About 12 years ago I joined my first "hardcore" gym and I'll never forget one member in particular. He wasn't a bodybuilder, but had an average (or novice) powerlifter physique. He stood about 6'4" tall, weighed in the neighborhood of 275 lbs, never combed his hair and always smelled terrible. He literally left a film of filth on whatever piece of equipment he used. This guy never spoke to anyone, but he definitely made his presence known during every set of every exercise as this dude yelled and screamed at the top of his lungs during everything. Ocassionally between sets he'd skulk around the gym and let out a "f**k YOU!!" or "ALRIGHT f**cker!". He had the worst form I've ever seen and would contort and throw his body around in every direction when performing any and all exercises. It was the entire weight stack on every machine, the heaviest db's and the heaviest barbells for everything imaginable....keep in mind he did sets of 1-2 reps using 1/16 to 1/2 range of motion for everything (it was 1/2 range at best on rare occassions). He'd use 150lbs db's for multiple sets of 50 rep 2 inch curls at high speed.....virtually everything was done with a 2-inch range of motion with the worst form and the heaviest weights he could possible use. My favorite moment was one particular back day in which he loaded a bar for deads (1/16 range reps mind you) with something like 700 lbs...it was absurd. Although, what was more unreal was that prior to each "set" he would fart continuously for a solid 3-5 minutes. Not quietly passing gas, but loud, bellowing farts and he would walk in circle grunting, farting and talking to himself attempting to pump up for each bizarre set. Keep in mind that all of this occurred - everyday - while he wore a unwashed, sweat-stained, head-to-toe pink track suit.
MOS
