i went to the gym today and here are my observations

[Howard]

Seem to me quite ordinary day at the gym. What I have find out is the fact, that gyms have some kind of magnetism for stupid people, because even the guys who look quite sane do ridiculous things in the gym. For now, I go to gym 3 times per week at the morning, but some times I change days, going like Tu-We-Fr or Mo-We-Th, and what I have realize is that I see same guys every time I go there, no matter which days I choose. This may be possible only if these dorks are training every day at the week, and by far, that is the most stupid thing to do because most of them are naturals. They train relatively hard and with heavy weights, so how they will recover from all that training? For me, if I train legs at the Wednesday, I have no need to train them before next week, because they are sore for days after training. These dorks are training legs twice or even three times per week, and what's best, some of them go in the gym twice per day like pro's who are filled with gear.  And when I compare their technique to my own, there is this difference: I add weight week by week and my posture and range of motion remain same all the time. They add weight day by day and their posture is crappy, and their range of motion gets shorter and shorter week by week. I have some times point this out some of the guys and explain how much better results they would get with correct ROM, but I find it to be useless because they doesn't seem to understand these complicated terms like "correct" and "range of motion".  For example, there was this young fellow doing "bent over" rows like Yates used to do them, meaning standing right up, and between the sets this guy was holding his lower back and limping around and whine. I ask him if he realize that the pain comes from the crappy posture and too heavy weights, and if he would do it right, he wouldn't have problems with his back. He seem to listen for the moment, and then he go and continue his sets, adding even more weights, holding his back and limping. Never see that guy again, but I am sure that doctor did, because disc prolapse isn't fun at all

 15 yrs ago I was in a small gym in southern Louisiana where I lived at the time.
This one tall, retarded meathead always wore tightly cinched wt belt, gloves, and cap .
He was always doing forced reps on the bench press with more wt then he could do for a legit single.

Meathead asked me for some tips once about getting a bigger chest.
I told him to use less wt and focus on the muscle while doing benches.
He look puzzled and replied ; " That won't work bro, because I'll be lifting less wt."
I smiled ,politely patted him on the shoulder a couple times and replied ; " I can't argue with that logic."

He was a real genius LOL. I can post some of his views on woman and drunk driving if interested.  

[Primemuscle]

As I was entering the gym, an Asian lady was leaving, we each held the door for the other. Her gym bag had small wheels like luggage and she was pulling it. Once inside, I realized the place had been painted (its been awhile since I graced this place with my presence). The men's locker room entrance is a deep blue color while the woman's locker room entrance is orange. I wondered if this was the adult version of pink for girls and blue for the guys.

While I was working out, I noticed that some of the Nautilus equipment had been moved to new locations. Later I noticed a few pieces of equipment were no longer there. One of them, I'll miss.

The power lifting room escaped the remodel. It's the same funky room it's been for years. Too bad for power lifters, I guess.

This woman with a really great body was wearing black and white patterned tights. The pattern on her butt looked like a bull's eye. The pattern in the front was more modest. I wondered if she noticed this when she bought the tights.

Another woman was doing Nautilus crunches facing me while I was doing them on a different machine. She was wearing red shorts. Her legs were chubby and wobbly. When she finished on the machine, she forgot her keys which were on a lanyard. A little while later she came by and picked them up.

A fellow I know who is the manager at my neighborhood Starbucks and works out at the gym was missing a half dollar sized area of hair on the side of his head behind his ear. I resisted asking him what happened.

I noticed that after a too long break, I was using pussy weights. I'm relying on muscle memory to get me back to were I was last fall.

When I was getting dressed, I noticed the fellow at the other end of the locker bank was covered with tattoos. He looked like a tough guy only with a soft looking body.

That's about it.

[Simple Simon]

That's about it.

I eagerly await part 2.

[Pneumothorax]

Great thread would read more observations.

[thegamechanger]

good observations there prime!

[falco]

Back in 2007 saw a dude colapsing after doing heavy squats. He did the set, racked the bar quickly then grabbs his chest in panic while walking a few steps backwards, then falls on the ground. Cardiac arrest. Paramedics reanimated him, but the damage was done and he quited bodybuilding.

[King Shizzo]

As I was entering the gym, an Asian lady was leaving, we each held the door for the other. Her gym bag had small wheels like luggage and she was pulling it. Once inside, I realized the place had been painted (its been awhile since I graced this place with my presence). The men's locker room entrance is a deep blue color while the woman's locker room entrance is orange. I wondered if this was the adult version of pink for girls and blue for the guys.

While I was working out, I noticed that some of the Nautilus equipment had been moved to new locations. Later I noticed a few pieces of equipment were no longer there. One of them, I'll miss.

The power lifting room escaped the remodel. It's the same funky room it's been for years. Too bad for power lifters, I guess.

This woman with a really great body was wearing black and white patterned tights. The pattern on her butt looked like a bull's eye. The pattern in the front was more modest. I wondered if she noticed this when she bought the tights.

