So I'm at the gym today.....

[Times Roman]

....at 24hr and a red shirt trainer is coaching a hard gainer next to me. i'm hearing things like eating taco bell, go crazy on ranch dressing, eat lots of pasta.......

so i'm thinking wtf???

bottom line is i kept my mouth shut. I even had my son come over by me, and listen. he's like... that dude is a freaking moron!!

so where do these "trainers" come off coaching other members on aspects of training they obviously know nothing about?

[Shol'va]

Maybe you mistook his conversation and he was giving a list of what not to eat. Or he was just a Moron.

[Times Roman]

Maybe you mistook his conversation and he was giving a list of what not to eat. Or he was just a Moron.

he was definately coaching him on how to gain weight. had my son come over and discretely lissten also. he was definately telling him what to eat. see, they both looked like they were about 20, so it was obviously the blind leading the blind.

and some of you gym vets are probably used to this. but i've always been a backyard gym guy, until a few months ago, so the public gym thing for me is a new experience.

[rj2k10]

Read my thread on this somewhere in this section, he was probably one of my definitions lol

PS I feel your inner pain!

[doxmaster]

Theres a trainer at my gym who does the same thing man and all of his clients are fat hes fat but yet they still keep him around there just nothing we can do its up to the gyms to get rid of them.

[Dont wanna be old]

He was refering to his post weigh in meal before his light weight match on the UFC . He was 6'1'' and weighed 165 ?

[Shol'va]

he was definately coaching him on how to gain weight. had my son come over and discretely lissten also. he was definately telling him what to eat. see, they both looked like they were about 20, so it was obviously the blind leading the blind.

and some of you gym vets are probably used to this. but i've always been a backyard gym guy, until a few months ago, so the public gym thing for me is a new experience.

Boy TR are you ever in for a treat. You just got a very small sample of what you overheard. Your gonna hear crap from people in there that well there's no way you can't respond cause it's going to be so out there that you can't stay silent. So be prepared. The ones I hear the most are from kids about doing steroids, how to do them as they see fit. That you don't need any pct that those are all lies and how you can stay on juice year round without any problems at all. Yeah your gonna hear it all in there. So get ready.

[Times Roman]

Boy TR are you ever in for a treat. You just got a very small sample of what you overheard. Your gonna hear crap from people in there that well there's no way you can't respond cause it's going to be so out there that you can't stay silent. So be prepared.

well, i know it's none of my business, so i won't say anything unless it's clearly going to hurt the other guy.

maybe i should start with the headphone music?

[gonebluffn]

Thats why I wear headphones.

[Shol'va]

Headphones work well in that place.

[xXthehulkXx]

Putting on as much fat is a bodybuilder secret. Because, you can use a lot of steroids and turn it into muscle!

Or, at least It's what all these young kids are blabbing about in my gym. Lol. Jk.

[Honkey_Kong]

well, i know it's none of my business, so i won't say anything unless it's clearly going to hurt the other guy.

maybe i should start with the headphone music?

It sucks that kid is paying good money for that misinformation, but he'll learn the hard way. I don't know about you, but so many people with good intentions have given me bad advice over the years. I would've probably told that kid that he should spend his money on a better trainer. Once that kid puts this misinformation to habit, it's really going to be difficult to change.

They really should make a website directory/review of trainers and what gyms/studios they work out of along with contact information. It'd be easier to check out what kind of reputation these trainers have.

[Awesome_Archy]

well, i know it's none of my business, so i won't say anything unless it's clearly going to hurt the other guy.

maybe i should start with the headphone music?

I've tried advising based on these grounds and was discredited, because the guy "...had been training longer than I've been alive." Its sad to say, but you will eventually start to care less and less about others poor choices. at least that's how it went for me.

[lovbyts]

TR is going to be finally adding to the thread: Things that piss you off at the gym. lol

Yeah you are in for a treat. Wait until you see the fat ass who walks from one machine/bench to another only to sit there and do NOTHING for 10 minutes them moves to another one.

The kid who looks like they are going to throw their back out they are swinging the bar so hard trying to do curls and thinks he can curl more than you.

The guy benching 300 who moves the bar 4in up/down never coming close to his chest or barely breaking lock out.

The group of guys who stand around talking, texting holding up 2 or 3 machines at a time and always in your way.

The list goes on and on. Have fun.,

[Honkey_Kong]

TR is going to be finally adding to the thread: Things that piss you off at the gym. lol

Yeah you are in for a treat. Wait until you see the fat ass who walks from one machine/bench to another only to sit there and do NOTHING for 10 minutes them moves to another one.

The kid who looks like they are going to throw their back out they are swinging the bar so hard trying to do curls and thinks he can curl more than you.

