People at the Gym
5one5oh
Posts: 11 Member
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.
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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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 ;-)0
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Only males make that noise in the weight area. Not sure why.0
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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.0 -
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.0 -
I used to think only males do that then I found out ya no when I push myself hard I make noises.0
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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.0
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Was he trying to use the Force to get his weights?
Because I do that all the time.0 -
:bigsmile: No different than casino people carressing slot machines...LOL
It's just "their" thing to do0 -
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.0 -
Was he trying to use the Force to get his weights?
Because I do that all the time.
^^ this. He is a Jedi0 -
He makes noises BEFORE he picks up the dumbbell? Yeah, I'd probably snicker at that too.0
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Was he trying to use the Force to get his weights?
Because I do that all the time.
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People? You mean Sheep-ple?0
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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-doo0 -
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.0 -
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. heh0 -
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. 0 -
*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" ?0 -
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.0
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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.0 -
dont make fun of the JEDI they have great power they have0
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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
Along those same lines societies from the past would laugh at; camping, hunting, fishing, gardening, backpacking...those are all things humans used to do for survival....and now they're re-Creation.0 -
Was he trying to use the Force to get his weights?
Because I do that all the time.
These are not the dumbells you are looking for (wave right hand slowly left to right).....
To the OP...dudes just psyching himself up. Maybe pointing at the dumbell he's going to destroy is just his way. When I golf and I'm on the tea box, I always point my club in the direction I'm going to smash the ball off the tea (ala Babe Ruth)...it doesn't often work, but I do it anyway pretty much every time. Just an example.0 -
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.
**I just literally lol'd. I want to see this!
Edited to add the actual post I was responding to. Message boarding while sick doesn't always turn out so well, folks!0 -
this is just another reason why i tune into my music and my iron and nothing else!!!0
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ROFL! That. IS. BRILLIANT!0
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It was this guy wasn't it?
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I dance while im on the stairmaster!! FTW!0
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OP: I have no idea...Different strokes I suppose. I find it unnecessary.
I don't make any moans, grunts, screams..Not even a peep...and I set my weights down in a controlled and collective manor.
Like a gentleman.0 -
Only males make that noise in the weight area. Not sure why.
Not true!0
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