What is the most retarded thing(s) you have seen in the gym

[hutch7]

saw a skinny dude wearing 10 layers of clothing to look huge

[weedoutheweak]

Saw a guy giving himself an injection right out in the open of the locker room.  Now he could have been a diabetic, but I would bet against it.

[gibberj2]

so who cares if he gave himself an injection? this isn't the say no to drugs site.

[weedoutheweak]

so who cares if he gave himself an injection? this isn't the say no to drugs site.

No, it's not a say no to drugs site, but it is a "what's a retarded thing that you witnessed in a gym" thread.  Doing illegeal drugs in a public place (especially where cops train), filled w/ staff (the bacteria), might qualify as being retarded. 


Maybe you should reread the title of the thread.

[Bluto]

Saw a guy giving himself an injection right out in the open of the locker room.  Now he could have been a diabetic, but I would bet against it.

Hardcore!

[Mark1]

People falling off the treadmills is always good for a laugh...

I was next to a chick once and she turned it right up in an attempt to show off. She fell over the back and was on all fours patting the treadmill with her hands trying to stop her face hitting it.  I couldnt help it and pissed myself laughing.

We had another guy in my old gym that couldnt handle his protein drinks so he'd go to a corner and fart then walk back to where he was working out. The problem was the smell would follow him everywhere.

[weedoutheweak]

People falling off the treadmills is always good for a laugh...

I was next to a chick once and she turned it right up in an attempt to show off. She fell over the back and was on all fours patting the treadmill with her hands trying to stop her face hitting it.  I couldnt help it and pissed myself laughing.

We had another guy in my old gym that couldnt handle his protein drinks so he'd go to a corner and fart then walk back to where he was working out. The problem was the smell would follow him everywhere.

"We had another guy in my old gym that couldnt handle his protein drinks so he'd go to a corner and fart then walk back to where he was working out. The problem was the smell would follow him everywhere."

Was this me?

[Zugzwang]

I remember some guy telling me and some others in the locker room that if you have a shower immediately after your workout you will undo everything you just achieved - "It shrinks the muscles, man!" He then got really quite angry when everyone ignored him and got into the showers.

I haven't heard it before or since.

[Palpatine Q]

In 2001 a mother put her child in a cradle right next to me doing flat presses with 70s or 75s (can't remember which).  Definitely enough to kill the baby, and had I just dropped the weight without paying attention, it would have.

Holy Shit.      That's one of the stupidest things I've ever heard, gym or not.

[phyxsius]

A big guy, pro built, doing arm workout, flexing it between sets and claimed himself to be 100% natural 

[blinky]

1. watching a guy traing shoulders on the leg abductor machine

2.watching a guy who weighs about 180 benching 315 and BOUNCE it off his chest every rep...im talkin like 5-6 inches

3. guys who wear jeans when they train

[Bluto]

I remember some guy telling me and some others in the locker room that if you have a shower immediately after your workout you will undo everything you just achieved - "It shrinks the muscles, man!" He then got really quite angry when everyone ignored him and got into the showers.

I haven't heard it before or since.

You mean it isn't true? And here I am being called "Stinky" for all those years for nothing 

[phyxsius]

You mean it isn't true? And here I am being called "Stinky" for all those years for nothing 

I don't know about this one.. We need a pro's opinion

[de Rooij]

A guy farting out loud while bending over doing one-arm dumbbell rows! Hilarious!!!

[Mars]

Well the thing i see a lot is beginners doing exercises which are not necessary yet (like shrugs, cable cross) and fat people who are training abbs.

[de Rooij]

and fat people who are training abbs.

Exactly....there's this myth that doing crunches will trim away the belly

[Slick Vic]

I wouldn't call this retarded but VERY annoying. People lounging around on the gym floor/machines talking on their cell phone. I've even seen people actually STOP in the middle of a set to answer their cell. 

[Mars]

Yes, and people who goes to the gym especially for the social talk.

[Palpatine Q]

THere was a guy doing crunches DIRECTLY in front of the locker room entrance. People were literally stepping over him.

[Mars]

Haha.

[jem123]

I rememember see 2 guys doing forced reps on ABS. I also remember the same guys used to bench press from the floor instead of from the bench.

I think they gave up the sport a long time ago.

I also love the guys who come to the gym once a year, usually about 3 weeks before vacation and train like a pro using forced, negatives, partials, supersets. They also scream the fucking gym down when they are training.After the vacation you don't see the bastards until the same time next year.

[drkaje]

Guys in spandex.

Guys in those weird pants from the 80's. Can't remember the name but they are baggy and look like something from an old Van Halen video.

People who talk. My GF doesn't talk to me at the gym, beyond hi/by.

Fags in cut up t-shirts. I'm so sick of these dorks walking around showing nipples. Nipples on women = good. Nipples on guys = bad. I swear some guys are wearing less than women at my gym.

[Mars]

What about these beginners who are taking up way too much weight.

[240 is Back]

People dropping weights. Nothing annoys me more.  There is never a reason to let a pair of 30's drop from waist level after a monster set of swinging standing DB bicep curls. 

[dr.chimps]

Back in university, almost twenty years ago, there used to be this guy who did handstands all the time. Guy was about 5'6" with a fu manchu and about 135 sickly dry looking pounds. Bit odd I guess, but he used to wear those nylon gay 70's running shorts that split right up to the waist so when he did these his shorts fell down and his gear was on show. I guess this was his point, or angle for cruising. Like those skunks who stand on their forelegs to spray. Anyway, everyday we trained that summer it seemed that guy did his thing and for the most part everybody, the odd comment aside, did their best to ignore him. Until.....just before September we noticed he was gone. Story came down that his act did not find favour with the returning football players, who are territorial fckers especially around the weightrooms, and one of them carried/swung an oly bar into the legs he was presenting. Problem solved. Would have loved to have seen that.