Ever Confront a Grunter?

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[quote]Producer wrote:
There’s this really annoying grunter at the gym I go to. Guy looks like an average American, his strength is on the low side, and he grunts on nearly every rep of every exercise he performs. Leg press with 3 plates, hack squats with 1 plate, SLDLs with 1 plate…GRUNT GRUNT GRUNT.

I happened to be doing a set of SLDLs right before he did his set. I did over twice the weight he was using (he had 135) and I didn’t grunt or make any audible noise. He did his set shortly after and was grunting from rep 1, and I noticed his last 3 reps are always really fucking loud. I stood there facing him head-on and gave him a WTF look while he was in his set.

I had the urge to ask “How many reps does the grunting give you?” but decided I’d ask T-Nation before I do anything stupid. Maybe I’ll start wearing headphones. I might need the big headphones that cancel out all outside noise. [/quote]

Lol shut the hell up you insecure dumbass.
Did you really think that you can waltz in here and say “Durrr I lift more than him therefore he shouldn’t grunt” and everybody would start licking your balls?
I hope you do say something to him and he’ll knock you the fuck out with one punch.

Edit: fucking oh niner

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[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
I make noise when I’m working hard. Do you work hard?

And yes, headphones are a necessity at most commercial gyms.[/quote]

Of course I work hard. I’m just conscious not to grunt like a dipshit. Have I ever made noises on the last rep or two? Probably.

[quote]elano wrote:
I fucking hate the ppl who grunt every rep. I mean the ones who do it out of habit. IMO a grunt on the last rep of the hardest set is perfectly okay and normal but doing it just to do it gets on my nerves.

However, you should leave him alone. Let him look like a dumbass. If you want to confront him, ask if you can work in on whatever he’s doing and then keep quiet and if possible lift a bunch more. Maybe he will feel like a dork and stop.[/quote]

Exactly. A grunt once in a while is okay especially if the guy is legit, but every rep, every set, and always really loud on the last 2-3 reps? Come on…

[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
Well, my girlfriend grunts every time I go balls deep, however I do not suppose I’d confront her just because I was doing more work than her and she was just laying on her back with her legs on my shoulders.

You sound like a jackass that feels he is elite, and you do not feel that you should confront this guy because you are elite but because you are insecure.

If you do not grunt, maybe you should put more weight on the bar, pussy.[/quote]

Your girlfriend is allowed to grunt because I’m sure that she looks like a wildabeest. :wink:

You’re a moron. It doesn’t matter how much weight is on the bar, grunting is still stupid. I lift until failure plenty of the time and use plenty of intensity.

You sound like an insecure nerd who grunts to get attention, because the wildabeest girlfriend of yours isn’t satisfying you.

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
This, I grunt and make funny faces when the shit is heavy. I also sweat and breath heavy sometimes. It’s called effort.

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Breathing heavy is natural when the the reps get high and one approaches failure. So is sweating.

Grunting is completely avoidable if you are at all conscious. Just takes a little effort and multi-tasking.

[quote]Ken St.Mich wrote:
There is a guy at the gym where I�´m training who does not grunt but moans, constantly it�´s like in a gay porn.
Annoying.[/quote]

Actually now that I think of it, this guy almost kinda moans. It almost sounds like he’s having sex.

Annoying as hell. Maybe I need to record the audio to prove how retarded this grunter is, beacuse there’s quite a few tough-guy grunters posting in this thread that probably don’t realize how fucking stupid and pointless the grunting is.

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[quote]Nards wrote:
There was one guy who was practically yelling one time at my gym, he was so loud that when I’ve told the story to people first hand I still won’t demonstrate how loud he was…whatever you were thinking, double it.
So I walked up, he was doing the machine incline bench press, I seem to remember it being about 75lbs…like 6 or 7 of those plates, so I said “Shhhhh…because that’s just fucking stupid.”
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LMAO, did it shut him up at all?

[quote]davidcox1 wrote:
There’s grunting and then there’s grunting. I know the type OP is describing–they would grunt with 10 lb dumbbells–it’s their thing. I grunt, even on most exercises, but only as it gets very difficult, so I have nothing against grunting generally. But grunting excessively can be a psychological disorder. I’ll bet this type of grunter makes the same noises when loading groceries onto the conveyor belt at WalMart or taking money out of an ATM machine.

