What Are Your Gym/Fitness/Routine Moans?

[Digger]

Halb said:

Gods yes.

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I have a nice selection of ancient proper gym tops, as in old tees from my O'Malley days, but they are just to wear while I warm up, then it's vests, which are that light material for running, mostly just the brand, and the tank tops for weights, which I now have a fine selection of Marvel and other geeky stuff. Love my Punisher top. I also now have a few of those nerdy UA tops, iron-man, spider-man etc. I love 'em. Even got an Optimus Prime one.

I'm obviously a bad judge of character. I had you down for a Normal.

[ambuletz]

Digger said:

I'm obviously a bad judge of character. I had you down for a Normal.

pfft. who cares though? Once I've slimmed down I'm totally buying myself some of the stuff that these lot sell as I grew up watching Dragonball Z.

https://www.instagram.com/justsaiyan_gear/


Not sure I'd actually wear any of it to the gym though.

[popeyewhite]

Centurion07 said:

Whatever you do don't wear them to Popeye's gym unless you're a cartoon character!

Not sure what you're struggling with here. People wear 'I finished this/that tough race' because of the impression they think it creates. You don't think they do? You're being naive. But in a sweat and sawdust gym you just look a dick. Old gym rags, bodybuilding sweats, rock t's, superhero t's (guys love the irony)...wear almost anything other than some t proclaiming how much of a superior athlete you think you are. Believe me, it'll go down much better.

[Halb]

lemmingjames said:

Ebay china? Some of the sizing can be well out and they cant decide on if to send you Chinese sizing or European

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00YE3MCFU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Nah, they're actually really well made good tops, a but like compression tops.

Digger said:

I'm obviously a bad judge of character. I had you down for a Normal.

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haha, ah fooled yez!!!




tt!

[lemmingjames]

Fair enough, i do ebay china and the quality seems to be up there with the UA gear that ive got.

[Centurion07]

popeyewhite said:

Not sure what you're struggling with here. People wear 'I finished this/that tough race' because of the impression they think it creates. You don't think they do? You're being naive. But in a sweat and sawdust gym you just look a dick. Old gym rags, bodybuilding sweats, rock t's, superhero t's (guys love the irony)...wear almost anything other than some t proclaiming how much of a superior athlete you think you are. Believe me, it'll go down much better.

It's. A. T-shirt.

I guess if you're the kind of person that would wear one for the reasons you state then I can see how you would think that of others.

[Sheets Tabuer]

The problems start when the tough mudder crowd and the wolf run crowd spot each other from across the gym, it's like two tom cats meeting in an alley only there's a lot of unnaturally heavy weights being lifted with tremendous huffing and puffing while trying to out smug each other.

[Centurion07]

[Halb]

lemmingjames said:

Fair enough, i do ebay china and the quality seems to be up there with the UA gear that ive got.

UK Amazon has some good UA tops, but it's expensive, I've bought direct of UA USA before, and this place.
http://www.stylinonline.com/jersey-punisher-castle...
My US mate gets them for me and I sort her out with cash.

Never looked at CHina, I was fearful of the quality. YOu buy off there regularly?

[popeyewhite]

Centurion07 said:

It's. A. T-shirt.

Read. The. Thread. Title.

Centurion07 said:

I guess if you're the kind of person that would wear one for the reasons you state then I can see how you would think that of others.

Odd. Did you think about that before you wrote it?

[Centurion07]

popeyewhite said:

Centurion07 said:

I guess if you're the kind of person that would wear one for the reasons you state then I can see how you would think that of others.

Odd. Did you think about that before you wrote it?

Try reading it again with emphasis on the "YOU'RE".

Just because that's why YOU think they're wearing it, doesn't mean it's true, hence the "it's just a t-shirt".

Edited by Centurion07 on Friday 21st October 14:23

[popeyewhite]

The quote feature's a bit tough for you as well I see.

