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Gym no-no's...

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  • #62
    PCB
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    i think you'll find that most gyms dont allow people to wear jeans while training:D


  • #63
    dave80
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    smellslikeshoes wrote: »
    I often wear jeans in the gym, Its what I'm most comfortable in and don't see whats wrong with it. Maybe if people concentrated harder on what they were doing the issue of what someone is wearing across the room wouldn't bother them as much.

    honestly dont know how the hell you wear jeans id be sweating like a
    mo fo, do you wear them to do legs (squat etc)?


  • #64
    Riverside
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭Riverside


    Gym-Hates:
    1. Pre-Debbers:
    Girls (face full of makeup - foundation, blusher, mascara the works), usually in packs of 3 - all on same machines at the same time - so will wait on 3 bikes/cross trainers/ treadmills, beside eachother. Normally appear the week before the debs to tone up with a 30 minute session. Spend the time chatting and checking out the lads...possibly hoping to pick one up for the debs. They also have all the new gear. And thats it you never ever see them again.
    Funniest pre-debs situation I saw was 2 girls came in - a regular and her friend - regular does her usual workout, friend spends 40 mins walking on the threadmill...regular comes back to her friend and messing increases the pace slightly...friend has a hypo and screams at the regular "My mascara will run!"...all the lads behind her burst their sides laughing!
    2. Middle-aged men who never wash their gym gear:
    One in particular in my gym...wears the same clothes every night....when he goes to use a machine you can see his neighbours last for about 1-2 minutes then go and use another machine...the smell is enough to make you gag...its not sweat...its weeks/months/years of sweat!!


  • #65
    smellslikeshoes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭smellslikeshoes


    PCB wrote: »
    i think you'll find that most gyms dont allow people to wear jeans while training:D

    No Gym that Ive ever been ever had a problem with it. Why on earth should they like? I work hard in the gym, don't hog machines, I'm courteous to other people and make sure to put weights back and people like you still look at me like I'm killing puppys while I'm in the gym because I wear jeans.
    dave80 wrote: »
    honestly dont know how the hell you wear jeans id be sweating like a
    mo fo, do you wear them to do legs (squat etc)?
    Would usually wear a pair of trackies for squating, though ive definitely squated in jeans at one stage or another over the years.


  • #66
    PCB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭PCB


    jeans are not for training for the majority of people. you like them...good for you. im sure you dont rain where i do anyway so im sure it wont get on my nerves:D:D:D


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  • #67
    cowzerp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,549 ✭✭✭✭cowzerp


    PCB wrote: »
    My pet hates:

    18. weight lifting gloves......usually worn by people who think they make them look cool. gloves are pretty much useless you gimp
    I wear them to stop getting callusses and dont see how thats useless plus i can get better grip on the weights also then i dont get dirt on my hands from you after your set.
    PCB wrote: »
    21. those bullsh*t programs ''fitness instructors'' give out to people when they join the gym
    Would you rather if all beginners just got on threadmills and never tried anything else because they where worried about doing things wrong!
    or got on weights and just did them wrong.

    Rush Boxing club and Rush Martial Arts head coach.



  • #68
    PCB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭PCB


    if you have ever seen some these programs they are obviously given out by people with either minimal or no qualifications. and another thing if a fitness instructor is not in shape themsleves they are in no postion to give training advice to beginners. would you take maths lessons from a teacher who couldnt do math?

    :D


  • #69
    smellslikeshoes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭smellslikeshoes


    PCB wrote: »
    jeans are not for training for the majority of people. you like them...good for you. im sure you dont rain where i do anyway so im sure it wont get on my nerves:D:D:D
    I think you need to take a long hard look at yourself if what someone across the gym is wearing is actually bothering you.


  • #70
    Malteaser!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭Malteaser!


    Degsy wrote: »
    Is one of them always on the phone?

    I wasn't actually thinking of that group tbh, but now that you mention it, yeah...assuming it's the same people, they're absolute wreck the heads!!!


  • #71
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    Malteaser! wrote: »
    I wasn't actually thinking of that group tbh, but now that you mention it, yeah...assuming it's the same people, they're absolute wreck the heads!!!

    Bunch of dublin wide-boys?Allways shouting and hanging around in groups,a few of them have dodgy haircuts and most have tatoos??


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  • #72
    Malteaser!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,234 ✭✭✭Malteaser!


    Degsy wrote: »
    Bunch of dublin wide-boys?Allways shouting and hanging around in groups,a few of them have dodgy haircuts and most have tatoos??

    Yup, that's them!! Definitely in the top three of annoying groups who come into that gym!!


  • #73
    Hanley
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Degsy wrote: »
    Bunch of dublin wide-boys?Allways shouting and hanging around in groups,a few of them have dodgy haircuts and most have tatoos??

    Big red faces....?

    I think one of them is called Des.... (Might only be the Dublin lads who get that... looks like he's carrying a roll of carpet under each arm*)


    *Ok so that was blatantly stolen off someone with whom I was talking the other day but I still think it's frickin hilarious and well worth using again.


