Comments on: Don’t be this Gym Guy/Gal…..Please!! http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/2009/03/04/gym-guygalplease/ No Diets, No Cardio, No Excuses Sat, 20 Mar 2010 09:49:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: JOn http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/2009/03/04/gym-guygalplease/comment-page-1/#comment-12606 JOn Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:15:55 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=5316#comment-12606 Jane: The guy may have been doing one of several different deadlifting techniques: rack pulls, halting deadlifts or Romanian deadlifts come to mind. They can all be as bad( good!) as normal ground based DL's. My favorite part of starting out at a new gym is converting the squat rack back to it main function. The Bia's & Tri's club and espiaeslly the 'Mayor' of the gym( every gym has one: always there day or night. Mullet. fanny pack with something unknown in there, Big arms...nothing else and 1/4 ROM on the squat) start giving wide berths to the squat rack once they see someone doing 'ass-to-grass' squats. The weight is really irrelevant but for some reason everyone knows who-is-who in the zoo once squats are done properly. Thats when they get some extra arm curls in...chisel that peak! Jane: The guy may have been doing one of several different deadlifting techniques: rack pulls, halting deadlifts or Romanian deadlifts come to mind. They can all be as bad( good!) as normal ground based DL’s.

My favorite part of starting out at a new gym is converting the squat rack back to it main function. The Bia’s & Tri’s club and espiaeslly the ‘Mayor’ of the gym( every gym has one: always there day or night. Mullet. fanny pack with something unknown in there, Big arms…nothing else and 1/4 ROM on the squat) start giving wide berths to the squat rack once they see someone doing ‘ass-to-grass’ squats. The weight is really irrelevant but for some reason everyone knows who-is-who in the zoo once squats are done properly. Thats when they get some extra arm curls in…chisel that peak!

]]> By: rb http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/2009/03/04/gym-guygalplease/comment-page-1/#comment-7738 rb Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:19:51 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=5316#comment-7738 The Talker I hate to talk in the gym. Shut the F up and leave me alone. The Talker
I hate to talk in the gym. Shut the F up and leave me alone.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/2009/03/04/gym-guygalplease/comment-page-1/#comment-6751 Sarah Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:25:10 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=5316#comment-6751 I hate mobile phone people! Flexing in front of the mirror is not attractive. I like it when a guy looks like he's into his workout, not just posing. Hot gymwear: toplessness I hate mobile phone people!
Flexing in front of the mirror is not attractive. I like it when a guy looks like he’s into his workout, not just posing.
Hot gymwear: toplessness

]]> By: ChiChi http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/2009/03/04/gym-guygalplease/comment-page-1/#comment-6355 ChiChi Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:48:17 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=5316#comment-6355 ha ha - I so enjoyed this article. The guys at my gym are actually pretty good, but yesterday I saw a man put his leg way up on a machine to stretch. Pretty impressive, wait, no, it was icky...go to ballet class...plus, he was wearing shorts....ewwww. One thing that annoys me, tho, is when people are doing something like flies or curls right next to a bench (when there is plenty of open space to choose from). You sit down on the bench to do a bench thing, and they look at you like you're in *their* way. All our dumbbells are right up next to the mirror. Lots of guys will stand right in front of the dumbbell racks and mirror to do something so you can't get a weight out. Oh, wait, one more.... How 'bout the people who take a plate from where you're working - say the squat cage or I've even had this happen when I was benchpressing - say, buddy, thanks for distracting me while I'm in mid-squat! And...I might have needed that plate! Always ask! And *after* the person's lift! But I actually love the gym - if it weren't for these goofballs, how would I people watch? ;) ha ha – I so enjoyed this article. The guys at my gym are actually pretty good, but yesterday I saw a man put his leg way up on a machine to stretch. Pretty impressive, wait, no, it was icky…go to ballet class…plus, he was wearing shorts….ewwww.

One thing that annoys me, tho, is when people are doing something like flies or curls right next to a bench (when there is plenty of open space to choose from). You sit down on the bench to do a bench thing, and they look at you like you’re in *their* way.

All our dumbbells are right up next to the mirror. Lots of guys will stand right in front of the dumbbell racks and mirror to do something so you can’t get a weight out.

Oh, wait, one more….

How ’bout the people who take a plate from where you’re working – say the squat cage or I’ve even had this happen when I was benchpressing – say, buddy, thanks for distracting me while I’m in mid-squat! And…I might have needed that plate! Always ask! And *after* the person’s lift!

