Hey Guys,

Just got back from a leg workout and recalled a few wierd/odd/silly gym sightings I've had this year.

1. Seemingly average joe in boat shoes, polo shirt, and cargo shorts comes up and asks for a spot from a guy about 10 feet from me. He says yeah/whatever and goes to help him. This old timer has 440 pounds on the bench press!! Sure enough, he pushes that load around.

2. Inner thigh machine (leg abductor/adductor?)- Almost every girl in the gym will hit this thing up, while only a few guys do. I do it on leg days just to hit a different spot.

3. Skinny guys coming in for 30 mins and lifting nothing but biceps for 30 mins as their whole weightlifting routine.

4. People with beer bellies doing situps till theyre almost dead, but not doing any other weightlifting.

5. People "doing cardio" while reading and without breaking a sweat. No offense to people on this forum who may do that, but is that really a workout? On a side note, my mom lost ~10-15 pounds doing just that, so I guess it works to start an excercise routine.

6. Average people paying/listening to fat personal trainers for fitness advice. Seems pretty contradictory, but happens plenty in my gym.

Someone should really market a basic weight loss/fitness fundamentals poster. Some of the things I see just make me scratch my head. Anyone else see odd stuff like this?

People using the term weightlifting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weightlifting) when they really mean weight-training. :whistle: Oh wait, these are what we've observed, not pet peeves. :D

5. People "doing cardio" while reading and without breaking a sweat. No offense to people on this forum who may do that, but is that really a workout? On a side note, my mom lost ~10-15 pounds doing just that, so I guess it works to start an excercise routine.LISS. :tu: It's not a workout in the sense that it requires considerable exertion, but it is a valid way to help along fat loss. A walk around a park with the family dog at a brisk pace would be a good substitute. It's not done, obviously, to increase any type of cardiovascular abilities (at least in a reasonably fit individual) but purely for increasing your energy expenditure.

7. Young lads in the college gym who load up 135 on the barbell, put on their straps, and do hang cleans for 6-10 in a set with horrible form touch and go without catching the barbell on their shoulders so that they appear to be doing a combination of the upright row and reverse curl.

8. Same young lads in the college gym who move over to the squat rack, load up 225, put the foam pad on the bar, squat an eighth of the way down, and then give themselves a pat on the back.

7. Young lads in the college gym who load up 135 on the barbell, put on their straps, and do hang cleans for 6-10 in a set with horrible form touch and go without catching the barbell on their shoulders so that they appear to be doing a combination of the upright row and reverse curl.

8. Same young lads in the college gym who move over to the squat rack, load up 225, put the foam pad on the bar, squat an eighth of the way down, and then give themselves a pat on the back.

:lol::lol: It's so true. I think its same group of young lads in my university gym that push big weight for 3 whole inches on the flat bench....4 days a week.

Hey what are you working on today?...Chest?:rolleyes:

Another thing I've seen in there is this one woman. I think she's on our track team or something. She squats with perfect form and a decent poundage for her size - so much better than 80% of the guys that squat there. She also does cleans with solid form. She also slightly turns me on.

8. Same young lads in the college gym who move over to the squat rack, load up 225, put the foam pad on the bar, squat an eighth of the way down, and then give themselves a pat on the back.

Yeah- people in general at my gym (university) opt for pounds over form.

Another thing I've seen in there is this one woman. I think she's on our track team or something. She squats with perfect form and a decent poundage for her size - so much better than 80% of the guys that squat there. She also does cleans with solid form. She also slightly turns me on.

It must me LOL LOL ...nah....just joking!!

But out of curiosity... which gym in Mississauga? Im in Mississauga

It must me LOL LOL ...nah....just joking!!

But out of curiosity... which hym in Mississauga? Im in Mississauga


Maya, if you were in my gym I'd have to find a new one otherwise I'd get nothing done in there;). My home is in Mississauga, but I'm currently away at school and will be back in May. I just use our university gym here in Waterloo, and when I'm back home I go to the Rivergrove Gym - They have a sweet student discount:tu:.

2. Inner thigh machine (leg abductor/adductor?)- Almost every girl in the gym will hit this thing up, while only a few guys do. I do it on leg days just to hit a different spot.


