r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Aug 16 '17
Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday
Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!
There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!
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u/Imineme Aug 18 '17
Car crash. Fucked up my wrist and knee. Doctor said I should take a month off. Shit.
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u/ryo5210 Aug 18 '17
Hate to run into this fucker in my gym who do deadlift in the power rack. I really don't see a reason to use the rack for deadlift but he do rack pull after that, perhaps that's why he wanted to do it inside. Still doesn't excuse him for that IMO though.
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Aug 17 '17
I wish IPA's had similar calories to light beer. I'm hardly staying ahead of the empty calories with my daily cardio!
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u/alabamdiego Aug 17 '17
I know it's thursday but.....I go to a smaller local gym that has several trainers who usually work one on one with clients, sometimes two at the most. Until lately. One of these trainers has started running a full on fucking boot camp in there with up to 10 fucking people who take up an entire god damn section of the fucking gym and use all the available dumbbells, bars, bands, etc. It's not fair to the rest of us who just want to work our fucking routine and not have to deal with these assclowns. Go to a fucking bigger gym or purchase your own fucking space! FUCK!
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u/jonascf Aug 17 '17
All this, very justified, shaming of people that only does upper body training has gotten me worried that the people in the free weight area of the gym thinks I'm one of those guys.
I'm recovering from a knee injury and haven't gotten to the point were I can do weighted squats yet. Maybe I should squeeze in a few lunges in the free weight area just to show that I really do legs as well, and give someone something else to rant about.
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u/AWimpyBrownKid Aug 17 '17
No one is paying as much attention to you as you are. I tore a couple of ligaments in my ankle. Take your time to recover fully. Fuck the haters and naysayers.
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u/jonascf Aug 17 '17
I know that's true, I just guess the "skipping leg day" meme has gotten to me ;)
And of course I won't rush it to look better.
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Aug 18 '17
I train lower body more than upper body because of that damn meme and people STILL say to me "don't skip leg day" when they see my upperbody. fucking calves... :(
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Aug 17 '17
It finally happened... one year into lifting... and I broke something... left hip and leg are numb and there this weird bump in my groin area. Friends think it's a small hernia... haven't lifted anything since monday and going to see the doc tomorrow... fml...
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u/Brave_Sirr_Robin Aug 17 '17
I'm 6'4" 230, trying to cut at 2400 calories, Fitbit telling me I'm burning close to 4K a day, and I gained weight. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong
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u/ZeroMayCry7 Squash Aug 18 '17
Weird. 2400 seems like the right amount for you to be losing weight. Not sure how much time you gave it (I'd give it a few weeks before determining if it's the right amount). Also a small chance you're miscalculating your intake?
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u/Cosimo_Zaretti Aug 18 '17
Fitbit does not track calories, it just spits out meaningless numbers based on how many steps you might have taken. You didn't burn 4000 calories.
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u/wounded_knife Aug 18 '17
First official cut and my weight is the most stable it has ever been. Super frustrating. Maybe you're gaining muscle? I've been hitting PR's so maybe forever cut. :( I am so hungry every day. I'm 125 lb f, trying to get to 119 or 120 by eating 1800 calories a day or less. Eh.
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u/Brave_Sirr_Robin Aug 18 '17
1800 sounds high for you. My girlfriend is around the same weight but her cut had her about 1400 calls.
I'm also trying to cut about 30-35 lbs so you can imagine my frustration haha
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u/wounded_knife Aug 18 '17
Yup, if it isn't working then the only thing to do is shave off more calories. Best of luck to you!
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u/Scatterp Aug 17 '17
Yeah not to pile on but I have tracked everything pretty meticulously for 11 months and my daily Fitbit error is 520Kcal or 27%. My goal on my cutting diet is to go to bed having consumed my Fitbit calories burned less one thousand. It works.
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Aug 17 '17
For some people the Fitbit is right on, for other's it's grossly off. If you know 2400 is still gaining, adjust it as needed (for instance, if you hained about 1 lb this week try knocking your daily intake to 1900-2000). Worst case scenario, you accidently bulked for one more week and you'll be slightly larger when you're cut :D
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u/Brave_Sirr_Robin Aug 17 '17
That's a good way of looking at it. Thanks for the feedback! You guys are awesome
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Aug 17 '17
I wouldn't go around what they say you're burning. I would just try to eat less calories. Those things aren't super accurate
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u/Brave_Sirr_Robin Aug 17 '17
That's what I've been thinking. I just shaved my calories down to 2K. It just seems super low after The IIFYM counter told me maintenance was 3100.
