Maybe I was tired; maybe I wasn't paying particular attention; maybe I have bad luck; regardless, I somehow misread the weight I was supposed to use for wide-grip incline bench and put like 30lbs more than I could handle. In some sort of blindly coincidental premonition, I actually had the foresight to ask for a spot, but damn did I feel stupid when I said I was going for 6 and couldn't do 1. [img]redface.gif[/img]
I modestly took the blow to my ego and backed down on the weight to something more appropriate, muttering some semblance of an excuse. Luckily the rest of the workout turned out to be excellent, probably because I felt the need to display impeccable form for each of my exercises as a sort of compensation.
After reading the current thread on cellphone behavior, possibly in Off-Topic, tonight I saw not one, not two, but THREE people talking on cell phones in the gym. Two of the guys were in the same group, but we're talking about three people out of 6 in the gym at the time!
If I had a nickle for every stupid thing I've have enough money to by my island and train my army of umpa lumpa ninja's, getting ready to take over the world!!!
Instead I have a bad elbow and a rash that smells funny.
We've all done stupid things at the gym. I did inclines once and didnt ask for a spot. Normal amount of weight but I hit one of the supports on the way up and that was all it took. I lost my balance the weight was heavy enough to almost crush my throat, so I did what every red-blooded man DOESNT want to do at a crowded gym, yes..... I had to dump the weight. Geez, talk about embarassed..... one guy saw me struggle and started to run over just as the pile of plates hit the floor! Man! just point me to the nearest hole in the wall, I'd like to crawl inside please. hahahahaha point is, we've all done dumb things. It's called learning.
Originally posted by gymrat: We've all done stupid things at the gym. I did inclines once and didnt ask for a spot. Normal amount of weight but I hit one of the supports on the way up and that was all it took. I lost my balance the weight was heavy enough to almost crush my throat, so I did what every red-blooded man DOESNT want to do at a crowded gym, yes..... I had to dump the weight. Geez, talk about embarassed..... one guy saw me struggle and started to run over just as the pile of plates hit the floor! Man! just point me to the nearest hole in the wall, I'd like to crawl inside please. hahahahaha point is, we've all done dumb things. It's called learning.
damn if that happened to me at my gym i would have been screwed because they make us put the clips on to hold the weight in place.
yea, the gym i have membership to is anal... they put little papers around one day that said "Please do NOT tap weights, thanks" and you cant bang/drop/or put down loudly any of the weights, because the cardio area is underneath?
I hate their weight room, but not much availible at a reasonable distance/time/cost. And that incline bench story is one of my own too, except the guy rushed over and spotted me.
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i've been training since 98, so that's quite an experience, but i still did an embarassing moment. At that morning, my mind was troubled because of a personal thing, so i lost lots of concentration when training. I was unloading the weight plates from a bar in a squat rack, but instead of unloading each plate one side at a time, i unloaded them ALL from 1 side, while having my mind on somewhere else. I didn't even realize what was going on until the guy in front of me started to yell at me, & the next thing i knew the bar was tilted & flew up because the other side was extra heavy. Man, the gym went silent for 30 seconds, & ever since that time they thought i was a novice in the gym. I got out of my membership in less than a week.
I work out at a real iron gym where the loud sounds are expected. I yelled at a couple of buddies yesterday for dropping a bar, they then informed me that it had 535 lbs on it and we all decided he could drop that if he wanted to.
The real stupid things are those guys doing curls in the power rack. I always laughed everytime someone mentioned it in a post, but I had never seen it in person until last week when I saw it three days in a row. There is nothing like waiting for a couple of guys curling 85 lbs in the power rack while their partner talks on the cell phone.
I tend to do stupid things at the gym quite often...lol...or embarassing things I guess I should say.
Where do I start..hmmm....I was doing bench press one morning...6am when I'm not used to working out and don't seem to have as much strength as I came to realize...came down on one of my reps..and could NOT get it back up at all...a guy ran over to my rescue.
For some reason, when I go to sit down on the Pec Fly machine, I bump my head on the top of the machine...have done that MORE than once.
When I lean over to pick up my DBs, I lean over too far and hit my head on the mirror they are up against.
I was working out with a friend one day...doing hyperextensions..wearing shorts...fairly short shorts. Luckily she was standing behind me...cause when I lowered myself forward...she informed me she could see everything up my shorts(while laughing hysterically). Unfortunately she was probably not the only one to see...since my a$$ was facing the mirrors
There have been others, and I'm sure there will be more...I am fairly clumsy
I was in the middle of a great TT session about 6 weeks ago, doing DB Presses with heavy DB's for me. Some jerk off with his headphones in (I wear headphones too, but I pay attention to where I'm going) runs into one of my DB's in the eccentric part of the lift. He knocks my balance off just enough to cause me to lose control of the DB. I tried to hang on to it so as not to drop it (it was a really awkward movement), and ended up breaking my wrist in the process. I've been in a damn cast for about 6 weeks now, and won't be able to lift heavy again for another 2 - 4.
