Gym Manners

Siji · Post by **Siji** » February 18, 2004, 3:10 pm

New pet peeve that I'd only heard about until today..

If you're at the gym, be there to work out. Don't be there to sit on a fucking exercise machine chatting with your equally moronic associates for five minutes between each of your ultra hard sets of 2 or 3 reps.. that you're also chatting your way through. Muscles don't spontaneously sprout in your body just because your lazy ignorant ass is seated on an exercise machine. You have to use it, not just touch it. And when you're prancing through the gym in shiny new Reebok nylon threads that have never seen a drop of sweat, and your 5 gold chains hanging around your neck, don't think you're impressing the girls. Trust me, you're not. You're a geek and you should just skip the gym and head back to Olive Garden and get your all you can eat pasta bowl.

Aslanna · Post by **Aslanna** » February 18, 2004, 3:15 pm

Olive Garden has some good salad!

Kwonryu DragonFist · February 18, 2004, 3:21 pm

Siji!

http://www.virtualbodybuilder.com/default.asp?ref=665

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » February 18, 2004, 3:27 pm

Dude.. I love the never ending pasta bowl

Canelek · Post by **Canelek** » February 18, 2004, 4:40 pm

My pasta is better than anything they can come up with!! Then again, they don't use Dave's Insanity Sauce in theirs!

My food is so hot that children and small people are instantly vaporized.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » February 18, 2004, 4:44 pm

Most of the places like LA Fitness promote themselves as social gathering centers.

I blame those scrunchy socks women wore with workout outfits in the 80's!

Gurugurumaki · Post by **Gurugurumaki** » February 18, 2004, 4:46 pm

I worked out last night and there were these two chicks in new work out gear sitting on one machine talking their feking head off, but not using the machine. I kindly went up to the two and asked if I could jump in, in between their mythical sets. They said they were finishing up, and two minutes later they left. I bet they feel good in spirit for driving to the gym and taking up space...too bad you actually need to do something, to make it count. Damn fat asses.

Sirensa · Post by **Sirensa** » February 18, 2004, 4:50 pm

Canelek wrote:My pasta is better than anything they can come up with!! Then again, they don't use Dave's Insanity Sauce in theirs! My food is so hot that children and small people are instantly vaporized.

Yeah but you don't come over and cook for us. What the fuck is up with that?! ;(

Zamtuk · Post by **Zamtuk** » February 18, 2004, 5:08 pm

I always talk in between sets with my friends. There is some downtime between bench sets, so why not talk to your friends. I go to the gym with about 3 other people, so we always talk. But we go to a gym big enough with more than one bench or more than one of any machine. Maybe if you work out solo I could see the problem.

Arundel Pajo · Post by **Arundel Pajo** » February 18, 2004, 5:09 pm

Solution: Find a smaller gym. A neighborhood gym.

Since I live in a college town, it seemed for a while that every gym I tried was simply a spawning pool for fratty guys and over-tanned bimbettes. Finally I found a tiny, small, sole-proprietorship neighborhood gym.

All the guys (and women) that work out there are late 20's-early 40's bodybuilding types. No flirting, no chatting, everybody here means business, and they're all as friendly as can be to newcomers...no egos.

For the first time ever, I don't hate going to the gym - and I'm actually sticking to a workout routine as a result of it!

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » February 18, 2004, 5:40 pm

There goes my "Muscle by Osmosis" plan. shit.

Seebs · Post by **Seebs** » February 18, 2004, 6:26 pm

Slim Jim Manners:

Break off a piece and share before your fucking Maw chews on the end of the meat rod.

Thanks.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » February 18, 2004, 6:35 pm

Is it bad manners to masturbate while watching girls are using the leg abductor machine?

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » February 18, 2004, 6:37 pm

just dont block the mirror

Xzion · Post by **Xzion** » February 18, 2004, 6:55 pm

I usually like going to the gym by myself, and i totally agree. Nothing pisses me off more then those two 25 year old 195lb chicks that converse inbetween the two reps that they do half ass.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » February 18, 2004, 7:21 pm

I do my weights at gold's gym and I wish I had that problem. Most of the guys that go there pretty much do 1 rep of the absolute heaviest they can do and then run to one of the mirrors and flex to see if they've gotten any bigger. Anyone who comes within 700 miles of "their" weight set (much less a girl) and they hulk out in their steroid induced temper tantrums and start throwing cars and fruitopia vending machines around. Even if the machine is unoccupied you have to look around to make sure no one is posing in the mirror and expecting no one to touch their shit for the hour+ they are away from it.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » February 18, 2004, 7:26 pm

kyoukan wrote:I do my weights at gold's gym and I wish I had that problem. Most of the guys that go there pretty much do 1 rep of the absolute heaviest they can do and then run to one of the mirrors and flex to see if they've gotten any bigger. Anyone who comes within 700 miles of "their" weight set (much less a girl) and they hulk out in their steroid induced temper tantrums and start throwing cars and fruitopia vending machines around. Even if the machine is unoccupied you have to look around to make sure no one is posing in the mirror and expecting no one to touch their shit for the hour+ they are away from it.

