i want to be the boss of the gym and ban people who break my arbitrary rules
― assawoman bay (harbl), Sunday, 5 February 2017 14:30 (seven years ago) link
i need to figure out how to get swole while my dumb leg is in a brace
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Sunday, 5 February 2017 17:40 (seven years ago) link
i know i'm a rude person but why can't people understand when you aren't interested in talking to them?
this is a key question, about life
― goole, Monday, 6 February 2017 23:23 (seven years ago) link
sorry about your leg gb :(
― goole, Monday, 6 February 2017 23:24 (seven years ago) link
Still terrible at squatting, but pleased to note that over an interminable 6-ish months of slow cutting I lost about 20 pounds. It's to the point where my squat has deteriorated noticeably and my other lifts are starting to slip, so I'm going back to eating a surplus again and trying the Texas Method- I get the impression that there's no "best" intermediate program, so I might as well pick one that seems to cater to my issues with consistent day-to-day levels of effort. Light day! YAY
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 00:32 (seven years ago) link
it must suck to be a woman at the gym. despite mine being really busy, one of the added bonuses for me is that it's time where I can be left alone with my thoughts and don't have to talk to people. from what my female friends tell me, this isn't really an option for them
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 00:33 (seven years ago) link
in other news I had a pt session last week (rare, because as I say, I don't like having any interaction with ANYONE at the gym if I can help it). anyway, I got shown the triangle method of trying fewer, much harder reps in a set, and it's worked wonders. even my bicep curl seems to have improved overnight. using the barbell to squat too, whereas I was doing goblet squats before.
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 00:36 (seven years ago) link
that is something about life in general as a woman, not just the gym. and i should note that the vast majority of people at my gym do leave me alone.
― assawoman bay (harbl), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 01:09 (seven years ago) link
yeah it's only because someone I know specifically mentioned the gym as a place they get a lot of 'social interest' being displayed, but she said it in such a matter-of-fact way ('some people see the gym as a social club') that it through stuff into perspective as that's absolutely not my personal experience. I do notice it happening around me though - there's always a lot of chat around the rowing machines for some reason
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 01:48 (seven years ago) link
*threw
thx goole
i have been cleared to use machines while seated, which offends my sensibilities, but i'll manage
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 03:12 (seven years ago) link
machines?? i'll need to see some sw0lthorization for that
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 08:06 (seven years ago) link
i'll grant a waiver
― assawoman bay (harbl), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 11:39 (seven years ago) link
it's only temporary i swear
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 7 February 2017 13:39 (seven years ago) link
*crosses arms like mr clean* can you at least stick to cables
― goole, Tuesday, 7 February 2017 17:19 (seven years ago) link
the gym was HORRIBLE tonight. it's really warm and humid right now so it was extra hot in there. it didn't help there were like 900 people there including my second least favorite screaming nutcase. last week i gave him the stinkeye and i think he noticed. my stinkeye is extra bad. also a guy was there with his girlfriend and he took the barbell off the bench press and got on the scale with it to weigh it. i wanted to just tell him but i felt it might embarrass him more.
― assawoman bay (harbl), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 01:49 (seven years ago) link
i live for harbl's gym stories. honestly.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 06:49 (seven years ago) link
haha i didn't know they were that good! picture this guy. maybe 27 years old. he is short and stocky. he wears basketball shorts he kind of rolls down on top and he walks with his butt and stomach sticking out. his workouts consist of anything that is too heavy for him and his program seems to require that he throw the weights on the ground. yesterday he "curled" something like 120 pounds by just thrusting his whole body a few times. then he put the bar back in the decline bench loudly and turned to the mirror, flexed, and went YEAH! he can't lift anything without going HRRRRRGH. he also did some kind of shrug in the smith machine and kept dropping the bar there too. it's too much for me.
― assawoman bay (harbl), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 12:28 (seven years ago) link
what is the logic behind doing an exercise such as a dumbbell row but you are doing it about 20 lbs too heavy so you can only do like 4 reps before throwing it? just because you are a man?
― assawoman bay (harbl), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 12:30 (seven years ago) link
it's part of our weekly checklist iirc
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 12:31 (seven years ago) link
harbl this is appalling
― goole, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
rolling down the top of his shorts, what
― goole, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 18:36 (seven years ago) link
meanwhile i joined a gym that's basically a west hollywood club.
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 18:57 (seven years ago) link
24hr fitness in west hollywood is disgusting last time i checked (admittedly over a year ago)
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 19:12 (seven years ago) link
this place has a rooftop pool and has to be at least 60% gay men.
