1. The talker
2. The barefoot guy
Because only a fool would do a deadlift with their shoes and socks on.
3. The sleazy gym instructor
4. The screamer
https://instagram.com/p/2EQE9jvhFr/?taken-by=hardyards55
5. The weight slammer
Own the bar. Get it up and let it go #gains pic.twitter.com/lZ48gnhp27
— Gym Monkey (@Gym__Monkey) April 29, 2015
6. The GAA guy
@LeitrimLad1: Crackin session today. Can't wait for the season to start #ThisIsWhatTheGAAIsAllAbout pic.twitter.com/Iz4RCIzkkj
— Leitrim Lad (@LeitrimLad1) April 29, 2015
7. The guy who used to play GAA
Dragging himself away from an afternoon carryout to stick on the old county minor jersey with number 11 at the back to sit on the bike and talk about tonight’s antics.
8. The poser
The sort of guy who takes his top off at a concert when it’s raining because he hasn’t worked all year not to show all of this off.
9. The guy who tells you you’re doing it wrong
10. The technique freak
Some guys are obsessed with technique #GoHardwellOrGoHome pic.twitter.com/YLhvLw7QPM
— Power Lifting Guy (@PowerLiftingJoe) April 29, 2015
11. The guy wearing tights
12. The hot girl everyone is staring at
13. The soccer guy
Flat out.
14. The guy who does one rep for Instagram
Yeah, yeah, you’re telling us you’ve just killed six reps at 150kg but why are you only showing us one?
15. The guy trying to take a picture of himself in the mirror
We all need evidence that we were at the gym.
16. The counting exhaler
Because everyone should hear how many reps you’re doing.
17. The guy who discovers a punch bag and now thinks he’s a lethal weapon
18. The guys who are suddenly MMA experts
https://instagram.com/p/2ENZXEvhOb/
19. The shadow boxer soul searching at the mirror
20. The gym instructor just hanging around to talk to people
… and to let people know he’s a gym instructor, of course.
21. The equipment junkie
How can you expect to lift things without the right look? A footballer couldn’t play football without… shin pads.
22. The guy who struts around after every set
You’ve marked your territory, but your territory needs to be bigger.
23. The guy who changes the music
You are the only person in the world.
WHAT. A. TUNE! Absolutely buzzing off this!
Can't wait to blast this bad boy tonight and wreck those dead lifts!https://t.co/Y0c4smDp19— Gym Junkie PT (@GymJunkiePT) March 16, 2015
24. The girl who’s best friends with the gym instructors
Nothing else matters anymore.
25. The greatest spotter in the history of spotting
Help out your fellow lifters. This guy could have done some serious damage pic.twitter.com/nTBDO9zplk
— Gym Monkey (@Gym__Monkey) April 29, 2015
26. The guys who are making friends
Oh, friends.
27. The guy absolutely pelting uphill on the treadmill
There’s just not enough space in the outside world.
28. The guy who thinks he’s living in 8 Mile
29. The guy who stares at everyone
Time between sets can be a long ol’ jaunt. Some people use it to prowl, some people use it to look at themselves and some losers use it to recover. Others, they use it to stare at every single person daring to move in their vicinity. The guy doing pull-ups will never get off lightly from the death stare.
30. The guy who doesn’t need to be there
#pump #kettlebells #NoPainNoGain pic.twitter.com/tVWGd34A1Q
— Gym Monkey (@Gym__Monkey) April 29, 2015
31. The singer
Please. Don’t be that guy.
32. The guy who’s permanently ready for a fight
He’s at war with weights. What he’s doing is more important than you.
33. The guy who knows an instructor
And it’s his job to make everyone in the world know that he knows. He’ll be found at one side of the gym shouting across countless people to the other side something shit like, “No pump today, Matt? You’re good to yourself!” Because that just couldn’t wait.
34. The skipping guy in everyone’s way
35. The guys who trust no-one
Will be found lugging around their kit bags from machine to machine.
36. The guy lifting too much always asking for a spot
https://instagram.com/p/2ER2RrPhJj/?taken-by=hardyards55
37. The lingerer
38. The social guys
The gym’s better when you’re not sweating. Also found in the form of a group of girls stretching.
39. The improvisers
It would be too embarrassing to have to read the instructions or ask someone, so make up your own exercise and pretend like this was all part of the plan.
40. The guy who sees more than just a pull-up bar
41. The guy with food
There was just no time to consume this before or after the gym. It’s now or never.
The same guy will generally find time to post an after-gym meal picture on all social media platforms. #Gains #Bulk #GoHardOrGoHome
42. The 6.30 club
“Okay, lads, let’s get to work.”
*Everyone reaches for camera phone to tell the world that they are up an hour earlier today.*
43. The MMA bully
LOL. Amateur tryna mix it with the big boys pic.twitter.com/0mDk6IhHIB
— Power Lifting Guy (@PowerLiftingJoe) April 29, 2015
44. The texter
45. The guy filling his water holding the show up
46. The injured guy constantly doing rehab
47. The guy with a piece of string for a vest
Showing your pecs just isn’t enough if your nipples are not visible.
48. The bluffer
49. The rugby guys
They lift more than you.
50. The guy who changes the weight before he leaves a station
51. The guy pulling a sex face
52. The guys heading out tonight looking for a pump
53. The entourage
Because you couldn’t lift a weight without six people screaming at you to do so.
54. The ‘I’m using that’ guy
Very special thanks to Bogdan Merkes of MerkesPerformance.com for the use of his top conditioning facilities and, of course, to Darragh Murphy for his splendid acting skills.
