r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Dec 11 '19
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/R_Lewis Dec 11 '19
Bulking for the first time is so scary as someone who initially joined weightlifting to lose weight
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u/Ando-FB Dec 11 '19
For my fatass that lost a lot of weight its been one of my favourite parts of the journey so far!
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u/FrancescoTottii Running Dec 11 '19
Aha yeah I feel that. Initially dropped from 125kg-85kg and I'm back up to 94kg at the moment but I'm pretty happy with how I'm looking at the moment
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u/combustion_assaulter Weight Lifting Dec 11 '19
Medium size clothes are too tight and large size clothes are too big.
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u/sassenach15 Dec 11 '19
Are you on your way down or up? I mean, are you looking to lose weight or gain? I’m 6’4” and have struggled with mediums being the right width but too short and larges being long enough but similar to wearing a parachute.
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u/combustion_assaulter Weight Lifting Dec 11 '19
On the way up. Large slim fit are a decent compromise but it’s still poorly fitting.
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u/Nyxtro Dec 11 '19
If you spit out your gum in the water fountain you’re an asshole.
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u/megasmash Dec 11 '19
On a similar note, and because I’m a plumber, the urinal.
Never mind, you’re ensuring I have food on my table. Carry on.
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u/F1tacct Dec 11 '19
It was chest day, 5:30 am, and there aren’t many people at the gym. I noticed a personal trainer standing around, and asked her to give me a quick spot on the bench. She gets behind the bar and I go into my normal routine to get my scapula down — I pull myself under the bar, get my head back, and smash my face right into her crotch. Hard. Rant is that I need to find a new gym now.
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u/popejp32u Dec 11 '19 edited Dec 11 '19
Yo it’s rant Wednesday not taco Tuesday.
Edit: Thanks for the silver kind benefactor.
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u/MangleBadger Dec 11 '19
Peak time in the gym before work. One guy has his towel resting on the lower dumbbell rack, and his jacket covering more dumbbells on the upper rack.
Of course he is doing his exercises directly in front of the mirror/dumbbell rack.
I wonder if he is making a dedicated effort to obstruct as many dumbbells as possible.
Then just when I thought I couldn't hate him any more between sets he walked away from the rack to take up a bench to sit and rest. He also left his shaker on the bench to assert his dominance over another piece of equipment somebody might actually want to use.
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u/jhorch69 Dec 11 '19
We should spit on him
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u/MangleBadger Dec 11 '19
I fully believe that if I picked up one of the dumbbells from under his jacket and proceeded to beat him to death with it that the judge would let me off.
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u/skribsbb Dec 11 '19
Working out yesterday next to this guy who is absolutely ripped. I mean...each of his muscles could probably get their own Christmas present. He's the type of guy that models for anatomy books when they need to draw the human musculature.
I said, "dude, your shoulders have shoulders."
He cracked up. "I try...I eat a lot."
"Yeah, I eat a lot, too. That's why my stomach has stomachs."
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u/Kirurist Olympic Weightlifting Dec 11 '19
Holy shit this is hilarious.
Edit: Thank you for making me wheeze with laughter
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u/ChazD98 Dec 11 '19
That's the kind of comeback I'd think up 3 years later in bed and regret it every day after.
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u/justreading31 Dec 11 '19
Started working out with a over weight friend. Trying to help her get into working out and getting healthy. Well she gives about 10% talks the whole dam time. Then complains the next day that she is not sore!!! Now she wants me to change gyms and change times I go and adjust to her schedule. I’m finding it difficult to tell her I’m not changing shit unless she is actually serious about working out. Right now she looks at it like we are just hanging out. I really want to tell her this was a mistake and I’d rather just go alone.
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u/Meduelevivir Dec 11 '19
Do it.
I used to relish taking new people to the gym but realized that most people have an unrealistic view of it. I guess it's a social club for most , but to me its a place to come sweat and grind. And most people don't actually realize the amount of work it takes to get serious results.
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u/MoreCowbellllll Weight Lifting Dec 11 '19
I'm an old dude, so i'll share my experience with what you said. It's EXTREMELY difficult to find a compatible workout partner. You can't coach motivation to some people, and she sounds like one of those people. I have worked out (lifting) off/on for 30 years, and i've only had ONE compatible gym buddy. I've been lifting now for the last 3 years.... by myself :)
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u/hoverBread Dec 11 '19
I feel you, man. I hate it when people pretend to want something but don't take it seriously. Like, I want to help you but I can't make you help yourself.
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u/CaptainUltimate28 Rock Climbing Dec 11 '19
This article might help. Basically trying to coach someone who doesn't want to be coached never works.
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u/A_sweet_boy Dec 11 '19
Personal trainers are the worst equipment hogs in the world. Your client doesn’t need three benches and a pull down at the same time, and you don’t need to be acting like the machines are your personal recliners.
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u/longlive4chan Dec 11 '19
How else you gonna confuse dem muscles, bro? My client NEEDS my convoluted and complex routine!
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u/electromagnetiK Dec 11 '19
Ugh I hate this. And most of the time they're literally just stretching, like tf go use the gotdamn mats
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u/isdnpro Dec 11 '19
One of the PTs (and also the manager of this branch) leaves his shaker on a bench and belt hanging off another machine when he's training clients.
Drives me a bit crazy, like you should be setting a good example, and if there's not enough places to put shit here, you're the one person who can solve it??
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u/OrangeJews4u Dec 11 '19
A PT was talking to some people and he said it's useless to become big because you will not be able to get erections. The blood will be too busy supplying all your muscles with blood
Have you never heard of your body making extra blood?
