smoothmarine187
Well-Known Member
Me, too!
I could just imagine us discreetly following him around the gym so I could take a picture of you with him 
I could just imagine us discreetly following him around the gym so I could take a picture of you with him 
Chasey_Lane
Salt Life
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Big Fatty
Guest
I think this may be worse than the dude that wears jeans and workboots in my gym
Absolutely....
warneckutz
Well-Known Member
Where's your post about the kids wearing a wife beater and jeans? I witnessed that the other day for the 45th time and thought of your post.
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Big Fatty
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Where's your post about the kids wearing a wife beater and jeans? I witnessed that the other day for the 45th time and thought of your post.
The world has moved on.........
We may never see a return to normality.........
We are stuck having to deal with it...........
MDTerps
Back in the saddle
Where's your post about the kids wearing a wife beater and jeans? I witnessed that the other day for the 45th time and thought of your post.
Like the guy that came in yesterday with his wife beater, head band and knee high socks. Not only did he look funny, but he has been spoken to several times about his BO.
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Big Fatty
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SOYG 300 million trillion
Reminds me of having to tell a guy, let's call him Dr. Feelgood, he needed wash his gym clothes or wear something that smelled better. He wore the same tank-top and pants to the gym every day. He smelled like stale urine.
I remember him being in the free-weight area and everyone else moved to the cardio area. He never noticed.
He was a great guy. Wealthy, nice-looking wife, in good shape. Lots of things going for him. Smelling good wasn't one of them.
Those of you who worked out at World Gym in Ltown back in the early 00's will know who this guy is.
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Big Fatty
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Taken from DeFranco's Training ..:: The Ultimate Way To Become A Better Athlete ::..
Things that PISS ME OFF!
by
Joe DeFranco
For the past 5 years, I’ve been in my own little world – I’ve been totally engrossed in training my athletes and growing my business. I haven’t spent too much time worrying about what goes on in the “fitness industry”. But, for some reason, I spent a little extra time “surfing the web” this past week and I must say that certain things disgusted me! Because of this, I need to get some stuff off my chest! Here we go…
The term “functional training”
I’ve talked about this one before, but it just won’t go away! For some reason, trainers that favor exercises that are performed on stability balls or wobble boards call themselves “functional” trainers. “Functional” trainers also favor light band resistance and med balls instead of heavy barbells and dumbbells. Somehow they have come up with the notion that kneeling on a stability ball while having a pass with a light medicine ball is more “functional” than squatting, dragging a sled, bench-pressing, rowing, strongman training, etc. You don’t need to be a “fitness professional” to realize how illogical this type of thinking is.
“Functional” trainers are the types of trainers that will say a bench press isn’t functional for athletes because athletes never lie on their backs on the athletic field and push a barbell off their chest. But, can someone please explain to me what sport requires an athlete to kneel or stand on a giant beach ball or wobble board? Aren’t most sports played on the fuc#ing ground!? In all of sports, it is the athlete that moves while the playing surface remains still. True “functional” training should consist of applying resistance to an athlete while his/her feet are in contact with the ground. The athlete must then adapt to these forces. This is how true strength is built.
When I look at this picture, I want to jump through my computer and drop-kick this guy!
If you’re always performing exercises on “unstable” devices, you will be limited in the amount of weight you can use. This, in turn, will prevent you from overloading the prime movers of the exercise, which will limit how strong you can get.
Bottom line – stability balls and wobble boards are training tools that can be used occasionally in the training of athletes. If they are the centerpiece of your program, my athletes will continue to kick your athlete’s asses!
Internet “trolls”
Internet “trolls” are people who hide behind their computer, make up fake names for themselves and criticize others. Oh yeah, these same people usually have horrible physiques and below average strength – and they’ve never trained an athlete in their life! Yet, they seem to know it all when they’re in the comfort of their home…or should I say the comfort of their parent’s basement! You know the types – these are the people who comment on squat videos because an athlete may have squatted slightly above parallel; or they critique an athlete for performing trap bar deadlifts because “real men do straight bar deads”…blah, blah, blah. The irony of the internet “troll” is that they sit behind their computer and critique people who are actually in the gym training!! Get off the friggin’ computer and go to the gym! You know who you are.
