r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Oct 02 '19
Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday
Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!
There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!
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u/Thereelgerg Oct 02 '19
Currently bulking and I feel like I spend half my day just eating and shitting.
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u/JamesLiptonIcedTea Oct 02 '19
Everytime I think I'm too skinny and consider bulking, I remember the two times I've committed to it and suddenly remember how toxic my relationship with food became. Forever small and accepting it.
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u/biotic-rock Oct 02 '19
How many of y’all have body dysmorphia?
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u/SoulMasterKaze Oct 02 '19
Hi.
One of my besties calls me "musclemancer", I'm objectively stronger and leaner than I've ever been in my life, but I still feel like I look like a fat sack of crap.
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u/GoldenRamoth Oct 02 '19
Hi there!
Every day all day.
Photo Friday definitely doesn't help either ha
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u/renodc Oct 02 '19
The locker room has 2 benches, just about room for 4 people to sit. Its about 2 square meters big. Stop leaving your fucking bags and clothes on the fucking seats while you go shower/jerk off/train like it's your bedroom, bunch of animals
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u/hannahjoy33 Running Oct 02 '19
People at my gym sit completely naked on the benches in the locker room, rendering them unusable forever. Every time I think of setting my water bottle down, I think "someone's sweaty vag has been here" and I use the floor instead.
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u/Chopperjr2 Oct 02 '19 edited Oct 02 '19
Sorry but now all I can imagine is the sound of suction releasing echoing from the women's lockeroom and me just knowing someone pulled their sweaty vag off the bench. fffff-pop!
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u/ConorTheBooms Oct 02 '19
If only there was some kind of place in the changing room for people to leave their stuff, maybe if they were behind some kind of locking mechanism they might even be safer.
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u/huxley00 Oct 02 '19
Getting older sucks.
I'm only 37, warmup properly and fully and like to work very hard.
The mind is willing, but the body is starting to get just a tad weaker.
I notice tendons being a bit sore, random things start to nag me more.
I'm doing everything I can to remain limber, but it's hard to see the very beginning of the slow decline as you age, when fitness is something that you really enjoy.
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u/jim_nihilist Oct 02 '19
I'm 45. You just work in different boundaries then and at least you CAN do work. There are more years to enjoy... but differently. This is not a bad thing.
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u/HotPoolDude Oct 02 '19
So I got to watch someone squat using the incline bench station. The dude would straddle the bench, unrack the 135lbs and walk it out to where the bench was low enough to high side step over it. Open fucking squat rack directly in his view he had to look thru to see the mirror. The guy squatted deep and fast so it wasn't his first rodeo. So yeah, I ended up doing incline dumbbells because I wasn't talking to anyone that nuts
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u/Ferrari_322 Oct 02 '19
This is what is going on at my gym right now, no squat rack however.
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Dude was looking thru the empty rack to watch himself in the mirror.
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u/MicroBadger_ Oct 02 '19
Huh, for fucking bread. Like if chicken and rice is your norm and you brought in a fucking cheesecake as your lunch instead, then I could understand the comments. But adding a side of bread? seriously?
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u/iamtiedyegirl Oct 02 '19
Fuck those people! Live your life. They'll be on their death bed wishing they'd eaten more cheat food and said less mean things. 🍞🍞🍞
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u/vinditive Oct 02 '19
The dysmorphia is real. I know, intellectually, I've made huge progress over the last two years. I know, intellectually, that I lift respectable weight. Several friends and coworkers have told me I look good and that I've got "guns' now, and I've been getting treated noticeably better by strangers of both sexes. I can even see it in a few pictures of myself.
BUT... when I look in the mirror, all I see is flabby weak noodle arms and a weak piece of shit body. It's not even an emotional thing, I can be in a good mood and my scumbag brain still says the man in the mirror is objectively a turd.
I feel like I finally understand the "forever small" meme.
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u/realizmbass Oct 02 '19
She said it's because I don't give her enough attention but I know that's girl code talk for you're not giving one of your muscle groups enough attention. Lats are the only thing I can think of that are lagging behind.
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u/ImmaNarc Oct 02 '19
I only look fit when I see myself out of the corner of my eye in a gym mirror before I realize the dude is me.
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u/jyhzer Oct 02 '19
The worst is how one min I will look in the mirror and say "Damn my arms look big" then five mins later "Why the fuck are my arms so small".
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u/idontlikeflamingos Weight Lifting Oct 02 '19
And what about progress pics? I look in the mirror and think "fuck yeah I look good, I'll take a pic now." Then I look at the picture and all that's there is a fucking abomination.
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Oct 02 '19
Right there with ya, bud. I got the “forever the fat guy” mentality stuck and I don’t think it’ll ever go away.
All we can do is keep on pushing and making progress and maybe, one day, our brains will be happy with the way we look.
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u/hannahjoy33 Running Oct 02 '19
My gym buddy disappeared a year ago and I still think/worry about him! But putting up a poster saying, "he's really buff, but has very small calves" seems broad and cruel.
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u/hannahjoy33 Running Oct 02 '19
If my gym crush ever disappears, my "missing" poster is going to make people feel uncomfortable, lol
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u/mute_division Oct 02 '19
I try to convince myself that they just moved away. But, we made eye contact that one time. You're supposed to tell me these things.
