What Are Your Gym/Fitness/Routine Moans?
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Antagonistic supersetting is a very old technique.
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There was a famous lifter who created a 20 minute workset, and opposed bench and ro constantly for ten reps each.
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There was a famous lifter who created a 20 minute workset, and opposed bench and ro constantly for ten reps each.
A right knuckle dragger was at the gym yesterday trying to show his son and his mate, who were about 16-18 how to use the equipment.
1st up was the lat pull down machine, dad/knuckle dragger proceeds to put as much weight on as possible to show his pupils how god-dam strong he is, and then swings his entire upper body down so he's almost lying flat in a desperate attempt to get 8 reps out. Dad then instructs the kids to do exactly the same, before getting on again and adding more weight as he can see how impressed they are at his super human strength
This technique of using weights far too heavy for him, so he has no option but to use his maximum momentum to shift them from one position to the other continued throughout. Which meant his poor son and his mate were learning nothing about mastering proper form and how to isolate the muscle their working on at all.
This was obviously none of my business, It was just amusing watching a grown man showing off how strong he was to these 2 lads. But isn't this where the gym instructors should earn their money by advising them to take some weight off and show then the correct way? I never see any instructors correct peoples form. And by that I mean the ones who are obviously going to do themselves damage let alone be wasting their time.
1st up was the lat pull down machine, dad/knuckle dragger proceeds to put as much weight on as possible to show his pupils how god-dam strong he is, and then swings his entire upper body down so he's almost lying flat in a desperate attempt to get 8 reps out. Dad then instructs the kids to do exactly the same, before getting on again and adding more weight as he can see how impressed they are at his super human strength
This technique of using weights far too heavy for him, so he has no option but to use his maximum momentum to shift them from one position to the other continued throughout. Which meant his poor son and his mate were learning nothing about mastering proper form and how to isolate the muscle their working on at all.
This was obviously none of my business, It was just amusing watching a grown man showing off how strong he was to these 2 lads. But isn't this where the gym instructors should earn their money by advising them to take some weight off and show then the correct way? I never see any instructors correct peoples form. And by that I mean the ones who are obviously going to do themselves damage let alone be wasting their time.
Warnie said:
This was obviously none of my business, It was just amusing watching a grown man showing off how strong he was to these 2 lads. But isn't this where the gym instructors should earn their money by advising them to take some weight off and show then the correct way? I never see any instructors correct peoples form. And by that I mean the ones who are obviously going to do themselves damage let alone be wasting their time.
From what I have seen they NEVER step in. The other week a small girl was running round the upstairs at my gym and through the free weights area. There is kind of a path through there but plenty work there, face onto it, could drop a weight into that area or even just see her in their peripheral vision and react. I was doing some curls just off it when the girl ran past for about the 4th time. I looked over to a trainer who was just standing about made eye contact and I was annoyed so I piped up "What kind of a parent lets their child run through a dangerous area like this?" His reply...."Yea, the new years ones are the worst they treat this place like a creche". I just don't even...Warnie said:
A right knuckle dragger was at the gym yesterday trying to show his son and his mate, who were about 16-18 how to use the equipment.
1st up was the lat pull down machine, dad/knuckle dragger proceeds to put as much weight on as possible to show his pupils how god-dam strong he is, and then swings his entire upper body down so he's almost lying flat in a desperate attempt to get 8 reps out. Dad then instructs the kids to do exactly the same, before getting on again and adding more weight as he can see how impressed they are at his super human strength
This technique of using weights far too heavy for him, so he has no option but to use his maximum momentum to shift them from one position to the other continued throughout. Which meant his poor son and his mate were learning nothing about mastering proper form and how to isolate the muscle their working on at all.
Come on, if you took your son and his mate to your gym, you'd do the same. 1st up was the lat pull down machine, dad/knuckle dragger proceeds to put as much weight on as possible to show his pupils how god-dam strong he is, and then swings his entire upper body down so he's almost lying flat in a desperate attempt to get 8 reps out. Dad then instructs the kids to do exactly the same, before getting on again and adding more weight as he can see how impressed they are at his super human strength
This technique of using weights far too heavy for him, so he has no option but to use his maximum momentum to shift them from one position to the other continued throughout. Which meant his poor son and his mate were learning nothing about mastering proper form and how to isolate the muscle their working on at all.