Yeah, and even better.... WHILE drinking water and TALKING on their cell phones at the same time.... this is called multitasking LOL LOL

I use this machine too as part of my workout sometimes, just to switch things up...after my squats or leg press

Maya, if you were in my gym I'd have to find a new one otherwise I'd get nothing done in there;). My home is in Mississauga, but I'm currently away at school and will be back in May. I just use our university gym here in Waterloo, and when I'm back home I go to the Rivergrove Gym - They have a sweet student discount:tu:.

cool! Is Rivergrove in Meadowvale? Sounds familiar. I used to go to gym in Meadowvale (@ Goodlife), but lately im away in Spain, in Lloret de Mar(@ Olimpic) and when Im here Im training at my trainers gym at his house.

Another thing I've seen in there is this one woman. I think she's on our track team or something. She squats with perfect form and a decent poundage for her size - so much better than 80% of the guys that squat there. She also does cleans with solid form. She also slightly turns me on.
I'm getting turned on just you describing it. :spaz: :tu:

(:eek:)

I'm getting turned on just you describing it. :spaz: :tu:

(:eek:)

I wish you could see her chic - It's a beautiful thing. Sometimes she just slaps her quads lightly after a set. It makes a nice sound.


cool! Is Rivergrove in Meadowvale? Sounds familiar. I used to go to gym in Meadowvale (@ Goodlife), but lately im away in Spain, in Lloret de Mar(@ Olimpic) and when Im here Im training at my trainers gym at his house.

Yup it's in Meadowvale. I think I've been to that Goodlife, but the crowd seemed a little too flashy for me.

2. Inner thigh machine (leg abductor/adductor?)- Almost every girl in the gym will hit this thing up, while only a few guys do. I do it on leg days just to hit a different spot.


We always call these Yes/Nos... and yeah there aren't many men who do em... I put them in routines regularly.

Two recent odd things I've seen in the gym:

1) These two guys were doing bench presses using a very weird grip. They would put their thumb and index finger around the bar, and raise their other three fingers as if they were making an "ok" gesture. So, they were essentially holding the bar up with just their thumb and index finger. What the hell they think that accomplished, I have no idea.

2) Some guy was doing lunges while holding a single 2.5 pound dumb bell. I understand wanting to increase weight slowly...but c'mon, large muscle groups that are designed to support your bodyweight are not going to notice the addition of a 2.5 lbs dumb bell.

How about the person who lunges all over the gym - like everywhere - weaving through benches - getting in the way. At some point, just find a track and lunge around that. AHHhhhhh.

Also, "Stealth Ab Check Guy" - the guy who always checks his abs in the mirror when he thinks no one is looking.

"Stealth Ab Check Guy"

:lol::lol::lol:

1) The people on the treadmill that have it set a such a speed/incline that they have to hold on with all their might to not fall off.

2) I workout at a small gym and I used to see a guy come in an jog around the small gym weaving in and out of the machines.

3) One night I was doing cardio on an Elliptical machine and two guys hopped on the treadmills in front of me. They weren't on the treadmills long before one guy dropped out and I noticed that as he was getting off he grabbed his pack of cigarettes from the cup holder... geez... as I was leaving the same two guys were standing outside smoking... All I could think was "Are they having a smoke then going back in?".

Two recent odd things I've seen in the gym:

1) These two guys were doing bench presses using a very weird grip. They would put their thumb and index finger around the bar, and raise their other three fingers as if they were making an "ok" gesture. So, they were essentially holding the bar up with just their thumb and index finger. What the hell they think that accomplished, I have no idea.
I think I recall reading about this on bodybuilding.com (where else? :lol:) years ago. It's something about taking the forearms out of the movement so that the chest and arms can do more work. :rolleyes:

Jeremya,
Your website is outstanding. I just lost 100 in 10 months so I know you easily do it. Good luck at keep up the great work.

There is this older lady at the Gold's Gym around the corner that walks on a tredmil in a long dress, and this kinda scares me because she may walk on her own dress and fall down! :(

In my gym there is this guy that I've nicknamed Captain Fitness.

He's an older gentleman, short and in good shape, with a decent amount of muscle. Every workout he is there in short shorts, a wifebeater that shows off all his chest hair and gold necklaces, and flip flops. It doesn't matter what excersize he's doing...squats, lunges...he's got those damn flip flops on. Between sets he like whistling and singing to himself at a very audible volume. He very much enjoys walking around, observing, telling other people what they're doing wrong and why...but the thing that kills me is that he seems to just make this up on the spot. I've seen him do very weird lifts...he'll take that ab bench...invert it so he's hanging upside down (I'm talking bat like) and hold the barbell like he's doing a decline bench press. Basically the bar is just going from his nipple to his pelvis. It cracks me up because people have questioned him directly about his excersize choices, but he is stubborn and maintains that he is following the best training schedules available for the human body.

