Funny things at the gym

[Tiare]

OK, I haven't seen any funny things at the gym lately, please someone post something I need my fix of stupidity!

[raniali]

ooooh - I got one!

Some big, fluffy, bloated powerlifter type who (as rumor has it) wants to become a pro-wrestler thought he was macho man last week and stacked 1/2 ton (1000 pounds!!) on the hack squat. Gathering 2 spotters, wrapping his knees with a thousand feet of bandages...he proceeds to do ONE rep....which actually turned out to be 1/4 of ONE rep. I realized he had positioned the 2 spotters in such a fashion that they could evenly push his weight for him, which was evidenced by their grunting, sweating and turning red.

Can SOMEONE, ANYONE tell me the point of this exercise in stupidity?!?!?!

I'd be more impressed with 500 pounds and good solid reps.

[ElPietro]

Me trying to do 185 on single arm ez-curl rows, especially on the left side.

[David]

see this all the time...dude loads up the bar for bench press with like 300lbs and then his friend spots him...on every single rep!

[GIS]

This scrawny cross country looking guy (no offense to cross country runners) who would follow each rep of whatever he was doing with a loud, gym rattling "PSSHHHHH!!!!" exhale. "Pssshhh... psshhhh.. pssshh" he would go while doing a set of 8 curls with 40 pounds. The whole gym stops and watches the guy... it's annoying has hell but hilarious at the same time.

He must have a good 6 pack from it though.

[Relentless]

Originally posted by ElPietro
Me trying to do 185 on single arm ez-curl rows, especially on the left side.

I disagree. Seeing you haul up what, 165/175 when you were working out at my gym? That wasn't funny, that was awe-inspiring.

And ya might as well call them Belial Rows. It's easier to type, despite whatever swelling this might cause to meat-filled heads.

[Tryska]

baha..i got one..it had me crackin up the other day.......

there's this old indian guy that comes in to workout....and he's got the bggest, roundest belly i've ever seen. he wears these short white tennis short, and his t-shirt tucked into them. he also alway s bring his towel with him....

well anyways, the other day i saw him in the mirror and he had the towel tucked into the neck of his t-shirt, but from the angle i saw it it looked like a cape, and he was doing front raises with like 5 lb dumbbells.

it just struck me as hilarious, and i know i shouldn't laugh, cuz he's well into his 60s and trying to get fit and all, but he just struck me as some sort of f*cked up superhero.


oh this other time, there was this guy at the lat pulldown machine but he wasn't doing latt pulldowns. he was standing up and straddlign the sat, and pushing the bar down with all his weight on tip toes.....it wasn't a tricep extension...it wasn't areverse curl....it wasn't a pullover.

the best we could figure was he was practicing for one of those manual railcar thignies.

that was pretty funny.

[Goin_Big]

The jackass that wore sandals to lift weights and was surprised when he almost dropped a weight on his toes.......fuckin idiot

And me trying to deadlift, that's one hell of a funny sight

[Orange357]

look at my journal..everyonce in a while i have one

[gympunk]

The stupidest thing ever happened to me like 5 years ago when I 1st started lifting...I was doing weighted pull ups & the belt wasn't tight enuff & crashed off with a huge clang... along with my shorts, so there I was hanging in my jockstrap!! Lots of laughs & applause!

[GIS]

Originally posted by gympunk
The stupidest thing ever happened to me like 5 years ago when I 1st started lifting...I was doing weighted pull ups & the belt wasn't tight enuff & crashed off with a huge clang... along with my shorts, so there I was hanging in my jockstrap!! Lots of laughs & applause!

LOL... glad I wasn't there to see that!

That's hilarious though, and it's good to see you have a good enough sense of humor to tell everybody. Off topic, I need to get myself a weighted belt for dips but I'll make sure to tie my shorts on nice and snug-like.

[Relentless]

Originally posted by Tryska
it just struck me as hilarious, and i know i shouldn't laugh, cuz he's well into his 60s and trying to get fit and all, but he just struck me as some sort of f*cked up superhero.

LOL. That reminds me of a scene in a little known movie called Jeffrey, which is basically about "Jeffery, a young gay man in New York, decides that sex is too much and decided to become celibate. He immediately meets the man of his dreams and must decide whether or not love is worth the danger of a boyfriend dying. "

Neat movie, even for non-poofs.

ANYWAY, my point (and I do have one) is that one of the funniest scenes is when Patrick Stewart (who plays an aging gay sugar-daddy type with an acerbic wit and impeccable fashion sense) [puts on a red shawl over his outfit and vogues a bit in a mirror, then asks his companions] "Can I do this, or will I look like some sort of gay superhero?"

