[rant] My gym is run by a bunch of uptight women (cliff notes at bottom)

**davtown** · 04-19-2007, 11:56 PM

Let me preface by saying that yes, there are women who do not fit this mold (as evidenced by many of our members here at IM), but unfortunately none of these women work at my gym.

Let me tell you a little bit about my gym.... I work out at the YMCA. They have all the free weights and equipment I need, but barely. There is only 1 squat rack, and I'm actually surprised it's there. Thankfully there aren't that many people who use it, but that should give you an idea of the typical member at my gym - machine warriors. I'm thankful that I don't have to wait often for equipment, however the type of people that frequent my gym also reflect the type of people that work there, with one or two exceptions. The kind of workers whose idea of personal training is showing you how to use the machines and then saying “and those are the barbells and dumbbells…. Here, let me show you the cardio equipment”. There are lifters at my gym that I can relate to, but not many. I have only seen a couple other people even attempt a squat, and only one of those people didn't do a quarter squat.

So today I was doing legs and I started off my workout with front squats. I wanted to check my form, so I brought my digital camera with me so I could film myself and analyze it later. A guy saw me doing front squats and got really excited - like I said, it's a rarity to see someone do that at my gym. He asked if he could work in with me and do some front squats too, and he offered to hold the camera so that I didn't have to set it up on a chair. Awesome!

So I do my first workset and he films it... I got a nice PR by doing 3 reps more than I did last week. On my second set he films it again, and as I finished my set, a girl who worked there came up and said, "Are you taking pictures?"

As quick as can be, he shot back, "nope".

Her only response was a long "uuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... you can't do that."

At this point I already racked the weight and came over to join the fun. I explained that I was filming myself so that I could analyze my form and improve my lifting technique. I also pointed out that the rules on the wall said nothing about cameras. She said it didn't matter and that she would go talk to her superior.

A few minutes later I see not one, not two, but three women staff members walking towards me like they just got hired to be the new sheriffs in town and they're ready to prove themselves.

"You can't use a camera in here."

"I was just filming myself so that I could better my form."

"Doesn't matter.... so hand it over, we're gonna have to delete those videos".

I thought she was just going to make me put it away, but no, she wanted me to delete the videos!

"Really?? Can't I just keep this video? Please?"

"If you want to keep the video you're going to have to talk to our lawyers."

Great, now she's giving me legal threats. My buddy who works at the gym and loves to lift heavy weights and do exercises like front squats and deadlifts was sitting down right next to us…. I could see him biting his lip and holding back from unleashing a war of words on his higher ups.

“Okay…. Can I just watch the video once to see how my form was?”

“Fine. Watch your video.”

My analysis…. Keep the elbows up!

The guy who filmed me was talking to them too… we convinced the women to talk to the executive director (another uptight female and let me keep the video. I quickly viewed the pics on my camera to make sure there was nothing inappropriate on there and then handed it over. They took the camera and left…. We anticipated their return. 5 minutes later they walked up with my camera and handed it to me.

”We watched the video and you can keep it…. But I don’t want to see that camera in here ever again. If you want to do it in the future, you need to have prior written consent from the executive director and you need a staff member to take the video. But it’s not gonna happen often”.

Yeah yeah, thanks a bunch. In the end I got to keep my video and they worked out a way that I could do it in the future (although they said it wouldn’t happen often), but the approach they took to the whole situation was so cold and impersonal. They really need to go to their OBGYN and get the sand cleaned out of their vaginas.

I watched the video when I got home and saw the same thing I saw before…. I need to keep my elbows up! I wouldn’t have noticed this otherwise, but now that I know this I can front squat with better form in the future…. It’s a good thing I had that video!

cliffs:
-my gym is filled with a bunch of people who just use machines and do a lot of cardio
-I took a video of me front squatting at the gym so that I could analyze my form
-uptight women workers with sand in their vaginas said that it was against the rules, tried to make me delete the video
-in the end I got to keep the video, but the women staff members and directors at my gym still have a ton of sand in their vaginas.
-I need to keep my elbows up higher when I'm doing front squats. Other than that it's good.

EzyRyder · 04-20-2007, 12:02 AM

Thank You for cliffs, and lmao.

**Ikaika** · 04-20-2007, 12:04 AM

1. Poop on uptight workers car
2. ????
3. Profit

**romanaz** · 04-20-2007, 12:14 AM

I hate people like that. I can't film in my schools gym anymore unless I get a months notice in advanced. It sucks. And funny to, the fitness director is a women as well. She's gotten better, but she still doesn't understand strength training.

Silly women.

