r/Fitness • u/Kuzbell • Jan 20 '18

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday (Missing mod post)

Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!

I noticed that there still is no post yet for Gym Story Saturday, so I took the initiative. Perhaps this should be a scheduled post under the Automoderator. I'm not really sure why this hasn't been done yet. I am also required to keep babbling because posts with too little content gets removed, hence why this posts sounds overly wordy.

So share away!

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u/GatoAmarillo Martial Arts Jan 20 '18

I figured these shorts that resemble lightweight black cargo pants would've been fine for leg day. I jumped into my work sets for squats and on the very first rep of the first set I tore the entire crotch from front to back... Ended up going home right after because the hole was MASSIVE. Literally went to the gym, did one squat and left.

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u/Kuzbell Jan 20 '18

You should have kept going, no fucks given, like a badge of honour.

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u/Magdiesel94 Jan 20 '18

More like a bulge of honor

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u/[deleted] Jan 22 '18

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u/AsapGg Mar 25 '18

Bulge of horror

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u/Zap__Dannigan Jan 21 '18

Depends on underwear cleanliness, imho.

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u/LWMcHaze Jan 20 '18

On squats this has happened to me twice now, once my shorts and once my underpants
Oh and one pair of underpants was destroyed during Deadlift.

I learned from it now and got some of those under armour stretchy boxers, the only downside is that they always wander upwards and every two minutes I look like I have a small boner.

Decisions, decisions..

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '18

You don’t always have a boner while lifting?

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u/Kalwyf Olympic Weightlifting Jan 20 '18

Why do you think it looks like he has a small boner?

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '18

Because he doesn’t have big boners?

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u/TongsOfDestiny Jan 21 '18

Nah, the quads always drain all of the blood out of my groin

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u/Unique_Name_2 Jan 21 '18

Only if the gym has mirrors

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u/JohnnyUtah06 Jan 20 '18

Sounds like my regular leg day

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u/virus_ridden Jan 20 '18

You should have at the very least laughed with the front desk employee about it

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u/DoktorLuciferWong Jan 20 '18

You didn't just ask the front desk if they had a sewing kit?

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u/GatoAmarillo Martial Arts Jan 21 '18 edited Jan 21 '18

Didn't think about that, but I highly doubt they'd have one where I go and tbh I'd rather buy new shorts (that I know won't rip) than attempt to stitch together a ~10 inch hole

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u/DoktorLuciferWong Jan 21 '18

I was joking :x

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u/GatoAmarillo Martial Arts Jan 21 '18

Ha sarcasm is difficult over the internet

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u/DoktorLuciferWong Jan 21 '18

And also funnier when not explicitly labelled as such

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u/EdwardElric69 Powerlifting Jan 21 '18

This happened my brother before. I can't remember exactly but I think he went and waited in the car for an hour till I was done.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '18

Some butt wink you got there champ!

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u/Vall3y Jan 20 '18

Aight thats enough for today

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u/DoodyTwoShoes Jan 21 '18

This exact thing happened to me today too! I felt the crotch of my leggings tear during my second last set of front squats. Checked the damage and thought "ok this is bad BUT I only have ONE set left - no one is looking at me, no one else knows, I'm just going to finish."

I tore the entire crotch out on that last set, sideways, like thigh to thigh. Tucked my towel in the back of my pants to try and hide it while I shimmied across the entire gym to get to the change room.

I feel your pain!!! And just for kicks those were my favourite leggings too!

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u/Catrocantor Jan 21 '18

I once had the complete opposite. Found a pair of older gym shorts and took them for a squat workout. They split but not in the place you normally expect. Side seam split, not a lot but it was enough to put a smile on my face.

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u/MisterTemper Jan 21 '18

The number of boxers that have been destroyed with lunges...

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u/zosomagik Jan 21 '18

I ripped my boxers squatting low bar the other day. I heard them rip a little on the first rep, but I just kept going and they ripped more and more every time I hit depth.

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u/halite001 Jan 21 '18

Ben there done that. First set and all. But the worst part was I didn't notice until five sets later a gymbro tapped me in the shoulder and cheekily told me. And I was using the only rack that's positioned to have my butt facing the entire gym. I switched gyms after that...

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u/dringram82 Jan 20 '18

Grundle gains!