Gym Safety

Group: General Diet & Nutrition

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 399, Messages: 16719

With such a topic so broad we truly try to cover the basics from all angles in this group. Nothing too big or too small. Nutrition is as significant if not more as exercise is to reaching your goals so learn all you can.

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mikencharleston Posts: 1,585 Joined: 2002/01/09	2002/12/03, 10:20 AM I just wanted to take a minute and see if the folks that have been bodybuilding/powerlifting for awhile might want to throw some words of wisdom on here. I was in the gym yesterday and was watching a couple of new guys doing flat bench press. Form was crappy at best and after a few sets, they loaded up what for them was a fairly heavy load and the guy that had been spotting went to the rest room. Long story short, the guy that was left, tried a few reps and got stuck big time. I ran over real quick and started to help the guy get the bar back on the rack. About 2/3's of the way up he decided I had control and quit helping. Fortunately another guy was watching all this and jumped in to keep the kid from getting guillotined. The point behind all this - enjoy the gym and the results you get but think about what you're doing and the ramifications of having your head up your rear.

chris789 Posts: 99 Joined: 2002/09/06	2002/12/03, 10:39 AM Unfortunately, alot of people go in the gym and instead of doing what they're supposed to do and workout, they are too busy trying to show off in front of everybody. They're so worried about looking bad because they might not be able to lift that much that they'll put themselves in harms way. Just their stupidity. But props to you for helping out.
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/12/03, 11:09 AM I always try to teach newbies that it does not matter how much you lift, but how you lift it. I have seen so many close calls and nasty accidents, in the years I have been lifting. When in doutbt ask for a spot, make sure it is someone that you have seen in the gym for a while...they are usually able to concentrate on the spot. that is my 2 cents -------------- IF THE SWEAT AIN'T IN YOUR EYES, AND IT AIN'T STINGING, THEN YOU AIN'T LIFTIN!
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/12/03, 02:01 PM Good point Mike...I have always thought that one of the duties of a trainer or gym worker who enrolls someone is not only showing how to do exercises, but saftey and gym etiquette(like you don't own a machine till you are done!) -------------- The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!
effalunt Posts: 333 Joined: 2002/10/17	2002/12/03, 03:28 PM You guys have just hit on my pet peeve. Everyday I go to the gym, there's people swinging their weights like pendulums, finishing a set in 8 seconds flat, arching and hunching their backs, stretching improperly, ect. ect. ect. It drives me crazy. No, I'm not hugely ripped, no I can't bench press my body weight, but the things that I do I take the time to do properly. I don't know everything, but anything I don't know, I learn it! Is there any point in going to a gym to strenthen your body, and damaging and endangering it instead. I have decided to go after my certification as a trainer so that I can maybe help those out there that need a little guidance. -------------- Think you can or think you can't; either way you're right--Goethe
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2002/12/03, 05:07 PM We see it often when a friend brings in a buddy for the first time and you guys /girls know the rest! I once saw a guy trying to do Arnold Presses standing up! The weight was so heavy, he was killing his back! -------------- The trouble with jogging is that, by the time you realize you are not in shape for it, it is too far to walk back! Franklin P. Jones Ivan Montreal Canada
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/12/03, 09:07 PM Any of you guys ever run into this, you don't have a spot. So you ask some guy you don't know for one, and you are benching. Well, he wants to show how strong he is and grabs the bar when you are stuck with one hand in the middle, and almost kills you with the unbalance! Boy, if that isn't an easy way to get someone hurt. If you don't know how to spot and someone asks you, tell them! Ask how. -------------- The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/12/03, 09:11 PM And while I am on pet peeves, my biggest one!!!!! When someone gets on say the leg press, and has 4 sets to do. Fine, but in between your sets, get up and let someone else in there. They don't own it till they are done. And some people rest 10 minutes between sets, and just sit there. Drives me nuts! There, I feel better now...LOL -------------- The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2002/12/03, 09:55 PM How about the guy that reads a muscle mag in between sets while on the equipment!!!!! -------------- The trouble with jogging is that, by the time you realize you are not in shape for it, it is too far to walk back! Franklin P. Jones Ivan Montreal Canada