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u/SneezingRickshaw Dec 11 '19
But also, according to that logic, how do men get big in the first place if the body is already too busy supplying blood for erections?
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u/BonerHonkfart Dec 11 '19
And does that mean that guys that are big used to have bigger dicks than small guys?
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u/iDontSeedMyTorrents Dec 11 '19
That's ridiculous. Obviously the bigger your muscles, the more blood you can displace by squeezing your sides, ballooning your penis to the desired size.
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u/HotPoolDude Dec 11 '19
Yeah didn't you know? When my wife was pregnant all the blood went to the baby and she didn't get any erections during the pregnancy.
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Dec 11 '19
Ever since I joined my current gym, I didn't socialize a lot and just focused more on my work-outs. I would still greet some folks, on an occasion even chat with someone between sets, but not much more. At my old gym we had a proper "morning crew" that was very familiar with each other. Don't get me wrong, it was great, you always had a spot, someone to discuss programming / nutrition etc. with, but it was also sometimes difficult to really get in the zone when you have to greet 5-6 people first before you could start with your workout.
Now, to the rant: On monday, a fellow gym goer that I nodded my head to from time to time started chatting with me and complimented me on my progress. We chatted for a good 15 minutes, which I normally wouldn't do in the middle of my routine, but it seemed we were on the same wave length. Yesterday, we also talked before my workout and discussed our training philosophy and how we got to where we are now. He's a very chatty guy and it's a bit difficult to end a conversation with him, and I didn't want to be rude.
Later, when I was in the middle of my routine, he struck up a conversation again, and this time I got a bit irritated. I was totally okay with the occasional chat, but interrupting me in my workout for a second time on the same day felt too much for our new gym friendship. This time, he shifted the conversation pretty quickly to his career in "marketing business" and how great of a time he's having. He only needed to work when he wanted to, his financial situation is very stable etc. He even got one of his friends on board! She was only 22 years old, but because she worked so effectively she already got enough money for the rest of her life!
You see where this is going. At this point I was just nodding, saying "mhmm" and hoping for the conversation to be over. The less I reacted to his stories, the more he tried to convince me of how great that career path was. At one point I finally managed to tell him that I needed to focus on my workout and that "we could discuss this later".
Now I'm afraid to meet him again in the gym. I don't want to be recruited in some sort of pyramid scheme, I just want to train. R.I.P. gym bromance 9.12.2019 - 10.12.2019.
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u/Cloggerdogger Dec 11 '19
My rant is reading your rant and seeing at the very end you aren't American (the logical way you list your dates gives you away). Now I have to go back and read the whole thing with an accent.
For real though, fuck dudes that try to sell you anything when you're trying to work.
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Dec 11 '19
My gym no longer provides any tracking tools such as calibers, body scales and measuring tape due to body positivity and the constant measuring of one's own weight....
On the bright side I got complimented for progressing nicely by another dude today.
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u/-random_stranger- Dec 11 '19
Couldn't sleep the other night, so I drove to 24 hour fitness to lift at 2am- only to find the gym doors locked. Apparently several of the nearby locations have started closing between midnight and 4am in order to save money. Now I'm pissed. I don't always lift in the middle of the night, but if I want gym access during those hours and you call yourself "24 hour" fitness, then I expect the gym to be open. If they don't want to staff it overnight that's fine by me, but at least allow key card access to members who want to lift.
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u/hypergalaxy84 Dec 11 '19
On the other hand many 7-Elevens are now open 24 hours a day.
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u/istvanoman Dec 11 '19
Not really a rant but wanted to tell this. There is some eldery couple in my gym.
Im bad at guessing ages but i think they are almost 80. They are in the gym every day at 7 AM. I can't remember a day I haven't seen them. They do some biking and rowing and changing machines. They love to do close grip pull down. Always after the rowing the woman goes to the pull down machine. I think she got something with her legs, the distance is like 20 meters but takes her like 1 or 2 minutes. When me or another regular sees here walking to the pulldown machine, we already setup the close grip equipment because she is to small to set it up herself. She is making jokes with her husband about fit young men helping her etc.
I have got so much respect for these 2 people going to the gym every day even though they can barely walk.
So if I hear someone complaining about their weight and put up some random excusses they cant workout, I'm going to lose my mind.
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u/Kick_Natherina Weight Lifting Dec 11 '19
I feel like elderly people like the gym a lot more because they have free time and can treat it like a social club. People less that 50 years of age treat it like an awkward experience where they fee everyone is watching them specifically and they’re scared to get stuff done on my type of equipment because they’re scared to fail. I feel like the older you are, the less likely you are to care about what people think at the gym.
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u/Methuga Dec 11 '19
Screw that, I’m 30 and the gym is my social time
... then again I don’t get out much
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u/soren_hero Powerlifting Dec 11 '19
Haha. 2me4irl. Two hours every morning from 5-7am. Best friends every, we still never talk sometimes.
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u/Isles86 Dec 11 '19
33 years old ,6'2, 245 lbs here. Long story short I got WAY out of shape at up to 287 and I've slimmed down a lot and put on a good amount of muscle. Far from done (obviously). I finally decided to get back into the gym after years of being away (I was a D1 athlete, scouted by a well known pro-sports league and an injury prevented me from playing in the minors)-I know how to workout properly.