JB20 · 04-20-2007, 12:20 AM

i like tight women

**romanaz** · 04-20-2007, 12:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JB20

i like tight women

:werd:

:boobs:

**BigZeke** · 04-20-2007, 01:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JB20

i like tight women

+100000000000000000000

My gym is run by a woman, no shocker if you've heard some of my stories. I would have told them to **** off if they wanted my camera. What the hell business is it of theirs if you're taking pictures? Doesn't make sense, what do they think you're filming girl's asses (something I'd do though

)?

Keep bringing your camera, if they give you shit tell them to **** off, if they threaten to cancel your membership tell them you'll press charges. Take pictures of the rules signs, if there are any, right in front of them. If there's no rule against taking pics I don't see why they would be so against it.

**skelooth** · 04-20-2007, 01:35 AM

wtf is with people? Dude... If you never signed a piece of paper that says you can't take photos/videos there, and there is nothing posted, **** them. Is it a franchise gym?

EzyRyder · 04-20-2007, 01:56 AM

This thread is worthless withou pics

Oh wait, thats right, you can't take any. :hehe:

**Succio** · 04-20-2007, 01:58 AM

:owned5:

**grim** · 04-20-2007, 02:54 AM

Damn your gym sounds like a dream compared to mine, we don't even have a single squat rack! Only a smith machine, also ran by mostly woman

I however have never had them yell at me, a old guy there once bitched me out for 'dropping' weights that I didn't drop. He didn't understand that 100 pound db's make a thud no matter how lightly you try to put them down. Yeah another thing that sucks that's the biggest db's we have, damn and you thought you had it bad :p

**bubba g** · 04-20-2007, 03:46 AM

That sucks davtown, you have way more patients than I do.

If they would have asked me to hand my camera over I would have told them "I have personal pictures of me, and my girlfriend on here that are private.. if you say no cameras fine.. I won't bring it anymore, but your not looking at my pictures.

I am so glad I work out at home....lol

**davtown** · 04-20-2007, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bubba g

That sucks davtown, you have way more patients than I do.

If they would have asked me to hand my camera over I would have told them "I have personal pictures of me, and my girlfriend on here that are private.. if you say no cameras fine.. I won't bring it anymore, but your not looking at my pictures.

I am so glad I work out at home....lol

Yeah, I'm glad that I'm a patient person...
A home gym sounds nice, I would love to have one of those.

When I go in tomorrow I'm going to get a complete rulebook from the front desk and scour it for information on cameras. When I signed my membership contract, I signed into the rules.... so if I see something that bans cameras, that's ok, but if I can't find anything at all.... well that's when the fun begins

**Peaked_18** · 04-20-2007, 10:28 AM

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**MacTech** · 04-20-2007, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EzyRyder

This thread is worthless withou pics

I hope you don't mean pics of the sand!!

ja_ke · 04-20-2007, 03:44 PM

last time i went to the YMCA like 3 weeks ago (we have some family membership thing) with my dad. There was someone curling in the power rack, all three benches were taken by people doing various curls, obviously the preacher bench thing was being used, an dthere was another dude doing alt db curls. It was rediculous there was no open equipment really and everyone was just curling. I'm dead serious and not exaggerating either.

