Do you ever wonder if there just making it up??

[Dr Pepper]

I saw two differant guys in the gym today doing strange things.

First guy was about 35yo training in a body building narrow back singlet. The cloths looked the part but judging by his body it looked as though his training experience didnt go past a week. Small skinny arms, small legs and a big gut! He loaded up the squat rack with about 350lbs of weight and then proceeded to do a squat. About a quater of the way down of a proper squat. Give it about 6 reps then have a break, screaming at every rep. Just so people would look at him. wtf!

Second guy younger but just as dumb looking as the first. He was also doing squats, funny enough. He was holding one 13lbs kettle bell in each hand. Try and imagine this. He holds the kettle bells up to his head with only one thumb from each hand through the kettle bell pressed againest the side of his head holding them up with his hands open and proceeded to squat. He sort of looked like he was trying to animate and elephant or any other animal with big ears. LOL

Im no personal trainer and have got a lot still to learn but im pretty sure there just making these things up. How do they come up with these ways of exercising?

[Honkey_Kong]

Wait, were these guys instructed to do those by some sort of trainer?

I've seen a few guys doing clean and jerks with such bad form and way too much weight for their ability, I'm amazed they didn't fall backwards with the bar crushing them.

[Dr Pepper]

Nah I doubt they were ever instructed just something they came up with. Just don't where they get it from. I mean do they just come in with little to no experience and just think they'll start making new ways up of exercising?? Lol

Yeah I know what u mean! I hate people that jack the weight up and do really low cheated (bad form) reps. But I laugh when they get injured!

[lovbyts]

Yes its a typical newbie move trying to invent a NEW way to work multiple body parts at teh same time because the have not idea how the mechanics body really work.

[gixxerboy1]

well he was holding the kettlebells to high but its an exercise

[Dr Pepper]

well he was holding the kettlebells to high but its an exercise

Sort of like this but the kettle bells were higher with his thumb through the handle and pressed against his head. It was funny

[awms]

Most of the time when you see something odd its a guy who has a subscription to men's health who reads an article about how doing squats with kettlebells on a ball will make you a more versatile athlete...and all the sudden he is deems him self and expert in strength and conditioning lol

I am a personal trainer/strength and conditioning coach and my athletes never do any of this dumb shit! I never have them stand on a ball and do squats or any of this dumb shit lol Before I started my own business I worked at a gym with a bunch of other so called "experts" yet they never got results because rather then creating a system that works they would follow what ever the next big fad was....trx, kettle bells ect ect (by the way these things have their place in a routine dont get me wrong but there not the "whole grail of training"). I always had and still do have a system that has worked, one that I tweak and alter based on each person but for the most part it has never failed me!

[awms]

My best example is the whole TRX certification lol One of the trainers I use to train with said to me I do TRX classes! Im a level 2 TRX trainer or some shit haha I said "you a WHAT? lol I have been using bands and band and pulley systems for years and you took a weekend course so your the expert?"

[gixxerboy1]

My best example is the whole TRX certification lol One of the trainers I use to train with said to me I do TRX classes! Im a level 2 TRX trainer or some shit haha I said "you a WHAT? lol I have been using bands and band and pulley systems for years and you took a weekend course so your the expert?"

There is also the TRX suspension. I agree a cert is a waste but some gyms want you to be certified if you are teaching a group class in it

[awms]

There is also the TRX suspension. I agree a cert is a waste but some gyms want you to be certified if you are teaching a group class in it

Yeah its all B.S...often gyms make money off those certs and that why they make you get them in order to train TRX....Suspenion training is nothing new it just become popular because TRX advertised it as the second coming of jesus lol IMO if you want to become a good trainer take a real cert like PICP Level 1 and 2, or some paul check stuff, cscs is good as well but some what out dated I have been told , and then get experience....there is nothing like good old experience! try new things and see what works and doesnt....make you own programs up and stick to what works for your clients! the best trainers in the world have a system they follow and it never fails them.

For those of you dont know look up charles poliquin, and paul check.

[awms]

Let put it this way when I have a hockey player come to me in the off season he often only have about 12 weeks to get in shape and get results! you can sit there and mess around with some new method that looks cool, having him stand on a ball doing squats, and touching his nose while spinning a hula hoop on his waist and hope he gets results or you can have a system that you know works! they dont have time to mess around they need to be in shape, healthy and ready to go! and that my job!

[gixxerboy1]

i know who Paul Check is.

I do agree with you but there is times we learn new things that can advance results

[Gaspari1255]

If you don't witness this shit every day, then you must train out of your garage and basement, where you are secluded from the rest of the world.

It reminds me of this kid on my campus freshman year. He was 5'10" about 250lbs and looked like an albino. Sitting somwhere around 30% bf. He smelled like COMPLETE shit at ALL times. We nick named him "The Big Stink".

He would load up 405lbs on the smith and proceed to flat bench it, his range of motion couldn't have been more than 1/2 inch. He would load up 3000lbs on the leg press, and just move his heals, pretending to be doing something, the sleigh literally had zero rang of motion...

He used to tell people he competed in multiple shows, when I would see him in the dining hall eating oreos and crumb cake every night.


The point I am getting at here is people who 'try' to lift heavy ass weight with absolutely horrific form are terribly insecure. They know their physique sucks, and they won't get attention with it, so they load up an abundance of weight on the bar, waiting for everyone to stop and watch them (which most people do) and then do their quarter-assed reps, screaming like a woman giving birth. Negative attention to some people is better than no attention at all.


