the article is poorly written. usually, newcomers need some adjusting time to get socialized into that particular gym etiquette, if its overly offensive than yeah, complain, otherwise suck it up nancy boy.

FTA: "I take a cardio class at my gym and the other day a first-timer came in and stood about six inches in front of me," says Olivia Giovetti, 22, a Los Angeles administrative assistant. "I asked her to move forward, but she just ignored me. And when the workout started, she was all over me."

Hot!

Sounds like you belong to a cruddy gym.

*cough*waste of money*cough*

excessive nudity includes blowdrying your privates with one leg propped up on a locker room bench in the nude and then switching hands between your privates and the public blowdryer. thanks for setting me back six years in therapy. . .

The last straw was when one came out of the stall after doing his "business" (nude of course) and sits right down on the bench(es) where people change/put their bags/etc.

I'm no prude (sweat on the machines isn't a huge deal to me, of course I disinfect them afterward as per rules) but this shiat is nasty.

I'm glad I've never used the blow dryer at my gym and might have to think twice about how I use the benches. I don't mind bare ass that much, but bare ass that just dropped a deuce is a bit much.

nashBridges:Get a farking towel, people. No one wants to see sagging sack.

No shiat. What is it with naked guy who just takes his sweet ass time walking around naked in the locker room? I saw a guy last week shaving at the sink bare ass naked. Do these guys not know what towels are? I don't want to see your tiny crank when I am putting my shoes on.

sullyman:No shiat. What is it with naked guy who just takes his sweet ass time walking around naked in the locker room? I saw a guy last week shaving at the sink bare ass naked.

They're called exhibitionists, and they're going home and masturbating to the idea that you noticed them enough to post a comment about them online.

All locker room nudity is excessive.

Except in the women's locker room.

Tr0mBoNe:Sounds like you belong to a cruddy gym.

*cough*waste of money*cough*

Yeah, the only resistance you need is your own body weight. Funny if a major economic depression really does hit, and we'll be standing around gazing at the ruins of gyms that couldn't afford to stay open, while looking all svelte and hard like most people never achieved at the gym.

26 minutes

Exactly.

This is why I live in my parent's basement and lift the plastic weights - you know the ones...

H_is_for_Heretic:Tr0mBoNe:Sounds like you belong to a cruddy gym.

*cough*waste of money*cough*

Yeah, the only resistance you need is your own body weight. Funny if a major economic depression really does hit, and we'll be standing around gazing at the ruins of gyms that couldn't afford to stay open, while looking all svelte and hard like most people never achieved at the gym.

In all fairness I think he meant a cruddy gym is a waste. Hey you wanna train together later?

Yet another reason why I choose to stay home and watch TV...

Don't get me started with bad gyms. I went to my gym the other day and right away saw a sweaty towel on the floor right. Then I went to the weight bench and found actual cat hair on the bench! I started yelling for a clean towel to wipe it down with and nobody responded. The stationary bicycle was so poorly maintained that I couldn't even use it that day. When I went to the showers I found actual hardcore pornographic material right there by the shower. Disgusting!
I tell you, I would have demanded my money back and walked right out of there if not for the fact that my gym is located inside my own house.

Owning a Bowflex: priceless.

H_is_for_Heretic:Tr0mBoNe:Sounds like you belong to a cruddy gym.

*cough*waste of money*cough*

Yeah, the only resistance you need is your own body weight. Funny if a major economic depression really does hit, and we'll be standing around gazing at the ruins of gyms that couldn't afford to stay open, while looking all svelte and hard like most people never achieved at the gym.

fap fap fap

pnjunction:excessive nudity includes blowdrying your privates with one leg propped up on a locker room bench in the nude and then switching hands between your privates and the public blowdryer. thanks for setting me back six years in therapy. . .

The last straw was when one came out of the stall after doing his "business" (nude of course) and sits right down on the bench(es) where people change/put their bags/etc.

I'm no prude (sweat on the machines isn't a huge deal to me, of course I disinfect them afterward as per rules) but this shiat is nasty.

I'm glad I've never used the blow dryer at my gym and might have to think twice about how I use the benches. I don't mind bare ass that much, but bare ass that just dropped a deuce is a bit much.

This feels too good! It feels like a guy with a fever is yelling at my pants!

/Dab! Dab!!
//Dude! Stop wailing on my junk!!

I had a dude in my gym that would come into this little enclave in the locker room where some comfy chairs and a plasma were to dry himself after a shower. Mind you, I'm in there after my workout, icing my shoulder, just watching tv, and he comes in and takes his towel off and starts drying himself. Now, I have no problem with nudity in the right context, and sure nudity in a locker room is totally normal. But when the dude puts his leg up on the chair next to mine so his balls were facing me, so he could dry his balls in my direction, that was totally uncool.

Gyms are the biggest ripoff ever. If they worked, we'd all be superman. We're not, so...

The only level they work on is as a social club.

Wait, camera phones are NOT ok in the locker room? Geez, to think this whole time I was just going for a kodak moment. I thought the dirty looks were for artistic quality. And when my phone was taken and smashed against the locker, I just thought they were offended by the small amount of megapixels...a camera phone can only do so much.