Hoofy said:
Come on, if you took your son and his mate to your gym, you'd do the same.
I would kill it, they'd be shown all the excercises I excell on without doubt. My son would come away thinking his dad was invincible, some kind of lifting god.
But the form hoofy, I would never mess with the form, for fear that some nob head would go on an internet forum and slag me off.
As it happens though I have 2 girls, who one of them still believes daddy was an ex fighter pilot etc. The other one is now 11 and realises daddy is a complete and utter fraud.
Warnie said:
Hoofy said:
Come on, if you took your son and his mate to your gym, you'd do the same.
I would kill it, they'd be shown all the excercises I excell on without doubt. My son would come away thinking his dad was invincible, some kind of lifting god.
But the form hoofy, I would never mess with the form, for fear that some nob head would go on an internet forum and slag me off.
As it happens though I have 2 girls, who one of them still believes daddy was an ex fighter pilot etc. The other one is now 11 and realises daddy is a complete and utter fraud.
With that in mind, what's a little bad form between PHers?
ambuletz said:
Joined a new one today, I hope they don't think I'm strange for just walking out the gym with my shirt still a little sweaty. I cycle home and would much rather shower at home then on their premises.
Do you lot wash at the gym or when you get home?
At home. I also wear the same gym kit all week ( I wash it weekly as well). Smell my testosterone! Do you lot wash at the gym or when you get home?
Unless it stinks then I put it in wash but generally I don't smell
smiffy180 said:
ambuletz said:
Joined a new one today, I hope they don't think I'm strange for just walking out the gym with my shirt still a little sweaty. I cycle home and would much rather shower at home then on their premises.
Do you lot wash at the gym or when you get home?
At home. I also wear the same gym kit all week ( I wash it weekly as well). Smell my testosterone! Do you lot wash at the gym or when you get home?
Unless it stinks then I put it in wash but generally I don't smell
ambuletz said:
Joined a new one today, I hope they don't think I'm strange for just walking out the gym with my shirt still a little sweaty. I cycle home and would much rather shower at home then on their premises.
Do you lot wash at the gym or when you get home?
Gym, so long as I have remembered to take my Reefs. I won't venture into public changing rooms bare foot anymore after I got a verruca that took six years and few hundred quid in doctors bills to get rid of.Do you lot wash at the gym or when you get home?
ambuletz said:
Joined a new one today, I hope they don't think I'm strange for just walking out the gym with my shirt still a little sweaty. I cycle home and would much rather shower at home then on their premises.
Do you lot wash at the gym or when you get home?
At the gym, obviously, I don't want to get in my car stinking, but is I was cycling home I wouldn't.Do you lot wash at the gym or when you get home?
smiffy180 said:
At home. I also wear the same gym kit all week ( I wash it weekly as well). Smell my testosterone!
Unless it stinks then I put it in wash but generally I don't smell
I'm not sure I could do that with mine. I've deliberately bought several pairs of cheap jogging bottoms and t-shirts. Once the sweat dries up I seem to get white streaks on my jogging bottoms. I'm not sure if these are salt stains or washing powder? Sometimes I can rub it and it goes away.Unless it stinks then I put it in wash but generally I don't smell
ambuletz said:
I'm not sure I could do that with mine. I've deliberately bought several pairs of cheap jogging bottoms and t-shirts. Once the sweat dries up I seem to get white streaks on my jogging bottoms. I'm not sure if these are salt stains or washing powder? Sometimes I can rub it and it goes away.
no idea. My clothes smell of chlorine though? I've got 2 pairs in case I've overly sweated and they're damp but if they're dry it doesn't bother me as I'll only get sweaty anyway
Perhaps it's an age thing, but I wouldn't consider entering the gym without freshly laundered kit and leaving without taking a shower (never barefoot - use flip-flops).
What do you do then, leave the sweaty kit and damp towel in your gymbag in the car boot overnight and all day for days at a time to mature? Poo!
What do you do then, leave the sweaty kit and damp towel in your gymbag in the car boot overnight and all day for days at a time to mature? Poo!
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