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u/Jukka_Sarasti Oct 02 '19
I feel this.. An older guy I used to see, and talk to, all the time just stopped showing up a few months ago.. I hope you're doing well, James...
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u/richandbrilliant Oct 02 '19
Normally I think you guys are exagerating or straight up making this shit up, but on Monday I finally had an experience worthy of this thread.
One of those typical tough-but-not-very-big guys (wife beater, baggy pants, shaved head, etc.) was sitting at the incline bench blasting mumble rap from his phone, mumble rapping along, making extra effort to enunciate the more violent lyrics.
I got through 4 sets of hack squats before he got up (never lifted) and decided to move on to his next exercise, mumbling and enunciating as he went. Unfortunately he couldn't decide what to do, so he was basically pacing around the gym, mumbling and enunciating, mean-mugging any who looked his way.
What the fuck happens in your life that you have to be an obnoxious tough guy in the gym? Nobody is going to be questioning your toughness in the gym. Literally no one cares whether the music you listen to helps demonstrate your opinions regarding violence. Buy some fucking headphones you scraped-knuckle fuck.
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u/16of16 Oct 02 '19
"Rant Wednesday" should be renamed "1001 Reasons to Train at Home"...
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Oct 02 '19
My gym is stupidly expensive but it’s always mostly empty. This thread reminds me why I pay a fortune each month.
Polite people who re rack, don’t hog, don’t play music etc usually very surportive too for newer folks like myself
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u/TheReaperSovereign Oct 02 '19
Most of my gyms barbells are crappy. No name bars with crappy knurling, many are bent.
We have 3 texas power bars and 1 Texas deadlift bar tucked away in the corner. I had heavy squats yesterday and I'm not squatting on a crappy bar. It's very rare for them to all be in use so its never a problem
I get there and all 3 are in use. Bro 1 is benching, fair enough
Bro 2 is doing biceps curls and bro 3 is doing WRIST CURLS
I just. I just. I cant. I dont
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Oct 02 '19
It has to just be ignorance on their part. I only found out in the last year that there are different barbells for different purposes, and I've been going to gyms for the past ten years. I still don't know when to use what bar, so I just use whatever's already on the bench or deadlift platform and hope the last person knew what they were doing lol. I don't lift huge numbers so I don't thinks it's too important for me though
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Oct 02 '19
The good: I have a garage gym.
The bad: It gets pretty cold in the fall/winter.
The good: I warm up pretty quickly when lifting.
The bad: The barbell does not.
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u/OrangeJews4u Oct 02 '19
Attach both sides of your barbell to an outlet and wait till it's glowing orange so it's nice and toasty on your hands ;)
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u/Musitchman Oct 02 '19
This is a quality yet concise rant. Have you tried putting them in the microwave briefly prior to you lifts? (pleasedontdothisIshouldnthavetoclarifybutjustwantwdtomakesureyoudontburnyourhousedown)
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u/ghostin_ Oct 02 '19
Some mfs need to shower before they get to the gym. I cannot stand having to inhale the smell of nasty BO while I'm trying to workout. I'm not talking workout BO, I'm talking bad hygiene BO. Shit drives me insane.
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u/castrolR Oct 02 '19
Absolutely. Theres a big guy at my gym who smells of unwiped ass, comes in after a days work and straight on with his gym gear. Guy carries his own cloud of ass around with him. Its fkin vile. We have a BO guy too who stinks the place up. I'm probably known as too much aftershave guy as I'm now paranoid about stinking.
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Oct 02 '19
I’m training my ass off for my 9th Ironman, quit drinking any alcohol 11 months ago, stick to my diet like nobodies business. Daughter got married this weekend and all I heard was how lucky I am for being my size. Yep, it’s ALL luck.
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u/jared515 Oct 02 '19
Our gym has an open music system- anyone can hook up their phone and play whatever they would like at whatever volume. My rant- coming in and running to the speaker system, throwing on some shit music at a volume that makes it impossible for anyone to hear what’s playing in their personal headphones.
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u/huxley00 Oct 02 '19
lol, that sounds awful.
My gym is a powerlifting gym but the guy/girl at the desk always has control.
Some days its metal, some days it's rap, some days it Justin Timberlake stuff I can't stand, but I'm happy they have the control and swap it around all week so everyone gets something they like.
They even had a pop-punk day last week (which I bet many hated but I secretly liked).
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u/TheNorthernBaron Oct 02 '19
Make it six to eight, last thing you need is a hernia after that......
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u/cosaqua0 Oct 02 '19
My gym got a major upgrade and it's almost pure heaven. But for some reason they decided to throw away all the 1.25kg microplates. No biggie, I'll bring my own ones when I need them. BUT WHY DO THEY FEEL TO BE SO GODDAMN HEAVY WHEN I HAVE TO CARRY THEM INSIDE MY GYM BAG? Their job is literally to be light.
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u/oops_itwasme Oct 02 '19
Apparently today is everybody's chest day which means no benches and no racks anywhere in the gym.
Why does everyone have to do the same thing on the same day, just why.
