The Bull stops here

It may come to your attention that this article has been greatly inspired by Vince Gironda. I very recently found his book which I will admit I ashamedly had forgotten all about. The book is titled 'Unleashing the Wild Physique'. How could I have possibly forgotten it? I found it hidden away at the back of the book shelf.

In my younger competitive days I would follow Vince's regime down to the letter with a lot of success and I had forgotten how brutal the training and diet actually was. His ways now are very 'old school' but still extremely valid, he definitely had the knowledge and knew what he is was talking about. Vince never took any bull from anyone, and it was he who has inspired me to write this rant.

I workout 6 days a week and have realised how many time wasters are in the gym. Some of us take our training seriously, we are there to train, do what we need to do and leave. But there are some people who go to the gym and after 30 minutes are still training the same body part because they either a) have no idea what they are doing or b) have had a 10 minute rest period because they have been wondering around the gym and finding any excuse not to train.

The worst ones are those that hog the bench for an hour having rested 10 minutes between sets!!! However since the Gironda days a new-age Neanderthal has evolved who is the absolute worst in the gym, those that hog the bench or machine because they are on their mobile phone, can you believe these idiots, they should be hauled out of the gym on their ear hopefully with the phone still attached to it, and do you think they would notice?

People, please can we have some solid rules. When you go to the cinema or library there are rules that everyone knows they should abide by, but there is always some git who just has to make noise. It is the same for the gym, I am not asking for silence I am just asking lets get on with what we are there to do instead of making it a two hour social event. Leave socialising, phones and anything else at the door and get on with the task at hand. You are there to change your physical appearance and look after your health, 'nuff' said, thanks for the reminder Vince.

Vince Gironda, author of 'Unleashing the Wild Physique' would ban people from his gym; these are 2 of ShapeNoBull's favourite reasons for expelling people:

1. Hanging around to socialize while doing one set every ten minutes.

2. Eating hamburgers and fries whilst on a diet.

Article Updated: 4th August 2010