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101 reasons I hate the Y

7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/11, 04:51 PM 1. it is the Y -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
ATIGER Posts: 992 Joined: 2003/02/26	2006/07/11, 05:07 PM 2. those darn village people
MattWV Posts: 74 Joined: 2006/05/12	2006/07/11, 05:12 PM 3. The guy who told me "You don't need to exercise your lower back, it gets enough of a workout from just walking around everyday" Other than that, I didn't mind the Y. But I haven't been there in 11 years.
	2006/07/11, 05:19 PM 4. Too many little kids messing around 5. The one near my house is very cramped
MattWV Posts: 74 Joined: 2006/05/12	2006/07/11, 05:24 PM Yeah, that takes me back. . . 6. An alarming number of naked old men in the locker room
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/11, 10:26 PM 7. The fact that they have 4 leg extension machines and 1 squat rack, -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
arondaballer Posts: 1,054 Joined: 2003/06/14	2006/07/11, 11:00 PM 8. The fact that I've...never..been to one? -------------- I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is the moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle-victorious. --Vince Lombardi "Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work." H. L. Hunt
Ravenbeauty Posts: 3,755 Joined: 2002/09/24	2006/07/11, 11:07 PM 9. The teachers were torturous in the after school programs they had when i was growing up. One was just a dirty old man! -------------- Bettia.... You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. -Mark Twain ravenbeauty@freetrainers.com
wrestler125 Posts: 4,619 Joined: 2004/01/27	2006/07/12, 04:25 AM 10. "I don't care if its allowed, I've got two sets, and I'm using chalk" 11. "Personal Trainers". Ha ha. -------------- Iron and chalk.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/12, 03:05 PM 12. They play Pop 40 music-it is a terrible thing to be forced to squat to Mariah Carey! And Celine Dion!:angry: -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/12, 03:47 PM 16. Atiger staring at me staring at him while dancing to Skynard! LOL -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
ATIGER Posts: 992 Joined: 2003/02/26	2006/07/12, 03:21 PM 13. Mutt dancing to Celine Dion and Marah Carey between sets of squats
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/12, 03:26 PM 14. Atiger in his "80's" spandexed stripped "Randy Macho Man Savage" pants and bandana doing SLDL in the mirrior. -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
ATIGER Posts: 992 Joined: 2003/02/26	2006/07/12, 03:39 PM 15. Mutt staring at me in the mirror while dancing to Celine Dion :laugh:
ATIGER Posts: 992 Joined: 2003/02/26	2006/07/12, 03:55 PM 17. Some guy getting mad and actually wanting to do squats in the cage while I am doing my BB curls - all 8 sets of them
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/12, 04:00 PM 18. Some guy taking weight off my bar rightr after seeing me add it so he could do "curls". -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
ATIGER Posts: 992 Joined: 2003/02/26	2006/07/12, 04:03 PM 19. i may hate the Y but I LOVE THIS SITE!!!!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/12, 04:08 PM 20. Doing heavy rows and some "person"using nice shiny 10lb weights has to be so close to me that I hit her, er I mean them with the bar during her, shoot, their set of 50 lateral raises. -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
retrofish Posts: 118 Joined: 2005/06/20	2006/07/12, 08:30 PM Haha, you don't know how good you have it. At the Y in London, they only had premade barbells. They maxed out at 70Kg, which meant no heavy lifting for a whole semester. Plus there was the gay guy that came in wearing white spandex volleyball shorts, with NO UNDERWEAR. He then proceeded to do sets of bent over rows. It was horrifying. I'm all for equal rights, but all men regardless of sexual orientation have the equal right to not ever wear translucent spandex in public as far as I'm concerned.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/13, 12:37 PM 21. They took all the good old metal rusty plates, spent more money on rubber coated ones with handles that suck! -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/13, 12:37 PM 22. Bought more cardio machines and have only ONE RACK! -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/13, 12:38 PM 23. They let in 13yr old kids with adult supervision. -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/13, 12:39 PM 24. Idiots do not realize that the are around a squat rack is dangerous, (knocked over another person last night!) -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/13, 12:57 PM 25. Again with the pop music?!!!! -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
MattWV Posts: 74 Joined: 2006/05/12	2006/07/13, 01:24 PM 26. The nautilus room is air conditioned and has a view of the pool and the outside. The free weight room is an unfinished basement and is cooled by a box fan.
snoopy13 Posts: 239 Joined: 2003/11/15	2006/07/13, 01:46 PM 27. Personal Trainers who tell me to stop dealifting cause it makes too much noise. I just tell them do you even know what a deadlift is? F**K EM!!!