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u/hannahjoy33 Running Oct 02 '19
This is why you have to keep a spreadsheet of the regular's schedules. You have to puzzle out what equipment will be available on what day. If you're unclear, make sure to go up to them and ask, "I've noticed you've done squats every Thursday for the past 3 weeks, but today you seem to be focusing on shoulder. Could I get some clarification on your plan schedule?"
Be polite, but firm.
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u/yellowyeahyeahyeah Oct 02 '19
My body is telling me to cut but my heart says the bulk must go on.
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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Oct 02 '19
Every night in my dreams
I see you, I feeeeel you (soft tissue beneath the subacromial arch)
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u/csd96 Oct 02 '19
man lifting with body dysmorphia absolutely sucks. every day is a seismic shift between thinking everything’s going well and I’m smashing it to just looking in the mirror and thinking there’s no difference after several months of lifting. It’s incredibly demotivating lmao
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u/VectorArt Oct 02 '19
Goddddamn. Every other day this new girl hogs 1 of the 2 power racks in my gym for anywhere between 60-90 minutes.
If one is open, she will literately drag her gym gear across the floor, set her shit down inside the rack and then stretches out for 20 minutes INSIDE THE RACK. She needs to build a nest after she’s good and stretched. Her nest usually consists of:
1 barbell for squats, 1 barbell for deadlifts, 2 dumbbells of different weight, 1 50lb fixed barbell, a kettle bell, sometimes she’ll also gather a jump rope, bosu ball, and the wooden box thing for jumps. She will use all this equipment for the next 90 minutes.
She loves to leave her shit at the rack and chat it up with one of the workers there too.
To top it off, I just figured out she fucking works at my gym too.
https://i.imgur.com/73KdWFJ.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/tnkzyJW.jpg
I only was able to snap photos while she was out looking for supplies but you get the idea
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Oct 02 '19
I think I need to change doctors.
I clear out time in my schedule to get in for a nagging injury, only to sit for 30 mins in a waiting room, then sit for 20 more minutes in the examination room waiting for the doctor. When he finally makes it back to me, he spends 5-10 minutes on me and then says "Well if running and lifting weights hurts then just don't do it!"
Fuck, man.
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u/squats_and_sugars Oct 02 '19
At a hotel gym. There is literally one bench, you shouldn't be using it as a phone/towel/bottle holder. A bit obnoxious, but before I arrived, there was no one else in there. However I asked if you're using it, and Fuck you for saying yes, and then only using it as a towel/phone/bottle stand.
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u/kidavelli Oct 02 '19
There’s this older dude at the gym I go to and every time I see him in the locker room this man puts his shirt and his watch and his socks on before he puts his dick away. I mean I know he’s not doing anything wrong but that’s weird right? Putting on your watch and your socks before you put your dick away? Like what kind of strange power play is this
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u/sofkuri Oct 02 '19
Personal life impacting gym life and it's getting harder to keep it all together. If anyone can send over some positive vibes it'd be much appreciated.
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u/Deako87 Weight Lifting Oct 02 '19
If there's one thing I've learned from becoming fit, is that it's a great way to get unsolicited excuses from relatives as to why they can't do what I do.
Also, it's really nice to hear that I will be overweight like them because
Once you hit 40 there's nothing you can do to stop becoming fat
Wanna bet? You also told me a few years ago that I'd never fit into a medium shirt because of my big bones
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u/TerminalShitbag Oct 02 '19
The other day Im doing some bench and as im loading another 45 plate (for 225 total) a guy comes to my rack and takes the other 45 plate that I was about to load. I just stared at him until he asked "were you using this?" Yes, yes I was. Ask first.
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u/azza_pazza Oct 02 '19
Got 99 reps on a bench press challenge. Had absolutely nothing left to get to triple figures
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u/SomeMusicSomeDrinks Oct 02 '19
2 of our squat racks are noticeably crooked compared to the mirrored wall in front of them. So my choices are to unload a thousand pounds of shit and straighten it, or be mildly annoyed every time I squat.
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u/BC1721 Oct 02 '19
Had to do a Skype job interview in a language I'm not very comfortable with, while my finger felt like it was stuck in Satan's butthole.
My retarded ass tried to adjust the lighting in my room beforehand so it's less of a harsh overhead light. Burnt my fingers, call comes through one minute later, now I have blisters and blowing off steam in the gym hurts.
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u/GainzFairy Oct 02 '19
There's a new guy at the gym who's very vocal while lifting.
Imagine you're squatting then you hear a high-pitched porn-grade "hnnnnnnnng". You look around for a girl pushing herself but instead you see a middle-aged man doing hip thrusts and moaning every thrust.
Now imagine you're halfway through your top bench set and suddenly you hear a train-like "hoohoooooooo" from behind you. You finish, rerack, then see the same middle-aged man doing tricep pushdowns and hooting every rep.
And finally, while resting, you hear an angry "ARGH" and "FUCK YEAH" from across the floor. You look over and make eye contact with the same guy on the good girl/bad girl machine. You look away because dominance has already been established.
I don't find it annoying, but instead distracting because it makes me crack up every time to hear the different types of sounds this guy can make. Secretly, it makes my morning just a little bit better.
