the gym was beyond packed. I renewed my membership (as I was writing carina as my emergency contact, I kept thinking what if something happened today and she's in NYC), but then when I went to downstairs, it was packed. the pool was full so I left.

In english, please.

that not english?

I hate people would new years gym resolutions

the_reverend said:

Me fail english? That umplossible.

You can't spell/have terrible grammar and it makes me hate you. That's all I'm saying.

Watch it rich! I'll bite yer bum

For free?

Sure

Butt cheek not butt hole

you shouldnt go in a pool at a gym anyway, you'll get herpies again.
and you might give someone the gay.

Sounds like someone's not getting what they need in the bedroom.

Who, keith? Is that why he wants my man?

Possibly.

I want kitties.

I got there and flex in front of guys. how is that gay?

Not like u take pics of guys with no shirts or anything....

theres NOTHING gayer than watching yourself in the mirror as you work out... NOTHING.

i stay away from them at all cost, for fear of being that guy.

last time I saw keith, he got pissed at me cause I wouldn't drip candle wax on his nipples.

I just turned around and roler bladed off. no thank you sir.

what can i say, its routine, when you vary it angers me.

That reminds me of the time my friend suzanna and I went to a male strip club (we were a group of girls, but I digress), anyhow, there was a dancer on stage and he was pouring hot wax on himself..nipples, crotch, etc...he was the s&m guy of the night..he actually had a candle on stage...so su, or zanne as she liked to be called squinted...and said..he looks familiar...she grabbed her glasses out of her purse to put them on..and it was her ex..haha

if anyone wants a list of the strip clubs my ex's work in, let me know.

hahaha

It's funnier if it's a male stripper though

this is true, but if i (personally) recognised a male stripper, i would have a lot of explaining to do.

It's ok, Rev. They'll all be gone in a few weeks.

KeithMutiny said:


Actually, watching in a mirror is the best way to keep even form and make sure you're not over extending on your excercises.

However, the guy that stands in front of the mirrors AFTER he puts the weights down is definitely a fag.

In general I think Gyms are a bad thing, with the exception of two cases: Novices, and bodybuilders. Bodybuilders need access to more weight and equipment than one could reasonably store in their own home, and novices will benefit from the various machines that help with form, and being surrounded by trainers and other members that can offer advice or teach them new excercises.

Any one else, however, is simply there because without their fucking steam room, fruity drinks, and the girls in leotards, they'd never have the resolve to pick up a weight on their own. There is NOTHING you can do for your body at a gym that you cannot do at home with a good set of dumbells, 200 lbs in varying weight plates, and a bench that can do incline/decline and leg extensions. Total cost? About $200 or less. How much does your gym membership cost?

my gym has no leotards, fruity drinks, or steam rooms.

its pretty low key, to be honest.

I love my gym.

the_reverend said:

yes, we call call them "seasonals"
they last a week, up to a month and it's pure fucking hell when they are there.

oh and not to mention all the faggot college kids that have xmas vacation or whatever off. assholes should just stay at home studying each others balls. that's basically what they do at the gym anyway? faggots! all of them! faggots!

Luckily my gym is small and doesn't have a large member base. The owner makes all of his cash from personal training. Clowns usually get laughed out of there. Like the "Planet Fitness Powerlifter" -- I guess this douche showed up from Planet Fitness and tried to do his 1st set on the bench with 275 and no spotter. He got pinned and humiliated and never came back.

haha. great story. people should just be themselves. instead you have people trying to show you up or something? i'll lift heavy if i feel like lifting heavy, i'll lift light if i feel like lifting light.

275 doesn't seem like all that much for a meat head.

my gym rules... they play nothing but heavy rock and metal over the sound system... and death metal on the weekends!

FuckIsMySignature said:

that's fucking awesome! i'm lucky if BOSTON comes on or something. it's usually nigjib shit. i hate wearing headphones though.

Messerschmitt said:

I see so many people at our gym trying to show off and lifting the wrong way.

