we have a bunch of interesting characters at the local gym
* skinny guy, 140 lb soaking wet.. trains in the gym as long as i do or perhaps even longer.. about 7 years. havent changed abit. looks the same the day i entered the gym. he claims to be working on his strength
. always loads the machines with weight he obviously cant handle.. then sits on the machine for like 5 minutes "concentrating". after that he proceeds on doing a quater rep, sometimes just unracking the weight is enough of a challange for him. does a rep.. waits for about a minute with a "static hold" with arms fully extended, racks the weight.. sits on the machine for another 10 minutes preparing for the next set.. more often than not he will just get up after the 10 minutes, realize that he was unable to reach the desired level of concentration and proceed on to the next machine doing the same as described above. he obviously has all the equipment ranging from belts, wraps etc. fun guy.. you should see him deadlift.
once he was deadlifting, i was horrified, so i asked him before his another "set" if i should dial 9-1 and hold my hand on the 1 in case something happens to call the ambulance while he is performing a set
obviously he didnt get the joke.
* a bunch of roidheads, one of them is huge, looks great even though he is injured now and barely trains. i asked him how much he was on he said 3-4g without coming off for a couple of years, and it shows, has great genetics/response. you can tell this guy is a bodybuilder even if he wasnt big, tmichael sweatshirt, 3 layers of other "hardcore" shirts, baggy pants in rediculous colors, high top otomix shoes.
* another roidhead who weighs like 130kg on a permabulk, he loves slin and gh, you can tell that by his gut. guy isn't too strong for someone on that much gear. usually does a set.. goes away to chat with his buddies, comes back. loves doing half squats with lots of weight.
we also have some cool hard training dudes, two guys who train HIT and are very concentrated, textbook form, you can see those guys are serious.
needless to say that the squatrack is pretty much empty most of the time, except when someone decides to do some biceps curls in it.