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Title: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 15, 2007, 03:23:46 AM
I'm not usually the type of guy to moan about other lifters at the gym, but last night one of the staff at my gym really got me pissed.

I was just doing bi's and pull ups last night, so I started with a few sets of concentration curls, while my training partner was doing olympic bar curls (I'm resting from those for a month until my tendons heal up a bit) and we then move on to seated supernated DB curls.

So this week I decide to put the weight up as I had been doing 3 x 8 with the 62 lbers (with strict form and no swinging) for the last two weeks. I picked up the 66 pounders and done 8 reps (2 slightly assisted) for 3 sets. My friend also done 3 sets using the 72 pounders and got an east 10 reps each set.

So while i'm sitting there I notice one of the staff members (who is around 5ft 3" and although he's got some good size, his physique is not desirable to say the least.) looking over at us concentrating on every rep, and when we finish I say hi and tell him his arms are looking thick (I always try and encourage anyone in the gym as I know it helped me when I started) and he says "You need to work on your form a bit mate"  ??? So I explain to him that when you start lifting heavy weights sometimes you need to do a few sets without the strictest of form for a couple of weeks, and hes like "Yeah but if you want to improve your arms you should stop using your front delts to lift the weight!" I was like WTF!!!!!!! how the hell can you use your front delts when your doing supernated curls??? I just left him to melt with jealousy as he eyed my 6ft 1" muscular frame before he went and got the step ladder for his pull ups.

Has anyone else had a member of staff be that rude?
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: MikeThaMachine on May 15, 2007, 03:36:19 AM
I'm not usually the type of guy to moan about other lifters at the gym, but last night one of the staff at my gym really got me pissed.

I was just doing bi's and pull ups last night, so I started with a few sets of concentration curls, while my training partner was doing olympic bar curls (I'm resting from those for a month until my tendons heal up a bit) and we then move on to seated supernated DB curls.

So this week I decide to put the weight up as I had been doing 3 x 8 with the 62 lbers (with strict form and no swinging) for the last two weeks. I picked up the 66 pounders and done 8 reps (2 slightly assisted) for 3 sets. My friend also done 3 sets using the 72 pounders and got an east 10 reps each set.

So while i'm sitting there I notice one of the staff members (who is around 5ft 3" and although he's got some good size, his physique is not desirable to say the least.) looking over at us concentrating on every rep, and when we finish I say hi and tell him his arms are looking thick (I always try and encourage anyone in the gym as I know it helped me when I started) and he says "You need to work on your form a bit mate"  ??? So I explain to him that when you start lifting heavy weights sometimes you need to do a few sets without the strictest of form for a couple of weeks, and hes like "Yeah but if you want to improve your arms you should stop using your front delts to lift the weight!" I was like WTF!!!!!!! how the hell can you use your front delts when your doing supernated curls??? I just left him to melt with jealousy as he eyed my 6ft 1" muscular frame before he went and got the step ladder for his pull ups.

Has anyone else had a member of staff be that rude?


Rule #1 for anyone working in a gym - NEVER EVER try to comment on a person's lift unless A) You look much much better then they could ever hope to look (which is almost never the case) B) Youv'e been watching the persons routines for upwards of three months (either way it's creepy). I have offered advice before but only to those who ask me/I know well or just throw in some advice and say try it sometime and see if you like it. I just know myself that I train different from week to week so there is no reason to assume what I do one week is how I train every week. I'll tell you what though sometimes I feel like chucking a dime plate at some douche bags who walk around thinking they are the know-all of BBing and dieting. It's like someone watches you do one lift and suddenly figures you must not know what your doing and you need some advice.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mark1 on May 15, 2007, 03:37:34 AM
theres jealous turds in every gym. short fuckers seem to have the worst attitude. take a shit in his gym bag next time to teach him a lesson.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Dballn247 on May 15, 2007, 03:46:12 AM
Yeah, the dick at the front counter at my Local Powerhouse was trying to talk me into signing up for another two years.  With this deal I'd be saving a whole $3 a month.  Whoa!!!!!!!  Anyways I am not even sure I'll be here in 2 years, As I have been back and forth between FL and Columbus lately.  When I rejected his deal, he looks to the girl standing next to him and says "I told you Bodybuilders are dumb".  

Obviously this guy was pissed because I damaged his quota or something.  

About 20 min later he showed up on the gym floor in gym clothes (all 150 lbs of him).  I could see that he was coming over to the Smith Machine my partner and I were on and asked if He could work in.  I politely said "No", told him as we each had a set left.  He started into this whole stretching ordeal/spectacle waiting for us to finish.  My parter and I just smiled/nodded.  We sat on the machine and proceeded to talk about Paris Hilton's jail sentence, Imus, polictics, the new features on my Blackberry and pretty much anything else that would waste time.  After about 20 minutes I looked over at him and said are you waiting for this.  Here let me finish, pounded out my last set of 315 inclines and left all the weight on the machine for him to deal with.  He just stood there with the biggest WTF looks on his face.  As I walked past him I gave him my sweaty gym towel and said "Hey front desk guy, can you take care of this? Thanks!!!"  

So yes BigC, I guess everygym has a douchebag behind the counter.  It's not like the old days when BB's worked at the front desks.  

Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: MikeThaMachine on May 15, 2007, 04:00:40 AM
Yeah, the dick at the front counter at my Local Powerhouse was trying to talk me into signing up for another two years.  With this deal I'd be saving a whole $3 a month.  Whoa!!!!!!!  Anyways I am not even sure I'll be here in 2 years, As I have been back and forth between FL and Columbus lately.  When I rejected his deal, he looks to the girl standing next to him and says "I told you Bodybuilders are dumb".  

