Letch fail

[vicarz]

Today the middle-aged man who sometimes hits on me (and everyone) was doing BICEP CURLS in the SQUAT RACK next to me. Sadly he asked me to spot him...I even joked "Sure, if I get to yell at you when you use your back." Now it was bad enough he was doing bicep curls, that his form sucked, and that he was asking for a spot in an exercise which benefits not one fucking bit from a spot - but when I kindly or not bold enough to say "No, it's just too silly" - did so, he made spittle fly everywhere including my fucking face. UGH. Of course I ignored it (but went to the bathroom to wash my hands and face) but then he asked if he did it right. I smirked...and he ARGUED that he hadn't moved his back. I agreed, sure, but told him that his elbows were all over the place. Because his elbows were all over the place (in short, he wasn't really working that 105 lbs with his biceps, he was creating momentum and bouncing it up).

Later superhotgymgirl showed up and, unsolicited, commented I had a heavy overhead press (selfhighfive).

Later than that I was doing pull ups and saw some other poor schmuck as dorkmasterbicep was asking another much stronger and much younger man for a spot on this exercise which has no purpose, which does not need to be done in a safety fucking cage, and does not need a spot...twice...and noticed that when he finished this time the other guy also laughed, and pantomimed the form problems this guy had faking the weight up on the worthless exercise.

Comments

[wantedonvoyage.livejournal.com]

LOL I'm the middle-aged man in the gym, but I only ask GymBro for spots, and him rarely; I don't talk to anybody else, nor even look at them.. I saw a young guy with big arms, who looked like he should know better, making a whole-body exercise out of biceps curls just last night. But he didn't ask for a spot. I've never heard of anybody needing a spot for that.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Technically at 47 I am a middle-aged man in the gym, though I proudly note when I started conversation a HYOOG guy the other day he complimented my lifts which were "pretty good compared to most kids." Totally taking that.

I like talking to people in the gym - though I'm highly aware others do not (particularly females) so I sort of smile a lot and "hit and run" if I say anything other than ask for a spot.

I'm also super friendly when people talk to me (it happens a lot as many of my t-shirts are controversial/scary/funny) and am thrilled if anyone hits on me respectfully. But I'm an attention whore so...

But the bicep curls, sigh. He's actually ok and pretty fit but so silly that way. His tactics are super low pressure and otherwise fine, but watching him switch guys on multiple sets was just icing on the sillycake.