Overheard in the gym - Share!

[I-Jo]

lol I life more weight cleaning up after people than I do in my own workout- it's ridiculous.  My friend MY FRIEND actually left a weight in the aerobics room- and said that's where he found it- I chastised him thoroughly.... he still left it- and I still put it away.

When I saw him again- there was catastrophic amounts of shit giving. 

[raggedsweater]

Second comments "Good, the more it hurts there the more you're doing it right." O.o

 

I laughed twice reading your post.  Once at the quote.  But the first was that they were using a smith machine.  J/k... I was actually trying to squat with a smith machine this morning.  Sucks.  It feels a little better stepping into it a bit more with your feet in front of your body, but still.  I don't know whether to laugh or cry at my situation.

[katscratch]

This reminds me! I saw this guy hanging out by the smith machine and I was like, "ohhh no." then he grabbed it like he was going to do pull ups and I was like, "ooh, mad props, bro" but then he proceeded to do crazy ass gymnastic stuff. Pulled himself up and got parallel to the floor.  He did a bunch of crazy shit all over my gym. It was awesome. I think he was just in town briefly b/c I've only seen him one other time. I miss his antics.

 

Did he happen to be wearing spandex? Cuz that totally sounds like an ETF sighting. 

[Timmy M]

couldn't think of a better place to put this 

http://9gag.com/gag/aAYB84o

[Timmy M]

where do you rig yours up?  

 

 

took me ages to be able to get the pic up lol

[I-Jo]

LOL nice.

I don't think our railings would support them- I could string them up on the cable/pull up tower- but it doesn't give me much clearance at all.

 

humph.

[Timmy M]

they're easily supported there because of how close they are to the joint on the floor, if they were strung up on the horizontals then they'd do some damage

[I-Jo]

yeah our's aren't that sturdy- there just simple isn't a place for them.

 

The park doesn't have a good place either.  All super low for short kids to access them. 

[andygates]

Our place is having a massive rebuild - from "gym" to "sports centre" - and the concepts for the interiors are flashing up on the booking board between zumba timetables.

 

Eeee! Look at all those racks! And platforrrrrrms! Eeee!

[Morrigainz]

Today, dudebro was talking about some kind of breathing thing. Like how we only breathe out of one nostril and so you should practice plugging up one nostril for like 5 mins per day so you can only breathe out of the other one. And that way your nostrils will get stronger (?) so you can breathe more and be more awesomer.

 

Dude. Broscience at its best.

 

Then....

 

Then he did curls in the squat rack. Oh yes he did.

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

 

Today, dudebro was talking about some kind of breathing thing. Like how we only breathe out of one nostril and so you should practice plugging up one nostril for like 5 mins per day so you can only breathe out of the other one. And that way your nostrils will get stronger (?) so you can breathe more and be more awesomer.

 

Dude. Broscience at its best.

 

Then....

 

Then he did curls in the squat rack. Oh yes he did.

Maybe if I have a cold...

Also, been curling in the power cage recently and really understanding the allure. I mean, being able to pick it off those pins that are just the right height, it's very nice.

[Morrigainz]

But at least it's your own...at you're at home...and you don't have people waiting to use it.

[The Tin Man]

 

Maybe if I have a cold...

Also, been curling in the power cage recently and really understanding the allure. I mean, being able to pick it off those pins that are just the right height, it's very nice.

 

I don't think many people deny the allure, I think it's just people doing it and occupying the one squat rack in the place for hours when curls don't need to be there and squats do.  Though I guess technically you would be monopolizing your rack too.  I guess as long as Mrs. D isn't waiting to squat.

[Guest CyborgNinja]

But at least it's your own...at you're at home...and you don't have people waiting to use it.

 

This doesn't work for me anymore. I have a barbell and some other basic gear at my house, and while that's nice and all and doesn't require any monthly memberships I'm such a darned shut-in that it's nice to have an excuse to go out and at least SEE normal human society once in a while.

 

I also realized that somehow it's motivational for me to be seen working out. Not in a "hurr look at me in the mirror" kind of way but more like a "look at this bitches, this is how you do it right" kind of way. I can't explain it but something about the attention makes it more satisfying to me to go to the gym. Maybe I'm crazy.

[The Tin Man]

This doesn't work for me anymore. I have a barbell and some other basic gear at my house, and while that's nice and all and doesn't require any monthly memberships I'm such a darned shut-in that it's nice to have an excuse to go out and at least SEE normal human society once in a while.

