OK rant time. I am doing ab rollouts with an Olympic bar with plates on each end in about the only available space to do it in my gym, as I roll up to the all fours position some total dufus chooses to take the opportunity to slide a bench across the floor in front of my interrupting my rhythm.
I shouted a sarcastic ‘thanks mate’ to him and the dick head only went and walked across the front of me on my next set (there was plenty of space to take the bench behind me, it just would have taken more effort on his part.) I am going to flip out at some part and start frisbeeing 25lb plates at people.
I was already in a bad mood because I had managed to destroy my headphones. Popped a pair of DBs onto my chest to start DB bench press and manged to catch the cable between them. Cut the cable like a pair of scissors. One moment Jesus and Mary Chain, next moment nothing. Had to complete my workout listening to bloody Banda over the gyms sound-system.
I wear my headphones with the wire underneath my shirt, and one time I forgot to pull the slack out from underneath my belt, deadlifted, and instead of them getting pulled out of my ears, the wire ripped right before lockout.
[quote]Cockney Blue wrote:
OK rant time. I am doing ab rollouts with an Olympic bar with plates on each end in about the only available space to do it in my gym, as I roll up to the all fours position some total dufus chooses to take the opportunity to slide a bench across the floor in front of my interrupting my rhythm.
I shouted a sarcastic ‘thanks mate’ to him and the dick head only went and walked across the front of me on my next set (there was plenty of space to take the bench behind me, it just would have taken more effort on his part.) I am going to flip out at some part and start frisbeeing 25lb plates at people.
I was already in a bad mood because I had managed to destroy my headphones. Popped a pair of DBs onto my chest to start DB bench press and manged to catch the cable between them. Cut the cable like a pair of scissors. One moment Jesus and Mary Chain, next moment nothing. Had to complete my workout listening to bloody Banda over the gyms sound-system.[/quote]
Just tuck your headphone lines into your bra. That’s what I do.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
Cockney Blue wrote:
OK rant time. I am doing ab rollouts with an Olympic bar with plates on each end in about the only available space to do it in my gym, as I roll up to the all fours position some total dufus chooses to take the opportunity to slide a bench across the floor in front of my interrupting my rhythm.
I shouted a sarcastic ‘thanks mate’ to him and the dick head only went and walked across the front of me on my next set (there was plenty of space to take the bench behind me, it just would have taken more effort on his part.) I am going to flip out at some part and start frisbeeing 25lb plates at people.
I was already in a bad mood because I had managed to destroy my headphones. Popped a pair of DBs onto my chest to start DB bench press and manged to catch the cable between them. Cut the cable like a pair of scissors. One moment Jesus and Mary Chain, next moment nothing. Had to complete my workout listening to bloody Banda over the gyms sound-system.
Just tuck your headphone lines into your bra. That’s what I do.[/quote]
Thanks, that is a really helpful suggestion. I already get funny looks for doing things like Cleans, Thrusters and Ab Rollouts, I should just totally freak them out by wearing a bra to the gym.
The Jesus and Mary Chain are [were] a good band. Everybody should listen to their debut album Psychocandy- it’s an indie classic, at least in the U.K. Maybe not great during a workout, but good band.
If you like that kind of dream-pop kind of thing, there’s a new band called “The Pains of Being Pure at Heart” that do it pretty well too. They had a self-titled album out last year.
Oh yeah, sorry to hear about the problem. On the plus side, many people don’t have the grip/forearm strength to throw 25lb plates around like frisbees, so that’s cool.
