Grunting -- how important is it ...
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When I sometimes do cardio classes (not weight lifting) some clowns grunt or scream, and I swear that really annoys me, I want to beat the life out of them (but I keep it all inside
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Hmm, if I have to fart I walk away from my workout area and pass by the treadmills to crop dust.
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Look_Its_Kriss wrote: »CafeRacer808 wrote: »I've always equated grunting while lifting to "kiai" in marital arts. In Japanese martial arts specifically, one of the reasons for doing kiai is to focus your energy (ki) behind your strike. It also focuses your attention/awareness on the moment of impact.
@CafeRacer808 lol i just had a dragonball z flash back haha
Darn it, you beat me to it
Back OT, I've made sounds during extreme physical exertion, mostly as part of breathing. I found it very therapeutic during childbirth (not lifting, but still physically demanding) and during weighted squats and anything with bench presses. It starts out as a hiss, and moves to a grunt during the peak of the movement. It's my personal "thing", so I haven't thought about others and whether or not it counts. Some folks are louder than others. It makes me glad I work out at home, so I don't have to be self-conscious about giving death-glares to those who are excessively moany0 -
If I'm squeezing out a final rep on like an RPE of 9-10 then I'll give an "arrrrghhhh" as I breathe out.
I've got a guy at my gym who half reps and without headphones on shouts "come on! One more! No two more! You've got this! Ahhhhh one! Okay now two!" The whole time working out by himself. On literally every exercise3 -
I tried humming a song but grunting the song sounds way cooler.1
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NARCISSISTIC_PUP wrote: »Does making grunting noises help lift more weight?
Pretty sure the grunt is an involuntary result of struggling to lift something heavy...particularly at the end of a set.0 -
You're supposed to go to a crowded area and after farting you say, "Does anyone smell popcorn?"5 -
<--- 500+ deadlift... you bet your sweet *kitten* I grunted.7
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Glad you clarified lol... I figured it was but wasn't positive. Imo, Unless your moving ungodly amounts of weight your only trying to draw attention to yourself!0 -
nakedraygun wrote: »<--- 500+ deadlift... you bet your sweet *kitten* I grunted.
Oddly enough, I don't grunt on deadlifts. Not even the 500lb+ ones. But any squat over about two plates sounds like someone is torturing a cow to death.2 -
Grunting should be reserved for that last tough rep or max effort, not every single rep like some tools.2
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I mostly grunt getting in and out of the car.2
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i once spent a sunday morning in an otherwise quiet gym 'with' a guy who spent the whole time going nuts on the upright-row station like he was trying to cross the pacific alone. and he moaned as he did every rep.
idk if he was hoping to pick someone up by playing a free sex-noise trailer, or what. but that was the most off-putting thing i've ever heard in a gym.
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canadianlbs wrote: »i once spent a sunday morning in an otherwise quiet gym 'with' a guy who spent the whole time going nuts on the upright-row station like he was trying to cross the pacific alone. and he moaned as he did every rep.
idk if he was hoping to pick someone up by playing a free sex-noise trailer, or what. but that was the most off-putting thing i've ever heard in a gym.
Lol! Reminds me of that Adam Sandler skit.0 -
TheRealSlim_Shelly wrote: »Yes about ten seconds left of my last interval during hiit I'll grunt because I feel like I'm going to die and it just happens I don't know. My gym is very very loud anyway and everyone is too into their own workout. The gym is the last place I know for peace and quiet, my gym anyway.
Or so you think! Lol!0 -
Grunting doesn't bug me. It makes me smirk a little in amusement. The thing I don't like is slamming or throwing the weights. It can be pretty jarring, even scary sometimes if it's unexpected. I almost peed my pants once when some dude suddenly screamed at the top of his lungs and threw his weights across the floor. It sounded like he had just given birth to a tank. That was truly terrible. Thankfully, that doesn't happen often.
Can you imagine the labor and delivery floor of a hospital if guys were the ones who gave birth? I imagine it would sound a lot like the weight room at a bro-centric gym.10
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