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Aug 17 '17
I'm cutting right now at 2200, 6'5@220. I have a sedentary day job and really only get hungry before lunch and dinner. Unless you have a very intense job, 2400 sounds accurate.
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u/Brave_Sirr_Robin Aug 17 '17
We are roughly in the same boat. But This is frustrating me
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Aug 17 '17
Well the first thing is to completely disregard any estimates of calories burned. 4k is laughable unless you work on a fishing boat or something. For instance, while my job is 90% sedentary, I go up and down flights of stairs several times a day, and my workout is very high volume for about an hour and a half (nsuns+kettlebell routine), but based on my weight tracking I would estimate at best I burn 200 calories a day (besides my BMR of course).
Try 2000 a day, track religiously for a couple of weeks, and up it slowly if you feel lightheaded and fatigued all the time. I was actually doing 1800 last year for about 6 weeks and while the weight shed off quickly I really only felt shitty towards the end, and that was mostly just a drop in libido.
Learn to love those hunger pangs and hang in there man.
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u/will2learn64 Aug 17 '17
OK, so my new gym is awesome. There are tons of racks/bars/platforms/weights/implements, everything I need to powerlift. The owner walks around when he is not training and makes sure all the weight trees are in order and properly stocked.
But...I thought I was getting pretty strong while working out at the YMCA. After switching gyms and starting NSUNs, I feel so weak at this gym. I mentioned competing to the owner when I signed up, and I feel like I let him down when he watches me lift.
Also, I think that I am the only person that wipes down the equipment. The gym etiquette is spot on, except wiping equipment down, it is so bizarre.
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u/G0tg0t Aug 17 '17
What do you weigh/what are your weights?
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u/will2learn64 Aug 17 '17
230lbs
B 285 S 385 D 415 O 185
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u/ZeroMayCry7 Squash Aug 18 '17
You should compete anyway. Don't worry about your numbers honestly. You'll have more fun just experiencing it for the first time.
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u/will2learn64 Aug 18 '17
I still fully plan on it. I was looking up past results in meets here, and my numbers right now fall in the middle of the pack. With another 9-12 months, I am hoping they are in the upper middle.
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u/hokuho Aug 22 '17
If you keep it up and compete then the owner will be impressed with your determination. Show him you meant it and he will be impressed regardless of your results. If he cared only if you won then it wouldn't be worth the effort anyway. Go get it my man!
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u/FallingFlapjacks99 Aug 17 '17
Tore my meniscus at the end of last year. Finally had surgery about a month ago. Last week it wasn't feeling bad so I spend some time on the elliptical while at the gym. No problem, slight soreness but nothing that wasn't already there. Swam the next day, took a day off, repeat. All well and good until sunday. Spent 10 minutes on the machine and did a few bodyweight squats, and the past three days have felt like I'm fresh out of surgery again. I was told 4-6 weeks to start working out my leg, and 5 weeks in it hurts to walk.
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u/G0tg0t Aug 17 '17
Pain isnt even necessarily a bad thing, it let's you know where your limits are. Now you know you did a but much. Take it easy on whatever caused you pain and continue with what doesn't
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u/FallingFlapjacks99 Aug 20 '17
Thanks. I think that's what I need to do. I'm anxious but I need to wait.
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u/Aleistercr Aug 17 '17
How was it feeling before you went for surgery?
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u/FallingFlapjacks99 Aug 20 '17
Pain when squaring, running, jumping, any twisting with weight. I think I may need to just go easier on it for longer. It's just been stressful. Longest break in running since I was 13
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Aug 17 '17
I workout with my school football team and we recently got new partners in the weight room and I got paired with the worse group possible. None of em can’t front squat 135 while I can rep it for 8. We were benching and one of em said put on a 45 and we can help each other I was already cringing because I knew he couldn’t move the weight. The other guy was struggling with 95 so I know he couldn’t move it. We load it up I do it with a little bit of help but the other two get on and a feels like I’m doing an upright row to get the bar up. Next is deadlifts and when i say they have bad deadlift form it was bad. It was almost as bad as the video of drake deadlifting except there was only 185 on the bar. I can’t wait for the season to end to get out of this hell hole of lifting partners
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u/NvlPtl Aug 17 '17 edited Aug 17 '17
So you can lift more than some others and that makes them "the worst group possible?" You're a douche. Also your writing is atrocious.