The supplement industry
The supplement industry sucks. There, I said it. The reason I say this is because the best supplements I’ve ever used, you’ve probably never heard of! Wanna know why? Because good supplement companies spend most of their money on RESEARCH - not marketing! The best supplements usually aren’t found on the pages of bodybuilding magazines or on the shelves of popular health food stores. Unfortunately, shelf space is reserved for the companies that are spending big bucks on misleading marketing campaigns. These “mainstream” supplement companies target their advertising towards naïve high school kids. Here’s a good rule of thumb when shopping for supplements – if a product sounds too good to be true… it IS too good to be true. Generally speaking, the more a product is marketed, the more it sucks.
If I sound bitter towards the supplement industry; it’s because I AM bitter!
Dumb questions
Remember when you’re teacher told you that there was no such thing as a dumb question? Your teacher was lying! OK, maybe dumb is too strong -- LAZY is the word I’m looking for. I went through all 293 emails that were sent to my “ASK JOE” email account last week. Over half of those emails were questions that I’ve already answered on my website!! Are you fu*king kidding me?! I have given away thousands of hours and years of knowledge on my website for free and you’re too lazy to search my Q&A before asking a question?!
I obviously enjoy helping athletes and answering questions; but -- from now on -- if you want me to take the time to answer your email, you must first take the time to do a little research.
Authors posing as strength coaches
If someone writes a dozen articles a month on training, they’re not a strength coach – they’re an author. There’s a big difference. If I’m an athlete, I want to be trained by a strength coach that spends most of his day in the gym -- not an author that spends most of his day behind the computer. After you’ve trained athletes for at least 12-15 years, you can start writing more than training. Until that time, get your ass in the gym and train so you will have something real to write about!
Coaches that down-play strength
It seems as if many coaches have recently started down-playing the role of strength training for athletes. These coaches will say that “athletes only need a certain level of strength -- once optimal strength is achieved, future strength gains may be counter-productive to their sport.” Guess what? I agree with that statement! BUT, how many athletes have walked into your weight room possessing optimal strength? I can tell you in my 10 years of experience, two athletes have joined my program that were “strong enough.”
The moral of the story is the majority of athletes that you’re going to train are weak! Get them stronger and everything else they do will become easier.
Training debates
When I was in school, nerds were on the debate team. Apparently, those nerds are now in the strength & conditioning field. I’m going to let you in on a little secret -- Debating never changes anyone’s mind, regardless of the topic! If you put a hardcore Republican and a hardcore Democrat in a room for a debate, do you really think that one of them would be able to convert the other? Of course not!! The same holds true in the strength & conditioning field. For example, if you put an Olympic weightlifting coach in the same room with a powerlifter, neither one of them are going to change each other’s mind! Do you think if Louie Simmons had to attend a H.I.T seminar, he would leave with a new outlook on strength training?! Hopefully you get my point? Save yourself valuable time and energy by surrounding yourself with “like-minded” people and learn/exchange ideas with them.
Ahhhh, I feel better after that little rant. Now that I got that off of my chest, let’s focus on something that doesn’t piss me off…hard-working athletes that bust their ass in order to achieve their goals! No gimmicks, no internet trash-talking – just setting a goal and then doing whatever it takes to accomplish it!
I invite all of you to check out my updated TRAINING PICS. I have added new training pictures to the High School Male section, College & Pro section and the Female Athlete section.
They say that a picture can speak a thousand words. I think you will agree that our pictures speak volumes about our athletes…
Joe D.
