What accessories do you bring to the gym?

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  • BonaFideUK
    BonaFideUK Posts: 313 Member
    Gripz take the tension away from the main muscles your working, so I don't feel like they're a good accessory unless you're just using them on last reps / finishing sets. I just bring my phone and head phones and if I'm doing chest day I might bring gloves.

    thats not true at all. Wrist straps don't take anything away from the muscles you're working on. They actually increase intensity on that muscle. The whole idea of wrist straps is so you can go beyond grip failure. Its been proven in studies that people who use wrist straps on heavy weights can squeeze out 1 or 2 more reps every time than people who do not. If you're worried about your grip strength then you can incorporate grip strength training into your routine.
  • fight_for_fit
    fight_for_fit Posts: 137
    Ipod & Water bottle. Nice and simple
  • Huffdogg
    Huffdogg Posts: 1,934 Member
    oly bar plate clamps, lifting straps, yoga strap for mid-workout shoulder dislocations, bandana/sweat towel, water bottle, lifting belt, chalk, iPhone for Fitocracy logging.
  • Huffdogg
    Huffdogg Posts: 1,934 Member
    Gripz take the tension away from the main muscles your working, so I don't feel like they're a good accessory unless you're just using them on last reps / finishing sets. I just bring my phone and head phones and if I'm doing chest day I might bring gloves.

    thats not true at all. Wrist straps don't take anything away from the muscles you're working on. They actually increase intensity on that muscle. The whole idea of wrist straps is so you can go beyond grip failure. Its been proven in studies that people who use wrist straps on heavy weights can squeeze out 1 or 2 more reps every time than people who do not. If you're worried about your grip strength then you can incorporate grip strength training into your routine.

    o_O

    Gripz =/= lifting straps
  • dsjohndrow
    dsjohndrow Posts: 1,820 Member
    My access card, iPhone, and if can remember sweat pants and underwear.
  • links_slayer
    links_slayer Posts: 1,151 Member
    Nalgene, iPod, Notebook, Pen
  • rabblerabble
    rabblerabble Posts: 471 Member
    Water bottle, towel, small notebook and pen. I leave the cellphone at home where it belongs.
  • mizzcasual
    mizzcasual Posts: 223 Member
    When I'm going to workout I have a water bottle , a small towel and my ipod and the armband holder.

    The things I leave in my locker is usually a change of clothes(sometimes) , money ,keys , towel , and my phone and eye liner .
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Towel, water, Smart phone (serves for music as well as I log my weights I lifted and rest timer)
  • Legs_McGee
    Legs_McGee Posts: 845 Member
    Water bottle, gloves
  • Mommylicous
    Mommylicous Posts: 121 Member
    Between my husband and I, we carry a Mini notebook with a pen attached for writing our weights/reps, Water, Towels, Our gloves

    and if I'm doing cardio, I'll run down to the Kid's Club and get my phone/ear buds out of the diaper bag.
  • bumblebums
    bumblebums Posts: 2,181 Member
    - terry washcloth (instead of towel)
    - pack of tissues
    - water bottle
    - kindle (not often, on recumbent bike/elliptical days only)
    - fingerless gloves for callus prevention
    - ipod shuffle for protecting myself from gym music
    - spare barrette and hair tie to keep hair out of my face

    I am quite a pack rat, apparently!
  • TaylorBreh
    TaylorBreh Posts: 4
    Shaker bottle, gloves, and a lifting belt.
    I only use the belt when I do deadlifts because I have a tendency to arch my back.
  • Asavitzk
    Asavitzk Posts: 66
    iPhone, earbuds with Jabra Clipper Bluetooth adapter (so no wire between the earbuds and the phone - well worth the $$), HRM, and water bottle.
  • doc800
    doc800 Posts: 148
    Ipod and a water bottle
  • PureAdamic
    PureAdamic Posts: 185
    Squat shoes, squat suit, knee sleeves, knee wraps, knee high socks, dead lifting slippers, chalk, baby powder, latching belt, standard belt, slingshot, bench shirt, wrist wraps, tape, bengay, peptobismal.
  • Boobookittyfq
    Boobookittyfq Posts: 454 Member
    phone, earbuds, water , and lifting gloves
  • bokodasu
    bokodasu Posts: 629 Member
    Man, I tried those Fat Gripz things for the first time last week and they are EVIL. Four days later and I couldn't even squeeze a lime into my G&T.

    Seriously, though, yes, they're great for grip strength but unless you're a horseshoe-bender/phonebook-ripper/Popeye, you shouldn't be using them all the time. You're going to wear out your grip before you can do much of anything for whatever muscle you're actually trying to work with that lift.

    On my most accessorized day, I bring:
    Work Blackberry
    Personal Cell
    iPod/earbuds
    Workout log + pen
    Lifting straps
    Towel

    And no, I don't take calls on either of those phones, but I need to have them with me for email/texting availability. And I go stand somewhere out of the way to check them. No Angry Birds in the squat rack!

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