The ātrainerā at my gym is such a joke. Her and her client are currently doing all these things simultaneously:
- doing some body weight floor exerciseā¦between the cables
- storing dumbbells on one of the squat rack benches thatās pulled out in the middle of the floor for some reason
- doing pull downs right next to the cable flys
so youāre taking up 3 pieces of equipment (4 if you count cables individually) and making a mess for some half ass back workout. Apparently you donāt need to know anything about proper training OR gym educate to become a āpersonal trainerā
Fucking idiot
i consider myself a gym idiot and am definitely more of a new given at 42 years old was the first time i went to lift weights in a gym more than 3 times in a year (or decade at some points) - so pretty much think i'm an idiot. nonetheless i'm astounded by the things that people do in the gym, including people who i think are probably a little to a lot stronger than me.
- assisted dips machine
people jumping in to this and making up their own leg exercise? at least this one seems slightly more understandable than some of the more dumb shit i've seen?
- shoulder press machine
this dude was definitely stronger than me, i was doing some lat machine next to him. instead of facing outward and doing a shoulder press in it, dude faces inward, steps up and stands on to the seat, then proceeds to use it for shoulder shrugs. he is even there with a buddy, who may or may not have been giving him some training at that? my mexi gym had plenty of dumbbells available for this dude to use instead.
- bosu ball stuff
is this just bored crossfitters? i was doing my half ass trash squats feeling like a puss cuz i see chicks who have 10x my form, nonetheless at least i'm doing squats, dude was jumping on the bosu ball and doing some weighted stuff on it that just seemed like a good way to get a trashy workout in and possibly hurt yourself.
in thailand i was on a small island and virtually no tourists were in the country, i often had the gym to myself and was spoiled in that i could construct any circuit i want. here i just do 1-2 things back to back. in the area i prefer to work in there is one adjustable bench, i was mostly done with it when this chick asked to use it while i was on something else i was working in to my circuit, said sure. she just proceeded to do steps up on it and some little hopping around it kind of thing. also she could have used a damn box and this other thing for her stuff, which seemed like mild cardio at best.
i don't particularly want to be in the gym, but i sure as shit don't want the time there to be wasted - you have to put in enough perfect everything to even build the tiniest amount of muscle, and you're of course going to fuck up getting anywhere near that anyway. so how do people end up in there doing such ridiculous pointless shit?