It's funny because it's true.

TheDarkreigns · Post by **TheDarkreigns** » February 18, 2004, 8:01 pm

I agree with zamtuk whenever I go at night after work....In between reps I'm always talking to my friends. I always take small breaks in between reps for all exercise machines/doing free weights.

Kwonryu DragonFist · February 18, 2004, 10:58 pm

kyoukan wrote:I do my weights at gold's gym and I wish I had that problem. Most of the guys that go there pretty much do 1 rep of the absolute heaviest they can do and then run to one of the mirrors and flex to see if they've gotten any bigger. Anyone who comes within 700 miles of "their" weight set (much less a girl) and they hulk out in their steroid induced temper tantrums and start throwing cars and fruitopia vending machines around. Even if the machine is unoccupied you have to look around to make sure no one is posing in the mirror and expecting no one to touch their shit for the hour+ they are away from it.

What Gold's Gym you training at Kyo?

Seen any pros train there?

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » February 19, 2004, 12:28 am

I'm going to go out on a limb and say she see's professional jackasses. Just because some schmuck who can't even wipe his own ass spends 8 hours a day in the gym fantacizing that they can pull a train w/ their teeth, doesn't mean the rest of humanity has to sit there and wait for kidney failure01 to finish staring his own forehead veins just to work in a couple of sets

Deneve · Post by **Deneve** » February 19, 2004, 12:59 am

Canelek wrote:My pasta is better than anything they can come up with!! Then again, they don't use Dave's Insanity Sauce in theirs! My food is so hot that children and small people are instantly vaporized.

Yes! Adding hot sauce is an improvement on just about every dish imaginable...

Sanaelya · Post by **Sanaelya** » February 19, 2004, 1:29 am

heh.. yea i was at the gym here today workin out and some wankers were screwing around on the bench and they were over watching the college mens team practice so i was like ok whatever, and started setting up the bench for my own use and they turned around when they heard me and said, hey , we're still using that, i was like wtf?

well i said ok fine, go ahead, then they proceeded to do one set and walk back over and watch basketball for 5 more mins before they finally went back and did their final sets

i hate that shit

Asheran Mojomaster · February 19, 2004, 1:52 am

I've never had this problem, but I guess its because the gym I go to is a small one owned by a couple in their late 40s \ early 50s (and both in great shape of course). Mostly either people working hard to get into shape, or hardcore people who go every day and can bench like 700.

I'm one of the first atm, its hard as hell to get your muscles to start building after 5 years of sitting on your ass playing EQ all your free time (though, I can see a huge difference over when I started like 10 months ago).

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » February 19, 2004, 5:33 am

I go to a Gold's in surrey outside vancouver 4 days a week. I don't any famous bodybuilders go there but there are few power lifters. I see Kurt Russell there sometimes though. Gold's is kind of crappy now because its all ruined by muscleheads; I just go to it because its the only gym close to my house that still has freeweights.

Siji · Post by **Siji** » February 19, 2004, 9:35 am

kyoukan wrote:I go to a Gold's in surrey outside vancouver 4 days a week. I don't any famous bodybuilders go there but there are few power lifters. I see Kurt Russell there sometimes though. Gold's is kind of crappy now because its all ruined by muscleheads; I just go to it because its the only gym close to my house that still has freeweights.

The Gold's that I used to go to here didn't have that problem, although I'm sure there are many that do.. The Lifestyles I go to now though seems to have attracted the more.. uh.. less dedicated types. And this being so close to 'New Years Resolution' time, I'm still waiting for the people that join a gym every January and finally taper out and quit by March or April.

The 'local gym' idea would be great if they had showers. Since I workout during my lunch hour, I need to be able to clean up before getting back to work. I've yet to see a 'small' gym have showers and such and I don't live close enough to work to make two stops.