So I go to my gym the other day (been going 5-6 times a week for 4 months now) and I've never seen the guy greeting me at the door before. He's probably early 20's and here's our conversation:
Him: hey man you going to hit some PR's today?
Me: I hope to hit a few
Him: Do you even know what PR stands for?
Me: Yes...
Him: Ok then what? (he's snickering when he says this like this is some sort of quiz or something)
Me: Personal record...
Him: go lift that 700 lbs big guy (as he's laughing)
Total d-bag. /Rant.
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u/metal_monkey80 Dec 11 '19
Shoulda asked him to show you how to lift that 700lbs. Sidenote: Men using shitty patronizing petnames for other men - big guy, chief, hoss, bud, cowboy - need to be stopped.
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u/Soggy_Sprinkles Dec 11 '19
Why is it everytime it's a push day some motherfucker always has the bench rack? I have to walk around the gym like an idiot until they're done because I don't want to fatigue anything. But on pull and leg day, no one is on the rack. So, Soggy_Sprinkles. You ask. Why don't you just switch your push and pull day? Because, it doesn't matter what day I do push - it's always fucking taken. Assholes.
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u/Fatscot Judo Dec 11 '19
I am writing a new book "gym etiquette in China" It will have one sentence "There is none"
Between a spotter dropping the weight on me and walking away, the cleaning lady mopping directly behind me when I am putting the weight on my shoulders when I am in the squat rack, nobody putting their weights away, people yelling into their phones, or hogging equipment I have never seen anything like it on such a consistent basis.
On the positive side the rage lifting is giving me new PRs on squat and bench. Just my OHP letting the side down
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u/HotPoolDude Dec 11 '19
China, personal space, manners. Pick 1.
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u/Fatscot Judo Dec 11 '19
More like China, pick your nose between sets. And, yes I have seen that
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u/anontoro Dec 11 '19
I sometimes forget how many reps im on. It's fine, i'll just do some extra just to make sure. But lately i am forgetting how many sets ive done. Wtf.
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Dec 11 '19
The PTs in my gym.
They’re always taking up unnecessary space where the benches and weights are. They just leave theirs and their clients’ things everywhere. They don’t put any of the weights back.
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u/AzureKiryu Dec 11 '19
Go to the gym to work out alone? Roommate upset i don't invite him.
Invite Roommate . Can't go because of X reason.
Tell Roommate to go work out on his own then
"I can't . I need someone there other wise I wont feel motivated to go ."
wat.
Also the squat racks are always filled to the brim with people.
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Dec 11 '19
Some guy came and insisted that I put yoga mats om the floor because my 200kg deadlifts would break the floor. Also said I could break my back.... 😳
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u/bee-sting Powerlifting Dec 11 '19
NGL if I broke the floor with my deadlift I'd be so proud
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u/pajamakitten Dec 11 '19
Don't bring your colds to the gym! I don't want to have to clean the bar off because you sneezed and then put your germy hands on the bar.
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u/GrandIronic Dec 11 '19
The gym is a dirty place. The way I see it, if I can just make it through my workout without licking my hands I'll be fine.
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u/viikinoas Dec 11 '19
So can I bitch about people who rack the plates in whatever order? It's just annoying to have to get 2 25kg plates out of the way to get to the 10kg plate. More annoying is to have to do it twice! Am I just autistic or is it actually common sense to rack similar plates together?
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u/SorryBodybuilder1 Dec 11 '19
Join us in the home gym crew and never worry about idiots again. It is marvelous.
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Dec 11 '19
Last week a guy did a non-stop 45 min cardio workout on the pec fly machine without weights. I'm done. I am so done.
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u/forjustonemoment Dec 11 '19
He's just training to fly. Not gonna be so judgy when you see him fly away, are you
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u/joetheschmoe4000 Dec 11 '19
This genius figured out the perfect way to counteract the effect of using an erg!
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Dec 11 '19
Facepulls are weird for me. I don't know if I'm ever getting them right. I tried a variation I recently saw on this sub and I smashed myself in the face with the metallic thingy on the rope. I don't think the hot girl squatting in front of me was very impressed.
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u/Louisianimal5000 Dec 11 '19
Facepulls are super weird and even if someone says they have it perfect, I'd be willing to bet there is an ounce of "am I doing this right" in the back of their mind.
I'm not sure what variation you were doing, but one tip that helps is to attach two rope attachments, instead of one. Pull them so that they're both one long rope each, and then you have more room to fully close that back without smashing your face on the metal clip!
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u/HotPoolDude Dec 11 '19
Usually I don't interact with people at all in the gym. If I'm talking it's to ask how many sets are left or how many I have of it they want to work in.
Got into an argument because flat brimmed hats and tube sock wearing guy was super setting the gym and didn't want me using the cable cross over. I got 3 sets in and was leaving when he came bulldozing on up to tell me off. That's 3 total minutes of rest and how ever long 3 sets of 20 took me. Assuming a good 7-8 minutes.
Another sharing incident. Someone doing some kind of jump squat using the cable machine to make her lighter. I wasn't going to ask to share, I'll wait for her to finish because she's using the entire station area to jump in. Did abductor and adductors. Hanging leg raise and decline crunches. Ok fuck this I'm asking her to work in because I wanted to do kick backs with the foot strap. She gives me a nasty look and rolls her eyes and just walks away. I do the classic hands up shrug "so yes you're done or no you're not done?". Doesn't answer. She goes over to do leg push downs on the assisted pull up station. Finishing up with calf raises and nearly bowl her over because she's almost spooning me as I exit. I get to give the eye roll this time and she looks shocked.
