Funny things you've seen at the gym, Pics or story.

[CJ]

Stopped at the gym so he was 'at the gym' in case his wife or gf checked but went somewhere else he's not supposed to be going to...

He's technically not lying! :32 (18):

 

[DEADlifter]

I think guys pull this at my gym all the time. Parking lot will be full and hardly anyone in there.

 

[Rot-Iron66]

Watched a girl (trainer there) do her deadlifts. She got her work in before she had a client. She put the plates away, but left the bar in the middle of the floor, the long way across the floor, which is also the only walking space. I watched for 5 mins while I was warming up in my rack to see if she or the other trainers would put it back. Nope, she and client stepping over it, gym douche's stepping over it, another "so-called" trainer guy stepping over it with his client. I went over and put it away before someone broke their neck on it.

Gym-Tards

 

[NbleSavage]

Something that troubles me that I wish didn't. There is a lady at my gym who is a trainer. She is overweight, she is fat, she probably would be classified as obese. Look, I don't fat shame people. Ever! But in this case this woman is training others in what's supposed to be a health and fitness program. She looks like neither. I dont know her history, I don't know what issues she might be having. But imo, she shouldn't be working as a personal trainer in a gym teaching others how to be fit when she herself is far from being fit. She's fuking obese! And she wears yoga pants. Ugh

Yea, this type of situation should tell ye what ye need to know about the "trainer" and their overall qualifications for their job. Show me ye can implement the practices in a way that meets my unique training and fitness goals, show me other clients whom ye have worked with and the success they've had, tell me about yer prior competitive experience in the field. Doesn't mean ye can't be a good trainer and have never stepped on a platform - there are exceptions to this rule in many professions (Bob Costas was arguably one of the greatest NFL analysts of all time and he never set foot on the field) but its the exceptions that prove the rule.

Low-level "fitness center" trainers are basically just there to lead people through a cookie cutter "workout" as was previously mentioned. They're not creating bespoke training plans for each of their clients, they're not bringing their own experience to cue'ing some poor bastard through their squats based on individual body makeup - they are there to make a little extra $$ for the fitness center and to keep members who errantly assume someone with a t-shirt that says "trainer" must be an expert paying their dues for a few months longer is all.

My $.02 on hiring a trainer: do yer own research, ask them questions before signing-on and know that in general ye get what ye pay fer.

 

[Ragingmenace223]

i feel you. i feel the same way about myself though i know im growing because everyone tells me im getting bigger and leaner but i never see it in the mirror...just an issue we all our our own worst critics. but the funniest thing ive seen is some of these stripper dances i see people doing in the gym but they are guys...wow and you gotta love the 6 ft 2 160 guy shadow boxing...are you here to lift weight or try and look like you can fight...worst part is there is absolutely no technique in what they are doing

 

[Texan69]

Watched a girl (trainer there) do her deadlifts. She got her work in before she had a client. She put the plates away, but left the bar in the middle of the floor, the long way across the floor, which is also the only walking space. I watched for 5 mins while I was warming up in my rack to see if she or the other trainers would put it back. Nope, she and client stepping over it, gym douche's stepping over it, another "so-called" trainer guy stepping over it with his client. I went over and put it away before someone broke their neck on it.

Gym-Tards

my pet peeve! Especially when it’s a gym employee who is working out at the gym and can’t rack the shit or put it up right. I feel like it’s your place of work you should use proper gym etiquette.
when I worked at a gym and did my work it’s there I always was on my best behavior I didn’t want the members to think I was lazy or complain. I enjoyed having good relationships with the members when I worked there. Also it’s just the right thing to do
put the shit back where you got it!

 

[Texan69]

Just watched a guy walk in with someone else without a key fab, do 1 set of light back rows , go outside get in a waiting car and leave... He was here less than 2 minutes.

had to get his lats pumped so there was something for his sancho to hold onto while he was bent over
duh!

 

[Thatgoodfellow]

Watched a girl (trainer there) do her deadlifts. She got her work in before she had a client. She put the plates away, but left the bar in the middle of the floor, the long way across the floor, which is also the only walking space. I watched for 5 mins while I was warming up in my rack to see if she or the other trainers would put it back. Nope, she and client stepping over it, gym douche's stepping over it, another "so-called" trainer guy stepping over it with his client. I went over and put it away before someone broke their neck on it.

Gym-Tards

They would be executed for that in mother Russia.

 

[BigSwolePump]

So I got a membership to my 3rd gym a week or so ago. Super excited because it is waaay less crowded. I typically go in the afternoons/evenings after work.
The past 2 Saturdays, I have gone in the late mornings. There is this older dude (late 50's/early 60's) that fn sings while he lifts. When I say he sings, its more of a yodel in a high pitch(I can here it over my music playing on my headset) scream.

The first time that I heard it, I took off my headset and started walking towards him because I seriously though something was wrong. After I realized that it was just singing, I turned around laughing and proceeded to continue my workout.

Yesterday, there he was again, doing flat bench on the smith machine singing his lungs out while he was benching.

While I'll admit that its annoying, it's kinda funny at the same time. Funny enough that it takes me a minute to compose myself before my next set.

In 30 years in the gym, this is my first experience with a singer. WTF?!

