They want fried ice… we stare we’re creeps… we ignore we’re gay… can’t win ! bahaah
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Hence…. Im content with my garage gym to avoid all the stupid shit.
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I’ll say the same thing about this that my husband says about boners. Someday it’s not gonna happen anymore, might as well enjoy it while you can.
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Doesn’t matter to me,however I look for big weight being moved not ass. In actual fact ass scares me to the point I’m not looking just in case there’s a gotcha moment and embarrassment ensues. I’ll openly watch a dude shifting good tin however. I’m not gay,got a Mrs but I’m there to work baby. If others are there for other reasons,good for them.
Homosexuality would be much higher at an all male gym,id prefer women around just to keep the gay male population to a minimum. Doesn’t mean I’m looking to interact with the fairer sex but an even spread across the demographics would be nice. Hell I even like old people both sexes doing their thing.
I suppose if you are the type who can’t control yourself in the presence of women , I’m in the ambivalent camp.
It isnt about women…just the culture in general.
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You do u
The last gym went to (which has gone out of business) had a unique way of making it both a coed and men only. It was a former racketball gym that had 10 indoor courts. The back 6 courts were made two story, with the upstairs for cardio and aerobic classes. The two back courts on the left side made one big free weight room. (The lifting area was a set of five segregated rooms, four racket ball size rooms of which were for machines. Many women lifted on the machines.)
Charles Bailey was given freedom to design the free weight room as he wished. It was fully equipped with Powerlifters in mind. 310lbs of chains, a multitude of bands, six 100lb plates, a couple 55lb squat bars, a deadlift bar, and a mechanism to convert a power rack into a monolift (designed by Charles) that all was locked to all except those to paid at least $50 into the cost of the equipment, who were given keys to access their use. A competition bench press was available to all, that you best not set a bar on the bench cushion. One of the power racks was customized to accommodate bands from the bottom and a wide stance squat.
That room proved to segregate itself from none but the hard core lifters.
The rest of the gym was somewhat of a gym where women came to both get in shape and to flaunt their bodies. That changed when LA Fitness opened up nearby.
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Holy shit, those places still exist?
Will have my own gym again someday… avoid the broccoli heads, phone addicts and attention horrors
Slayer and DLR era Van Halen on repeat
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Yes, but I’m sure it’s a holdout. Pure Barre and Hot Yoga have been taking over.
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In every case I have spoken about male spaces, I never once thought of sexuality (the presence of homosexuals in such a place or lack of women or desire for women to be around us nearly all the time), and I wonder why some mention it regarding the subject.
An OK article I read about the topic I read years ago is here:
I know what you mean. However, depending on the size of a space, the presence of a certain number of ordinary or attractive women (pretty much any women who aren’t homely) changes dynamics in many cases. Even normal function of the male brain can cease.
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Na no homos. Tldr btw. I understand that women wanna work out without someone leering at what their doing,x1000 if male only became a gay haunt. Being a hetero man isn’t safe anymore.
Im including the broccoli heads and a few others when I bring up culture .
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Oh, OK. Lol. I’m out of the loop because I go before work with the mostly 35-plus crowd.
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Highly unlikely unless presented as a specifically gay space.
I dunno bro,I’m firmly fixated on maxing the machines currently. I just go to workout. Would I sign up if it was presented as “only males”. No Socrates I probably wouldn’t. Lel. Seems rather incongruent that on the one hand I say I don’t care but on the other I’ll pay attention to bro and his 5 plates or dude needing a spot,you re not gonna hit
The bane of the contemporary gym… the broccoli head. watched one yesterday with his pencil neck fixed at 90 degrees gazing into his phone. Saw him do 2 sets in about 30 minutes… insufferable
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While I can appreciate a Cormac McCarthy writing style… I have to ask… is yours a gimmick or ?
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