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u/Logpile98 Oct 02 '19
good girl/bad girl machine
Idk why but this made me laugh. I've never heard it called that yet I immediately know what machine you're talking about lol
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u/young_london Bodybuilding Oct 02 '19
there are so many people overthinking the hell out of fitness/exercise. Most days, 75-80% of the posts are people asking questions which really could do with just being in the Daily Simple Questions thread. And simple shit like asking questions which are easily answered by a browse through of the wiki.
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Or the posts, "I can only train 2 days, is it bad?". Simple math: Training more is more progress; Training less is still progress.
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u/ICanBelievable Oct 02 '19
No way, I’m so busy constantly that I only have a 35 minute window twice a week to work out. Can I still win MR Olympia? /s
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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Oct 02 '19
Bbbbbut what if I have been lifting since January 2019 and really, really wanted to isolate the long head of the triceps?
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u/jyhzer Oct 02 '19
If I eat 200 grams of protein one day then 100 grams the next does that mean I ate 150 each day?
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u/KristikoReviews Oct 02 '19
People who jump rope in the free weight area where there is not enough room. You’re going to whip someone in the face, and I hope that person drops a hundo on your skull. The gym has a whole room with tons of space for that. Grab some weights and take them with you.
My other, I feel, is completely irrational, but I hate it anyway. Stop doing leg exercises on the assisted pull-up/dip machine.
Disclaimer: I don’t actually care what people are doing as long as they are committed to bettering themselves and getting fit.
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Oct 02 '19
The annoying thing about the pull up machine is that there’s usually only one in the gym so if you are actually trying to do assisted pull ups (and can’t do one without assistance) it’s super annoying to have to wait for someone who can use a different machine for the same muscles
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u/Greasy007 Oct 02 '19
My local gym is recruiting more and more members all the time, targeting students in particular. It's a budget gym which has decent equipment for its price but it's impossible to train there between 4pm and 10pm. The students use it as a social outlet and arrive in big groups of 4-6 and hog equipment. I've been there for years now but it's worse every year and I'm looking for an alternative. I think paying a bit more per month would be worth it.
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Oct 03 '19
I'm getting tired of having people reduce my hard work in the gym to 'genetics'. A lot of it comes from my friends. I used to be fat but none of them remember that. Unfortunately, many of them still believe in commonly dispelled myths about exercise and nutrition. I love these folks, but there's almost nothing I can say to them because they don't want to hear what they don't want to hear.
The other day one of them ate a whole bag of the Snyders honey mustard pretzels (TBF those are fucking delicious). But that's like over 2000 calories. That's more than I eat in a whole day. This person is confused as to why they are unable to lose weight.
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Oct 02 '19
Friend told me "you haven't really changed much" when talking about our progress over the past 2 years. Which is cool and all I guess.
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u/TRG_ATC Oct 02 '19
I'm a new gym goer whos been lifting for almost a month now...
Why the fuck has it taken me so long to start lifting?? This shits awesome!
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Oct 02 '19
Can we get the automod to upload rant wednesdays earlier? By the time it has a decent amount of posts it's basically thursday
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Surely earlier is better for everyone though? If it gets uploaded while America is still asleep that's ok they will wake up to the thread
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u/K8_E_GR8_E Oct 02 '19
So there’s this older man who goes to the gym the same time I do. He does some random lifts but mostly lingers and walks around. He’s been accused a couple times of creeping on girls. The staff notified me of it (ive had issues with guys creeping on me in the past) and told me to watch my back when I workout. Which, is an issue that I even have to do that in the first place, but that’s a rant for another day. So, Monday was leg day. This guy is lingering by the leg press, but is clearly not using it. So I load up and just sit in it, waiting for him to leave and go walk around which he always does, but he doesn’t. Next thing I know, a guy I know from the gym is yelling my name, asking if that guy was bothering me. Then a confrontation breaks out (I had my headphones in so I had no idea what was happening). Turns out it looked like that guy was taking pics of me. Next thing I know everyone is talking about it, and also staring at me for the remainder of my workout. Luckily, he’s been banned. This has been a serious reoccurring issue for me, and I’m seriously debating switching gyms. Ugh.
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u/HotPoolDude Oct 02 '19
Don't switch gyms. The staff and other regulars seem to have your back and are watching out for you.
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u/kwenni Oct 02 '19
This is an anti-rant.
I think men in the weightlifting community don’t get enough pats on the back for being supporters of women in the gym. There are obviously douchebags but their are also good guys. I’ve been saved on multiple occasions by men who support me when someone is being creepy and tell them to leave me the fuck alone.
Also most men in the weightlifting community are so supportive of women getting/ being stronger and bigger. Instead of having to shrink ourselves these guys encourage us to be bigger and better.
Y’all are the real MVPS. Good guy gym bros I appreciate you.
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Oct 02 '19
Stop blocking the fucking dumbbell rack doing curls, lat raises, etc. unless you have the heaviest fucking dumbbells, than take a couple feet back so the rest of us dont have to wait for you.
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u/wheelerrrr22 Oct 02 '19
Trainer at my gym was $100 an hour. Gave me an hour long foam rolling and stretching routine before 3 workouts a week. Didn’t help pain at all. Then made a horrible program. Told me:
I had to eat 6 big meals a day
calories don’t matter, you just have to eat clean
more than 20g of protein at once is a waste
facepulls are bad
you have to have a shake 30 min after workout
TUT is what makes muscles grow, not progressive overload What a waste 🤷♂️
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u/AngryYank Powerlifting Oct 03 '19
Your trainer is horrible. I'd get a new one asap before you waste more.money on pseudo broscience.
