Grunting, What's Wrong With It?

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  • Eyesee
    Eyesee Posts: 111 Member
    I used to think grunting was a show-off thing-- maybe because I've mostly been exposed to those types of "hear them across the gym through headphones" guys who grin and give you the "wassup" head-nod when they get your attention-- but when I started using weights (and I don't even lift a crazy amount) sometimes it is hard not to grunt at least a bit, just from exerting the effort. So maybe there should be some middle ground between the Planet Fitness method of grunt-hate and the "check me out grrrrrrruuuuuuYEEEEEEAAAAAHHH!!!" guys.

    (So maybe you can count me as an ex-grunt-hater? Good luck finding the person you wanted to debate with, lol.)
  • FrnkLft
    FrnkLft Posts: 1,821 Member
    (So maybe you can count me as an ex-grunt-hater? Good luck finding the person you wanted to debate with, lol.)

    Yeah, this would be me too I guess. And where is that guy?!

    I actually posted this after reading a thread about Planet Fitness. I've never been there, and I get what they are trying to do, but grunting is not in and of itself wrong... at all.

    Hell sometimes it helps to get the weight up, but then again I'm definitely not looking around afterwards to see if anyone is watching my sweet set :laugh:
  • just_Jennie1
    just_Jennie1 Posts: 1,233
    (So maybe you can count me as an ex-grunt-hater? Good luck finding the person you wanted to debate with, lol.)

    Yeah, this would be me too I guess. And where is that guy?!

    I actually posted this after reading a thread about Planet Fitness. I've never been there, and I get what they are trying to do, but grunting is not in and of itself wrong... at all.

    Hell sometimes it helps to get the weight up, but then again I'm definitely not looking around afterwards to see if anyone is watching my sweet set :laugh:

    It's not bad to grunt but when the grunter is doing it for the sole purpose of showing off and getting high fives and nods from their bro's then it's annoying and unnecessary.

    I go to Planet Fitness and I grunt. I also tend to stamp my feet when the weight is getting really heavy too. The point is you can't hear me across the gym when I'm doing it.

    I laugh at the people who do the extremely loud grunting because they sound like complete tools.
  • TR0berts
    TR0berts Posts: 7,739 Member

    I laugh at the people who do the extremely loud grunting because they sound like complete tools.


    Eh. I think it's fine that a couple of months ago, some guy let out a hellacious grunt while doing bench press. It turns out he was doing a new 1RM of 4-something. Yeah - you're pushing 400+ lbs - you can grunt as loud as you need.
  • juliewatkin
    juliewatkin Posts: 764 Member
    I grunt from time to time. Sometimes it may be on high rep sets of push ups.

    I think most people can recognize genuine grunts of exertion vs. 'look at me,I'm a rock star' grunts.
  • foolsforsarah
    foolsforsarah Posts: 34
    Thanks for letting me know Explosivedonut!
    Boy am I glad there are people out there so bothered by online spelling and grammar! You keep up the hard work, keep the streets safe ;)
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    At my gym grunting seems to increase in amount and volume in proportion to the number of women in hearing range

    Lol at MY gym I'm usually the only one grunting. There are very few serious lifters who know what the *kitten* they are doing at my gym.
  • magentamorbid
    magentamorbid Posts: 47 Member
    Grunting is fine. I make faces and swear at myself sometimes lol. The only time I'm annoyed is when the guys are sounding like they're in labor or dropping a massive one. There is no need and frankly it's off putting. I've walked past a gym before that I considered joining and kept walking when I could hear, from outside, everyone grunting.
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    Its also depends if its a male or a female grunting. I hate to say this but whenever I hear women grunting while lifting it sounds like they are having an orgasm and I begin to feel slightly uncomfortable.

    You are the most sexist person I've encountered on the internet. I feel like I should send you a medal. :noway:
  • GorillaNJ
    GorillaNJ Posts: 4,024 Member
    How about cursing... when I am going for that last rep I often let and F-bomb or a MuthaFer slip... or a **** grunt....

    The obnoxious loud grunts are good too, lets you know who the @$$holes are
  • WakkoW
    WakkoW Posts: 567 Member
    I almost always grunt when working near my max. It is unavoidable.

