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Great list and number 10 is the best out of the bunch!
There is a time and place for direct isolation work, just not very often.
~inside/outside thigh machines are girly~
TRY FREESTYLING A MOTOCROSS BIKE WITHOUT THOSE MUSCLES, m*r*n.
How utterly offensive:
since the mere *suggestion* that you might be feminine is so profoundly *demeaning* to you,
you can't value woman as person,
can you?
Your balls disappear when someone holds
slightly-pink/magenta cloth near you?
Many women have commented on this, and finally I "get" it,
and see it, when "my kind" are doing it:
Grow Up.
If *I* can, *anyone* can.
Try reading "Counting for nothing"
a book about just what men really value woman as...
Try reading "Women's Ways of Knowing"
by 4 psychologist women with both brains & guts.
And TRY freestyling a 250lb-400lb bike with weak thigh muscles,
and see if having it land on your head more frequently
makes *you* feel more manly, or more idiotic.
( & if you are offended by "practice" and "training" and "study" as too girly, then maybe get a Darwin Award doing a loop wrong?
.. at least it'd be *earned* )
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Posted under a Nom de Plume, because it is the ISSUE that matters, not the "names".
(c) 2008 Captain Obvious
( yes, copyright still applies with a Nom de Plume )
As Jeff said, it's not that there is something intrinsically girly about the abductor machine. But the fact is that I've never, ever seen a really fit man using it, and the only ones I have seen using it are female. Most are operating under the erroneous assumption that you can "spot reduce" your trouble spots. No man should labor under this delusion. But hey if it helps you with motocross then more power to you.
Brett, don't get pulled into the gutter. Your list is great, but cut some slack of the folks who have cell phones. Us men nowadays have plenty of multi-tasking efforts going on and sometimes we need to take a call. It's how you handle the call and respect others around you that matters most. Leave the area of others and DON'T do it on the treadmill unless something is massively urgent and then the good man would get off the phone and apologize to the folks around him for goofing up their workouts.
1,2 6 and 8 all should be punishable by cutting off a pinky or something. I know it sounds harsh but so are the offenses. The same ones doing this are the same ones that think #7 is a sport. I like to look at the talent like any other guy, but "get in, get out, and go home" should be the mantra.
in the gym, and everywhere else!
*Leave the cell phone in the car*
who are these arseholes who walk around with bluetooth headsets all the time? idiots who dont want phone waves affecting their brain, so put the phone in their pocket next to their testicles!
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But from 1 to 9, tyhey are just perfect!
it's the number one reason I stopped going to the gym, and it's absolutely right. We're there to work out, not to pick up gross sweaty guys. Oh, and your bacne from the rhoids? yea, we can spot that a mile away and we know exactly what it is and what it's from.
Plus, we wear spandex because it's comfortable. It's not an invite to follow us all over the gym and stare constantly.
And, the girly machines stereotype is very ignorant. I'm a girl, and I use mostly freeweights when I workout. I don't use "girly" machines, because most of them are useless for me, it's not like i'm obligated to use them because i'm a woman and it's not like you shouldn't use them because your men.
BTW, I laughed at #10. I thought it was funny.
By the way, I wrote a similar article on Arthur's Hall in May. I won't go so far as to claim plagiarism, but this article is remarkably similar to mine. Judge for yourself:
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11. Don't start shouting "C'mon harder man, push harder!" when spotting another guy... in fact don't say anything.
12. Don't take your shirt off and sweat all over the equipment while leaving your chest and back hairs everywhere. (I've seen guys do this while I was college.)
13. Do not wear flip flops in the gym. I saw a guy wearing crocs one time and that would count as flip flops. In fact no man should ever be wearing crocs.
14. Keep profanity on the down low. I don't care how much you can or can't lift. Swearing won't make you lift more.
15. Wash your gym clothes regularly. Working out next to Mr. Armpit Odor is not fun.
Not trying to break rule #8, but its important to distinguish between using only leg extension/leg curl and using them to completely work the muscle
1) Taking the internet too seriously
2) Probably gay
3) In terrible need of a good set of squats and then a good, old fashioned closed-fist beating
4) Taking HIM(her?)SELF wayyyyy too seriously.
Cool post, sorry the internet is full of jack asses.