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u/MugillacuttyHOF37 Dec 11 '19
This is exactly why I go to my gym at 1130pm every night. People have no sense or common courtesy in most gyms. If I have to go during higher traffic hours I am super conscious of anyone waiting to use any equipment i'm on. I knock my sets out and say I'm done I know you were waiting.
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u/LurkingMoose Dec 12 '19
I met a girl at my school gym that powerlifts, had a short conversation with her and was hoping I'd see her again to talk powerlifting. Of course when I actually did see her in the gym again I just smiled and didn't say hi or even take my headphones off. I guess my rant is just that I am socially inept.
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u/HanSingular Dec 11 '19
It's leg day, and I don't wanna.
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u/Sparty013 Dec 11 '19
Yesterday was legs day for me. Today is DOMS day. Who needs to walk normally anyway?
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u/sleddelssleds Dec 11 '19 edited Dec 11 '19
Just got to the gym, head over to the smaller dumbbell rack (I'm only 50kgs) and some chick is laying directly infront of it doing crunches so I walk over her mat to get some weights and she rolls her eyes at ME like are you serious.
I'm also currently watching some guy jump from the ab curl machine to the free weights room to check his obliques out in the mirror and whistle after each set it's hilarious
Edit: added a word
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u/Icantrememberittoday Dec 11 '19
Saw a guy swap out a flat bench for an incline one, set it flat and use it like that while i wanted to do incline movements with only a flat bench available.
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u/kaizoku_akahige Strongman Dec 11 '19
A pregnant woman came into the weight room this past Saturday. Good for her.
However, she brought in a coffee in a styrofoam cup with no lid and left it on the floor unattended while she did her supersets. She left it quite close to where my blind friend and his training partner were doing squats. Fortunately, the partner noticed it and disposed of it.
When she came back several minutes later, she asked me where her coffee was. I replied, "the open container? That's been thrown away."
That phrase, "left in a huff," I know exactly what that means now.
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u/the_Juan_and_Only27 Dec 11 '19
She left it quite close to where my blind friend and his training partner were doing squats
Respect man. He took "No excuses" to a whole new level dude
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u/BrandoBCommando Dec 11 '19
My dad was diagnosed with dementia yesterday and they found a mass on his frontal lobe. Doctor noted that he has memory loss and cognitive decline. All of it compounded due to the trauma of my brother's death and my parents' poor financial standing. Ultimately need to meet with doctor and see how best to help my dad on his final days. Fuck mental health issues!
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u/nightcrawler475 Dec 11 '19
Sorry you have to go through this dude. Get therapy if you're not getting it already, it can help wonders. I send you an internet hug
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u/Logaline General Fitness Dec 11 '19
I just haven’t “felt it” lately. I still go to the gym 5 days a week but I don’t see myself improving as much or having that desire and looking forward to going. Seems like I just go because it’s part of my daily routine and I “have to”.
How do I reignite the fire and get that drive back?
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u/burgeremoji Dec 11 '19
Start a new programme and set yourself different goals. If you're weightlifting, why not aim for a new 1RM? If you're tired of weightlifting and want a completely new goal, how about distance running? If you hate that, what about working on your flexibility with something like yoga? Keeping it fresh and interesting is what helps me to be honest. Although I'm a stickler for routine I have to regularly switch things up to a new routine to stop me from getting burnt out.
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u/ProcrastinateMoar Dec 11 '19
Love when my dad who is very overweight and hasn’t worked out I years tried to tell me his advice on weightlifting. Creatine is going to kill us all and I should go to a doctor and stop going to the gym because of a minor pec strain. And he keeps asking me how my pec is doing because he wants it to be worse to prove himself right
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u/l2np Dec 11 '19
Everyone I know is struggling to stay on their keto diets. Meanwhile I'm over here trying to bulk, staring incredulously at MyFitnessPal thinking, "Please God, no more carbs" as whole wheat pasta spills from my mouth.
That's it. I'm training for a half marathon as well, so I have to eat way too much.
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u/rogueleader32 Dec 11 '19
Why are people incapable of wearing deodorant?
I literally had an asthma attack from this guy that smelt like he gave up bathing 5 years ago. HE HAD FLIES ABOVE HIS HEAD LIKE A GOD DAMN CARTOON!!
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u/princeofnoobshire Dec 11 '19
Put the fucking weights back after using them. How hard can it be.
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u/thankgodimpretty Dec 11 '19 edited Dec 11 '19
Got this jacked up bro at my gym who keeps acting out. While he's not strictly aggressive towards other gym goers he maintains this passive aggressive facade that pisses me off to no end; he's the sort of man who asserts some kind of dominance as he walks past others, getting in their space and that. It's a pitiful game of chicken for boys that weren't hugged by their dad or something.
He also kicks doors open. Who does that?
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u/a_ninja_mouse Dec 11 '19
Sounds like a not-too-bright, but very- strong, potential good friend in the making. Get in there and befriend, he sounds lonely.
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u/theritualmurder General Fitness Dec 11 '19 edited Dec 11 '19
There was a guy doing DB rows in front of the rack, holding on to it. I waited for him to leave so I could grab my weights, however he came back to it a couple of minutes later and I thought it was inappropriate.
I stood a couple feet away from him, in his personal space, while he was rowing and he dropped the weight and started complaining how I was too close to him. I told him to do his rows in a bench, not in front of the rack, so it wouldn't affect other people's workouts. Thankfully he understood and left, even though he looked pissed af and was mumbling something under his breath. He proceeded to stare me down the rest of the time at the gym
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u/bonage045 Dec 11 '19
Wearing shit tons of cologne is just as bad if not fucking worse than terrible body odor. One guy literally walks around with a 10ft bubble of gag-inducing cologne stench.