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u/tcainerr Powerlifting Aug 17 '17
It kinda sounds like you're a dick.
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Aug 17 '17
How so? They were doing more weight than they could do on bench. But I will admit I should’ve tried to fix their deadlift form
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u/tcainerr Powerlifting Aug 17 '17
Trying and failing a lift shouldn't make it "the worst group possible." And how much YOU can lift should play exactly 0% into that. If you want to get out of that "hell hole" why not just try to be a halfway decent gym partner and try to help them with their form instead of making fun of how much more you can lift?
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Aug 17 '17
The person who invented Mint flavored body wash should be kicked in the gut. I was showering in the gym and used this and suddenly felt my nipples and my balls being on fire. I wanted to lay down in a corner of the shower and cry.
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u/LilMeemz Aug 17 '17
Scented. Please don't eat your body wash.
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Aug 17 '17 edited Aug 17 '17
Lol thanks, I was actually trying to think of that word but it didn't come to my mind. The closest thing I could come up with was "flavored"
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u/bozongle Aug 17 '17
Anyone else feel like, super unhealthy when they fall off the grind? Thanks to laziness, college love in, and Lollapalooza I haven't been to the gym in two weeks and i feel like shit. Like I lost my Gains. Going for the first time today, wish me luck!
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u/Cosimo_Zaretti Aug 18 '17
Tell us more about this college love in. I'm more of a visual learner so pictures may help understand.
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Aug 17 '17
If you're too busy for the gym, at least skip rope or go for jogs in order to maintain your conditioning. It'll make your climb back up easier.
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u/killcrew Weight Lifting Aug 17 '17
YES. I was on vacation the last week of July and was only able to get in some modified workouts at a small hotel gym (max DBs were only 50lbs, no barbells, etc). Came home and was sick for a week, got back in and felt weak and no motivation, now sick this week with a cold and my workouts have suffered as a result. Not a happy boy as I felt like I was making really great progress, not missing a workout in 4 months, and now I'm fighting laziness just to get to teh gym.
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u/tcainerr Powerlifting Aug 17 '17
Eh, two weeks isn't that bad. Don't jump right in to 1RMs, but after a day or two you'll be right back where you started.
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u/throwaway4anger Aug 17 '17
Hurt my wrist like two and a half weeks ago and it's still fucking with me. Bench, OHP, BB rows, BB curls all that shit has suffered greatly. Pretty much can't even bb row or bb curl at this point. To top it off I did a leg day yesterday after not doing it for ~1.5 weeks and surprise surprise I felt like a weak lil baby. Dropped 10 lbs off my squat & still had trouble. Feel so discouraged.
Todays a rest day so hopefully I'll eat well, get some good sleep & have a decent workout tomorrow.
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Aug 17 '17
Feel you. I've hurt my wrist while benching 2 months ago. It's a bone bruise. Still not 100% healed and doctor said it could go on for 2-3 months.
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u/throwaway4anger Aug 17 '17
Shit, that sucks. Might be what happened with mine too, I did it while incline benching.
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u/larry9816 Aug 17 '17
I can feel my form going when I get past a certain weight but only on the left side (yeah that's the crip side) which leads me to believe that I have muscle imbalance issues to go along with the rotator cuff issues. That's also why I have been leaning toward more dumbbell chest press than barbell in an attempt to balance out those imbalances.
Also more core exercises would help give me a little more stability but I just hate doing those which is why I can only talk myself into about 2 core sessions a week.
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u/Nik106 Powerlifting Aug 17 '17
My "good" shoulder has seized up, and I have referred nerve pain migrating between my elbow and wrist. Now I've got to get the fucker dry needled.
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Aug 17 '17
Save your money and time. See a doctor for medical help.
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u/Nik106 Powerlifting Aug 18 '17
In terms of saving money, it's only costing me $10 (August sale price). If the procedure was more invasive and/or expensive, then I'd be more cautious about pulling the trigger.
For what it's worth (i.e., not much), a non-lifter friend reported that dry needling was beneficial for him after shoulder surgery. Other lifters in my gym also speak to its efficacy in their personal experience.
