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5one5oh
5one5oh Posts: 11 Member
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Just wondering if I'm the only one.....

So I'm standing in the dumbbell area (pretty empty at the time), and notice this male approaching the rack. 6 paces (I wish I was exaggerating) away from the rack- He fully extends his arm, and points at the dumbbell he is about to use, and makes the *Chhhh* (noise you make to move a horse forward) and picks up the weight. Is that some sort of non-verbal clue to everyone else that he is awesome? Just trying to sort this all out.
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  • BackTatJIM
    BackTatJIM Posts: 1,140 Member
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    People make crazy noises at the gym! Put on that ipod and ignore it, because at some point you might be making some crazy noises yourself and not even realize it ;-)
  • Glowbee
    Glowbee Posts: 68 Member
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    Only males make that noise in the weight area. Not sure why.
  • iplayoutside19
    iplayoutside19 Posts: 2,304 Member
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    We get 4 or 5 of these threads in here a week....and I never get tired of them.

    As for your actual question...I have no idea.

    I think I'm going to some strange ritual before I do a dead lift and see if anyone at my gym is on MFP.
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
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    Different people psyche themselves out in different ways. As an example, every time I am pushing for a deadlift PR, I grab the bar, take about 14 ridiculously fast paced breaths, growl like I'm Glen Benton on 'Worry in the House of Thieves', and proceed to rip the weight off of the ground...or stall halfway and look like a miserable failure. Either way, fun times.


    Quit worrying about what others are doing or why they are doing it, and focus on your own work.
  • MissKalhan
    MissKalhan Posts: 2,282 Member
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    I used to think only males do that then I found out ya no when I push myself hard I make noises.
  • jonmico
    jonmico Posts: 37 Member
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    He's just psyching himself up. I think that's a rather odd way of doing it, but whatever works. At least he doesn't let out a battle cry before each set. Count your blessings my friend.
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
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    Was he trying to use the Force to get his weights?


    Because I do that all the time.
  • MissLuana
    MissLuana Posts: 356
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    :bigsmile: No different than casino people carressing slot machines...LOL

    It's just "their" thing to do
  • eyeshuh
    eyeshuh Posts: 333
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    That reminds me of a guy that use to come run on the treadmills at the same time as me most days. He would start out walking super slow then gradually add speed until he looked like he was going to get flipped off the back. Then he would scream. I mean, just crazy loud gut wrenching scream two or three times and then turn the machine back down and get off.

    Scared the hell out of me every single time.
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
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    Was he trying to use the Force to get his weights?


    Because I do that all the time.

    ^^ this. He is a Jedi
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
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    He makes noises BEFORE he picks up the dumbbell? Yeah, I'd probably snicker at that too.
  • VeganZombie13
    VeganZombie13 Posts: 297
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    Was he trying to use the Force to get his weights?


    Because I do that all the time.

    lol
  • FitBeto
    FitBeto Posts: 2,121 Member
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    People? You mean Sheep-ple?
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
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    When I'm psyching myself up, I squint and my weight and hum the notes they always have in western movies during stand-offs

    Doo-doodley-doo....doo-DOO-doo
  • dantrick
    dantrick Posts: 369 Member
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    He's just psyching himself up. I think that's a rather odd way of doing it, but whatever works. At least he doesn't let out a battle cry before each set. Count your blessings my friend.

    Haha - that's awesome. I would love to see someone do a battle cry. Just to see the reaction on everyone's face.
  • orangelobster
    orangelobster Posts: 151
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    Gyms are a funny places really. Think about it, the stuff you do in a gym you never really do anywhere else - and we pay for the privilege!! If aliens were studying our society (some think they are lol) then they would have a field day on gym behavior and some alien would write his thesis on it.

    Look the silly human, he pays someone to mow his lawn, move boxes around a warehouse, and drive him to work and then he turns around and pays someone else to be in their "house" and repeatedly lift heavy weights.

    The whole concept is so foreign to basic human existence that all manners of absurdity now becomes normal there. It has only been, recently, (historically speaking) that we go to gyms for exercise. Go back some 500 years and this would be absurd.

    I used to teach ESL (English as a second Language) to recent immigrants to this country (Canada). We did alot of field trips and invariable one of them would query about all the joggers out.

    "Why are they running?" they would ask - "everyone has a car here".
    "it's for exercise, don't people jog in your country?" I would counter with
    "only athletes do, regular people work hard already, don't need to exercise"

    edit; that said, I love going to the gym. heh
  • 5one5oh
    5one5oh Posts: 11 Member
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    It really wasn't the *Chhhh* that was interesting, it was the fully extended arm and piont to which weight he was going to destroy. I'm sorry...I just thought it was funny =) Good thursday laugh.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,811 Member
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    *Chhhh* (noise you make to move a horse forward) and picks up the weight. Is that some sort of non-verbal clue to everyone else that he is awesome? Just trying to sort this all out.

    Perhaps he has a speach impediment and can't manage "Look at me, look at me" ?
  • Drewillbeback111
    Drewillbeback111 Posts: 45
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    You were standing at the dumbell rack? Was he getting a weight that was in front of you? Maybe he was telling you to move? While we are on the topic of dumbell racks, I cant stand it when someone grabs a set of dumbells and does their set RIGHT IN FRONT of the rack... Learn some gym etiquette, and back up 4 to 5 steps, then other people can get to the rack.
  • serenapitala
    serenapitala Posts: 441 Member
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    When I'm psyching myself up, I squint and my weight and hum the notes they always have in western movies during stand-offs

    Doo-doodley-doo....doo-DOO-doo

    Awesome :laugh:
    I mouth the words to my music while I'm working out. I don't actually make any noise, but I still get looks. I also bop my head to the beat when the activity allows. I'm sure I look crazy, but I don't care. Whatever works for you.

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