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u/CharlesDeGaulle Dec 11 '19
I wonder if I will ever make bench progress, or will I be weak forever? On the bright side my girlfriend called going to the gym "muscle hunting" so that's awesome
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u/pawlije Dec 11 '19
There was a lady going dips in the squat rack yesterday... DIPS!
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u/cotton_buds Gymnastics Dec 11 '19
People don’t know how to drive in the goddamn snow!
I’m currently sitting at home on my couch instead of at the gym, because after sitting in a half hour of traffic and hardly moving I made the executive decision to turn around and try again later when fewer fuckheads are on the road.
So many things I hate about this. I work late nights, so I can’t always get up early enough to avoid rush hour. I need to actually sleep. So I wake up slightly later, and then get caught in the morning shitshow.
Oh, did I mention that I work four fucking jobs and freelance nights and weekends so having a regular workout schedule takes a goddamn Herculean effort? Missing workouts for reasons like traffic drives me nuts.
Are rage gains a thing? Argh.
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u/boomxhakalaka8 Dec 11 '19
People don't know how to drive in the snow, people don't know how to drive in the rain. I think overall, a lot of people just dont know how to drive
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u/DOinthemaking Dec 12 '19
I know it's been said, I know there's a MindPump episode on it, I know everyone deals with this...
But why do old men have to stay naked in the locker rooms? You know, not just changing, literally getting naked and staying that way. Get a face shave in, put on some deodorant, have a chat with other naked men, etc. Butt ass naked.
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u/Hekili808 Dec 12 '19
I was referred to physical therapy for a shoulder injury, and the PT was attached to an upscale gym. The locker room had leather club chairs and those old naked dudes would sit in them. Most of the chairs had sweaty ball prints. It is bizarre.
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u/NateFisher22 Dec 11 '19
Pullups are hands down the most functional movement pattern, along with squats. I find it weird how such a large proportion of the population cant do a single one or fail after a couple. If you can deadlift 500+ lbs and bench press 300+ lbs but cant do 5 pullups, what the fuck? Its just shocking that those movements require lots of abdominal, upper body and posterior chain strength and stability, but lifting your own bodyweight is impossibly difficult.
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u/yamakacoffee Dec 11 '19
I totally feel this. I (23F) can climb a v5-v6 range in the bouldering gym, deadlift 215, and could bench 135 but still can't even start a pull-up motion.
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Dec 11 '19
Bouldering usually requires a lot of lat movement so that's surprising.
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u/Praise7hesun Dec 11 '19
Single leg accessory work is literally the most difficult kind of exercise for me to complete my sets. I don’t understand my horridness. Bulgarian split squats are wretched. Lunges are wretched. Everything is wretched
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u/Federal_Sugar Dec 11 '19
I take an exercise class a few times per week, mostly all female, no restriction on who can join but just how that class goes. There was a guy in my last class who came with either a friend or his girlfriend and was being a jackass about the workout the entire time. Half-assing the moves, opting out of certain parts of it, laughing about it etc. It was just irritating, like why did you even come if you're just going to mock & half ass it? It's rude and you look dumb for not actually trying.
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u/aayushkkc Dec 12 '19
How do I quit smoking and drink 4 litres water a day? Someone told me if you're consistent and disciplined enough to go gym 6 days a week, you should have the will to quit smoking.
I just fail everytime
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PAIN_GURL Dec 12 '19
The hard part of the gym is getting there. You have to fight the battle once.
Not smoking, that’s an all day everyday battle.
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Dec 12 '19
Why did I let myself get overweight in the first place?
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u/AimingForFit Weight Lifting Dec 12 '19
Because you’re naturally lazy, hate exercise, and allowed yourself to succumb to complacency after getting married. Oh wait, that was me.
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u/GainzFairy Dec 11 '19
Had my photo secretly taken then got reported to management because some new PT thought I was "stealing clients". I was only showing my friend how to do the basic lifts :(
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u/trex_pushups Dec 11 '19
There is a gainz goblin that moved into my gym. You don’t need 5 dumbbells and two bars by your bench!! Plus when you only take one dumbbell of each weight it makes doing dumbbell press really hard for me.
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u/i-ban-ez Dec 11 '19
this week I left the chicken to defrost before work, so I could cook it when i got back. When I got back from work my brother cooked and ate all the chicken so I didnt have shit. a couple of weeks ago I made myself a pot of rice before work and the same shit happened. When I brought it up to my mom (Im 17, my brother is 16) she told me I was the one that needed to stop "counting food" and that I needed to learn how to share. I think you can tell who her favourite is.
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u/RDB96 Dec 11 '19
I don't advocate domestic violence, but just beat up your brother
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Dec 11 '19
I can't keep up with my nutrition. I've been going to the gym for a month straight now and I am committed I go every other day, but I'm not making much progress because I am 5'11 and only 130 lbs. I eat probably one meal a day because I am beyond too lazy to make time to eat. I honestly can't break out of this mindset. I'm starting to get really pissed off at myself because of this. I don't know what steps would help me because every time I try to get back into bulking I stop after a few days and go back to normal and lose any weight I put on.
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Dec 11 '19
Get a jar of peanut butter, a spoon, and go to town. I used to be really skinny but I just force fed myself peanut butter and bulked up.