04-19-2007, 11:56 PM	#1
davtown OM NOM NOM NOM Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 2,360 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 128	[rant] My gym is run by a bunch of uptight women (cliff notes at bottom) Let me preface by saying that yes, there are women who do not fit this mold (as evidenced by many of our members here at IM), but unfortunately none of these women work at my gym. Let me tell you a little bit about my gym.... I work out at the YMCA. They have all the free weights and equipment I need, but barely. There is only 1 squat rack, and I'm actually surprised it's there. Thankfully there aren't that many people who use it, but that should give you an idea of the typical member at my gym - machine warriors. I'm thankful that I don't have to wait often for equipment, however the type of people that frequent my gym also reflect the type of people that work there, with one or two exceptions. The kind of workers whose idea of personal training is showing you how to use the machines and then saying “and those are the barbells and dumbbells…. Here, let me show you the cardio equipment”. There are lifters at my gym that I can relate to, but not many. I have only seen a couple other people even attempt a squat, and only one of those people didn't do a quarter squat. So today I was doing legs and I started off my workout with front squats. I wanted to check my form, so I brought my digital camera with me so I could film myself and analyze it later. A guy saw me doing front squats and got really excited - like I said, it's a rarity to see someone do that at my gym. He asked if he could work in with me and do some front squats too, and he offered to hold the camera so that I didn't have to set it up on a chair. Awesome! So I do my first workset and he films it... I got a nice PR by doing 3 reps more than I did last week. On my second set he films it again, and as I finished my set, a girl who worked there came up and said, "Are you taking pictures?" As quick as can be, he shot back, "nope". Her only response was a long "uuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... you can't do that." At this point I already racked the weight and came over to join the fun. I explained that I was filming myself so that I could analyze my form and improve my lifting technique. I also pointed out that the rules on the wall said nothing about cameras. She said it didn't matter and that she would go talk to her superior. A few minutes later I see not one, not two, but three women staff members walking towards me like they just got hired to be the new sheriffs in town and they're ready to prove themselves. "You can't use a camera in here." "I was just filming myself so that I could better my form." "Doesn't matter.... so hand it over, we're gonna have to delete those videos". I thought she was just going to make me put it away, but no, she wanted me to delete the videos! "Really?? Can't I just keep this video? Please?" "If you want to keep the video you're going to have to talk to our lawyers." Great, now she's giving me legal threats. My buddy who works at the gym and loves to lift heavy weights and do exercises like front squats and deadlifts was sitting down right next to us…. I could see him biting his lip and holding back from unleashing a war of words on his higher ups. “Okay…. Can I just watch the video once to see how my form was?” “Fine. Watch your video.” My analysis…. Keep the elbows up! The guy who filmed me was talking to them too… we convinced the women to talk to the executive director (another uptight female and let me keep the video. I quickly viewed the pics on my camera to make sure there was nothing inappropriate on there and then handed it over. They took the camera and left…. We anticipated their return. 5 minutes later they walked up with my camera and handed it to me. ”We watched the video and you can keep it…. But I don’t want to see that camera in here ever again. If you want to do it in the future, you need to have prior written consent from the executive director and you need a staff member to take the video. But it’s not gonna happen often”. Yeah yeah, thanks a bunch. In the end I got to keep my video and they worked out a way that I could do it in the future (although they said it wouldn’t happen often), but the approach they took to the whole situation was so cold and impersonal. They really need to go to their OBGYN and get the sand cleaned out of their vaginas. I watched the video when I got home and saw the same thing I saw before…. I need to keep my elbows up! I wouldn’t have noticed this otherwise, but now that I know this I can front squat with better form in the future…. It’s a good thing I had that video! cliffs: -my gym is filled with a bunch of people who just use machines and do a lot of cardio -I took a video of me front squatting at the gym so that I could analyze my form -uptight women workers with sand in their vaginas said that it was against the rules, tried to make me delete the video -in the end I got to keep the video, but the women staff members and directors at my gym still have a ton of sand in their vaginas. -I need to keep my elbows up higher when I'm doing front squats. Other than that it's good. __________________ --Training Journal-- current/goal D: 350/380 S: 280/300 B: 235/260

04-20-2007, 12:04 AM	#3
Ikaika resident degen Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 3,666 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 214	1. Poop on uptight workers car 2. ???? 3. Profit __________________ No supplement can make up for the lack of a strong work ethic.

04-20-2007, 12:20 AM	#5
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04-20-2007, 01:35 AM	#8
skelooth eh heh heh Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Behind you Posts: 7,183 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 154	wtf is with people? Dude... If you never signed a piece of paper that says you can't take photos/videos there, and there is nothing posted, **** them. Is it a franchise gym? __________________

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04-20-2007, 12:02 AM	#2
EzyRyder Pro Stature Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 743 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 70	Thank You for cliffs, and lmao.

04-20-2007, 01:56 AM	#9
EzyRyder Pro Stature Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 743 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 70	This thread is worthless withou pics Oh wait, thats right, you can't take any. :hehe:

04-20-2007, 02:54 AM	#11
grim Professional Lurker Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 81 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 8	Damn your gym sounds like a dream compared to mine, we don't even have a single squat rack! Only a smith machine, also ran by mostly woman I however have never had them yell at me, a old guy there once bitched me out for 'dropping' weights that I didn't drop. He didn't understand that 100 pound db's make a thud no matter how lightly you try to put them down. Yeah another thing that sucks that's the biggest db's we have, damn and you thought you had it bad :p

04-20-2007, 03:46 AM	#12
bubba g Moderator Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,925 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 176	That sucks davtown, you have way more patients than I do. If they would have asked me to hand my camera over I would have told them "I have personal pictures of me, and my girlfriend on here that are private.. if you say no cameras fine.. I won't bring it anymore, but your not looking at my pictures. I am so glad I work out at home....lol

04-20-2007, 10:28 AM	#14
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04-20-2007, 03:44 PM	#16
ja_ke Pro Stature Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Allen Park, MI Posts: 207 Recipes: 0 Rep Power: 7	last time i went to the YMCA like 3 weeks ago (we have some family membership thing) with my dad. There was someone curling in the power rack, all three benches were taken by people doing various curls, obviously the preacher bench thing was being used, an dthere was another dude doing alt db curls. It was rediculous there was no open equipment really and everyone was just curling. I'm dead serious and not exaggerating either.

04-20-2007, 10:45 PM	#17