The gym – a place where old and young, thin and fat, rich and poor collide in the quest for a tighter ass. Each gym may be different; mega chains, swanky private members’ clubs, bodybuilder factories, the room in some guy’s basement where he’s thrown together a dirty mirror and like two dumbbells. Regardless of what type of gym you attend, there are certain kinds of characters you will find in all gymnasiums across the globe.

Before you renew that membership, let’s go on a journey and meet the eight different gym specimen you are bound to crash into…