Fat guys and weights?

Skr4wny

Anyone else notice in their gym a proliferation of fat guys who do nothing but weights? Fair enough they have massive arms, legs and shoulders but they are still fat, very fat. When will it dawn on these people to put down the barbell and get on the treadmill or cross trainer?

PeakOutput

Skr4wny wrote: »

When will it dawn on these people to put down the barbell and get on the treadmill or cross trainer?

why would they?

corkcomp

Skr4wny wrote: »

Anyone else notice in their gym a proliferation of fat guys who do nothing but weights? Fair enough they have massive arms, legs and shoulders but they are still fat, very fat. When will it dawn on these people to put down the barbell and get on the treadmill or cross trainer?

just to give an alternative perspective on this, there are also a lot of fat people spending hours on stationary bikes while reading books and walking at ridiculously slow pace on the treadmill... of course there are plenty of people in the weights area who are not fat .. bit of a generalisation tbh

ragg

What would we do without the Internet - seriously, think about how much less you would laugh if the internet didn't exist.

Blackhorse Slim

Skr4wny wrote: »

When will it dawn on these people to put down the barbell and get on the treadmill or cross trainer?

Why don't you ask them to their faces? Is it because of their massive arms, legs and shoulders?

Remmy

nice username op...Jealous much?

Skr4wny

Skr4wny wrote: »

Anyone else notice in their gym a proliferation of fat guys who do nothing but weights? Fair enough they have massive arms, legs and shoulders but they are still fat, very fat. When will it dawn on these people to put down the barbell and get on the treadmill or cross trainer?

Maybe they do cardio, but less of it than weights?

I'm a fat bastard, and when I'm in the gym most of my time is spent with weight orientated activities. Cardio leaves me knackered, fast. So I spend a little time at cardio, off to the weights, back for a little more cardio, rinse, repeat, etc.


Don't see how their routine is your issue to be honest.

brianthebard

Being fat is awesome, that's why they don't do cardio.

Skr4wny

These guys aren't new to the gym, they go a lot so it's not like their newbies. They are lifting massive weights all the time but are still fat, I don't see the point.

Agree with Corkcomp though plenty of people on the treadmill going at a snails pace with their mags aswell who could do with re-assessing.

Blackhorse Slim, yes, there are some of them could snap me in half!!

KKV, it's impossible to go to the gym and not cast aspirations on others and what their doing, or for me anyway! I'm sure people look at what I'm doing aswell and think wtf is he at.

Magic Eight Ball

Skr4wny wrote: »

Anyone else notice in their gym a proliferation of fat guys who do nothing but weights?

No, but I do notice alot of skinny ****ers doing nothing but cardio!:rolleyes:
Whats the point of this thread OP?

Skr4wny

Remmy wrote: »

nice username op...Jealous much?

I'm 6'0" and 200lbs, the username was more appropriate in 2003 when I joined!

rubadub

Skr4wny wrote: »

When will it dawn on these people to put down the barbell and get on the treadmill or cross trainer?

They might end up fatter if they did, i.e. if they only were to go to the gym for 3x40min sessions a week. Weights are excellent for fat loss. Perhaps they are fond of their food too much and are at a happy medium, if they were not lifting they would no doubt be far fatter, not to mention far less fit to do daily tasks.

Skr4wny

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

No, but I do notice alot of skinny ****ers doing nothing but cardio!:rolleyes:
Whats the point of this thread OP?

I don't see the point in bulk and bulk when you are fat. Surely it makes more sense to do some carido to become more lean?

podge57

Maybe they like to do cardio outside - treadmills and cross trainers are pretty lame

Bottle_of_Smoke

My mate who I weight train with is a rugby player who can lift insane amounts. He looks like a fat guy most of the time but he's actually well built.

I reckon these "fat guys" you see are in great shape with lots of strength but don't want to lose strength by losing fat.

Vegeta

Skr4wny wrote: »

I don't see the point in bulk and bulk when you are fat. Surely it makes more sense to do some carido to become more lean?

Makes more sense in terms of what exactly?

How they look?
Their health?
Their training goals?

Chet Zar

Skr4wny wrote: »

I don't see the point in bulk and bulk when you are fat. Surely it makes more sense to do some carido to become more lean?

If they're as fat as you say then it isn't for lack of cardio.

brianblaze

Skr4wny wrote: »

Anyone else notice in their gym a proliferation of fat guys who do nothing but weights? Fair enough they have massive arms, legs and shoulders but they are still fat, very fat. When will it dawn on these people to put down the barbell and get on the treadmill or cross trainer?

Maybe they're trying to turn the fat into muscle? I iz the lolz with the fitnezz!

Magic Eight Ball

Skr4wny wrote: »

I don't see the point in bulk and bulk when you are fat. Surely it makes more sense to do some carido to become more lean?

Surely it's none of your ****ing business.

Skr4wny

Vegeta wrote: »

Makes more sense in terms of what exactly?

How they look?
Their health?
Their training goals?

In terms of how they look and their health.

I'd actually be interested to know their training goals and what they hope to achieve. Surely it would be far healthier to shed some of the fat by doing some cardio.

brianblaze

Skr4wny wrote: »

In terms of how they look and their health.

I'd actually be interested to know their training goals and what they hope to achieve.

Strength maybe...

I'm sure if you ask one of them why they're fat and what their goals are they'll give you an answer/ dumbell to the head... Then they can get their cardio in by chasing you around the gym!

greendom

Weights can be used for cardio exercise as well can't they?

Skr4wny

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

Surely it's none of your ****ing business.

Trevor there's many thing in life that are none of my ****ing business as you so eloquently put it, but it doesn't stop me being interested anyway!!

brianblaze

Remmy wrote: »

nice username op...Jealous much?

Skr4wny wrote: »

I'm 90kg and can only bench about 20kg, hahaha.

The plot thickens...

Skr4wny

brianblaze wrote: »

Strength maybe...

I'm sure if you ask one of them why they're fat and what their goals are they'll give you an answer/ dumbell to the head... Then they can get their cardio in by chasing you around the gym!

That's one way to get some cardio out of them although I can't see it being very benficial to my head or my health!!!

g'em