Annoying Gym Behaviour - Mk2(?)

2nd Row Donkey · 19-07-2019 1:30pm

JJayoo wrote:

People who **** in the urinals

Say what now?

silverharp · 19-07-2019 1:32pm

Mellor wrote: »

Why are you thinking about strangers’ penises in the gym?

I thought it was a side effect of steroid use

givyjoe · 19-07-2019 1:43pm

silverharp wrote: »

why do so many young men want to have a small pen1s?

It affects the beans, not the frank, no?

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 19-07-2019 1:52pm

silverharp wrote: »

why do so many young men want to have a small pen1s?

It doesn't do anything to your penis, your balls however shrink/disappear for a while until you've completed your PCT. If anything it works better...

Alf Veedersane · 19-07-2019 2:41pm

JJayoo wrote: »

People who **** in the urinals

Who would so such a thing in your shed gym...???

Brian? · 20-07-2019 2:44pm

D3V!L wrote: »

Its more common in most gyms than the average guy thinks. In my gym there are people who appear every couple of months to "top up" their muscle growth when they start a new roid cycle.

Its obvious who they are because they're usually at least twice the size of the other gym goers, lifting tiny weights and usually p!ssing sweat.

That's not how steroids work. If they are big it's because they lift heavy, juice or no juice. You can't just juice and grow. They help you work harder and recover quicker, but you need the progressive overload to get big.

Brian? · 20-07-2019 2:45pm

silverharp wrote: »

I thought it was a side effect of steroid use

Steroids can shrink the balls, the penis will remain unaffected. The balls grow back afaik

completedit · 20-07-2019 2:49pm

Brian? wrote: »

That's not how steroids work. If they are big it's because they lift heavy, juice or no juice. You can't just juice and grow. They help you work harder and recover quicker, but you need the progressive overload to get big.

Everyone says this but it's bollox. I see so many ripped huge lads in gym who lift moderate enough but there's only so much you can do. Steroids enable guys to have physiques that just pop with little effort. I'm short and stocky so would never bother.

leggo · 20-07-2019 3:10pm

completedit wrote: »

Everyone says this but it's bollox. I see so many ripped huge lads in gym who lift moderate enough but there's only so much you can do. Steroids enable guys to have physiques that just pop with little effort. I'm short and stocky so would never bother.

Different types but essentially what we call the catch-all terms of steroids give you extra testosterone (so if you see women who use you’ll notice their physiques often trend towards more traditionally masculine), which enables better performance. So yeah, what Brian is saying is spot on. If you ever see lads who juice but don’t workout hard enough or incorrectly, they tend to just get fat or their body can start to look puffy and malformed. It’s not just a case of injecting it at night and you wake up an adonis.

Haven’t used myself btw, never saw the risk/benefit as even nearly worth it, and anyone who’s seen my physique can attest to that.

Brian? · 20-07-2019 3:21pm

completedit wrote: »

Everyone says this but it's bollox. I see so many ripped huge lads in gym who lift moderate enough but there's only so much you can do. Steroids enable guys to have physiques that just pop with little effort. I'm short and stocky so would never bother.

It really isn't bollox. The only way to build a good physique is with hard work, steroids just let you work harder and grow faster. The training triggers the growth.

caviardreams · 20-07-2019 3:41pm

Three guys hanging round/using the leg press forever. Grand.
Finally finish up and not one of them seems to know how to take a single plate off.
6 x 25s and 6 x 20s left for me to take off. :rolleyes::mad::mad: Felt like a metcon by itself!

El_Bee · 20-07-2019 4:05pm

Lads shouting "YUP" really loudly non stop.

Alf Veedersane · 20-07-2019 5:59pm

I'd find it more annoying if it had meant I had to strip bars bit it's one thing I've noticed since moving to Flyefit. There are more people that just leave loaded bars and f**k off than people that strip a bar when they're done.

I just find it it ignorant and an act of shítehawkery

DareGod · 20-07-2019 8:04pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

I'd find it more annoying if it had meant I had to strip bars bit it's one thing I've noticed since moving to Flyefit. There are more people that just leave loaded bars and f**k off than people that strip a bar when they're done.

I just find it it ignorant and an act of shítehawkery

I'm certain that if there ends up being a Hell, it'll be filled with solely these people.

Mellor · 21-07-2019 1:15am

completedit wrote: »

Everyone says this but it's bollox. I see so many ripped huge lads in gym who lift moderate enough but there's only so much you can do. Steroids enable guys to have physiques that just pop with little effort. I'm short and stocky so would never bother.

Why do you think athletes take steroids?
Because what you suggesting would be of absolutely no benefit.

And short stocky guys use steroids just as much as tall guys.

rpurfield · 21-07-2019 7:02pm

Went to use a squat rack the other day and someone had taken the hooks for the bar out, left them on the ground and moved the spotter bars up to use. I didn't see them in action, but just why?

Triceratops Ballet · 21-07-2019 9:33pm

rpurfield wrote:

Went to use a squat rack the other day and someone had taken the hooks for the bar out, left them on the ground and moved the spotter bars up to use. I didn't see them in action, but just why?