Long setup for a short joke, but I was stricken with paroyxsms of snickers when you made the superhero comment and I was immediately reminded of Jeffrey.

[Natural Animal]

WTF shut up poof

This isn't funny it's just very very stupid. This 65-70 year old guy with parkinsons (full shakes), comes in hits the bench and stacks up 95 kg, unracks it and the thing just crashes to his chest.


The funny part is that the stupid old coot put the safety pad on the bar immediately before attempting this exercise in stupidity. I have no idea what he was trying to achieve and dont think he did either.

The poor bastard was lying there when a gym guy went over and gave him a hand.


....probably funny to some ppl if you evil

[RussianRocket]

This didnt' really happen in teh gym club but anywayz. I was playing flag football at school. The ball got handed off to me so i ran my ass off got around 5 guys like nothin when one dude grabbed my tear-away's and they tore away. There was a ton of laughs. IT was fun

[GIS]

Originally posted by Natural Animal
. I have no idea what he was trying to achieve and dont think he did either.

Maybe he was ready to move onto the next life and the guy who helped him thwarted his atttempt.

[Savannah]

Well the thing that sticks out the most in my mind to this day, is something that occurred a few years back. i was training at a different gym and there was this overly masculine she male that worked out at the same time as me. Anyways, every day this thing would start off her session with DB curls and it'd be using heavy weight. The one day it approached me and asked me how i train my legs cause it wanted to improve its. Well I could understand why it was asking for some help, because it's legs were obviously lagging it's manly upper body. This thing was scary, I'm talking big massive arms, and hair growing anywhere and everywhere especially outta this big grotesque mole on it's face. So I watched it workout the next day and sure enough it was heavy bicep curls to start with . Finally at the end of the workout, it went over and picked up the 5lb db's and finished up with lunges. I was like "you have got to be kidding me right?"
and it couldn't figure out why her legs weren't up to par.

This was funny if you saw the beast that was involved here.

I refer to "it" as an "it" because i found out just today that it used to be a "she" , then became a "
he" and is now somewhat back to a "she"

[Goin_Big]

I luv how you use the term it

[ectx]

The funniest thing was this huge guy at my old gym. Really a great guy, but when he'd do squats, he wouldn't just grunt with each rep, he'd yell out "BeefCake" loud enough for the entire gym to hear. I guess some people are just a little vocal in their motivation for that last rep. I made the mistake of telling this to the guy I train with....so now when he spots me on bench, and wants to throw me off he'll grunt "beefcake", which usually causes everything to come crashing down. The bastar*.

[Black_Curtain]

Oh I got plenty of funny things in my gym.
1) I tried to hit on some girl but I accidently hit on her twin.
2) A dude whos workout is to dance with 1KG DB's.
3) Small guy, about 150lbs at most, preacher curls 42KG bar. After he leaves the gym, this big guy comes and trying to prove he can curl as much as the little dude. He is using his back, making weird pig-like noises, turns red and fails to lift the weight even off the weight-stand.
3) My gym recruits another trainer. He is in about 25%BF and BP 50LBS.

[Mystic Eric]

I think one of the funniest things happened to my friend Manveet. You see, he works out at a really crappy gym where there isn't enough room or equipment and the people are stupid. Manveet lost his dip/chin belt where you can attach the weights on to do dips or chins a few months ago. Recently, Manveet saw some loser that was about 40 years old that had his belt. It turns out that guy was the guy that picked up the belt and kept it. The funny part is that guy thinks tha t it's weightlifting belt for support. The bloke wears it around doing curls, french press, bench press you name it! LOL. I told Manveet to ask for his belt back, but Manveet won't. I think i'm gonna have to pay this loser that stole his belt a visit with a crow-bar.

[David]

Crowbars. Why'd it always hafta be crowbars?

[Scooby-Doo]

because crowbars are a very cool multi purpose weapon.

[Orange357]

Originally posted by Scooby-Doo
because crowbars are a very cool multi purpose weapon.

That and lug wrenches..I got me 2 of those

[EVO]

I will tell you what is funny in and out of the gym.

Seeing people who work out, dont have any muscle and still walk around with their arms sticking out like they have huge lats. It is funny in a way but in another way i just wanna walk up to them and tell then how big of a p*ssy they look like...

[IceRgrrl]

The man in white spandex tights with dark-colored underwear on underneath...now I am not one to advise anyone on fashion, but some things *should* be common sense...

The 60-something lady with very black dyed hair and brand new Barbie boobs...everything on this woman has headed south a LONG time ago, but those boobs are perched up there like two hood ornaments.

The kid at my new gym who constantly argues with my trainer about adding more weight when he is struggling with what he's got and needs to concentrate on his form...he sounds like a whiney brat!