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Post by walkswithblackflies on Nov 3, 2015 13:06:38 GMT -8
Using the squat rack to do 12 sets of 65-lb bicep curls
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Post by BigLoad on Nov 3, 2015 14:21:05 GMT -8
Using the squat rack to do 12 sets of 65-lb bicep curls I must say, I'm unable to visualize that scenario in any way that makes sense. Got a new one this week: EASE UP ON THE !@#$^ BODY SPRAY! I entered the locker room a few minutes after the last guy left, and there was still so much spray hanging in the air that it stung my nasal membranes and set me sneezing. Here's another one: quit "calibrating" the scale with your own body as the reference mass! I know the scale is inaccurate, but it would be great if it were inaccurate in the same way every day.
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Post by llamero on Nov 3, 2015 14:37:19 GMT -8
I couldn't twist my mind around the squat rack routine either. We've picked up a gym rat that begins by setting up all the apparatus, benches, free weights and television the way he will use them and then he gets upset when someone wants to share and change an adjustment. So we make him share anyway and he often leaves without racking the weights or wiping the equipment. Kids these days!
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Nov 4, 2015 5:34:24 GMT -8
After doing an internet search for "curls in squat rack", it appears this is one of the most heinous offenses.
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Nov 4, 2015 5:45:11 GMT -8
Here's another one: quit "calibrating" the scale with your own body as the reference mass! I know the scale is inaccurate, but it would be great if it were inaccurate in the same way every day. Amen. I used to work in a gym, and I'd calibrate the scale each week. Even though I hung the calibration log on the scale, and had a sign on the wall next to the scale (face level when you were standing on the scale) stating that is was calibrated using a standard weight on a weekly basis, people would constantly change it. I think I actually hated that more than re-racking plates a few times each day.
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Post by BigLoad on Nov 6, 2015 8:36:41 GMT -8
Stop filling gallon jugs at the water fountain. A quart at a time should be enough. Come back when you run out.
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Post by BigLoad on Mar 28, 2016 13:14:30 GMT -8
Time for a repeat on a mystifying but all-too-frequent peeve:
If you're going to hang your dirty underwear from the towel peg, at least retrieve it when you're done showering!
Seriously, who forgets their underwear at the gym? Doesn't it feel odd when you put your pants back on with no underwear? When you're undressing at bedtime, do you say to yourself: "that's odd, I thought I wore underwear today"?
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Post by JiminMD on Mar 30, 2016 17:14:47 GMT -8
My department provides us two gyms. Five days a week, I can be found in the smaller gym before work. There are four of us who are consistent regulars that time of day. One of the four doesn't wear headphones. He likes to talk as he works out.
If someone is wearing headphones, don't try to make conversation with them. It's annoying.
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Post by idahobob on Apr 5, 2016 9:48:40 GMT -8
selfies in the locker room? Are you kidding me?
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Post by reuben on Apr 5, 2016 11:54:48 GMT -8
Don't stand on a treadmill/stairmaster/ellipse for 10 minutes texting on your phone. Hang up and drive. Or get off the road and go take a selfie in the locker room.
There are two devices suitable for doing reverse situps. Don't hog one for 15 minutes to stretch your legs every day. You can do that lots of ways without holding up everyone else.
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Post by foxalo on Apr 5, 2016 14:37:57 GMT -8
This thread is hilarious! We've got a family membership to the Y. My husband goes religiously. I can't stand it.
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Post by rwtb123 on Apr 5, 2016 15:17:37 GMT -8
Unless you're in the gym when all this is happening,then it is beyond annoying. Well,enough of a break, now back to my garage gym workout where I have Faster Pussycat turned up full volume, and have four or five stations set up but never seem to get annoyed at myself for hogging the equipment
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Post by reuben on Apr 5, 2016 15:33:26 GMT -8
And another thing - if you're a hairy white middle aged guy, do NOT walk around in a do rag and funky gangsta clothes like you're some sort of hip hop version of Ray Lewis. I can't work out when I'm laughing. Or vomiting.
And yeah, rwtb123, this is why I have enough stuff in my basement to get in a half decent workout. Or I can just go on a hike.
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Post by foxalo on Apr 5, 2016 16:38:15 GMT -8
My issue with going to the gym is hearing the music playing in the zumba class through my headphones as well as feeling it in my body. My heart beats fast enough when I'm working out. I don't need help from their music. I will add that the class takes place in a separate room from all the weight machines and cardio machines. It is a fun place to people watch though.
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Post by zeke on Apr 5, 2016 16:43:34 GMT -8
I don't need help from their music. I feel the same about Spin classes.
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