rob878

Ah nice lure there, what you using today??.

NACRO

Gloves, Ipod, belt and protein drink????

2 ltrs of water and a towel is all I take, and the towel only because I don't see why other gym users should have to exercise in a pool of my sweat.

Guilty re the perving at women charge though. It's one of my prime motivators. I'm like a dog chasing a rabbit.

kingofturds

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Weight machines are for homos anyway free weights is where it's at.


There used to be some fat git who used to scream JACKED MUSCLE FIBRES BABY after every set of dead lifts Have not seen him for a while though so I guess those steroids have caused his heart to explode.

The Chief

The amount of people who weigh each others lifts up is unbelievable.
I really couldn't give a s**t whether people think i'm strong or nor, i lift what i lift and thats it.

One day i'll hit the bench and load the bar up with 6 plates on either side and guage peoples reactions when i lie on the bench, then i'll place my grip then get back up whilst muttering 'nah, i'll give that one a miss today'

Or better still i might scream 'Yeearrrghhh, light weight baby!!!'

New_scooby_04

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LOL, yep, that's common, although in his defence he may have intended to do another set but then spotted a machine he had been waiting for become available.

A curious trend is that if you've been on the Smiths machine and, say, benching a resonable weight, folks are very reluctant to use the machine after you if they have to remove any weight from the bar to perform their sets, or they will just try and crank out one rep just to prove they can do it.

Separates the men from the boys: the real gym goers just don't care about this kind of s*ite. It can be dangerous too!

I well recall one incident where a chap who couldn't have weighed more than 8 stone got onto the Smiths machine just after a chap who had been benching 120kgs. Good job he set the safety latches in place as the following gentlemen let out all sorts of manly puffs before proceeding to have his arms crumpled under a weight that was clearly about 3 times what he'd be comfortable with. Funny, but had those latches not been in place (not everyone uses em and the chap didn't check) then he would have most likely been killed. Straight after he'd sulked away from the machine, somewhat the wiser for the experience, a properly big chap climbed onto the machine and proceeded to do a few sets using 40 KGS. I know for a fact that this chap can bench 160KGs quite comfortably!

People should remember that they are not in competition with others at the gym; the idea is that you compete against your personal best! Getting precious is a quick route to injury!

ns04

STi wanna Subaru

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Bit of etiquette from the previous chap and remove the weights would have stopped that. I hate the lazy kunts who get out every free weight going then when they're done just walk off leaving a mass of metal all over the floor.

Shoulders for me tonight and after drinking too much yesterday I'll be lifting ***** weights

jonathan100

on the subject of etiquette it really foofs me off when people leave stuff on say the smith press ie water bottle and are off doing some other weights but start kicking off saying they are still using it when you try and use it. I've actualy had a 5ft nothing chav try and kick off with me because of that.

New_scooby_04

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*Hangs head in shame*....I'll admit to leaving my weights on the bar on occasions, but never weights on the floor though; that's an accident waiting to happen!

Ns04

Bubba po

I like that - always willing to think the best of people!


I think a lot of that comes from inexperience and an unwillingness to take an induction course, perhaps due to embarrassment. About a year ago there was a group of young lads maybe aged 16 or so in our weights room and they clearly didn't have the first clue what they were doing. I was ready to leave and as I left I informed reception of the serious accident waiting to happen up there. Turns out they shouldn't have been in there at all.

Varboy

I miss this kind of stuff now I have gym in my garage.

What used to make me laugh is the same old folk, doing the same old concentration curls with the same old weight every week.

I swear I used to go to this gym a few years back and almost every session I was in there, this guy was squeezing out set after set of bicep curls. 1 year later and he still wasn't any bigger.

mykp

I'm sure he comes in our gym and I do wish he wouldnt use such big weights. If he went for the smaller ones then he might have the energy left when he's finished to pick them up and put them back on the weights rack.

nothing worse than having to tidy up after the "super heroes" before you start your work out.

Varboy

I was member of hardcore gym a couple of years back, quite a few 20 stone plus guys, powerlifters and the like - it was the kind of place that you would expect bad attitudes and people leaving plates and dumbells all over the shop.

Thankfully it was the opposite, everyone was really friendly and supportive and EVERYONE put their weights away after they finished with them.

mykp

Where is this wonder gym?

I goto out local gym first thing in the morning and all the monkeys come down the evening before and leave stuff all ove the place.

The Chief

Tell me about it, i always and i mean always put the weights back - where as a load of scruffy gits just leave them around, the guy that owns it wont say anything which pees me off.

Nowadays in the gym i've no reason to shout and scream or huff and puff, or i feel no reason to prove to anyone what i can lift i could not give a s**t and besides i'm getting old.