Obviously this guy was pissed because I damaged his quota or something.  

About 20 min later he showed up on the gym floor in gym clothes (all 150 lbs of him).  I could see that he was coming over to the Smith Machine my partner and I were on and asked if He could work in.  I politely said "No", told him as we each had a set left.  He started into this whole stretching ordeal/spectacle waiting for us to finish.  My parter and I just smiled/nodded.  We sat on the machine and proceeded to talk about Paris Hilton's jail sentence, Imus, polictics, the new features on my Blackberry and pretty much anything else that would waste time.  After about 20 minutes I looked over at him and said are you waiting for this.  Here let me finish, pounded out my last set of 315 inclines and left all the weight on the machine for him to deal with.  He just stood there with the biggest WTF looks on his face.  As I walked past him I gave him my sweaty gym towel and said "Hey front desk guy, can you take care of this? Thanks!!!"  

So yes BigC, I guess everygym has a douchebag behind the counter.  It's not like the old days when BB's worked at the front desks.  



Well my gym isn't that way but then again there is only 4-5 guys that work here and we all hate people like those being described. Now the other gym we are affiliated with has nothing but douche bags working there, I hate when they come to my gym to lift cause they are nothing but annoying and full of advices for everyone.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mark1 on May 15, 2007, 04:06:47 AM
Yeah, the dick at the front counter at my Local Powerhouse was trying to talk me into signing up for another two years.  With this deal I'd be saving a whole $3 a month.  Whoa!!!!!!!  Anyways I am not even sure I'll be here in 2 years, As I have been back and forth between FL and Columbus lately.  When I rejected his deal, he looks to the girl standing next to him and says "I told you Bodybuilders are dumb".  

Obviously this guy was pissed because I damaged his quota or something.  

About 20 min later he showed up on the gym floor in gym clothes (all 150 lbs of him).  I could see that he was coming over to the Smith Machine my partner and I were on and asked if He could work in.  I politely said "No", told him as we each had a set left.  He started into this whole stretching ordeal/spectacle waiting for us to finish.  My parter and I just smiled/nodded.  We sat on the machine and proceeded to talk about Paris Hilton's jail sentence, Imus, polictics, the new features on my Blackberry and pretty much anything else that would waste time.  After about 20 minutes I looked over at him and said are you waiting for this.  Here let me finish, pounded out my last set of 315 inclines and left all the weight on the machine for him to deal with.  He just stood there with the biggest WTF looks on his face.  As I walked past him I gave him my sweaty gym towel and said "Hey front desk guy, can you take care of this? Thanks!!!"  

So yes BigC, I guess everygym has a douchebag behind the counter.  It's not like the old days when BB's worked at the front desks.  



Little prick needs a kicking.
The younger generation seems to have a f*cked up attitude these days. Doesnt matter how big you are they think they can still f*ck with you and get away with it.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 15, 2007, 04:09:25 AM
Yeah, the dick at the front counter at my Local Powerhouse was trying to talk me into signing up for another two years.  With this deal I'd be saving a whole $3 a month.  Whoa!!!!!!!  Anyways I am not even sure I'll be here in 2 years, As I have been back and forth between FL and Columbus lately.  When I rejected his deal, he looks to the girl standing next to him and says "I told you Bodybuilders are dumb".  

Obviously this guy was pissed because I damaged his quota or something.  

About 20 min later he showed up on the gym floor in gym clothes (all 150 lbs of him).  I could see that he was coming over to the Smith Machine my partner and I were on and asked if He could work in.  I politely said "No", told him as we each had a set left.  He started into this whole stretching ordeal/spectacle waiting for us to finish.  My parter and I just smiled/nodded.  We sat on the machine and proceeded to talk about Paris Hilton's jail sentence, Imus, polictics, the new features on my Blackberry and pretty much anything else that would waste time.  After about 20 minutes I looked over at him and said are you waiting for this.  Here let me finish, pounded out my last set of 315 inclines and left all the weight on the machine for him to deal with.  He just stood there with the biggest WTF looks on his face.  As I walked past him I gave him my sweaty gym towel and said "Hey front desk guy, can you take care of this? Thanks!!!"  

So yes BigC, I guess everygym has a douchebag behind the counter.  It's not like the old days when BB's worked at the front desks.  



Hahahaha classic!

What about the 150 pound leviathans that come over while your doing the last set of 4 (out of 30 weighted wide pull ups) and say "Do you only do 4 reps?" maybe your not ready to do weighted?" not realising that it's the end of your back workout and you've already done 3 sets of 8

that's funny shit with the towel  ;D
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Bflex on May 15, 2007, 04:14:54 AM
Yeah, the dick at the front counter at my Local Powerhouse was trying to talk me into signing up for another two years.  With this deal I'd be saving a whole $3 a month.  Whoa!!!!!!!  Anyways I am not even sure I'll be here in 2 years, As I have been back and forth between FL and Columbus lately.  When I rejected his deal, he looks to the girl standing next to him and says "I told you Bodybuilders are dumb".   

Obviously this guy was pissed because I damaged his quota or something. 

About 20 min later he showed up on the gym floor in gym clothes (all 150 lbs of him).  I could see that he was coming over to the Smith Machine my partner and I were on and asked if He could work in.  I politely said "No", told him as we each had a set left.  He started into this whole stretching ordeal/spectacle waiting for us to finish.  My parter and I just smiled/nodded.  We sat on the machine and proceeded to talk about Paris Hilton's jail sentence, Imus, polictics, the new features on my Blackberry and pretty much anything else that would waste time.  After about 20 minutes I looked over at him and said are you waiting for this.  Here let me finish, pounded out my last set of 315 inclines and left all the weight on the machine for him to deal with.  He just stood there with the biggest WTF looks on his face.  As I walked past him I gave him my sweaty gym towel and said "Hey front desk guy, can you take care of this? Thanks!!!" 

