So what exactly CAN I do at the gym?

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  • sweetpea03b
    sweetpea03b Posts: 1,124 Member
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    That's why I work out at home :) I can put the TV on whatever channel I want, use whatever equipment I want, wear whatever I want and I don't even have to go out in the cold to get there. I think if you expect your gym to meet only your own very high standards you should "quit yo' *****in'" and get your own gym.
  • tzig00
    tzig00 Posts: 875 Member
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    Don't bring your kids because apparently you ruin peoples sets while walking through the gym with them to drop them off at the daycare.
  • JazmineYoli
    JazmineYoli Posts: 547 Member
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    -Make sure you work legs
    -Don't quarter squat or use light weight
    -Make sure you deadlift
    -Don't drop the weight or make noise with it
    -Always wear shoes
    -Don't wear shoes while squatting or deadlifting
    -If you are going to lift heavy make sure someone spots you
    -Don't ask me to spot you because I'm sure you are just hitting on me
    -You need to leave sweatty
    -Don't leave sweat on the equipment
    -I wish more women would lift
    -There are too many women in the weight lifting area

    You are awesome.
  • MercenaryNoetic26
    MercenaryNoetic26 Posts: 2,747 Member
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    Well according to the people here the ONLY things you can and should be doing at the gym are:

    -Squats
    -Dead lifts

    No need for any other sort of workout because apparently you hit all the major muscle groups with those two exercises. Your workout can be done in 15 minutes!

    If you can't do those then don't even bother stepping foot in a gym.

    Lol I can do either of those for an hour. 15 min is a warm-up
  • RivenV
    RivenV Posts: 1,667 Member
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    You can Shower and then dry your sack with the hair dryer while standing in front of the mirror.
    But only if you're going to awkwardly talk to another guy in the locker room at the same time.
  • RunsOnEspresso
    RunsOnEspresso Posts: 3,218 Member
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    You can eat pizza with a cauliflower crust. Hell, some gyms even feature pizza days. :wink:

    I read about a gym in Colorado that taps a keg at 5 pm and serves burritos. Everyday. I want to workout there!
  • RivenV
    RivenV Posts: 1,667 Member
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    You can eat pizza with a cauliflower crust. Hell, some gyms even feature pizza days. :wink:

    I read about a gym in Colorado that taps a keg at 5 pm and serves burritos. Everyday. I want to workout there!

    ... So do I!
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  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
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    You can Shower and then dry your sack with the hair dryer while standing in front of the mirror.

    Winner.
  • alienaliens
    alienaliens Posts: 64 Member
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    You also can't wear cute outfits, apparently.

    One girl wore an outfit that was a pair of panties with a tank. she had to keep digging the panties out of her butt. But you cant work out in an old comfy pair of jeans.
  • MercenaryNoetic26
    MercenaryNoetic26 Posts: 2,747 Member
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    You can fart with your walkman on...
  • RivenV
    RivenV Posts: 1,667 Member
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    You can fart with your walkman on...
    Just ordered a pair of Kinivo 240's. Hoping to ascend to those noble ranks by Sunday.
  • SunKissed1989
    SunKissed1989 Posts: 1,314 Member
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    Because according to all the whiners I can't:

    *Wear deodorant to the gym
    *Wear perfume to the gym
    *Run on the treadmill next to you
    *Wear make up to the gym
    *Use my phone at the gym
    *Socialize at the gym

    Wear deodorant/perfume to the gym - just not so much that will cause everyone around you to die of suffocation.
    Socialise at the gym - just workout at the same time instead of standing on or beside a machine that someone else could put to good use or between using machines/apparatus.
    Run on the treadmill next to me - why don't you want to be seen working out beside me?
    Wear make-up to the gym - just don't apply it especially FOR the gym and don't expect it to look perfect when you leave.
    Use your phone at the gym - to log your exercise on MFP.

    There are ways around these things :tongue:
  • Paindoesnthurt
    Paindoesnthurt Posts: 51 Member
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    I read someone say here that setting up your home gym isn't exactly free....of course it isnt. But is it expensive to have everything you need for life? nope. Make a sandbag. get a keg. Get dumbbells along with weight plates, the standard version. Use your bodyweight. get all those things and trust me you'll have a gym at home for life. If you want to dispute that then try doing dumbbell deadlifts with half your bodyweight on there for 20 minutes for as many times as you can, try even lift a keg full of water over your head just once. See how heavy a sandbag, a top loading one, can get with wodden pellets in there. Bodyweight stuff? There's so many variations and challenges that even your own body will give you a lifetime of training.

    Anyway back on topic, just thought I'd answer someone's statement :)
  • awtume9
    awtume9 Posts: 423 Member
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    Don't look at me
    Don't look in my general direction
    In fact, just close your eyes

    Don't breath my air
    Stay within a 10 ft radius
    Actually just stay outside.
  • ashleyisgreat
    ashleyisgreat Posts: 586 Member
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    New rule, inspired by another thread: don't work out in the evenings. Only noobs and losers do that.
  • SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish
    SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish Posts: 831 Member
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    Whee, lets whine at whiners for whining! Can I whine at the whiners whining at the whiners?

    What can you do in the gym? Hey, I don't ask for much, just don't stink in my local airspace either by BO or massive bodyspray/cologne or barf (or worse), don't slime the equipment with puddles of greasy sweat, food (or worse) and stay out of my way and I don't really care what else you do as long as it doesn't affect me...
  • SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish
    SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish Posts: 831 Member
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    Oh yeah I forgot, and get off my lawn you stinky hippies! (and perfumed cowboys)
  • raileneperkins
    raileneperkins Posts: 37 Member
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    At 37, I put on my sweats, 2 bras and a t shirt,clean socks and tennis shoes, grab my earphones and phone for tunes.Pull hair back into a bun and clean my glasses then grab a clean hand towel. Then walk to the gym and proceed to sweat my head off for about 35 minutes on the elliptical. After which I wipe down equipment and stagger to the door,red faced and pouring sweat, where I raise my hands to the other patrons and say "Thank you Cleveland." Works for me.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
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    Am I the only person who goes to the gym right after work and doesn't feel the need to take off my makeup first?
  • Mother_Superior
    Mother_Superior Posts: 1,624 Member
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    Don't ask if you can work in when I'm on the treadmill.
    Don't ask if you can work in when I'm in the shower.

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