Alright /fit/, it's almost February.
That means a good 95% of NYRs have left
Whats the dumbest thing you've seen them do this month?
>>35819383
Benching with a pre-weighted EZ bar
>walk into gym yesterday
>me and gymbro walk up to one of the benches and load up 10kg plates to warm up
>some 40something guy walks up to us with his son? I think.
>"how many sets you got?" whilst popping arms out to look big.
>"well we got to warm up with 40kg, then 50, then 60, then 70 up to 120kg, then we should be done here.
>he huffs and then he just walks away with his son and his invisible lat syndrome.
>see them later curling 5lb dumbbells less than 1ft away from the mirror and then leg pressing.
>on way out the manager asks me if they were bothering me, I say no and he goes on about how they were getting pissy about the £30 p/month price and saying they can go to puregym for £20 less.
I'm a NYR'er and I'm still going strong what do you have to say to that faggot?
>>35819584
good job! keep at it. Also lose the tude
>>35819584
Well done.
Keep it up and next year you can make fun of the nyrs with us.
>>35819459
who is really the newfag though
>>35819383
I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary really. Saw some really atrocious quarter squats in the smith machine yesterday though.
One dude in a wheelchair has been working out a few days a week. He's been doing mostly curls but I still think it's really inspiring. Yesterday he was chatting up some girl doing DB bench lmao cheeky bastard
>>35819584
You won't pass Spring Break
>>35819584
Good job and stop being such a faggot
I've seen too much.
Funniest thing I've seen is someone using clips on a smith machine.
Also, pic is what I saw when I went into my gym at 7pm and it was entirely empty
>>35819566
Christ. In canada i have to pay 70 dollars for a month. And since the company is american and the dollar is in the shitter is likely going to increase
>>35819584
k then
stop being a faggot though
nobody likes idiots with ils giving everybody the stink eye
I saw a dude deadlift by bending down and not moving his legs at all, back completely round. And there's this trexmode fattie who was brought in by his okay-looking buddy
>>35819383
Workout abs, as if that gut would magicaly turn into a six pack
>>35819821
Where are you?
I'm in Ontario and almost every city I know of has "fit 4 less" locations for like ten bucks a month, open 24hrs
>>35819939
Nothing wrong with working out abs, as long as your diet is in check and you're losing weight. If you're already working out, might as well make them bigger for when you get lean enough
>>35819939
What do you do to strengthen your core and abb muscles? The jelq?
Old sweaty fatass carried two 40kg dumbells to the bench and didn't lift them, just sat there with the weights at his feet. Saw him using the shoulder press machine after with 10kg
>>35819383
They're still at it. It might be because I'm in Uni but the gym is still crowded AF. The funny thing is that the NYR I see are frat bros who probably stopped working out in the beginning of fall semester.
>>35819975
compound movements
standing overhead press, squats, deads, etc.
I'm in the beginner weight training class although I'm not a beginner by normie-standards, but I consider myself one by /fit/-standards.
I did 315 for a triple because I hadn't deadlifted in a couple weeks and I kept my grip on it and didn't drop it but a group of guys were laughing a bit and said I was being really loud and it was like a giant walking.
Then the dadbod teacher got on my case saying dropping deadlifts like that (wasn't dropping) bends the bar. I said I never heard of something like that and it's dropping it on the squat rack rungs and he went "I have 20 more years of experience here than you"
I've made a terrible mistake, but I need the easy GPA booster.
>>35819383
>that image
Huehuehue look at those faggots that are on their phone in the gym, better make a picture of it with my own phone.
I don't currently go to the gym (no time) but I feel that if I were to go, I would do some of the stupid shit posted here. Tips on not being a fucking itdot at the gym?
>>35819584
you'll never make it
>>35820189
Read the sticky, do Stronglifts or Starting Strength, and at least try to practice form at home and when you get there, rack the weights, let people work in, and ask for people to record you for a form check
they'll know you're new, but they'll at least go "hey, this guy is actually trying"
>>35819939
Core strength is important too yknow
>>35820146
This makes perfect since though
>>35820169
Its the fact that they're not doing anything but using their phone, dumb ass
>>35819383
They didn't even last a week. Was pleasantly surprised.
There were a lot of "Just give up you fat faggot" adverts around town/on the radio. Looks like they worked.
>>35820260
Neither is the person that's making the photo, which was the point I was trying to make, smart ass.
>>35819821
My fucking god. Leave it bro.
>>35819383
All I can imagine is the Paranoia Agent ED.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zzLIzk7OPc
HGMR goml fampai
>>35820281
This, all this "body confidence" garbage is finally paying off
>>35820418
Silver linings. Wonder if there will be a huge spike in obesity related deaths from this time in the near future. Just all at once from the last couple of years.
Today at gym.
>dyel dude loads up4 plates on elevated barbel station
>dis gun be good
>proceeds to pick up the bar lifting it 2 cm over the station
>starts shrugging
> does 2 reps
>puts down the weights
>starts yelling"fuuuark"
>dude tore his fucking callouses
> he then unloads 2 plates leaves the rest and leaves the gymn
>>35819383
squatting, with a barbell, on a goddamn exercise ball. I thought this was just meme-tier, but it honest to god happened.
>>35819383
Bent over barbell rows in the smith machine....
>>35820146
>asu
not even remotely surprised
>>35820435
Hopefully a 400% increase to mark the 46th anniversary of "all about that base"
I moved before Christmas tried to keep going to my old gym but it was too far, gym/leisure centre 10 minute walk from my door.