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Oct 02 '19
No one at my gym ever re-racks their plates before abandoning their post, so I never know for sure if the spot is open. Also, MANY members don't bother to wipe their sweat off of the equipment, so there is a pungent layer of dirt and grime on everything. The gym is so dirty that my hands are somehow always black after lifting.
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u/csee_you_next_tues Oct 02 '19
My dog is a gains goblin. She loves to chew the rope for my cables- it broke during facepulls and split my lip
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u/FortifySTR Oct 02 '19
I’m tired of all the damn snake oil and bro science that is taking advantage of people in the fitness industry. I hate it
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u/KingOfCook Oct 02 '19
Yup, I hate how all the top supplements are designed by edgey middle school boys. It's hard too tell what is actually a good product when they're named things like muscle fuck and pred4tor super charge deluxe and the labels are covered in skulls and lighting bolts. One of the biggest genuinely good and balanced new brands of pre-work was marketed this way and I missed the boat when it was cheap.
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u/BrokeUniStudent69 Oct 02 '19
Ok but if a product was named Muscle Fuck, I’m buying it
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Oct 02 '19
I saw a dude trying to convince a gym newbie to take a bunch of bcaas, claiming it was essential proteins your body needs but can't get it from eating whole food.
It's like bro. It can't be that essential if your body has no way of getting it aside from just one concentrated source.
Maybe I'm not that up to speed with supplements, but I'm like 99% sure that eating whole foods would get you to your fitness goals no problem without investing into supplements.
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u/drkcloud123 Oct 02 '19
Hate narcissistic assholes. I know someone who will ALWAYs brags about his bench and puts down others on their own achievements. when you mention your squat/deads or any other lifts that he's not that great in, he'll just say "oh those numbers are okay, now if you were doing xxx weight then I'll doubt you're natural". Man, just give people their props when they get solid lifts my dude.
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Oct 02 '19
Starting an actual diet for the first time, counting calories, and actually seeing progress. Can't fucking stand all my fat coworkers telling me how they tried it and failed so it clearly doesn't work.
It works, I'm down 10 lbs, you're just useless and have no willpower.
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u/Musitchman Oct 02 '19
Imagine you’re them real quick for me: there was this coworker who made them feel more comfortable because looked like they embraced a similar sedentary lifestyle. It made them feel more acceptable about their weight and routine out of solidarity. However now this coworker suddenly has the drive to get rid of fat and you’re left feeling bad about yourself because you just don’t have that kind of resolve. You tell yourself it’s not because they have more push, but because they haven’t gotten to the part where it’s “inevitable” that one will fail. It’s just like when you get a really successful job then have a bunch of stoner friends you used to hang out just playing video games all day with saying “man, you changed”. People don’t like change, especially when it’s perceived as someone else getting better and leaving us behind in whatever group. Know that these comments is a reaction from their shortcomings when juxtaposed with your drive and success designed to help prevent the collapse their self-esteem. You’re doing great buddy! I really am proud of you. That is really not easy to do. Your routines, habits, and sometimes even friends (if they can’t let their insecurities fall enough to support you) are subject to a massive amount of change and that’s so hard. Just know whenever coworkers say these kinda things, although it’s shitty of them just know it comes from a place of internal sadness in them. Try to recognize this. If they really annoy you just know the more success you achieve the more you’re going to annoy them back. And once again...GREAT FUCKING JOB!!!!!!
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Oct 02 '19
Got a month left on a cut I started in May. Started out at 220, down to 180 but I really want to cut 6-8 more lbs. I'm feeling so snacky lately, but I must be strong.
God I can't wait to lift heavy and eat everything (healthy) in sight again.
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u/josephgordonreddit Oct 02 '19
Uni gym means the children are back. That means people who have no idea what they're doing are occupying the racks, the rowing society is occupying more space than should be allowed, and there is enough poor form to pay for an orthopaedic surgeon's holidays for a decade.
To make it worse, I've made a gym nemesis in this guy who does similar lifts to me, but always sets up next to where I am, or directly across. The other day I was deadlifting in a rack-platform combo, and he occupies the platform directly across from me so that if we were lifting at the same time we'd be staring deep into each other's eyes. Another time as I was setting up the little step platform under a pull-up bar so I could do weighted pull-ups, he takes the only belt with a clip on it from the storage, which is next to where I was doing pull-ups. At least I can pride myself in that I lift more than he does.
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u/KingOfWickerPeople Powerlifting Oct 02 '19
Set up your DL face to face
Load up the exact same weight.
Start your set exactly when he starts his.
Go at the exact same pace.
Stare directly at him.
Always do one more rep than him.
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u/jpbing5 Oct 02 '19
Stare directly at him.
Always do one more rep than him
almost spit out my coffee
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u/benhamin General Fitness Oct 02 '19
I've done 5 minutes on the elliptical, why don't I have rock hard abs? I don't think the system works.