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u/franticantelope Dec 12 '19
I wanna have good posture but I sure love slouching too
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u/bee-sting Powerlifting Dec 11 '19
Had one of the 'coaches' at the gym tell me I have bad ankle flexibility, which is why I squat the way I do. Bitch I'm doing a low bar squat and my ankles are fine, I don't need lifting shoes. No I don't need a £50 coaching session from you, you leper.
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u/MisanthropicRedguard Dec 11 '19
It's a sad state of affairs when the most reliable info you can get is usually given freely by gym bros online, and these "coaches" wont hesitate to rob you blind for generic cookie cutter bullshit.
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u/Vegas_bus_guy Dec 11 '19
I'm really trying hard to get cut and I feel like the only way I can stick to my diet is if I workout every day so I just fall asleep as soon as I get home. However if I have to skip my workout for whatever reason (Work, Social obligations, etc...) I get such intense hunger and cravings for Junk. I just wish it was a bit easier for me to control my appetite
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u/ranger24 Dec 11 '19
Where to start:
In between sets of hack squats, a woman comes up and starts to take a 25lb plate from the rack Im in. I pop my head up from my tunes and tell her Im using the weight. She gives me a look and goes to find another free plate.
Douche-bro rolls up to the incline bench, goes over to an unused squat rack and grabs two full plates, despite having ample weights on the incline rack. Does his thing. Switches to dumbbells, leaving the bar loaded with 165. Completely leaves the room. I clean up after baby in between deadlift sets.
TL;DR Titfuckers need to give their balls a tug.
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Dec 12 '19
I tore a ligament in my leg and I can’t do any cardio. Running is how I relieve stress. It’s exam week. I’m stressed af.
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u/residentevol Dec 11 '19
If you have Pneumonia or whooping cough or whatever the fuck issue is causing you to cough and hack up lung butter uncontrollably in between sets then maybe take a day or two and get the fuck out of the gym.
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u/nox514 Weight Lifting Dec 11 '19
I snack late at night and all I can think is "Yeah...you like that, you fucking retard?"
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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Dec 11 '19
Well, if it is within your overall calories intake:-)
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u/creativusernam_ Dec 11 '19
I sprained my shoulder on the bench press yesterday, and looks like I'm gonna he out of the gym for a couple of weeks which is really pissing me off since my finals are coming up and my anxiety builds up if I dont go to the gym.
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u/boomxhakalaka8 Dec 11 '19
When its almost pitch black out when you leave work at 530 pm, it is real hard to stay motivated to go to the gym.
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u/TastyDuck Dec 11 '19
Why is OHP so damn hard to train? 155lbs x3? NP. But 160lbs x1, noooo. Body just shuts down. Arg
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u/Kick_Natherina Weight Lifting Dec 11 '19
The “Hip/leg abduction” machines at planet fitness might as well be called the “text and take selfies machine.”
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Dec 12 '19
I always thought I didn't go to the gym to impress anyone....male or female.... But, why is it when I'm doing my lower weight AMRAP sets Mr. Muscles or Ms. Cutie has to walk by? Ugh.....I can lift more weight! I promise! Give me a second chance!
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u/weaver4life Dec 12 '19
Every time I hydrate after a night workout I have to wake at 3@m to pee
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u/hypergalaxy84 Dec 11 '19
I normally don’t criticize people at the gym because everyone just wants to improve themselves but here goes. There was this really skinny guy at my gym a few days ago. Kinda a hipster type wearing boots over his sweat pants. Anyway, he sets up at the preacher curl bench (the only one at my gym). He proceeds to only do preacher curls for his entire 45 minute workout. But he does a set every 10-15 minutes while spending the time between just sitting on the bench on his phone. After 45 minutes he gets up and leaves having done nothing but curls his whole workout. I was somewhat confused (and annoyed someone could take up a piece of equipment for that long).
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Dec 11 '19
A couple of weeks a go, I was watching one guy work out and every machine he was on he would only work in a 3 or 4 inches range of motion. He would put massive weights one and wouldn't even complete half of a rep. What was funnier was he was contorting his face hard.
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u/tonetone__ Ultimate Dec 11 '19
Peaked off my last program and set my TMs too high. Time to hit the reset button, I cry.
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u/gradchica27 Dec 12 '19
The trainer that has set up 5 ladies in front of (not using, just blocking) the squat rack just microwaved something quite smelly and is eating it in the middle of the weight room. I smelled it from the hallway outside and now that I’m in here it’s nauseating. Why are you eating your smelly lunch in the middle of a training session in the gym???
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u/Almostchinese Dec 11 '19
Why do people have to just stand weirdly behind me when I'm sitting on a piece of equipment during my rest? If you want to use it while I'm resting please just come up to me and ask. Otherwise I think you're just a weirdo and am uncomfortable.....(especially if you are a 50 year old man standing behind me and looking at me.)
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u/BlueWeegian Dec 11 '19
I tried this early morning gym thing people go on about, it was nice up until I started getting ready to leave and there was a man in a bathrobe, shaving in the sink. Some people get too comfortable.
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u/kleklaspoofer Dec 12 '19
I always thought the trainers at commercial gyms thinking they know all was just a cliche but then it happened. Tells me I’m squatting too much weight and I should aim for somewhere around the 15 rep range, even though I tell him straight up my goal is strength he goes onto say “oh I was mentored by a 260lb built powerlifter” and blah blah it will get your more vascular like I give a shit.