I was so mad. And the guy didn't even stop! He didn't even realise what he had done. I confronted him afterwards, and he was like, "Sorry man, I guess I was just into my workout". Uh huh.
Next time I see him, he's getting a 100 lb. DB on his foot.
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Originally posted by emartin10: I was in the middle of a great TT session about 6 weeks ago, doing DB Presses with heavy DB's for me. Some jerk off with his headphones in (I wear headphones too, but I pay attention to where I'm going) runs into one of my DB's in the eccentric part of the lift. He knocks my balance off just enough to cause me to lose control of the DB. I tried to hang on to it so as not to drop it (it was a really awkward movement), and ended up breaking my wrist in the process. I've been in a damn cast for about 6 weeks now, and won't be able to lift heavy again for another 2 - 4.
I was so mad. And the guy didn't even stop! He didn't even realise what he had done. I confronted him afterwards, and he was like, "Sorry man, I guess I was just into my workout". Uh huh.
Next time I see him, he's getting a 100 lb. DB on his foot.
OMG...that is horrible! Sorry doesn't cut it...show up at the gym with your medical bills and see what he has to say.
Thanks, TG! I thought I was the only one who banged my forehead into the mirror. Maybe we should start a club. "My name is Bill and I have easily distorted depth perception exacerbated by general klutziness."
I usually go to the gym early on Saturday because it isn't crowded and I often have the weight area to myself. One day my program changed from 5x5 to 8x3, and like an idiot I loaded the bench press with my 5 rep weight, and I put the clips on, too. I got up to 7 reps and my arms were too tired to get the bar up to the rests, so there I was with a loaded barbell on my chest. The only other people there were a few older ladies on the cardio equipment, and I don't think they were paying attention to me, anyway. I rolled the bar down toward my knees (taking care not to crush anything too important!) and dump it on the floor. I was kind of glad that none of the other lifters were there to see it, but it scared me pretty good, too... I could just imagine the news stories, with everyone reading it and saying, "He failed with how much weight? Good grief, my grandmother benches more than that."
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Originally posted by Mahler: TG, I have seen your picture and you are not even blonde. LOL
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LOL!! I always tell people I should have been born a blonde...lol. Good thing my friends aren't on here....they would be telling you some stories. I can't tell you how many things I have broken in other people's houses...including my own bones!!!...lol.
The first time I ever tried a high-pull I whacked the bar into my throat and let out this pathetic whimpery cough. Some guy asked me if I was ok, and I couldn't answer, just nod and pretend it was all cool.
First time I tried pull-throughs, I severely misunderestimated the weight and got it 3-4 inches up, just enough to send me stumbling, and off course the loud *bang*, which caused everyone to turn and see me flopping around.
A lot of the dumb things that people appear to be doing at the gym are only dumb or stupid to those who give a twat. I don't think many of the comments in this thread count as dumb or stupid actions, since they usually dont effect ANYONE. These things are only embaressing when one LETS them be embaressing. What does anyone care about the opinion of others in the gym?
eg: "I felt the need to display impeccable form for each of my exercises as a sort of compensation."
Embaressing things are bound to happen when one goes to the gym looking to 'display' things to others. Now you know whats embaressing? This chica who has at least 5 different exercise outfits that maxamize her T&A is impossible for me not to catch a glimpse of, since the gym is all mirrors, bloody mirrors. I'm SURE I've been caught. Its stupid, Im there to work out. I wear the same ratty swimming trunks and t-shirt for 10 months, starin at the ground or the bars to stay focused. Im there to workout, but I still get distracted. Its embaressing. But is my own fault....mostly. If you want to display something, be it a good form or good boobs, your going to get attention.
Originally posted by Simplex: A lot of the dumb things that people appear to be doing at the gym are only dumb or stupid to those who give a twat. I don't think many of the comments in this thread count as dumb or stupid actions, since they usually dont effect ANYONE. These things are only embaressing when one LETS them be embaressing. What does anyone care about the opinion of others in the gym?
eg: "I felt the need to display impeccable form for each of my exercises as a sort of compensation."
Embaressing things are bound to happen when one goes to the gym looking to 'display' things to others. Now you know whats embaressing? This chica who has at least 5 different exercise outfits that maxamize her T&A is impossible for me not to catch a glimpse of, since the gym is all mirrors, bloody mirrors. I'm SURE I've been caught. Its stupid, Im there to work out. I wear the same ratty swimming trunks and t-shirt for 10 months, starin at the ground or the bars to stay focused. Im there to workout, but I still get distracted. Its embaressing. But is my own fault....mostly. If you want to display something, be it a good form or good boobs, your going to get attention.
I think this is supposed to be a funny thread about silly moments in our gym experiences, not a treatise on the application of the term "embarassing". In other words, I don't think you need to worry so much!
I know! Im just really hating my gym, and since its a meat market where everyone dresses up and stuff, I'm get really annoyed at people who go to the gym to display themselves.