Practicing jerks from blocks? (or bars in this case)

JayRoc · 21-07-2019 9:53pm

Triceratops Ballet wrote: »

rpurfield wrote:

Went to use a squat rack the other day and someone had taken the hooks for the bar out, left them on the ground and moved the spotter bars up to use. I didn't see them in action, but just why?

Practicing jerks from blocks? (or bars in this case)

Or concentric squats?

IvoryTower · 21-07-2019 10:17pm

1/4 squats

Alf Veedersane · 21-07-2019 10:22pm

rpurfield wrote: »

Went to use a squat rack the other day and someone had taken the hooks for the bar out, left them on the ground and moved the spotter bars up to use. I didn't see them in action, but just why?

Pin squat
Pin press (bench or OHP)
Rack pulls
Good morning to pins
Jerks off pins

Could have been some of those

rpurfield · 22-07-2019 11:27am

That's me told so :eek:

Actually to be clear they were above my shoulder height (I'm not the tallest) but they were nearly at my head, I'm about five nine, to do anything surely you would've had to step out past them anyway, same as the hooks.

Alf Veedersane · 22-07-2019 11:34am

rpurfield wrote: »

That's me told so :eek:

Actually to be clear they were above my shoulder height (I'm not the tallest) but they were nearly at my head, I'm about five nine, to do anything surely you would've had to step out past them anyway, same as the hooks.

Could have been shoulder presses onto pins. Who knows.

May well have been something mental as well.

Zillah · 23-07-2019 12:55pm

Brian? wrote: »

That's not how steroids work. If they are big it's because they lift heavy, juice or no juice. You can't just juice and grow. They help you work harder and recover quicker, but you need the progressive overload to get big.

I have no personal experience but I read a study where they gave the subjects testosterone and measured muscle gain. The lads who worked out but got no test gained the least amount of muscle, the lads who lifted and got test gained the most muscle mass (unsurprisingly), but the group who didn't work out at all but got test gained the second highest amount of muscle.

The guys sitting on the couch got more muscle in the same time period as the guys working out naturally

Mellor · 23-07-2019 1:23pm

That’s not really surprising.
Men are naturally more muscular than women. Almost purely down to test level.
So it stands to reason, that if you spend a few months with increased test levels, you’re going to carry more muscle mass in response. You’re still using muscles daily.

But once you respond to that new level, it’s going to taper off. You’re probably talking a few lbs gained then plateauing.

Edit:
They gained 3kg

Mr. CooL ICE · 23-07-2019 2:28pm

Zillah wrote: »

I have no personal experience but I read a study where they gave the subjects testosterone and measured muscle gain. The lads who worked out but got no test gained the least amount of muscle, the lads who lifted and got test gained the most muscle mass (unsurprisingly), but the group who didn't work out at all but got test gained the second highest amount of muscle.

The guys sitting on the couch got more muscle in the same time period as the guys working out naturally

I heard about that study. But weren't they being given a massive, massive amount of test? i.e. beyond what a regular stack would contain?

Mellor · 23-07-2019 3:14pm

Mark Rippetoe wrote: »

I heard about that study. But weren't they being given a massive, massive amount of test? i.e. beyond what a regular stack would contain?

Nothing particularly unusual.
600mg

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199607043350101

Alf Veedersane · 23-07-2019 7:33pm

Greg Nuckols delves into all that including the study, here:

https://www.strongerbyscience.com/the-science-of-steroids/

Mellor · 24-07-2019 12:36am

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Greg Nuckols delves into all that including the study, here:

https://www.strongerbyscience.com/the-science-of-steroids/

Thanks interested to see if his opinion makes my own or if I'm talking pony

Alf Veedersane · 24-07-2019 1:02am

Mellor wrote: »

Thanks interested to see if his opinion makes my own or if I'm talking pony

It's just a good overview of a few different elements.

Doesn't go into much detail on why but it does say that they do cause your muscles to synthesise more protein.

That leads into another study on why they directly make you bigger but do not.directly make you stronger.

Mellor · 24-07-2019 7:37am

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

That leads into another study on why they directly make you bigger but do not.directly make you stronger.

In the study above the steroids + no exercise group got stronger.
Almost as much as the exercise group

Edit: I think I get what he is saying, it was the muscle mass that made him stronger not the steroids. Hmmm, bold claim

Alf Veedersane · 24-07-2019 7:49am

Mellor wrote: »

In the study above the steroids + no exercise group got stronger.
Almost as much as the exercise group

What I was saying was that the article goes on to say there is obviously a relationship between size and strength but it's not 1:1 and gave some studies to support that. It wasn't my observation.

Mellor · 24-07-2019 8:03am

Yeah, I got that by the end. Was halfway through when I replied. Hence my edit above.

The more interesting study was the coaches who told their guys they were being given steroids. Holy placebo gains batman

Alf Veedersane · 24-07-2019 8:52am

Mellor wrote: »

Yeah, I got that by the end. Was halfway through when I replied. Hence my edit above.