Another woman was doing Nautilus crunches facing me while I was doing them on a different machine. She was wearing red shorts. Her legs were chubby and wobbly. When she finished on the machine, she forgot her keys which were on a lanyard. A little while later she came by and picked them up.

A fellow I know who is the manager at my neighborhood Starbucks and works out at the gym was missing a half dollar sized area of hair on the side of his head behind his ear. I resisted asking him what happened.

I noticed that after a too long break, I was using pussy weights. I'm relying on muscle memory to get me back to were I was last fall.

When I was getting dressed, I noticed the fellow at the other end of the locker bank was covered with tattoos. He looked like a tough guy only with a soft looking body.

That's about it.

Almost as exciting as when my mother read to me as a child.

[oldtimer1]

I have a lot of strange gym encounters and this is just two.

I sold my house and I was living in an apartment waiting for my new house to be built. I have been lifting at my house for years and I was now gymless. Close to the apartment was this hell hole hard core gym. It had everything you needed though. All miss matched equipment from different manufactures. Some were rusting. Carpet was filthy. The place was a dump.  The owner was this insane Jewish guy that never lifted in his life. He constantly yelled at gym members and was always in an argument. He was fond of saying out loud that bodybuilders were scum. Yes, this was the gym owner.

When he was present all the lights were on in the place and music blasted from a decent sound system that he traded a member for a free year membership. For extra money he gave you a key so you can use the place for a 24 hours gym.  I worked crazy hours and thought the key system was a great benefit. No women ever worked out there. Many would come in and look around then run back to their cars.

One time after hours I used the key for the first time. I opened the door and was greeted by a completely empty gym in very dim light. Only one light was on in the gym. To turn on the rest of the lights you had to enter his office that he kept locked.  The sound system controls were in his office too.  The only radio was this little crap thing that was duct taped to the wall. As I walked in I heard noises coming from a back room. It sounded like men moaning. Hearing me it got quiet and two guys came out. One was the owner and a gym member I recognized. They explained to me the gym owner did massages for a fee. Maybe I'll buy that bridge they tried to sell me too.

Another time I used the key I entered and as my eyes adjusted to the dim light I saw four guys training together. They looked like Mexican gang members. They looked at me and talked in serious toned Spanish. Couldn't make out what they were saying but I wasn't sure if I would walk out in one piece. Only one entrance and exit. The back door was chained shut. I worked out and not a word was exchanged between me and the group. Maybe they saw how serious I was about working out like they were and decided not to kill me. LOL.

A brand new Powerhouse gym opened soon after and I quit the dump gym quick.  When I joined the gym the fake tan roided GQ wanna be gym owner with a front tooth  that had a twinkle I thought as he showed the gym half full of women working out. All new equipment and even rubber encased dumbbells.  The place was bright an airy.  I continued working out there until my house was built. Still I had my best workouts in that dump gym and as I look back at all the great workouts I had in commercial gyms it is the dumps that were hard core.

[thegamechanger]

dump gym sounds great thats what its all about!!

[falco]

    While recovering from a herniated disc surgery i am not hitting the gym but i have been watching interesting bodybuilding videos just like this epic:

[falco]

its been 10 days since last time and i managed to get to the gym again. i did the following

leg extensions
leg press
seated leg curls

thats it.

i dont think you need to go balls to the wall training legs in order to get growth, maybe if you've reached 95% of your genetic natural limit you really, really, need to push it to make additional gains, but if youre a twink and nowhere near your limit, the body will grow anyway. im quite confident that these three exercises alone (well two only as i mostly use leg extensions as a warm up) will be more than enough for me to grow my legs rapidly and massively.

im looking to work my ass with the glute machine next, it seems like an akward exercise but i think its be worth it to get that bubble butt both men and women enjoy, appreciate and adore.

as for gym observations, not so much today but here's some:

there were a bunch of women doing some kinda circuit training involving rubber balls and stuff, and one man. naturally i was looking at the man and he looked pretty well hung to the left.

there were a tall guy with long hair and a beard and a tank top. on his arm he had tattoes. the biggest one was of batman. i do not know why you would tattoo batman on your arm.

the legpress was, as always, empty.

in the lockerroom a guy had a shirt that was hanging down to his knees as he was pulling down his underwear, if i would have timed it better i mightve got a glimpse of his package.

beside my locker a black guy was taking his jeans off but for some reason i didnt check out his ass. my focus was clearly off today!

i didnt have a padlock for my locker and i was worrying, not for people to steal my stuff, but to tamper with my proteinshake, maybe pissing in it. but it tasted fine!

A gay guy like you would benefit from ass to grass squatting with increasing weights. Jokes aside squatting works.

[Henda]

In the work gym a little while ago there was this stinking Paki trying to giant set every piece of equipment in our small gym, thought fuck this and was just taking whatever piece of equipment I needed at that time without saying anything to him, he never said anything but developed an intense look on his face  for the rest of his "workout" and threw a very intimidating mid height kick to the heavy bag as he passed it.

[Primemuscle]

Almost as exciting as when my mother read to me as a child.

