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Was at LA Fitness on Sunday around noon, doing squats in the cage. Gym was dead, had my lady squating in the safety rack beside the cage. Just warming up (had only been there a few minutes), had 225lbs on the bar. My girl was warming up as well and I always like to watch her when she squats (she has great form, just eases my mind to be close enough to her to help out if needed since she walks it out into the open to squat, she's 5'1 and goes way too low to squat in the safety rack).
Anyways, I make it a couple of steps away from the cage (mind you my belt is laying over the rails, my bag is on the floor, etc.) when a 330+lb black dude walks right into the cage. I am a easy going guy, not one to get aggressive, I say to the guy, "hey bud, i am actually using the cage right now", I was about to offer to let him work in with me (which I always do when someone inquires about a piece of machinery or weights that I am using) when he responds, "you can have it when I'm done". I was shocked, so shocked I didn't think he was serious, so in a kind of confused laughing response I was like, "actually I already "have it". He's reiterates, "you can have it when I'm done, you are over there".
At this point I am sensing I am going to lose it, and old dude gets under the bar and starts to "squat" the 225 (I quote squat) because this was the shallowest squat I'VE EVER SEEN. At this point I am enraged, I throw out a couple of choice words at the guy, he just glares at me like a douche, I could tell he wanted a fight but he wasn't going to shit unless I got physical. At this point I am in a tough spot, I don't consider myself some mma "bad ass", but @ 6' 235lbs with a fairly lean power lifter build I felt more then capable of taking this fat ass when I couple of well placed shots, but then I remembered that I have a home, job, etc. that will be affected by my choice to right this wrong (ie going to jail, not making it to work, etc.). I decide to go to grab a manager (I know most of them well) and let them know that this guy wants a situation and I'm very tempted to give him one.
Meanwhile my girl is over at the cage and fat ass is ripping my weights off and she is going around putting them back on, apparently this went on 10+ times and he was muttering to her, "just hit me one time, that's all I need" (I didn't find this out till the dust settled). The manager comes over and is like, "look, he was here first, you either wait or find something else". He argues and b.s.'s but finally somewhat agrees (he then stands right beside the cage and just stares as I work out.
As the manager walks away another member grabs him and says that he was just on the treadmill running when fat ass started walking on the mill beside him and out of no where puts his middle finger in his face and holds it there, when the guy inquires wtf, fat ass tells him to stop staring at him? The manager then comes over and gets pretty aggressive with the guy (although allows him to stay the remainder of his work out). The come and ask me for my name and number so they can file this incident and move towards banning him. After this point 4-5 other guys there come over and tell me they were praying I'd have laid his ass out and that they've had issues with him too.
I ended up telling the manager they might want to ban him for his own safety, there are a couple of giants whom I know wouldn't show the restraint I did, and would gladly drop a dumbbell on his fat ass head. The manager said he talked to him and that this guys "got some serious problems", but that they have to flag the account and warn the guy and let it go through official channels. Seems like they have to wait till someone kills him or he hurts someone else. Chicken shit corporate gym FTL. I worked out at MetroFlex for a few years and never saw the billy bad ass bull shit I see at LA Fitness.
Being a responsible adult sucks, whooping his ass would have been much better (although I did get quite a bit of quality shit-talking in). Oh well, another day at hardcore LA Fitness.
Anyways, I make it a couple of steps away from the cage (mind you my belt is laying over the rails, my bag is on the floor, etc.) when a 330+lb black dude walks right into the cage. I am a easy going guy, not one to get aggressive, I say to the guy, "hey bud, i am actually using the cage right now", I was about to offer to let him work in with me (which I always do when someone inquires about a piece of machinery or weights that I am using) when he responds, "you can have it when I'm done". I was shocked, so shocked I didn't think he was serious, so in a kind of confused laughing response I was like, "actually I already "have it". He's reiterates, "you can have it when I'm done, you are over there".
At this point I am sensing I am going to lose it, and old dude gets under the bar and starts to "squat" the 225 (I quote squat) because this was the shallowest squat I'VE EVER SEEN. At this point I am enraged, I throw out a couple of choice words at the guy, he just glares at me like a douche, I could tell he wanted a fight but he wasn't going to shit unless I got physical. At this point I am in a tough spot, I don't consider myself some mma "bad ass", but @ 6' 235lbs with a fairly lean power lifter build I felt more then capable of taking this fat ass when I couple of well placed shots, but then I remembered that I have a home, job, etc. that will be affected by my choice to right this wrong (ie going to jail, not making it to work, etc.). I decide to go to grab a manager (I know most of them well) and let them know that this guy wants a situation and I'm very tempted to give him one.
Meanwhile my girl is over at the cage and fat ass is ripping my weights off and she is going around putting them back on, apparently this went on 10+ times and he was muttering to her, "just hit me one time, that's all I need" (I didn't find this out till the dust settled). The manager comes over and is like, "look, he was here first, you either wait or find something else". He argues and b.s.'s but finally somewhat agrees (he then stands right beside the cage and just stares as I work out.
As the manager walks away another member grabs him and says that he was just on the treadmill running when fat ass started walking on the mill beside him and out of no where puts his middle finger in his face and holds it there, when the guy inquires wtf, fat ass tells him to stop staring at him? The manager then comes over and gets pretty aggressive with the guy (although allows him to stay the remainder of his work out). The come and ask me for my name and number so they can file this incident and move towards banning him. After this point 4-5 other guys there come over and tell me they were praying I'd have laid his ass out and that they've had issues with him too.
I ended up telling the manager they might want to ban him for his own safety, there are a couple of giants whom I know wouldn't show the restraint I did, and would gladly drop a dumbbell on his fat ass head. The manager said he talked to him and that this guys "got some serious problems", but that they have to flag the account and warn the guy and let it go through official channels. Seems like they have to wait till someone kills him or he hurts someone else. Chicken shit corporate gym FTL. I worked out at MetroFlex for a few years and never saw the billy bad ass bull shit I see at LA Fitness.
Being a responsible adult sucks, whooping his ass would have been much better (although I did get quite a bit of quality shit-talking in). Oh well, another day at hardcore LA Fitness.
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