 

I also realized that somehow it's motivational for me to be seen working out. Not in a "hurr look at me in the mirror" kind of way but more like a "look at this bitches, this is how you do it right" kind of way. I can't explain it but something about the attention makes it more satisfying to me to go to the gym. Maybe I'm crazy.

 

I like the gym because it gets you in that "mode".  I don't have barbells at home but I feel like I'd even get a better bodyweight workout done at the gym.  Maybe it's because it's a separate space as well.  And I'm just talking about my traditional, commercial gym.  At my "real" gym I always get a great workout because I'm surrounded by friendly people lifting big weights.

 

For me, workout quality is home<commercial gym<bestgymevah

[Cruella T'Kill]

After a couple difficult sets of squats, a guy came over to me and told me to use the bar pad because it would help keep me stable.  Um, what?

 

BUT, I nearly have one of the trainers convinced to enter a novice PL comp with me.  He can actually squat 120kg to parallel, but he asked last night if they would allow the bar pad.  Apparently he's been training this entire time with it and you can imagine what a 120kg bare bar would feel like all of a sudden on your back.  So now he's decided to start training without it.  It feels so good to be a positive influence!  Now to convince the other trainers that 1/4 squats are evil.....

[Timmy M]

i've told a couple of people to sack off the manpon/pussy pad/derogative term of choice, and every one of them has squatted better, just from removing that stupid piece of foam

[I-Jo]

There is a woman who tries to squat- well sort of- and she cries about the bar EVERY time she gets under there with out the pad. I seriously don't get it- how does 45 lbs hurt your muscles?

 

It makes me shake my head. 

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

There is a woman who tries to squat- well sort of- and she cries about the bar EVERY time she gets under there with out the pad. I seriously don't get it- how does 45 lbs hurt your muscles?

 

It makes me shake my head. 

 

Some people are frail. Also, a lot of people carry it in the wrong place and it can hurt pretty good.

[pwallace]

I had a trainer at my local gym today tell me that Medicine Ball Slams are bad and unsafe to do. When i asked him to enlighten me, he said that they are too much like sledge hammers and that you can easily tear muscles in your back so it is unsafe to yourself. According to him, it is unsafe to others because it is to easy to loose control of the medicine ball. Also our weight area is cantilevered over the gymnastics area and by doing medicine balls I could break some of the substructure and hurt the people below.

My thoughts durring this

BLAH BLAH BLAH* just don't want me doing it because it is a little loud* Blah Blah Blah Damn if I can break the W-beams below us and compromise the structure of a steel reinforced building I am doing pretty freaking amazing. Blah Blah Blah

 

So I spoke with the director of the gym and I got "special Permission" to go down to the basketball court and do my Medicine Ball Slams AND they are going to consider putting in a seasonal tire gym outback.

[JonDixonYT]

 

I could break some of the substructure

 

Wow.  You should have asked him for the free body diagram of that.

[pwallace]

Wow.  You should have asked him for the free body diagram of that.

 

I would love to. unfortunately this is one of the guys that also says that squats should only be done on the machine or on the smith machine once you have graduated from the first machine. He also told me that burpees are not good for the knees and that my vibrams aren't good because they don't give enough arch support or enough ankle support. the guy is crazy but good for a laugh at times

[I-Jo]

god I hate people like that- they are just constantly negative about shit they have no idea bout. 

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

I would love to. unfortunately this is one of the guys that also says that squats should only be done on the machine or on the smith machine once you have graduated from the first machine. He also told me that burpees are not good for the knees and that my vibrams aren't good because they don't give enough arch support or enough ankle support. the guy is crazy but good for a laugh at times

 We need arch and ankle support BECAUSE we don't exercise barefoot and have all these crazy F*$%& shoes!

 

Speaking of which, I need a new pair of knock around Vibrams, my tread is wearing out on mine and I slip on wet asphalt and floors...

[pwallace]

 We need arch and ankle support BECAUSE we don't exercise barefoot and have all these crazy F*$%& shoes!

 

Speaking of which, I need a new pair of knock around Vibrams, my tread is wearing out on mine and I slip on wet asphalt and floors...

 

of course! our ancestors used to fashion ankle support and arch support out of rocks and moss. GOD what what I thinking buying something as crazy as barefoot running shoes