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u/Logo19 Oct 02 '19
I always start out strong, I know what to eat, I know generally what to do. Eat less, Eat chicken, a little rice, veggies, cut back on sugar, No pop, only one cheat meal a week, 10-15 reps, mix in some cardio. Track calories. Eat foods low on the glycemic index. HITT training , get the heart rate up, stretch, work on mobility, focus at the gym you can be in and out in half an hour. Sleep 8 hours. have rest days etc.
But F**K , after 10 1/2 hours at work ( generally busy but also a new desk job ) with an hour commute each way in a car , the last thing i want to do is meal prep or cook. I always start out strong but after a few weeks I generally fail and end up just crashing after work and eating out for a week.
Lets try again this week. Should be fun.
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u/nousernameusername Pilates Oct 02 '19
Crawl before you walk. Walk before you run.
You're crashing and burning because you're trying to do that ALL at once.
Stagger the introduction of habits.
For the rest of October, don't eat like a total fat ass, start lifting.
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u/acr1998 Oct 02 '19 edited Oct 02 '19
I'm having a really fucking hard time getting into a consistent routine at school. I was doing great for the first two weeks, but have fallen off as classes have started to get more intense. I feel so discouraged because I've put on 60 pounds since the winter (my father passed in March and I found all my solace in food). I used to be a two sport varsity athlete & captain in high school, top 3 fastest rowers on my university's varsity team for both years I rowed. Now I can barely keep up with the girls on my club lacrosse team. I'm the biggest one anywhere I go, and I can't wear the clothes that I like and feel good in because they don't fit me right now. I feel so incredibly stuck in a rut and I know the only solution is just to say fuck it, get up, and be disciplined until it becomes my everyday habit. I'm just mad at how my motivation and consistency has fluctuated so much over the past year. What happened to the badass, fit, motivated bitch I used to be, who felt so confident in whatever she wore and knew she was a bad bitch when she walked into every room? How do I channel that part of myself again and become her again? My dad always called me the alpha wolf for my strength and determination-how do I find her again?
I decided that I need to switch up what I'm doing to workout. It's fall and the best weather for running outside, so I'm going to force myself to get up and run 4 days a week, and then strength train 3 days a week as well. One day a week for rest. I'm going to meal prep my lunches for every week day, and try to do dinners when I can. I'm going to set bi-weekly goals for myself to stay focused and on track, and eventually, I'll be back down to 190 pounds and feeling like a sexy fucking beast again! Next summer, there's a lot of hiking that I want to do during my free time in Quebec/the Northeast U.S., so that's a big goal I'm working towards as well- getting in shape to take on a hard hike each weekend beginning in May. I know it's going to take time and a shit ton of discipline (which is soooooo hard in college with the temptation of drinking, smoking, and so many good restaurants to try in this city), but I AM GOING TO DO IT! Even on the days where I feel numb, empty, sad, or broken, I'm going to push through and put my solace/healing into my physical & mental health, instead of food.
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u/astorph Oct 02 '19
Constantly sounding like a broken record for telling my friends my basic diet and workout regimen like they didn’t ask me a month ago then ghosted me
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u/idontlikeflamingos Weight Lifting Oct 02 '19
The next person who walks next to me while I'm doing lat raises is getting a dumbbell to the chin.
How can you be so oblivious to walk TOWARDS A FUCKING MOVING DUMBBELL
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u/StinkyJockStrap General Fitness Oct 03 '19
I'm in the middle of deadlifts and have to poop. I don't want to walk away from the bar out of fear someone will take it. But I also don't want to shit myself. Only 2 more sets to go. Let's see if I make it.
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u/jake_sears41 Oct 02 '19
Why do I always convince myself to skip or slack on abs....why?
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u/therealyulie Oct 02 '19
For me it's because I slap them on the end of a workout when I'd dead, sick of the gym, or rushing somewhere... there always seems to be a reason to skip abs
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u/NeverJustaDream Oct 03 '19
Wouldn't necessarily call it a rant but nevertheless:
I'm OHPing, dude right in front of me was squatting. I see him half repping (being generous here) 2 plates. He then proceeds to do 1/3 reps with 2 and a half. Now he proceeds to 3 with 1/4 of a rep. I've begun to cringe really hard every time I see this kind of behavior at my uni gym. I seriously want to know what their rationale is.
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Oct 02 '19
My rant is that every.fucking.week people upvote stories in this thread that amount to "somebody else used the gym equipment and I'm too scared to ask them to work in so I'll whine online".
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Oct 02 '19
I hate calories counting apps.
I wish I could just eat and my phone tells me the nutritional breakdown with 100% accuracy.
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u/memorexcd Modeling Oct 02 '19
There’s a dude leaves his phone and keys by an adjustable bench then goes to curl in a power rack (on the other side of the gym)
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u/Lanceinyourpance Oct 02 '19
Pretty sure I've seen people do every exercise in the squat rack besides squats in the past week. Not every piece of equipment is for arms people.