Go for a look, given tour by ham planet, she was out of breath just walking!
Go to gym area... my god.
Retards and running machines everywhere.
Fat fuck tells me I need to pay £20 for an induction, bullshit price but it's insurance shit, even though everyone seems to be doing stupid shit
Then she tells me it's £45 a month!!! For a shit hole gym and shit pool
Now I'm in the process of building a calisthenics set up and weights area in my back garden
>>35820163
inb4 ban
>>35819751
kek that barbell just standing there
On the other hand I almost got in a fight a week ago. I was preparing to do OHP in the cage and the fat manlet (i don't even kid) that decided to shrugs there left leaving 4 plates (10 kg) on each side and left. When I told him that he should rerack his weights when he is done he told me: "and what if I don't"
No fight took place cause the PT is my friend and he told him to rerack his weights or he will get kicked. I never saw him again though
>>35819566
what a stupid warm up
>enter the power rack
>remove the barbell from the hooks
>turn it so that it is perpendicular with the ground
>put a 5 lb weight on the top
>hold it with one arm outstretched
>being doing a running in place motion, switching which arm is holding the barbell up each stride
>>35820489
Been trying to find a new gym and been having the same problem.
>40 a month direct debit for at least a year
I don't know where I'll be month to month so fuck that. They always have some bullshit like if you quit in the first month or something it's free but if you forget then you're paying out the ass till they get bored of it. Why can't you just pay cash anywhere?!
>>35820460
>not taking pic
I don't believe you sempai.
>>35820146
was it a pajeet or a chink? I'm in the tempe src weekday mornings.
>>35820503
Not really, I like to warm up with 40 instead of 20 because my balance is better if there's something significant at each end of the bar
>>35820490
>ban
I'm in college but my class is full of NYRs
>>35820531
8 sets of warming up to your working weight though?
Only incrementing 10 kilos each time?
>>35820515
You can use all the pure gyms (outside of London) for £25 a month no contract but they're shit and poorly maintained but they'll do, that's what I used when I worked across the UK if you live in London take lube because everyone tries to get you to pay upwards of £6 a session!!
>>35820281
>adverts around town/on the radio.
They've got a "spiff up your bumper" billboard near a very busy intersection/shopping mall here. Some bitches in yoga pants hyperextending sticking their butt out.
such a meme now
>>35820301
No, you idiot they were just taking a picture of them. They probably use their phone for music
I have actually seen someone bring a bench to the smith machine lay on it and use it like a leg press.
A dude was wearing one of those bane altitude meme masks, except our town is already at 7500 feet so I have no idea why the hell he would have it on.
>>35819964
Spruce grove, small town outside edmonton, ab
>>35820789
I'm north of the wall. There's a puregym that will be ready by the end of february.
maybe not dumbest but some 40y old bitch planking in the squat rack got on my nerves
the asshole didn't even rack this abomination, just walked out after 1 quarter rep
>>35820163
I know this feel. Needed a PE for my exercise science degree so I did a lifting class and realized just how stupid the normal person is during that 1 hour a week
>>35819566
>EIGHT (>8) warming up sets
>posts itt to shit on noobs
Kill yourself
>>35819584
Get off your high horse, bitch. You're on /fit/ so you're a closet homo with deep insecurities.
keep going tho
best of luck senpai
<3
>>35820470
I've seen people bench pressing on the smith
I've also seen people spotting others squatting on the smith
You see the funniest things on the smith machine.
>>35821018
Now that's comical
>>35820489
>Go for a look, given tour by ham planet, she was out of breath just walking!
>Then she tells me it's £45 a month
The receptionist in my gym is a lardwhale. She doesn't bother checking people's membership status. I once went a full month without paying because of this lazy fuck.
>>35819383
A barbell loaded with 1/4 kg weights with safety clips
Like nigger why
>>35821129
is that larry david
>>35820460
that's some crossfit garbage right there
>>35820515
Most gyms make a large part of their money from people who have long term contracts but dont go.
Its literally their business model to have people pay for nothing by tricking them to make 1-2 year subscriptions before they even start working out
>>35820146
Typical of the sun devils athletic program lol
>>35821226
I get the reason they do it could at least ONE undercut them and not be shit. I'm going to go I just don't like people having my wallet hostage.
>late night/early morning lift
>maybe 4 people in the gym
>NYR teenager is walking towards cable crossovers with a medicine ball
>starts doing what I'm calling "ball crushers"
>just kind of laying there, underneath the crossover machine, doing his new fangled ball crushers, kind of tossing the medicine ball but not really?
>whatever, at least he's not bothering anyone
>laying on his back just staring at the ceiling
>two gymbros have shown up
>one is a trainer there
>walk over to the crossover machine
>"Hey man, I'm using that"
>"How many sets do you have left?"
>"50"
>can't hold it in anymore, let out a faggot tier snort
>he lays back down and starts doing his ball crushers
>trainer stops him
>"You're taking up this machine's space, there's an area where you can do...that"
>"I know the manager here, you'll just have to wait your turn buddy"
>trainer goes and grabs the manager
>manager starts talking to him
>kid is getting visibly rustled
>I'm actually laughing now
>manager walks the kid over to free weights, tells him to do whatever he wants over there
>gymbros look at each other like they've seen a ghost
>manager has the look of a war veteran
>mfw
The strangest thing, it was maybe 1 or 2am. I usually lift super late/really early, and I'd never seen anything like it. That was a couple weeks ago, haven't seen ball crushers since.