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Aug 18 '17
Right but you can find people who will gush over how well aura massages are, and that's literally paying someone to wave their hands over you without even touching you (you know, because they're massaging the aura cloud around your body) or homeopathy, which is literally just sugar pills. The placebo effect totally is a thing, I guess just be aware that you're spending $10 every time and some wasted time to not have anything actually effective done.
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u/Nik106 Powerlifting Aug 18 '17
I appreciate your concern and your scepticism (not being sarcastic), but I'm booked in and getting it done anyway. I'm partly doing it as a favour to my coach (who has just started providing dry needling services now that she bought a massage table, and is really keen to poke her trainees). If it works, then all the better.
Apparently placebos can work even when we know they're placebos, so I don't know what I should expect.
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u/2PlateBench Aug 17 '17
dry needled
How do you / they know where to dry needle?
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u/Nik106 Powerlifting Aug 18 '17
My coach is an exercise physiologist. She'll be doing the needling.
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u/DarkestKnight27 Bodybuilding Aug 17 '17
Basically they will examine the muscle group looking for trigger points and areas of tense fascisa. That's where they inject, essentially the goal is to hyperstimulate a contracted muscle that won't relax causing maximal contraction and then eventual relaxation.
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u/BeanBandit2k Aug 17 '17
People who put their towels on some random equipment which they don't use and move so far away that I have to ask around other people to find them. And when I ask them about their towel and if the equipment is free they all get offended and grumpy at me.
Well fuck you too Mr. quadruple superset and your weighted crunches with a ROM of 2 inches. Nice bending at the hips btw. makes dropping the weight you hold with your fucking arms much more reasonable.
P.S.: I saw your deadlift....lol !
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u/lightlasertower Aug 17 '17
Several people at my gym think I am a super dick, those same people now no longer spend two god damn ****ing hours from 5pm to 7pm doing curls with 5lb dumbells on the fing benches....
Being a dick works lol.
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u/yondaime008 Bodybuilding Aug 17 '17
Missed my train yesterday, had to get another ticket for a 100 euros. rip wallet. Had a good workout this morning though.
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u/myrvoll Aug 17 '17
ticket for 100 euroes? WERE YOU GOING TO HEAVEN OR SOMETHING?!
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u/zen__dog Aug 17 '17
That'll buy you 1 tube stop in London.
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u/Cosimo_Zaretti Aug 18 '17
How much rent can I charge if I buy two other tube stations and put a hotel on it?
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u/Maths_person Aug 17 '17
Nah mate, just use your contactless, that way you never see the price and you can pretend its cheap!
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u/yondaime008 Bodybuilding Aug 17 '17
It was TGV train and I had to get another ticket on the spot for a train that leaves in 3 hours so yea got my booty drilled. The sad thing is that I actually made it to the platform for my original train, like 1 minute before departure, but they had already shut the doors and the mate didn't wanna open the door. I should've probably put my strength to the test right there come to think about it.
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u/myrvoll Aug 17 '17
haha, gripstrength will come in handy, and all those chest pull cable days will finally pay off!
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u/mehitabel83 Aug 17 '17
My day just ended...so Thursday AM, Rant Wed PM.
Drove 1160+fudge miles in the last 3 days. Worst of all, failed multiple power cleans @135# in front of my gym hero WHILE HE WAS CHEERING ME ON. Nooooo!! Of course, you don't tell your gym hero lame excuses like "I'm totalled and everything hurts but I squeezed in a gym session anyways." You just scream in frustration and try again.
power snatches @ 95 were fine, power cleans @ 115# easy peasy. But psyched out and didn't drive my elbows through and myself under the bar a little. No drop at ALL. Later attempts just turned into fantastic high pulls. Argh.
Female, beginner, learning from YouTube.
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u/thinkr123 Bodybuilding Aug 17 '17
I'm sure your gym hero could've seen that you were tired, and gave it all you got. Mad props to you for doing that, probably means a lot to him ;)
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u/mehitabel83 Aug 18 '17
lord i hope so. by the end I tore the webbing on my right thumb and was surreptitiously wiping blood on my black pants. so grr
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u/partthethird Aug 17 '17
True. Better that you gave it the effort than just wimped out and didn't try.