I don't know what screams "FAIL" more: your "copyright" or the idea that someone would want to claim your spastic, incoherent ideas as their own.
To the author of this post: A-friggin'-Men. Thanks for making my day. :)
My previous comments weren't directed towards the adductor/abductor discussion. Only the leg extension/curl commentary.
No, REALLY--see #8.
Yeah #8 was supposed to mean "don't give me unsolicited advice while I'm working out," not "don't give advice ever." I just don't want to be interrupted when I'm at the gym, in the zone, and already have a plan. But a blog, which is designed for giving one's opinion and having discussion/debate, is a perfectly good place to dispense one's advice. Especially advice like yours, which I wholeheartedly agree with.
Great website though...I love it.
Besides, weight training is just one of those areas where there are 1,000 different ways to get results and 1,000 different opinions on each way. A "for instance" here: just about every day I see some truly buffed guys exhibiting crappy form, jerking weights around, completely violating warnings against using momentum in their reps. And yet they are getting results. Bully for them. So is it right for me to say here that EVERYONE SHOULD do a 3-count or a 5-count in their positive and negative reps, applying constant effort and not using body momentum? Whatever. Plenty don't and get results.
I like it. It's concise and to the point, and gives great advice.
I read number 10 and I laughed.......why so serious people? The guy's just adding a nice joke... it conveys nothing about misogyny or says anything bad about men or women.....it's a bloody joke!
Keep up the good work Brett!
Coherent enough for you?
extra ha ha on #7 - it's called day-game. it may not work for you, that's ok. i guess we shouldn't talk to girls at the geocery store, park, or other non-night-club-place either because they aren't dressed up and are busy their chores.
Hitting on women is a little different than saying hi or speak to them.
Someone needs to market a device that makes cell phones blow up when used. My gawd, how did we every live, function and conduct business before we had cell phones going off constantly. As for the guy that said its ok, some of us multi-task, better add self-care to your lists of tasks. Having a pavlovian response (immediately stop something important? (your health) to answer a cell phone is not a good thing. Slave to a machine 24/7...
Good list of common sense, which these days seems to be quite rare!
My $0.02
There are certain instances where "dropping" dumbells is the appropriate way to end a movement. Consider a heavy dumbell chest press. I have competed in bodybuilding competitions and consider myself a fairly strong guy. I work up to using 130-140lb dumbells for chest press. When I finish my set I am laying on with my back on the bench and a 140lb dumbell in each hand. I have two options for lowering the weight to the ground, (1)drop it on the rubber mats that compose the floor in the dumbell area or (2) try to slowly set the dumbells on the ground.
I'm not ashamed to admit that I would have more than a little trouble doing a reverse curl to lower the weight to the ground slowly. More importantly, trying to lower the weights slowly risks a bicep tear or shoulder dislocation.
I completely agree that it is absurd to drop a weight that you can safely lower to the ground, say anything under a 100lb dumbell and I agree with you in that respect. For the guys who lift the big boy weights, dropping dumbells is part of the program.
I did want to add two things for future finders of this post:
1.) Be aware that everyone has a game plan of their own.
Just because you don't share it doesn't mean that you have to criticize what other people are working towards. Machines, dumbells, cables, etc. all have their purpose or else they wouldn't be in the gym. If you have questions seek out a trainer. If the gym doesn't have one find one online.
2.) Please get advice from a qualified trainer.
Every Joe Blow in the gym feels like they have to share their wisdom (true or otherwise) with people in the gym. Sadly, I have seen people waste their time and effort at best and get hurt at worst from that junk. Let the trainers do the training; that's their job. If thers is no trainer, ask if the person would like to hear your advise. If they give you the opening let them have it. Otherwise keep it to yourself.
Keep up the awesome work!
~ J
#1 is my favorite - and deserves top honors.
It annoys the snot out of me when the weights aren't racked. Jeez - how hard is it?! (Apparently - very!)
#5 is spot on - I would add - please don't use the wipe down towels as your personal brow wiping towel. Gross.
#10 - I got a good chuckle out of it - thanks - I get the spirit!
I am really glad I found this site!
The only non-gentlemanly behavior I can recall at the moment is the fellow who always applied cologne before his work-out. Olfactory overload, towards the good or the bad, sends me to the other side of the room.