Most stupid exercise thing you ever did
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I was an a--hole at the gym and did this:
I wanted to reset the jhooks so I could more easily do lift offs for my bench press. But like a dumb butt, I only unloaded the plates on one side of the bar prior to doing so. I was going to try to be a hero and clean the bar to the rack, but that wasn't a good idea considering that weight was distributed on the bar unevenly!!! So I carefully tried to take off the plates from the other side without dropping them. Luckily nothing dropped/no equipment was damaged. But shhiii I looked like an idiot!
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rattiemomma wrote: »Stupidest exercise thing I ever did? This:
https://youtu.be/UqZ7grNqlk8
It was my mom's video. Early 90s? Late 80s? Gawd.
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I haven't bought a ShakeWeight, but borrowed one from a friend, and really liked it, except that I once pushed through 30 minutes of TV time as opposed to the recommended 6 minute workout mentioned on the package.Nobody will admit to buying a Shake Weight?? I didn't, but I did buy one of those exercise trampolines. It was fun, but not much in the way of exercise and nearly a broken ankle more than once.0 -
The stupidest thing I ever did was the workout my Academy gym teacher suggested to us!0
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The stupidest thing I've ever done in a workout setting is a tie between four events:
1. I thought I'd be safe riding a horse outside on a very uneven trail, because I had three adults supervising. I wanted to cry!
2. I'm pretty sure my hamstrings are on the brink of tearing, as hard as PTs stretched them in early childhood. I also have every reason to believe that well-meaning people would stand/press full body weight on my knees while I lay on my back, or force my toes to touch the ground from my prone position on my bed if it were ethical to do so, to deepen the stretch/muscle injury!
3. One of them also advised that I wear a TENS unit, cranked up to full intensity, on my knees to get those muscles working. Bad idea!
4. Basically, it was really stupid of me to trust PTs with my lame legs, because every last one of them has taken full advantage of me!
Moral of the story: Do not trust physical therapists unless they involve you in your treatment.0 -
Tried to read the newspaper (obviously years ago
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Several lessons learned in one embarrassing, humbling and mean move.
I was meetings boyfriends mom and sister after work to see a movie. I decided that I would walk to the mall from work since i had time and it would help counter act the popcorn.
I didn't have proper shoes but thought it would be fine to walk there in my boots. Fashion boots. It's wasn't super far, but probably over an hour of walking.
My boyfriends mom called me when I was partway there and I informed her I was walking and she asked if I needed a ride, etc, exclaiming that it was a far walk. Because i am a hero, I declined. I then proceeded to send a snarky text to my friend about people thinking walking was so hard, essentially being a snob about exercise. Except that instead of sending the text to my friend, I sent it to my boyfriends mom. It was an obvious hit at her.
By the time I got to the mall I could barley walk and had to buy myself a pair of slippers to make it any further. And of course face my boyfriends mom and apologize.0 -
Several lessons learned in one embarrassing, humbling and mean move.
I was meetings boyfriends mom and sister after work to see a movie. I decided that I would walk to the mall from work since i had time and it would help counter act the popcorn.
I didn't have proper shoes but thought it would be fine to walk there in my boots. Fashion boots. It's wasn't super far, but probably over an hour of walking.
My boyfriends mom called me when I was partway there and I informed her I was walking and she asked if I needed a ride, etc, exclaiming that it was a far walk. Because i am a hero, I declined. I then proceeded to send a snarky text to my friend about people thinking walking was so hard, essentially being a snob about exercise. Except that instead of sending the text to my friend, I sent it to my boyfriends mom. It was an obvious hit at her.
By the time I got to the mall I could barley walk and had to buy myself a pair of slippers to make it any further. And of course face my boyfriends mom and apologize.
This might be my favorite one so far. Did you keep the boyfriend?0 -
Several lessons learned in one embarrassing, humbling and mean move.
I was meetings boyfriends mom and sister after work to see a movie. I decided that I would walk to the mall from work since i had time and it would help counter act the popcorn.
I didn't have proper shoes but thought it would be fine to walk there in my boots. Fashion boots. It's wasn't super far, but probably over an hour of walking.