The guy benching 300 who moves the bar 4in up/down never coming close to his chest or barely breaking lock out.

The group of guys who stand around talking, texting holding up 2 or 3 machines at a time and always in your way.

The list goes on and on. Have fun.,

I honestly think most people don't go to the gym in order to workout. They just go there to waste time farting around.

[rj2k10]

TR is going to be finally adding to the thread: Things that piss you off at the gym. lol

Yeah you are in for a treat. Wait until you see the fat ass who walks from one machine/bench to another only to sit there and do NOTHING for 10 minutes them moves to another one.

The kid who looks like they are going to throw their back out they are swinging the bar so hard trying to do curls and thinks he can curl more than you.

The guy benching 300 who moves the bar 4in up/down never coming close to his chest or barely breaking lock out.

The group of guys who stand around talking, texting holding up 2 or 3 machines at a time and always in your way.

The list goes on and on. Have fun.,

Don't forget the skinny guy who pulls his top up to show his ribs (well, he thinks their abs)
AND
The chunky "rugby lads" who walk around in their full sport tracksuits tensing/shouting like "LADS", do an averagely heavy set and scream like their shifting the world...

[Flier]

As long as you take HGH you can eat whatever you want.

[DSM4Life]

I once had a trainer tell me that. I explained i was a hard gainer and when i told him what i was eating he told me "i was eating too clean."

[Tigershark]

I have TR's back on this one. I was at the gym talking to this other guy about diet and a trainer over hears us and says, "All that diet stuff is crap. Want to know how I got to 230? I was eating like 3 Big Macs a day and protein shakes. I ate whatever I wanted too and got to be this size. It's all about the calories and who cares where they come from." I was surprised to hear this and thought he was joking, but he wasn't. I think some people just believe this.

[alexISthrowed]

I know quite a few higher level bodybuilders and you would be amazed how they eat.

[JP-MAN]

^^^ exactly.

but i agree TR, the trainers at 24 hr are hillarious. i see it everyday, but i never say shit, fvck em, im there to get in and out..

[calgarian]

Headphones work well in that place.

Ditto Crank it out and no one or thing will bother you.

[jasc]

Ditto Crank it out and no one or thing will bother you.

So are you sayin crank it out at the gym? if so, what machine would be best?

[calgarian]

So are you sayin crank it out at the gym? if so, what machine would be best?

one with a different size of wholes cause like skin metal doesnt stretch.
and u knew exactly what i meant ........moron

[< <Samson> >]

Awesome,

I try not to think about it.

But, I still find it funny as hell that 90% of the trainers at my gym are either fat or twigs. Just saying, if I was paying for a trainer they need to be ripped and look like a walking campaign of advertisement of what they do.

[awms]

I am a strength and conditioning coach and I have to say its like any profession you have bad trainers and you have good trainers but please don't bunch them all in together! I work my ass off to be the best at what I do! there are trainers out there who are shitty but chances are they are seasonal trainers who thought "hmmm I like to workout so Il be a great trainer, and Il make a lot of money!" working your self out and putting someone eles through a workout are two very different things! and you wont make money in this industry unless you get results and make a name for you self! I started at a gym making $15 an hour only while training clients....I worked my ass off in the trenches and paid my dues, took courses to get better and help my clients, learned from other coaches who are at the top of their profession and now I make $70-100 an hour and im worth every penny! crappy trainers will always be around just like craps cops, crapy chef's, and crapy teachers....the bad ones give the good ones a bad name.

[oatmeal69]

I train @ 24-Hour as well. If you don't stay focused and ignore those around you, you'll go nuts. For every one guy in there who is serious and knows what he's trying to accomplish there are 15 yahoos. Not like I know everything, but I do know that doing a couple half-assed exercises, then sitting in the hot tub and talking bro-science to others won't help. Since I've been a member, I'll bet I've uttered less than 100 words while I'm there.

[Honkey_Kong]

I train @ 24-Hour as well. If you don't stay focused and ignore those around you, you'll go nuts. For every one guy in there who is serious and knows what he's trying to accomplish there are 15 yahoos. Not like I know everything, but I do know that doing a couple half-assed exercises, then sitting in the hot tub and talking bro-science to others won't help. Since I've been a member, I'll bet I've uttered less than 100 words while I'm there.

I like to limit my gym conversations to "hey, what's up?" and "could you spot me real quick?" I know better places I could piss around and socialise.

[TBrah]

if the kids on products he could eat like that and probably stay leanish and put on muscle. that's pretty much how I was eating on the weekends. it dependds what your goals are if you want to be shredded or something that might not work without taking some other stuff. If youre going for a gym rat physique or whatever what is the problem

There was a pro logging his bulk diet on another forum and he was pretty much eating fast food almost every meal but he was on a lot of gh so...