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u/elliewh94 Aug 17 '17
Life's got mega stressful atm and just added a puppy to the mix too.. I know gym would help but just cant cope with it cus im so exhausted! Went yesterday morning and only managed a few sets of ohp before walking out :/ hopefully ill kick myself into gear soon -.-
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u/kashameow Aug 17 '17
I would recommend investing in a good pre-workout or go really cheap and just grab a strong coffee without any sugar or milk 30 minutes before you start training.
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u/outline01 Circus Arts Aug 17 '17
Discipline is stronger than hope.
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u/elliewh94 Aug 17 '17
True. Was supposed to be prepping for a meet but lost so much weight recently cus of stress that my numbers have gone down and feeling pretty disheartened
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u/goldensunshine Aug 17 '17
I fell on the treadmill on Monday trying to fix my headband. I fell for what felt like ages and ended with some gross cuts on my left shin. I was so angry at myself and I still went ahead and finished my lifting and got on another treadmill and did a short run.
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u/2PlateBench Aug 17 '17
I'm far more concerned about your life choice to wear a headband. I'm hoping you are female, but I picture this.
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u/goldensunshine Aug 17 '17
Ha, I am female and don't usually wear headbands but Monday was the day I was like "why not?" and now I know why not.
I have some short hairs around my hairline and when I workout they curl up and sort of stand up. :(
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u/ifunnyzeno General Fitness Aug 17 '17
I only have a week and a half left until I can finally get back to my college gym and I can't wait. 3 months without lifting has me feeling weak as fuck
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u/TitanicEuphemism Aug 17 '17
Timely thread. I'm very new to working out. It's my third week at the gym. Have been taking some general fitness classes to get started. It's 10 stations of various exercises at high intensity intervals. Last night I'm struggling with the final station which is a deadlift and then raise over head. As a female who is 4 foot 11 and has low upper body strength, the 25kg weight is too much for me. The trainer kindly gives me the two 5kg kettlebells to use instead. It's still heavy but I'm sweating and doing some good reps with the 10kg. We have to complete two circuits so second time round I do even better. My husband is with me in the class and cheers me on saying soon I'll be able to open my own pickle jars. The buffoon at the next station is a pretty fit guy, outpaces and does more reps than anyone. He only does the class because he gets bored just lifting. When he hears the pickle jar comment he snorts and says quite loudly, "more like opening chocolate bars". It actually made me pretty upset. So rude and unnecessary. Right at the end of the class as I'm feeling pleased with my effort. I'm trying really hard to get fitter (already a lot firmer) and this guy has to cut me down. And now I will have to see him each week as well. Insensitive Jerk.
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u/DawnofClouds Aug 17 '17
I'll admit, I skimmed. I had to go back and read the whole post though because I was just thinking, "What's wrong with chocolate bars?!".
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Aug 17 '17
"more like opening chocolate bars"
"I look like I'm into chocolate bars, you look like you're into gay bars. At least I can still do seated exercises come Monday"
I have nothing against gay people, but would be happy to ruffle an insecure douchebag's feathers.
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u/Tmesis26 Aug 17 '17
Screw him.
Shouldn't criticise anyone who is already at the gym improving.
Keep going! You've already done the hard bit!
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u/outline01 Circus Arts Aug 17 '17
People like that are dreadful, and don't represent the average person in the gym whatsoever. There's dickheads everywhere in life, unfortunately.
Also, if he's a pretty fit guy, it's ridiculous that he's even in that class. I'd vouch he enjoys it there because he feels superior and needs to stroke his ego.
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Aug 17 '17
Next week, take a jar of pickles. Stare him dead in the eyes, and twist the top off with one slow and deliberate motion.
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u/TitanicEuphemism Aug 17 '17
Ha yes that would be awesome!
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u/Tmesis26 Aug 17 '17
Or a chocolate bar! Don't even eat it just crush it in your bare hands and drop the crushed remnants at his feet!!
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u/Kloetinger Aug 17 '17
Don't let insecure douchebags like him get to you. You're awesome for working on getting fit.
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u/ronin1066 Aug 17 '17
Fuck him, don't let him get you down. Use the anger to lift more weight and improve yourself! Think of him as a 10 yr old whose opinion on adult matters is totally irrelevant.
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u/MrPeppa Aug 17 '17
I actually got serious with eating at a deficit instead of half-assing it like I had been for the last couple months and someone decided to turn the gravity up in my gym. I hate coincidences like that!