>>35819383
this is my gym lmao.
There's one bench in my shit apt gym.
Everytime I go there's a stupid bitch hogging it for like an hour.
Yesterday, I rolled in on one using it as a step stool for 10x1 negative pull ups.
Most just shrug with 5lb weights and dance around it like its some kind of shrine.
will they leave soon? please god i hope they leave soon.
not much stupid stuff, just a lot of girls wasting time by loading 2.5kg on the bar and struggling to squat, like they have elastic bands for quads...get out of my FUCKING SQUAT RACK
too many people. just all of you leave.
>>35819383
NYR here. 11th was scary. I had to wait 13min for a bench.
Its so empty now, feels awesome.
>>35821225
>crossfit
I hear a lot of people shit on crossfit on /fit/, why is that? When I was younger, my Mom tried to get me to join but I never did.
There's a dude in my gym who loads up like 6pl8 on the smith machine and does 1/16 ROM squats every fucking day.
>>35820873
shit man, thats ridiculous
>be me
>jan 1st
>walk up to squat rack
>there's this 13-14 year old kid doing dips on the empty bar in the rack
>tell him that i need to do my set and point to the designated dip station
>mfw he insists on staying put "bcuz straight bar dips work different muscles, bro!"
>see him later doing decline pushups on the bench in the squat rack
I'm glad that he's gone, he stopped coming 2 weeks ago.
>>35821279
>50
holy shit im dying
>>35821127
yesterday i saw a guy DEADLIFTING in a smith machine. fug.
>>35819383
funny thing about this pic, if that fat chick was some hot, in-shape chick or some in-shape guy, nothing would be said. I see most people get on their phones between sets, nobody is constantly pumping iron.
>Asian dude, looks to be in his mid 20s
>Super skinny
>Long greasy black hair in a pony tail
>Wearing dress shoes, oversized jeans and a short sleeved checkered collared shirt
>Has a shaker cup with protein shake clipped to his jeans by a carabiner
>He's doing wrist curls with a preset 20 lb barbell
>>35819566
>telling others the exact amount your going to lift to sound strong when you could just say 'I have 4 sets left'
faggot
>>35821279
>"How many sets do you have left?"
>"50"
Ya just cant make this stuff up, holy keks
>>35821480
That's some Inspector Gadget shit right there. Might be fun to pull that look off in August.
Well there was a bench on the treadmill a couple of weeks ago.
>>35820470
>be me
>have access to only a single 24/7 gym
>5 smith machines
>around 5 of most other machines imaginable
>4 benches
>1 (one) squat rack
I see all these jackassas doing retarded shit like barbell-behind-ass shrugs and deadlifts constantly, and it's always in one of the smith machines. It's gotten to a point where I don't even bat an eye about it anymore. Doing fucking everything in the Smith machine is the norm there, and I have yet to see anyone doing 3pl8 or more on ANY lift. Fuck, I've only seen two other people go over 2.
>>35820470
>tfw I do that
M-my back hurts ;_;
>>35821018
This is how a lot of morons at my gym rack put their weights back on the racks
Why even bother to re-rack a plate if you're gonna do it wrong? Are people this stupid or do they just not care?
>>35821185
Costanza
>>35819383
>Working out with gymbro
>Chest/Triceps day, making all kinds of gains
>Suddenly, THAT guy walks in
>Longpants, Hoodie, Earbuds
>EARBUDS in a gym that already plays music
>Doesnt even change, "gymwear" already on
>Walks straight to the squatrack
>Starts squatting with just the bar (wat)
>Loads a few small plates on
>Does 5 struggling reps
>Sits down, face already red as a tomato
>Sits on his fucking ass for over 2 mins before doing 5 more
>Considers his "set" done, deloads the bar
>Uses the SAME FUCKING BAR to do OHP
>Without clips
>PT at the gym runs over and shows him where the clips are
>Mumbles something about not needing them and reluctantly puts them on
>Gymbro mouths "what the fuck" and just stares
>Mr earbud does the same 5 forced reps
>Panting from less reps than I do as warmup, he deloads the bar again
>Drops it to the floor
>Starts doing deadlifts with THE SAME FUCKING BAR
>Entiregymstaring.jpg
>Hoodieboy does 5 painfully struggling reps and then just gives up
>Deloads the bar
>Walks straight out of the gym
>Doesnt even SHOWER OR CHANGE CLOTHES
>Me and friend are practically in tears
>Mfw his "workout" took less time than our tricep sets
>Mfw this fucktard returns two days later IN THE SAME CLOTHES
Saw him getting weighed at the gym once, he even gained weight lmao
>get in a gym at around midnight/1am
>doing benches and while resting look over to the smith
>tfw kid lying on the floor doing bench presses on smith but without the bench
>i try to contain my laughter but really can't
>>35821681
>THE SAME FUCKING BAR
What kind of gym has bars dedicated to OHPs and Deadlifts?
>>35821681
>EARBUDS in a gym that already plays music
well my gym usually plays really shitty music so when coming alone i always wear earbuds, i don't see any problem there? almost everyone in my gym does that nobody wants to listen to lana del rey and how deep is your love during their sessions
>Doesnt even change, "gymwear" already on
i live practically in the same building as the gym only have to leave the building to enter the gym from antoher door so usually only wear a jacket if that and shoes
>Doesnt even SHOWER OR CHANGE CLOTHES
i don't see how is that problem if he is in the sam situation as i am (see above)
everything else is kek worthy but why do you feel the need to be se condescending to someone only because he is new?