So yes BigC, I guess everygym has a douchebag behind the counter.  It's not like the old days when BB's worked at the front desks. 



Speaking of you as a "dumb bodybuilder" is beyond rude. he is just a plain asshole. got what he deserved
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: SteelePegasus on May 15, 2007, 05:33:00 AM
Yeah, the dick at the front counter at my Local Powerhouse was trying to talk me into signing up for another two years.  With this deal I'd be saving a whole $3 a month.  Whoa!!!!!!!  Anyways I am not even sure I'll be here in 2 years, As I have been back and forth between FL and Columbus lately.  When I rejected his deal, he looks to the girl standing next to him and says "I told you Bodybuilders are dumb".  

Obviously this guy was pissed because I damaged his quota or something.  

About 20 min later he showed up on the gym floor in gym clothes (all 150 lbs of him).  I could see that he was coming over to the Smith Machine my partner and I were on and asked if He could work in.  I politely said "No", told him as we each had a set left.  He started into this whole stretching ordeal/spectacle waiting for us to finish.  My parter and I just smiled/nodded.  We sat on the machine and proceeded to talk about Paris Hilton's jail sentence, Imus, polictics, the new features on my Blackberry and pretty much anything else that would waste time.  After about 20 minutes I looked over at him and said are you waiting for this.  Here let me finish, pounded out my last set of 315 inclines and left all the weight on the machine for him to deal with.  He just stood there with the biggest WTF looks on his face.  As I walked past him I gave him my sweaty gym towel and said "Hey front desk guy, can you take care of this? Thanks!!!"  

So yes BigC, I guess everygym has a douchebag behind the counter.  It's not like the old days when BB's worked at the front desks.  



you are a dumb fuck, how old are you? you let another adult speak that way to you to your face?
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 15, 2007, 05:45:32 AM
you are a dumb fuck, how old are you? you let another adult speak that way to you to your face?

Good job you weren't there "big guy".
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: The Squadfather on May 15, 2007, 05:48:29 AM
I'm not usually the type of guy to moan about other lifters at the gym, but last night one of the staff at my gym really got me pissed.

I was just doing bi's and pull ups last night, so I started with a few sets of concentration curls, while my training partner was doing olympic bar curls (I'm resting from those for a month until my tendons heal up a bit) and we then move on to seated supernated DB curls.

So this week I decide to put the weight up as I had been doing 3 x 8 with the 62 lbers (with strict form and no swinging) for the last two weeks. I picked up the 66 pounders and done 8 reps (2 slightly assisted) for 3 sets. My friend also done 3 sets using the 72 pounders and got an east 10 reps each set.

So while i'm sitting there I notice one of the staff members (who is around 5ft 3" and although he's got some good size, his physique is not desirable to say the least.) looking over at us concentrating on every rep, and when we finish I say hi and tell him his arms are looking thick (I always try and encourage anyone in the gym as I know it helped me when I started) and he says "You need to work on your form a bit mate"  ??? So I explain to him that when you start lifting heavy weights sometimes you need to do a few sets without the strictest of form for a couple of weeks, and hes like "Yeah but if you want to improve your arms you should stop using your front delts to lift the weight!" I was like WTF!!!!!!! how the hell can you use your front delts when your doing supernated curls??? I just left him to melt with jealousy as he eyed my 6ft 1" muscular frame before he went and got the step ladder for his pull ups.

Has anyone else had a member of staff be that rude?
hahahahahahahaha, "the step ladder", you should have put this little sandwich board midget in his place BC.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mars on May 15, 2007, 05:58:35 AM
I hear ya brother, i hate these clowns.
Especially these guys who are bigger just because they juice year round but train like shit, they automatically think they also has the knowledge about how to train.
I wished there were no steroids around.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Stark on May 15, 2007, 06:02:34 AM
Yeah, the dick at the front counter at my Local Powerhouse was trying to talk me into signing up for another two years.  With this deal I'd be saving a whole $3 a month.  Whoa!!!!!!!  Anyways I am not even sure I'll be here in 2 years, As I have been back and forth between FL and Columbus lately.  When I rejected his deal, he looks to the girl standing next to him and says "I told you Bodybuilders are dumb".   

Obviously this guy was pissed because I damaged his quota or something. 

About 20 min later he showed up on the gym floor in gym clothes (all 150 lbs of him).  I could see that he was coming over to the Smith Machine my partner and I were on and asked if He could work in.  I politely said "No", told him as we each had a set left.  He started into this whole stretching ordeal/spectacle waiting for us to finish.  My parter and I just smiled/nodded.  We sat on the machine and proceeded to talk about Paris Hilton's jail sentence, Imus, polictics, the new features on my Blackberry and pretty much anything else that would waste time.  After about 20 minutes I looked over at him and said are you waiting for this.  Here let me finish, pounded out my last set of 315 inclines and left all the weight on the machine for him to deal with.  He just stood there with the biggest WTF looks on his face.  As I walked past him I gave him my sweaty gym towel and said "Hey front desk guy, can you take care of this? Thanks!!!

So yes BigC, I guess everygym has a douchebag behind the counter.  It's not like the old days when BB's worked at the front desks. 



