| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/5/2008 10:32:21 AM | The other day I was at the gym and it was rather crowded. So, there were some folks waiting patiently by the back wall for certain machines to open up. It was all rather orderly.
I get on the treadmill, turn on the MP3 player and get settled in for my run. The machine opens up next to me. Please let it be the little hottie that takes it! No, some old guy. He sets down his stuff, and then leaves. Okay, he's getting some water.
A minute go by. 2 minutes. 5 minutes. Still a few people on the back wall waiting. 10 minutes.
The guy finally comes back 20 minutes later to start his routine. And is on the machine for a grand total of 10 minutes before he leaves.
I would have thrown his crap off and taken the treadmill after he was gone for 5, but that's just me. Could have been worse; He could have been talking loudly on his cell phone. | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/6/2008 11:21:48 AM | I think my kryptonite would be a really good magazine or article... (which I tend to find more often in Men's Health than any women's mags...)
I've been rehabbing my feet from plantar fasciitis. So it's been 6 months of no running. Now, it's a 20 min walk for a warm up, then run/walk splits in 3 and 2 minute intervals... but I'm not so good at running and reading. So if I get distracted by reading an article, my warm up lasts too long, or my splits get messed up because I'm not paying attention to the timer... | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/7/2008 6:15:57 AM | Well a couple of things I guess.
1) I hate it when your right by that guy who throws around the weighs like a mad man.
Slamming them and grunting really loud. It kind of looks like he's not getting enough
attention anywhere else. So he has to annoy you into paying attention to him.
2)The weird guy from work. You know who I'm talking about. The guy that wants
to talk all the time about fitness like he knows what he's talking about. Usally
overweight, always talking, getting nothing done and always try's to get in on every
conversation in the office.
Well to make a long story short. This guy one day walked into my gym. He immediatly
came over and started talking to me and saying what I should do. Needless to say
I just had to change gyms eventually. | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/7/2008 7:45:26 PM | | Having a workout buddy kills my workout. I tend to slack, unless the workout is swimming laps and my workout buddy is my long time best friend.... We really whoop on each other then. But anybody else is too much into chit chat.... | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/7/2008 7:52:18 PM |
Having a workout buddy kills my workout. I tend to slack, unless the workout is swimming laps and my workout buddy is my long time best friend.... We really whoop on each other then. But anybody else is too much into chit chat....
I never got the workout buddy thing, unless it's weights or a class, but it's sort of like a date to the movies - you can't really talk or do much of anything buddy-like. You barely know they're there thru most of the gym time. If anything, it gets in the way of what you came to do. I am no good without an ipod or an instructor, so I virtually can't find any use for a buddy, other than outside of gym time to motivate each other or warning your buddy that they should hurry up and get there cause the machines are going fast, or the men are hot today! Maybe meeting for dinner after the gym? | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/7/2008 9:52:21 PM | People that camp gym equipment... especially when you are on it.
It happens almost every time... Next muscle group in your routine, you spot an empty machine... set the weights, have a seat (or whatever), and a minute into your first set, here comes some idiot who drops a dufflebag by your feet waiting for your machine.
Stop acting impatient, go find another machine to work on. It's not going to make me go any faster.... infact... I do believe I take extra pleasure in going slower at that point.
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Oh I freaking hate it when people sit on machines and hog them! Not every gym has multiples of the same equipment. If they look like they want to use the machine, ask them if they want to share the machine and swap on and off. For me thats a huge problem because I never just use one machine, I do supersets, switching between 2 and sometimes 4 machines with no rest. I let my muscles rest while I am working out another muscle group.I have no problem having a 20 second delay for swapping out the seat position and weights to share machines with people. But when they sit there for 4 sets, taking 90 seconds in-between...gahh it just gets on my nerves. (I work at a gym) | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/8/2008 5:07:36 AM | I also hate the idiots that slam weights around. If they're too heavy for ya, get some f**king lighter weights! Slamming the weights around doesn't make them look badass...it just makes em look like an ass.
Although, the guys that take 2 minutes to get ready to lift are kind of entertaining. Although not as entertaining as the screamers...whenever I hear one of those guys, I'm tempted to imitate one of the characters from the anime "Dragon Ball Z"
"uughh..aaahhh...uuhhhhhaaaaagggh!....RRRAAAAGGGHH! You are no match for my power!!"  | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/8/2008 7:44:05 AM | | Weight room! Seems like other women never go in there? I know over a certain age weight training is sooo important for bones strength in women. It's testosterone alley in there! When I go in it's like there's a pink elephant in the room. Guy's are either shocked that I'm in there, trying to show off, or whatever>> | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/9/2008 12:25:45 PM | I hit up the gym on an almost daily basis (aside from rest days) and no matter what, I always lose any and all ambition/drive to lift hard the moment I'm confronted by some disgustingly foul smell. Never fails!
The worst is when you are there bright and early for a morning HIIT cardio session and you are going full tilt near the end of your workout...you have this intense feeling of determination and feel great; you've worked so hard you feel like you are ready to vomit, and then all of a sudden, BAM, crushed by some foul smell comin from the person who just walked in and took the machine next to you. | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/11/2008 10:33:17 AM | i know that it has nothing to do with the topic but i just have to ask you people that work out...
anybody here stopped taking dairy because of acne problems..well, i noticed that ever since i started working out which was 2 years ago I get tons of blemishes on my face..