>>35821752
>he's not doing deadlifts with deadlift bar
>i bet he's doing dl's with ezbar
not gonna make it
>>35821681
>Starts squatting with just the bar (wat)
Maybe he's starting stronglifts?
>>35821681
>>PT at the gym runs over and shows him where the clips are
Your gym sounds really faggy anon
>>35821681
my favourite copypasta desu
>>35821711
>not having heard of floor press
lots of people do it in the smith machine if there aren't many power racks
pretty reasonable senpai, not sure if you should be in this thread if you can't recognize a floor press
>>35821752
>>35821765
>>35821772
>>35821783
>not recognizing pasta
>in a thread about NYR
no anon, you are the NYR
>>35821769
>what is an Olympic bar
Unless you're baiting. In which case 5/10
>>35821829
...and then anon was newfag
>>35821752
>>35821765
>>35821772
>>35821783
You guys didn't get it, so I'll explain.
The subject didn't actually do anything wrong
The narrator is showing his ignorance by describing a solid routine, but laughing at it
You guys should probably start SS or SL 5x5 or something
>>35821681
Are you one of the those old fags that like to strut around naked in the lockeroom?
Things I've seen the last few weeks that stick to mind:
>behind the back wrist curls/shrugs on the smith machine
>2 dudes sharing a pair of dumbbells so each have one, bicep curling then moving to the other arm
>women doing leg press by lying down underneath the barbel on the smith machine
>same women then does alternating single leg presses on the pull-up/dip assist machine
>group who get high outside then go in and workout
>group of 4 come in, only 2 of them workout, other 2 just sit on the machines joking around
>seen people work out in dress shirts, trousers, shoes, jeans, safety trousers and steel toe cap safety boots
>back parallel to floor pulldowns on the lat pulldown machine
>sit ups on the lat pulldown machine when we have plenty of incline benches
>guy running on the treadmill barefoot
>weightlifting belt when deadlifting 60kg
>benching without putting the barbell clips so when the guy was benching unevenly, the plates fell off on one side and his spotter nowhere in sight
>one guy sleeping with no shoes on, thought he was homeless at first but then saw he was just charging his phone as I walked past
>a thousand dumbbells dropped on a thousand waterbottles/protein shakers over the weeks. Saw plenty of explosions
February soon so things should calm down.
>>35819821
I know that feel. It used to be 40 dollars a month here in Kelowna BC, but some 15 dollar a month chain opened up down the street from my current gym so they lowered their price to 10 a month. Just wait it out bro
HEY AUSTRIAN ANON SORRY I DIDN'T REPLY ANYMORE, MY MAIL ACCOUNT GOT SUSPENDED.
regards,
that chick from munich, we wanted to meet up. I hope you will stumble upon this
>>35822123
what the fuck
>>35822123
LONDON
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>>35822123
Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?
How to meet munich girls?
>>35821681
NICE COPY PASTA FAGGOT!
>>35821772
its a copy pasta shut the fuck up you filthy indian nigger homo gay ass mom pucker
>>35819751
That's what I see every morning on a good day. I personally spend about ten minutes reracking shit and moving benches every morning because it triggers me. Pics tomorrow. Maybe.
>>35822189
also you're a faggot
I work at the gym, I just kicked a guy out for wearing flip flops while deadlifting. February pls help
>>35819383
I'm a weakling who decided that I wont start gym this January, but I will start on the 7th of feb, my birthday. Can I expect to be treated like the NYR-fags anyway?
>>35821018
>LMAO PLATE
>>35822189
you sound upset, anon. You should calm down :)
>>35822255
fark, 4 plate
>>35819383
>At gym today
>Kid I've never seen before
>Shrugging 1 lmaopl8 in the squat rack
>Starts doing situps
>Starts runs to the other side of the gym and grabs a 20lbs fix weight barbell to do struggling OHP reps with 1/2 ROM
>runs back to squat rack and proceeds to do more situps and crunches
>Finally does another awkward set of shrugs after 5 minutes
We have one fucking squat rack and no power rack. You can fucking shrug ANYWHERE you can place a barbell. Why is the squat rack the light house that guides retards safely to its shores? I can half understand if your doing 3 pl8 and above shrugs and you use the pins but come the fuck on. 135lbs can be picked up off the ground by the average fat american girl.
>>35820257
>perfect since
Sense when bro?
>>35819383
Nothing in particular, just more people getting in the way. It's like the second people enter a gym they lose all sense of spatial awareness. Just standing or sitting around doing nothing, being in the way. Oh yeah why not talk on your phone standing right next to my barbell when I'm doing power cleans, take your time bro
>>35822151
>>35822137
well, we met here and my account got suspended. Maybe he will pick up my message, i would love to hold contact.
>>35822079
whats wrong with sharing dumbbells
>>35822224
You are one of them already,you could have started 30 days ago but you chosed to not do it.
Keep making excuses.
>>35821474
Not really, havent you seen the shit posted about that bitch taking selfies with a dude in the background. Shes hot, but still gets called out for being a retarded hoe wasting space at the gym.
