people at the gym who arent getting results?

I just zone out when I'm at the gym. My entire focus is on the next set, I don't give anyone or anything else any of my attention.

This reminds me of that song Eminem sings..where he says "I cant be your Superman"

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Rats!

what do you think of people at the gym who dont look like theyre getting any results?
do you feel sorry for them? do you try to rescue them to salvation?
there is this guy at my small gym who works out M-F before work and he hardly does anything. he will do a couple sets on a nautilus machine then do cardio for no more than 15 min and then he hits the showers and leaves in business attire. he has looked the same all year long (top heavy and flabby)
i feel like he is wasting his time. he could do so much more even in that small allotment of time. i know he could push himself more.
do you notice this at your gym too? is it frustrating or do you ignore it? i just think if youre able bodied then you can get the results. some people just dont know what can be attained in the gym and i want to scream it out loud for them!!!

Hey, no offense, but you don't know if the guy really is "able bodied" or not. He might be on cardiac rehab, and not cleared to do high intensity work outs. Focus on yourself, and let him do him.

That's a tougher question than you might think, and I've faced the same issue at my gym.

1) I tried to help an older guy who was lifting way too heavy and just swinging the weights. He didn't want to hear it. I tried to show him the right form for doing triceps on a cable, he went back to too heavy and swinging it down.

2) A guy at my gym now, spends hours there doing exercises but never pushing himself. Doesn't improve and I've heard others say things to him, he doesn't get it. He's friendly, seems to be there more fore something to do than to get something done.

3) A guy saw I was doing shrugs in a way that could hurt my shoulder. He told me and seemed really hesitant, said it wasn't his place to tell me how to do it but the way I was doing it was wrong. He was right and I was glad he told me.


When I think of me a year ago. I wanted to improve. I really didn't know how. In the past I always hurt myself when I lifted heavy. So I tended to stay with high reps, lower weights and stay on machines that didn't require a spotter and isolated muscles. A trainer at the gym suggest I work harder and work heavier and not just on the machines. I did work harder at her suggestion, but not heavier. I didn't know how to do that without hurting myself. I know form is really important when you lift and in my experience lifting heavy with bad form has done me more damage than lifting lighter. I have a DR appt for my should tomorrow, and I think I know what exercise caused it. I have got good gains this year lifting heavy.

Do you talk to the guy or just see him there? Do you know if he wants to improve? What are his goals, did you ask him? Can you explain to him in a way that he knows he can trust you to are really helping him and not slamming him?

I think its cool that it bothers you and that you want to help him, but does he want to be helped? I say Find Out.

Really, I have days when I'm like that. I'll go there and do something for not very long and then just go home because of a few reasons 1. I'm not in the mood 2. I have something else that I have to do 3. It's my business and I don't care who is judging me.

If he wants to work harder, he will work harder. Having some strange at the gym telling him that he should will not force him to work harder. The end.

I mostly get on with my workout. If I notice bad form I make a mental note to myself never to do that myself. I would only offer help if someone asked for it.

what do you think of people at the gym who dont look like theyre getting any results?
do you feel sorry for them? do you try to rescue them to salvation?
there is this guy at my small gym who works out M-F before work and he hardly does anything. he will do a couple sets on a nautilus machine then do cardio for no more than 15 min and then he hits the showers and leaves in business attire. he has looked the same all year long (top heavy and flabby)
i feel like he is wasting his time. he could do so much more even in that small allotment of time. i know he could push himself more.
do you notice this at your gym too? is it frustrating or do you ignore it? i just think if youre able bodied then you can get the results. some people just dont know what can be attained in the gym and i want to scream it out loud for them!!!

Hey, no offense, but you don't know if the guy really is "able bodied" or not. He might be on cardiac rehab, and not cleared to do high intensity work outs. Focus on yourself, and let him do him.

I was thinking the same thing..when I had my heel issue I was not able to do a lot because of the extreme pain..you really don't know if people are healthy

know a person who has been going to the gym and training with a trainer for over a year now and there have been small changes, but I do feel bad for them. I think (at least in this case) it all boils down to diet.

Sounds like my husband approx a year ago. It was all he was allowed to do. You see, he has heart issues & had been hospitalized like 8 times the year before. He's been given the all clear now & is doing a 14 mile bike trail next weekend.

Point is this: mind your own business! You don't know what his story is, and it's not for you to know.

This. My dad was training for a race, and while he was running on the treadmill, he tore his meniscus. He was in a leg brace for months, and now he needs surgery (minor thank goodness). But he still wants to go to the gym, but he can really only slowly do the elliptical, or lift weights. People might think he's not really doing much, but he has a medical reason and would love to be able to run more or anything else.

I don't even notice what other people are doing at the gym. I'm too busy focusing on my own workout.