That being said, if he has a disorder, confronting him about it won’t help. You need a full-on intervention. Gather all the non-grunters (or reasonable grunters) together at the same time this guy works out, pull the benches together in a circle, put the excessive grunter in the middle, and talk it through.

How to Perform an Intervention: 13 Steps - wikiHow [/quote]

Heh. I’m not as against grunting at the end of set, but I do still think it’s unnecessary. I don’t care how much weight you lift, intensity is intensity.

It’s possible to breathe with a lot of force instead of grunting.

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[quote]Ghost22 wrote:
Earbuds make the entire gym experience more enjoyable.

Look into them. [/quote]

I’m going to.

[quote]Sick Rick wrote:
It helps lifting the weight. The first few reps? No. But if I’m doing a set of 8-10 you bet your ass I’m making noise by rep 5. You don’t need to roar from rep 1, agreed. But in general grunting is only done by the big guys in my gym so it’s more motivating than irritating.

Also, what does weight have to do with anything? If the weight for that individual is heavy, why would it matter that it’s only half of what you lift? [/quote]

I agree that weight or size of individual doesn’t matter, it’s the intensity and how close one gets to failure that makes the set hard. But when a guy is grunting on every rep using 135, then something is wrong. I do admit, if some guy was doing a double or tripple with a weight that was truly heavy to him, I’d be more lenient if he grunted. But on rep 1 of a 10 rep set…GTFO.

But automatically grunting on every set starting mid-way? Horseshit…totally unnecessary. Breathing works just as well.

[quote]Stuntman Mike wrote:
Your not working hard enough if you don’t grunt a little and shart a lot.[/quote]

Disagree. I’d say your not conscious if you grunt all the time, and rude.

[quote]jCaesar88 wrote:
Lol shut the hell up you insecure dumbass.
Did you really think that you can waltz in here and say “Durrr I lift more than him therefore he shouldn’t grunt” and everybody would start licking your balls?
I hope you do say something to him and he’ll knock you the fuck out with one punch.

Edit: fucking oh niner[/quote]

Another very helpful post.

I hope he hits me, too. Then I can get him banned from the gym.

PS- I’ve been reading T-Nation for years, but it makes you feel better that I registered in 09, that’s fine.

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Lately i’ve been grunting on practically every rep, though not very loud at all. Hell, when I was in weight lifting mode, I found myself grunting while tying my shoes! It’s weird trying to explain that. Lol.
Get some headphones, OP.

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what the fuck, man. you quoted everybody but me. i think i deserve some fucking respect or at least an apology.

fuck.

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[quote]WormwoodTheory wrote:
Grunting in the gym is fine.

However if you sound like the Knights of Ni coming out of the hole I will be forced to confront you.

nothing personal, it’s just my job.

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Where do you draw the line?

[quote]Anthony50 wrote:
Lately i’ve been grunting on practically every rep, though not very loud at all. Hell, when I was in weight lifting mode, I found myself grunting while tying my shoes! It’s weird trying to explain that. Lol.
Get some headphones, OP.[/quote]

Please, explain it.

Also, try not grunting and see if your strength drops at all.

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[quote]Producer wrote:

Grunting is completely avoidable if you are at all conscious. Just takes a little effort and multi-tasking.

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LOL. Your high horse, watch out for the giant pile of shit when you jump off it.

Dude, I am totally conscious. I’m consciously more concerned with moving the weight in the way that works my muscles the best, NOT the noise that may or may not be coming out of my mouth.

I really don’t give a fuck if someone thinks it is rude. Those that think grunting in a fucking WEIGHT ROOM is inappropriate might want to find a new hobby.

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Here you go, this is the gym for you…

No progress, oops I mean no grunting.

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Producer wrote:

Grunting is completely avoidable if you are at all conscious. Just takes a little effort and multi-tasking.

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LOL. Your high horse, watch out for the giant pile of shit when you jump off it.

Dude, I am totally conscious. I’m consciously more concerned with moving the weight in the way that works my muscles the best, NOT the noise that may or may not be coming out of my mouth.

