[quote]Professor X wrote:
jsal33 wrote:
I will never walk into a comercial gym again!!!
This ia a true sign of the apocolypse!
No, that would be the scene at my local Gold’s Gym last Saturday. Several older people walked inside dressed like it was time for a good powerwalk yet decided to stand around and talk for 30min as the counter girl brought out coffee and cookies.
This scene progressed until they were sitting on equipment like lounge chairs to continue talking while looking at the two of us who were on treadmills like we were taking up space.
One nice gentlemen decided to grab a good magazine to read as he finished his entire cup of free coffee while he tried out how his ass would feel on the rowing cardio machine.
All that place needs is a couple of tables with umbrellas and a book store. The weights and cardio machines are clearly just in the way.
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Not bad.
Years ago I used to train at a hardcore ghetto gym where the some smokers would actually light up a cigarette in the gym while resting and loading the plates for their next exercise.
I’ve seen things at that gym that I will never forget. Unfortunately, there’s no way that I could describe that place to really do it justice.
I’m glad I only had to live in that area for a year.
[quote]Mister T. wrote:
rrjc5488 wrote:
rsg wrote:
“Do NOT approach the grunter, you never know who you may be dealing with.”
LOL is right. I was laughing my ass off at this one.
I personally think grunting is annoying as a set of sweaty balls on a hot humid day. I think the last time I even made a sound when I was lifting was the last two workouts of my 20 rep squats programs, and even then it wasnt as loud as half the shit I hear at my pussified gym.
This, though, has just gone too far. A lunk alarm? What the hell is a lunk anyway?
I’m a lunk.
Stupid fucking rule. But hey, some people like it, and I’m sure PF is attracting people (needless to say - those who don’t belong in a gym) and making money off it.
Perhaps this is a good thing. Perhaps more gyms will install a Lunk Alarm, and other gyms will be Anti-lunk alarm. A division of gyms - and therefore of hardcoreness.
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hum… if I am following your logic correctly…All the wuzzies will go to wuzzy-gyms like PF, and the rest would go to REAL gyms.
I read this thread at work today, and out to dinner tonight I peeked into the Planet Fitness thats in the same strip mall.
Sure enough hovering right over the freeweight area was that huge sign and alarm. Bad enough that the freeweight area is maybe 1/5 of the entire gym floor, and its tucked away into a corner of an otherwise large open gym.
I would never be able to train if I had to worry about not clanking plates or having to gently drop dbs after a heavy set. Watching that dumb cunt do that interview I wanted to crack her skull with a plate while grunting.
Every set that I do to almost failure, will require some grunting. It helps me with my lift and when I’m pushing myself that hard, I want every advantage I can get.
I tell all my guys that I encourage grunting and swearing. The only place where I draw the line is grunting on every rep when the weight is quite light. That’s annoying.
Personally, I don’t see the big deal. I quess if someone is grunting on every rep, but sometimes on a heavy lift you are concentrating on the weight and not whether you make a noise.
I wonder if the gym has the same rule if they have any karate or martial art classes! Personally, I think they ought to outlaw stirrup stretch pants at the Golden Corral buffet.
[quote]BigDaddyT wrote:
Personally, I don’t see the big deal. I quess if someone is grunting on every rep, but sometimes on a heavy lift you are concentrating on the weight and not whether you make a noise.
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I have no doubt that the alarm is strictly for people who “look built”. I doubt they would set it off for the out of shape newbie who would really think a “lunk alarm” is a good idea. I am sure all eyes or on any guy who poses a threat.
I like how “this expert” looks like he’s never touched a weight and used the “LEAN BODY MASS” lighter weights line.
But I guess you have to realize that there are gyms and there are health spas. That’s a health spa. I think it’s a matter of knowing your surroundings. And I agree with (?)Prof X(?) that they would only ring that alarm on big dudes. Inner-outer thigh machine users need to feel good about themselves
[quote]BoxBabaX wrote:
Lisa Daniels needs to get pumped a few times, and get the feeling of coming. [/quote]
Lisa Daniels needs to shut the fuck up and mind her own damn business…and that goes to all those pathetic sacks of shit that are intimidated by any real effort in a gym environment.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
He mistyped. He actually had the treadmill set up as a kind of conveyor belt for hamburgers, pizzas, and turkeys.
Turkeys?[/quote]
Yes. I kind of picture you with your jaw disengaged - like some kind of swole, angry snake - swallowing whole turkeys and small children who wander too close.
I think the problem is that there are a lot of misconceptions, fears and anxieties towards big guys and grunting. People in their ignorance think that grunting is just a macho thing when really it helps you push yourself at times.
There’s a comments book at my gym, for people to leave complaints and suggestions on improvement etc. I looked at it the other day and there was some snide remark about “All the guys in the free weights area who think they are Rambo should clean up the weights after themselves.”
They had a point regarding leaving plates and dumbbells lying around, but I don’t think there are too many arrogant Rambo types who lift at my gym. It’s like, you have a few muscles and people assume you are some vain, macho prick.
[quote]AdamC wrote:
There’s a comments book at my gym, for people to leave complaints and suggestions on improvement etc. I looked at it the other day and there was some snide remark about “All the guys in the free weights area who think they are Rambo should clean up the weights after themselves.”[/quote]
What bothers me is that it’s usually not the big guys who leave things laying all over the place. Most of the serious guys clean up after themselves, but then a pack of 140 pound, wife-beater wearing, dirty-lip-mustache sporting wunderkids come in and strew dumbbells and plates all over the place, flex in the mirror, and take off.
[quote]AssClown wrote:
I like how “this expert” looks like he’s never touched a weight and used the “LEAN BODY MASS” lighter weights line.[/quote]
I like how “the expert” was a trainer at Planet Fitness, and not an impartial interviewee, as the audio track would lead one to believe.
It’s like the audio doesn’t match the video, and they are purposely misleading! I half expected it to say “This has been a paid advertisement for Planet Fitness” at the end.
Gotta love that biased pop media. I guess that’s what you get when journalists have been replaced by marketing teams, pr teams and supermodels.