These are just my observations. Not all of them are going to be exciting. If you're looking for excitement, look elsewhere.

When I was a child, I got pretty excited when my mother read to me, like most kids do. It seems you were jaded even when you were a youngster. Glad you were not my kid.

[King Shizzo]

These are just my observations. Not all of them are going to be exciting. If you're looking for excitement, look elsewhere.

When I was a child, I got pretty excited when my mother read to me, like most kids do. It seems you were jaded even when you were a youngster. Glad you were not my kid.

Lol. Way to take everything at face value Prime 

[Primemuscle]

Lol. Way to take everything at face value Prime 

Thanks.

[Teutonic Knight]

Outdoor gym near me: young slim single mums, all in lycra & good pick up location 

(husband works & wife is sexually socializing)

[DroppingPlates]

A fit & cute Asian girl in doggy style position, dressed in lycra..

[Pneumothorax]

I went to the gym today, hot ladies everywhere.  Weight room packed with people. 

One old man mid 40s probably, with black sweats that didn't quite cover his beat down ankle socks, crappy shoes, and a beat down gray tank top.  He appeared to have a decent physique, but had some serious BP issues going on as he was mostly red, he had wrist tape on.  He was doing incline barbell presses with 275.  He was grunting and making noises so loud the entire room could hear him.  This noise making continued for about 10 minutes, and he found a twink in that time to spot for him.  He was doing half reps at best.  As he walks away he tells the twink, "Don't rerack those weights, whoever uses this next will do more work rerecking them weights than whatever workout they are doing!"  And then stomps off to the water machine.

[Primemuscle]

I went to the gym today, hot ladies everywhere.  Weight room packed with people. 

One old man mid 40s probably, with black sweats that didn't quite cover his beat down ankle socks, crappy shoes, and a beat down gray tank top.  He appeared to have a decent physique, but had some serious BP issues going on as he was mostly red, he had wrist tape on.  He was doing incline barbell presses with 275.  He was grunting and making noises so loud the entire room could hear him.  This noise making continued for about 10 minutes, and he found a twink in that time to spot for him.  He was doing half reps at best.  As he walks away he tells the twink, "Don't rerack those weights, whoever uses this next will do more work rerecking them weights than whatever workout they are doing!"  And then stomps off to the water machine.

40 is old? LOL! From my perspective 40 is still a kid.

[Ropo]

Great thread would read more observations.

Today, when I went to gym, there were this fellow doing weighted dips with less than 1" range of motion, as usual. It was my leg day, so I star to warm up, and watch how this other fellow did leg presses with 991 lb and 4" range of motion, as usual. And as usual, I feel sorry for those blockheads, because all what they do is wasting their time and effort by building just their ego, which only leads to increased idiotism. Pumped up ego has to feel quite good, because it's the most trained muscle in average gym. Here is little tip what I use myself: If you are lifting more weight than these guys who are training for competition, it is time to check your posture and range of motion, because your ego has taken over your training. You can't impress people with crappy technique, because they see what you don't. They see that you are using too much weight and too short range of motion. You see just those weights and you are amazed how fucking strong you think you are, they see yet another dork who can't do anything right 

[_aj_]

At my gym, there's some old geezer with no shirt on flexing between sets in the mirror...

Oh, wait...

[oldtimer1]

Today, when I went to gym, there were this fellow doing weighted dips with less than 1" range of motion, as usual. It was my leg day, so I star to warm up, and watch how this other fellow did leg presses with 991 lb and 4" range of motion, as usual. And as usual, I feel sorry for those blockheads, because all what they do is wasting their time and effort by building just their ego, which only leads to increased idiotism. Pumped up ego has to feel quite good, because it's the most trained muscle in average gym. Here is little tip what I use myself: If you are lifting more weight than these guys who are training for competition, it is time to check your posture and range of motion, because your ego has taken over your training. You can't impress people with crappy technique, because they see what you don't. They see that you are using too much weight and too short range of motion. You see just those weights and you are amazed how fucking strong you think you are, they see yet another dork who can't do anything right 

Quoted for truth. I never seen so much ego lifting as I do today. No work ethic posers.  I never seen guys doing half benches and half inclines back in the day. Today it seems the norm. If you can only handle 275 in the incline when you do half reps stopping 10" before your chest use 205 and do full reps. So much delusion of strength today in the gym.

I was doing leg presses and one guy in his 20's said to the other, "Do you think we should do leg presses that deep?" Other guy," No, he doesn't know what he's doing. Nobody does them like that."  When I got off the leg press they piled on the plates for their shallow girly knee bends slamming the weight when they were finished to call attention to themselves.

[Knooger]

At my gym, there's some old geezer with no shirt on flexing between sets in the mirror...

Oh, wait...

Would love to be that dude's wife and get pounced by him on a daily basis. (No homo)

[King Shizzo]

Would love to be that dude's wife and get pounced by him on a daily basis. (No homo)

There used to be a line......but that dam of gayness has burst open beyond repair.

[_aj_]

There used to be a line......but that dam of gayness has burst open beyond repair.

Hey now...