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I saw a girl running backwards on the treadmill yesterday, at a dangerously high speed. Good thing she was tiny, at least if she tripped and got shot off the end of it she wouldn't cause much damage.

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that sounds like something I would have done for soccer, I remember doing suicides backwards all the time, but I would never do it on a treadmill just because I would end doing a face plant and end up in the wall

 

It'd take some serious talent to faceplant while running backwards.  I mean, you gotta add a half-twist in the fall just to land face down!  You could probably get a spot in the Olympics with moves like that. 

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Is the roll of shame a right of passage in the gym perchance?

I never felt like I fitted in here till I did my first roll

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yeah... maybe go a little lighter, training to failure is training to fail

Think the issue was a light dinner and no breakfast, I was able to bench 5 lbs less a few days earlier. 2nd roll was due to me being stubborn lol

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That's random...one of the videos that pops up after watching the one you posted (the one with Kelly Gonzalez) is a girl I went to college with. Weird.

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Today was my wife's day to test her max on deadlifts (bumped up from 100lbs to 115, btw), and after she finished and went to finish her workout a girl who was lifting next to us asked me to teach her how to do a deadlift. I showed her the mechanics and let her try a few reps with the empty bar to get the feel for it before loading it with 50lbs (she had been squatting 90, so she felt comfortable trying this weight for her first time). She got through 5 reps, and said she 'wasn't feeling anything'. I told her that was good, because it meant she was stronger than she thought and should try it with more weight. Her response:

 

"No, this is dumb."

 

I cried inside a little.

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While out and about on the weekend, my wife noticed a new gym opened up a few blocks from us.  She pointed it out to me because she knows I hate how far I have to drive to go to my gym (hour drive time round trip, plus an international border).

 

So, I stopped in there yesterday to check them out.  While talking to the guy working there, he tells me...

 

"As you can see, we don't have a ton of machines.  We have plenty for cardio for the runners and for warming up but each of our machines serves a purpose.  We have enough for good supplemental work and for people who are doing more advanced training. We are promoting the tried and true primarily though.  Barbells, dumbells, kettlebells, pull up bars, compound movements and efficient training.  If you are still interested, I'll show you our power racks and deadlift platforms".

 

The place was amazing.  It looked like a holy shrine to grunting and sweating.  I'm going back today for my first workout there.

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While out and about on the weekend, my wife noticed a new gym opened up a few blocks from us.  She pointed it out to me because she knows I hate how far I have to drive to go to my gym (hour drive time round trip, plus an international border).

 

So, I stopped in there yesterday to check them out.  While talking to the guy working there, he tells me...

 

"As you can see, we don't have a ton of machines.  We have plenty for cardio for the runners and for warming up but each of our machines serves a purpose.  We have enough for good supplemental work and for people who are doing more advanced training. We are promoting the tried and true primarily though.  Barbells, dumbells, kettlebells, pull up bars, compound movements and efficient training.  If you are still interested, I'll show you our power racks and deadlift platforms".

 

The place was amazing.  It looked like a holy shrine to grunting and sweating.  I'm going back today for my first workout there.

 

 

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Yep.  I currently live in Windsor Ontario (my wife is Canadian) but my gym is in Lincoln Park, Michigan (a suburb of Detroit).  The bulk of Windsor gyms don't support barbell training, so I have to cross into the States and drive about 20 minutes south to go to my gym.

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The number of times I've heard my boyfriend gripe about this. Especially the old dude with the hair dryer. Goodness.

 

What men don't know is that this is the same for ladies... Speaking of that... Last week in the locker room, and older lady (65ish) that I see often said hello to me and I looked up to say hello back and she was topless. You might be thinking that it was gross because she has old boobs. Au contraire my friends, she had porno-style implants, like the ones that look kind of hard, really wide apart, and they're more like grapefruits stuck to your chest than half-spheres like boobs are supposed to be. To each their own, I guess, but I could have done without that mental image flashing through my mind throughout the rest of the day.

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While out and about on the weekend, my wife noticed a new gym opened up a few blocks from us.  She pointed it out to me because she knows I hate how far I have to drive to go to my gym (hour drive time round trip, plus an international border).

 

So, I stopped in there yesterday to check them out.  While talking to the guy working there, he tells me...

 

"As you can see, we don't have a ton of machines.  We have plenty for cardio for the runners and for warming up but each of our machines serves a purpose.  We have enough for good supplemental work and for people who are doing more advanced training. We are promoting the tried and true primarily though.  Barbells, dumbells, kettlebells, pull up bars, compound movements and efficient training.  If you are still interested, I'll show you our power racks and deadlift platforms".

 

The place was amazing.  It looked like a holy shrine to grunting and sweating.  I'm going back today for my first workout there.

 

Dude, just to let you know, I kind of hate you now. I need to find a gym like this that is within reasonable distance of me.

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she had porno-style implants, like the ones that look kind of hard, really wide apart, and they're more like grapefruits stuck to your chest 

 

So, uh, how often do you watch porn, then?  lol.  Yea, we all definitely did NOT need that mental image.  :(

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Ok guys, seriously it sounds like you've never seen naked people before. Bodies don't become gross just because they're old. Nor do boobs become disgusting because they have implants. Maybe she had breast cancer? If you're that prudish and easily offended then stop judging and turn the other way. Let people play with hair dryers. :)

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Ok guys, seriously it sounds like you've never seen naked people before. Bodies don't become gross just because they're old. Nor do boobs become disgusting because they have implants. Maybe she had breast cancer? If you're that prudish and easily offended then stop judging and turn the other way. Let people play with hair dryers. :)

 

 

I am gouging out my mental eyes.

 

Of course I'm just kidding around here. I'm close behind the woman in question age-wise.

 

My boobs are natural, though.

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Ok guys, seriously it sounds like you've never seen naked people before. Bodies don't become gross just because they're old. Nor do boobs become disgusting because they have implants. Maybe she had breast cancer? If you're that prudish and easily offended then stop judging and turn the other way. Let people play with hair dryers. :)

 

I was actually commenting on the reference to porn, which seemed quite unusual to me.  lol.  I honestly don't care one way or another if she had implants or not.  

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Ok guys, seriously it sounds like you've never seen naked people before. Bodies don't become gross just because they're old. Nor do boobs become disgusting because they have implants. Maybe she had breast cancer? If you're that prudish and easily offended then stop judging and turn the other way. Let people play with hair dryers. :)

 

This totally.  Do you know what people who think "old bodies are nasty" grow up to be?

 

...Miserable old people.

 

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