What Are Your Gym/Fitness/Routine Moans?
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jr6yam said:
Nipped down the gym on New Years eve, it was f
king heaving 
I didn't realise it was national "do your biceps and nothing else" day (with st form and 2 inch ROM)
Also, if you're doing seated OHP (in the squat rack) with 10Kg on the bar; are straps really necessary?
Steady on. I hope he was wearing a belt and chalked up!king heaving I didn't realise it was national "do your biceps and nothing else" day (with s
t form and 2 inch ROM)Also, if you're doing seated OHP (in the squat rack) with 10Kg on the bar; are straps really necessary?
Saw this 20-something rake doing about 15 minutes of biceps. Think he needs to focus on other stuff to make any impact! (I never thought I'd be mocking skinny people.)
Hoofy said:
pilchardthecat said:
Hoofy said:
My slight moan, well, ok it's a minor irritation, is that I hear comments from massive guys taking the piss out of non-standard exercises I do that are sports-specific and have improved my on-court ability/technique etc. Just because you are too heavy and sore to do anything useful doesn't mean we all have to aspire to not be agile.
And before you ask how I know they're not agile like a ballerina, they can barely walk properly.
I've never heard anyone saying stuff, but i can sense the sneering.And before you ask how I know they're not agile like a ballerina, they can barely walk properly.
I think there's an assumption that anyone lifting weights MUST want to be as big as they can get, and have pure bodybuilding goals. Ergo, big guy feels superior, despite the fact that almost all of my goals are strength based. I usually reduce the volume and increase the rest between sets if i start approaching 75kg, to avoid getting too heavy.
edit to add - the sneering may be imaginary, as i am generally paranoid about everything and dont really like other humans that much
Not to mention getting into some bizarre body shape half way up a climbing wall in order to reach the next hold.It's not just about functional fitness either as without a reason that seems a bit pointless. A couch potato is functionally fit! Can he get more beer from the fridge? Check! Can he press the remote? Check!
I suppose the issue is that we all have different goals and we should only be mocked if either:
-that goal is stupid (eg massive biceps, no legs)
-you're going about it in a stupid way which will get you injured (eg deadlifting with a rounded back) or
-you dress like a t
t. Edited by Hoofy on Wednesday 10th December 14:04
When I wear the same compression tops, you can see my abs through the shirt
I'd rather have functional fitness and have an athletic muscular build with low body fat is just a welcome by product that comes with training that I do.
amare32 said:
I share the same training philosophy as Hoofy as I also train specifically for tennis but the training also comes in useful for basketball. I'd rather look muscular with low body fat like Cristiano Ronaldo than some typical big dude that frequents my gym - they usually have that skin head bouncer look, very big but also with minimum 25% body fat and when they sport one of those compression tops, it is downright embarrassing with the rolls of fat. Jiggles of fat like bowls of jelly.
When I wear the same compression tops, you can see my abs through the shirt I'd rather have functional fitness and have an athletic muscular build with low body fat is just a welcome by product that comes with training that I do.
Same, train for tennis only, so injury prevention on right shoulder, lower back strength and core work. Lots of rowing too.When I wear the same compression tops, you can see my abs through the shirt
I'd rather have functional fitness and have an athletic muscular build with low body fat is just a welcome by product that comes with training that I do.The sad orange tattooed monkeys in the mirrors do it for other reasons, it would appear, pure vanity....and it's getting worse. If there was an eyebrow plucking machine in the changing room, it would be broken by now.
My moan however....mobile phones.
Two purposes for the metro sexual narcissus....
1) they can tense their arms whilst faux texting..to impress Charlene or Charlie walking on the running machine.
2) they hog the benches...playing on an app....again whist tensing.
Hoofy said:
Eleven said:
That's why you should never use collars if you're not being spotted. You look like a tool as the weights slide gently off one end and then viciously off the other, you'll need to change gyms due to the humiliation, but you won't expire due to asphyxiation.
That guy who fell under the bar doing the clean..... that really wasnt funny
A diet moan, at myself!!
Thought I'd try herrings for lunch with plain rice and boiled eggs......felt very much like a bush tucker trial, every mouthful was a challenge, but stupid me didn't want to waste the protein so I finished the lot off! Office stinks and so does the corridor. Feel dirty now and I've nothing to eat to get rid of the after taste. Looking forward to fishy burps later!
Thought I'd try herrings for lunch with plain rice and boiled eggs......felt very much like a bush tucker trial, every mouthful was a challenge, but stupid me didn't want to waste the protein so I finished the lot off! Office stinks and so does the corridor. Feel dirty now and I've nothing to eat to get rid of the after taste. Looking forward to fishy burps later!
pilchardthecat said:
That guy who fell under the bar doing the clean..... that really wasnt funny
Agree, he was doing bloody well too until tipping over backwards. Not ad if he was an idiot trying to lift a weight he was never gonna manage. That could've seriously fooked his neck/back, he certainly seemed to have lost consciousness. Gassing Station | Health Matters | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff