*.* 2012 General Fitness Thread *.*

[Buck]

Started at a new gym today. They have a "No Grunting" rule.

This really annoys me.

[lewdog]

Originally Posted by Buck

Started at a new gym today. They have a "No Grunting" rule.

This really annoys me.

I think that is a pretty dumb rule but in all honestly, loud grunting is very rarely necessary even for those of us who life heavy and near max weight.

Only time I do it is at the top of a heavy front squat as this quick release of air tends to not make me black out from holding air so tight in the bottom.

[Tribal Warfare]

Originally Posted by Buck

Started at a new gym today. They have a "No Grunting" rule.

This really annoys me.

What? The common motto in weightlifting is "if you don't breathe you'll die"

[Brock]

Originally Posted by Buck

Started at a new gym today. They have a "No Grunting" rule.

This really annoys me.

Planet fitness. for 10 bucks a month, you can't beat it.

[-King-]

Originally Posted by Brock

Planet fitness. for 10 bucks a month, you can't beat it.

The bad thing about that is that, because it's only $10 a month, there are 1000 people there at any given time. I took a tour at about 1:00 at my local one and there were lines at damn near every machine. 1:00! I wouldn't even want to see how many people there are after 5:00 when people get off work.

[ThaVirus]

Originally Posted by -King-

The bad thing about that is that, because it's only $10 a month, there are 1000 people there at any given time. I took a tour at about 1:00 at my local one and there were lines at damn near every machine. 1:00! I wouldn't even want to see how many people there are after 5:00 when people get off work.

Yeah, there are some crowd issues from Monday-Wednesday from around 4:30-7:30. At my location, any time outside of those peak hours is as good as gold. A lot of them in my area have made the 24-hour switch which helps as well.

I still have issues with the lack of free weight equipment and weekend hours. I really prefer free-weight bench press and squat racks but my gym has none and the place closes at 9 pm on Fridays and 7pm Saturdays and Sundays which blows.

Grunting and dropping weights are not really issues for me. I rarely ever do either; but at the same time I recognize the fact that I don't lift as hard as some others. I think it's stupid to outlaw that kind of shit. It's a gym. If people feel intimidated by others working out then they're just big, fat pussies and need to toughen up anyway.

[Brock]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Yeah, there are some crowd issues from Monday-Wednesday from around 4:30-7:30. At my location, any time outside of those peak hours is as good as gold. A lot of them in my area have made the 24-hour switch which helps as well..

Hell, I thought they were all 24 hour. I can see why they'd have crowding problems.

[BigCatDaddy]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

Yeah, there are some crowd issues from Monday-Wednesday from around 4:30-7:30. At my location, any time outside of those peak hours is as good as gold. A lot of them in my area have made the 24-hour switch which helps as well.

I still have issues with the lack of free weight equipment and weekend hours. I really prefer free-weight bench press and squat racks but my gym has none and the place closes at 9 pm on Fridays and 7pm Saturdays and Sundays which blows.

Grunting and dropping weights are not really issues for me. I rarely ever do either; but at the same time I recognize the fact that I don't lift as hard as some others. I think it's stupid to outlaw that kind of shit. It's a gym. If people feel intimidated by others working out then they're just big, fat pussies and need to toughen up anyway.

What kind of gym doesn't have a bench press and squat rack?

[Brock]

Originally Posted by Slick

What kind of gym doesn't have a bench press and squat rack?

PF.