Joce678:Gyms are the biggest ripoff ever. If they worked, we'd all be superman. We're not, so...

The only level they work on is as a social club.

I don't think it's the gym that's the problem, I think it has more to do with commitment.

"shiat, I've been working out every other day for a month and I'm not ripped. fark this."

Joce678:Gyms are the biggest ripoff ever. If they worked, we'd all be superman. We're not, so...

The only level they work on is as a social club.

Gyms work if you go to them and put effort into it, much like any exercise plan.

And I have never talked to a single person at my gym. In fact, I put my headphones in and completely ignore everyone else.

H_is_for_Heretic:Yeah, the only resistance you need is your own body weight.

Need? Sure, it would be adequate to obtain physical fitness.

Can you benefit more from weight training? Without a doubt (that's a no-brainer).

Does that mean you need a gym? No.

pnjunction:I'm no prude (sweat on the machines isn't a huge deal to me, of course I disinfect them afterward as per rules) but this shiat is nasty.

The whole "wiping off the equipment" is mostly for psychological comfort. Little disinfecting is really going on.

Cindy Lauren, a 53-year-old medical nonprofit director from Santa Monica, California, has a noise nightmare at her gym. The former competitive bodybuilder says one member sounds like she's having sex every time she lifts weights.

"You can hear her everywhere," she says. "She'll have these little 5-pound weights and she'll be going 'Aaah, aaaaah, aaaaaaah!' like she's having an orgasm. The other members' eye-rolling and face-making almost make it worth it, but it's really irritating."

I wonder how many guys have to sit down and 'rest' after that happens.

Joce678:Gyms are the biggest ripoff ever. If they worked, we'd all be superman. We're not, so...

The only level they work on is as a social club.

Um, that's just stupid.

Define "work." Can you obtain more lean body mass at a gym (or otherwise doing resistance exercise) than not at a gym? Of course you can. Can you get those gains outside of a gym? Probably, depending on your goals.

But to say they "don't work" because they don't benefit YOU demonstrates your own lack of motivation and your desire to place the blame elsewhere.

sullyman:

No shiat. What is it with naked guy who just takes his sweet ass time walking around naked in the locker room? I saw a guy last week shaving at the sink bare ass naked. Do these guys not know what towels are? I don't want to see your tiny crank when I am putting my shoes on.

Oh you noticed me!!! SHINE!

whitefangz:I would have demanded my money back and walked right out of there if not for the fact that my gym is located inside my own house.

LOL'd

sullyman [TotalFark] Quote 2008-07-13 12:12:53 AM
nashBridges:Get a farking towel, people. No one wants to see sagging sack.

No shiat. What is it with naked guy who just takes his sweet ass time walking around naked in the locker room? I saw a guy last week shaving at the sink bare ass naked.


When I was a kid and saw that kind of stuff I figured that must be what adults do, they don't care about being naked in a locked room, I guess it's normal. Nowadays, I realize it's not normal at all, and that there's no reason whatsoever to shave in a public locker room completely naked. But I do it anyway, what the hell.

etabetapi:On another note, I never understood the appeal of getting sweaty with a bunch of guys I don't know, but then again I'm not a gay dude.

I doubt that the average straight guy sees it as "getting sweaty with a bunch of guys." Is that really your first thought? Hmmmm.

1:30 PM, all treadmills are full

Me: "Hi, sorry but I had this treadmill reserved for 1:30."

Meathead: "Uh, yeah well I had that other one reserved, but there's someone on it."

Me: "Oh...can you tell him to leave?"

Meathead: "[Condescendingly] I guess..." [leaves]

Me: "Thanks" [WIN!]

haha, a locked room. That either ruined my joke or made it twice as good.

Monkeypillow:Joce678:Gyms are the biggest ripoff ever. If they worked, we'd all be superman. We're not, so...

The only level they work on is as a social club.

I don't think it's the gym that's the problem, I think it has more to do with commitment.

"shiat, I've been working out every other day for a month and I'm not ripped. fark this."

This.

Or... all they do are bicep curls and flat-bench then wonder why they're not ripped.

If you put the research, effort, dedication, and discipline in you will see results. It does take time though.

tonesskin:etabetapi:On another note, I never understood the appeal of getting sweaty with a bunch of guys I don't know, but then again I'm not a gay dude.

I doubt that the average straight guy sees it as "getting sweaty with a bunch of guys." Is that really your first thought? Hmmmm.

Come on, all the grunting, spandex and talk about "getting hard" and "maxing your pump." You don't need to be Sigmund Freud to see the double entendre there.

impaler

I wonder how many guys have to sit down and 'rest' after that happens.

Idunno... personally, I find that most female bodybuilders are just plain antibonerific. On the other hand, I've made some noise before. I was lifting a decent amount of weight, so hopefully I didn't seem too ridiculous. I even managed to spit my gum about 20 feet once. Didn't hit anyone, looked and felt like a complete ass.

Quantum Apostrophe:

In all fairness I think he meant a cruddy gym is a waste. Hey you wanna train together later?