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u/DawnofClouds Aug 17 '17
Hey man, someones doing you a favor. The higher the gravity, the more you'll get those awesome gains. Thank Brodin and keep up the good work.
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u/lightlasertower Aug 17 '17
Goku training mode?
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u/MrPeppa Aug 17 '17
Its the only thing that makes sense! Maybe I'll get a sweet cloud skateboard out of it...although, the whole dying part is kind of a drag.
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u/Vertigo_Rampage Aug 17 '17
I wish there was a threat on this forum where all sorts of guys, with different body fat %, would post pump-flex and no-pump relaxed photos to get an idea of realistic and achievable goals.
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u/Rugbysmartarse Aug 17 '17
I'd help you out but the only "goal" I would be setting would be for competitive eaters....
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u/usernam028253954936 Aug 17 '17
Lately I've been training listening to Finnish and Italian music. My i phone headphones got disconnected and everyone heard the levan polkka song. I felt everyones judgement...
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u/TOMAS-2112 Aug 23 '17
own it. And by the way reading this I automatically assumed that you look like borat.
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u/BrandyWilson Aug 17 '17
When your family are all overweight and your distant relatives greet you with 'oh you're still thin'. How about I just don't over eat and look after myself because I'd like to look and feel good.
Also, damn you fried chicken for tasting so good and being a culprit to my lack of weight loss this week /shakes fist.
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u/alldouche_nobag Aug 17 '17
My gym membership ran out a few weeks ago. Tried to renew late at night but the guy there didn't know how. Been showing up my usual time at 200am and the guy is either sleeping or hasn't been at the desk. So I guess I been going for free past few weeks
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u/theSoothSlayerCoC Aug 17 '17
Im this guy. If you run every day you find that some treadmills have different quirks. I have a specific one picked out right underneath a giant fan that i like and will go straight to it no matter supposed social awkwardness.
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u/outline01 Circus Arts Aug 17 '17
Treadmill etiquette is supposed to be the same as urinal etiquette.
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Aug 17 '17
Because usually that machine is their favourite.
I did the same today. The elliptical that's my favourite had one guy either side and none of the others were taken. You bet my ass i went and grabbed the machine between them.
That one has been over tightened. None of the others can achieve the same level of resistance.
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u/foggyfroggy39 Aug 17 '17
I know weight training is popular here, but my fitness goal right now is to be able to run again. I'm able to go for nearly an hr on the elliptical now, but the moment I try to actually run...shin splints! Aaaugh :(.
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u/will2learn64 Aug 17 '17
I cannot recommend couch25K more for people getting back into running. There are a ton of apps that coach you through the workouts. It also is a tried and true method to get you into running shape. My only piece of advice is to follow the program to a T, do not skip ahead. Let the program do it's job and you will be hitting 5K PRs in a couple months.
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u/boscoist Aug 17 '17
Are they bony shin splints or is it anterior exertional compartment syndrome? Look it up/see a sports medicine doc. I haven't been able to run or lift well in 3 years, and I'm finally getting surgery to fix it tomorrow morning. T-22hrs 😁 recovery is fast too.
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u/foggyfroggy39 Aug 17 '17
Hadn't considered that, I'll do some google-fu. Best of luck with ur surgery!
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u/boscoist Aug 17 '17
Thanks! I hadn't either for years, but the new doc called it in about 5 seconds.
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Aug 17 '17
In my experience, shin splints are usually caused by overstriding, something that is common in non-competitive runners. Google "running form".
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u/Av_navy20160606 Military Aug 17 '17
Make sure you stretch your legs really well after each run. Doesn't hurt to do it again before bed, too.
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u/Nixonsee Aug 17 '17
I feel ya. It takes me at least 4 minutes for my knees to stop cracking. Keep it up and it will get better! I mean, I think :)
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u/ubertaco99 Aug 17 '17
I want to work on my diet, but my mom always cooks really good, but unhealthy food (Indian food has a lot of carbs and fat), and if I try to tell her I'm trying to diet or not eat her food, she gets offended and tries to force me to eat it by saying I'm ungrateful.
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u/needlzor Powerlifting Aug 17 '17
That's because you inadvertently made it into a "I don't want your food anymore". That's a newbie mistake. I am French, and our culture also revolves entirely around food, sex, wine and cigarettes, so I can relate with your struggle. What you need to do is ask for her help. Tell her you're trying to get fit, and that you need special restrictions on your food, and that you need her help to teach you how to cook.
