People you see at the gym "AND EVERY GYM HAS THEM"

[sgt2jay]

It doesnt matter what gym you go to or where you are from. I bet you have seen these people at the gym one time or another.

Oh if there is one person in this list you havent seen it may be you.


THE HOT ONE: We have all seen her.

THE HUGE ONE: Only tlaks to huge guys

THE LAZY ONE: Stays forever just sitting on a Machine

THE COUPLE: Do everything together and at the same time

SWEAT MONSTER: Never stops sweating

MR KNOW IT ALL: always giving advice even if you dont ask for it

OLD TIMER: Does everthing the way he did in the 50s while still wearing tiny red shorts

HORNEY KNUCKLE DRAGGER: Hits on every girl working out alone works out only whne there is no prey

ANNOYING COMPLAINER: Usually female & over weight, you can her her complain how hard everything is

LOUD FU*&%R: Grunting and yelling every 5 minutes

MARATHON FREAK: Usually female always thinks she is fat and is on treadmill for 2 hours

LOUD TALKER: Tries to carry on a conversation but never takes headphone off

ok did i miss anyone

SGT

[Gaspari1255]

Fat, washed up, older guy, who starts every sentence off with "When I was your age...." and then proceeds to tell you that he used to be a lot bigger and stronger than you when he was in his peak....

[Atomini]

THE BUSINESS MAN: Always on the cellphone, even during sets, because he always needs to 'tend to business' and talk to clients.

MR CURRENT AFFAIRS: Don't know if every gym has this one... but there's one guy at my gym who brings the god damn news paper with him when he works out, reads it inbetween sets on machines, and ends up taking up about 30 mins per machine while other people are wanting to use said machine. Can't this idiot read his paper on the toilet every morning instead of bringing it into his workouts?

[gixxerboy1]

the smelly guy

[Atomini]

Fat, washed up, older guy, who starts every sentence off with "When I was your age...." and then proceeds to tell you that he used to be a lot bigger and stronger than you when he was in his peak....

I just turn around and walk away as soon as I hear the "when I was your age", or the "you know, if I wasn't so old". I can't stand these idiots.

[AXx]

What about MR. MIRROR, always looking at himself in the mirror and you never see him do a set of anything

[MightyBeast]

The multi tasker who is workn out on a smith machine then u go to the bench to start using it and he goes over there and says hey I was using that.

[sgt2jay]

I forgot one:

THE BEAUTY QUEEN: Comes in full make up and hair done, hits the elipticle for 5 minutes and goes

[MickeyKnox]

Fat, washed up, older guy, who starts every sentence off with "When I was your age...." and then proceeds to tell you that he used to be a lot bigger and stronger than you when he was in his peak....

doesn't have to be outta shape either. there is the fvcking annoying guy in my gym who is in shape, 60yo, and stands 4ft 1". he constantly talks about the ol' days and how much he could lift. some days i want to drop a weight on his head.

the smelly guy

i was gonna mention this one. i call him Smellycat (stolen from 'Friends')

[Times Roman]

I was at the gym two days ago, and saw a character. he was being ttrained by a red shirt. he was talking about how ripped he wanted to get. non stop talking. and when he wasn't talking due to exercising, then he'd loudly grunt. ok so far, right?

to continue, he was doing a military press with a 25 and a 10 pound plate on each side. his reps were low. and he was loudly grunting them out. then he jumps up and starts mildly bragging about "the burn". the trainer says nothing.

next his trainer has him doing shoulder shrugs. a 25lb plate in each hand. his reps were low. and he is still loudly grunting them out. I hear him telling his trainer he can come in "every day and do this". the trainer says nothing.

the bloke looked 25. probably the first time in his entire life he had been exposed to any type of resistance training.

and it sure seemed he was very proud he was finally getting to work out with the boyz.

[capetown]

The shy guy/girl. When you are the only 2 people in the gym and they will avoid eye contact. Even if you walk 2 feet in front of them staring.

[MightyBeast]

Hey that was me lol.

[JohnnyVegas]

The shy guy/girl. When you are the only 2 people in the gym and they will avoid eye contact. Even if you walk 2 feet in front of them staring.

It is because she avoids being alone with guys that stare.

[capetown]

It is because she avoids being alone with guys that stare.

True. Lol.

[bikeral]

Fat, washed up, older guy, who starts every sentence off with "When I was your age...." and then proceeds to tell you that he used to be a lot bigger and stronger than you when he was in his peak....

Looks like we work out at the same gym. That guy would be me.

The multi tasker who is workn out on a smith machine then u go to the bench to start using it and he goes over there and says hey I was using that.

