I've noticed very few gym noobs show respect
So today is mother's day and the gym is practically empty like I imagined it would be. I am in there training legs this morning and it's very hard not to notice the only other three people in the weight room: two 6'0 or 6'1
140-150 lb. guys and one 125 lb. guy.
So in between sets I am occasionally watching these guys train. The 'biggest' of the three guys, around a buck fifty, is in a wife beater. We'll call him Napolean. Now personally I dont feel comfortable in a beater at the gym, I usually train in a baggy sweater or long sleeved shirt, and I always give the bigger guys props by showing respect. I dont get in other people's way and I go about my own business....
Today was different. I always give props to the smaller guy for being there and training as long as he's respectful in return. But Napolean is strutting his stuff like he owns the place. Arms out with air lats inflated to the max, in his size xxx small wife beater, head high.
The entire time I was there I saw him train chest, traps, shoulders, biceps, and triceps. Not in any particular order, just going around to each different exercise to pump up that particular body part and move on. The worst part is the stares he continually shot my way. Him and his homies. The other part that annoyed me was that he didnt rack any weights that he used; he'd just leave them there for the toothfairy to find.
Eventually I finished my leg workout and Napolean and his crew disappeared from my mind. Now that I think back to it, you don't see very many younger gym newbies giving respect to the older guys. I wanted to say something to the kid but doing so would not have helped the situation; at the time I didn't have anything positive to say to him.
Sorry, just venting. Why so many young scrawny kids have that 'I am a gangbanger don't fukc with me' mentality is beyond me.....