I've changed my gym hours just so that I can avoid him. Every time I saw him arrive with his flip flops and necklaces while singing a happy tune just annoyed me so much. When I'm in the gym I don't want to be bothered...kind of like in the early morning. I'm not a morning person, and I'm not a gym person.

2. Inner thigh machine (leg abductor/adductor?)- Almost every girl in the gym will hit this thing up, while only a few guys do.


That one is the adductor machine. The abductor machine is for outer thighs. I enjoy these. To get a little more isolation from the glutes, do them without sitting on the seat.

What really bothers me at just about every gym here in Los Angeles, is women who put on make up (foundation, lipstick, blush, eyeliner, mascara, etc.) and go to the gym. About 90% of the women at my local gym - Magic Johnson's 24hr fitness in Sherman Oaks, CA are guilty of this.

Does that seem odd to anyone else here?

There is a young lady at my gym who is pretty overwieght and was doing cardio the other day drinking a huge 48 oz ice latte while on the elliptical. I couldn't help but wonder...

I was also watching one of the personal trainers who works there work out himself. I don't think his squats would qualify as 1/4 squats. Maybe 1/8 or 1/16. Why someone would pay him for fitness advice is beyond me when he doesn't even preform proper form in his own exercises.

What really bothers me at just about every gym here in Los Angeles, is women who put on make up (foundation, lipstick, blush, eyeliner, mascara, etc.) and go to the gym. About 90% of the women at my local gym - Magic Johnson's 24hr fitness in Sherman Oaks, CA are guilty of this.

Does that seem odd to anyone else here?

Theres one girl who always walks into the gym here wearing the least amount of clothing possible, and basically just walks around the gym not doing anything. Every guy in there knows she just wants the attention, but the worst part is that she's so good looking that even if you don't want to look at her you still do. I'd just like to see her touch a weight once.

Another sighting this morning- personal trainer (one of the fat ones) hefting around two boxes of krispy kreme donuts through the weight room, lol.

Another sighting this morning- personal trainer (one of the fat ones) hefting around two boxes of krispy kreme donuts through the weight room, lol.
That's nutrition, not training. :nono: :)

Theres one girl who always walks into the gym here wearing the least amount of clothing possible, and basically just walks around the gym not doing anything. Every guy in there knows she just wants the attention, but the worst part is that she's so good looking that even if you don't want to look at her you still do. I'd just like to see her touch a weight once.
Ask her for a spot.

This girl at my gym keeps doing hyperextensions next to me while I do dips. She wears very nice perfume and I always lose concentration.

Trainer at my gym tonight warming up on ATG front squats at 365. :blank:

Then regular squats, ATG 405 4x5...


bastage.

Trainer at my gym tonight warming up on ATG front squats at 365. :blank:

Then regular squats, ATG 405 4x5...
:drool:

Small dude yelling "LIIGHTWEIIIIIIIIGHT, YEAAAA BUDDY" before his sets, glad I only saw him once. :lol:

Trainer at my gym tonight warming up on ATG front squats at 365. :blank:

Then regular squats, ATG 405 4x5...


bastage.

I do those on my weak days:cool:. Actually I probably wouldn't be able to squat 405 ATG if my life depended on it.

An odd sighting the other day was a man that had reserved 2 different benches, one of the squat racks, and 2 pieces of machinery to perform what looked like a circuit except with rest time between exercises. It was more annoying than it was odd. Who needs 2 benches, honestly?:mad:

People (men) who think they ARE IT!!

They think they are built like Hercules and can move massive weights but :

They only move their weight about 2 inches.
They need a spotter to hold the bar throughout the entire set!
They tell people they do it full ROM, and with no spotter!

Perfect example follows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoL3SZ0rzZQ

Small dude yelling "LIIGHTWEIIIIIIIIGHT, YEAAAA BUDDY" before his sets, glad I only saw him once. :lol:

Sweet jesus...sounds like a pretty serious inferiority complex.

People (men) who think they ARE IT!!

They think they are built like Hercules and can move massive weights but :

They only move their weight about 2 inches.
They need a spotter to hold the bar throughout the entire set!
They tell people they do it full ROM, and with no spotter!

Perfect example follows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoL3SZ0rzZQ

Haha! I wonder why comments were disabled? :confused: :p

Haha! I wonder why comments were disabled? :confused: :p
Exactly, look at some of his other videos aswell...

I rate his videos down (1 out of 5 stars), abit ''cruel'' but has to be done....

