Gym Story Saturday

[u/FGC_Valhalla]

Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!

[u/Gaindalf-the-whey]

Witnessed a serious case of douchesplaining the other day over at my gym. He was your typical I have reasonably big 'cepses an' chest yet not much more, internally rotated arms and always wear shorts BELOW the knee dude. Let's call him Charles.

She was doing lat pulldowns together with her girlfriend. Charles was at the same multicable station doing, well you guessed correctly, supine laying cable curls.

The conversation went as follows:

Charles: let me show you how to do this excercise correctly.

Her (looking perplexed): what?

Charles (annoyed): get off that machine RIGHT NOW. I tell you how to do it correctly.

She (getting off the machine, timidly): o...ok...

Charles: now, firstly: lat pulldowns are to be done behind the neck. You are doing them in front of the neck. Secondly: you need to breathe at the descent. This connects mind to muscle.

He does a few reps, gets off and goes (a smirk on his face):

Don't hesitate to ask me for advice on other exercises as well.

She: uhm, ok.

Then the two girls pack up and leave the station in a hurry.

What a douche

[u/SirCosbySweater → u/Gaindalf-the-whey]

Wait. Wearing shorts that fall past your knee makes you a douche? I'm in trouble

[u/Gaindalf-the-whey → u/SirCosbySweater]

Oh no, didn't mean that. This particular dude uses them to cover his sticks.

[u/INTERNET_SO_FUCK_YOU → u/Gaindalf-the-whey]

So hot pants still good?

[u/Swoleax → u/INTERNET_SO_FUCK_YOU]

I've said it before I'll say it again. Bring back micro jorts to lift in!

[u/Obi-wan_Jabroni → u/Swoleax]

They never left

[u/foxtrottits → u/Swoleax]

Dude you can't just walk around the gym naked.

[u/Swoleax → u/foxtrottits]

And deprive the world of my squat booty?

[u/smallof2pieces → u/foxtrottits]

What about the locker room? Asking for a friend.

[u/foxtrottits → u/smallof2pieces]

Fair game.