit till ur done, some people are so selfish that if they cant get their way, they will start a fight like they did to u.
some people suck, u heard!
muscle
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i never had anything like this ever happen to me. if it ever did, i just just tell the dude to kindly wit his turn. i mean like, there are other machines he could us in the meantime! so, what the f..k is the problem here?! ???
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was in the middle of a leg press routine I had 8 plates on each side working my way up to 10 on each side and some kid who was about 5'6'' and maybe 135lbs asks me if he could work in ......
once i had this skinny guy working in with me on the leg press. he could hardly do half-presses with 5 plates on each side. i was going higher and higher and this fool's ego was telling him he could do it too, so he ended up doing some shitty 1/16 movements with nine plates on. i did not know whether i should educate him or not (in the end, i did not). if he had gotten crushed under the weight i would not have been able to push the weight up without first unloading some plates.
have you ever told somebody they were using really bad form? i mean not on biceps curls -- who gives the shit -- but on some exercise where you can really hurt yourself, e.g. squats, deadlifts, etc.
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what do you guys do when you are in the middle of an exercise and some d***head comes up to you and asks how many sets or whatever you have to go? it happened to me while i was doing heavy leg presses. i thought i were about to kill the f***ing idiot.
Ignore him until you're finished the set. Then tell him you have 10 more sets to go, when you really only have 1 more.
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what do you guys do when you are in the middle of an exercise and some d***head comes up to you and asks how many sets or whatever you have to go? it happened to me while i was doing heavy leg presses. i thought i were about to kill the f***ing idiot.
I was doing a set of pec decs a few years ago and a guy barged up to my face and said " how many sets you got left". After my set was done I found him and said I quote " don't you ever fucking bother me while I am doing a set again" I haven't seen the guy since!. He was clueless.
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yo
the thing is also it is very easy for a person to wait for you to finish, hell i have had people ask if i would get them after i am finished with the machine and i am more than happy to do so, but when you are in a rhythm and you don't have the time to wait for someone else to load and unload and make your 20 min exercise turn into 45min it kills what you are trying to get done .....
some people just need to wait.... i know that i have waited for a lot of people
Vinnie
I like doing sets about 15 to 30 seconds apart for most movements. Working in with most people screws me all up.
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I often stuggle with these issues, I am (most often) helpful at times
and a DICK at other times . . . I am not (necessarily) looking to make
friends while at the gym - I am looking to make bigger muscles.
Worthy thread . . .
Sometimes you have to be a dick if your workout is important to you. Especially in a gym environment where you have lots of less than hardcore lifters.
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thoughts: no matter how nicely you said it, you're still an ass for not letting him work in. You could've just told him he had to change the weight, i'm sure he would've done it. Now obviously if he really started a fight then he's got some problems as well, but I think that one should always be accomodating- the gym is for everyone.
He was right for not letting him work in. Maybe the guy learned a lesson not to bug someone doing a movement with lots of weight when all you can do is get in the way. Changing out that much weight after each set is just plain wrong to ask anybody to do. Including if it was the little guy who was on the machine first.
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I was doing a set of pec decs a few years ago and a guy barged up to my face and said " how many sets you got left". After my set was done I found him and said I quote " don't you ever fucking bother me while I am doing a set again" I haven't seen the guy since!. He was clueless.
In a gym you find people who don't have the slightest idea what it is to train hard and heavy. The kind of people who talk while doing sets. I guess this guy assumed that you could give him an answer while doing a set,just like he's used to.
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This is a good point: Do you educate or go about your business? I answer this question based on the persons body language. You can tell if someone want to be a dick, or wants to learn. Specifically, I had a newb approach me during my deadlift workout last week. He waited untill I was done with a set and asked to work in. He clearly was new and wouldn't have been able to go beyond 135, and definetly didn;t know proper form. I let him work in but made him change the weights around. He came off as a know i all and didn't do one correct deadlift rep. He attempted one max rep with 225 and thought he was going to seriously hurt himself. When I offered my opinion, he rebuffed it, stating he had done'way more in the past'....OH WELL.