Lumina20 Posts: 966 Joined: 2001/10/31	2002/12/05, 01:16 AM I was just telling my b/f the other day about this guy that kept following me around the gym. It was this past summer and I was doing my ab work when this guy finally asks me for some help with his abs and I said no because he obviously wasn't too concerned with working out. At that point he flashes his huge stomach at me (and if anyone knows me I have this "thing" about large tummies) and I wanted to die! Ugghhh!
effalunt Posts: 333 Joined: 2002/10/17	2002/12/05, 01:29 AM I once was in the empty aerobics studio stretching and this very overweight man came in a stripped down to his underwear. I think he may have pulled something because it looked like he was in pain, but there he was nearly naked, sweaty and groaning. I could have handled boxers, but he was wearing tighty-whities! Nasty! That's what locker rooms are for! -------------- Think you can or think you can't; either way you're right--Goethe
rev8ball Posts: 3,081 Joined: 2001/12/27	2002/12/05, 02:10 AM okay, let's discuss today's moron #1 and #2: i was at this one gym, or should i say 'spa' (sheeesh) where there was this idiot who was trying to do a board press with bands... (for those not familiar with powerlifting-type training, a board press is a bench press with different number of boards of wood on your chest so you can train different explosive levels throughout the movement; and bands are basically big rubber bands that you attach to the bar to add resistance at different parts of the lift - both are very effective if done correctly) anyway, it was QUITE obvious that neither the lifter nor the spotter knew what the hell they were doing with powerlifting, so when the bands pulled the bar down too fast for either one of them to handle, it smacked the edge of the board, which then flew up and hit the spotter square in the face! the gym ended up calling 911 because the amount of blood was so bad, and they transported him to the hospital due to the severity of his injuries. again, this all could have been easily avoided... -------------- Michael "Trample the weak; hurdle the dead!"
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/12/05, 09:49 AM Rev...LOL...I know I shouldn't laugh at people getting hurt, but that is one of the better stories I have ever heard. I think these guys were in my gym too! Where are you at? :>} -------------- The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/12/05, 09:53 AM Oh yeah, I forgot, another good one. We had these two idiots who used to pull each others hair to get each phsyced up for the lift. This went on for months, each of them yelling and screaming at each other, one would be on the bench, the other behind him in spotters position pulling his hair. Well, one time I guess one pulled too hard, and they ended up in fist fight! It was the funniest damn thing. We regular members just kind of stood back and covered our faces to not show us laughing. I had to stand at the water fountain like I was getting a drink I was laughing so hard. -------------- The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/12/05, 11:29 AM Ok so we have to very skinny guys sitting on opposite benches. Now just because they are skinny does not mean they are not strong. Right? So as they are sitting there talking one is using knee wraps to wrap his knees before his set of squats. Now I am thinking that since he is wraping he is going lift a good amount of weight. He gets up adjusts the weight belt that is wider than his waist is big around, and hobbles to the bar............that has 135 on it. I kid you not these guys used 135 for each set of squats with wraps. They would help each other lift the bar, spot on the way down and then up and the lifter would scream like he was getting probe by an alien. I sat there at the preacher bench for 1/2 hour watching this. I laughed so hard I almost pissed my shorts. -------------- IF THE SWEAT AIN'T IN YOUR EYES, AND IT AIN'T STINGING, THEN YOU AIN'T LIFTIN!
rev8ball Posts: 3,081 Joined: 2001/12/27	2002/12/05, 12:18 PM "...scream like he was getting probe by an alien." LMAO!!!! that is a great metaphor, mutt. -------------- Michael "Trample the weak; hurdle the dead!"
mikencharleston Posts: 1,585 Joined: 2002/01/09	2002/12/05, 12:21 PM LOL That brought images I'd rather not have Mutt
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2002/12/05, 05:52 PM Well I try! -------------- IF THE SWEAT AIN'T IN YOUR EYES, AND IT AIN'T STINGING, THEN YOU AIN'T LIFTIN!
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2002/12/05, 05:56 PM Yeah, I laughed about that all afternoon! -------------- The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary!