girls (or guys) who lift and grunt

I focus on my breathing. Inhaling as I drop down, and exhaling when I push and stand up. When I do that, I find I may exhale loudly but I do not grunt.

This is why I have a home gym, no one to b*tch at me

I make a lil noise on my last rep or so of squats and things like that.

I didnt realize it, until my guy friend told me to stop making sex noises!!! LOL!!! It wasnt even that loud....just exertion.

Last Friday I made an audible sound (not quite a grunt) on the very last rep of my overhead press that I totally was not expecting. I'm normally really quiet so it was a little embarassing. :blushing: My husband was there and he winked at me, so I guess it was all good.

I focus on my breathing. Inhaling as I drop down, and exhaling when I push and stand up. When I do that, I find I may exhale loudly but I do not grunt.

I do this. In my head I also say PUSH to myself, so sometimes on the end of the exhale there is a "shhhhhhhhhhhhhh" sound.

I've only had looks from people who are impressed my badass-ed-ness. That's what I choose to believe anyway.

I make sounds upon exhale occasionally. Generally on my last couple of reps for my squats and dead lifts. I, uh, do upon occasion, cuss under my breath as well. :embarassed: once in a rare while, I'll threaten the bar. No wonder I'm generally left alone.

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Like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHCq9ttOXLo

grunting doesnt bother me unless its those annoying guys who YELL "AAAHHHH" when benching or deadlifting on every rep just so everyone looks at them and their manliness.

If you're grunting on your warm up sets of barbell curls, then GTFO.

If you're grunting on the last couple of reps on your last set of heavy squats, people need to get over it.

What HE said.

The other day, I was doing some intense lifting , crossing over my arms at the top of the lift, and as I squeezed out the last one it was so hard I was horrified to hear myself say loudly, as I pushed through it, "oh baby" LOL embarrassing but nobody seemed to notice, and if they did I hope they got a good laugh out of it too!

Like this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHCq9ttOXLo

OMG We've got the man version at my gym! Bahahaha!

I was told by my trainer that he would rather hear me grunt or blowing out air loudly than see me quietly holding my breath! Same for treadmill, He would rather hear me whisper singing than not breathing.

Did he explain why? Not the part about not breathing, of course.

My guess is that if you aren't working to your max to get those last reps out, you're not working hard enough.

I put my music up loud enough that I can't hear myself. I cuss under my breath at times, I'm sure I grunt at the end, hopefully not too loudly. Nobody has ever looked at me funny or said anything about it.

I did have an elderly lady on a stationary bike staring at me as I lifted (dumbbell presses), so I thought she was going to say something about me being a smidge loud. She did say something, but it was: "wow, you are really strong!". It made me laugh for days. Since then I don't worry about offending anyone with the occasional gasp or grunt.