Awesome :D

To be honest I would have lost it already if he would have called me stupid, I have a short temper.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 15, 2007, 06:05:49 AM
hahahahahahahaha, "the step ladder", you should have put this little sandwich board midget in his place BC.

hahahahahaha, dont worry Sars next time I see him doing lunges wearing straps with the 28 pounders i'll say "hey there's a Miss white at the front counter who's waiting for you, she says that you had a call from maximuscle they've run out of XS "shutupandsquat" tees but dopey said If you want to go halves with him they've got some "shutupandgrow" ones in salmon for a 2 for 1 hahahahaha
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: The Squadfather on May 15, 2007, 06:07:52 AM
hahahahahaha, dont worry Sars next time I see him doing lunges wearing straps with the 28 pounders i'll say "hey there's a Miss white at the front counter who's waiting for you, she says that you had a call from maximuscle they've run out of XS "shutupandsquat" tees but dopey said If you want to go halves with him they've got some "shutupandgrow" ones in salmon for a 2 for 1 hahahahaha
hahahahaha, "salmon". ;D
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Monster_Everything on May 15, 2007, 06:11:42 AM
Because they work at the gym doesnt mean they know everything about working out.....hell even cheating on exercises works in your favor, Arnold cheated with heavy curls and he didnt care and when I last checked he had 'good' arms......

They do that shit to girls all the time, tell them they are fucking up so that they will sign up for personal training sessions....pathetic 9.50 an hour peices of shit if you ask me...
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 15, 2007, 06:14:30 AM
Because they work at the gym doesnt mean they know everything about working out.....hell even cheating on exercises works in your favor, Arnold cheated with heavy curls and he didnt care and when I last checked he had 'good' arms......

They do that shit to girls all the time, tell them they are fucking up so that they will sign up for personal training sessions....pathetic 9.50 an hour peices of shit if you ask me...

hahahaha damn right man, the guy actually joined the gym about two years after me and started using pretty much straightaway (he's only 19  ::)) now he's a member of staff he's a walking encyclopedia
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: SteelePegasus on May 15, 2007, 06:19:23 AM
Good job you weren't there "big guy".

yes, I wasn't there and size has nothing to do with it.

so someone that is trying to sell you something turns the side and makes a disrespectful comment about you and you just walk away?

It would bother me a little bit that I didn't stand up for myself. Doesn't have to be anything physical but atleast address the situation then and there.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: MikeThaMachine on May 15, 2007, 06:20:18 AM
I hear ya brother, i hate these clowns.
Especially these guys who are bigger just because they juice year round but train like shit, they automatically think they also has the knowledge about how to train.
I wished there were no steroids around.

You should atleast have to take a test to prove your not retarded...
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: The Squadfather on May 15, 2007, 06:26:25 AM
the way i look at it is that the gym "staff" is there to serve you, they should keep their mouths shut and cater to the customer wants, what the customer wants they should get within reason, you pay 300-400 bucks a year to belong to these places and you get attitude a lot of times from these 7 dollar an hour losers, if they don't like the job go somewhere else, i literally abuse the staff at my gym they know to stay away from me.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 15, 2007, 06:27:33 AM
the way i look at it is that the gym "staff" is there to serve you, they should keep their mouths shut and cater to the customer wants, what the customer wants they should get within reason, you pay 300-400 bucks a year to belong to these places and you get attitude a lot of times from these 7 dollar an hour losers, if they don't like the job go somewhere else, i literally abuse the staff at my gym they know to stay away from me.

hahahaha damn right.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mars on May 15, 2007, 06:29:25 AM
Haha Dave knows how to handlle these cumfilled little geeks.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: gtbro1 on May 15, 2007, 06:29:42 AM
  You can involve your front delts on dumbell curls if you allow your elbow to come too far up from your side.

  
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 15, 2007, 06:37:07 AM
 You can involve your front delts on dumbell curls if you allow your elbow to come too far up from your side.

  

What you're sayin is definately true, my training buddy said the same and is a physio

But if your elbows are at the sides and you start the movement with a strict hammer into a curl at the peak, it is virtually inpossible to isolate the front delts.

Didn't wanna embarrass the little guy at the time  ;)
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Lundgren on May 15, 2007, 06:39:35 AM
Little prick needs a kicking.
The younger generation seems to have a f*cked up attitude these days. Doesnt matter how big you are they think they can still f*ck with you and get away with it.

well they do get away with it, so were does the surpirse come from? I'm sure it was no better in your day.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: The Squadfather on May 15, 2007, 06:40:19 AM
about 5 years ago i had to rip into a little young "personal trainer" geek in the gym, i was doinf my last set of db inclines and was struggling on the last rep and he came over and looked like he wanted to help me wit the last rep and i told him after i put the weights back to stay the fucck away from me unless i ask him for help and then told him to get out of my face.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mars on May 15, 2007, 06:41:10 AM
about 5 years ago i had to rip into a little young "personal trainer" geek in the gym, i was doinf my last set of db inclines and was struggling on the last rep and he came over and looked like he wanted to help me wit the last rep and i told him after i put the weights back to stay the fucck away from me unless i ask him for help and then told him to get out of my face.

Hahaha i would pay to see that.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BroadStreetBruiser on May 15, 2007, 06:42:02 AM
about 5 years ago i had to rip into a little young "personal trainer" geek in the gym, i was doinf my last set of db inclines and was struggling on the last rep and he came over and looked like he wanted to help me wit the last rep and i told him after i put the weights back to stay the fucck away from me unless i ask him for help and then told him to get out of my face.

whoa killer
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: The Squadfather on May 15, 2007, 06:42:22 AM
whoa killer
hahahahahha.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: gtbro1 on May 15, 2007, 06:43:05 AM
about 5 years ago i had to rip into a little young "personal trainer" geek in the gym, i was doinf my last set of db inclines and was struggling on the last rep and he came over and looked like he wanted to help me wit the last rep and i told him after i put the weights back to stay the fucck away from me unless i ask him for help and then told him to get out of my face.

 next time just let him help you and just let go of the dumbell completely about half way up and watch him try to catch it.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mars on May 15, 2007, 06:44:23 AM
I hate it when they try to spot you but they help to much.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: gtbro1 on May 15, 2007, 06:46:56 AM
I hate it when they try to spot you but they help to much.