My boyfriends mom called me when I was partway there and I informed her I was walking and she asked if I needed a ride, etc, exclaiming that it was a far walk. Because i am a hero, I declined. I then proceeded to send a snarky text to my friend about people thinking walking was so hard, essentially being a snob about exercise. Except that instead of sending the text to my friend, I sent it to my boyfriends mom. It was an obvious hit at her.
By the time I got to the mall I could barley walk and had to buy myself a pair of slippers to make it any further. And of course face my boyfriends mom and apologize.
This might be my favorite one so far. Did you keep the boyfriend?
Hahah yes I did! He was pretty mad at me though.0 -
I bought the first-generation electro-ab belt in college, the one where you lie back and let the belt give you a six-pack while you watch tv. Pure money-sink. (I did have a 6-pack in college, but certainly not because of this device, and certainly not now!)0
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Decided to "go for it" on a rowing machine. Blacked out on the changing room toilet floor for a bit...0
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Doing goblet squats as part of a tabata routine, but I didn't have a stop watch. So I figured about 15 squats would be the correct time. Finished the routine which amounted to around 100+ squats in the end. Couldn't walk the next day.
When I was finally able to redo the routine I found out I was getting about 5 squats in the set time, not 15.
Always remember to take a stop watch if you are doing a routine which is time based!0 -
Stopped working out.0
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despite not working out for over a year, went gung-ho and did an hour long workout with a toning cord.
The next day I couldn't bend my legs without crying out in pain, but insisted on going to work. My fiance drove me and about half-way there I suddenly/belatedly realized there was no way I could survive an 8-hour shift on my feet.
The embarrassment of calling my manager and telling her what I had done was made worse by her relaying it to the entire shop!0 -
In my early twenties, I ran so much that I gave myself a brutal case of tendonitis in both feet. I would run 1-2 times a day for an hour or more. Add to that an hour and a half trot to work and back 5 days a week, ignoring the shooting pains in my feet, and cramming my feet into my shoes when they were too swollen to fit properly... of course, it wasn't long before I was limping into doctor's office in sandals. I was told that I could cool it on crutches for a few weeks or count on needing surgery down the road. I didn't stay on the crutches for terribly long, but I behaved myself for the most part and it sorted itself!0
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Several lessons learned in one embarrassing, humbling and mean move.
I was meetings boyfriends mom and sister after work to see a movie. I decided that I would walk to the mall from work since i had time and it would help counter act the popcorn.
I didn't have proper shoes but thought it would be fine to walk there in my boots. Fashion boots. It's wasn't super far, but probably over an hour of walking.
My boyfriends mom called me when I was partway there and I informed her I was walking and she asked if I needed a ride, etc, exclaiming that it was a far walk. Because i am a hero, I declined. I then proceeded to send a snarky text to my friend about people thinking walking was so hard, essentially being a snob about exercise. Except that instead of sending the text to my friend, I sent it to my boyfriends mom. It was an obvious hit at her.
By the time I got to the mall I could barley walk and had to buy myself a pair of slippers to make it any further. And of course face my boyfriends mom and apologize.
LOL !!
Oh my, thanks for that !
There are quite a few lessons in there !
I'll take 'em all !0 -
Here's another stupid thing I did: Entered a mountain bike race with zero real training.
1998, Crested Butte Fat Tire Festival. I was 18 and had been working at a camp in Colorado and a bunch of my friends were riding it. I'm from Illinois and am a roadie. I'd been doing some mountain biking, but I'm not a great bike handler.
First day was a crit, pretty simple. I think it was 2x around a 1 mile course. Did ok as it wasn't technical at all. 2nd day was 10 miles. My age group started in a massive pack and a guy in front of me went down and so I just sorta rode over his bike (I hope it was just his bike) as I had nowhere to go.
Got out on the course and holy crap. It wasn't technical for a real mt. biker but for me, LOL! I bit it a bunch of times the best being flying over a berm at good speed, landing, not being able to make a corner and launching off the trail. As I'm lying there the lead female pro zips past and asks if I'm ok. I sheepishly replied yes.
