[quote]markdp wrote:
patrickk wrote:
I hate affliction shirts. 70 bucks for a T-Shirt that is about to fall apart! Fucking garbage.
Not to jack the thread but has anyone noticed everyone is now wearing Ed Hardy T-Shirts too? I mean, WTF? If you can spend $60 - 100 on a workout shirt, then more power to you I guess…[/quote]
I think there is an inverse correlation between how much you spend on what you wear in the gym…and the actual progress you make.
I won’t lie, I wear a ton of Under Armour shit and their stuff isn’t cheap…but it serves a purpose. I wouldn’t be paying 30 bucks for shorts unless I was sure they would hold up for enough workouts (and years) to make it worth the price.
If you are wearing stuff so expensive that you fear tearing it or getting any dirt on it, you fail at “gym”.
-When I am done I will ring out my shirt before getting on my sweats to leave.
After your workout, you:
A) dry your nuts with the community hair drier
B) primp in the mirror in the weights section
C) strut around aimlessly
D) talk up the cardio ladyz who be wantin’ yo fine asz.
[quote]markdp wrote:
patrickk wrote:
I hate affliction shirts. 70 bucks for a T-Shirt that is about to fall apart! Fucking garbage.
Not to jack the thread but has anyone noticed everyone is now wearing Ed Hardy T-Shirts too? I mean, WTF? If you can spend $60 - 100 on a workout shirt, then more power to you I guess…[/quote]
Seriously, when did the weight room become a fashion show? I mean, don’t get me wrong, I love when the cardio-bunny girls go out of there way to wear something nice, tight and pink that pushes their boobs up and squeezes their tight little butts while they’re spinning away on the ellipticals, but the guys in the weight room are a different story. Call me cheap, but why wear $300 worth of shit to lift weights because you think you “look cool” when you can be more comfortable and likely perform better in some $10 shorts/sweats and a simple cotton t-shirt or a $20 synthetic UA/Nike/Champion/whatever shirt?
When I finish my time at the gym, I evaluate how I did based on my goals and how well I achieved them that day. Apparently, others worry more about how many girls they think they impressed with their 90-plate 4" leg press.
[quote]HolyMacaroni wrote:
are we upset at the wearing of affliction/ed hardy shirts, or the behavior of the majority of d.bags that wear them?
some affliction shirts are printed on very soft cotten i find is very comfortable. that and the ‘cut’ of the shirt makes me look sex-ay.
i ‘date’ a very spoiled girl who only wears ed hardy/christian aguliar (sp?) etc. and buys the crap for me.[/quote]
Unless you buy these shirts and wear them the next day in the gym for the purposes of impressing the gym staff with your expensive t-shirt, the reference is not the same.
I wear plenty of Under Armour and that stuff isn’t cheap.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
c) Pull your Affliction T-shirt up to your chin 40 times an hour so that you, the people standing next you and that partially cute girl at the front counter can check out your amazing abs of steal that you have masterfully attached to your 156lbs physique.
d) Stop in between each set to shadow box 6 inches in front of the mirror and 1 inch in front of the dumbbell rack.
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I actually witnessed both of these (by different people, no less) on Saturday. The Affliction t-shirt guy also had his boxers pulled down about halfway down his ass allowing his boxers to be seen by all as well. He and his training partner only had time to do crunches and hanging leg raises.
The shadow boxing guy I don’t think did anything else but shadow box.
Neither person weighed over 150 and looked like they actually worked out.
When I walk into the men’s restroom, I am usually coming in to take a piss. I may even look in the mirror for 10 seconds to see what I’ve been working on for years…then I leave.
When you enter the men’s restroom, you:
a) Set up a tent and cooking utensils because you know you will be here a while.
b) Take off all of your clothes and strut your 67 year old flabby naked ass around the locker room as if you are invisible despite the puking noises occurring behind you.
c) Sit down with your “boyfriend” and stare at all of the “yummy” guys walking through the front door hoping for a chance to see glistening naked man ass before they change.
d) Take a deep breath because the conversation you are about to start aimlessly between yourself and…anyone who will listen is going to need lots of oxygen.
I have nothing against designer shirts, I’m just saying that it might be something I would wear on a Friday night when going out… not to the gym. I don’t own any, but that is just because I can’t justify spending $100 on a shirt, when I could easily spend that money on more important things, like my inspector gadget collectibles…
However, I guess if it’s a really old shirt it doesn’t really matter…
Designer shirts my ass. Mine are largely sleeveless shirts with chlorine stains on them from working on my pool. I also grimace at spending more than $10 on any given pair of sweat pants or shorts. I cruise the clearance racks at Bobs or Kohls when I feel extravagant.
X,
I posted this in a different thread, the dumb shit thread or something yesterday. How I deal with these toolbags is by beating them at their own game. To dumb down my other post, I wear the most toolbag clothing, act in some of the most toolbag ways, shredding through air gutiar frets so obnoxiously around the poretty boys, then just smoke some ridiculous weight, then go back to being toolbag. I mean, 4 45’s on the power rack is a lot more impressive than 2 45’s on the smith machine
any one notice that the “shadow boxer” is usually wearing tap out shit so everyone thinks hes a pro fighter or something? and the ones i see usually have a fucking belly on them.
[quote]sen say wrote:
-When I get to the gym, I have been looking forward to being here all day, I have been eating and drinking to make sure my body is at its best to do what I have planned to do, I am so fucking excited I have been pretending Darth Vader’s theme song is playing while I walk through the locker room and into the gym.
You:
"Don’t feel like being here on a Monday (substitute any day of the week) !![/quote]
-Some days I think without the gym and lifting I would be in a mental hospital, or more realistically just depressed and in a far worse position in life. I go to the gym to help me stay sane and give me something positive to focus on.
You: Go to the gym to work on your hawt abz and biceps for the beach.
You: Go to the gym to fill up your small or medium sized Abercrombie shirt to help pick up chicks.
You: Don’t go to the gym because you don’t feel like it.
i dont sweat at all on upper body… but then your not always getting your heart rate flying .
but lower body squats and deads… man if your not sweating
your really not doing it right
When I work out I could give 2 shits about what anybody else is thinking. I’m not about to hurt myself trying to showoff. Because I work in a corporate gym (fitness center catering to pencil pushers) I mainly see fat and old ppl who’ve been doing to exact same thing for years complain to me that they can’t lose weight. They run on a treadmill for 45mins then pick up dinner from McDonalds!
[quote]beachguy498 wrote:
Designer shirts my ass. Mine are largely sleeveless shirts with chlorine stains on them from working on my pool. I also grimace at spending more than $10 on any given pair of sweat pants or shorts. I cruise the clearance racks at Bobs or Kohls when I feel extravagant.
BG[/quote]
yeah you’re fucking badass. i love seeing those guns of yours.
so maybe i work out in a shirt that some people would only wear out, at least have the decency to wear something that looks clean at a PUBLIC gym.
i’m not asking you to put in hair gel and spray cologne. but it pisses me off when i see these sloppy, usually fat, dudes in stained sleeveless shirt walking around thinking their badass b/c they’re wearing their 1970’s ‘golds gym’ shirt with pit/food/animal/sex/blood stains all over it.
next time you’re feeling ‘extravagent’, how about buy a shirt that comes with sleeves?
[quote]Professor X wrote:
d) Stop in between each set to shadow box 6 inches in front of the mirror and 1 inch in front of the dumbbell rack.
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Whenever I see someone do this, I’ve always wanted to just walk up to them and punch them in the face. When they act all confused, just say something like “Wait, you were boxing, right? Isn’t that what happens in boxing matches?” in a generally more confused tone of voice than theirs.