 

[CJ]

Couldn't get a pic, it was crowded.

Lady standing on 2 benches, straddling them doing a sumo deadlift/squat hybrid. Problem was at her deepest, the DB she was holding wasn't even at bench level, could've done them from the floor.

People were waiting for benches

 

[Grinch]

I have noticed a few abstract designs left by a womans perspiration on the lat pulldown bench. It resembles a rorshach test. As one who appreciates art, I just want to lick the bench but that's a big nono apparently

 

[German89]

Couldn't get a pic, it was crowded.

Lady standing on 2 benches, straddling them doing a sumo deadlift/squat hybrid. Problem was at her deepest, the DB she was holding wasn't even at bench level, could've done them from the floor.

People were waiting for benches

If I do these, I do them on the assisted pull up machine, and I go as to grass, and hold at the bottom, don't go all the way up, stop at parallel. HOLLEEE FAUCK. Amazing pump

I have noticed a few abstract designs left by a womans perspiration on the lat pulldown bench. It resembles a rorshach test. As one who appreciates art, I just want to lick the bench but that's a big nono apparently

i hate when i leave that. so embarrassing. I think I have a meme somewhere on my phone..


ANYWAYS..

Yesterday was an adventure at the gym... I'll just mention one of the two things that happened...

A child asked how many sets I had left, I asked why because he wants both sides... He thought I'd just stop what I am doing. I got so irritated, "I don't know how many sets I have. I am done. When I am done" Dont come at me with how many sets... fukk on off.

 

[Seeker]

Saw a couple young doods bring in chains to the gym. I was like, yeah ok cool. These guys were doing Incline bench with them. The chains never touched the ground!! Lol smdh. They looked all excited like as if they were doing something special.

 

[German89]

Saw a couple young doods bring in chains to the gym. I was like, yeah ok cool. These guys were doing Incline bench with them. The chains never touched the ground!! Lol smdh. They looked all excited like as if they were doing something special.

ROTFLMAO

I have a little chain but it's so i can pull with more range...

 

[Trump]

Watched a guy stretch with a band this morning the band snapped in half and his hand smashed into the press machine he was about to use. He then walked out holding his hand, must of been in the gym less than 60 seconds total

 

[Boogieman]

Watched a guy stretch with a band this morning the band snapped in half and his hand smashed into the press machine he was about to use. He then walked out holding his hand, must of been in the gym less than 60 seconds total

Nice one less fella to get in your way! Band gets 1 point!

 

[Trump]

ha ha he wasn’t even doing anything wrong was just funny to watch

Nice one less fella to get in your way! Band gets 1 point!

 

[dk8594]

Got two to add to this from today’s workout.

- some chick coming up to me tweaked out of her mind telling me that she shouldn’t have taken A pre work before running on the treadmill. Her final words before she said good bye were , “I am soooooo buzzzzzzzed”. Silver lining.....no corpses were reported being found in the parking garage.

- some d- bag tonight spraying himself head to toe with body spray on the gym floor in between his sets to the extent that I could literally see a cloud of mist where he stood. Silver lining...n/a

 

[graybass]

I've been a trainer/nutritionist/contest prepper for 30 years. Never pay for a trainer who has less then 10 years experience working with real athletes. What's even worse is when you see these 19 year old females that have a trainer shirt on getting hired by rich fat women who want to look like them. Couldn't tell a barbell from a table leg. LOL Yet here they are training a 50 year old house wife who really wants to get in shape, yet the bimbo has never dieted a day in her life. I get a 50 yr old house wife, guess what, I teach them how to bench press, do squats, row etc. I teach them all their macros and everything else. Yet the bimbo is my competition! LOL.
At LA Fitness they hire kids, show them 6 machines, give them a shirt, print out on their own printer a very nice looking certification, and boom! "YOU"RE A TRAINER"

 

[dragon1952]

Something that troubles me that I wish didn't. There is a lady at my gym who is a trainer. She is overweight, she is fat, she probably would be classified as obese. Look, I don't fat shame people. Ever! But in this case this woman is training others in what's supposed to be a health and fitness program. She looks like neither. I dont know her history, I don't know what issues she might be having. But imo, she shouldn't be working as a personal trainer in a gym teaching others how to be fit when she herself is far from being fit. She's fuking obese! And she wears yoga pants. Ugh

We work out at the same gym....cool! I think the only requirement for being a "trainer" is to attend a class. All the trainers at my gym are either what I would call fat chicks or soft guys and they put their clients through the exact same, non-effective routines. This guy trainer was training two women the other day and one of them was short and obese. He was having her do kettle ball squats but down to a bench which wasn't much lower than her butt. So she was basically doing 1/4 squats and bouncing off the bench for 6 reps and then standing around looking goofy for several minutes. And she was leaning so far forward when she bounced up that the only thing she accomplished was a little back strain maybe. And not a bead of sweat or any exertion on her face the entire work out. She's just as fat or fatter than she was 2 months ago.
But something I thought was hilarious the other day. This skinny as a rail teenager doing half-rep or less band curls with his right arm as fast as he could with the 10 lb band while texting on his phone with the left hand. He probably did 30 reps and looked like he could have done 200 with that weight. What's the point?