Funny gym characters thread!!!

[gtbro1]

I am working out in my gym, looking reasonably fit [well to the general public anyway] and some disgustingly obese guy that is twice my age and incapable of benching as much as me, and is constantly late on his gym payments so I have to hunt him down each month........continously interrupts my set to ask me to go out to dinner

maybe he is hungry!!..ever think about that? ...

[brett43]

we have a martial arts guy here who does one rep maxes with every exercise. I mean cables, preecher bench, anything. Exept squats. For that he does 3 inch squats with 6 plates per side and slams the weight. This fool was supersetting squats with calves and he loaded the seated calf machine with 45's up the the top and used the rest for squats. Everyone else who wanted to use plates was like WTF! MAN! You're not even doing one good rep!

Oh my god do you live in australia and if so what gym do you go to?  I used to go to a gym called globe and we had the same guy.  Every machine he would do one rep maxes!  He used to add weights to all the machine and once even asked a guy how much he weighed and had a guy stand on the plates of the machine, i think it was leg extensions.  We used to call him the machine tester we thought he was testing the strength of the machines.  I have occasionally seen him do free weights but of course all one rep maxes.  I think i saw hime do a set of three once, that was cool.

[JamieX4200]

hey sars, come up with some new shit... bitch.. your not funny and all these guys you talk about prolly stonger than you.;

[Mark1]

I changed gyms about a month ago and have since seen lycra man and somersault man.
I cant believe this guy was walking down the middle of the gym and did a somersault and then continued on walking to the next piece of equipment he wanted to use. 
The other guy is about 40 around 5ft 7" in decent shape and wears lycra when he trains... 
Other characters ive met/seen over the years are Fartman, Bicepman and Partialman. Fartman walks over to the corner of the gym after every set and drops his guts only to have the smell follow him back to where he is training... 
Bicepman does curls every night in the gym and wonders why his arms are getting smaller...
Partialman would train with Bicepman and do partial reps on every exercise at a very fast pace...

[gtbro1]

Theres a skinny guy in my gym who thinks hes the biggest, baddest bodybuilder on the planet. With an imperious look in his eyes he sneers at everybody and makes facetious comments about their strength and form. He then struggles to curl a ten pound barbell. He posts on getbig.

do you work out with alexx?

[joshberry2000]

I GET PISSED WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE BENCHES RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DUMBELL RACK WHERE THEY DON'T NEED TO BE WORKING OUT AND DON'T MOVE THE BENCH WHEN THERE DONE ONE DAY IT'S GOING TO SEND ME OVER THE EDGE AND I'M GOING TO KILL THERE FACE

[freespirit]

There is a guy where I workout who is obese...looks like the blob.He feels the need to instruct everyone on what they should be doing and what they are doing wrong...lol...Everyone knows someone like that.I have known this guy for awhile...and to his credit(I think) he USED to be in decent shape...that was about 4 years ago....I still haven't figured out WTF happened to him..He actually knows quite a bit really...but it is comical to see a guy that fat and out of shape give'n strangers advice...you can just see it in their eyes ,they are thinking "How can you teach me how to build my body when you can't build yours!"..and people don't ask him to help...he just starts telling them on his own....Awhile back he was asked to give some dude a spot on the bench,I heard the guy say he was doing 5 sets of 5 or something like that.He had 225 on the bar and after the first set,fat boy takes it upon himself to replace one of the 45's with a 25!!haha...dude was like WTF are you doing?!! ...He said "You should be doing sets of 8-10 reps...you won't get anywhere doing sets of 5..you are not a power lifter...The dude was kinda pissed and switched the weight back and told him "If I want advice I will ask for it.. ..."and  fat boy actually had the balls to Take it back Off again and put the 25's on ...LMFAO...This set the guy off(understandably) and words were exchanged and before it was over they were both asked to leave...don't know if anything came of it but they are both back now but do not speak at all.

Just drop a 45 plate on his foot, accidently.

And don't forget to say sorry! You're a fine sophisticated gentleman, after all.

[freespirit]

Some dudes are walking around the gym with an everlasting smile on their face. 

Are they retarded?

[kiwiol]

Skinny guys who spend most of their time talking between doing sets of partial squats with a quater on each side . The worst part is when they constantly try to make eye contact with you and try to engage you in conversation (mostly about how they took a few days off and now are feeling a little weak )

Small and skinny Asian dudes (I train at a university gym) who weight about 135 lbs tops lifting their tanktops up (in between sets) to check their abs out - Ab shooters anyone

[joshberry2000]

Skinny guys who spend most of their time talking between doing sets of partial squats with a quater on each side . The worst part is when they constantly try to make eye contact with you and try to engage you in conversation (mostly about how they took a few days off and now are feeling a little weak )

yeah those people are everywhere just let your actions speak in the gym and ignore them

[sarcasm]

we've got a douchebag who's around 155lbs. who tries to do one rep maxes on everything the other day i saw him trying to do a db bench press with the 125's, he laid back on the bench and had his spotter push on his elbows to get the first one up then he lowered it slowly and dropped them on the floor.