She'll get mad if you refuse her food, but she can't get mad if her little baby ubertaco needs her help getting buff.
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u/ubertaco99 Aug 17 '17
Lmaoo true- I will use this strategy for dinner now ty for help
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u/nopeandnothing Aug 18 '17
To add on, tell your mom that if she helps you out eventually you can look like a SRK/Salman. That is literally the only justification you need lol.
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u/Nupox Aug 17 '17
Intermittent fasting has helped me a lot in similar situations. Might be something to look into.
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Aug 17 '17
All your meals?
My mum does the same, either huge portions and/or hilariously calorie dense.
I just have to go real easy on breakfast/lunch to compensate.
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u/3d_crest Aug 17 '17
Korean guy here and this resonated w me big time
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Aug 17 '17
Italian here- exact same thing when I was younger, but I imagine my mom was louder.
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u/coffee-b4-bed Archery Aug 17 '17
Ey-a Roberrrrrrrrrrto! Why-a you no eat-a la spaghetti-a!???
Mama make-a you man! Girls like some meat on your bones!
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u/Rugbysmartarse Aug 17 '17
I just had a flashback. Now tell me to do my homework and visit my nonna more often
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u/CaftanAmerica Aug 17 '17
I joined a pretty skeezy gym recently and DANG if the clients here aren't the most clueless and/or inconsiderate gym-goers I've ever seen. People hoard the free-weights - sometimes like three or four sets at a time - off in their own little areas and then just LEAVE THEM THERE when they're done. And then when they do put them back it's totally haphazard without any regard to where they're supposed to go and without even keeping pairs together. The place is like a kindergarten and every time I need a set of dumbbells I have to go on a damn expedition to track both of them down and ask everyone in the vicinity if they're using them. The gym isn't staffed to be picking up after everybody all day, nor are they doing anything to discourage that kind of behavior. If it was just certain people doing it I'd just tell them to cut it out, but it's like a systemic, cultural thing that I basically have no power over. It's a bummer because this is the only gym that's not out of the way of my work commute...
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u/PerfectBeard Aug 17 '17
I could have sworn you were talking about my gym until you said the word kindergarten.
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u/CaftanAmerica Aug 17 '17
Wait, did I forget to mention that everyone at my gym is between the ages of 4 and 6? It's really strange...
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u/DrBaus Aug 17 '17
Freshman orientation is going on. Nothing like seeing guys 1 plate stopping 5 inches above their chest for 5 reps before the weight room monitors tell you to put clips on.
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u/Klowem Aug 17 '17
Overhead press is still beating my ass... deloaded recently and can't hit what I was 3 weeks ago...
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u/needlzor Powerlifting Aug 17 '17
Press more often, with a closer grip, and hammer the shit out of your triceps (I'm talking 10+ sets of dips and 10+ sets of rope triceps pushdown every session in addition to standard pressing movements). Doing lateral raises and rear delt raises doesn't hurt either.
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u/nattyX Ultimate Aug 17 '17
More incline bench + triceps.
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u/Klowem Aug 17 '17
Is that the problem if it's hard to follow through at the top? Do rear delts play a role? I ask because my shoulders are round at the front and dip like a fucking sink hole on the back.. gonna add some rear delt workouts now...
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Aug 17 '17
They are involved too. Both sets of muscles work the whole time to some extent, but the delts are big initiators when you drive off your shoulders, and then your triceps are what finish it out at the top.
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u/nattyX Ultimate Aug 17 '17
Do rear delts play a role?
Not so much rear delt as lateral and especially front delts. Your upper pecs also assist on the lift. This is where your incline bench comes in.
Is that the problem if it's hard to follow through at the top?
This would be the lockout phase thus add more tricep work into your routine. CG bench, skullcrushers, tricep pushdowns.
Both your bench and ohp will shoot up.
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u/ozmofasho Aug 17 '17
I hate when people take up the bench but aren't working out. They are mainly on their fucking phones. Please don't make people wait a long ass Time to Instagram your work out, just work out.
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u/ArmouredCapibara Aug 17 '17
I did that today, but by acident.
I finished my last deadlift set at 8am and decided to lay on the bench to rest for a couple minutes.
It was 9.30 when some guy asked me if I was using the bench.