Things that PISS ME OFF!
by
Joe DeFranco
For the past 5 years, I’ve been in my own little world – I’ve been totally engrossed in training my athletes and growing my business. I haven’t spent too much time worrying about what goes on in the “fitness industry”. But, for some reason, I spent a little extra time “surfing the web” this past week and I must say that certain things disgusted me! Because of this, I need to get some stuff off my chest! Here we go…
The term “functional training”
I’ve talked about this one before, but it just won’t go away! For some reason, trainers that favor exercises that are performed on stability balls or wobble boards call themselves “functional” trainers. “Functional” trainers also favor light band resistance and med balls instead of heavy barbells and dumbbells. Somehow they have come up with the notion that kneeling on a stability ball while having a pass with a light medicine ball is more “functional” than squatting, dragging a sled, bench-pressing, rowing, strongman training, etc. You don’t need to be a “fitness professional” to realize how illogical this type of thinking is.
“Functional” trainers are the types of trainers that will say a bench press isn’t functional for athletes because athletes never lie on their backs on the athletic field and push a barbell off their chest. But, can someone please explain to me what sport requires an athlete to kneel or stand on a giant beach ball or wobble board? Aren’t most sports played on the fuc#ing ground!? In all of sports, it is the athlete that moves while the playing surface remains still. True “functional” training should consist of applying resistance to an athlete while his/her feet are in contact with the ground. The athlete must then adapt to these forces. This is how true strength is built.
When I look at this picture, I want to jump through my computer and drop-kick this guy!
If you’re always performing exercises on “unstable” devices, you will be limited in the amount of weight you can use. This, in turn, will prevent you from overloading the prime movers of the exercise, which will limit how strong you can get.
Bottom line – stability balls and wobble boards are training tools that can be used occasionally in the training of athletes. If they are the centerpiece of your program, my athletes will continue to kick your athlete’s asses!
Internet “trolls”
Internet “trolls” are people who hide behind their computer, make up fake names for themselves and criticize others. Oh yeah, these same people usually have horrible physiques and below average strength – and they’ve never trained an athlete in their life! Yet, they seem to know it all when they’re in the comfort of their home…or should I say the comfort of their parent’s basement! You know the types – these are the people who comment on squat videos because an athlete may have squatted slightly above parallel; or they critique an athlete for performing trap bar deadlifts because “real men do straight bar deads”…blah, blah, blah. The irony of the internet “troll” is that they sit behind their computer and critique people who are actually in the gym training!! Get off the friggin’ computer and go to the gym! You know who you are.
The supplement industry
The supplement industry sucks. There, I said it. The reason I say this is because the best supplements I’ve ever used, you’ve probably never heard of! Wanna know why? Because good supplement companies spend most of their money on RESEARCH - not marketing! The best supplements usually aren’t found on the pages of bodybuilding magazines or on the shelves of popular health food stores. Unfortunately, shelf space is reserved for the companies that are spending big bucks on misleading marketing campaigns. These “mainstream” supplement companies target their advertising towards naïve high school kids. Here’s a good rule of thumb when shopping for supplements – if a product sounds too good to be true… it IS too good to be true. Generally speaking, the more a product is marketed, the more it sucks.
If I sound bitter towards the supplement industry; it’s because I AM bitter!
Dumb questions
Remember when you’re teacher told you that there was no such thing as a dumb question? Your teacher was lying! OK, maybe dumb is too strong -- LAZY is the word I’m looking for. I went through all 293 emails that were sent to my “ASK JOE” email account last week. Over half of those emails were questions that I’ve already answered on my website!! Are you fu*king kidding me?! I have given away thousands of hours and years of knowledge on my website for free and you’re too lazy to search my Q&A before asking a question?!
I obviously enjoy helping athletes and answering questions; but -- from now on -- if you want me to take the time to answer your email, you must first take the time to do a little research.
Authors posing as strength coaches
If someone writes a dozen articles a month on training, they’re not a strength coach – they’re an author. There’s a big difference. If I’m an athlete, I want to be trained by a strength coach that spends most of his day in the gym -- not an author that spends most of his day behind the computer. After you’ve trained athletes for at least 12-15 years, you can start writing more than training. Until that time, get your ass in the gym and train so you will have something real to write about!
