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rightyho -> aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 19:50:56)
We've been inundated with bicep boys. Not sure what's happening at Fitness Last but shed loads have started turning up here and they're driving me bonkers. 3 times a week, it's squeak, squeak, squeak at feverish speed on the cable crossover machine as they hammer out 20 sets each of useless overhead cable contractions at breakneck speed, using momentum to contract and nearly tearing their bicep tendons off the bone as they ease the weight back off. I can't take it any more. For sale: one gym full of bicep boys giving it large. [:(]

Bullmastiff -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 19:51:52)
You should be glad of the company mate. Ive been sitting here at the gym for an hour with NOBODY here but me [:(]

Mobster -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 19:52:15)
Cue Will Smiths 'summer time, summer time....' [:D] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W9kcxdPPjk

scruffy -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 19:53:11)
i know the feeling mate, we set a certain weight pattern on the squat rack one week, the next week it was exactly the same.....do people only train the show muscles ?

rightyho -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 19:53:54)
quote: ORIGINAL: Bullmastiff You should be glad of the company mate. Ive been sitting here at the gym for an hour with NOBODY here but me [:(] No idea what is going on. We're doing nearly 200 a day now. Last April/May we were averaging about 100. They all seem to be coming from the "other place". It's rammed now so I'm hiding in the cupboard under the stairs while the missus gets to put up with the bicep squeak. [&:]

swift -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 19:56:25)
get the guns out righty. just walk over there with the guns out and pop off some curls

rightyho -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 19:59:39)
quote: ORIGINAL: swift get the guns out righty. just walk over there with the guns out and pop off some curls Funny you say that - I had to step in on one of them this evening who decided 40 sets of overhead curls was in order. I got him to do two sets with a barbell - slow, squeeze, contract, pause, stretch, then three sets on a machine preacher curl and he yelped and declared himself finished at that point. Hopefully he will now convey that to the other 30 or so Friday sqeakers going for gold at the mo. [>:]

Lord Monkcheese -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 20:01:42)
I think Mens Health must have published their annual "add an inch on your biceps with in 3 weeks" edition.

daveyboy8181 -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 20:01:49)
they are everywere! the last few days 9stone wet through pretty boys, tops off jeans hanging off the waist and reebok pink dumbell produced biceps[sm=banghead.gif][sm=banghead.gif] no offence to reebok weight users! [:D]

FrankenJim -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 20:01:53)
I dont understand what you mean, But sounds as if its driving you mad, I take it you dont want to turn them awayas its turning bussiness away ?

theiopener -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 20:03:17)
theyre in fitness first too, worse still are the girls that hog the machines while talking on their mobile phones I had an incident with one of them today, i asked her kindly that i could work in and she said o she was using it while talking on the phone, to which i quickly and rather bluntly said "MOVE!" [:D][:@]

Papa Lazarou -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 20:06:55)
Made the mistake of going to my gym at 5pm the other day. OMG. Was like a rat run, hundreds of people. Weights all over the floor. Back to my normal 730/800 now!

rightyho -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 20:07:40)
quote: ORIGINAL: FrankenJim I dont understand what you mean, But sounds as if its driving you mad, I take it you dont want to turn them awayas its turning bussiness away ? We're busy enough to be able to chuck 100 members out but that's not the point. The point is the attitude, the silliness, the treating the gym like it's a playground (jumping from moving treadmill to moving treadmill as an example) and the arrogance that seems to have flooded in with thin lads popping their tops off to train bare-chested to "impress" the ladies, only to be told to read the sign and put their tops back on. It's just a weird mix at the mo. Even filling in the insurance forms we have on joining is a roll-eyes chore for some of them. [:(]

Papa Lazarou -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 20:11:43)
Can't you when they sign up run them thro a through list of what will happen if they dont follow the rules and then just chuck them if they dont?

daveyboy8181 -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 20:16:20)
quote: ORIGINAL: Papa Lazarou Made the mistake of going to my gym at 5pm the other day. OMG. Was like a rat run, hundreds of people. Weights all over the floor. Back to my normal 730/800 now! ^^^^^^ the same here i go first thing in a morning or last thing at night

Biggz -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 20:18:00)
quote: ORIGINAL: Rightyho only to be told to read the sign and put their tops back on. Do you not aloud blokes to train topless then righty? Not that I would want to but some of the BIG fellas often train topless. . .

40 plus -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 20:21:46)
quote: ORIGINAL: daveyboy8181 quote: ORIGINAL: Papa Lazarou Made the mistake of going to my gym at 5pm the other day. OMG. Was like a rat run, hundreds of people. Weights all over the floor. Back to my normal 730/800 now! ^^^^^^ the same here i go first thing in a morning or last thing at night Same here, train at 7.30 at night now, much better. Had to train at 5.30 tonight due to circumstances, needless to say ****ty workout.

rightyho -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 20:22:13)
quote: ORIGINAL: Biggz quote: ORIGINAL: Rightyho only to be told to read the sign and put their tops back on. Do you not aloud blokes to train topless then righty? Not that I would want to but some of the BIG fellas often train topless. . . Men training topless is a sure fire way to lose female customers. I remember telling one big lad to put his top back on last year - he was on a diet and narky and declared "it's a fcukin gym innit?" Yes, it is, but think of it like a nightclub that doesn;t allow trainers, I said. Unfortunately, his keto brain couldn't process the comparison and he went home in a confused huff. [:D]

Biggz -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 20:24:34)
LOL, Fair do's,

Rosc0PColtrane -> RE: aaaaaaaaarghhhh being driven mad at the gym (May 9 2008 20:28:09)
quote: ORIGINAL: rightyho quote: ORIGINAL: Biggz quote: ORIGINAL: Rightyho only to be told to read the sign and put their tops back on. Do you not aloud blokes to train topless then righty? Not that I would want to but some of the BIG fellas often train topless. . . Men training topless is a sure fire way to lose female customers. I remember telling one big lad to put his top back on last year - he was on a diet and narky and declared "it's a fcukin gym innit?" Yes, it is, but think of it like a nightclub that doesn;t allow trainers, I said. Unfortunately, his keto brain couldn't process the comparison and he went home in a confused huff. [:D] Very funny. I'm loving the serenity of AM training. Though there's still some oddities occuring.

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