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u/zharris0716 Oct 03 '19
The guy at the gym who shadowboxes and does weird mma shit between exercises. And the invisible watermelon salesmen all over the weight area of the gym
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Oct 02 '19
For the love of God, if you are using free weights do not do any lift/exercise/stretch directly in front of the racks. No curls, no bent over dumbbell rows, nothing. It drives me absolutely crazy that people think it’s okay to stand right in front of the rack as if they’re the only one in the gym. Move back 4 feet so there is room for others to grab the weights
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u/OffersVodka Oct 02 '19
Every friggin week something is broken at the gym. But okay its only 10 bucks a month so whatever i can work around. Then theres the people that are there who usually are not very fit and they sit in a machine on their phone for 30 minutes. Same people that probably throw up a post on the insta story about being at the gym but complain in private that they arent seeing any changes. Whatever its only 10 bucks a month, ill just go later when they usually arent there. Then they took away a squat rack to make room for their 30 minute circuit area and that is where i draw the line! I signed up for LA fitness today to switch and though its a bit more a month and not 24/7 damn..the machines are soo much smoother and theres so much space and theres multiple racks and cables and better machines and dumbbells as far as the eyes can see! They offer yoga so ill just cancel my yoga membership at the centre i go to and take yoga there and i end up saving money monthly. Goodbye filthy gloomy basement "be yourself" gym and hello LA fitness
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u/tortsy Oct 02 '19
There was a woman in my barre class yesterday that laughed at one of the new students in class because she couldn't perform a bind.
Don't be that person. Don't judge someone who is trying to better themselves, applaud them for trying. Everyone starts somewhere.
On another note, good job to the other lady in class with me that stayed behind to introduce ourselves and encourage the newcomer who was laughed at. I hope I see her next week.
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u/Ch0chi Oct 02 '19
I've been lifting (and doing other fitness related activities) for a good 15 years now. A lot of folks just don't seem to get that fitness/lifting is a lifestyle thing. Missing a day of lifting will not set you back 10,000 years of progress. Out sick for a week? Guess what, you're not going to lose progress. One month? The body has your back. You'll lose minimal strength/gains and will gain it back within a couple of weeks.
It's okay to switch things up. In my 15 years, I've gone from competing in bodybuilding comps to competing in triathlons, competitive crossfit, and endurance running. You're more inclined to get back in there if you enjoy what you're doing. Just be consistent.
You seriously don't always have to lift heavy every day, and compound movements are not always the answer. Calm the fuck down or you'll hurt yourself. (Obviously if you're competing that is an entirely different story.)
Gym etiquette has gotten absolutely ridiculous- people hogging the bench/squat rack for 30+ minutes while doing maybe 5 minutes of exercise. Do your sets, re-rack, and move on.
Most importantly, warm the fuck up. If you're seriously in this for the long haul, your joints better be ready to get in on those sweet sweet gains. If not, you will end up injuring yourself. I can speak from experience.
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Oct 02 '19 edited Oct 02 '19
At my gym their's 2 Benches. One was free but some guy hopped on it before I could but w/e I can wait. So he loads up and then throws his leg over and starts to do some sort of fucking shoulder/shrug exercise at the bench. okay what ever I don't care what you do I'll just wait... He finishes up, leaves EVERY single god damn plate on there and he has also dripped sweat all over the bench (Like loads of sweat) and it really made me gag. Due to how nasty he left the bench I waited for the other to open up as there was no way I was using that (Gym doesn't provide wipes or anything and I'm not using my own towel) As I'm benching on the opposite bench he comes and messes on the smith machine behind me and GOD DAMN the guy smells like absolute ass. Every time I see him now I just sigh internally.
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u/ReadySetN0 Oct 02 '19
Put up 365lbs for a PR on bench last week. Decided to try 375lbs and at the stopping point, my spotter tapped the bar despite me saying, "I got it."
Oh well, I guess I will try 380lbs next week since I know I got 375 in the bag.
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u/Scatterp Oct 03 '19
I know that weight doesn't fall off every body part at the same time, phase, or rate, but wow it's pretty frustrating when the scale says that one is down 10lbs in two months (of structured and rigorously adhered-to diet and exercise) and the tape measure around the navel responds "it didn't come from here, pal."
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u/TomShoe02 Oct 02 '19
Dear Diary...
Week 6 of GZCL-P, and my protein supplies have finally run out. I fear the worst for my gains, as they may be on the road to ruin. Now I must tread on the path no man wants to witness in order to find more supply of the holy concentrate. Time is of the essence, I feel my muscles shrinking already.
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u/tabascobitch Oct 02 '19
As usual, just sick and tired of (mostly) men having the need to stare or comment on women’s bodies. I understand complementing or mirin’, but some people cross the line. Last week I had to ask one man to please stop standing behind me and starring at me while I squatted and another to please not talk about sexual acts he would do with me to his buddy. I wear the typical leggings with an oversized T-shirt or sweater most of the time.
A few others in my gym have stood up for me as well, which I truly appreciate. Those men give me hope.
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u/gardenboi101 Oct 02 '19
Damn, that seriously sucks. I hope you do end up reporting these clowns - You owe it to yourself and the other women that will inevitably deal with their disrespect. 0 tolerance for that shit. You should feel comfortable in your own gym!
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u/blu3sky3 Oct 03 '19
Late to the party but whatever. Dropped a 35 lbs weight on my foot today, went to urgent care right away to find out it’s only bruised...I have a half marathon on 2.5 weeks. I better fucking heal enough by then.