>>35822273
Is shrugging at the squat rack really that big of a deal? I usually do 225 for 4 sets and the fourth set is a drop set. Makes it way easier to take off the weight when you arent worried about shit tipping over.
>fat people doing crossfit in the already cramped weight room
>>35822333
That is the number one method of AIDS transmission among /fit/ males.
>>35819383
I ran into this old ass manlet taking a selfie at my gym, I bet he has never even lifted in his life.
>>35822402
Oh shit I was just going. To post that and that's a iPad anon
>>35822345
Nah not really, it's more about being conscious of the people around you and not being a faggot. We have one squat rack and no power rack. Do your shit and get out or come during a time when there is nobody in there. Instead like 5 people were waiting on this faggot to actually do their squats while he did situps and pretended he was Liu Kang in the middle of a Saturday afternoon. For example, I like to deadlift in our squat rack because below the pins is a basically a bumper that makes loading the bar up easy. I don't do my shit in there when the gym is full. I go to an empty space and use a barbell. Same way I don't use the dumbbells infront of the dumbbell rack.
>>35821109
>not ramping up to working weight for volume
>not warming up slowly to prepare joints
>making it
I saw a guy doing bicep curls on the lat pull down today, was probably the most interesting thing I've seen this year
>>35822487
How does that even work, I could see it being possible to do a triceps pulldown but curl?
>>35820470
Lmao dyel faggot these are a key part of my back workout and my back is extremely impressive
>>35821681
cant believe it took so long for this pasta to appear
>>35821681
>>35819584
If you were serious about making it you wouldn't have waited to make a new years resolution
>>35822508
Post pics and timestamp faggot
>>35822504
He had his back parallel to the floor and his feet over the things that keep your legs down.
Imagine it like a fully horizontal cable row, except it's a bicep curl and he's on the lat pull down.
I should've taken a pic because I don't think there is any way to truly describe it
>Find out an old friend is a NYRer
>Decide to join him the next time he goes to gym
>His workout is an astonishing sight
>5x15 lateral raises using the machine
>5x15 sitting preacher curls
>5x15 pec deck flies
>About 100 crunches and back extensions
>Ask him why he doesn't do any barbell exercises
>"I'm afraid to injure myself"
>Ask him how's he training his legs
>"I don't know yet, I'm training my upper body this month, but Febraury will be exclusively legs month"
>Ask him when's his next session
>"Tomorrow, I like to train 3 days straight and then rest for 4"
I didn't really have a heart to tell him that he's not going to make it.
>>35822669
Wow, I don't even know what to say to that.
>>35820492
>PT is my friend
This reeks of a /k/
>cop is my friend
kind of story.
>>35821279
Your gyms manager is at the gym @ 1-2 am?
>>35822209
sounds glorious desu
Can't wait to be homegym masterrace (or 24 hr empty gym) so I can squat/dl barefoot again
>>35822709
"I don't know yet, I'm training my upper body this month, but Febraury will be exclusively legs month"
TOP KEK
>>35822793
NEVER HEARD SOME SHIT LIKE THAT M8
>>35820460
I seen it too, i was hoping for snap city
>>35822669
Please supply drawing of this.
>>35822412
>that's a iPad anon
That's the joke
My gym is still full of NYRs.
W-What if this is the year the NYRs don't give up /fit/? What if?!
Honestly the worst thing by far is them leaving the gym looking like shit.
I go to a pretty small gym so mess tends to really show. I'm getting bloody sick of finding weights on the other side of the room, mats all over the place, benches moved to every goddamn spot of empty space and most importantly- THEIR FUCKING DIXIE CUPS OF WATER FROM THE FOUNTAIN ALL OVER THE FUCKING FLOOR, FUCK.
I'm getting seriously fucked off with kicking cups all over the place, covering the floor in water because some lardass can't be arsed to put it in one of the 5 bins around the gym. Fuck these people. Fuck them so hard. Yes I'm fucking mad.
>>35822937
Then you give up and make room for the next generation.
>>35820146
God damn ASU...
>>35820481
*bass
ftfy
sorry i have autism
I have a really small shit gym near me which I use
>Working Triceps
>Getting towards a end of my session
>Decide to throw in a few Tricep dips with raised feet
>Get started
>Shit it too easy
>Decide I'll weight it
>There's a guy just standing around
>Ask if he'd put a weight on me
UHHH SURE
>He grabs a Dumbbell
>Tries putting it on me like pic related
>It falls off
>I'm just looking at him
>He tries again
>Falls off
>I ask him to get a plate
UHHH SURE
>Goes at gets a 5kg plate
>Rests it on my knees
>Walks off
>>35819751
>>35822192
>>35820492
Sometimes I see every bar racked with the wonkiest weights like 4 5kg plates and shit like that plus plates just all over the place and some guys actually move benches around the gym from room to room and take them with them and I saw a bench in the cardio area just sitting there and I was wondering what the story behind that bench was.
At first I tried to reorder weights when people clearly put fucking 1,25 kg plates where 20 kg plates are supossed to go but then I gave up but now PTs patrol the gym and rerack weights, they do a shitty job but I can't blame them because they probably have to do it 10 times in an hour.
The weirdest thing I saw was one guy seeing another guy move from the squat rack obviously to take a piss or something and with the intention to come back to lift and he runs to the rack and puts the bar on the safety bars and starts putting on like 3 plates and just does some shrugs for 10 reps with horrible motion and then leaves.