And he leaves a towel on the bench for 45 mins only to use it once every 15 mins.

THE BUSINESS MAN: Always on the cellphone, even during sets, because he always needs to 'tend to business' and talk to clients.
Time and time again have to listen to life story while I am on cardio machines with signs clearly posted to take calls outside.
MR CURRENT AFFAIRS: Don't know if every gym has this one... but there's one guy at my gym who brings the god damn news paper with him when he works out, reads it inbetween sets on machines, and ends up taking up about 30 mins per machine while other people are wanting to use said machine. Can't this idiot read his paper on the toilet every morning instead of bringing it into his workouts?

This guy is in my gym every morning walking around with the paper. Lucky for me he is using weights and I only do cardio in the AM.

[Honkey_Kong]

I was at the gym two days ago, and saw a character. he was being ttrained by a red shirt. he was talking about how ripped he wanted to get. non stop talking. and when he wasn't talking due to exercising, then he'd loudly grunt. ok so far, right?

to continue, he was doing a military press with a 25 and a 10 pound plate on each side. his reps were low. and he was loudly grunting them out. then he jumps up and starts mildly bragging about "the burn". the trainer says nothing.

next his trainer has him doing shoulder shrugs. a 25lb plate in each hand. his reps were low. and he is still loudly grunting them out. I hear him telling his trainer he can come in "every day and do this". the trainer says nothing.

the bloke looked 25. probably the first time in his entire life he had been exposed to any type of resistance training.

and it sure seemed he was very proud he was finally getting to work out with the boyz.

You training at 24 Hour Fitness?

[gearbox]

What about the I think I am huge terrible form gym. Ones that load 315 and go down maybe 3 inches back up. Ones that can't max 215

[gearbox]

I am going to call them wanna bees. A few.times guys will jump in after me from anything and say leave the weight to see if they can do it

[pasha]

Oh and there is the douche bag also, the one who wears a tank and is skinny but walks around like hes big and gives people a tough stare when walking by because he is so bad.... lol

[Times Roman]

You training at 24 Hour Fitness?

yes i am

[Times Roman]

What about the I think I am huge terrible form gym. Ones that load 315 and go down maybe 3 inches back up. Ones that can't max 215

I've ranted about this before. kinda bugs me. there's another bloke at the gym that likes to rack 7 or 8 plates per side on the leg press. then he'll do this 12" press several times. the part that bugs me is that after, and quite often, he'll look at me like he's trying to say "beat that!"

he watches when i do my leg press. i usually only go 4 or 4.5 plates, but i go all the way down until the backs of my heels are almost touching my ass. and 12 reps or so. but all he sees is 4 or 4.5 plates, so he thinks he's got something on me. I know this shouldnt' bother me, but there are some other issues about this guy that i gripe about.

[RaginCajun]

You training at 24 Hour Fitness?

yes i am

same here

[RaginCajun]

I've ranted about this before. kinda bugs me. there's another bloke at the gym that likes to rack 7 or 8 plates per side on the leg press. then he'll do this 12" press several times. the part that bugs me is that after, and quite often, he'll look at me like he's trying to say "beat that!"

he watches when i do my leg press. i usually only go 4 or 4.5 plates, but i go all the way down until the backs of my heels are almost touching my ass. and 12 reps or so. but all he sees is 4 or 4.5 plates, so he thinks he's got something on me. I know this shouldnt' bother me, but there are some other issues about this guy that i gripe about.

i love this! i will be next to them, trying to perfect every rep with a light weight and there they go, half reppin half assin' their set! its the same people that can't wipe their own ass!

[Times Roman]

same here

yeah, i thought that was you i saw down there. You were talking about knowing everything there was to know about the shrimpin business and wanting to be a capn on a shrimpin boat, right?

[Atomini]

MR I AM GOING TO TELL EVERYONE ELSE WHAT TO DO, EVEN GUYS BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN ME: This needed to be placed in extra large all-caps letters, because not only does every gym have one of these, THEY ARE THE WORST! In my particular scenario... there is this one blonde-haired shithead kid (yes, KID - looks no older than about 19) who is all of about 5'11" and about 130 lbs. soaking wet and he has only been working out for a little under 1 year - and no changes to his physique at all during this time. He looks the exact same. He goes around telling people WHAT TO DO, and HOW THEY SHOULD DO IT, and WHAT THEY ARE DOING WRONG!! Aaaand of course, this person can be seen performing exercises with ridiculous momentum inserted into them, stupid quirky exercises that are very dangerous, and using/doing stupid shit like attaching chains to dumbbells and performing god-knows-what (I couldn't tell what he was doing sometimes). Just generally dangerous training practices.