I really don’t give a fuck if someone thinks it is rude. Those that think grunting in a fucking WEIGHT ROOM is inappropriate might want to find a new hobby.

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You should start screaming at the top of your lungs. I bet that would ensure you can complete each rep.

Maybe I should start barking during each rep.

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Here you go, this is the gym for you…

No progress, oops I mean no grunting.[/quote]

Why can some guys that are smaller than you manage to lift more than you while not grunting?

You got some medical problem? If so, I forgive you and all other grunters.

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[quote]Producer wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:
Here you go, this is the gym for you…

No progress, oops I mean no grunting.[/quote]

Why can some guys that are smaller than you manage to lift more than you while not grunting?

You got some medical problem? If so, I forgive you and all other grunters.[/quote]

LOL, kid I fear you lack the capacity to comprehend my explanation.

Alas I am not the one with the limiting condition.

But don’t worry, keep looking down on people. It makes you look like such an internet badass I can barely type this message due to my awe of your fucking awesome non-grunting self.

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[quote]Producer wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Producer wrote:

Grunting is completely avoidable if you are at all conscious. Just takes a little effort and multi-tasking.

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LOL. Your high horse, watch out for the giant pile of shit when you jump off it.

Dude, I am totally conscious. I’m consciously more concerned with moving the weight in the way that works my muscles the best, NOT the noise that may or may not be coming out of my mouth.

I really don’t give a fuck if someone thinks it is rude. Those that think grunting in a fucking WEIGHT ROOM is inappropriate might want to find a new hobby.

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You should start screaming at the top of your lungs. I bet that would ensure you can complete each rep.

Maybe I should start barking during each rep.
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For me to scream or bark I would have to focus on making that noise, not on lifting the weight.

You won’t ever get it, so I’ll stop here.

And PS. no pics, videos or fake e-stats in your profile? You are not lifting more than me, but certainly are smaller I’m sure.

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So much for calming down, huh, Beans?

Awesome. Welcome back!

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[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Producer wrote:

[quote]countingbeans wrote:

[quote]Producer wrote:

Grunting is completely avoidable if you are at all conscious. Just takes a little effort and multi-tasking.

[/quote]

LOL. Your high horse, watch out for the giant pile of shit when you jump off it.

Dude, I am totally conscious. I’m consciously more concerned with moving the weight in the way that works my muscles the best, NOT the noise that may or may not be coming out of my mouth.

I really don’t give a fuck if someone thinks it is rude. Those that think grunting in a fucking WEIGHT ROOM is inappropriate might want to find a new hobby.

[/quote]

You should start screaming at the top of your lungs. I bet that would ensure you can complete each rep.

Maybe I should start barking during each rep.
[/quote]

For me to scream or bark I would have to focus on making that noise, not on lifting the weight.

You won’t ever get it, so I’ll stop here.

And PS. no pics, videos or fake e-stats in your profile? You are not lifting more than me, but certainly are smaller I’m sure.[/quote]

How do you answer people like this without just telling them to fuck off? This guy wants to wave his e-dick around and prance about on his high horse, because even though he can’t lift as much, he can do it quietly!

The OP sees this guy grunting for attention and then goes and then posts on a message board to tell us all how much better he is. About right? Unfortunately for him, a lot of posters here actually put some effort into lifting and would rather focus on the lift than how much noise they make doing it.

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[quote]The other Rob wrote:

How do you answer people like this without just telling them to fuck off? [/quote]

Entertainment…

It’s an off day, my dog is sleeping and my little man is using the TV to play world at war.

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[quote]The other Rob wrote:

a lot of posters here actually put some effort into lifting and would rather focus on the lift than how much noise they make doing it.[/quote]

Exactly. Grunting/barking/whatever shouldn’t be something you do intentionally. You focus on getting the fucking bar up, and if some weird noises come out your mouth, who cares, as long as it’s a PR? You can bet your ass I was making some noise when I pr’d at 405x5 last week on squats, and I don’t give a flying fuck. I hit a PR, anything else is irrelevant.

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LOL, 09 is not ready to go away

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How do you go about gettin that gorilla muscle without grunting? Eating bananas? FFS.