[Centurion07]

Watch it pal. I've done a Tough Mudder and I've got the t-shirt to prove it too.

Is it easier for you now?

[Zod]

What's that class called in where they use weight bars with fat plates on the end that are mostly air? Saw them today doing what I think were supposed to be squats. For most it seemed to involve a slight twitch of the knees while leaning forward a little.

[ambuletz]

Zod said:

What's that class called in where they use weight bars with fat plates on the end that are mostly air? Saw them today doing what I think were supposed to be squats. For most it seemed to involve a slight twitch of the knees while leaning forward a little.

crossfit?

[13m]

ambuletz said:

Zod said:

What's that class called in where they use weight bars with fat plates on the end that are mostly air? Saw them today doing what I think were supposed to be squats. For most it seemed to involve a slight twitch of the knees while leaning forward a little.

crossfit?

No he's referring to weighted knee bends. It's an exercise practiced by people who want to un-rack and rack massive weights without going to the trouble of performing meaningful exercise with them.

I recently saw the wife of a well-known local professional sportsman perform this exact exercise at our gym. She looked good in her 3/4 leggings, crop top and script tattoos, so I watched in eager anticipation as she addressed a squat bar with about 1.5 times her body weight in 5kg and 10kg plates. She opted for no collars.

So she un-racked the bar, swift knee bend, overbalanced sideways losing all the weights off one side of the bar, before it snapped viciously the other way offloading the weights on the other side. Which meant she only needed to re-rack and empty bar.

She disappeared from the gym at that point and I've not seen her since.

[Jamie VTS]

ambuletz said:

crossfit?

I guess mine is people who have never been to crossfit jumping on the 'cross fit is rubbish/ dangerous bla bla' bandwagon.

Don't really understand all the crossfit hate. Been crossfitting for two moths now and it's fantastic. I'm sure there is variation in standards across different gyms but the coaching at mine (crossfit aldermaston) is awesome.

Monday : powerlifting with an ex national champion power lifter
Tuesday: boxing
Wednesday: crossfit
Thursday: Olympic lifting with an ex common wealth games Olympic lifter
Saturday: team WOD

[Zod]

13m said:

ambuletz said:

Zod said:

What's that class called in where they use weight bars with fat plates on the end that are mostly air? Saw them today doing what I think were supposed to be squats. For most it seemed to involve a slight twitch of the knees while leaning forward a little.

crossfit?

No he's referring to weighted knee bends. It's an exercise practiced by people who want to un-rack and rack massive weights without going to the trouble of performing meaningful exercise with them.

I recently saw the wife of a well-known local professional sportsman perform this exact exercise at our gym. She looked good in her 3/4 leggings, crop top and script tattoos, so I watched in eager anticipation as she addressed a squat bar with about 1.5 times her body weight in 5kg and 10kg plates. She opted for no collars.

So she un-racked the bar, swift knee bend, overbalanced sideways losing all the weights off one side of the bar, before it snapped viciously the other way offloading the weights on the other side. Which meant she only needed to re-rack and empty bar.

She disappeared from the gym at that point and I've not seen her since.

That's amusing, but I think what I saw was crossfit.

[joshleb]

Jamie VTS said:

I guess mine is people who have never been to crossfit jumping on the 'cross fit is rubbish/ dangerous bla bla' bandwagon.

Don't really understand all the crossfit hate. Been crossfitting for two moths now and it's fantastic. I'm sure there is variation in standards across different gyms but the coaching at mine (crossfit aldermaston) is awesome.

Monday : powerlifting with an ex national champion power lifter
Tuesday: boxing
Wednesday: crossfit
Thursday: Olympic lifting with an ex common wealth games Olympic lifter
Saturday: team WOD

Where do you manage to fit a life in there! I'd be dead after all that!

[Jamie VTS]

joshleb said:

Where do you manage to fit a life in there! I'd be dead after all that!

It's only an hour at a time. I go on the way home from work!