  • #74
    AnonoBoy
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    After reading PCB's posts on this thread I'd be afraid of going to a gym that he's in for fear of envoking his wrath due to not wearing the right thing, not walking the right way, breathing incorrectly or just generally being anywhere within his range of vision. :eek:


  • #75
    Malice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,077 ✭✭✭✭Malice


    In an effort to break out from the bitching, here's a cat pic:

    gymcat.jpg


  • #76
    Hanley
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    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    After reading PCB's posts on this thread I'd be afraid of going to a gym that he's in for fear of envoking his wrath due to not wearing the right thing, not walking the right way, breathing incorrectly or just generally being anywhere within his range of vision. :eek:

    He's probably gonna be the REALLY jacked dude, or the REALLY skinny dude. Just make sure you avoid those guys and you'll be ok.


  • #77
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    Hanley wrote: »
    Big red faces....?

    I think one of them is called Des.... (Might only be the Dublin lads who get that... looks like he's carrying a roll of carpet under each arm*)


    *Ok so that was blatantly stolen off someone with whom I was talking the other day but I still think it's frickin hilarious and well worth using again.


    Ah yes..they all suffer Imaginary Lat Syndrome.One bloke has this horrible,long-ish hair and he immediatly takes the phone out when he comes in.He then talks for an hour while checking himself out in the mirror and then goes home after two sets of barbel curls.there's another bloke with a fat head and a step who's always screeching,you can hear him all over the place.If memory serves friday nights is the worst time for them.


  • #78
    Hanley
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    Degsy wrote: »
    Ah yes..they all suffer Imaginary Lat Syndrome.One bloke has this horrible,long-ish hair and he immediatly takes the phone out when he comes in.He then talks for an hour while checking himself out in the mirror and then goes home after two sets of barbel curls.there's another bloke with a fat head and a step who's always screeching,you can hear him all over the place.If memory serves friday nights is the worst time for them.

    Hmmm... can't say I know either of those guys. I tend to avoid it at nights if I can.


  • #79
    Wood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭Wood


    PCB, entirely out of curiosity what weight are you, and what are you lifting? Real lifts now, not internet lifts.:D


  • #80
    Degsy
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    Hanley wrote: »
    Hmmm... can't say I know either of those guys. I tend to avoid it at nights if I can.

    Are you talking about the slightly older group of blokes?one of them has very short black hair,about 5'8" and walks around like a complete tosser?


  • #81
    PCB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭PCB


    Wood wrote: »
    PCB, entirely out of curiosity what weight are you, and what are you lifting? Real lifts now, not internet lifts.:D

    Bench: 160kg
    Dead: 240kg
    Squat: 245kg

    Current body weight: 95.1kg


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  • #82
    gazzer
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    People in disgustingly smelly gear. their is one guy in Pinnacle who is without doubt the most disgusting smelling human being i have ever come across. i dont think he ever washes his gear

    I was training in Pinnacle the other day and when I was drying myself after having a shower this guy came in and the smell of his bag when he opened it was unhuman. Seriously expecting a rotten hand to fall out of it. I nearly passed out with the smell.

    One other funny thing happened in there the other day. I was sitting on a bench doing some exercises and there was a guy about 5 feet from me doing some bicep curls.. he seemed to be struggling with the weight but instead of the normal grunting or such noises you would make when you are trying to get those last few reps in he was making a "Im about to c*m" noise (well thats what it sounded like to me). I couldnt concentrate on my exercise cos I was trying not to p*ss myself laughing.


  • #83
    Wood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭Wood


    PCB wrote: »
    Bench: 160kg
    Dead: 240kg
    Squat: 245kg

    Current body weight: 95.1kg

    Some good stuff right there man, what times do you train in pinnacle? Or are you still there even?


  • #84
    PCB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭PCB


    was he wearing a balck tracksuit and boots??


  • #85
    PCB
    Closed Accounts Posts: 133 ✭✭PCB


    Wood wrote: »
    Some good stuff right there man, what times do you train in pinnacle? Or are you still there even?

    still there. train there about 4 days per week. days vary depending on work and other training


  • #86
    Wood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 358 ✭✭Wood


    Cool, i'm there myself at least 5 days a week, 6 if i can.

    Pretty much exactly the same stats as myself, but you've got about 10kg on me on the bench and squat and i've about 20 on you on the dead.

    There's a lad called Davey who trains there who's putting up some serious numbers, he's 73kg and pulls 260kg. Fairly impressive. Nice bloke as well.


  • #87
    PCB
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    thats a great dead for that weight. really impressive


  • #88
    EileenG
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    Couldn't believe it, but today in Northwood, I saw a woman on the treadmill wearing pink fluffy slippers.


  • #89
    colmconn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86 ✭✭colmconn


    EileenG wrote: »
    Couldn't believe it, but today in Northwood, I saw a woman on the treadmill wearing pink fluffy slippers.

    lmao!was her masscara running too?


  • #90
    SprostonGreen
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    PCB wrote: »
    18. weight lifting gloves......usually worn by people who think they make them look cool. gloves are pretty much useless you gimp

    I wear them as I dont like the callouses I get from not wearing them. As for making me look cool, they dont, but my gimp mask does.:rolleyes:


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  • #91
    Blazer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,484 ✭✭✭✭Blazer


    Glad to see PCB doesn't have bike shorts on his list :D
    I wear them when running anything over 5 miles. If you have to ask why then you're not a runner :cool:
    Don't worry..someday you'll find out why :)


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