Sure I'm training for the stationary bong relay- you can't be slowing us down though. Seriously though, thank god my hummingbird metabolism has kept me from the gym, or breaking a sweat ever, really. Looks tough.

What is this "gym" thing I keep hearing about?

From the article...slightly edited:
There will always be people who are jerks -- people who feel entitled to do whatever they want, whenever they want because they've paid

That's pretty much true any where you go these days. It is the number 1 reason I completely stopped going to movie theaters.

tonesskin:etabetapi:On another note, I never understood the appeal of getting sweaty with a bunch of guys I don't know, but then again I'm not a gay dude.

I doubt that the average straight guy sees it as "getting sweaty with a bunch of guys." Is that really your first thought? Hmmmm.

Yeah... I always figured it helped you to get hot and sweaty with a girl. I dunno... maybe it's just me.

The gym I used to go to I'd walk into the locker room before my workout, and sometimes I'd see this short guy standing on a bench in his underwear, looking at himself in the mirror. An hour later after I'd be finished, I'd walk into the locker room to see him STILL THERE. Since he wasn't hot, I complained.

sullyman

I saw a guy last week shaving at the sink bare ass naked.

Heh, had to re-read that one. I thought you were saying that he was shaving his ass in the sink. It's much funnier that way.

It doesn't matter how big or tough the jerk at the gym is. A well-placed lead pipe to the kneecap will take the fight out of him real quick.

/Vote Crazy Bacon Legs - Internet Tough Guy '08

Dispector:tonesskin:etabetapi:On another note, I never understood the appeal of getting sweaty with a bunch of guys I don't know, but then again I'm not a gay dude.

I doubt that the average straight guy sees it as "getting sweaty with a bunch of guys." Is that really your first thought? Hmmmm.

Yeah... I always figured it helped you to get hot and sweaty with a girl. I dunno... maybe it's just me.

Just try getting hot and sweaty with a girl at a gym; quick way to a hematoma right in the love apples.

Dispector:Monkeypillow:Joce678:Gyms are the biggest ripoff ever. If they worked, we'd all be superman. We're not, so...

The only level they work on is as a social club.

I don't think it's the gym that's the problem, I think it has more to do with commitment.

"shiat, I've been working out every other day for a month and I'm not ripped. fark this."

This.

Or... all they do are bicep curls and flat-bench then wonder why they're not ripped.

If you put the research, effort, dedication, and discipline in you will see results. It does take time though.

I haven't been on a routine for, like, a year now.

Are there websites with recommended plans?

whitefangz:Don't get me started with bad gyms. I went to my gym the other day and right away saw a sweaty towel on the floor right. Then I went to the weight bench and found actual cat hair on the bench! I started yelling for a clean towel to wipe it down with and nobody responded. The stationary bicycle was so poorly maintained that I couldn't even use it that day. When I went to the showers I found actual hardcore pornographic material right there by the shower. Disgusting!
I tell you, I would have demanded my money back and walked right out of there if not for the fact that my gym is located inside my own house.

I stopped reading the thread here, because gold is gold.

etabetapi:tonesskin:etabetapi:On another note, I never understood the appeal of getting sweaty with a bunch of guys I don't know, but then again I'm not a gay dude.

I doubt that the average straight guy sees it as "getting sweaty with a bunch of guys." Is that really your first thought? Hmmmm.

Come on, all the grunting, spandex and talk about "getting hard" and "maxing your pump." You don't need to be Sigmund Freud to see the double entendre there.

Wow, sounds like you have thought this one through! (I've never heard anyone at a gym say "maxing your pump" and don't even know what that would mean...maxing your pump???? I've also seen no spandex in the last 20 years except on a few older women, and really don't take the time to do anything other than work out when I'm not being lazy. But in your defense, I don't really know what gay people look for in a gym so I may be missing out, and I also haven't been in a gym for about 18 months so maybe things have changed.

DrForrester:26 minutes

Exactly.

Seriously. NO ONE ELSE is going to say anything about this?

I mean, what is it about gyms and time intervals of 26 minutes that turns guys into complete douchebags?

CBL

I was at the gym just working out after I had belonged there for about a year. There was this idiot that got P.O'ed because I was using the decline BP that he wanted to use and confronted me. Without this moron realizing I had gone to place a 10# weight on the rack. he came over, insulted me and when he went to place his hands on my chest to shove me...


I dropped it,


Right on his foot,


No problems after that.

Don't get me started. I have a really bad gratuitous locker room nudity story from work the other day. I can't get the image out of my mind, cause it's permanently burned into my retinas.

Monkeypillow:I haven't been on a routine for, like, a year now.

Are there websites with recommended plans?

Depends what you're looking to do really. For just workout routines www.bodybuilding.com is actually pretty good. Ignore their nutrition crap though unless you want liver failure from years of overdoing your protein consumption.

Also make sure you don't find one that's designed for people on the juice. If you're natural your body won't recuperate as quickly. 3 days... 4 days max is all you need per week. Anything more than that is probably for someone on the roids.

I mean, I guess it would have helped if I'd read the article first before commenting since "26 minutes" was no where in the article (that I saw), but still...