But I actually love the gym – if it weren’t for these goofballs, how would I people watch? ;)

]]> By: MellyMel http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/2009/03/04/gym-guygalplease/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 MellyMel Wed, 06 May 2009 16:44:19 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=5316#comment-1925 LOL love this article - my gym has an avid body builder or two who will walk to the wall mirror and admire themselves UP CLOSE between sets...occassionally glancing over at others in the gym to see if they notice whatever it is these lads are checking out. Sometimes when I'm on the treadmill I'm very tempted to say something demeaning like, "Nice pecs but uh, the legs need more work don't you think?!" just so they'd get back to working out instead of admiring themselves in the mirror! LOL love this article – my gym has an avid body builder or two who will walk to the wall mirror and admire themselves UP CLOSE between sets…occassionally glancing over at others in the gym to see if they notice whatever it is these lads are checking out. Sometimes when I’m on the treadmill I’m very tempted to say something demeaning like, “Nice pecs but uh, the legs need more work don’t you think?!” just so they’d get back to working out instead of admiring themselves in the mirror!

]]> By: Grunter, Sweater, weight dropper http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/2009/03/04/gym-guygalplease/comment-page-1/#comment-1924 Grunter, Sweater, weight dropper Tue, 05 May 2009 23:39:20 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=5316#comment-1924 There's one more personality that you will find at the gym. The Whiner. After having his/her latte in the morning, they arrive at the gym and proceed to do their workout, however with only medium effort. They disapprove of lifters who are a bit too loud or sweaty, as it is obvious they are putting in effort. If they see someone who is only working out mildly or untraditionally, they will criticize him snidely to others, without realizing that just being in the gym that person is improving his health. Then, to top it off, they go and write comments on the internet to advertise just how whiny they can be. The Whiner. There’s one more personality that you will find at the gym. The Whiner. After having his/her latte in the morning, they arrive at the gym and proceed to do their workout, however with only medium effort. They disapprove of lifters who are a bit too loud or sweaty, as it is obvious they are putting in effort. If they see someone who is only working out mildly or untraditionally, they will criticize him snidely to others, without realizing that just being in the gym that person is improving his health. Then, to top it off, they go and write comments on the internet to advertise just how whiny they can be. The Whiner.

]]> By: sanjeev bhadresa http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/2009/03/04/gym-guygalplease/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 sanjeev bhadresa Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:14:00 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=5316#comment-1808 An excellent reminder of why I don't workout in a public gym! An excellent reminder of why I don’t workout in a public gym!

]]> By: Ased http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/2009/03/04/gym-guygalplease/comment-page-1/#comment-1658 Ased Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:52:41 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=5316#comment-1658 What about the "Build your own gym"-guy? Becaus it is always a guy. Who always seems to build their own equipment from whatever is at hand. They never use the machine that does the particular motion they need - because machines are for beginners. What about the “Build your own gym”-guy? Becaus it is always a guy. Who always seems to build their own equipment from whatever is at hand. They never use the machine that does the particular motion they need – because machines are for beginners.

]]> By: Alfie Moor http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/2009/03/04/gym-guygalplease/comment-page-1/#comment-1657 Alfie Moor Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:45:30 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=5316#comment-1657 Upright rows, curls and surgs with weights lighter than the fixed weight bars elsewhere in the gym are common abuses in the squat rack. Really, this should be number one on this list. It displaces people who want to use equipment correctly and promotes this behavior in neophytes. I like guys who wear belts for machine use. Good stuff. At least they are only messing with themselves. Upright rows, curls and surgs with weights lighter than the fixed weight bars elsewhere in the gym are common abuses in the squat rack. Really, this should be number one on this list. It displaces people who want to use equipment correctly and promotes this behavior in neophytes.
I like guys who wear belts for machine use. Good stuff. At least they are only messing with themselves.

]]> By: Weekend Link Love http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/2009/03/04/gym-guygalplease/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 Weekend Link Love Sun, 15 Mar 2009 17:09:37 +0000 http://www.fitnessspotlight.com/?p=5316#comment-1655 [...] The Grunter, the no-wiper, the bluetooth person. These are just a few of the eccentrics who frequent most gyms. Life Spotlight covers the rudest, most ridiculous, most outlandish, and yet most common gym habits. So read up, and don’t be one of these guys/gals. [...] [...] The Grunter, the no-wiper, the bluetooth person. These are just a few of the eccentrics who frequent most gyms. Life Spotlight covers the rudest, most ridiculous, most outlandish, and yet most common gym habits. So read up, and don’t be one of these guys/gals. [...]

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