I finally made it to the end and my proud moment of the day was beating the 12 year old kid on the rigid Cannondale. I couldn't breath, I was bruised and sore and pretty embarrassed. But I still sorta had fun I think.
I like to pretend I did.0 -
jesscran815 wrote: »Prancercise
LOL best ever.
I'm also guilty of trying out the Thighmaster. I try to stay away from gimmicks like that from now on.0 -
I decided to try one of those dance away the pounds videos. The instructor showed the first step and I repeated it. She showed the first and added the second step, I repeated it. She showed the first three steps. I got my legs all crossed up, tripped and fell face first onto the floor. Thank goodness I was at home where no one could see my embarrassment. I never used the video again.0
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Cardio.
Ugh, what was I thinking? 0 -
rattiemomma wrote: »Stupidest exercise thing I ever did? This:https://youtu.be/UqZ7grNqlk8
It was my mom's video. Early 90s? Late 80s? Gawd.
I had this too....early 90s. looks away ashamed...
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Friend and I decided we would take walks at the park to get in shape. Started out in daylight following a path that had exercises along the way. Somehow got sidetracked and lost in the woods and the sun started setting. We were not outdoorsy girls and were not prepared. Finally made it to a road and walked the perimeter of the park back to my car and never took a walk again!0 -
Eight count body builders in boot camp and here and there throughout my navy career. I'm sure those have something to do with my having to have both knees cleaned out. One in my mid twenties, the other not even a year ago. Some military work outs do more harm than good.0
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Was horse riding in Western Australia, got a bit lost (body compass doesn't work well that side of the equator) and ended up in a field with a bull in it. I thought it was just a massive cow.
He wasn't. He was was very angry about the whole thing too, he didn't like horses. Cue comedy galloping and a leap over a hedge, while being chased down by a bull. He missed us by less than 2ft.
I wasn't injured, but boy did my ego take a smash. A bunch of cowboys spent ages laughing their *kitten* at me, before giving me a beer and telling me to rack off back through the field! NO GUYS I DONT THINK SO I WILL TAKE THE LONG WAY ROUND THANKS FOR YOUR CONCERN THOUGH.
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A couple years ago it occurred to me that sitting and reading, sitting and knitting, sitting and studying, sitting and listening to music, sitting and watching tv, and sitting in class was maybe not the most active lifestyle. I decided to run. With no concept of progression or stretching, whenever the inspiration hit, I'd throw myself onto the sidewalk and sprint, walk, sprint again, up and down fairly steep hills. Often for a good 30min to an hour. No warm up. No cool down. No stretches. No strength exercises. I did the same thing with the elliptical at the gym. A cardio & weights free class at my gym. No consistency. No progression. No stretches or warm ups or anything. With really weak, sitting-on-my-bum-all-my-life muscles and a lot of hyper mobile joints and muscle stiffness/tension.
I kept this up for a while, doing nothing for a long stretch of months, then spending a couple months sporadically throwing myself at stuff without research and not at all being careful. Something similar I'm sure to smashing my face against a book and saying "this is reading, right?" It culminated in the ridiculousness of climbing a flight of stairs to go to class last October and getting to the top with a suddenly dislocated kneecap. But I didn't know it was dislocated, and didn't go to the doctor even though I could barely walk or stand, and was in excruciating pain. My parents didn't think it was anything to worry about, so I didn't either. Until I put on some grey leggings and noticed that my left knee resembled a cantaloupe.
According to the doctor who saw me, a dislocated knee cap (subluxed patella) is typically only seen in football players who get tackled really, really hard. And I managed to do that climbing a flight of stairs. Because idiocy. Lots of idiocy, over a long time.
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After being sedentary for a while, I started back up exercising at one point. I had read that if you cycle with a raised seat or adjust the seat so that your legs have to stretch farther, you can increase your height. I tried this on a stationary bike with my legs stretched way too far, and that was the start of numerous joints popping/cracking when I do different movements.
