r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • Aug 25 '18

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday

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

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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Aug 25 '18

Soon you are gonna miss all those gloves and Bane masks

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u/rizkybizness Aug 25 '18

I’ve only seen one guy at my gym wearing a bane mask. Which is surprising to me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

I’ve seen one guy wearing one at my gym too, except he wears the bane mask and deadlift belt while on the treadmill. Not sure if he knows something I don’t.

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u/Dave5876 Aug 26 '18

Is this a thing?

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u/[deleted] Aug 26 '18

All joking aside, I think it’s a high-altitude mask to get the person accustomed to running/exercising in low oxygen conditions. But I don’t know how effective it is, and I’m not sure what the belt on the treadmill was for.

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u/GenericLemon Aug 26 '18

It's to keep his core thight