[kiwiol]

'Pretty boys' with perfectly gelled up hair who come in and do a couple of sets of seated cable rows with about 75lbs, after which they disappear into the stretching room where they spend a good 20 mins or so (mostly on a swiss ball, working their core ) before calling it a day. The funny thing is, they haven't broken any sweat and on the way out, they stop in front of the mirror for a while to make sure their hair still look perfect ROFL

Guys who are 5'6'', 140 lbs who say 'I dont want to get too big like Arnold, you know?' when you suggest they try compound barbell movements instead of cable crossovers (after they ask you for advice on building their chest - exercises too, mind you, not supplements, since they are already on a loading phase with Creatine )

Guys who come in with protein bar / shakes which they consume inbetween sets. I would be puking my guts out if I tried to eat anything inbetween/after my max sets.

Guys who have ABSOLUTELY no idea about exercising etc, who bring in their even smaller mates and get them to try different stuff like One-arm reverse cable pushdown (with 5 - 10lbs), 3/4 bench press on the smith machine with a 10lbs plate on each side  

Man, I could go on forever with this stuff

[sarcasm]

there was a mid 40's dude who used to compete in Masters shows who came into a gym i used to go to and this guy had every fu.cking lifting accessory known to man, gloves, pads, sponges, straps, belts, rubber bands, wraps, training journal and he would take it to every machine or bench he went to and lay it down on the floor.

[ToxicAvenger]

ok here is one


The rogue spotter : this guy will come up behind you and try to spot you yelling encouragements whether you want it or not.

[sarcasm]

ok here is one


The rogue spotter : this guy will come up behind you and try to spot you yelling encouragements whether you want it or not.

i had to tell one of those jackasses to fuck off one time, i was doing incline db's and this personal trainer kid came up to me on the last rep and acted like he was going to give me a push and i told him "if i need your help i'd ask until then stay the fuck away from me".

[Mars]

Haha classic.

[ToxicAvenger]

i had to tell one of those jackasses to f**k off one time, i was doing incline db's and this personal trainer kid came up to me on the last rep and acted like he was going to give me a push and i told him "if i need your help i'd ask until then stay the f**k away from me".

i HATE and despise it when people try to spot me while i'm squatting...which is why i squat sundays when no ones around. ESPECIALLY dumbfucks that dont know how and will push their nuts into my back..and make me end up missing my groove...throw me forward

i squat in a powerrack ..and unless i'm hitting 300 and over i dont really want a spot..if i fail the safety pins are there to catch me...most of the time folks are good in my gym but once in a blue moon ya get idiots..

[LuciusFox]

there was a mid 40's dude who used to compete in Masters shows who came into a gym i used to go to and this guy had every fu.cking lifting accessory known to man, gloves, pads, sponges, straps, belts, rubber bands, wraps, training journal and he would take it to every machine or bench he went to and lay it down on the floor.

 An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of care.

[HERACLES]

There was a really gross lookinf fellow, greasy hair, chubby, baloney tits...Would wear a tank top from walmart, and these cheesey long shorts, and would groan and roar during sets, and flex in the mirror...he was QUITE annoying.

Then there was this character we called "Crazy tony"

He had a mental condition. He was a throw back from the 70s. he had decent arms for not knowing what the hell he was doing.. anyhow..he would come up to me and compliment me on how big i looked, and then he would ask me if I wanted to wrestle him. ahahahha..i was like "uhh, no thanks" then he would ask me if i was afraid...then he would ask me if I would ARM wrestle him..!

SO my parents owned a restaraunt, and he use to come in time to time..he  would still ask me while he was paying his bill, to arm wrestle, or go outside and wrestle..

So at my main job, at a pharmaceutical company, a coworker of mine that goes to antoher local gym, was talking about something odd that occurred to him..he said this strange guy, in his 40s approached him and asked him if he woul dlike to wrestle him...hahaa. I was like "WAIT! DID HE LOK LIKE, THIS, AND TALK LIKE THIS, AND HIS NAME IS TONY??"

The coworker crakced up and said "YES YES YES!" hes a powerlifter/strongman type guy..it was funny as SHIT!

CRAAAZY TOONY IN THE POCONOS!" HAAHA..

HE smelled reall ybad too, the gym owners would sprey down equipment as he used them, because it grossed out the members..hs STUNK!

[The Showstoppa]

What about the group benchers?  Our gym never has a short supply of 160lb, small t-shirt wearing, Lance Armstong yellow bracelet wearing, oversized cargo short wearing dorks who bench in groups of about 5.  Rarely see more than 225 on the bar.  And usually one guy is deadlifting the weight off the guy benching.  Idiots.

[LuciusFox]

What about the group benchers?  Our gym never has a short supply of 160lb, small t-shirt wearing, Lance Armstong yellow bracelet wearing, oversized cargo short wearing dorks who bench in groups of about 5.  Rarely see more than 225 on the bar.  And usually one guy is deadlifting the weight off the guy benching.  Idiots.

 They would kill you in a marathon

[The Showstoppa]

They would kill you in a marathon

Probably true, but you don't see me showing up at a marathon thinking I'm a runner, so why do they show up at a gym thinking they are bodybuilders? 

[gibberj2]

what do you think they're in the gym for?

[The Showstoppa]

what do you think they're in the gym for?

Certainly not to get any bigger, judging by their "training" methods.  Most will be out of the gym in less than a year, never to return.  Midgets.

[gibberj2]

so go over to them and give them advice