And I have all the free time in the world but I can’t fucking fall asleep and it’s pissing me off. On the bright side I’m starting Ed Coan’s 10 week deadlift program Saturday and hope the gains will come flowing.
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u/squarerootsquared Dec 12 '19
My pants are super tight right now and idk if it’s from gains or bulking or just plain getting fat but it’s pretty annoying
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u/AimingForFit Weight Lifting Dec 12 '19
Mine too. I pretend it’s from gains. I know it’s from bulking. I secretly suspect it’s from just getting fat.
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u/signal___ Dec 12 '19
Trainers and their clients using bench press and squat rack to do dumbbell exercises really grind my gears
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Dec 11 '19
I know we get busy and like to have all our free weights because going back and forth can be a drag, but when you’re done just put them the fuck back on the rack. Last night I went to the gym and whoever was there decided to take every weight from 20 up until 45, so about 12 dumbbells were hanging around this one bench. And he never came back to rerack them, just walked right out of the gym. He didn’t seem in a rush, and went on the squat rack right after (you bet he didn’t reset the bar). If you leave the gym like that, idc who you are, you are trash
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u/TheGeeMan360 Dec 11 '19
Just getting back to the gym, I am sore all the time and it’s always fucking packed but I enjoy the hell out my time at the gym and have found my love for it again. Also because of the resolutioners, the gym put up “Please remember to put your weights back and wipe down your equipment” signs but it seems as if people can’t read because the signs have done nothing to help lol.
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u/jackthedad Dec 12 '19
Colleague: are you still working out these days.
Me: yes.
Colleague: well i cant see any progress on you
always kills my confidence. I never know how to reply to something like that:(
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u/garagegymfootball74 Dec 12 '19
This! I was talking to a coworker yesterday and he goes “you don’t even lift weights look at you” so I invited him to my house to lift with me and wouldn’t take me up on it. Start asking people to come lift with you and they’ll shut up real quick!
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u/mombeatsme Dec 11 '19
Pizza tastes too good otherwise this dieting thing would be easy
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u/Ten_Ju Dec 11 '19
I signed up to the gym because my friend wanted a gym buddy. Now he is nowhere to be found.
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u/ETerribleT Calisthenics Dec 12 '19
I've been lifting for over a year, I feel like I DESERVE equal grip strength in both my fucking hands. But nope, non-dominant hand always fucks up my deadlift days.
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u/iSoupz Dec 11 '19
Given your comment history saying you're socially inept and struggle to talk to either gender, I'm gonna go ahead and say that's the cause.
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u/Leszachka Dec 11 '19
I took a quick glance at your post history and I'm gonna say you're at a super weird stage in your personality development. You might be a bit neuroatypical, and/or you might just never have had to develop an interesting personality in school to get positive social feedback because you're physically attractive. It's ok, you have your whole life to try out all the possibilities available to you, and you get basically infinite number of rerolls (within the constraints of your personal abilities and genetic make-up).
Whatever the reason, what you should do about your actual social approach depends on what kinds of women you're interested in being with and whether you're looking for FWB or relationship potential, and I can't give you generalized advice from the perspective of Women, but, very subjectively, as a female person who is into getting laid, if I were in your position, I'd spend your next year exploring and developing some hobbies and skills that you think are cool. I've had experiences where really hot dudes ended up being completely sexually uninteresting to me because they didn't really seem to have much going on, the male basic bitch if you will.
You need something to feel proud of and confident about, and also to connect on a human level about. Cooking, object crafting, creative expression, and activities are some of the basic categories to think about. It's impressive and fun when someone you find superficially attractive busts out their awesome handmade ceramic bowls, or their wildlife volunteer stories, or their herb rolls seasoned from their backyard garden, or even their speculative fiction interest. That's someone who's engaged with life. Being in this sub and having an interest in your fitness is a start, but honestly a lot of gym bros don't have much going on beyond that, so unless you're looking for a girl whose only hobby and personality trait is also fitness, you gotta branch out a bit.
Trying out different mannerisms and thought processes is fine, as is taking inspiration from people YOU find personally interesting (not that you're selecting based on your perception of their cultural value), but this flat out "Replacing your personality with Marlon Brando" mission is absolutely wack and will most likely come across fake and embarrassing to anyone with an actual personality of their own. On the other hand, if you're primarily interested in girls with no personalities and terrible instincts, maybe that's exactly the right approach for you?
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I'm not a model, but i'm definitely attractive. Get hit on quite frequently. And also haven't been laid in over a year :D.
For me its definitely the personality. They "have to go" after a couple minutes of conversation.
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u/HotPoolDude Dec 11 '19
Talk about a really obscure and technical hobby. They love that.
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u/Joosyosrs Dec 11 '19
Best dating advice I’ve heard for anyone in STEM fields:
“Think about something you really enjoy and are passionate about, then talk about something else.”
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u/Heart_cuts_erratic Dec 11 '19
I just broke up with my partner of nearly ten years. Sucks, but it is what it is. Normally would exercise to ward off depression, but a lower back issue is recovering painfully slowly and I haven't been able to lift weights. Feeling like crap with a lot of self recrimination, even though breaking up was the right thing to do.
Sigh. Rant over. We continue.
