Ya this is the dominant sight at the gym. Almost everyone has deplorable technique.
Its all about ramming out the reps with over max weight.
Geez doesnt anyone get oreinted to the proper form etc.

less of a funny observation and more a serious question.

today i saw a guy on the treadmill who weighed around 300lb. he had two bottles of gatorade he was chugging while walking.

do any of you tell the guy he's taking in more calories than he'll burn during his time on the treadmill? i never mind if people chat me up about their workout but my friend gets quite offended by it. what's a nice way of telling someone a fitness 101 so the person may not be offended?

I think telling people anything in the gym is kind of like telling them who to vote for or what church to go to. No good can come of it.

yeah the odds of him responding with "really? im kind of new to this working out thing, thanks for the tip!" is like 1:100

Being 300 lbs, he probably burns like 400 calories every 6 steps.

Bwana, I think it is inappropriate to offer unsolicited advice and critiques. I should stop there, but I'll go on.

Aside from that, what would your sister say if you told her she was a bozo if she ordered diet coke with her lunch? Maybe she'd apologize and even thank you for your concern after punching your lights out. And this is family, someone who loves you like a brother. You may say that one is an informed choice and the other *might* be an uninformed choice. You are going to have to live with certain amounts of ignorance in the world. Also, outside of internet fora, probably a good idea to walk softly given our own ignorances-- half the people who want to correct someone are bent on telling them the wrong thing.

Finally, the following rule has never let me down: Don't get between a fat man and something he's trying to put into his face.

Fat people doing crunches thinking it will help them lose their gut. You can not spot reduce fat.

my hunch was most people would recommend staying out of other people's business. ive never considered commenting on someone's lift but this seemed like one of those things that if the guy were told a light bulb would go off. seems like this is not an exception to the rule.

shemp, a little rough but point taken. although i didnt suggest calling anyone names i suppose he could have interpreted it that way.

years ago someone was working out next to me and said "i used to do the lift youre doing until i found it wasnt helping me in my workout. instead i started do X." i appreciated his comment and how it was said.

so i started going to the gym to do the elliptical things. pretty good workout imo. problem is, im the guy who sweats a ton. like a rediculous amount. i wipe it off and everthing but its flying all over the place, proly hitting the ppl next to me sometimes, actually forms a puddle on the base and pedals.

so ya, im that guy. *** u all!

I see and hear this all the time

Skinny guys love to do bicep curls..the bigger fellas tend to work their arms less often.

1. the guy who slams the weight down when he's done with a set and yells for attention.
- we get it dude, you're trying to throw up weight. what you don't realize is that instead of you owning the weight, that weight owned you

2. the guy who runs on his heels and it's loud as hell
- land on the balls of your feet

I've been noticing the bigger the meathead the smaller the girlfriend - and I mean tiny. I swear I keep seeing these 6'3" 220+lb guys with like 5'2" sub 100lb gfs.

I dunno, why would you bother. He has to actually understand the whole theory of caloric balance to understand your advice about the gatorade. It's a shame that people aren't taught this in school.

Tiny hands make your c*ck look bigger.