    Anyone worried about grunting should take up another activity.

    And my grunts sound nothing like my orgasms.
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    Normal to an extent. However, sometimes it can be over the top. There is a guy who lifts at night in the rec center where I play volleyball. It's an old school so the weights are up on a gated off stage, next to the gym floor. He grunts so loudly and so sexually, that it usually effects both teams playing because everyone is trying to control their laughter.

    He also works out at my PF, but doesn't grunt there. :tongue:
  • WakkoW
    WakkoW Posts: 567 Member

    I laugh at the people who do the extremely loud grunting because they sound like complete tools.


    Eh. I think it's fine that a couple of months ago, some guy let out a hellacious grunt while doing bench press. It turns out he was doing a new 1RM of 4-something. Yeah - you're pushing 400+ lbs - you can grunt as loud as you need.

    Exactly. Anyone ever watch a power lifting or Olympic lifting competition? They all grunt.
  • just_Jennie1
    just_Jennie1 Posts: 1,233

    I laugh at the people who do the extremely loud grunting because they sound like complete tools.


    Eh. I think it's fine that a couple of months ago, some guy let out a hellacious grunt while doing bench press. It turns out he was doing a new 1RM of 4-something. Yeah - you're pushing 400+ lbs - you can grunt as loud as you need.

    Exactly. Anyone ever watch a power lifting or Olympic lifting competition? They all grunt.

    *rolls eyes*

    That's fine however I have yet to be at a gym where there is someone training for a power lifting or Olympic lifting competition. (and before you even come back and say XYZ: If you have been to a gym where there are people training for that awesome. If you're one of those people lifting a million pounds and has to scream because it's heavy: good for you. That's NOT what I am talking about.) I am obviously talking about the people who let out screams and groans because they want people to look and be impressed over the amount of weight they're moving.
  • annekka
    annekka Posts: 517 Member
    Grunting bothers me, but only when it gets to be the point of I can hear you over my music. There's one guy at my gym who grunts extremely loudly just walking. I swear he'd let out a loud grunt doing 5 lb on the weight machines. That's excessively unnecessary. If it helps you lift, great. Just don't be obnoxious about it.
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member

    *rolls eyes*

    That's fine however I have yet to be at a gym where there is someone training for a power lifting or Olympic lifting competition. (and before you even come back and say XYZ: If you have been to a gym where there are people training for that awesome. If you're one of those people lifting a million pounds and has to scream because it's heavy: good for you. That's NOT what I am talking about.) I am obviously talking about the people who let out screams and groans because they want people to look and be impressed over the amount of weight they're moving.

    Any serious lifter is pushing their limits on a regular basis. You don't have to be training for the Olympics to be training as hard as possible. I might not be benching 450, but I am putting forth as much effort to bench 80 as the guy benching 5 times that, therefore I'm entitled to grunt just as loudly.
  • CassandraBurgos83
    CassandraBurgos83 Posts: 544 Member
    If I'm not grunting I am Not pushing myself...
  • CassandraBurgos83
    CassandraBurgos83 Posts: 544 Member
    I'm not a big gal by any means and I know that me leg pressing 465 is nothing compared to what competitors do, but I sure as hell grunt because I'm busting my a**... And I may only squat 175, bench 75( weak upper body).....But yet again I grunt! Thank God I don't workout at Planet fitness...don't want to be thrown out for pushing myself and "grunting"
  • WakkoW
    WakkoW Posts: 567 Member

    *rolls eyes*

    That's fine however I have yet to be at a gym where there is someone training for a power lifting or Olympic lifting competition. (and before you even come back and say XYZ: If you have been to a gym where there are people training for that awesome. If you're one of those people lifting a million pounds and has to scream because it's heavy: good for you. That's NOT what I am talking about.) I am obviously talking about the people who let out screams and groans because they want people to look and be impressed over the amount of weight they're moving.

    Any serious lifter is pushing their limits on a regular basis. You don't have to be training for the Olympics to be training as hard as possible. I might not be benching 450, but I am putting forth as much effort to bench 80 as the guy benching 5 times that, therefore I'm entitled to grunt just as loudly.

    Thank you. That was my point.

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