Biggest Gym Folly

[homonunculus]

Ladies and Gents,

I love these threads - post your biggest gym follies / screw up / embarrassing moment.

I'll start.

Living and studying in Germany when my German was pretty shitty. Found the local "Fitness Studio," run by a local guy who didn't take kindly to foreigners - it was kind of an old school gym, with the same guys lifting that had been there for years. I was like the 4th American to come in there in the past week (all my other buddies), and he didn't like it much. (BTW, he spoke a dialect mainly, and understood, but spoke little textbook "High German" I had a blast trying to communicate with him.)

I finally convince him to let me sign up. I hadn't trained in weeks (backpacking across europe), so I decided to start with an incline bench, since I'd noticed that no one was using it (although it was loaded up).

The equip was the Schnell brand (german line). The Supports on the bench were about shoulder width and in the way for anyone with wide shoulders (piece of shit, basically). This of course meant that the supports made for a really nice pivot point for bar to tip.

I go over to the bench, feeling all of the reg's eyes on me. The bar is loaded with the heaviest plates on the outside for some reason (Murphy's law, of course). Not thinking (distracted by the all the evil looks and a bit pissed I just had to fight with the manager / owner just to sign up), I slip one of the heavy (20kg) plates off the end. THE DAMN BAR TIPS OVER, CRASHES TO THE FLOOR AND THE FREE END FALLS RIGHT INTO THE MIRROR ON THE WALL. Made a GIGANTIC gash in the floor AND BROKE a $700 mirror.
The owner strides on over with a beet red face and says slowly, "Das kostet Geld" "That costs money." I spent the next 2 hours trying to figure out what to do. No workout that day.

SOMEHOW, my insurance paid for it. EVERY DAMN DAY I came to workout - fo 6 months - he hounded me as I came in to the gym, wanting an update on his money. The mirror was finally paid off during the last week I was there.

He was pretty damn happy to see me go. LOL

-Randy

 

[saturn]

LOL...That's one way to win over freinds.
Mine....Let's just say high protien diet and dead lifts. I'm sure you can use your immagination to fill in the rest.

 

[LabRat]

lol thats funny shit thanks for sharing

 

[yelis300]

mines pretty close to saturns. lifting heavy weights and protein create problems. There were some younger highschool kids behind me when i did it. I just looked at them and looked away to start back on my set. I was watching them in the mirror after that and the one kid couldnt even finish his set on bench cause he was laughing too much. It was kinka embassasing but pretty funny now.

 

[Redrocks]

My most embarrassing gym moments seems to involved stiff legged deadlifts every time. A few years ago I was on a platform right in front of a guy doing overhead presses and I bent down with the weight only to feel my shorts rip right up the butt...squeeze cheeks together and slink outta the gym...
Same thing happened a last year on my first day at a new gym. I had to walk through three rooms, but couldn't get out fast enough...cheeks together, invest in new shorts and hope that it doesn't happen again!

 

[strider]

I was on the bench and 5this fine ass woman come over and was asking if she could show her friend how it was done. I removed enough weight between sets for her and she asked me to spot her. Well the bulge in my pants was in her face and she kept puffing up my shorts as she lifted. her cleavage was sweaty and nipples erect all in my direct line of sight as I spotted her. needless to say i had to excuse myself with a hard on almost full to go to the bathroom with my towel in front of me. Too much test i blame that one on.

 

[johnnyboy845]

I was on the bench and 5this fine ass woman come over and was asking if she could show her friend how it was done. I removed enough weight between sets for her and she asked me to spot her. Well the bulge in my pants was in her face and she kept puffing up my shorts as she lifted. her cleavage was sweaty and nipples erect all in my direct line of sight as I spotted her. needless to say i had to excuse myself with a hard on almost full to go to the bathroom with my towel in front of me. Too much test i blame that one on.

thats my gym nightmare come true LOL funny shit ..I have to watch it on test and checking out the babes in the gym LOL

 

[LabRat]

The equip was the Schnell brand (german line). The Supports on the bench were about shoulder width and in the way for anyone with wide shoulders (piece of shit, basically). This of course meant that the supports made for a really nice pivot point for bar to tip.

I go over to the bench, feeling all of the reg's eyes on me. The bar is loaded with the heaviest plates on the outside for some reason (Murphy's law, of course). Not thinking (distracted by the all the evil looks and a bit pissed I just had to fight with the manager / owner just to sign up), I slip one of the heavy (20kg) plates off the end. THE DAMN BAR TIPS OVER, CRASHES TO THE FLOOR AND THE FREE END FALLS RIGHT INTO THE MIRROR ON THE WALL. Made a GIGANTIC gash in the floor AND BROKE a $700 mirror.

-Randy

I was hoping you were gonna throw some more plates on bar and proceeded to do high reps as they watched in amazment, lol.