Also one guy putting a bench in front of the squat rack to put all his shit there and starting to do tilted pullups with his heels on the floor and foam on the bar. He then took some dumbells and started doing incline benchpresses with the dumbells and his legs in the air god bless his soul.
>>35819751
>45s on the seated calf raise
No fucks given. That should be the minimum on there at any given time, you might as well weld them in place.
>>35821109
So you think you know programming better than boris sheiko?
>in the gym
>4.30am
>NYR walks in
>skelly, wifebeater, over ears earphones
>sees 3 people there
>facial expression drops
>sits on the couch
>texting 1xF
>leaves
>>35823305
>over ears earphones
Why the fuck would you wear these things while exercising?? Surly the sweat buildup (especially behind the ear) would be horrific.
>3 squat racks in gym
>all 3 in use with me being one of the users
>this annoying ass lanklet goes up to each person in their squat rack and asks them how many sets they have left
>doesn't even wait for them to finish their set and doesn't show the slightest bit of patience and respect
>tell him I have 3 sets left but decide i'll just keep using it till someone else stops because fuck him
You know how some people will help deload the bar when they know you're finished so they can start their shit?
>before even doing that he fucking gets up in some dudes ass while he's squatting and "spots" him showing urgency the entire time
>he eventually gets his squat rack
>loads up 135 to deadlift and just goes ham with an arched back and straight legs
>he's practically doing reverse goodmornings and it's like he's trying to slap the fucking ground with the weights
he hasn't stopped going yet. I've seen him showing people bigger than him appropriate form for curls.
I want to watch him fail on bench press and have the bar fall on his throat.
>>35822402
>>35823344
Is he sucking in his stomach, or is that just what happens when you get old?
>>35823327
i dunno but calum does it so it must not be that bad
https://youtu.be/JBKej6n_A9I?t=2m53s
>>35823344
looks like a frown face
>>35823375
Im gonna say old
I taught some youngins how to squat a few days ago. They were trying to learn because they realized they could bench more than they could squat and thought it was kind of pathetic.
>talk to one of them
>tells me how he's been out of commission for 6 months
>Apparently pulled his back after crappy form
>Tells me he did back hyperextensions prior to squats
>Saw his squat form and it was terrible before I helped him correct it
>It was the perfect storm, no wonder he got a one way ticket to snapcity
>Ask him why he would work his lower back prior to squats
>Tell him you wouldn't work triceps before you do fucking bench
>geewhizcoach.jpg
Not really a good story here, just surprising how little people know about lifting. But it's cool, they're looking to improve and are willing to take the advice to learn, that's what matters.
>>35823335
I fucking hate people like this.
>>35823375
He's old as fuck, eats whatever the fuck he wants like he probably did in his lifting days, doesn't lift anymore, and has had like 2 bypass surgeries. When he was filming the last terminator he would eat shit and smoke cigars all day at the Roosevelt here in New Orleans. This is what happens when you make it and go back.
>>35819383
Pic related
>>35823500
why do people insist on doing that? where do they all keep learning it?
There was a guy walking backwards on the treadmill at an incline about a week ago. Few people were walking past awkwardly looking at him. Haven't seen him since.
>pic related, it's the best angle I could get.
>>35823461
>working triceps before bench
GOTTA GET THAT PRE-EXHAUSTION BRO SO YOU CAN DECAPITATE YOURSELF.
God people are so fucking retarded. I blame a fitness industry full of juice claiming to be natty.
>>35823527
think of it as a tool to filter out the weak and stupid.
>>35823507
see that all the time, and see the walking side stepping, just works glutes more
>>35819584
Anyone who needs January 1st to start getting fit like it's some magical re-try is faggot.
>>35820873
I've never seen anyone use a bench to leg press in the smith machine, but it's a legit exercise...
>>35823507
there are a few high-level skiiers that have recommended doing that as part of their training regiment, looks goofy as hell but a lot of them swear by it since it simulates the stress your legs go through while skiing downhill
>>35823556
>start today, its never too late to make a change
>unless today happens to be Jan 1st, then you are a faggot, and if its Jan 2, 3, 4th etc, you are a lazy faggot.
>NM you're just a faggot who wont make it because of arbitrary reasons.
>>35821387
Crossfit as a whole wasn't too bad when it started. The main issue people had were that they were doing olympic lifts for time. Compound exercises like this are usually done for fairly low reps and at higher weight because it's a coordinated movement that has many physiological points of failure (i.e. nerve and muscles sharting out at multiple joints). The fact most crossfit gyms push their clients into doing more weight than they should and sacrificing proper form is a oneway ticket to fucking your shit up. That's why it started getting shit on by /fit/, but it continues because crossfit comes up with these really asinine and useless workouts on a consistent basis.
I saw a pussypad on the incline bench press
I still have no idea if someone trolled me or unironically did it.
>>35823543
Nature always finds a way.
>>35823577
Yeah that's what it is. Come the fuck on.
>>35823600
I saw it on the smith machine with clips on it once. I wanted to fall on the floor laughing.
>>35822709
>leg month
is this a new facebook meme or what ?
>>35823577
nah you're a faggot who wont make it because you care whether people think you'll make it
90% of people who start lifting will give up and not make it
for NYRs its something like 99%
its just a safe assumption
>>35823506
Crossfit
>>35821765
NYR
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>>35822224
My birthday is then too!
And yeah, you'll probably be treated like a NYR fag. Just don't do asinine exercises and stick to an already established workout routine with minimal modifications. Also, have proper gym etiquette. If you do that, you too can be /fit/.