That's why I suggested just letting go.They want to lift it for you let them... ;D
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 15, 2007, 06:52:07 AM
about 5 years ago i had to rip into a little young "personal trainer" geek in the gym, i was doinf my last set of db inclines and was struggling on the last rep and he came over and looked like he wanted to help me wit the last rep and i told him after i put the weights back to stay the fucck away from me unless i ask him for help and then told him to get out of my face.

AHAHAHAHA!!!
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mars on May 15, 2007, 06:52:37 AM
Haha, special for you gtbro1.

(http://s2.hidebehind.com/img/21/2130C8.jpg)
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 15, 2007, 07:05:12 AM
I hate it when they try to spot you but they help to much.

One time I was doing weighted chins while i was waiting for my buddy and one of the overly tanned trainers called "luke" ran over and started spotting me (without even asking  ???) and instead of standing behind and just touching my shoes at the end of the rep he was trying to lift me from the front like he was doing a ballet lift on me!
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: HUGEPECS on May 15, 2007, 07:30:56 AM
how about those pencil necks with Imaginary Lats Syndrome walking around and asking for spots with the 135lbs on the barbell...hahaha
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mars on May 15, 2007, 07:33:01 AM
Most of these "guys" with ILS only train back on the fancy machines, no raw barbell work anymore.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 15, 2007, 07:47:14 AM
Most of these "guys" with ILS only train back on the fancy machines, no raw barbell work anymore.

Hahahaha yes Mars, and when they see us doing deads they probably say "look at those guys stuck in the ironage" and then they go and do some lat pull downs in the womens area with gloves and straps on haha
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: bigmc on May 15, 2007, 07:49:36 AM
about 5 years ago i had to rip into a little young "personal trainer" geek in the gym, i was doinf my last set of db inclines and was struggling on the last rep and he came over and looked like he wanted to help me wit the last rep and i told him after i put the weights back to stay the fucck away from me unless i ask him for help and then told him to get out of my face.

was that before you became too fat to waddle to the gym
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: SS on May 15, 2007, 07:53:30 AM
how about those pencil necks with Imaginary Lats Syndrome walking around and asking for spots with the 135lbs on the barbell...hahaha
hahaha!yes the "stone face warriors" those guys are scary ::)
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mars on May 15, 2007, 07:53:42 AM
Hahahaha yes Mars, and when they see us doing deads they probably say "look at those guys stuck in the ironage" and then they go and do some lat pull downs in the womens area with gloves and straps on haha

Yes but it's true, they look at you thinking what the hell is wrong with him, why not do some machines? and then they wonder why their "back" isn't as big as ours.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 15, 2007, 07:55:45 AM
was that before you became too fat to waddle to the gym

No that was before your sister became to fat to waddle into the mens showers with her pasty little cum pillows hanging out again
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: SS on May 15, 2007, 07:57:17 AM
hahaha @ the squad wannabes  ::)

Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: bigmc on May 15, 2007, 07:58:19 AM
No that was before your sister became to fat to waddle into the mens showers with her pasty little cum pillows hanging out again

great reply  ::)

i liked the original big cyp better

what happened to the pic you were going to post

"big" cyp
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 15, 2007, 08:00:05 AM
Yes but it's true, they look at you thinking what the hell is wrong with him, why not do some machines? and then they wonder why their "back" isn't as big as ours.

hahahaha true Mars, and they wonder why their girlfriends are to scared to let them give a piggy back in case they are not strong enough
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mars on May 15, 2007, 08:02:22 AM
Haha what about fat geeks who think they already own a big back!!!!!!!!! hahahaha. oh dear.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: bigmc on May 15, 2007, 08:03:26 AM
Haha what about fat geeks who think they already own a big back!!!!!!!!! hahahaha. oh dear.

like squadfather?
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 15, 2007, 08:18:24 AM
Haha what about fat geeks who think they already own a big back!!!!!!!!! hahahaha. oh dear.

hahahaha yes!!!! those are the best, the ones that put 2 plates a side and do 3 sets of 4 "rack deads" (about 1 metre from the ground) about 200mph and shout like they are being bummed by 5 tribesmen
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Man of Steel on May 15, 2007, 11:26:22 AM
Some classic stuff in this thread and yes I can relate.   When I started training in my late teens I would get the occassional gym trainer that would give unsolicited advice, but once I was lightyears ahead of all the trainers all that "advice" stopped.   Today I'll get an old burnt about once a year that randomly approaches me and talks my ear off about training and how he "used to do" this or that.   Other than that I'm left alone, but I'll talk to anyone. 
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Dballn247 on May 15, 2007, 02:33:27 PM
you are a dumb fuck, how old are you? you let another adult speak that way to you to your face?

Ok I dumb for not having a Meltdown at the counter ::).  I'm sure you would have though.  1st off If I smack him that's assault brother.  Not even trying to go to jail.  No need trying to argue with him cause you can't tell a 150lb Mr. Olympia anything, they already know it all. 