Now, here's what really pissed me off. I'm a trainer at my gym. I was training my client once, having him do deadlifts, and this little shit comes up to me and says "hey, excuse me, can I have a word with you for a moment in private for a sec?". Now, I thought he's going to tell me some machine is busted, or a complaint about another member. But no... he pulls me a few feet aside (now, I can't remember precisely what he said to me) and says to me "I notice your client's head leverage is too far forward" or something freaking stupid, I can't remember exactly. And he proceeds to say "might I suggest you try having him do" blah blah BLAH BLAH!!!!!! I was so offended and taken back by this, I took a step back, looked at him, and I was like "are you SERIOUS, man!? Thanks for the advice, NOW GET BACK TO YOUR WORKOUT!". I felt like exploding on this idiot, but it wouldn't look good on me, the gym staff, or the gym. That was his first offense.

Second offense is when he did almost the exact same thing another time. I'm teaching a client who is performing flat barbell benchpress for the first time how to maintain proper form on it, and how to position correctly in order to hit whichever desired muscle area and how to put more emphasis on certain parts. I believe I told my client to have a slightly wider than shoulder width grip and to bring the bar down to his upper chest level, not nipple level. SO this little shit nearby interjects my instruction and goes "YOU SHOULD BRING IT TO YOUR NIPPLES WHEN DESCENDING, YOU CAUSE SHOULDER PROBLEMS WHEN YOU BRING IT DOWN HIGHER THAN THAT". And my response was "first of all, damage and shoulder problems occur with how much weight you use and the cadence of your repetitions, because if it is too heavy and you perform reps too fast, you will strain the joint and tendons - and from what i've seen YOU do around gym, maybe that's why you're so concerned about joint damage and problems - you could benefit from listening to my advice, not me listening to you" - and he had NO RESPONSE for me. He was dumbfounded.

Third offense was when I myself was doing deadlifts once, totally gassing myself out at 355 lb. deads to failure. He came up to me and said something stupid, I can't remember what it was - I likely wasn't even listening to him while my eyes were rolling out of my head and i'm thinking to myself "god, not this little shithead again". So when he was done his verbal diarrhea, my response was: "when you can lift the same weight I am, then you can come talk to me. In the meantime, go away". He hasn't talked to me ever since, and every time we pass by each other in the gym, we give each other a little snare.

This kid has been known to go up to countless others in the gym and do the same things. I have half a mind to warn this kid to stop, because he is very well handing out dangerous advice to people judging by the way this guy trains himself.

[stocky121]

MR I AM GOING TO TELL EVERYONE ELSE WHAT TO DO, EVEN GUYS BIGGER AND STRONGER THAN ME: This needed to be placed in extra large all-caps letters, because not only does every gym have one of these, THEY ARE THE WORST! In my particular scenario... there is this one blonde-haired shithead kid (yes, KID - looks no older than about 19) who is all of about 5'11" and about 130 lbs. soaking wet and he has only been working out for a little under 1 year - and no changes to his physique at all during this time. He looks the exact same. He goes around telling people WHAT TO DO, and HOW THEY SHOULD DO IT, and WHAT THEY ARE DOING WRONG!! Aaaand of course, this person can be seen performing exercises with ridiculous momentum inserted into them, stupid quirky exercises that are very dangerous, and using/doing stupid shit like attaching chains to dumbbells and performing god-knows-what (I couldn't tell what he was doing sometimes). Just generally dangerous training practices.

Now, here's what really pissed me off. I'm a trainer at my gym. I was training my client once, having him do deadlifts, and this little shit comes up to me and says "hey, excuse me, can I have a word with you for a moment in private for a sec?". Now, I thought he's going to tell me some machine is busted, or a complaint about another member. But no... he pulls me a few feet aside (now, I can't remember precisely what he said to me) and says to me "I notice your client's head leverage is too far forward" or something freaking stupid, I can't remember exactly. And he proceeds to say "might I suggest you try having him do" blah blah BLAH BLAH!!!!!! I was so offended and taken back by this, I took a step back, looked at him, and I was like "are you SERIOUS, man!? Thanks for the advice, NOW GET BACK TO YOUR WORKOUT!". I felt like exploding on this idiot, but it wouldn't look good on me, the gym staff, or the gym. That was his first offense.