[cherrydrpepper]

I know quite a few higher level bodybuilders and you would be amazed how they eat.

Do any of them pig out on offseason bulks like pizza burgers whatever?

[Razor]

dont forget the cherrydrpepper

[alexISthrowed]

Do any of them pig out on offseason bulks like pizza burgers whatever?

big macs, whoppers, pizza, you name it. Try getting to 260+ eating brown rice and chicken. Obviously we're not talking about beginners here, I'm not trying to say tr's wrong.

[Razor]

big macs, whoppers, pizza, you name it. Try getting to 260+ eating brown rice and chicken. Obviously we're not talking about beginners here, I'm not trying to say tr's wrong.

true that

[ironbeck]

So I'm at the gym, usually 10min warm up with headphones on...then I'm ready, but always have an alternate plan in case there is some putz or yahoo working in the area or with the equipment I need. Today was back and bicepts..I always stretch before hand post warm up. So I'm doing pull ups(on the assit machine/with no resistance) because its right next to the back extention thingy, I rotate/no stop, 5 sets....It's obvious I'm working that machine , after 1 set of each I go to jump on and do another set of pull ups and there is a girl that works there(snob) with like an 8yr old and a 12 yr old? and they r all over the machine like a jungle gym...just talking away, not even doing anything? Is it necessary for me to say excuse me can I get a set in ever friggin time? k so I move to the squat rack, throw a 45lb bench bar on the top and do my pull ups there, look over and there is some putz just in the back extension thing sitting there? Fine I can incorporate another exercise in its place.so i finish and start dead lifts and bicept curls ( alternating) music is up and I'm rotating back and forth, but monitoring my heart rate. So there are ppl loitering around the mirrors and I glance over and they r kinda staring at me, by now I'm breathing heavy, heart rate about 140( just from lifting) sweating...getting into my groove...so I turn my triangle dead lift bar toward the wall so I can concentrate and turn the music up....finally done, I finish with 20 min jogging on the tread mill...same ppl lotering around the back staring in the mirrors..I'm done and out....see ya

[oatmeal69]

... always have an alternate plan in case there is some putz or yahoo working in the area or with the equipment I need. ...just talking away, not even doing anything? Is it necessary for me to say excuse me can I get a set in ever friggin time? ... there is some putz just in the back extension thing sitting there? ...

They just... SIT THERE on the machine daydreaming! You walk up and say, "How many more sets do you have?" and they look at YOU like you're a freak. LOL

[DeadlyD]

So I'm at the gym, usually 10min warm up with headphones on...then I'm ready, but always have an alternate plan in case there is some putz or yahoo working in the area or with the equipment I need. Today was back and bicepts..I always stretch before hand post warm up. So I'm doing pull ups(on the assit machine/with no resistance) because its right next to the back extention thingy, I rotate/no stop, 5 sets....It's obvious I'm working that machine , after 1 set of each I go to jump on and do another set of pull ups and there is a girl that works there(snob) with like an 8yr old and a 12 yr old? and they r all over the machine like a jungle gym...just talking away, not even doing anything? Is it necessary for me to say excuse me can I get a set in ever friggin time? k so I move to the squat rack, throw a 45lb bench bar on the top and do my pull ups there, look over and there is some putz just in the back extension thing sitting there? Fine I can incorporate another exercise in its place.so i finish and start dead lifts and bicept curls ( alternating) music is up and I'm rotating back and forth, but monitoring my heart rate. So there are ppl loitering around the mirrors and I glance over and they r kinda staring at me, by now I'm breathing heavy, heart rate about 140( just from lifting) sweating...getting into my groove...so I turn my triangle dead lift bar toward the wall so I can concentrate and turn the music up....finally done, I finish with 20 min jogging on the tread mill...same ppl lotering around the back staring in the mirrors..I'm done and out....see ya

I deal with that shit all the time!! We just got to stay focused and do what we came to do and leave and at the end of the day we can vent it all out on our forum!! Lol

[Bryan2]

[lovbyts]

That's one reason I work out at a shitty little gyn on campus that is open 24/7 so I dont have to deal with people very often. Most gyms are a social club and not place to work out.

[Vettester]

I also go to 24 hour; mostly because they have locations all over the place, which is kind of where I'm at too.

At my home location, they have a new female trainer that has a spare tire big enough to fit the back of my vette! What I can't understand is that I go in there and I see clients training with her. She's the example of what happens to you when you let it all go, yet people pay $$ to get her teaching them how to get their health on track! Don't get it. To their credit though, they have a few trainers that are the real deal and practice what they preach.

[ironbeck]

Love the video......I'm partial meat head with seizures and faces....no screaming though, although I would if it was common place lol.......funny as sheet man.