Gym Idiots Thread VII

[HIMBOB]

Originally Posted by Griborn

Guy stood on his knees on a pilates ball with that Wooden stick for warm up in his hands trying for his life to keep his balance for more than 3 seconds. Looked like he tried to canoe his way into a concussion.

I used to sit on a bosu ball and try and balance with just my arse on the ball.

Its good fun, but only used for waiting between sets.

[Blond]

Originally Posted by Discipulus

Maybe he was doing negatives or some other kind of assisted pullup?

He didn't get on the bench after every single pull up. Only at the beginning of the set to grab the bar. The bench was also too high to do negatives since his head was way above the bar whenever he stepped on it.

I've done that dozens of times. Doesn't seem like a big deal to me.

Don't understand the point of doing that. Is it actually to avoid jumping?

[DMCShine]

Any of y'all heard of the Hodge twins? I guess they're alright for bodybuilders, but damn they think dumbbells are better than barbells in all situations.

[Im so Moldy]

Originally Posted by JauntyAngle

I've done that dozens of times. Doesn't seem like a big deal to me.

Ha! You're short.

[PUO3]

no idiot today but i sat in the steam room for a bit trying to clear up some stuffyness. the hot tub is around the corner from the steam room. few teenagers in there on some sports team, probably thinking the place is empty, are all talking about who has the biggest dick in the locker room, and saying that someone named jamal has a two hander.

the silence that fell over them when i burst into laughter was epic.

[belph]

Well, first of all, his name is Jabaal. And its true, I checked !

[bowened]

No idiot story but I've seen Todd Duffee and Tyron Spong in my gym over the last week. Probably just part of the New Years resolution crowd. ;)

[jughead1]

Originally Posted by bowened

No idiot story but I've seen Todd Duffee and Tyron Spong in my gym over the last week. Probably just part of the New Years resolution crowd. ;)

Whatttt, that's awesome. What gym?

[MMun]

I was doing farmers walks in the gym yesterday. Most of the NY resolutions crowd had given up, but the gym was still busier than a typical Thursday evening. Now, I know that I am the one doing an exercise that takes up a lot of space, so I make sure that I stay away from anyone in the middle of a set and give them space to work.

One might expect that those who were not currently at work would at least stay out of my way, but the guys who spend 90% of their gym time standing around the aisles chatting and flexing don't roll like that. Now, the stationary ones I can work around, but one guy actually walked right out in front of me and started taking plates off a stand. Another did the same but instead started doing tricep pushdowns with his ass as far back as possible (note: there were three other cable machines, all of them free, where he wouldn't have bothered me at all).

A third guy walked up to me during a DL set and asked me how much I had left. Later, after I had finished, I took the 10kg plates off, and he told me to leave the rest. My mouth said fine, my mind thought "yeah skinny guy, go deadlift 100kg with no warmup". When I looked back he had switched a pair of 20's for 10's, which looked more right for him.

Honorable mention goes out to the guy who instead of a "pussy pad" (which was lying right next to the machine) had taken a stretching mat and rolled it up around the smith machine bar for his "squats".

[Pearse Shields]

Originally Posted by MMun

My mouth said fine, my mind thought "yeah skinny guy, go deadlift 100kg with no warmup".

I'm a skinny guy and I have no problems deadlifting 100kg without a warm-up.