But obviously when you work out you got to change your diet....what i am stating is that i think it is the dairy that is causing me to breakout...Skim milk to be specific. I overload my diet with skim milk...Anybody here have the same problem? so i think i am going to try soy for now and see if it helps
or anybody have other suggestions? | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/11/2008 7:34:34 PM | | I know dairy is linked to acne. However, I *personally* wouldn't recommend you switch to soy milk. Try almond or rice milk instead. (as noted elsewhere in this forum, soy isn't necessarily all it's cracked up to be and has estrogenic properties) | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/12/2008 8:20:40 PM | | Dairy is a well-known acne trigger. However, it's in a lot more than just your glass of skim milk. Start reading labels. | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/13/2008 5:34:18 AM | thank you for the confirmation..I guess i am allergic to milk. My acne is actually getting better...I hate to give up yogurt but i rather not have blemishes all over my face. I just asked because my acne is severe...
there is going to be hatters for any product..If soy was so bad the FDA would have done something..I don't think there is explicit evidence regarding the detriments of soy. I really think people have different opinions regarding each product that is in the market.. go to notmilk.com and see what they have to say about milk..
i heard about the problems with soy but people in japan and korea eat soy on a daily basis for decades now. It would have been banned by now if it was so detrimental..
I really think it is how our individual body ressponds to a certain product. | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/13/2008 12:54:19 PM | The FDA does not look into every thing as well as you may think. There are a lot of products out there that work exactly like steroids and they just glazed over them!
But for SOY, it has been proven that a high intake of SOY protein in men can cause a higher level of estrogen. That means Man Titties incase you did not know ;)
I recommend that SOY protein be used for women, and Whey for men. You can ever get Isopure which uses whey protein but is lactose free. | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/14/2008 7:52:15 AM | Lack of space. my gym is too crowd (equipment wise). I need some space for power lift
and people who think they are better than you because they are stronger than you.
I don't against homosexual..however, there are a few gay guy in my gym that make me feel uncomfartable. They stand around checking out guy..it feels weird
and one time i saw 4 guy jerking off each other in the steam room.. | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/14/2008 5:33:58 PM | Chatty people who I can hear over my iPod.
Tall, imposing dudes running wildly on the treadmill without regard to my personal space.
fatties who look miserable chugging away on the treadmill. As a former fatty, I just recoil whenever I see this. I wanna be like, "Turn that frown upside down! Go slower, listen to better music. Trust me it gets better and hey, I hate exercise!"
Weight dropping and grunting. Oh my god.
Dudes with too many muscles strutting back and forth like peacocks in a vain attempt to get women to notice them.
the sad eating disordered gal who's like nine pounds and is doing the elliptical at 10 mphs for about an hour. | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/16/2008 3:47:06 PM | | I can't stand those people who grunt and groan on every rep every set annoys the hell out of me although ipod is a great asset and also a pre work out drink gets you jakked at ready to life so weights im a fan of naNo vapor, NO xplod, or super pump 250 | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/16/2008 9:52:28 PM |
and one time i saw 4 guy jerking off each other in the steam room..
Yeah I would have to say witnessing a circle jerk would be a kryptonite moment. | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/17/2008 12:39:17 AM | My kryptonite...?
Muscle bound Roid-Boi's who spend most of their time walking around the gym, only to settle at the 10 pound dumb-bells.
Yeah, I work out alot but I'm a lanky f***. I'm trying to keep myself fit, but I need you showing me up, like I need a hole in the head. Insecurities aren't enough, then you stand next to me just to give a definite comparison.
By the way....body odor is kryptonite? It is a gym we're talking about here right? You know...a place where progression is measured by sweat? | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/17/2008 2:18:22 AM | | People in general. I work out in the college gym and I can't stand it when the athletes on the teams waltz on in like they own the place. I remember one time there was a guy toning with five pound dumbells in front of a mirror. What's annoying is the fact that he blocked off access to TWO pulley-type machines simultaneously in an almost empty gym, especially when my buddy and I are standing there with the intent to use them. I tend to ignore people when I go alone, but I hate going alone. The friend provides a distraction to all the surrounding morons. Nope, not bitter at all. | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/17/2008 7:10:27 AM |
By the way....body odor is kryptonite? It is a gym we're talking about here right? You know...a place where progression is measured by sweat?
In this day and age it's possible to work out, sweat profusely and not smell all at the same time. I know, I've done it. It's called self awareness. Personally, on the rare occasion I have any body odor I notice and correct it way before I get around other people, because I'm sensitive to it and don't like it myself - so why should others have to deal with it? Showering at least once a day and using deodorant usually prevents the problem. | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/20/2008 8:18:49 AM | fresh sweat doesn't smell.
what puts me off, as others, are the screamers & slammers for sure. STOP IT YOU MUPPETS!
oh & the smell of farts | |
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| What is your kyptonite at the gym?
Posted: 2/20/2008 9:08:49 AM | Loud speakers.
I joined one gym where continues, loud, shrill PA announcements pierced the air.
Just as I would pick up a weight and start using it, I would be startled by a loud outburst of electronic screaming. Naturally all my muscles would tense up. My work outs were much less effective at that gym. . | |
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