The more interesting study was the coaches who told their guys they were being given steroids. Holy placebo gains batman

Yeah that one is a bit mental but sorta ties in with some of the stuff on placebo effect that I remember reading in 'Bad Science'. Though the difference between those who were left thinking they were on steroids and those who were told they were on a placebo is mental.

fatbhoy · 24-07-2019 5:01pm

*Thread derail alert*

Alf Veedersane · 24-07-2019 5:22pm

fatbhoy wrote: »

*Thread derail alert*

Greg Nuckols was wearing a hat when he wrote the article while sitting in a squat rack.

Turquoise Hexagon Sun · 24-07-2019 5:29pm

This guy came over and plonked his bag beside mine. Now the seating is in sections. About two people can get changed per section. His bag takes up about 65% of the bench/section while I'm there before him, clearly getting changed. He's uncomfortably in my personal space. I think he expected me to move on. He was way bigger than me and slightly older. He continues to rummage through his bag, then I noticed he looks at my bag and that I'm not moving and as good as rolls his eyes and decides to move. The bench to which he moved to was closer to his own locker. I mean, WTF?!?

In all fairness, most people are sound, helpful and polite but you do get the odd plonker.

What pisses me off most is c.unts that don't flush the toilet, will piss on seats etc.

Other than that, my interactions with people in the gym have been grand.

2nd Row Donkey · 24-07-2019 7:40pm

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote:

This guy came over and plonked his bag beside mine. Now the seating is in sections. About two people can get changed per section. His bag takes up about 65% of the bench/section while I'm there before him, clearly getting changed. He's uncomfortably in my personal space. I think he expected me to move on. He was way bigger than me and slightly older. He continues to rummage through his bag, then I noticed he looks at my bag and that I'm not moving and as good as rolls his eyes and decides to move. The bench to which he moved to was closer to his own locker. I mean, WTF?!?

What gym was this ( or what general area is the gym in if you comfortable saying which gym) because this happens in my place the whole time and the set up is v familiar.

El_Bee · 25-07-2019 10:01am

Turquoise Hexagon Sun wrote: »

In all fairness, most people are sound, helpful and polite but you do get the odd plonker.

What pisses me off most is c.unts that don't flush the toilet, will piss on seats etc.

at least they don't piss in the sauna :mad::mad::mad:

Turquoise Hexagon Sun · 25-07-2019 12:58pm

2nd Row Donkey wrote: »

What gym was this ( or what general area is the gym in if you comfortable saying which gym) because this happens in my place the whole time and the set up is v familiar.

Oh really? Yeah it's crazy. Not like there wasn't any space around. Thankfully, it was only one culprit..

I'll PM you the location.

@El_Bee: Seriously?

MSGSM · 29-07-2019 6:49pm

People saying steroids don't affect the penis but aren't they known to cause erection problems?

Alf Veedersane · 29-07-2019 6:52pm

MSGSM wrote: »

People saying steroids don't affect the penis but aren't they known to cause erection problems?

People are saying it doesn't shrink the penis. Not that it doesn't affect it.

El_Bee · 30-07-2019 1:41pm

2nd Row Donkey · 30-07-2019 1:52pm

Put on more weights.

There are no more weights

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000 · 30-07-2019 2:29pm

What’s the problem?
Put all the barbells on the bench.
Lift the bench.
4x12.
5th set to failure.
Massive roar as you fail on the 10th.
Head butt the wall in celebration.
Gainz bro.

MarkY91 · 30-07-2019 4:25pm

El_Bee wrote: »

I'm interested in what he's actually doing. That's a serious amount of equipment to hog.

The most I ever use at once is 3 sets of dumbbells when doing drop set bicep curls/lateral raise etc.

I hate when people are jogging two machines/cables then get annoyed when you start using one. Like how is anyone meant to know you're using it if you're off at another machine and have no towel or water bottle on the seat?

Barna77 · 30-07-2019 6:41pm

Is that sweat on the bench?

givyjoe · 30-07-2019 7:44pm

MarkY91 wrote: »

I'm interested in what he's actually doing. That's a serious amount of equipment to hog.

The most I ever use at once is 3 sets of dumbbells when doing drop set bicep curls/lateral raise etc.

I hate when people are jogging two machines/cables then get annoyed when you start using one. Like how is anyone meant to know you're using it if you're off at another machine and have no towel or water bottle on the seat?

That dude Def does bicep curls in front of the rack for maximum blockage.

leggo · 30-07-2019 8:24pm

Ah here. When my mate and I used to train together we’d be doing supersets sometimes, so you might have 4 sets of different dumbbells, with maybe a 5th if one of us might fail on one. Even at that I’d be mortified and quick to be done. That’s taking the absolute piss though and I’d have no issue taking one set on him if needed (the fact that someone was able to snap a pic means he just left them there too while filling up the water bottle). That pic actually stresses me out like.

Mellor · 30-07-2019 11:22pm

leggo wrote: »

When my mate and I used to train together we’d be doing supersets sometimes, so you might have 4 sets of different dumbbells, with maybe a 5th if one of us might fail on one.

Why would you need multiple dumbells for supersets?

Do you mean drop sets? I think they’re pretty annoying tbh. Cable would be a better option if you need them.

GreeBo · 31-07-2019 3:12pm

tbf it looks like he is trying to stop the bench from floating.

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