Oh, and download some tranny porn. But one step at a time.
>>35823437
When did he get those shitty tattoos?
>>35823637
Jokes on you, I started May 1996.
inb4 underage, I was 14 and fat and wanted to be ripped by HS. Mission accomplished.
>>35823527
on a semi-related note my triceps are small as fuck but I have no trouble with the lockout at all. Benching 2pl8 atm and never failed the lockout only time I got close was when I tried out some dropsets.
I never do any isolations for my tris so I am kind of confused because I do some isolations for chest and shoulders but my tris still seem to be stronger on the bench. Is that normal ?
>>35823500
honest question is there any reason to do this instead of squatting or doing the legpress ?
>>35823527
>>35823543
>>35823606
I think it still warrants some warning to them though. Some of them just have no experience with physical activity of any sort and have no one to teach them. It's the ones who act offended when you offer advice and keep doing what they're doing that I have no sympathy for.
>>35819383
I'm more frustrated about the stands in the top right that are resting on the fit ball.
>>35823600
I do that every time dude. It helps to limit the ROM and you can bounce the bar better to get a better 1RM.
>>35821681
Masterful bait. So much in fact, I can't help but admit I haven't seen it before.
>>35823500
>>35823749
Lets girls show off their ass. Same reason they do curls on the lying leg press. They just wanna be distracting.
>>35823732
Do you have high body fat? Maybe they're bigger than you think but no nothing sounds wrong man. Also tris aren't just that ridge you see. Post a picture of it if you want. You're probably not as bad as you think bruh.
>>35823760
thats left not right m8
>>35823710
I think the pics came out around the expendables, dont know if they are real or were for the movie.
>>35823754
Sure warming up is great, but it shouldn't leave the muscles tired. I mean if you want to warm up for bench, do warm up sets of bench. Don't go trying to hit your max on a triceps pull down for 15 minutes before hand.
Not NYR'r, a few months back some hormonal retard was politikin the deadlift platform like he was some boss. He had some mass, around 6', and was deading some weight....in his sox.
The platform is the wood paneling that a D-1 college b-ball court is like and this keeps grunting and getting pumped and you could here him talking to his buddy on the phone about PR's. One soft sock slipping away from career ending back injury....haven't seen jerky tits since.
>TLDR Only two instances where you don't where sox bros, sex and DLs.
>>35823780
So you're half-repping?
>>35820281
I kept seeing a bunch of "get fit for the new year" and "new year new you" crap on the news a lot.
A lot of the people haven't left during certain times which sucks because when I'd get off work and head out to the gym at 7 it'd be pretty empty, now I can't get a decent hour long workout in when I usually can get 2 hours in no problem.
>>35822079
>sit ups on the lat pulldown machine when we have plenty of incline benches
>sit ups on incline benches
>sharing dumbbells for concentration curls not the right way
>>35823803
Look fuck off mate, Kindergarten was a tough couple of years for me.
>>35822123
MUNICH
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>Mcfit am Europapark?
>>35820470
>i do this
also used to squat because my gym doesn't have a squat rack
>>35823849
nah, derzeit kein fitness. In meiner Nähe gibt es keines und ich bin derzeit eine faule Nudel.
Im Laufe des Jahres schaffe ich mir aber Gewichte an, Kraftsport fände ich neben Cardio total interessant.
have a good one, anon.
I once saw this conversation ensue
>Friend and I walk into gym, and scan our cards. Gym staff have discovered that by placing scanners on counter, their workload decreases by 99%.
>Guy is at the front counter, and asks if he can walk around
>Staff asks if he wants a tour
>Says no, just wants to check the place out
>Guy is already in work out attire
>Gym staff inform him that they can't let him do that unless he has a pass (you can get free passes online for a week)
>Tells them that he's not going to work out, he just wants to check out everything.
>They tell him no again
>He gets pissy and he tells them that just lost a customer
>Staff has been ramping up security because of some Korean guy that passes out pamphlets about Christianity, so good on them that they kept the riff raff out.
>Korean guy still gets in, no one knows how the fuck he keeps sneaking in.
>>35823789
well kinda high bf, currently around 17-18%. I guess they are probably allright but honestly compared to my biceps they are pretty shitty. Maybe I cant really judge it because of my bf% because they seem to be strong enough
>>35820460
I always see women squat on that half ball thing upside down while squatting with dumb bells.
>>35822402
Even the humongous watch complements this meme.
>>35823895
>Staff has been ramping up security because of some Korean guy that passes out pamphlets about Christianity
TOP KEK
>>35819964
Where?? Is there one around Thornhill/Vaughan?
>>35822079
>2 dudes sharing a pair of dumbbells so each have one, bicep curling then moving to the other arm
>women doing leg press by lying down underneath the barbel on the smith machine
That sounds erotic.
>>35822123
teigan?
>>35823170
I know it beats me how people can just leave shit wherever they please, especially when it's blatantly in the way. The people that come in when I do aren't half bad, it's just they don't bother to tidy little shit up around them even when it's obviously impacting their workouts. I moved 5 benches away from the racks this morning (in the middle of a walk way). Two of them were pic related
>>35822076
Although you're responding to copy-pasta, I must admit this is the reason I never change or shower at the gym.
Changing rooms are also almost universally disgusting, especially at gyms with a pool. Fuck knows what shit you're going to catch off the floor. I feel sick just thinking about it.