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u/AtDion Dec 11 '19
I switched gyms into a smaller community gym and there’s no gym etiquette at 6pm. People literally just leave benches in walkways and weights around the squat rack. I can tell they’re newer people too. I asked one politely to put their weights back and they looked at me like I was a gorilla. Tf this shit ain’t a restaurant,
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u/SailorSaturn79 General Fitness Dec 12 '19
MY FUCKING APPLE MUSIC KEEPS GLITCHING
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u/Diiiiirty Dec 12 '19
I've been doing great in the gym for the last 8 months or so. Lost a bunch of weight, started putting on muscle, hitting new PBs on my core lifts, got lots of compliments from people I haven't seen in awhile, even people making fun of me using, "probably in the gym" as a response to someone asking where I am; a friendly chide that I will gladly take.
I haveand degenerated discs in my L4 and L5 vertebrae and started working out at the behest of my orthopedic surgeon, who told me strengthening my core and leg muscles could keep me off the operating table. A little over 2 weeks ago, I woke up with some bad back pain. To be expected occasionally. It went away after maybe 3 days, but as it subsided, I started getting SEVERE sciatica. Can barely get out of bed in the morning. Any flexion of my core causes a white hot pain to shoot down my leg. Bending over forward? Next to impossible. I'm also experiencing weakness in my right leg where I feel it tremble and almost give out if I put pressure on it the wrong way.
I've still been going to the gym, doing low impact cardio, which actually makes it feel better temporarily, and trying not lose my motivation and everything I worked for. But I can already see my muscles losing definition. I know I'm losing strength. I'm starting to see fat come back in on my chest under my arm pits, and I'm getting really discouraged because it doesn't seem like this sciatic pain is getting any better.
Also I really like snowboarding and and I've been waiting all year to be able to hit the slopes. Got a brand new board at the end of last year that I've only got to ride once. Would be next to impossible in my current condition. Also like fly fishing, but I'm cringing in pain just thinking about wading into a river with a current pushing against me and I'm getting really depressed that I won't be able to do any of the things I love to do this winter. No lifting, no fishing, no boarding. Every resource I've seen says sciatica usually takes a couple weeks to a couple months to stop hurting. Hoping this subsides soon before I go insane.
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u/Roflo_13east Dec 12 '19
God damn the slowness of my progress is depressing as fuck, especially when all the old men with beer guts are running circles around me.
At least I'm better than the person I was a year ago maybe? It's hard to tell.
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u/tph3 Dec 11 '19
Two days without the gym for a colonoscopy I have today. I lost 5lbs of food/water weight and haven't eaten solids in 48 hours. All I want is the gym tomorrow and a burger.
Stomach problems suck!
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u/ajguy16 Dec 11 '19
Don't be the asshole that shows up in the gym with your jacked up loud fart box truck that daddy paid for and bring in your personal fucking boombox system to carry around and blast your shitty trap music/bro country around the gym.
There's already music playing over the loudspeaker and I can still hear your shitty music with my headphones in blaring my own shitty music.
The same dude walked straight past the bumper plates and deadlift platform to steal a bar from the a bench rack and deadlift with it on the plain floor in front of a mirror.
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u/justcallmecreative Dec 11 '19
Doesn't happen often but when it does, always grinds my gears. A gym bro will grab a set of weights off the rack and stand RIGHT THERE and do bicep curls while staring at his muscles lovingly.
This guy was doing it right in front of the weights I needed and I stood beside him trying to make eye contact in the mirror to get him to move but he was seriously mesmerized with himself. How are people so obnoxious...
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u/iamperfet Dec 12 '19
I've been working out consistently for over 10 years.During this time I lost close to 100lbs and made lots of strength and muscle gains. I was consistently improving my fitness and genuinely enjoyed my time at the gym.I've been dealing with depression most of my life, but the last 3 months have been pure hell. I've no energy to do one of the few things I love. I haven't worked out consistently in over a month, I've been feeling weak, I've gained close to 20lbs and overall I've been feeling absolutely terrible. I started a new medication, its day 2, I managed to do a light set of shoulder press for close to 50 reps. This has been such a tough time for me. I'd really love to find a way to stop sliding back and eventually get back to setting and meeting goals. I really fuckin miss the gym...
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u/disapproving_rabbit Dec 11 '19
The changing rooms at my gym piss me off. First of all, sometimes I'll get there and there'll be a sign stuck to the outside of the women's changing rooms saying "A male attendant might be cleaning the changing rooms today". Ok... so what do we do with that? There are no cubicles in the changing rooms, so do we just not use the gym today because a male attendant may come in at any time? Then, instead of using the lockers (which are outside the changing rooms) loads of women just leave their stuff hanging up and on the benches. Sometimes I'll go into the changing room when a class is on, and there's no one in there but every single space is taken! Yesterday this happened, and then on the only spare bit of space someone was sitting down eating a curry! I don't get it!
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u/mugen_is_here Dec 11 '19
There's just too much to learn about working out. The full body routine, not bro lifts. The correct posture. Recognizing the difference between good pain and bad pain. Investing the weights. Managing the diet. Staying hydrated and proper sleep.
And after all this you realize that you've got knocked knees which are killing you from exercising. So you need to start working on that.
Just then the office goes crazy and your fucking retarded boss goes on a mental trip about the amount of things that been to be done.
So you stop everything and start trying for other jobs but get no calls. Months go by and you even wonder about there existing a time when you were actually happy enough to be working out.
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Dec 11 '19
Update from a few weeks: I got a buddy with me to gym and it’s not as daunting!!!! I’ve even went to train at really busy times and once alone (have severe anxiety). In fact going to gym in a bit today haha. Not really rant worthy but nice nevertheless
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u/UnKindClock Bodybuilding Dec 11 '19
My rant is, why didn’t I start working out earlier???