I didn't mean to change the vibe of the thread! Didn't you see what else I wrote? I wear SWIM TRUNKS to the gym. And my gym is full of models and hooters girls and beefy lululemon wearing 'doods' who chat with all these chicas and almost do it as if they were in line, waiting to chat up the hotties. And Im there huffin and puffin away starin at the ground like an IDIOT!
Originally posted by Simplex: I know! Im just really hating my gym, and since its a meat market where everyone dresses up and stuff, I'm get really annoyed at people who go to the gym to display themselves.
I didn't mean to change the vibe of the thread! Didn't you see what else I wrote? I wear SWIM TRUNKS to the gym. And my gym is full of models and hooters girls and beefy lululemon wearing 'doods' who chat with all these chicas and almost do it as if they were in line, waiting to chat up the hotties. And Im there huffin and puffin away starin at the ground like an IDIOT!
Damn...why isn't my gym full of models?...male models that is..lol. Actually, there are some good looking guys there, but a lot of us are really there to work out. And really, I can't help that I'm a hottie with big boobs ...LMAO. Seriously, though, I know what you mean. People pretty much respect why I'm there. And the girls that are there in full makeup..well, that's not me and I just try to ignore them
what is wrong with hooking up at the gym? I do it all the time!. furthermore, you mean to tell me that if a hot woman came up to you in the middle of a workout you wouldn't chat her up? hell that is sometimes the reason i'm at the gym.
Well, to make my contribution, this wasn;t really a mistake on my part, but here goes. I had recently injured my shoulder and it was getting cramped quite often as it recovered. So, I'm doing barbell presses on a bench and my shoulder locks out at the height of a rep. There I am with a 20Kg dumbell stuck over my head and I can't lower it! I had to get a guy to lift it out of my palm, who burst his arse laughing.
I then had to do a "walk of shame" back to the locker room with my arm high above my head looking like I wanted to ask a question!
Here's my barbell incline press story. It started out as a typical couldn't quite finish the last rep situation, and there was no one else around.
After a bit of a struggle, I was still nowhere near the stops, but I was at least about to clear my head, if I tilted it all the way to one side.
"No problem," I thought, "I'll just get the bar behind me, and just let it ride down the back of the bench."
The plan was working nicely, until the bar got caught on my shirt collar. And kept on going down. The further down it went, the more my shirt got wrapped around the bar. Eventually I was able to move my torso forward enough for my shirt to unravel. Thankfully, there was still no one around. I'm not sure what's more emarassing though, being choked by the bar, or by your shirt.
Odd how many of these stories have to do with incline bench. Is there something about it that just kind of makes us aloof? (Or, for Futurama fans, think Hypno-Toad....then again, maybe that's the 20-something gym babe walking around while I'm trying to do something productive)
Originally posted by Simplex: These things are only embaressing when one LETS them be embaressing. What does anyone care about the opinion of others in the gym?
eg: "I felt the need to display impeccable form for each of my exercises as a sort of compensation."
Embaressing things are bound to happen when one goes to the gym looking to 'display' things to others.
Ah, but see because of the fact that I was aware of my dumb move and that I looked stupid, I made sure I had good form and gave my lifts my all; the moral of the story is that I turned a negative into a positive. Sometimes I see someone with bad form doing a lift that I was going to do, so when it's my turn, even if he's across the room or whatever, I want to have good form to demonstrate a lift to someone who is still learning (that's not to say I have perfect form, but I've made mistakes, like we've all been saying, and I try to steer others clear of my own); I'm not going to the gym to 'show off' per se, but it's just another reason on the already long list of reasons to keep good form when you're struggling, and sometimes all it takes is that little extra push.
Originally posted by emartin10: and ended up breaking my wrist in the process. I've been in a damn cast for about 6 weeks now, and won't be able to lift heavy again for another 2 - 4.
Eric,
That's sounds horrible - did I miss the major ranting and complaining after it happened. You should have let off some frustration in a long rant (to keep you from hitting something).
Hope you heal fast.
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Originally posted by TY_Webb: what is wrong with hooking up at the gym? I do it all the time!. furthermore, you mean to tell me that if a hot woman came up to you in the middle of a workout you wouldn't chat her up? hell that is sometimes the reason i'm at the gym.
I NEVER hook up w/ any girls in the gym. I bring my stopwatch to the gym to time my resting interval, which's 1 minute. So, i don't really have time to chat at all. It actually bugs me whenever someone come up to me to talk during my workout. After i'm finished with the workout, usually i'm really spent, & i go home right away.
That's sounds horrible - did I miss the major ranting and complaining after it happened. You should have let off some frustration in a long rant (to keep you from hitting something).
Hope you heal fast.
Ah, no rant. Didn't want to bring everyone down. I'm looking at it as a chance to train for my triathlons. It'll get better soon. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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I NEVER hook up w/ any girls in the gym. I bring my stopwatch to the gym to time my resting interval, which's 1 minute. So, i don't really have time to chat at all. It actually bugs me whenever someone come up to me to talk during my workout. After i'm finished with the workout, usually i'm really spent, & i go home right away.
you gotta stop to smell the roses sometimes. you, my friend, are missing out.
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