>>35821681
Reminds me of this classic
Guy takes four Dumbbells and makes two little towers out of them stacking them vertically. Puts a medicine ball on top of each. Struggling for balance he gets his feet on the back on, then his hand on the front dumbbell/medicine ball tower and starts doing diamond push-ups. Blocking the dumbbell racks the whole time and occasionally toppelling his towers.
>>35822209
I've never understood this. Happened all the time in my last gym, and it was always huge bouncer/gangster/drug dealer types.
Guys who were genuinely well built and could haul some impressive weight, but they insisted on wearing flip-flops.
Obviously no-one questioned them.
>>35822402
For a guy who's nearly 70, he's still pretty impressive.
>>35823917
Your biceps are much more visible because they bulge when you contract your arm. I'm sure your fine man. Just keep making gains.
>>35821681
>he doesn't listen to his own music
Gyms often play horse shit music
>>35821076
>exercise science degree
>other people are stupid
>>35823016
FUCKING THIS.
>go to relatively small gym attached to hotel
>not great, but it does the job
>part of leisure centre, so plenty of families have memberships to use the pool, eat/drink in the bar, etc
>their teenage/"young adult" kids (around the 16-22 range) use the gym to take advantage of mummy and daddy's membership
>bro-science and fucking around talking rather than actual lifting galore
>hardcore lesbian PT works there
>she's just tidied up about 8pm on a Sunday night
>4 bros come in, make a mess, do very little actual lifting, leave after about half an hour, leaving dumbells, bars, ropes, etc all over the floor,
>lesbian comes in, sees mess
>screams "FOR FUCKS SAKE! YOU FUCKING CUNTS" and throws 40kg (80lb) across the gym where it smashes into a pl8 stand
>fortunately I'm the only other person in there
>rant with her about how these kids are just spoilt cunts
>quickly finish my sets, tidy up my shit very carefully
>still a little bit scared of her.
>>35819584
Good but it's February man, you didn't do anything spectacular.
Keep going and stop being a faggot.
>>35824230
>being scared of a chick
dyle faggot
>>35824254
>20 stone dyke
>chick
Pick one.
Dragging an incline bench from the free weights area all of the way across the gym to do 3 x 10 incline bench with one 10lb pl8 on each side in the smith machine.
>>35819584
Keep going so you can laugh with us next year.
>>35823864
you need to leave that place anon
>guy sitting on incline taking snap chat of my KFC™ chicken legs
>stands up
>5'5 at most
when
will
yeht
learn
>>35820230
Don't listen to this fag. You can do it.
>>35819821
It's 95/month at the cheapest here, figured I was better off investing in home gym equipment
>>35824581
>>35821681
I hate this. It's NOT FUCKING BAIT. IT'S JUST A FUNNY PASTA. WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP BITING IT.
>>35819383
I am not sure about form and left the machine after getting scared of messing myself up.
>>35822709
TELL HIM
He will thank you later.
>>35824610
>He just happens to hit the one piece of rock sticking out of the smooth wall.
That is unlucky right there.
>>35820925
Dude, go to a goodlife. Its like 50 bucks a month, most are 24 hours. and you can go to any goodlife.
>Working out with Rippbro
>Legs/Lower back day, making all kinds of strength
>Suddenly, THAT guy walks in
>shorts, tank, gloves
>GLOVES in a gym that already has chalk
>Goes into locker room and changes into NEW tank and shorts
>Walks straight to the dumbells
>Starts curling with more momentum than a bullet
>goes to 5 pounds
>Does 50 struggling reps
>Sits down, starts texting
>Sits on his fucking ass for over 10 mins before doing 50 more
>Considers his "set" done, goes to bench
>Uses the BAR ON THE BENCH TO DO CURLS
>10lb with clips
>Powerlifter goes over and explains bench press
>Mumbles something about big arms and needing to do more curls
>Ripptoe mouths "what the fuck" and just stares
>Mr dyel does the same 50 easy reps
>Panting from more reps than I do as a workout, he deloads the bar again
>Drops it to the floor
>Starts doing tricep extensions with THE SAME FUCKING BAR
>Entiregymstaring.jpg
>tankboy does 50 easystruggling reps and then just gives up
>Deloads the bar
>Goes to locker room
>TAKES A HOUR LONG SHOWER
>Me and friend are practically in tears
>Mfw his "workout" took more time than SL
>Mfw this fucktard returns two days later IN THE SAME CLOTHES
Saw him getting weighed at the gym once, he even LOST weight lmao
>>35822471
>using more than 3 sets to warm up for working sets
Stay forever weak
>>35819383
Most of january has been pretty quiet at my guym, but yesterday something pretty funny happened.
>me and buddy just finishing up squats and getting ready to go bench (Madcow faggot)
>one bench has DYEl-er benching 95#
>The other bench has a massive SOA looking motherfucker with 2.5 plates on each side
>Gets psyched up, hits himself int he face a few times to activate his muscles
>Jumps up onto bench
>unracks weight
>starts doing deficit deadlifts
Didn't even know how to react senpai
>>35821681
This made me really self-conscious until I realized it's a well executed troll. Well meme'd.
>>35820470
The first day I joined the gym I squatted at the smith machine. Couldn't find the squat rack...
I don't even understand how it works. You're not even lifting anything on it
>>35824814
How new are you?
>>35823895
Can't flim flom the ching chong
