Which gym personality is MOST annoying to you?

[btech]

I lived in Shanghai, China for a few years. The time I spent over there marks the only time I got annoyed while at the gym. Here's some examples;

- Every dumbbell from the dumbbell rack is sprawled across the entire gym floor . . when you're done using weights on the barbell, leave them on the floor. Watch where you step!

- "I think three is not enough" - a Chinese trainer who was watching me do a warm-up set of three reps

- "So you are going to pick that up and put it back down over and over again?" (said to me after my deadlift set, with a condescending tone of voice).

- "The bar is too low" - said to me after a set of low-bar squats.

- "You're not doing enough exercises for your muscles" - the brief time I was messin' around with DC training.

- "Please don't do that anymore, you are going to hurt yourself!" - said to me after a set of deadlifts. My form did not suck.

 

[concreter]

How about the guys doing specialty exersizes, like one arm pulldows and one leg hack squats that dont have any noticable muscle yet!

 

[rochabp]

What about that "small dog with big dog syndrome"

those 140lbs guys that walk around pretending they have Lats the size of Jay Cutler's. And he looks at you and he knows you are way bigger but he doesnt want to admit so he tries to flex when you are looking, but he doesnt realize that he is just making himself seem pathetic so you start to pity him.

 

[deceiver]

AH there are A LOT of good gym stories on here so far but my favorite gym "type" is the "wanna be lifter" and the "fat slob lifter"

the WANNABE is the guy who walks right by you flexing his lats to try and seem wider standing next to you. they also will find any excuse to grab a large weight and swing it around with ridiculous technique just to show you up that they are ALSO big and strong. they think they are "jacked," drink JACKD and still find it necessary to talk very loudly about how "FUCKED UP I GOT LAST WEEKEND!" makes me want to kill myself in the squat rack.

the Fat Slob is the guy who is roughly 40-50lbs overweight and refuses to cut because "he doesnt want to lose strength" but swears he has a lot of muscle under there. they also like lifting heavy but have never used any time of cardio equipment. their PWO meal is usually fried chicken and/or whatever burger joint they pass while going home. these people always make me want to drop the bar on my head while doing shoulder presses.
:banghead:

YouTube - European Powerlfitng Championships 2010

this guy is also 40-50lbs or even more overweight. he does not care about diet or fat and also does not want to cut becouse of possible strength loss.

he is also 100% natural and tested on regular basis. and at the age of 23 lifts prolly more than 99.9% people here. if he is pathetic then fuck me, i wanna be pathetic as well.

 

[ericraven2003]

YouTube - European Powerlfitng Championships 2010

this guy is also 40-50lbs or even more overweight. he does not care about diet or fat and also does not want to cut becouse of possible strength loss.

he is also 100% natural and tested on regular basis. and at the age of 23 lifts prolly more than 99.9% people here. if he is pathetic then fuck me, i wanna be pathetic as well.

Your point is. This is BB board not powerlifting one. We don't want to be fat fucks. Most of us dont care about the weight, as much as, how we look.
You can be fat and strong. Not me. I will be lean and strong.

 

[BigDaddyBone]

YouTube - European Powerlfitng Championships 2010

this guy is also 40-50lbs or even more overweight. he does not care about diet or fat and also does not want to cut becouse of possible strength loss.

he is also 100% natural and tested on regular basis. and at the age of 23 lifts prolly more than 99.9% people here. if he is pathetic then fuck me, i wanna be pathetic as well.

I think you're being a bit parsimonius....clearly there is a difference between an elite powerlifter and the fat guy at the gym who should lose his spare tire

 

[AlphaMaleDawg]

YouTube - European Powerlfitng Championships 2010

this guy is also 40-50lbs or even more overweight. he does not care about diet or fat and also does not want to cut becouse of possible strength loss.

he is also 100% natural and tested on regular basis. and at the age of 23 lifts prolly more than 99.9% people here. if he is pathetic then fuck me, i wanna be pathetic as well.

I'm not going to say he is pathetic, but I'd rather look physically appealing than be a fat mess just so I can say I am stronger than other people. His priorities are different from most of us, which is totally fine

 

[TheOtherOne55]

YouTube - European Powerlfitng Championships 2010

this guy is also 40-50lbs or even more overweight. he does not care about diet or fat and also does not want to cut becouse of possible strength loss.

he is also 100% natural and tested on regular basis. and at the age of 23 lifts prolly more than 99.9% people here. if he is pathetic then fuck me, i wanna be pathetic as well.

ummmm....point well taken?

there is a HUGE difference powerlifters AND the average fat Joe at the gym.

great way to start a good argument though.

by the way, epic 19th post.

 

[bench529]

Some young punks who think there badasses cause they can bench like 315 which aint shit in my book. Disrespectful - cockey no idea how to train.

I train in my basement - been doing it for many years. Just don't like the bullshit at a gym. I used train with my son who is at the OTC - so i have inherited his buddies.

 

[Mike Hnt]

lately I would have to say the fitness/condition crowd bug me just for the reason that some of them will take an adjustable bench when it is busy/semi busy to keep all their stuff and accessories on and not even use the bech for exericise why they do all the dumb ass exercises they did in gym class in high school because it is the thing to do.