I'm not much of a runner, and usually just run outside on occasion when the weather is nice. But since it can get very windy where I am at this time of year (sometimes with winds as strong as that), I have wondered what it's like to be running in those strong gusts. I'm sure it must have been hard to keep a running stride against the wind, but was it difficult with the tail wind as well?Most recent stupid thing: Doing my first ever 10 mile race, half of it with tail winds, half against the wind. Only it wasn't windy that day, it stormed with gusts of up to 50mph. Now I'm not tall nor heavy, and neither used to running when it's windy. Was... interesting. I managed to get to the finish, but was completely dead... I only ran just over 5 miles anyway and did a powerwalk for the rest.
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The stupidest thing I've ever done in a workout setting is a tie between four events:
1. I thought I'd be safe riding a horse outside on a very uneven trail, because I had three adults supervising. I wanted to cry!
2. I'm pretty sure my hamstrings are on the brink of tearing, as hard as PTs stretched them in early childhood. I also have every reason to believe that well-meaning people would stand/press full body weight on my knees while I lay on my back, or force my toes to touch the ground from my prone position on my bed if it were ethical to do so, to deepen the stretch/muscle injury!
3. One of them also advised that I wear a TENS unit, cranked up to full intensity, on my knees to get those muscles working. Bad idea!
4. Basically, it was really stupid of me to trust PTs with my lame legs, because every last one of them has taken full advantage of me!
Moral of the story: Do not trust physical therapists unless they involve you in your treatment.
I don't understand that.
Most horses are more than capable of handling uneven terrain. They are the quintessential all terrain vehicle.
And I'm not sure I understand you're "my hamstrings are on the bring of tearing"- like currently you think they are close to tearing from people stretching them when you were a child?0 -
For my most embarrassing workout moment I have to go back to the year 2000 I was 16 and in high school. I had successfully spent the whole school year avoiding P.E.
One day, like something out of your worse nightmare. I turned up for lesson ready with my excuse (probably women's problems) to find that it was the day of the p.e exam.
I had to run a lap around the school grounds. Then take part in a team sport I chose rounders. Then I had to go into the gymnasium to 'perform' my apparatus routine. I had never been acquainted with any of the equipment. I remember walking across the balance beam and doing a bow at the end, getting stuck trying to jump over the horse thing and then doing backwards rolls down the floor mat. Everyone else had practised for weeks. I was mortified.
It scared me off public exercise for the next 10 years. Though it has made me a master of blagging my way through things.
I got an E for the exam.
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For my most embarrassing workout moment I have to go back to the year 2000 I was 16 and in high school. I had successfully spent the whole school year avoiding P.E.
One day, like something out of your worse nightmare. I turned up for lesson ready with my excuse (probably women's problems) to find that it was the day of the p.e exam.
I had to run a lap around the school grounds. Then take part in a team sport I chose rounders. Then I had to go into the gymnasium to 'perform' my apparatus routine. I had never been acquainted with any of the equipment. I remember walking across the balance beam and doing a bow at the end, getting stuck trying to jump over the horse thing and then doing backwards rolls down the floor mat. Everyone else had practised for weeks. I was mortified.
It scared me off public exercise for the next 10 years. Though it has made me a master of blagging my way through things.
I got an E for the exam.
I appreciate this story and admit my high school PE experience was pretty similar - where I live you only have a take a single semester of it to graduate, so I almost got away with it too, but I'd invariably have to go when there were grades to be awarded and I'd end up flailing around in a pool or getting hit with a golf ball or giving up and walking most of the run. And I wasn't even overweight, just lazy.0 -
Training for a triathlon while at the same time doing a heavy lifting program...and as if that wasn't enough, I became interested in cyclocross and started going to practices for that on top of all of the other cycling, running, swimming, and lifting I was doing...oh, and I was also dieting.
Results? Injured 2 weeks out from my triathlon so didn't get to do that and was out a total of 12 weeks...which was most of the cyclocross season and all I could do was rehab work in the gym...anyone thinks they look silly in the gym, just see how awesome you feel doing little footsie exercises with big rubber bands as your primary workout. The posterior tibial tendon in my right foot has never been the same...and it's been a couple of years now.0
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