So timely that this thread was revived. Lately, for some reason I can't really fathom, we've had an influx of kung-fu guys coming into the weight room. I don't really know why, because they don't actually use any of the equipment -- They just punch and kick at imaginary opponents while the rest of us are trying to get to the squat rack. I actually don't mind the kung-fu guys so much, but the guy that came in today was a real piece of work. He was decked out in a gi, headband, rank belt, and a fake samuri sword -- He looked like Daniel-san from the Karate Kid....only in much, MUCH worse shape (sort of a cross between Daniel-san and Danny Devito). So, he pulls out the sword and starts swinging the thing around while making noises like Bruce Lee....."Hiyah! Wah!"....and doing it really loud. People were giving him odd looks, but that didn't seem to stop him.

BTW -- You think squats are tough? You think you are a badass because you've squatted 'till you puked? Let me tell you something....you ain't squatted until you've been in the hole with huge weight while some mentally unbalanced nutjob is swinging a fake sword 6 inches from your skull. Until you've done that, you can consider yourself a lightweight. :lol:

Perfect example follows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoL3SZ0rzZQ

"Related" to that was this
O2-CsU4f0e4

That's quality. I like how the plates say 30g.

One of my neighbors walks miles every day. One day I noticed that she would be gone for hours at a time. Later I learned that this is because she walks to the gym and then walks on the treadmill for an hour and then walks home.

One guy at my gym who's a little chubby and has no definition comes in and runs his ever-loving ass off on the treadmill every night. That's all I've ever seen him do.

People (men) who think they ARE IT!!

They think they are built like Hercules and can move massive weights but :

They only move their weight about 2 inches.
They need a spotter to hold the bar throughout the entire set!
They tell people they do it full ROM, and with no spotter!

Perfect example follows:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoL3SZ0rzZQ
If you can't do a BB curl without a spot then you cant do a BB curl.... and that looks more like something a homosexual couple would do in the privacy of their own home then a BB curl.
Entertaining though :lol:


"Related" to that was this
O2-CsU4f0e4

That's quality. I like how the plates say 30g.

I have seen that before, she is HOT:eek::drool:. I know shes doing stuff too, but I mostly just noticed that she's hot :tu:

Just had one yesterday. A guy in a full suit doing his weight work out. Apparently there was no time to bother changing!

I saw an interesting character in the gym the other day. The first thing he does upon entering the weight room is go to the rack and start doing barbell curls. Oh, one of those, I think. So I continue my workout and he goes off to do some other stuff. He comes back and grabs a couple dumbbells. He seems hesitant to do something. Suddenly, he puts his foot on a bench and starts doing Bulgarian Split Squats! :spaz: :eek: It was just so inconceivable -- curling in the squat rack guy knowing what a Bulgarian is, working his legs, etc. Way to break the mold, whoever you are. :tu:

I saw an interesting character in the gym the other day. The first thing he does upon entering the weight room is go to the rack and start doing barbell curls. Oh, one of those, I think. So I continue my workout and he goes off to do some other stuff. He comes back and grabs a couple dumbbells. He seems hesitant to do something. Suddenly, he puts his foot on a bench and starts doing Bulgarian Split Squats! :spaz: :eek: It was just so inconceivable -- curling in the squat rack guy knowing what a Bulgarian is, working his legs, etc. Way to break the mold, whoever you are. :tu:

Maybe it was performance art. :confused:

THeres one dude at my gym and everytime I see him he's just hanging out by the bench press, I never actually see him doing any sets of anything. Maybe he thinks proximity to people working out will do the trick.

HAHA I thougth this thread meant where weird gyms were? dumb moment..but ill share one anyone..around my area i saw a gym connected to a church..i thought that was pretty funny,but i nuns and priests like to be in shape too i guess lol

In the States I had all kinds of strange people at my gym, but in Israel it seems that I have very little in the way of out-of-place behavior.

Actually, it's impressive to me that most people seem to know what's going on and so forth. My gym offers *free* Personal Training 3 times a year to give you a routine and teach you how to use the machines and almost everyone uses it. Also, there are 4 or 5 people who work for the gym (all with degrees in Fitness/Nutrition) that make sure everyone uses proper form. I've been corrected a few times (esp. with squats) and always been appreciative

One girl in my gym does *incredible* amounts of cardio...but I'm almost sure she's an athlete and not just obsessed with cardio. The staff all seem to know her and talk to her regularly. She always picks the same elliptical machine and it seems like it's reserved for her.

One thing you'll find here that you won't find in the States though is men working out with a yarmulke on! :-D!