[quote]ThePitbull86 wrote:
[quote]seekonk wrote:
In my gym they are almost a necessity, to drown out the tired old 80s light rock music that was already tired and old the first time I lived through them. A middle aged woman is in charge of radio station selection. [/quote]
You get 80’s light rock? That’s awesome compared to the Rock/Rap for Jesus combo we have. Makes me shudder a little just thinking about it. I was once listening thinking they were playing an Eminem song and as the lyrics played out I realized it was a Christian rapper with the beat of The Way I Am as the backdrop.[/quote]
“Can’t you see you’re not making Christianity better? You’re making rock’n’roll worse.” -Hank Hill
[quote]bdocksaints75 wrote:
I also did the same thing in an airport once and someone was trying to talk to me and I kept ignoring them only then to realize my headphone jack wasn’t plugged in and was hanging out of my pocket. [/quote]
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[quote]waldo21212 wrote:
[quote]chillain wrote:
I’m terribly confused by the recent trend of Beats headphones in the gym.
But I guess if you’re not sweating, then no harm done.
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My thoughts exactly. I can’t justify spending more than $20 on gym ear buds that I’ll fuck up within a month or two, I don’t get how people spend $200+ on headphones they wear to the gym.
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I’m somewhere in the middle on this. I think the giant beats headphones are ridiculous and impractical, but I also don’t like most earbuds. My solution has been bluetooth wireless earbuds. They run about 150 bucks, but they’ve been a dream for me. I hate fucking with a wire, because the buds are likely to get pulled out when doing things like cleans. I also don’t like moving the wire from front to back, inside and outside the shirt depending on the exercise. The wireless buds are small and unobtrusive, but with the convenience the beats wireless monstrosities present. Mine are made by Denon.[/quote]
Your avatar picture must have been taken before you purchased the Denon’s.
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good catch. I got them in November I think.
Think the stupidity, lack of awareness and just sheer lack of respect is the problem rather than headphones. Reading some of the stuff in here I actually quite like my gym. It gets frustratingly busy at the moment after work, but I have never witnessed anything as bad as stripping a bar in use or walking under a bar I have pressed over head.
I think headphones are fine for when doing sets, but doing anything like weighted carries or moving weights across the gym it is common sense not to use them particularly when its busy.
people are retarded whether they have headphones on or not.
[quote]StevenF wrote:
people are retarded whether they have headphones on or not. [/quote]
Seems to sum up this thread/ the world quite nicely. I love having headphones at the gym, but sometimes I don’t. Depends on the crowd. I used to lift with a few guys that were a lot stronger and a lot more knowledgeable. I left the headphones in my bag as they pushed me during sets and also gave priceless information between sets and were just all around enjoyable to be around. They now lift in other gyms so I have my headphones on almost all the time. If not so many people come up to me just to chat. Also a good playlist can really get me “in the zone” as some might say.