Here is a video about a gym that is banning its members if they grunt in the gym.
I’m not going to say that grunting is necessary because its not but if I’m working out really hard and I’m moving some serious weight its just natural to make some noise.
So what is your take on this?
dunno I only grunt if there are a bunch of annoying kids or some nancy boy commenting on my set trying to get my attention
scares them shitless
That’s whack!!! There are some anti-Planet Fitness threads on here saying the same thing, but I’ve never seen a video of it.
Did you notice how loud the alarm was if someone was grunting? It was way louder than a person grunting. But how is the alarm not a distraction to the other patrons?
[quote]tmoney1 wrote:
That’s whack!!! There are some anti-Planet Fitness threads on here saying the same thing, but I’ve never seen a video of it.
Did you notice how loud the alarm was if someone was grunting? It was way louder than a person grunting. But how is the alarm not a distraction to the other patrons?[/quote]
That alarm is louder than anyone could ever be as far as grunting. Why is an alarm not intimidating but some guy working his ass of is?
From the video, there is probably a reason why the people interviewed who hate “grunters” look the way they do.
Gotta agree with the Professor on that one…look at the people this is coming from, they are jokes…if you wanna look the way they do, than workout with them in their noise free environment…but if you wanna become an animal and move some serious weights, than follow the scent of sweat, ammonia, and iron to the basement of a hardcore gym somewhere near you…good luck finding one, im happy i found myself one = )
I love it when grandpa trainer says…
“We here at Planet Fatness are looking for a lean-body-mass effort, controlled and silent”
Classic.
[quote]UtahLama wrote:
I love it when grandpa trainer says…
“We here at Planet Fatness are looking for a lean-body-mass effort, controlled and silent”
Classic.[/quote]
His explanation that grunting immediately leads to throwing the weights half way across the room made me stop paying attention to him. I seriously doubt this business model will work for long. The types of people it attracts are the type who won’t be lifting long term anyway. That may work IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE SERIOUS WHO CONTINUE TO USE THE PLACE.
Will it really work out for them if most of their clients are weekend warriors and New Year’s resolutioners who usually give up around March anyway?
Now, now yall. Let the pansies have their own place. It keeps them out of ours.
Absolutely hilarious. This interview says it all.
Girly-Man Planet Fitness Trainer: “no…real macho grunting man thing going on here.”
Lisa Daniels: “…but a grunter is distracting your workout? Experts say the best thing you can do is not to approach the grunter. You don’t know who you are dealing with…”
That’s right kids. Stay away from the grunting guy in the corner. You might accidentally learn something from him.
This is why I work out at home. My grunting is only heard by my wife and three kids.
My five year old son likes to pretend he is working out with me. When he lifts the “wiggly” (curl) bar he always lets out a loud grunt “just like daddy”. That sends “mom” through the roof. ha ha
I don’t understand that at all. Are we that pussified?
If I can’t grunt, I’ll punch an eight year old.
I guess that’s why I work out at home. But then again, all those pansies probably wouldn’t make that good of an enviornment for a serious lifter anyways. And that lady doing the report, Lisa Daniels, when she said “I love this report, because I cannot stand these grunters…”
Fuck You!
[quote]BigRagoo wrote:
Now, now yall. Let the pansies have their own place. It keeps them out of ours.[/quote]
I was going to say the same thing. I’m watching this and I’m thinking to myself how sad it is that so many people have become such pansies. I’m literally watching with my jaw on the floor, just stunned.
And then at the end the newswoman complains that she “fell off her treadmill” because she had to turn around when someone dropped weights. Now, this is just an idea, but next time, DON’T TURN AROUND! And maybe, just maybe, you might be able to keep your balance long enough to stay on the treadmill and sweat off your fat ass. What a joke.
[quote]DM246 wrote:
Lisa Daniels: “…but a grunter is distracting your workout? Experts say the best thing you can do is not to approach the grunter. You don’t know who you are dealing with…”
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Man, is that funny. Is it Ok to feed the grunter? Some grunting,plates clanging,weights dropping… sounds like victory.
[quote]steve31 wrote:
BigRagoo wrote:
Now, now yall. Let the pansies have their own place. It keeps them out of ours.
I was going to say the same thing. I’m watching this and I’m thinking to myself how sad it is that so many people have become such pansies. I’m literally watching with my jaw on the floor, just stunned.
And then at the end the newswoman complains that she “fell off her treadmill” because she had to turn around when someone dropped weights. Now, this is just an idea, but next time, DON’T TURN AROUND! And maybe, just maybe, you might be able to keep your balance long enough to stay on the treadmill and sweat off your fat ass. What a joke.[/quote]
I don’t understand how grunting makes you fall off treadmills…but a ridiculously loud bull horn is just fine with you and you never miss a beat.
Maybe she was checking out more than the grunting.
Fucking stupid.
/thread.
[quote]harryhoudini wrote:
I don’t understand that at all. Are we that pussified? >>>[/quote]
Yes.
Just another small step in the ultimate castration of America. There is no way I could train at a place like this. I’m not a screaming banshee, but I can’t help doubting the “enthusiasm” of someone who NEVER makes any noise.
For God’s sake, how could possibly work legs for instance in absolute silence? Hell, even a heavy set of curls will get “grunt” out of me.
This is just another symptom of where this once great nation is headed.
A non-grunting gym.
lunk(lunk) n. [slang] one who grunts, drop weights, or judges
Wow I had to see this video twice just to see what planet fitness is all about. I also can’t believe how loud that Lunk Alarm is and how that cannot be a distraction to other gym members. I wish I had a universal control to set off the alarm just to piss people off. I also didn’t see any squat racks, besides the smith machine, did anyone else miss that?
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[quote]Coldiron wrote:
A non-grunting gym.[/quote]
That says it all. I guess the stairs are just for show. I wonder if they have any problems with people grunting once they make it up the entire flight of stairs to get into the gym. Please, somebody tell me that’s not a real picture. If it is, I’ve lost all faith in mankind.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
I don’t understand how grunting makes you fall off treadmills…[/quote]
I don’t know how just about any momentary noise this side of a train wreck is going to seriously distract someone who gives a shit about what they’re doing.
People’s temperaments are different and I could see maybe being a bit startled by something very loud and sudden, but welcome to the world. It’s like that sometimes.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
This is just another symptom of where this once great nation is headed.
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Because forbidding weight dropping and grunting is unamerican?
I am about as much of a “non-pussy” as I know, and I don’t grunt. I guess it’s an extravert/introvert thing. When you grunt, you’re just saying, “LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT WHAT I JUST DID!” That ain’t me.
Also, most of the guys who grunt at my gym are fat phucks who think they are big.
If you’re yelling to prep for a new deadlift PR, that’s great. But if you’re grunting while doing cheat curls with 45 lbs. dumbbells? Save it.