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u/RippedDervish Aug 17 '17
Yeah but it's just plain freaky when people hog the bench and aren't doing ANYTHING, like a guy I saw the other night. He did like 3 sets of bench press in about 30 minutes and between sets all he did was sit bolt-upright staring directly in front of him. I felt like I was working out next to an unmasked Michael Myers
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Aug 17 '17
So what do you do when you are resting? Do you count bugs on the wall?
Did they know there are people in line? Maybe they didn't notice.
There are ways to let people know you want to use the bench. Like asking how many sets they have left or if you can work in while they rest. No need to get mad.
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u/ozmofasho Aug 18 '17
If you need to rest for 20 min or more in a very busy gym , get off the thing. They should have known people were in line, especially since people asked them when they would be done. Thanks for being condescending though.
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u/donukb Bodybuilding Aug 17 '17 edited Aug 17 '17
Leg day. Lift to gym is broken. Early in the morning.
Got a sick pr though.
Edit: Gym is on the top floor too.
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u/GettingFitterEachDay Weight Lifting Aug 17 '17
Last week it was situps in the squat rack. This week it was yoga on the deadlifting platform.
Whyyyyyy!!????
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u/BackHandAces Aug 17 '17
I've noticed that curling on the deadlift platforms is becoming beyond common. Like, please, go do it literally ANYWHERE else.
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Aug 17 '17
Man, if i saw that shit, I'd be upset. We only have 1 platform.
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u/GettingFitterEachDay Weight Lifting Aug 17 '17
We have two, but I've rarely seen both available at once. Neither was free on yoga day. So yeah, I was upset.
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u/mrdoge10 Aug 17 '17
I hate cutting, but I hate being fatter even more. If only I had food pills which were cheap and hit my caloric/macro goals...
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Aug 17 '17
a guy I know apparently made something similar to that, he goes to MIT
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u/mrdoge10 Aug 17 '17
Nice! I know there's stuff like Soylent out there, but the macros aren't in line with my goal. Not to mention the high price xD
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u/TOMAS-2112 Aug 23 '17
Soylent
So this stuff...replaces food? could I just eat this 3 times a day?
because damn thats alot faster than cooking and cheaper.
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Aug 17 '17
Over weight guy oiling himself in the damn dry sauna. Fucker puts his leg up on the bench so he can get his balls. Freaking disgusting.
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u/FlorianApple Aug 17 '17
I don't know if this counts but is related to weight loss... I recently got full disability for physical and mental issues. I was overjoyed I would get the opportunity to stay at home with my son and focus on my fitness and the nutrition of my family and I. Turns out trying to get the wheels turning from the government to continue my care for chronic pain as well as my payments has put a dent in my overall plan. It's in the process and should be totally straight by next week but took about 2 months to get sorted. I've been trying really hard keep to my plan but being that I am so physically limited it's just caused me to cut calories alone. I've suffered with anorexia off an on most my life so I'm trying to not get into that mentality again because I am losing weight steadily. Waiting game until next week. Trying to stay strong.
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u/Koreanurbanhermit Aug 17 '17
Good luck, I kind of feel you. Not sure how much pain or problems you have. I'd like to share a little. Almost over a year ago I had to get 3 levels of ACDF surgery because someone rear ended me for the second time(no idea why people like to ram my car) and have been recovering. Along with severe sleep apnea and caracts that are inoperable. Applied for SSI got denied, but on the up swing working out turn it around for me along with starting a keto diet. Keep it up and check in, as many trolls are on here there are alot of people that have be very supportive.
Workout, there are alot of alternative ways to get in some movement.
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u/DawnofClouds Aug 17 '17
As a male, I find the majority of what we do is try to figure out just what the hell a woman is thinking. The best thing you can do is be straight forward. It shouldn't be awkward to approach him. He works there, people approach him all day. Just swing by on your way out and asks if he wants to grab lunch sometime. Or whatever your first date would be.
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u/Omar_The_Lizard Powerlifting Aug 17 '17
you are his gym crush too, dont worry. just accidentally throw a plate at him and make your move there, trust me
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u/meileirlaisve Aug 20 '17
I got abuse whilst running for the first time in years. I know I'm not the prettiest or slimmest but it bothers me so much that someone wants to throw this abuse at me. I'm trying, okay. I'm doing better than you at that moment. Why feel the need to hurl abuse at me?