OT: Respect these five people in your gym.
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If I ever go to a gym I will remember that.
Fonzie and I made the unanimous first ballot voting decision to not include a gym in our humble abode.
Just joined a gym this summer for the first time in a decade, and I feel great. So respect me because I’m an aspiring #1 trying really hard to avoid being a #4.
And I may be going sooner rather than later.If I ever go to a gym I will remember that.
I was at the Y and saw a woman who had to be 90 walking in the fitness center with a cane. As I was working through my routine, I looked up and she was across from me doing curls - now it was just the bar with no added lbs. on it but God bless her for being there. I see a regular crew of seniors there in the mornings and it looks like mostly they are there for the coffee and camaraderie but there's a lot of regulars in the afternoon who are pretty serious about their workouts. Gotta love it.
As someone who has recently lost 50lbs while starting a 5-day-a-week CrossFit routine, I completely understand and empathize with #4 (overweight people) and try my damndest to uplift them whenever I see them with a “you’re doing amazing work!” Or “stick with it, it will eventually pay off. I’m proof”. I don’t know if it works but I know when I first started working out I was Uber conscious of people looking at me like I didn’t belong and anyone that gave me encouragement helped me power through the down days.
Hey I make 2 of the 5 [fat AND old] and still go 3 per week. Respect you whippersnappers
#6 People that actually put the weights back when they are done.
Lol, very often the first part of my workout consists of putting the stray dumbbells in their proper places.
I just started getting back into weight training after a long time on IR. I had forgotten how some people are complete a-holes - like not putting weights back where they belong, or staking their claim on some piece of equipment for use at a later time - like after they get water and gossip with others. Or don't let people work in with a piece of equipment.
Gyms fall right behind the airport in terms of congregating the low level humanity of the world.
Just last night at the gym, I was waiting for a squat rack since they were all taken. A guy is doing a standing shoulder press at one of the squat racks just walks away leaving the weights on the bar. I wait for a few minutes and then I see him doing something else over at the dumbbells. I go ask him if he is done with the rack and he seemed a little annoyed that I interrupted him. He was done btw. It would be nice for him to give some indication that he is done, like taking the weights off the bar. I usually give people some benefit of the doubt that they are not done if they don't take the weight off the bar. I will remember this guy next time and if he walks away the rack is mine.
The other people that annoy me are the people that have to do curls standing right in front of the dumbbell rack completely blocking everybody else's access to it. For god's sake, take two steps backwards.
LOL, yeah, or dumbbell rows. You have to wonder how they can be so dense.
https://www.t-nation.com/powerful-words/10-most-annoying-people-in-the-gym
Lol, that's exactly my response to the puzzled looks I get.Thats just because you have OCD!
The big doucher move in a crossfit gym (I know I know... BESIDES all of the people that do crossfit) is the people that get handfuls of chalk to do movements that don't require chalk. Case in point, the guy that grabs literally handfuls of chalk to do a bench press, and it looks like he dumped out the chalk bucket on the floor. bro... you don't need grip to bench press and you're not LeBron.... STOP IT
also, the dick that likes to walk between you and your bar when you're doing movements from the floor. dude, i'm deadlifting here and just because i'm between sets doesn't mean you should use the 3 feet of space between me and my bar as a walkway. STOP IT.
also, the dick that likes to walk between you and your bar when you're doing movements from the floor. dude, i'm deadlifting here and just because i'm between sets doesn't mean you should use the 3 feet of space between me and my bar as a walkway. STOP IT.
Thanks for the respect, I may get it done one day...260 # 4 – Fat People
They've overcome their embarrassment of being in a gym with fitter people. They've decided to make a change. For that, they deserve all the support we can give them.
Our small company has a contest every year in support of one of our employees' children w/Down S. The child reviews all pics of socks and picks a winner.
People all over the world, who sport odd-coloured socks on World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), held every year, on March 21. The United Nations has been observing World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) since 2012, as a means of raising awareness about the disorder.Mar 21, 2018
4 – Fat People
They've overcome their embarrassment of being in a gym with fitter people. They've decided to make a change. For that, they deserve all the support we can give them.
Our small company has a contest every year in support of one of our employees' children w/Down S. The child reviews all picks of socks and picks a winner.
People all over the world, who sport odd-coloured socks on World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), held every year, on March 21. The United Nations has been observing World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) since 2012, as a means of raising awareness about the disorder.Mar 21, 2018
I have mixed feelings about your post step. On the one hand, the reason for it is wonderful and is to be applauded. On the other hand, well..... I can never unsee that photo.
Give me some time, I'll get back to playing weight eventually. We haven't seen the "after" pic yet.I have mixed feelings about your post step. On the one hand, the reason for it is wonderful and is to be applauded. On the other hand, well..... I can never unsee that photo.
The child like my pic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_setOf course dumbbells are dense. And you’re a MATHS.
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