I think I handled it just fine, but thanks for minding my business though ;).
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: EL Mariachi on May 15, 2007, 03:43:59 PM
the way i look at it is that the gym "staff" is there to serve you, they should keep their mouths shut and cater to the customer wants, what the customer wants they should get within reason, you pay 300-400 bucks a year to belong to these places and you get attitude a lot of times from these 7 dollar an hour losers, if they don't like the job go somewhere else, i literally abuse the staff at my gym they know to stay away from me.

calm down there ajtalian-stalion, have a nice glass of milk.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: gordiano on May 15, 2007, 04:05:26 PM
Little prick needs a kicking.
The younger generation seems to have a f*cked up attitude these days. Doesnt matter how big you are they think they can still f*ck with you and get away with it.


Exactly.



Fucking little turds. No respect for anyone or anything.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: gordiano on May 15, 2007, 04:24:52 PM
Most of these "guys" with ILS only train back on the fancy machines, no raw barbell work anymore.

Right.


There's this fucker I call "the Beast" at my gym, has the biggest case of ILS this side of Kamali, thinks he's the shit. Is using drugs, and is still a weak fucker. I love it when his little girlfriend checks me out though........not that I want her, just funny that she watches me all the while her "man" is with her.

Funny thing is, I saw him yesterday walking around with his monster calves showing, real toothpick legs. I would be ashamed to walk around showing those....but he's an upper body guy. It's funny, cause I've offered him to join me for a leg workout, but he won't dare.  ;D
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: gordiano on May 15, 2007, 04:28:48 PM
Haha what about fat geeks who think they already own a big back!!!!!!!!! hahahaha. oh dear.

It's funny you say that. Yesterday, while doing cardio I saw this "huge"  ::) 40% fat monster come in, wearing a tank top, showing off his massive 17 inches of "flab" arms, and of course, sporting the mandatory barbwire armband tattoo.........LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


But look out, he HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: The Squadfather on May 15, 2007, 04:31:40 PM
It's funny you say that. Yesterday, while doing cardio I saw this "huge"  ::) 40% fat monster come in, wearing a tank top, showing off his massive 17 inches of "flab" arms, and of course, sporting the mandatory barbwire armband tattoo.........LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


But look out, he HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hahahahahahah, gotta love the barbed wire tattoo on the huge farmers tanned arm. ;D
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: gordiano on May 15, 2007, 04:33:51 PM
hahahahahahah, gotta love the barbed wire tattoo on the huge farmers tanned arm. ;D


He was a monster.......he had awesome imginary lats...makes Ronnie look like a kid.....
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: The Squadfather on May 15, 2007, 04:35:00 PM

He was a monster.......he had awesome imginary lats...makes Ronnie look like a kid.....
hahahahahaha, i always ask those guys where they are going with those imaginary suitcases. ;D
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mike on May 15, 2007, 05:59:02 PM
 When I rejected his deal, he looks to the girl standing next to him and says "I told you Bodybuilders are dumb".  

Either this didn't really happen or he was being sarcastic or playful.  I think you should find the general manager, let him know that one of his staff insulted you and demand 3 free months of membership.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mars on May 16, 2007, 05:59:08 AM
It's funny you say that. Yesterday, while doing cardio I saw this "huge"  ::) 40% fat monster come in, wearing a tank top, showing off his massive 17 inches of "flab" arms, and of course, sporting the mandatory barbwire armband tattoo.........LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


But look out, he HUGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haha if they already had the motivation to do cardio they wouldn't because there arms and back would shrink so much. they will stay fat forever haha.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Tombo on May 16, 2007, 06:46:56 AM
Yeah well these guys in my gym.. two indian/paki dudes fuckin fat blobs roar out as they get their crazy 6 reps with the 85-86 pound dumbells on shoulder press, i get up there and do the same thing but maybe breathe heavily.. still control the decent of the dumbell and manage to put them away, while these guys just drop them and let them bounce nito the dumbell racks and / or other people. These dudes must be 250-260lbs, at least 60-80 lbs of fat on em, at 5'10'' ish and wear fuckin work boots, if they were lifting double the weight they might be excused.. anyone else see this type of shit?
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: jaejonna on May 16, 2007, 06:59:37 AM
There was this big ass dude with huge arms in the gym yesterday, i never saw the c oon before...nevertheless, he was telling his 'bo' how to curl dumbbells and what not...I laughed to myself cause I saw her checking out these white guys who were ab shooting in the mirror behind him. His reply was that his gut was all 'muscle'  ???
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mars on May 16, 2007, 07:02:29 AM
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Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: MikeThaMachine on May 16, 2007, 07:04:55 AM
There was this big ass dude with huge arms in the gym yesterday, i never saw the c oon before...nevertheless, he was telling his 'bo' how to curl dumbbells and what not...I laughed to myself cause I saw her checking out these white guys who were ab shooting in the mirror behind him. His reply was that his gut was all 'muscle' ???


HAHAHAHA I have seen something like that before, a dude from the Bahamas used to go to my gym and had a gut in proportion to coleman but claimed he was 3% BF.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Saxon on May 16, 2007, 07:08:57 AM
Yeah well these guys in my gym.. two indian/paki dudes fuckin fat blobs roar out as they get their crazy 6 reps with the 85-86 pound dumbells on shoulder press, i get up there and do the same thing but maybe breathe heavily.. still control the decent of the dumbell and manage to put them away, while these guys just drop them and let them bounce nito the dumbell racks and / or other people. These dudes must be 250-260lbs, at least 60-80 lbs of fat on em, at 5'10'' ish and wear fuckin work boots, if they were lifting double the weight they might be excused.. anyone else see this type of shit?