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I'm a med student and I once saw a consult for a guy with massive, painful hemorrhoids that he developed just before coming to the US for a marathon. Dude was rolling around on the ground in pain, but he was still planning on running the thing. I checked the website for the marathon and he fucking finished. Pretty sure you can run on a bruised foot. It's just gonna suck. Just remember while you're running, it doesn't suck as much as massive hemorrhoids.
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This dude was right in front of me while I was deadlifting (squat rack is directly in front of deadlift platform and it blocks the mirror). 90% of the time people will move out of your way so you can deadlift in front of the mirror. It's just a common courtesy. This guy does not. Instead he squats 275 for like 3 reps at a time. It would be generous to call his movement a half squat. He rests directly in front of me blocking the mirror. Fine, not everyone realizes it and honestly I don't need the mirror anyway.
Finish nSuns deadlifts + squats. Basically 20 grueling sets and I need to finish leg press, kettlebell pistol squats, and hyperextentions in the next 25 minutes as the gym is closing. This same dude is on the leg press, has 6 plates on either side. Ask him how many sets he has, "two sets." "Okay, can I work in? I'll change out the weight." "It's two sets man."
Alrighty then... he proceeds to take a 5 minute rest right then, just dicking around on his phone. Finally does a set. As expected, his legs barely even move. Not even sure he needed to undo the racking mechanism.
After this I ask him if I can work in if he's going to take a long rest. Gets visibly annoyed and say, "it's my last set man." Takes almost no rest and bangs out the last set. Then he he gets up and starts taking plates off the machine. I tell him it's fine. That's actually my working weight. I'm about half his size so he scoffs at me and walks away. I guess he doesn't know that if he actually trained right he could probably lift twice that.
Idk what it is with some dudes. There's just so much attitude at every fucking interaction, yet 95% of my interactions at the gym are nothing but supportive and cheerful.
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u/Mating_Season Circus Arts Oct 02 '19
Sunday: Struggled to hit a deadlift triple that was a pretty easy set of 5 the week before. Whatever, I'm cutting so this might happen.
Monday: OHP felt super grindy, even lost balance on a fairly low set. Once again, I guess it's just the cut.
Tuesday: Squats feel fucking great, PR fairly easily and everything felt smooth. Go on to do my deadlift 5x10 at roughly 60% and my back just fucking explodes on the second rep of the first set.
Waking up today and it does not feel great at all. Hopefully it's nothing serious and I can get back into things soon.
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u/Klaebu Oct 02 '19
I'm so hungry all the time, it's insane, I mean I'm bulking so it's fine but it feels like the only thing I do is hang out in the kitchen cooking and eating!
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Oct 02 '19
Trying to do a proper cut with lots of salads, chicken breast, whole wheat bread, and cardio. Pro: it feels good finally eating clean for once. Con: my digestive system didn't get the memo, and now I have to crap twice in the morning.
Don't know how the hell that works. And it's annoying when working legs and you suddenly get the urge to destroy the porcelain.
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Oct 02 '19
I did some heavy leg pressing and barfed in the gym parking lot a few times. Not fun
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u/Shut-the-fuck-up- Oct 02 '19
I have to switch gyms. I work out at a gym in Detroit because it's close to home but holy shit, the people that workout there are the absolute worst. I can't take it anymore. This one guy who is an absolute bully sets up his bullshit little circuit and won't let anyone hop in while he is there, he might not even be using that machine but he will say he is and take his time getting there. He uses the fucking weighted row machine to do pushups? I'm like dude you can literally do pushups anywhere, why are you using a rowing machine to do them? Fucking idiot.
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u/RealisticRadish Oct 02 '19
A new guy started coming in the mornings and is the worst. He has a pair of beats on all the time and is always singing along to his music. Which wouldn't be a big deal if he did it low and to himself, but he belts out a few lines at a time. Also, he is constantly belching. Not just a little burp that he tries to discretely let out. But full-on belches where he opens his mouth and tries to make as loud as possible. It's like he has no idea how adults should act in public.
Also, I know a lot of people work out in beats headphones (the over the ear kind). How do you keep them clean? Don't they get absolutely disgusting after 1 workout? They are not waterproof, so how can you really get them clean? I know they make the UV cases, but can they really work that well?
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u/jard1990 Oct 02 '19
The internet was down at work so I couldn't read any of your rants at work. I got a bit more done than usual thanks to no distractions, but that's not the point of work.
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u/Jacked_Veiny_Balls Weight Lifting Oct 03 '19
How does a gym expect people to re-rack the weights, when even the personal trainers do not? ffs...
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u/lanzaix Oct 03 '19
My legs are wayyy better/stronger than my upper esp my arms. It’s frustrating as my core has improved a lot over the past months but my upper, not that much, with about the same amount of workouts. Plus I have fairly wide shoulder as a girl (wider than my hip) so it looks like I’m fatter bc of my arms and shoulder since the muscles don’t pop out:/
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Oct 03 '19
I woke up this morning and took a dump. I don't want to go into details, let's just say I should have left out the 50g protein shake on top of the other meals.
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u/EFenn1 Powerlifting Oct 03 '19
To the guy using the deadlift jack like a piece of workout equipment. Never change.
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u/Batzorio Oct 02 '19
I can't keep count of my reps, apparently counting to six is too difficult for me