Coaches that down-play strength
It seems as if many coaches have recently started down-playing the role of strength training for athletes. These coaches will say that “athletes only need a certain level of strength -- once optimal strength is achieved, future strength gains may be counter-productive to their sport.” Guess what? I agree with that statement! BUT, how many athletes have walked into your weight room possessing optimal strength? I can tell you in my 10 years of experience, two athletes have joined my program that were “strong enough.”
The moral of the story is the majority of athletes that you’re going to train are weak! Get them stronger and everything else they do will become easier.
Training debates
When I was in school, nerds were on the debate team. Apparently, those nerds are now in the strength & conditioning field. I’m going to let you in on a little secret -- Debating never changes anyone’s mind, regardless of the topic! If you put a hardcore Republican and a hardcore Democrat in a room for a debate, do you really think that one of them would be able to convert the other? Of course not!! The same holds true in the strength & conditioning field. For example, if you put an Olympic weightlifting coach in the same room with a powerlifter, neither one of them are going to change each other’s mind! Do you think if Louie Simmons had to attend a H.I.T seminar, he would leave with a new outlook on strength training?! Hopefully you get my point? Save yourself valuable time and energy by surrounding yourself with “like-minded” people and learn/exchange ideas with them.
Ahhhh, I feel better after that little rant. Now that I got that off of my chest, let’s focus on something that doesn’t piss me off…hard-working athletes that bust their ass in order to achieve their goals! No gimmicks, no internet trash-talking – just setting a goal and then doing whatever it takes to accomplish it!
I invite all of you to check out my updated TRAINING PICS. I have added new training pictures to the High School Male section, College & Pro section and the Female Athlete section.
They say that a picture can speak a thousand words. I think you will agree that our pictures speak volumes about our athletes…
Joe D.
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Big Fatty
Guest
Top Ten Reasons to Wear Gloves in a Gym
10. You are a hand model
9. Your weights are vinyl coated
8. You haven't had a date since...never
7. You live in your mom's basement
6. You bench on the smith machine
5. Your friday night consisted of oiling your workout gloves for saturday's workout
6. Your girl gets cut when you hold her hand
5. Your name rhymes with Sichard Rimmons
4. You're in a boy band
3. You purchase a boy band's cd
2. You call someone to change your flat tire
...and the number 1 reason you should wear gloves at the gym
1. You have to switch out the urinal cakes in the men's bathroom
Taken from EliteFTS.com
10. You are a hand model
9. Your weights are vinyl coated
8. You haven't had a date since...never
7. You live in your mom's basement
6. You bench on the smith machine
5. Your friday night consisted of oiling your workout gloves for saturday's workout
6. Your girl gets cut when you hold her hand
5. Your name rhymes with Sichard Rimmons
4. You're in a boy band
3. You purchase a boy band's cd
2. You call someone to change your flat tire
...and the number 1 reason you should wear gloves at the gym
1. You have to switch out the urinal cakes in the men's bathroom
Taken from EliteFTS.com
hotmama
New Member
The past couple of weeks I have not been going to the gym as much. Dang everyone else is starting to get there too early. I started showing up at 3:15, now there are a few guys already in there. Then by 4:30 or so there is like 12 people there. Screw that I'm gonna go home and work out in my basement .
warneckutz
Well-Known Member
MDTerps
Back in the saddle
So were you this persons instructor? or did you do the same thing in front of an instructor?
warneckutz
Well-Known Member
So were you this persons instructor? or did you do the same thing in front of an instructor?
I have no comment on the situation...
MDTerps
Back in the saddle
I have no comment on the situation...
Well then you leave me no other choice but to say....
If you farted in front of an instructor they are probably still hooked to an oxygen machine.
warneckutz
Well-Known Member
Well then you leave me no other choice but to say....
If you farted in front of an instructor they are probably still hooked to an oxygen machine.
That's why we switched some of the dumbbells to the rubberized ones... the old set became quickly corroded.
warneckutz
Well-Known Member
