Throwing Dummbells Feels GOOD

Not sure what it is with me but have been feeling a little scrappy lately. Mind you I am on hardly anything, just a little eq and deca. So here is my story of the idiots at the gym yesterday, also if you knew me I am pretty non confrontational and I kinda just go with the flow and I hate drama! But....Okay so I was doing incline benches last night and there were these 3 young idiots and one guy also an idiot training by himself. So I'm doing my warmup set with 40s and first the one kid next to me is gabbing with his buddy and was so close that I almost hit him coming down with my weights, he caught himself and moved quickly so he got to live. However I am about 4-5 reps into my warmup and the older guy (you know this guy he is at every gym, tight wife beater to show off his teenage girl muscles and baggy pants to cover his chicken legs) proceeds to go directly in front of me to pick his weights and bends over with his ass inches from my side. I never go in front of anyone to get weights when they are in the middle of their set, it is courtesy and also for safety. So for the first time in my life I threw my dumbbells at him, didn't even finish my set just threw them at him. I gotta tell you it felt so GREAT!!! I take a lot of shit in my life as I don't like drama so maybe it was my breaking point. My husband was behind me and saw this going on, I got all ghetto and told him "This mfer is crowding me", ok that is not even lingo I ever use. The guy said nothing and scooted away and did not come near me again.....so I thought it was over. However I am on my next to last set on incline dbs, doing 85s and I'll be damned if the same shit didn't happen. One of those teenage kids stood directly in front of me looking at dumbbells, I had one rep left, he didn't move so I finished my rep and threw those in his direction. My husband who is also very quiet pulls him aside makes him put down his dumbbells and schools him in proper gym etiquette. I could've pulled something or tore something trying to avoid these idiots, and also they are in danger of getting some heavy shit dropped right on their feet. The teenagers just didn't know any better imo, but the older guy did. I still sometimes get people crowding on me at the gym cuz I'm a big girl and they may not like it. Hey I may not like looking at your scawny ass in your tiny girl tank but I keep my mouth shut. I don't think I am all that however people in the gym need to show some damn courtesy to others lifting! Okay that is my rant. Oldschool has some funny stories about this, however his end with jail time and a possible felony.

I have a funny story to tell. About 20 yrs ago when I was training hard with my workout partner we were doing heavy dumbell press and a guy continued to walk in front of us, I went to get water and when I looked back my partner Dave yelled at him and then grabed a dumbbell and wacked him in the head unconscious. After they gathered him with the ambulance my partner wanted to finish his workout but the police had other ideas and he was arrested, About a week later he was out on bail and that same idiot approached my buddy and said he needed to use a dumbbell to do his work so my buddy Dave lost it again grabbed the guy and proceeded to bang the guys head off the dumbbell rack this time saying how does that feel once again rendering the guy unconcious. Unfortunately this time there was no bail and we did not train together for 1 yr. All of this flashed through my head with Jenn at the gym and I said to myself boy these guys are really lucky my buddy Dave is not around.

That's awesome!! I'm sure that felt SO good!! I couldn't ever do that as Silk would be upset with me for the remainder of the day at least. She doesn't like it when I lose my temper, but some of those assholes really put you in a dangerous spot and they need to be reminded!! Besides, it's not rocket science, it's common sense! I don't ever knowingly block someone's view and never come close to someone lifting as it could easily lead to a torn muscle. Some of these people need it really burned into their heads. It's a gym. It's for adults and there is ALOT of potential for injury. Good for you!

Funny stuff! We have all had those flashes in our head of us rendering some ignorant asshole in the gym unconsious, but i have to say i have never hit anyone, thank the good LORD!

I have yelled at guys in the gym, and realized no matter how wrong they were and how right i was, i still looked like the asshole to the rest of the gym,lol, as I have yelled at some tiny guys before and it just didnt go over well,lol. But fuck it , when ur right your right.

So Jenn were they just that ignorant, or were they testing you?

^^^^ omg! ive flipped out many times. ive waited for guys to go into the locker room after doing stupid shit like that and beat their asses. but here where im from, guys are so full of air, and do that shit on purpose. they'll even look at you in the mirror with a smile while their doing a set directly infront of you.

so to me, i think that behavior deserves an ass woopin.

but ive recently moved to a smaller gym, and the poeple that train there are all awsome.

The people at my gym know to respect my space when im using dbs and keep their distance because I don't even try to place the weights down slowly now I just drop them and let them do their thing. Now if they start rolling or get out of control I'll grab them quickly to make sure I don't injure someone but if your in front of me when I'm lifting you deserve it. If I sit there and wait patiently until you finish your set why cant you wait. I know exactly how you feel and after you give a few people the scare they begin to learn and leave you alone.

Now I don't feel so bad .. You gotta skool the dweebs so they show respect . Good work Jenn. I love the oldschool story.. Classic!