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|--[\\\]>-------- Well, i had about the worst 'walk in' a sales person could have. as some of you know, i sell memberships at a local gym here in town. A 'snow bird' from Chicago came in today and inquired about memberships. now just a little insight about this guy 1st, he's retired, 58 yrs old and had skinny arms/legs and a HUGE belly. well, i took him around the gym and when we got to the leg area, he asked me "which one of these holds 1000 lbs?" i looked at him bewildered and said, "what?" he repeated himself and i said "well pretty much all of them do except the V-squat, which only holds like 6 plates max. he then proceeded to unzip his coat he was wearing and said, "well let's load 1000 on there and try it" My mouth imediately dropped. i double checkd his guest card and made sure he signed the waiver b/c i knew he would do s'thing stupid. At the same time i had a friend who was doign legs and he is about 5'10" 230, he used to train with Troy Alves so i know he knows how to lift. My friend was super setting Hacks and leg press, so i said to the guest "well he is on the leg press and Hack so we'll have to come back?" he then said "Hey can i try just one set" (too my friend) and he said ok. There were 2 plates on there already and i told him to try it w/out weight he said no and wanted me to put on 7 plates! yes 7! Now, anyone who knows me knows i can press a shit load of weight when it comes to legs and i myself have NEVER had 7 plates on there....so we load it and he gets under and says "ok how do i do this?" r u fucking kidding me? B4 i know it, he figures out the release latch and all 14 plates are on his shoulders, and BAM...human accordian(sp) his knees were up by his head! My friend and i quickly took off plates and pressd it back up to position and he got out saying "i wasn't ready yet"! i told him we were done. Then he bagan to give me attitude saying if i wanted him to join i better let him try the equipment 1st. He then wanted to load the leg press...there were already 10 plates on a side from my friend and i said, "listen, if you cant press this, then you cant press anything, try 10 1st tough guy" so my buddy, his wife, and i all spotted this fool as he unracked the leg press and moved it about 1 inch, i sware, his knees barely bent...my friend said to him.."what the hell is that, you're not even using your quads, bring your knees to your chest" BAM....human accordian again! sorry this story was so long, but seriously happened to me, this was so outrageous i thought i was on a hidden camera tv show or s'thing...i was expecting a friend to pop out and say "surprise, yo're on candid camera!"
