The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Very true.

 

I don't think it would be super hard.

Super Fun more like it.

 

hell yeah guys!!! i'm doing the tough mudder in May down here in so-cal. shit is gonna rock!!! how can it not, they give you a dos XX at the end

it can be as hard as you want it to be. you'd be surprised how quickly you can become de-motivated and beat up when you're balls cold and wet. i live for this type of stuff. did it in the military, and i'm always looking for crazy crap to challenge myself. my team and I are gonna go balls out and try for time... we're all dumb like that.

 

I hear ya man, just another day on the job. Except I'm usually cold and wet from someone pissing or puking on me.

 

yesterday at the gym i decided to switch it up a bit. I did chest/tris. I did two sets of super heavy for 6 reps with dumbells then got on the machines and had my buddy help me put up way more weight than i normally can and did a 3rd set of negatives. it hurt so good. Did this for inclined press, flys, tricep pull downs.

Then did 2 sets of 15 chest dips and held myself at 90 degrees for as long as possible. then 2 sets of 25 tricep dips with my feet on a chair and then held myself flat as long as possible. This was followed with the p90x ab ripper for 25 reps on everything

 

Does anyone else find it particularly aggravating when someone does curls right infront of the rack of dumb bells, so he can watch himself in the mirror?

 

Nah. They usually do it so they don't have to haul the weights back to the rack. What's really frustrating are the meatheads that leave a stack of 50's on leg machines.

 

Like i dont mind watching yourself do the exercise but take a few steps back, they are always doing it right infront of the weights i need.

We have a problem with the guys not re-racking their weights here for some reason.

 

Yesterday was my first day back weightlifting. Did bench, db incline, tris and abs. phew im worn outt. 135 5x7 and for kicks i did 175 2x3 at the end just to see. last time i weightlifted i could do 195 x1. not as weak as i thought haha. 55s on the db incline. little tough for me idk why.

 

hahaha.... perks of the job

 

You should be able to considering that you are using other muscles during that particular exercise to stabalize the dumbells... But everyone is different - so what works for you might not work for me and vice versa.

+1

Doing exercises in front of the mirrors helps you monitor your form... At least, that is why I do it.

Agreed - should not be right in front of the dumbell racks. People who don't re-rack weights piss me off too.

Some dropping of the weights should be expected... as well as grunting or "yelling" some when you are pushing heavy weights... I mean, if you are benching 135 and only doing 10 reps... you probably shouldn't be grunting unless you are like 16 years old.

I don't grunt pusing 300 or more... BUT, if I did, that is what iPod earbuds are for IMO.

 

I agree with this.

There was a gym at the place I used to work. When the company was small, it was well taken care of because only a handful of us used it and we all knew each other. Once the company broke about 100 people, you'd go to workout and do half your workout cleaning up so you could.

Every commercial place I've gone has had the same problem.

 

Haha... Good videos... Got it!