Gotta love it...

So I'm going about my business in the gym and am on the leg press yesterday. The guys on the leg press next to me have 2 plates and a 10lb'er on each side. I've got mine loaded up. (Amazing how I can be over 5 times stronger but weight the same LOL)

So, I buckle up and get all noisy like I do on leg days (I love that shit), finish a 17 repper by nearly blacking out and killing myself and am doing an "extreme stretch" for my quads.

My heart rate's about 180, my face is as red as a stop sign, I'm breathing like an asthmatic virgin on crack in a whore house and I've got my eyes clothed and my headphones on.

It just so happened that one of my ear plugs had fallen out, so I hear, just barely, over the rushing of blood in my head, one of the guys from the leg press next to me asking:

"So, you compete in that, huh?..."

Being the sweetheart that I am when I'm in the zone in the gym, I actually considered responding to him, but this time, I just plain couldn't. Then it occurred to me:

WHAT IN THE HELL IS HE THINKING?... Is he the reporter that asks the exhausted firefighter coming out of a burning building - "So, is it hot in there?..." This is the guy who asks someone soaked from the rain if its "Gettin' wet out there?..." This is the fella who remarks to the person who just lost a finger that that "musta really hurt, huh?..."

Aside from that, who in the hell competes in the leg press?... LOL If I'd had my wits about me, I probably could have had him believing I was prepping for the ILPA (International Leg Presser's Association) Championships next week. "It'll be on ESPN!!!" LOL. Its between me and the Russian Boris "the Badger" Ibanoshovic. LMAO

Let's hear some other stories - Ladies, I KNOW you have have 'em.

-Randy

LOL.....People just want to strike up a conversation. I hear stupid crap all the time. Maybe you're just an idiot magnet like me.

Hey I compete in the ILPA too! lol
One of my favorites is when someone see's me doing full reps, below parallel while squatting and asks "isn't that bad for the knees?"
Well OBVIOUSLY not since I'm not having any problems and been doing it for years!

I was repping 505 on shrugs....bar bending....grunting....purple face...everyone in my corner of the gym was staring...lol...I couldn't hear anything until I finished my set...then I just heard people saying "holy shit" and one guy came up to me and said "boy, that's a lot of weight"...lol...no shit, sherlock...it's over 500 lbs. I was out of breath so all I could muster up was a "Yep". lol.

That was a good question was the person learning? You look like you know more than most, thats a compliment to ask ya. He was probably looking for information on squats? Is it?

gypsymoth said:

That was a good question was the person learning? You look like you know more than most, thats a compliment to ask ya. He was probably looking for information on squats? Is it?

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Gypsymoth,

Not sure what or who you're askin'...

I think I just wonder when people seem completely oblivious to the fact you're not really physiologically "available" for questions when you look like you're on the verge of vomiting and passing out. I can hardly think of a time when someone would be more inappropriate to ask a question that when the person you're asking is literally unable to speak.

I'll definitely take the compliment - its very nice to get those - but I do sort of question the source when the person seems so oblivious.

The gym never ceases to amaze me - its like a little social experiment gone bad.... LOL

-Randy

Ah, the joys of 3:30 am workouts! Never, or hardly ever does anyone there at that time say anything to anyone..Most of them don't even have their eyes open!

Thats fooked up. Thank god this does not happen to me anymore, probably cause I have enough size now. When the A-hole comes up behind you and starts spotting you from no-where. It is like I have one of those cash register lights signaling " Spot needed on Bench #2". They act like they did me a favor or something. Get the !F*CK! outta the gym!

I love it.... like the guy who says "You must be cold huh" when its 10 degrees outside and you forgot your jacket.. LMAO

LOL...j/k...