When they can s**t a gold brick or p*** a silver stream then they are a better man than me.

Kieran_Burns

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Many (many) moons ago when I was actually fit and had less body fat than a reasonably sized whale i used to frequent my local gym with a mate (gym session then onto a squash court for a 45 minute session of sparring)

One time we were working on the usual circuit and this.... complete and utter arrogant toss-pot penile foreheaded w*nk stain on the claggy underpants of life walked in...

Every damn (and I mean EVERY damn!) machine he'd put his key somewhere near the bottom of the stack and SCREAM as he barely got them moving... CRASH back down again... SCREAM.... CRASH.

He got to the leg press and went for 3 from the bottom (270??? can't remember) and.... SCREAM... CRASH.... SCREAM... yada yada.

I'd had enough by now and as soon as he finished I walked straight over, sat down - key in the bottom. Full stack. Straight up. D..o..w..n.... soooo slooowly, and up and repeat 8 times.

Then, left leg on the floor... repeat one legged. Slow and easy.

Then both legs... calves only..

Lowered weights down.. removed key. Walked over to him. Looked him in the eye and SCCCCCRRRRREEEAAAMMMMM!!!! right in face

I then calmly walked out of the gym, waited for the door to shut collapsed on the floor in absolute agony while my legs unstrung themselves.

Unbelieveably painful but REALLY funny!!

sti-04!!

Do you have any proof ??

Gav

I've done me shoulders tonight (go 4 times a week) and one of the big gets who goes was bench pressing the 70 kilo dumbells Almost everyone stopped and watched him, my mate who presses 50's just shook his head and smiled Said big unit plays rugby too and i most definatly wouldn't want to be tackled by him

I go to a gym near Wilmslow in south manchester so get all the posh heads just strolling around trying to look cool for the women and not actually doing any training

The Chief

Do you go to TF Gav????

Gav

Yeah Chief

The Chief

I know the guy that built those chain of Gyms hes good friends with my dad, the ones in Bolton and Wilmslow has our kit in it.

He's 76 now but worth about 700 million

Bubba po

And that's another thing

There aren't any wimmin at our gym, but there ARE small groups of lads who all train together. The thing they train most of all is their gobs, I'm afraid. They occupy one area of the gym watching their mates "train" or texting people, and sit on the surrounding machines and benches occupying space that proper blokes could be using.

Makes my blood boil

rossi_p

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There's a few muppets that really annoy me in my gym...

The Wanderer - this clown comes in.. does one set, then walks around the entire gym looking and flexing... then after about 5 minutes, goes back for another set and repeats the process...

The idiots who heave out massive weights... do a half set at bad form, drop them on the floor, get up, look around and walk off without racking them... Your strong enough to kift them off the rack, so put them back you nonce.

Grunters and moaners... sure, maybe a small grunt on the last rep but sreaming on every one!!

wilffive

Pushing bigger weights than you need to with poor form means you just achieve less at the end of the day.

Let the fools get on with it.

Been there done that lived with the inevitable resulting injuries and learnt my lesson...

STi wanna Subaru

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I'm off work today after doing something that feels pretty serious to my back\neck last night at the gym. Just felt something pop\crunch in the top of my back\base of my neck. Barely slept last night and moving my head is painful... can see a lengthy lay off from exercise for me...

Get more niggly injures post 28 than ever before.

Varboy

http://www.theweightsroom.co.uk/Home...Home_Page.html

andythejock01wrx

Personally I always chickle at the blokes with big biceps and even bigger bellies - you know, the type that is never out of the multigym but never on the treadmill !

New_scooby_04

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*Tucks belly under seat*

Ok I get the hint: I'll work on CV some more....jeesh!!

andythejock01wrx

It's never easy Paul. I do weights & treadmill thoughout the winter, get a wee bit bulkier, then lose it again through the mountain biking I do in the summer !

SetoN

Bah David Lloyd for the win

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On topic, I hate the people that talk on their mobiles while your trying to concentrate on lifting.

I hate the people that put a large weight on the bench press, sit down and talk on their mobile for 20 mins so everybody looks at them with 40k either side then after 20 mins get up and go.

I hate the people who wear beenie hats in the gym?? what r they thinkin?

I hate the people that slide the weights straight from the bench press bar 4 foot down onto the floor! I cant wait till one lands on their foot.

I hate the fat middle age men that feel the need to wear a back support belt constanly through the session, YOUR DOING BICEPT CURLS FFS!!



And I wonder why i prefer to go to my mates garage even though im paying £50 per month for a top of the range gym.

SetoN

Jimpreza

Is it cos u fancy him?