You are gonna love it !!!

[lookslikesausage]

people leaving their weights on machines or bars or DBs on the floor ...unless you hold a gun to people's heads they won't follow the rules. I've only ever been a member of one gym, it was independently owned, and the owner would go on an intercom and basically call out whoever left weight somewhere and wouldn't stop until the weight was returned to its proper place. I feel like today if you gave someone the ultimatum of "clean up after yourself" or "don't come back" most of these assholes would go to another gym just because of their egos. But yeah...nothing screams "entitlement" quite like someone who can't be bothered to repack their weights and it's not just guys. I'm in some residential gyms and women do it too. Younger folks seem to be very bad about this.

 

[goback2013]

Agreed. Nothing pisses me off more then someone on their phone resting on a machine between sets.

One day I asked a guy how many sets he had left. I thought I asked in a soft tone and nicely. He just looked at me.
I flipped. I said youre sitting there on your fucking phone.
He came up to me later and said, we worked out before bro.. are you ok ?
I sincerely apologized.
But yeah after that incident I internalize the irritation with the phone guys.

 

[goback2013]

people leaving their weights on machines or bars or DBs on the floor ...unless you hold a gun to people's heads they won't follow the rules. I've only ever been a member of one gym, it was independently owned, and the owner would go on an intercom and basically call out whoever left weight somewhere and wouldn't stop until the weight was returned to its proper place. I feel like today if you gave someone the ultimatum of "clean up after yourself" or "don't come back" most of these assholes would go to another gym just because of their egos. But yeah...nothing screams "entitlement" quite like someone who can't be bothered to repack their weights and it's not just guys. I'm in some residential gyms and women do it too. Younger folks seem to be very bad about this.

Leaving plates and dumbbells scattered across the floor is indeed inconsiderate.
I'm not too bothered if people leave plates on the bar though.
I unload the bar. Although there'll be times where I leave a 45 on each side.

 

[LK3]

idk how you sit through 10 mins of that.. lol
buuut lets be real. thats a bunch of clips of famous people who were knowingly being filmed. cameras where big back then.
thats not what the local gym in mazoula looked like at 3pm in 1981.
im shocked daily at what i see in the gym and idk why i seem to be the only one shocked by it in person. seems only here people say they know how to act. shouldnt be so complicated but just going stresses me out, thinking what im going to run into.

 

[nidnoy]

My first commercial gym was run by a couple of brothers who were amateur bodybuilders. It was part of a softball comolecular and that made the money. The gym was just bought by the dad for his kids. So it was just people who they knew and everyone juiced and they almost didn’t want new people joining. When someone would come in and ask about the gym, the whole place would go quiet and everyone would just kind of stop and stare. Not meanly but definitely inconvenienced as all their conversations about juice and drugs, etc. has to stop. It was pretty cool in a way, a lot of characters there but also essentially everyone was serious, a lot of big, strong people.

 

[goback2013]

My first commercial gym was run by a couple of brothers who were amateur bodybuilders. It was part of a softball comolecular and that made the money. The gym was just bought by the dad for his kids. So it was just people who they knew and everyone juiced and they almost didn’t want new people joining. When someone would come in and ask about the gym, the whole place would go quiet and everyone would just kind of stop and stare. Not meanly but definitely inconvenienced as all their conversations about juice and drugs, etc. has to stop. It was pretty cool in a way, a lot of characters there but also essentially everyone was serious, a lot of big, strong people.

I remember those type of mom and pop gyms from back in the late 80s and 90s.
Basically just club houses for guys that juice.

 

[nidnoy]

I remember those type of mom and pop gyms from back in the late 80s and 90s.
Basically just club houses for guys that juice.

That is the perfect way to put that!!, absolutely! There was a lot of characters, I hope they are doing well, I never had a problem with anyone, really enjoyed the fellowship, it was kind of an odd family

 

[BBSQ5]

That is the perfect way to put that!!, absolutely! There was a lot of characters, I hope they are doing well, I never had a problem with anyone, really enjoyed the fellowship, it was kind of an odd family

I think it would be interesting to find one like that these days just to experience it.

 

[mytreefiddy]

unfortunately, nowadays its all about the "Gram" ...... its a shit show out there

 

[alfresco]

What an awesome clip

Thanks for posting this.

Yes. Awesome clip. Even had some rare footage from Vince’s gym.

This brings back a ‘ton’ memories, all of them good. Makes me sad compared to todays so called gyms which reminds me of a foto studio complete with all the props