Messerschmitt said:

Our gym made me buy a fucking mp3 player. The shit they play is a fucking joke. My brother in law and I once counted 4 fucking Gwen Stefani "songs" in a single hour and a half trip to that musical hellhole.

menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:

i know, it's retarded. i saw a kid a couple of days ago dumbell pressing 120 lbs dumbells... he was bringing them down only about 3 or 4 inches. oh well... as long as he was seen with those 120's. hahaha.

banannas

Messerschmitt said:

275 isn't that much, but this kid was doing it for his WARM UP set. I usually do 135 warm-up, then 225, then 275, then 315, then 365 (which is more or less a negative, because that's fucking heavy for my monkey arms). Anyone who tries to warm up with heavy weight is retarded and will hurt themselves.

Yeah, don't you love those morons who load up the weight and do mini-reps? We have this skinny guy who loads up the leg press and then barely bends his knees. Next time you see the kid with the 120s moving them 3 inches, just tell him "Wow, that's a great tricep routine." $10 says he won't know you're making fun of him.

>>
275 isn't that much, but this kid was doing it for his WARM UP set. I usually do 135 warm-up, then 225, then 275, then 315, then 365 >>

365? wtf are you on?

>>
Yeah, don't you love those morons who load up the weight and do mini-reps? We have this skinny guy who loads up the leg press and then barely bends his knees. Next time you see the kid with the 120s moving them 3 inches, just tell him "Wow, that's a great tricep routine." $10 says he won't know you're making fun of him.>>

no shit

365? wtf are you on?
Like I said, it's just for a negative, I can only bring it down, it goes back up, but with a decent amount of spotting involved.

oh yarrrrr those are killer. bringing the bar down as slow as possible.

I lift heavy things just to tire myself out so I don't end up swimming for 2hrs and I have no idea what a tricep routine is, but 120lbs is a lot of weight for me.

I just hide behind the cardio machines in the back and masturbate while people do pilates.

tricep routine could be like a close grip bench press or skull crusher. i could see how bringing down the dumbells 3 inches would work the tri's. haha. 120 is a lot of weight for me to push too Rev.

menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:

dude... wednesdays... highschool cheer leading practice.

seriously
i once saw a nip slip

Messerschmitt said:

I know man.... dear fucking lord do I know.

I love news years fitness resolutions... it gets me more clients for home training. $$$$$$$$ Which is probably why I spend less time on this board lately. I'm sure that pleases some.

show us your tits!

i go to a small place in milford, except its with my best friend who presses 425 for fun, so i just out do him on the cardio machines to make myself feel better

its the eliptical for my fatass...

I lost 60lbs on one of those things. It wasn't one of the skiing type ones, though. It was a little different.

i use those instead of the treadmill too.

I usually go into the weight room for 20-30 minutes and then into the pool for 20-60 minutes. I started doing this in september 3-5 times a week. I went from 180 to almost 200lbs in a few weeks. now I'm around 188, but I got out of my routine. I need to go back and get back into it. maybe start running a mile on the track too... I just get so bored and sweaty running. in the pool if I sweat.. well... it's all water.

in the weight room, I do 3 sets of 10 on the machines at whatever the heaviest weight I can do is. I usually start on the legpress (5x45lbs, 6x45lbs, 7x45lbs + the sled), chest press (140/150lbs), leg extention (150/160lbs), rowing machine (150lbs), shoulder press (70/80lbs), calf um.. press? (2x45lbs), and then if I don't feel like puking, the stomach crunching thing (210 lbs). some days I work in the butterfly machine with 100lbs on it.. but I don't like it so usually not. then I start back at the legpress. After that, I go to the pool and swim laps.

This is the cardio machine I use:

I would look at that and have no idea how to do anything on it. it looks like that vehicle from south park that drives a corkscrew in your ass, but is better than flying.

It's like a rubik's cube.

the_reverend said:

180 to 200lbs?! even doing all that cardio / burning cals in the pool?

i gained 30 lbs in 3 months from 200 to 230 now. in the past three months all i did was drink and eat. i'm going to focus more on cardio than lifting for a while so i can burn the keg off.