Second offense is when he did almost the exact same thing another time. I'm teaching a client who is performing flat barbell benchpress for the first time how to maintain proper form on it, and how to position correctly in order to hit whichever desired muscle area and how to put more emphasis on certain parts. I believe I told my client to have a slightly wider than shoulder width grip and to bring the bar down to his upper chest level, not nipple level. SO this little shit nearby interjects my instruction and goes "YOU SHOULD BRING IT TO YOUR NIPPLES WHEN DESCENDING, YOU CAUSE SHOULDER PROBLEMS WHEN YOU BRING IT DOWN HIGHER THAN THAT". And my response was "first of all, damage and shoulder problems occur with how much weight you use and the cadence of your repetitions, because if it is too heavy and you perform reps too fast, you will strain the joint and tendons - and from what i've seen YOU do around gym, maybe that's why you're so concerned about joint damage and problems - you could benefit from listening to my advice, not me listening to you" - and he had NO RESPONSE for me. He was dumbfounded.

Third offense was when I myself was doing deadlifts once, totally gassing myself out at 355 lb. deads to failure. He came up to me and said something stupid, I can't remember what it was - I likely wasn't even listening to him while my eyes were rolling out of my head and i'm thinking to myself "god, not this little shithead again". So when he was done his verbal diarrhea, my response was: "when you can lift the same weight I am, then you can come talk to me. In the meantime, go away". He hasn't talked to me ever since, and every time we pass by each other in the gym, we give each other a little snare.

This kid has been known to go up to countless others in the gym and do the same things. I have half a mind to warn this kid to stop, because he is very well handing out dangerous advice to people judging by the way this guy trains himself.

i am surprised nobody has give that shit head a slap yet

[Atomini]

i am surprised nobody has give that shit head a slap yet

I've talked to a couple of other people in the gym and he's been backtalked a few times already now too by others. Yet he apparently still keeps this up.

Guy reads some articles on bodybuilding.com, gets a gym membership, and suddenly he knows more than someone with 10 years of training experience and several courses on human physiology and biology. The nerve of this guy.

[RaginCajun]

yeah, i thought that was you i saw down there. You were talking about knowing everything there was to know about the shrimpin business and wanting to be a capn on a shrimpin boat, right?

you got it

shrimp stew, shrimp n potaters, shrimp burger

and yes, i had white boots on!

[ShortStack 1984]

One hit wonder: hits every machine one time and leaves..

[stocky121]

I've talked to a couple of other people in the gym and he's been backtalked a few times already now too by others. Yet he apparently still keeps this up.

Guy reads some articles on bodybuilding.com, gets a gym membership, and suddenly he knows more than someone with 10 years of training experience and several courses on human physiology and biology. The nerve of this guy.

you carnt do it because you work there. but give it time he will talk shit to the wrong person soon enough

[JAB1]

That guy who seems to be getting more jacked by the day. WTF is that guy on....oh, thats me..LOL

[gearbox]

That guy who seems to be getting more jacked by the day. WTF is that guy on....oh, thats me..LOL

that guy has major gyno!!

[gonejeepin]

Oh and there is the douche bag also, the one who wears a tank and is skinny but walks around like hes big and gives people a tough stare when walking by because he is so bad.... lol

My gym has about a dozen of these! They are all 20-21 , weigh about 140lbs soaking wet and wear wife beaters, cargo shorts and Jordans... They also don't know how to clean up after themselves.

Actually not sure if that was mentioned

The guy who doesn't rack his weights.

[spywizard]

headphones my man.. headphones..

then if he keeps talking to you, just lift one ear phone off and say "what?? no i don't have any steroids for you" put the headphone back on and keep going..

[MickeyKnox]

^^ lmao!

[Lunk1]

the smelly guy

I workout in a small local gym and the main source of $ to keep the doors open are all the Mexian packing plant workers. They file in after work still reaking of dead carcasses and then go in the back room and spray the cheapest cologne on before working out. The strong pungent smell is so bad I nearly throw up!

[Lunk1]

What about MR. MIRROR, always looking at himself in the mirror and you never see him do a set of anything

Uhhh YEAH thats what they are for. I have to see how sexy I am!!!

[capetown]

I workout in a small local gym and the main source of $ to keep the doors open are all the Mexian packing plant workers. They file in after work still reaking of dead carcasses and then go in the back room and spray the cheapest cologne on before working out. The strong pungent smell is so bad I nearly throw up!

Great gym. Bahaaaas

[gearbox]

Uhhh YEAH thats what they are for. I have to see how sexy I am!!!

You have still yet to prove you or your wife is sexy! !!!

[Lunk1]

You have still yet to prove you or your wife is sexy! !!!

Dude I have posted like 3 pics of MOST of her...If you don't think she is sexy, well I will keep em t myself lol