I like the guys who do powerlifting at my gym, great buys BUT what i dont like is how 3 of them will hog all 3 power racks on the weekend, rest 5-10 minutes between sets only to use weights that the bigger bodybuilders use for 3 times the reps and less then a minutes rest between sets.

its like guys, share one fucking rack already

Then there is the pec deck posses, the young teens who train in packs on any weekenight and usally 5-6 of them all doing pec deck for example with 3 minutes between sets, its like how many you guys have left, 2 sets, and 20 minutes later they are still there

 

[KillerStack]

What would you do if this twink interrupted your hardcore workout?

YouTube - STEVE KARDYNAL DOES SHAKE WEIGHT!!

 

[scrapper13]

The guy who comes up to you to talk when you are wearing headphones

 

[tenny]

to be honest......i dont pay ANY attention to shit

and dont really care about "gym personalities"
or how many different ones you can identify

if you do........i suggest YOU rethink why your sitting
in there WATCHING everybody else train (and be who they are)

because again....to be honest
people like you are most annoying to me

 

[Jcagle]

to be honest......i dont pay ANY attention to shit

and dont really care about "gym personalities"
or how many dirrerent ones you can identify

if you do........i suggest YOU rethink why your sitting
in there WATCHING everybody else train (and be who they are)

because again....to be honest
people like you are most annoying to me

Tenny, I watched goodfellas last night. All I can say is your a funny guy!!!:headbang:Honest but funny too! Too perfect!

 

[fitnessjess]

:yeahthat: i was going to see if internet message board whiny ass or "guy whos too focused on the "annoying wannabes" to worry about their own workout" applied but i think he covered it.

 

[BigChef]

Honestly who cares bout what's this gym have and what the people do there blah blah blah, just go to gym and worry about yourself!

 

[Kaladryn]

YouTube - European Powerlfitng Championships 2010

this guy is also 40-50lbs or even more overweight. he does not care about diet or fat and also does not want to cut becouse of possible strength loss.

he is also 100% natural and tested on regular basis. and at the age of 23 lifts prolly more than 99.9% people here. if he is pathetic then fuck me, i wanna be pathetic as well.

lol, that guy isn't 40-50lbs overweight. It's funny that you identify with him, and think that he is that overweight. He just carries his fat evenly and has a lot of muscle under it. That type of person isn't anything like the one being described in the post your responded to...

 

[bigL75]

I hate guys that go to the gym take up space every new year jus to quit after 3 weeks.......

 

[phreak]

The cocky, skinny, know-it-all fuck faces in every gym also the wife beater brigade, the mirror fighters(good thing mirrors dont hit back), the multi-station users when the gym is busy, I have absoulute distane for these cock-suckers and will utilize a piece of equipment in their rotation just for spite-yeah say something little bitch. :naughty:

LOL!!!

Mirror fighters! Can't believe I never thought of that. Annoying cunts throwing punches at the mirror between sets.. FUCK, that annoys me

 

[Kaladryn]

Do whatever you want in the gym, be fruity, be stupid, hurt yourself, I don't care- BUT some shit people do is just plain annoying and can also mess with your workout!

-When you come in to do leg day, there they are in the squat rack doing curls, no problem you tell yourself, I'll just warmup first. Come to find out they are actually circuit training and need to come back to the rack every 5minutes to do one set of curls with the squat bar and two 5lbs weights on each end, and of course clips. Naturally there are fixed barbells right next to them also, and an area to do curls, oh and the gym only has one squat rack. When you ask them how many sets they have left, they give you a confused look and yell at you, "I'm using that" without taking their headphones out.

-Damn high school and college kids that wear WAY TOO MUCH FUCKING AXE PERFUME. I know there are a lot of commercials, and they are telling you the chicks like that shit, but they don't, and it won't get you laid, it will just cause people to have asthma attacks. (actually my wife hates this more than I do)

-Hot chicks that do cardio and then only do the abductor and leave, if they did more weight training I would be able to check them out more, ironically that is probably why they don't do more weight training.

-People that don't put their weights away because they are too important to put them away, I don't mind when people just forget, it happens.

-People who are such paranoid pussies that they have to carry a firearm in the gym, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to spot a concealment fanny pack that obvious.

-Trainers that tell people to do something differently when they where originally doing it right, and the people don't know better so they start doing it wrong.

-Hot chicks that don't want to be checked out so wear loose fitting clothing.

-Guys half my size that grab heavier dumbbells and start doing the same exercise right next me, not really annoying, but funny, especially when I go lighter on the next set and they get really confused.

-People that ask for a spot and when you ask, "how many are you going for?" they say about 8, and then precede to do 8 reps with you spotting them on EVERY SINGLE REP.

-Guys that stink really, really bad, so bad you can't get away from the stench, even on the other side of the gym. Girls that stink don't bother me if they are hot. Don't know why I felt the need to put so much sexism into this.

-People that carry their gym bag, their jacket, their water bottle, their phone, and some other shit around with them from machine to machine, each time creating a little yard sale in front of them while they workout.

-Wow I'm bored at work today, if you read this far you are too.