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2006/07/13, 02:03 PM 28. Some folks who think that the machine/apparatus is "theirs" till they are finished with it, and they sit there and read War and Peace in between each set instead of getting up and letting you get a 20 second set in. :) -------------- Maximus from Gladiator....Strength and Honor!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/14, 12:30 PM 29. Those people that think working out is standing in my way talking to their friends. -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
MannyMaster Posts: 515 Joined: 2006/02/01	2006/07/14, 11:53 PM WOW, you really hate the Y. I'm sorry your facility is so bad. Our Y is very nice, but we do have plenty off dumba$$ people around. They should have a special room for them! And of course the fact that my husband works for the Y and we get a FREE membership doesn't hurt either. LOL:big_smile: -------------- "One Ring to rule them all; One Ring to find them; One Ring to bring them all, and in the Darkness bind them." -LOTR Trilogy
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2006/07/15, 09:07 PM 30. They have "core" classes -------------- Get your bicep curling, cut off shirt, matching workout outfit wearing,flexing in mirror "toned" wanna-be ass , out of my squat rack! People don't reach thier true potental, only those who seek it.
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2006/07/16, 01:14 AM 31. spandex -------------- Get your bicep curling, cut off shirt, matching workout outfit wearing,flexing in mirror "toned" wanna-be ass , out of my squat rack! People don't reach thier true potental, only those who seek it.
maxcdc Posts: 180 Joined: 2005/02/26	2006/07/16, 09:30 AM what s Y ?
bigandrew Posts: 5,146 Joined: 2002/10/21	2006/07/17, 08:18 PM YMCA -------------- Get your bicep curling, cut off shirt, matching workout outfit wearing,flexing in mirror "toned" wanna-be ass , out of my squat rack! People don't reach thier true potental, only those who seek it.
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2006/07/23, 01:39 AM Naked, old, wrinkled men in the sauna. Wrap a towel around yourself!!!!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/07/26, 01:04 PM 32. Not enough plates for me to shrug with! -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
	2007/11/14, 08:30 PM Sorry, but I really like my town's Y. I guess they're all different, but our facility has a great free weights room on the third floor. It's nowhere near the nautilus area on the first floor. It's nonprofit, so nobody's trying to sell me shi!t, and our Y works hard to try and reach out to people who want to get in shape but don't know where to start. I thought this site was about being supportive of people who want to get healthy. If you hate the Y so much, find somewhere else to go. Also, every Y in existence gets 100% of its funding from its members, so if you want more/better weights and plates, ask for them. -------------- \"We must be the change we wish to see in the world\" - Ghandi
coolnatedawg Posts: 813 Joined: 2005/03/09	2007/11/14, 08:52 PM why would you randomly write that?
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2007/11/14, 09:30 PM IT was meant as a joke sheesh....and for you information I have asked many times for more weights....they put a Freaking water fountain on the wall near the weight room entrance. Ihave asken many times for squat cages not puny racks, they put in a water fountain display out side THEN SPEND MY MONEY BUILDING A "KIDS" PLAY ROOM THAT IS ONLY OPEN TO KIDS 8 AND UP!????????? I stay there cause they can watch my kids for 1 hour total a day. IF not TRUST me i would spend 300 a year at MY Gym. But I sacrific my pleasure so my wife and kids have a place to go....sheesh this just pissed the holy hell outta me -------------- As a quarter squatter was dominating the rack, I heard a conversation between an old powerlifter (easily in his 60\\'s) and what I would guess was his grandson (15-yrs old): Kid: \\"So, why does he stop so short on his squats? That looks weird to me.\\" Old PL\\'er: \\"He\\'s afraid if he squats deep, his vagina might touch the ground.\\" 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
BILL06 Posts: 755 Joined: 2006/08/08	2007/11/14, 10:02 PM ============ Quoting from wasakat: Also, every Y in existence gets 100% of its funding from its members, so if you want more/better weights and plates, ask for them. ============= Actually they rely on corporate donations around the world from the likes of companies like pepsi, disney, bridgestone, J.C penny and sankyo just to name a few along with members fee's and local and state donations and fund-raising drives. figured id add my 2 cents.... -------------- How do you feel? That is the question But I forget.. you dont expect an easy answer When something like a soul becomes Initialized and folded up like paper dolls and little notes You cant expect a bit of hope So while youre outside looking in Describing what you see Remember what youre staring at is me. ---------- Get busy living or get busy dying. Bill
	2007/11/15, 08:09 AM Take a deep breath Mutt - it will be OK
Tinnuk Posts: 291 Joined: 2005/12/19	2007/11/15, 02:26 PM A little short of 101 reasons I see. Maybe you like the Y more than you think?
	2007/11/18, 07:56 PM Don't know what to say, Mutt. My post wasn't a personal attack on any one specific person. Just generally disappointed at all the negativity directed toward a national non-profit organization that tries to get people exercising. Didn't mean to spike your BP. My apologies. -------------- \"We must be the change we wish to see in the world\" - Ghandi
	2007/11/18, 07:59 PM Message deleted by moderator due to unsuitable content for this board.
returnofplex Posts: 801 Joined: 2007/10/26	2007/11/28, 04:57 PM I got one,....Naked old men drying their no-no parts under the hand dryer in the locker room. It's to the point where I don't even go in there to weigh-out anymore!
jpro86 Posts: 2 Joined: 2007/11/30	2007/12/07, 12:28 PM two things i hate about the Y. 1. old naked guys in locker rooms 2. when workin on one machine and going to get a drink u come back seeing some one taken ur weight off and using what u were using.