There's one in every gym!

[BigCypriate]

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?

[MikeThaMachine]

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.

[Mark1]

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.

[Dballn247]

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.  

[MikeThaMachine]

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.

[Mark1]

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.

[BigCypriate]

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  

[Bflex]

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

[SteelePegasus]

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?

[BigCypriate]

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".

[The Squadfather]

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.

[Mars]

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.

[Stark]

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

To be honest I would have lost it already if he would have called me stupid, I have a short temper.

[BigCypriate]

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

[The Squadfather]

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".

[Monster_Everything]

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...

[BigCypriate]

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

[SteelePegasus]

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.

[MikeThaMachine]

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...

[The Squadfather]

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.

[BigCypriate]

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.

[Mars]

Haha Dave knows how to handlle these cumfilled little geeks.

[gtbro1]

  You can involve your front delts on dumbell curls if you allow your elbow to come too far up from your side.

  

[BigCypriate]

 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 

[Lundgren]

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.