You know that guy, that uses the hip abduction machines...

griff7809
griff7809 Posts: 611 Member
Yeah that's me!

1312899524892.jpg
«1

Replies

  • mtf612
    mtf612 Posts: 47 Member
    Dude. Those things can be awesome!

    I'll go leg press over 500lbs, do my squat routine, and deadlift - and then end my leg day with a few sets of the adduction machine (the one where you move your legs apart)

    It gives shape to your quads and is one of the easier exercises - I've gotten past the stares I get while using it haha
  • griff7809
    griff7809 Posts: 611 Member
    I'm with you, I was in a military gym getting looks from the dudes that walk around with their puffed arms out. You know the ones I'm talking about...big upper body with chicken legs?
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Do you do it with or without your purses?
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    The darn adduction machine is always broken at my gym.... :grumble:
  • 2credneck208
    2credneck208 Posts: 501 Member
    Nothing sexier...lol!!
  • tehboxingkitteh
    tehboxingkitteh Posts: 1,574 Member
    Isn't there a cable machine that will do these exercises just as well for the men (and women)?
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRuzb4QQ8wtQQoRAZSEMNySlmO-7-FPZau8pRycyjqUzLulGj5i
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    You know you feel guilty when you have to post about it with a Saved by the Bell "Come at me bro" meme.

    Stop-the-Madness1.jpg
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I hear wearing high heels makes your butt look more perky.
  • tehboxingkitteh
    tehboxingkitteh Posts: 1,574 Member
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRuzb4QQ8wtQQoRAZSEMNySlmO-7-FPZau8pRycyjqUzLulGj5i
    Does this burn calories? Only asking for research purposes.
  • I'm with you, I was in a military gym getting looks from the dudes that walk around with their puffed arms out. You know the ones I'm talking about...big upper body with chicken legs?
    screen-shot-2013-01-23-at-10-09-23-pm.png?w=490&h=272
  • griff7809
    griff7809 Posts: 611 Member
    You guys have me laughing on the floor!

    1. I brought my favorite purse
    2. Left my heels at home
    3. Don't feel guilty unless I am wearing really short shorts and I am free-balling it.
  • jenn26point2
    jenn26point2 Posts: 429 Member
    I'm with you, I was in a military gym getting looks from the dudes that walk around with their puffed arms out. You know the ones I'm talking about...big upper body with chicken legs?

    I use a military gym too. :)
  • jenn26point2
    jenn26point2 Posts: 429 Member
    I'm with you, I was in a military gym getting looks from the dudes that walk around with their puffed arms out. You know the ones I'm talking about...big upper body with chicken legs?
    screen-shot-2013-01-23-at-10-09-23-pm.png?w=490&h=272

    HA!!!
  • MireyGal76
    MireyGal76 Posts: 7,334 Member
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRuzb4QQ8wtQQoRAZSEMNySlmO-7-FPZau8pRycyjqUzLulGj5i
    Does this burn calories? Only asking for research purposes.

    um...

    yup a billion.
    sadly the calories that come with satisfaction of being self-righteous adds about a billion and one.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,972 Member
    Love the look of speed skater glutes. If I still lived in a country where speed skating was a viable sporting option, I probably wouldn't bother with the machine.
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    Yeah that's me!

    1312899524892.jpg

    Nice sweater.*







    Hey, at least you're not hearing this when you're not wearing a shirt.
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
    You guys have me laughing on the floor!

    1. I brought my favorite purse
    2. Left my heels at home
    3. Don't feel guilty unless I am wearing really short shorts and I am free-balling it.

    Yeah...I can imagine...I hear roids and abduction machines have that effect.
  • jenjencin78
    jenjencin78 Posts: 4,415 Member
    I'm with you, I was in a military gym getting looks from the dudes that walk around with their puffed arms out. You know the ones I'm talking about...big upper body with chicken legs?

    You mean these guys?

    Balloonanimal.jpg
  • priepen
    priepen Posts: 37 Member
    No shame in using those machines I have my degree in exercise science and getting certified as a ACSM personal trainer. You need to strength train those muscles they are stabilizers and are important to work and many men often neglect those muscles because they don't want to use those machines so kudos to those who are real men and incorporate a well rounded workout.
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    Yeah that's me!

    1312899524892.jpg

    That's called the Sharon Stone machine.

    Basic+Instinct+Sharon+Stone+about+to+uncross+her+legs.jpg


    Yeah. I use it with the weights maxed. It's suposed to help where I injured my hammy last year. I don't know if it does or not.

    And Whierd. No. I leave my purse in the lockerroom.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRuzb4QQ8wtQQoRAZSEMNySlmO-7-FPZau8pRycyjqUzLulGj5i
    Does this burn calories? Only asking for research purposes.

    um...

    yup a billion.
    sadly the calories that come with satisfaction of being self-righteous adds about a billion and one.

    34163386_7709.jpg
  • SpeSHul_SnoflEHk
    SpeSHul_SnoflEHk Posts: 6,256 Member
    You guys have me laughing on the floor!

    1. I brought my favorite purse
    2. Left my heels at home
    3. Don't feel guilty unless I am wearing really short shorts and I am free-balling it.

    I do point 3 on purpose. Then I make eye contact with the ladies, and bite my lip and lick my nostril.
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    You guys have me laughing on the floor!

    1. I brought my favorite purse
    2. Left my heels at home
    3. Don't feel guilty unless I am wearing really short shorts and I am free-balling it.

    I am pleasantly surprised that you took it as a joke! You are not half bad.
  • Some_Watery_Tart
    Some_Watery_Tart Posts: 2,250 Member
    You guys have me laughing on the floor!

    1. I brought my favorite purse
    2. Left my heels at home
    3. Don't feel guilty unless I am wearing really short shorts and I am free-balling it.

    ohhai. I'm going to need to know what time you work out and where. You know, for research and science and stuff.
  • coolraul07
    coolraul07 Posts: 1,606 Member
    I'm with you, I was in a military gym getting looks from the dudes that walk around with their puffed arms out. You know the ones I'm talking about...big upper body with chicken legs?

    You mean these guys?

    Balloonanimal.jpg
    they-said-i-could-become-anything-so-i-became-a-cloud.jpg
    3949659_460s.jpg
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
    I sometimes do an occasional set or two on the adduction machine, with my body tilted forward (straight back), just so I can extra target that upper part of my outer glutes. Or I do other things to target them, but that machine sure is an easy thing to just throw in with everything else. I don't care what people think. It's my booty/thighs, not theirs. Lots of bikini competitors and fitness models add it in, and it's also an aspect of some of what Bret Contreras recommends. Obviously it should not be the main focus. It's just an extra thing to add at the end of the work out. And it's not a replacement for major compound moves and variations. I don't do the inner thigh one, it's not necessary.
  • jenn26point2
    jenn26point2 Posts: 429 Member
    I'm with you, I was in a military gym getting looks from the dudes that walk around with their puffed arms out. You know the ones I'm talking about...big upper body with chicken legs?

    You mean these guys?

    Balloonanimal.jpg
    they-said-i-could-become-anything-so-i-became-a-cloud.jpg
    3949659_460s.jpg

    Hysterical! And totally gross...
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Do you eat a banana whilst using that machine?
  • Wide-stance squats?