Haha, there are guys in my gym just like that, the weight dropping that is...

Anyway...my gym would have provided enough material to last on Getbig for weeks last night...

Half-rep heroes on the smith machine.
Weight belt warriors keeping their belts on for everything.
10 stone monsters struggling with 30 pound dumbbells on the incline press.
Skinny guys training arms for an hour.
Guys dropping light dumbbells thinking they are tough
Skinny fat guys with 13 inch arms giving advice on how to get big arms
Fat deluded guys wearing tank tops (oh that was me  :D)


Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 16, 2007, 07:14:22 AM
Haha, there are guys in my gym just like that, the weight dropping that is...

Anyway...my gym would have provided enough material to last on Getbig for weeks last night...

Half-rep heroes on the smith machine.
Weight belt warriors keeping their belts on for everything.
10 stone monsters struggling with 30 pound dumbbells on the incline press.
Skinny guys training arms for an hour.
Guys dropping light dumbbells thinking they are tough
Skinny fat guys with 13 inch arms giving advice on how to get big arms
Fat deluded guys wearing tank tops (oh that was me  :D)




hahahahaha, yes no gym is complete without the belt wearing barbarians!!!

Especially when they are doing seated curls hahaha
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Saxon on May 16, 2007, 07:16:37 AM
hahahahaha, yes no gym is complete without the belt wearing barbarians!!!

Especially when they are doing seated curls hahaha

Haha, he had it on for seated curls and concentration curls  :D
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 16, 2007, 07:38:12 AM
Haha, he had it on for seated curls and concentration curls  :D

hahahahaha yes!!! this is the key excercise for most serious back injuries  ;D
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Saxon on May 16, 2007, 07:39:47 AM
hahahahaha yes!!! this is the key excercise for most serious back injuries  ;D

I will admit I did used to be a weight belt warrior at one time.  Then I stopped reading bodybuilding magazines  :D
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 16, 2007, 07:46:57 AM
I will admit I did used to be a weight belt warrior at one time.  Then I stopped reading bodybuilding magazines  :D

hahaha oh brother

did you use the belt to help you with the "add 2 inches to your arms in 10 days" article or the "beach body in 2 weeks article"  :D hahahaha gotta love those mags
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Saxon on May 16, 2007, 07:52:30 AM
hahaha oh brother

did you use the belt to help you with the "add 2 inches to your arms in 10 days" article or the "beach body in 2 weeks article"  :D hahahaha gotta love those mags

I honestly never followed a training routine out of a magazine.  I took ideas from them but never did exactly what they suggested or followed a pro routine.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mars on May 16, 2007, 07:58:51 AM
These magazines only tells us to rely on supplements, brocolli and plenty of rest instead of raw hard work and training everything twice a week with heavy weights and only eating 4 high protein meals a day. overtraining is pure bullshit.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 16, 2007, 08:02:59 AM
I honestly never followed a training routine out of a magazine.  I took ideas from them but never did exactly what they suggested or followed a pro routine.

I hear you man, never even copied the excercies myself

I was lucky because when I first started training, the guy that ran the gym was competing in NABBA and even won a show so he cut out the bullshit and got me straight on deads and squats

Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mars on May 16, 2007, 08:05:01 AM
I'm sure there a plenty amino acid peptide geeks around who follow these routines at heart.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Saxon on May 16, 2007, 08:06:08 AM
I hear you man, never even copied the excercies myself

I was lucky because when I first started training, the guy that ran the gym was competing in NABBA and even won a show so he cut out the bullshit and got me straight on deads and squats



Always a good thing.  The one column I did think was good in Flex in the 90s was Stuart McRobert's stuff.  He never suggested supplements and was always talking about progression on the big exercises. 
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 16, 2007, 08:10:51 AM
I'm sure there a plenty amino acid peptide geeks around who follow these routines at heart.

hahaha yes mars, i'm have personally seen a whole army of these incline insurgents even ticking off the routine with a pen as they go along hahahaha
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: BigCypriate on May 16, 2007, 08:13:23 AM
Always a good thing.  The one column I did think was good in Flex in the 90s was Stuart McRobert's stuff.  He never suggested supplements and was always talking about progression on the big exercises. 

that's good to hear man, if it wasn't for all the bullshit then maybe they would attract a longer serving consumer, who didn't get disillusioned in their first 6 months of training
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Dballn247 on May 17, 2007, 03:17:05 AM
Either this didn't really happen or he was being sarcastic or playful.  I think you should find the general manager, let him know that one of his staff insulted you and demand 3 free months of membership.

Actually He was being Sarcastic but serious, trying to make a dig but in a playful way.  His comment was directed more towards his co-worker who only dates BB's (I suspect he has been shot down before when asking her out), but I was used as the "evidence" so to speak.  It's not that big of a deal to me, that is why I made him the towel boy LOL.  I'm not trying to get the guy fired, and I don't really need any freebies.  But it is fun to hang around when he benches, and Say stuff like "Looking Huge"  when he's benching his 225 breaking his concentration causing him to get burried by it.  Maybe he'll wise up and get an Ipod.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: mdgkmg on May 17, 2007, 05:27:16 PM
Actually He was being Sarcastic but serious, trying to make a dig but in a playful way.  His comment was directed more towards his co-worker who only dates BB's (I suspect he has been shot down before when asking her out), but I was used as the "evidence" so to speak.  It's not that big of a deal to me, that is why I made him the towel boy LOL.  I'm not trying to get the guy fired, and I don't really need any freebies.  But it is fun to hang around when he benches, and Say stuff like "Looking Huge"  when he's benching his 225 breaking his concentration causing him to get burried by it.  Maybe he'll wise up and get an Ipod.

