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[Why not?]

The later is not a requirement at all of them. I have had to put in a lot of effort not to stare at some of the ladies at some boxes I've gone to, butt cheeks hanging all out of their shorts.

 

Indeed, perhaps I should say "not pornographically exposed".

[Nubbins McGee]

I ran a half marathon in a cotton tank, once

... in the rain

Once

I have to bandage my nipples AND wear a compression shirt for any distance over about four miles or I'm raw for a week

[Br0din]

I have to bandage my nipples AND wear a compression shirt for any distance over about four miles or I'm raw for a week

 

Me too, but only if you catch me running

[pwallace]

Me too, but only if you catch me running

isn't the point of running that you NOT be caught?

[Br0din]

isn't the point of running that you NOT be caught?

 

I only run to the power rack to do curls.

[Tomu-san]

I'll bet you've got the "beating off" part down, though

[Tomu-san]

Go to a CrossFit box. They don't care what you wear (or don't wear)...as long as you're decent

I keep saying, gym comes from the Greek gymnos, meaning 'naked'.

 

But the cops just. won't. listen.

[pwallace]

I only run to the power rack to do curls.

and to steal the empty spot next to the hottie at the bar after you go do your curl pumped bro

Sent from my phone, through the banging of weights, to the chimp translators aboard the tardis powered by the dylithiam crystal flux capacitor.

[Br0din]

and to steal the empty spot next to the hottie at the bar after you go do your curl pumped bro

Sent from my phone, through the banging of weights, to the chimp translators aboard the tardis powered by the dylithiam crystal flux capacitor.

 

No, you don't get it.  The hottie is stealing the empty spot next to me!

[Rookiebeotch]

Socks should also be mandatory in gyms.

[Cat in the rack]

You know what's great about a parent who manages a chain of sports clubs? Free access to a gym even when I'm away from my flat.

But with a different gym comes different people who don't know what they're doing, and it seems no one had any idea what the phrase 'range of motion' meant here. One guy on the smith machine (hsss) did some bench presses to about 20 degrees at the elbows, saw someone courtesying in the squat rack, another doing pull-ups where their head didn't even get near the bar.

Still, maybe they all had injuries of some kind, so I won't judge. Just like I won't judge the violent swinging from pull-up bars to get up, or the bending at the waist during push-ups. To each their own.

[SpecialSundae]

Some of the guys were doing interesting variations on the pull-up bar today. One was doing a pull-up into pike into some sort of full inversion and back so my coach had a go and managed one iffy one then the strongest guy in the gym (squats c.350kg, benches over 200kg and deadlifts over 350kg) had a go and couldn't get beyond a pull-up before dropping down laughing.

 

Really fun to watch!

 

A guy also wandered up to my coach, told him it was good to see him and then followed up with "And I see you've added a female superhero to your gang."

 

[Cat in the rack]

See, now all I want to do is get some fancy dress-esque gym clothes, and every workout is going to feel slightly less awesome until I do.

[Br0din]

See, now all I want to do is get some fancy dress-esque gym clothes, and every workout is going to feel slightly less awesome until I do.

 

I love wearing my punisher shirt in the gym.  Bro's know whats going down on those days.  

[StillWaters]

 

 

I gotta ask: Did he have a hook or straps on his handless arm, or was he just picking the whole thing up with one hand and balancing it that way?

 

He had a hook strapped onto the handless arm. 

[Cat in the rack]

I gotta say, having one arm and doing deadlifts is pretty dedicated. If I lost an arm I'd probably stick to unilateral exercises, the dumbbell rows and presses and whatnot. Never in a million workouts would I think of doing deadlifts.

[SpecialSundae]

I gotta say, having one arm and doing deadlifts is pretty dedicated. If I lost an arm I'd probably stick to unilateral exercises, the dumbbell rows and presses and whatnot. Never in a million workouts would I think of doing deadlifts.

 

We have a resident Nerd with only one hand who still deadlifts.

[SpecialSundae]

Oh yes, there was also ironic curling in the squat rack today for teh lulz.

 

(I did not join in.) 

 

 

 

 

Mostly because I'd embarrass myself not being able to curl the bar for more than a couple of reps...

[Cat in the rack]

The other day I was doing incline bench press, but the racks were taken and the bench press bench didn't adjust, so I had to use one if the free benches and a regular barbell. I decided to ask the guy next to me for a spot, not because of the weight, but just so someone could lift the weight up to my hands before and take the weight once I'd finished. I made this clear to the guy spotting me, and said not to touch the weight until I was done even if I was struggling. First set, I'm roughly four reps in and not struggling (I ended up doing sets with 10kg more weight on), he grabs the bar and starts helping me lower and raise it for the last four sets. After he's put the bar down I ask if he can not touch the bar at all until the last rep is done unless I ask him to, he says sure. You can guess what happened on set 2, the same exact thing, four reps in he grabs the bar and starts helping me move it when I can easily manage it.

Anyway, after that I told him thanks, waited for him to leave, and asked anybody else for a spot. The next guy I asked did it right, so that's a plus. I don't know if the first guy was a) a moron, not listening or c) purposely doing a shit job so as not to be asked again.

[SpecialSundae]

Most people don't know how to spot and everyone has different preferences on how to do it.

[Cat in the rack]

Of course, that's why I explained clearly how I wanted him to do it, twice. I think he just wasn't paying attention, though I would've preferred him to simply say no.

[AugustaAdaByron]

I don't like people touching the bar no matter how much I'm struggling. I prefer start failing the rep and then have the spotter touch it. I also don't like it when people touch the bar or me when I'm about to start a rep because that's when I try to make sure everything is balanced. That has happened a few times and I've had a rant for each one of them.

 

That being said, I don't think he was a moron or not listening or doing it on purpose. When you ask someone to spot you, you also partly give them the responsibility of your well-being. If the bar accidentally fell on your face or your neck then you'd also think he was a moron. He probably just felt extra responsible and was being extra cautious.

[pwallace]

I don't like people touching the bar no matter how much I'm struggling. I prefer start failing the rep and then have the spotter touch it.

Thanks to a still asleep brain. I read that as " I don't like people touching my bra no matter how much I struggle."

Had a trainer come over the other day when I was teaching my wife how to squat. The trainer just stood there for a minute as I spotted her (the kind where you squat along with them and the support their chest if they need help). After the last rep re trainer chucked and started to walk off. Me (being full of raging tesostrone and wanting to defend my lady's honor) asked him what he thought was so funny. The response was one of the best I have ever heard. "We had a couple of people complain about 'inappropriate touching' happening between you two, so I came over to see what was going on. Don't worry you were doing everything correctly, those people suffer from cardiovascular cranial rental insertion, aka they are all little cardio bitches who have their heads shoved up their asses." With that he chuckled and walked off.

Had never thought of it like that before but I guess it would have looked like I was groping her whole spotting

Sent from my phone, through the banging of weights, to the chimp translators aboard the tardis powered by the dylithiam crystal flux capacitor.

[Why not?]

I usually work out alone and haven't asked for a spot on something since college. Twice, this has had consequences worthy of inclusion in a gym fail video.

 

The first involved me benching until failure and then having to roll the bar down my torso so that I could sit up. Getting it over my pelvis was the hard part...

 

The second involved me learning from the first and not putting clips on the ends of the barbell. This allowed me to dump the weights off on one side.

[insanity]

 

 

The first involved me benching until failure and then having to roll the bar down my torso so that I could sit up. Getting it over my pelvis was the hard part...

 

 

Not a fail... you found your limit... that's a success. I will repeat this until people start calling it the "Roll of pride" and not the "Roll of shame"