Tip Respect These 5 People in Your Gym Search Skip to content Menu Menu follow us Store Articles Community Loyal-T Club Loyal-T Points Rewards Subscribe to Save Search Search The World s Trusted Source & Community for Elite Fitness Alpha LifePowerful Words Tip Respect These 5 People in Your Gym The gym is full of phone-obsessed squat rack curling wankers Thank goodness these five awesome types of people are there too Check ' em out by Chris Shugart November 16, 2015June 8, 2021 Tags Opinion, Powerful Words, Strong Words, Tips 1 – Elderly People They're older than Moses and they're still lifting weights and kicking ass. These guys and gals rock. Pray that you get to be one of them someday. 2 – The Quiet Beasts These big guys are all business. They get in, work hard, and get out. They're always helpful when asked (but not during a set!) but will never bug others with unsolicited advice or general douchebaggery. 3 – Women Who Kick Ass While most men these days are sipping soy lattes and making a hobby out of being self-righteously offended by every little thing, women in their 30's seem to have become the new gym bad-asses. They often train harder and smarter than the guys in their 20s and have all the delicious muscle to prove it. "You train like a girl" has become a compliment these days. 4 – Fat People They've overcome their embarrassment of being in a gym with fitter people. They've decided to make a change. For that, they deserve all the support we can give them. 5 – Injured and Disabled People Want some motivation? Check out the guy in the wheelchair getting shit done. Now take a look at the woman with her arm in a sling doubling up on lower body work. Amit Sapir (above) had three surgeries while training to break the world squat record. He'd simply train as best he could while recovering, sometimes training just one side of his body at a time. Just a few weeks after his last surgery, he hit 722 pounds on the raw squat. What's your excuse? Get The T Nation Newsletters Don' t Miss Out Expert Insights To Get Stronger, Gain Muscle Faster, And Take Your Lifting To The Next Level related posts Alpha Life Do Steroids Work If You Don t Work Out Steroids don't work unless you do, right? Well, sorta. Here's what actually happens if you take anabolics but don't lift a single dumbbell. Pharma, TRT Chris Shugart December 20 Training Good Exercises Gone Terribly Wrong These exercises and training methods have their place, but they're stupid choices for most gym goers. Here's why. Bodybuilding, Opinion, Training Christian Thibaudeau January 22 Alpha Life Testosterone Body Composition and Sex Tired? Getting fat? Having issues in the bedroom? Here's everything a man needs to know about hormones, drugs, supplements, and his willy. Living Better, Pharma, Testosterone Optimization, TRT Dr Jade Teta November 9 Alpha Life The Juicer s SAT How much do you know about steroids? If you're using them or planning on using them, hopefully you know a lot. Sadly, we at T-mag have learned over the years that this is seldom the case. Living Better, Pharma, TRT Cy Willson August 1