I was such a dickhead in my younger years of college, I remember like two years ago I was boucning at a local bar- and The Big Stink shows up alone, trying to fit in and mingle with the rest of the kids. No one would let him near them because he smelled so bad, so I had my one bouncer friend, who didn't go to my school, approach him and completely mind fvck him- asking him questions like "dude you are HUGE...how much do you bench?" Of course The Big Stink would rattle off asinine numbers to sound cool, as we would hysterically laugh in his face. I think my mid sophomore year- we pretty much had the entire campus of 20,000+ thousand kids calling him The Big Stink?

Do I look back on it now and feel bad? Kind of but he was a pathological liar who got what he deserved.

[Schmidty]

lol rip big stink

[cherrydrpepper]

Yeah back in the day I was a fatty and the other kids called me The Big Stink but I got the last laugh cause I fd the one guys sister who started it then I lifted a volkswagen with her and 3 other hot chicks in it

[Gaspari1255]

Yeah back in the day I was a fatty and the other kids called me The Big Stink but I got the last laugh cause I fd the one guys sister who started it then I lifted a volkswagen with her and 3 other hot chicks in it

I used to be a super dork loser too, then I got introduced to hair gel, tanning beds, and steroids.

[Hazard]

I used to be a super dork loser too, then I got introduced to hair gel, tanning beds, and steroids.

Ur still a superdork loser..... just with pointy hair, a tan, and ur big

~Haz~

[cherrydrpepper]

Yeah if I hadn't got into juice id still be slamming girls that play D&D and go to anime conventions

[cherrydrpepper]

Ur still a superdork loser..... just with pointy hair, a tan, and ur big

~Haz~

lol this

[Gaspari1255]

Yeah if I hadn't got into juice id still be slamming girls that play D&D and go to anime conventions

lmao! reminds me of of the movie 'Role Models'

[Honkey_Kong]

lmao! reminds me of of the movie 'Role Models'

LAIRE!!!!! That movie was pretty funny.

[Dr Pepper]

I have to say bronzer i think your spot on the money. About guys that lift super heavy with bad form and seek attention. Definatly and insecurity thing! Do I feel sorry for them, no! Because they piss me off. Take your insecurity, bad form and injury bound body the Fvck out of my gym.

Lol if only it was that easy!

[Armykid93]

Lol this should go in the things that piss me off at the gym thread

[tcw]

PPL lie because they are looking for acceptance. If BIG was an albino...chances are deep down he was very lonely and felt rejected by his peers. He probably over compensated by trying to be SUPERMAN.

Many males and females go through this...its called growing pains. However, some of them don't make it past adolescence...or some remain in adolescence.

If you don't witness this shit every day, then you must train out of your garage and basement, where you are secluded from the rest of the world.

It reminds me of this kid on my campus freshman year. He was 5'10" about 250lbs and looked like an albino. Sitting somwhere around 30% bf. He smelled like COMPLETE shit at ALL times. We nick named him "The Big Stink".

He would load up 405lbs on the smith and proceed to flat bench it, his range of motion couldn't have been more than 1/2 inch. He would load up 3000lbs on the leg press, and just move his heals, pretending to be doing something, the sleigh literally had zero rang of motion...

He used to tell people he competed in multiple shows, when I would see him in the dining hall eating oreos and crumb cake every night.


The point I am getting at here is people who 'try' to lift heavy ass weight with absolutely horrific form are terribly insecure. They know their physique sucks, and they won't get attention with it, so they load up an abundance of weight on the bar, waiting for everyone to stop and watch them (which most people do) and then do their quarter-assed reps, screaming like a woman giving birth. Negative attention to some people is better than no attention at all.


I was such a dickhead in my younger years of college, I remember like two years ago I was boucning at a local bar- and The Big Stink shows up alone, trying to fit in and mingle with the rest of the kids. No one would let him near them because he smelled so bad, so I had my one bouncer friend, who didn't go to my school, approach him and completely mind fvck him- asking him questions like "dude you are HUGE...how much do you bench?" Of course The Big Stink would rattle off asinine numbers to sound cool, as we would hysterically laugh in his face. I think my mid sophomore year- we pretty much had the entire campus of 20,000+ thousand kids calling him The Big Stink?

Do I look back on it now and feel bad? Kind of but he was a pathological liar who got what he deserved.

[Gaspari1255]

I have to say bronzer i think your spot on the money. About guys that lift super heavy with bad form and seek attention. Definatly and insecurity thing! Do I feel sorry for them, no! Because they piss me off. Take your insecurity, bad form and injury bound body the Fvck out of my gym.

Lol if only it was that easy!

It's the same thing regarding the guys that ALWAYS talk about how much pvssy they get. It seems like every time they go out, they get laid, and it's not just some ordinary girl- it's some super hot freaky chick. Enough is enough. When you brag about shit, or do things to causes attention to yourself- 90% of the time it's all bullshit and an insecurity issue. This goes with just about anything.

[awms]

i know who Paul Check is.

I do agree with you but there is times we learn new things that can advance results

Oh yeah I agree 100% Im always learning and evolving as a trainer but I think a lot of trainers chase after the latest fad rather then creating their own system that is tried,tested, and true. I am always adding new things to my "system" but they are things that I have a great deal of knowledge on and have some kind of proven scientific backing.