I think the pool cardio didn't start "taking effect" until now.. and that's why I'm back at 188. I used to be 145-155.

holy vegan jesus!

Messerschmitt said:


Is it better to go for speed or distance on those things for fat burn? I usually try to do 3 miles at 20 minutes.

Messerschmitt said:


ugh, I hear ya. Too much liquid in the liquid grain storage facility. Unfortunately I like beer more than I like not having the extra 10lbs on me.

funny, when I was 145-155, I ate chicken 2-3 times a year. I was just too poor to get food and always too busy. now, there food everywhere. heck, there's a cafe in the library now. WTF! americans are fat and stupid.

speed to burn more fat. stay at a fast enough pace so you don't over do it though. the longer you're on the thing, the more cals/fat you'll burn.

cool thanks

I hate treadmills, they're boring. I do either the elliptical or the uh...one that lifts the peddles up and kicks your ass...forget what it's called. Cross something...for 30-45 minutes and retreat to the girlie weight room or yoga class for a while after. My new gym has belly dancing too I guess, you should do that Aaron, it'll work that girlish figure.

i have this theory with resolutions...they never work because you set a date for it to happen. it's not like you REALLY want to do it, you just say to yourself "yeah, a new year, and i'll finally get in shape" or "quit smoking cigarettes" or something to that effect.

if you really wanted to, you wouldn't have waited to start

i do 10 miutes on the treadmill at about 7mph, a fast walk.
then 5 minutes at a fast jog, usually over 15mph.
then 20 minutes on a bike, at level 10 resistance
then 20 minutes elliptical on 50% resistance
10 sets of 7 on the weight bench
then random dicking around with dumbells and back workouts
then depending on the day, up to an hour on legs.
each day is followed by 20-50 sets on the ab machine set as high as it goes.

i havent done it since spring because of work, but when i started that workout, i had a noticable difference and six pak within only 2 weeks of doing that 5 days a week.

along with eating right.

now that i quit drinking, i expect results almost twice as fast, but i just need the money to get my membership.

i wish i could go 5 times a week but my body wont let me. i need that day of rest in between to recover enough energy to go back again. fucking sucks.

i work out everyday, but nothing strenuous...just trying to get in better shape(i'm eating a little better as well)

i basically try to work every muscle group until they get a little sore, and then i'm content

well, mines more cardio than anything else, its just about endurance.

i try and keep my heartrate ate almost 160 the entire time, and it burns calories like a mother fucker.

in the last 3 weeks alone, with no exercise, no booze, and watching what i eat, ive lost 8lbs. which isnt bad for just taking care of myself.

i just need to work on kicking smoking then all will be well.

cardio is my arch-nemesis...i know it's what i need to do to drop pounds but i hate running like a fat kid hates running

then again i don't necessarily wanna be skinny...just tone up a little bit

Use the eliptical, mang.

menstrual_sweatpants_disco said:

its true, that machine is prolly the best one in there.

my sis has one of those at our apartment...although it never gets use cuz i never fuck with it and she hates exercise

i might try it out for a couple weeks and see how it helps my progress though

SacreligionNLI said:

if you wanna sell it, hook me up!

it's hers to sell, but i'll see what she says.

i might wanna try it out for a bit. when i first got off the crutches in like april i tried messin around with it but my ankle wasn't rehabilitated enough yet, and it would bother the fuck out of me

now would be a good a time as any to try it again though

I don't really like the regular elipticals. The ArcTrainer is where it's at, yo.

why did u stop drinking Keith?

hers isn't as elaborate as that one...but it's really all the same if you think about it

yummy said:

cost me too much money, i was gaining too much weight, i was getting so drunk that i forgot what i was doing 90% of the time i was drinking, and most people didnt belive i could do it.

so i did.

You have some pretty good reasons. I gotta hand it to ya. Sorry, I know this is a gym thread. I was just curious.