i love it when guys get all upset cuz the girl they want only dates a guy like who you happen to be. or when there's a guy benchin about half of what you do giving you advice. or this one the guy with 13 inch arms saying yea i can bench 180 but only because my shoulders won't allow me to do much more. then they proceed on with but i can curl 45 pounds like 50 times. its some funny shit i tell ya ppl making excuses for themselves instead of just busting ass and doing some serious training.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Fulgorre on May 17, 2007, 06:06:04 PM
Love the kid in Gold's Gym in Scottsdale who works out about 10 PM.  This kid wears Everlast boxing shorts, a wife beater, bandana, and is all of 5' 11" 150lbs pounds.  I know he is training to be a UFC fighter because he talks so loudly so everyone can hear him.  Have to laugh when he finishes some 1/8 benches with 275lbs then gets up and does a few knees and flying kicks!  hahahaha   

Also, the other day I am doing squats and a brutal 20 year old invades my squat space.  Kid tries to walk behind me while I am on rep 4 of 6 squatting hahaha.  I just kept squatting.  Couldn't help but notcie he was doing walking lunges with 35lb plates, rather than dumbbells.  I guess using the big plates makes him a big man??!!  And we all know when doing walking lunges you do NOT want to turn around and finish you distance.  Rather, you should keep walking in a straight line, because...we all know lunging in a straight line is what you makes you grow instead of the total distance! hahahahaha   

I'll post some more in a min....
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Fulgorre on May 17, 2007, 06:17:43 PM
Few days ago chicken legs comes up to me and ask if I have time to spot him.  I said, "Sure! No problem!"  Get up and notice he is walking towards the leg press.  It is fully loaded.  Both sides are stacked with 45s and the top is loaded with about 8 plates too.  I said, "You doing that?!?!  Sorry, not strong enough to help you bud."  His mouth dropped and I returned to my set.

Another time this black guy at my gym was pissed at me because I screwed up his game at the club with some girl.  So he sees me in the gym...guy is much, much bigger than me, "You got a problem?!.....You got a problem?!?"  I reply, "No, I'm white."  Then go finish my workout.  When I finished went over to him and said it was time for him to shoot me now.  I am not going to run from him.  He backed down saying, "I don't even realize how things got screwed up..."  Then he apologized! hahahahah  Gotta love these talkers
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: mdgkmg on May 17, 2007, 06:29:28 PM
Few days ago chicken legs comes up to me and ask if I have time to spot him.  I said, "Sure! No problem!"  Get up and notice he is walking towards the leg press.  It is fully loaded.  Both sides are stacked with 45s and the top is loaded with about 8 plates too.  I said, "You doing that?!?!  Sorry, not strong enough to help you bud."  His mouth dropped and I returned to my set.

Another time this black guy at my gym was pissed at me because I screwed up his game at the club with some girl.  So he sees me in the gym...guy is much, much bigger than me, "You got a problem?!.....You got a problem?!?"  I reply, "No, I'm white."  Then go finish my workout.  When I finished went over to him and said it was time for him to shoot me now.  I am not going to run from him.  He backed down saying, "I don't even realize how things got screwed up..."  Then he apologized! hahahahah  Gotta love these talkers

lol thats a funny one man. i was at some recreational thing for a local guest ranch and this chick kept starting at me checking me out eventually i found myself flirting with her having a good time then her bf shows up a juiced guy with 13" arms gets all upset about it. the next week at another social convention him and his buds had planned on trying to jump me over it, i just kinda hung around did my usual flirtin etc. well then they all happend to be headin over to where i was talkin with my buddy and we're sittin there exchanging some lifts couple girls walk up and we show em our guns and the guys who had the jump planned seen it just decided to walk the other way all four of em.
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Fulgorre on May 17, 2007, 06:42:27 PM
Anyone wants a good laugh head down to World's Gym Scottsdale at Thomas & Hayden.  After it was bought by the no grunting people they cut the size of the gym in half, got rid of all the hardcore equipment, painted the place super feminine pastel colors.  Really a shame. :(

Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Mike on May 18, 2007, 04:14:41 AM
we're sittin there exchanging some lifts couple girls walk up and we show em our guns and the guys who had the jump planned seen it just decided to walk the other way all four of em.

Where's squadfather for this one...
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Tapeworm on May 18, 2007, 04:35:31 AM
I think there's a couple right here in this thread.  ::)
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: MikeThaMachine on May 18, 2007, 05:51:40 AM
There is about 271 of them in my gym.   ;D


My friend thought Jackalope's were real (we were dicussing newly dicovered animals), he swore he saw something about them on t.v. (he argued with me and another friend for about 15min about it) I then proceeded to show him clips from the show "World's funniest videos" and told him that's where he saw them. ;D
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: jackalope on May 18, 2007, 05:52:47 AM
dont i look real?

            :)
Title: Re: There's one in every gym!
Post by: Playboy on May 18, 2007, 11:46:41 AM

Rule #1 for anyone working in a gym - NEVER EVER try to comment on a person's lift unless A) You look much much better then they could ever hope to look (which is almost never the case) B) Youv'e been watching the persons routines for upwards of three months (either way it's creepy). I have offered advice before but only to those who ask me/I know well or just throw in some advice and say try it sometime and see if you like it. I just know myself that I train different from week to week so there is no reason to assume what I do one week is how I train every week. I'll tell you what though sometimes I feel like chucking a dime plate at some douche bags who walk around thinking they are the know-all of BBing and dieting. It's like someone watches you do one lift and suddenly figures you must not know what your doing and you need some advice.
100% agreed.

PB