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 19:15 (seven years ago) link
It's a gym in West Hollywood.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
well male bodybuilding is still associated with gay culture in parts of the us and in some parts of the world (asians still believe weight lifting is a gay person sport) so i wouldn't be too surprised
p sure more gay men are preoccupied with staying fit compared to straight men though
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 19:40 (seven years ago) link
i am a rebel in that regard
― Supercreditor (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 19:45 (seven years ago) link
(asians still believe weight lifting is a gay person sport)
what
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 19:46 (seven years ago) link
this is in washington dc by the way. it's called VIDA. overall it's a great gym. very expensive. i would not be able to afford this place normally but someone i'm close to works there. sometimes it seems like there's more staring, socializing, and checking cell phones than you would see at a normal gym but that's probably just my perception. i would rather be at a gold's or w/e but it's really convenient. on the wall of the entrance to the men's locker room there's a giant print of a smooth pec-y torso from the late 90s, which i think is pretty funny. it's the cruisiest locker room i've ever been in. no lewd acts though, it's too rich for that.
they have some really nice barbell racks and platforms but the dumbbells are strangely bad with plastic-y grips. i've gone way down on my squats and deadlifts again but have managed to make it there 2-3 x a week in spite of moving to a new city, starting a new relationship and a new job and with all of that the hardest part, trying to put together some semblance of a diet.
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
good luck to you in all that!
― goole, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 20:01 (seven years ago) link
sometimes it seems like there's more staring, socializing, and checking cell phones than you would see at a normal gym
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Wednesday, February 8, 2017 11:53 AM (fourteen seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
men are more forward regardless of sexual orientation
same thing happened to me in west hollywood
gold's is p good tho, but have heard they are more popular among gay men
xp
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 20:02 (seven years ago) link
xp thanks goole. :). i've found myself thinking about harbl's gym a few times since i moved here just because baltimore is not very far away.
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 20:05 (seven years ago) link
my gym is just the Y!
― assawoman bay (harbl), Thursday, 9 February 2017 00:27 (seven years ago) link
and Y not?
― The times they are a changing, perhaps (map), Thursday, 9 February 2017 00:54 (seven years ago) link
just moved from goblet squats to barbell squats. i have a very sore neck this morning, a dull pain like a headache in the back of my neck, so i must be doing something wrong. probably placing the bar too high and not enough on my back/shoulders
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Friday, 10 February 2017 10:59 (seven years ago) link
read up on high-bar vs low-bar squats.
low-bar is the canonical sw0le style but a little harder to master at first. you can lift more with it, though.
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 10 February 2017 11:08 (seven years ago) link
i loved the gym today. i just wanted to stay forever.
― assawoman bay (harbl), Saturday, 11 February 2017 14:47 (seven years ago) link
i avoided fanny pack yesterday by going pretty late. i think today i'm going at exactly the right time to spend my entire workout trying to get away from him.
― assawoman bay (harbl), Sunday, 19 February 2017 17:54 (seven years ago) link
update: he was not there
― assawoman bay (harbl), Sunday, 19 February 2017 21:45 (seven years ago) link
I totally have gym enemies too - gymnemies?
Usually they distinguish themselves by wanting to use the equipment I want to use at the same time as I do, and aren't good at it when they do use it. That is really all it takes for me to just hate them with the white-hot heat of a thousand suns. In the past I've tried to change my attitude towards them, just shrug them off in my mind. I am very rarely successful
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 19 February 2017 22:06 (seven years ago) link
Had a "circuit trainer" guy in today, totally jacked, "yeah I'm using that" - the squat rack was off limits for like half an hour while he did whatever tf. He touched the rack maybe twice. There's not another rack. CAN I GET A WITNESS PLEASE
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 20 February 2017 21:20 (seven years ago) link
it has occurred to me that the amount i've spent on my gym membership in the last few years probably could've gotten me a rack/bar/weights of my very own, and then some
when i move / get a grown-up version of my job i might opt for the home gym
(says the guy who can't actually go to the gym rn)
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Monday, 20 February 2017 22:15 (seven years ago) link
yeah i would do that in a heartbeat, but i don't have the room
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 09:11 (seven years ago) link
me too. my house is very small and old. there's no space to put anything above the basement and the basement is too shallow and creepy. in my next house i'll do it.
― assawoman bay (harbl), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 11:58 (seven years ago) link
i would like there to be one tiny gym that everyone on this thread can go to and no dudes try to talk to you
― assawoman bay (harbl), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 12:00 (seven years ago) link
My gymnemies are the people who stand really close to you waiting for you to finish using a piece of equipment. like, do some stretches or something else. bugger off
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 21 February 2017 12:35 (seven years ago) link
i posted this on the hiking thread right now but weight lifters can benefit from the breakdown this dude made and a lot of it reflects my own experience
https://www.outsideonline.com/2125031/what-happens-your-body-thru-hike
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 23 February 2017 18:22 (seven years ago) link
i changed my overhead press form -- narrower grip, breathing & resetting at the bottom instead of the top, so there's no bounce -- and it's haaard. i thought i could tinker with it and continue at my normal working weight but probably not!
― goole, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 16:22 (seven years ago) link
going from a dead stop at the bottom is a lot harder for sure
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 1 March 2017 16:28 (seven years ago) link