Gurugurumaki · Post by **Gurugurumaki** » February 19, 2004, 10:39 am

Sionistic wrote:just dont block the mirror

Now that is true. I love the guys that stand 15 feet from the mirror and expect you to walk all the way around the gym. Then when you walk in front of them, they are like wtf? Or the assclowns that block the dumbbells, GAWD I love gym drama.

masteen · Post by **masteen** » February 19, 2004, 5:43 pm

Gurugurumaki wrote:
Sionistic wrote:just dont block the mirror
Now that is true. I love the guys that stand 15 feet from the mirror and expect you to walk all the way around the gym. Then when you walk in front of them, they are like wtf? Or the assclowns that block the dumbbells, GAWD I love gym drama.

Yeah, I love the cats who drag the 150 lbs. dumbells to the middle of the rack where the weights that everyone else uses are, and then gets all pissy when we're around his area.

Arundel Pajo · Post by **Arundel Pajo** » February 19, 2004, 7:11 pm

Siji wrote:The 'local gym' idea would be great if they had showers. Since I workout during my lunch hour, I need to be able to clean up before getting back to work. I've yet to see a 'small' gym have showers and such and I don't live close enough to work to make two stops.

Yeah, that's true - I shower at home afterwards.

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » February 19, 2004, 7:45 pm

kyoukan wrote:I go to a Gold's in surrey outside vancouver 4 days a week. I don't any famous bodybuilders go there but there are few power lifters. I see Kurt Russell there sometimes though. Gold's is kind of crappy now because its all ruined by muscleheads; I just go to it because its the only gym close to my house that still has freeweights.

Does Kurt Russell still have a mullet?

Kwonryu DragonFist · February 19, 2004, 8:01 pm

kyoukan wrote:I go to a Gold's in surrey outside vancouver 4 days a week. I don't any famous bodybuilders go there but there are few power lifters. I see Kurt Russell there sometimes though. Gold's is kind of crappy now because its all ruined by muscleheads; I just go to it because its the only gym close to my house that still has freeweights.

Ah Canada! I thought you trained in US!

Snake Plissken is cool though!

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » February 19, 2004, 11:00 pm

Lalanae wrote:Does Kurt Russell still have a mullet?

no, but there is mullet potential there if he cut the front of it short.

he has really gorgeous hair, but he always styles it badly.

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » February 20, 2004, 3:29 am

kyoukan wrote:
Lalanae wrote:Does Kurt Russell still have a mullet?
no, but there is mullet potential there if he cut the front of it short.

he has really gorgeous hair, but he always styles it badly.

Well, you know he's a swinger right? You got a shot!

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » February 20, 2004, 12:40 pm

Lalanae wrote:
kyoukan wrote:
Lalanae wrote:Does Kurt Russell still have a mullet?
no, but there is mullet potential there if he cut the front of it short.

he has really gorgeous hair, but he always styles it badly.
Well, you know he's a swinger right? You got a shot!

*puke*

Lalanae · Post by **Lalanae** » February 20, 2004, 1:34 pm

Stragi wrote:
Lalanae wrote:
kyoukan wrote:
Lalanae wrote:Does Kurt Russell still have a mullet?
no, but there is mullet potential there if he cut the front of it short.

he has really gorgeous hair, but he always styles it badly.
Well, you know he's a swinger right? You got a shot!
*puke*

don't lie. You'd hit it. You told me so.

Pilsburry · Post by **Pilsburry** » February 26, 2004, 11:28 pm

I go to Gold's also. As a matter of fact I just got back and I still have to shower.

There are some pretty big dudes there, a few with mullets hehe. A couple look like actors I've seen in movies (but not famous actors).

Noone here has a temper though. I have yet to see anyone say a word to anyone.....then again I stay away from free weights. I don't have the time for all that set-up BS.

Amd especially not right now because my shoulder is fucked up (skiing accident) and I'd prefer not to drop weights on myself.

Kwonryu DragonFist · February 27, 2004, 8:39 am

Haha we have all kinds of people here at my gym!

Teenagers sitting at a machine talking on their cellphones

Oldies

The disco-team(only training chest and biceps for teh disco!) and some of them train with their normal clothes on and then go straight from the gym to the disco! LOL hey there sweatypie!

Powerlifters (Who cares about burning fat? Lift as much as possible is the goal!)

-

It's a nice gym though, everyone knows everyone!

It happens that you chat for a while (quite a long while) with some of the peeps before or after your workout, occupying a bench or two!

We dont have any peeps with 5 gold chains though!