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When training seriously,using the heaviest weights you possibly can lift in a proper form,sometimes you get people staring at you like you're nuts.
I should stare at them when they smalltalk during sets,using the smallest weights they can,or when using weights way to heavy for them to handle properly.
I usually mind my own business and do my thing.
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There's a guy in my gym who looks about 6'1" 195. he has big arms, and shoulders and everything else looks pretty regular exept his skinny legs. Every time I see him train he's "lifting" about double what he should. the other day he was pretending to squat 6 plates on each side. the squats were about 3 inches up and down. Then with calves he put all the plates he could on that and did a some fake sets. since he was alternating between the calves and the squats he was taking up just about all the plates in the leg room and everyone was pissed and looking at him like he was a fool. when he curls he does the EZ bar and uses a 45 and another 10 or so pounds on each side. he pulls the weight up about 2 inches and then gets under it as if he were doing clean and press, then he moves the weight another couple of inches up on his own. he does this for every rep. when he trains with cables he actually does sets of 3, 2, and a 1 rep max. I see people talking to him sometimes obviously telling him that what he's doing is pretty useless and he just listens looking kinda angry then gives them some rediculous explaination i'm guessing because he talks back. he's into martial arts because he is always wearing a shirt that says something about Krav Maga. He's probably like "i'm training for power cause i do martial arts".
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When they come to me while I was in the middle of some reps, I f**king ignore the douchebag. That is insane. Just leave me the f**k alone while I'm workingout. Thats why I wear my MP3 player. If they talk to me, I point to my ear and say I can't hear you and walk off or continue my set.
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It's funny, people rarely come up to me in the middle of a set....and in the events that they do, i usually am able to "scare them off" simply by saying i have 2+ sets left.
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that being said, here are things i will let people work in on:
bench (hey, it gets me a free spotter) but flat only, i do ok on incline
anything cable where they're using the same attachment
most machines
pretty much anything involving calves
things i absolutely REFUSE to let people work in on:
squats- even if they just want the rack and don't plan on touching the bar
actually, come to think of it, anything legs
anything back, except for chins and cable rows provided they're doing chins or cable rows
most delt stuff; i like to move fast
and by all means I'M NOT SHARING THE DBs SO QUIT ASKING
i'm done ;D
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It's funny, people rarely come up to me in the middle of a set....and in the events that they do, i usually am able to "scare them off" simply by saying i have 2+ sets left.
scare them huh, it must be those massive 50's you're pressing on the flat bench. ::)
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scare them huh, it must be those massive 50's you're pressing on the flat bench. ::)
yeah ever since i got a membership to Peak Fitness for Women i've been the strongest one in the gym! Yeah baby!
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scare them huh, it must be those massive 50's you're pressing on the flat bench. ::)
Ha! I had to read that twice. I guess you meant 50lbs, not 50kgs, which isn't bad.
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Ha! I had to read that twice. I guess you meant 50lbs, not 50kgs, which isn't bad.
yeah sarcasm sucks at insults
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Ha! I had to read that twice. I guess you meant 50lbs, not 50kgs, which isn't bad.
even 50 kilos ain't shit, what's that 110lbs, pussy weight for a flat db press.
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My gym is heavily dominated by men and whenever i use a bench or a squat rack i feel like im taking up space.. so be nice guys :P
Even some of the light weights take the work out seriously.. it's not the amount you lift.
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My gym is heavily dominated by men and whenever i use a bench or a squat rack i feel like im taking up space.. so be nice guys :P
Even some of the light weights take the work out seriously.. it's not the amount you lift.
hey cutie, i was just kidding. sarcasm is an ass so i was just avoiding retaliation. i really respect girls who have the guts to work out in the free weights area...it's pretty hot, too. so keep doin what you're doin, no worries. guys should be chivalrous inside the gym and out.
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even 50 kilos ain't shit, what's that 110lbs, pussy weight for a flat db press.
I'm not talking about YOUR 1 rep max, dude, but for reps. :o
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the answer to this prob is to merely, consume 1 whey shake, and 2 cans of tuna..right before lifting...while your in between sets just let em rip, enough methane will keep just about anybody away.