Working Out....

[ehbes]

On a related note, has anyone picked up the girl at the gym?

How.

ask them to spot you, then struggle. if they know what they are doing they will grab your wrist and lower them down....proper arm placement and those pillows might get in the way

thats if you are doing an incline bench mind you

[Molzie]

So what I'm getting is: deadlift while stair-stepping.

i think wobbles is the only person capable of doing this *pro level 99*

[wobbles]

do u think i got like without working at it?

[Smiles]

I ride my mountain bike twice a week and 2 months ago i did this 30 day gorilla workout with my bro and I felt great but when i finished the whole month i was like I'll rest my body for a week and now its been a little over a month and still haven't started a new thing.

[garethom]

just started hitting the gym recently, and I was wondering whether I needed to get on free weights or not; is it really necessary or are the machines enough? Bear in mind that I don't go gym with the aim of becoming some huge guy with bulging biceps or anything, I go just to stay fit and healthy

I don't really think there are any rules, it's just whatever works for you.

I use a mix of machine and free weights. I find I can get a better isolation using a machine though.

This.

Regarding girls at the gym. I don't go to a chain gym, just a mid-sized independent gym (because it's closer to my house, not because I'm some sort of gym hipster), and the girls/women that go there are, for the most part, fucking terrified from the looks of things. I'd say male to female is probably about 5 to 1, and the amount of staring they put up with is next level. Top pervs and paeds some of them are. Shame really.

[NickUndercover]

just started hitting the gym recently, and I was wondering whether I needed to get on free weights or not; is it really necessary or are the machines enough? Bear in mind that I don't go gym with the aim of becoming some huge guy with bulging biceps or anything, I go just to stay fit and healthy

I don't really think there are any rules, it's just whatever works for you.

I use a mix of machine and free weights. I find I can get a better isolation using a machine though.

This.

Regarding girls at the gym. I don't go to a chain gym, just a mid-sized independent gym (because it's closer to my house, not because I'm some sort of gym hipster), and the girls/women that go there are, for the most part, fucking terrified from the looks of things. I'd say male to female is probably about 5 to 1, and the amount of staring they put up with is next level. Top pervs and paeds some of them are. Shame really.

From what I remember only the old guys were like that, they would do 4 reps then stare at some bums into the wall mirror (fucking wall mirrors EVERYWHERE). Guys my age were more busy squatting 300pounds while blasting some classic eye of the tiger with their warface on, then take off their shirt and stare at themselves in the same wall mirrors, was quite funny

[garethom]

just started hitting the gym recently, and I was wondering whether I needed to get on free weights or not; is it really necessary or are the machines enough? Bear in mind that I don't go gym with the aim of becoming some huge guy with bulging biceps or anything, I go just to stay fit and healthy

I don't really think there are any rules, it's just whatever works for you.

I use a mix of machine and free weights. I find I can get a better isolation using a machine though.

This.

Regarding girls at the gym. I don't go to a chain gym, just a mid-sized independent gym (because it's closer to my house, not because I'm some sort of gym hipster), and the girls/women that go there are, for the most part, fucking terrified from the looks of things. I'd say male to female is probably about 5 to 1, and the amount of staring they put up with is next level. Top pervs and paeds some of them are. Shame really.

From what I remember only the old guys were like that, they would do 4 reps then stare at some bums into the wall mirror (fucking wall mirrors EVERYWHERE). Guys my age were more busy squatting 300pounds while blasting some classic eye of the tiger with their warface on, then take off their shirt and stare at themselves in the same wall mirrors, was quite funny

There's a group of three kids that weigh about 9 stone between them that have been coming to the gym for about 2 weeks, with smart polos on (top buttons done up, naturally) that haven't done a single fucking thing since they've been there. Just stood there talking to each other in front of the mirror. I've seen them sit down on a machine, but they don't do anything, just talk to each other and perv.

[Today]

i had a buddy in uni who wanted to work out but never came with me to the gym. Said he didn't want anyone to look at him because he was skinny and whatnot

I had to convince him that everyone who went there was far too busy looking at themselves to bother judging him him

[Genevieve]

My favorite gym type is the HUUUGE 5'2" dude who spends 1 hour standing between you and the mirror in an otherwise empty room, constantly tryign to catch a glimpse of you watching him. Never getting that if you're looking in his general direction it's BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SEE YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR BUT HE'S BLOCKING THE VIEW.

[wobbles]

my favorite is the fat guy in a wife beater, cuz he thinks he looks good

[garethom]

my favorite is the fat guy in a wife beater, cuz he thinks he looks good

Most guys at my gym are fat, with big arms, because to most people, that's hench.

[Molzie]

my favorite is the fat guy in a wife beater, cuz he thinks he looks good

Most guys at my gym are fat, with big arms, because to most people, that's hench.

those guys tend to have poor form.

I was watching one guy yesterday benching twice as much as me but his pelvis and lower back was almost a foot of the bench. idiot

[Genevieve]

my favorite is the fat guy in a wife beater, cuz he thinks he looks good

Most guys at my gym are fat, with big arms, because to most people, that's hench.

those guys tend to have poor form.

I was watching one guy yesterday benching twice as much as me but his pelvis and lower back was almost a foot of the bench. idiot

Jesus Christ, I flinched reading that.

[wobbles]

thats actually ok tbh guise

[Molzie]

^ holy shit lol

[Genevieve]

do u think i got like without working at it?

Yep, defonitely got potential.

[ezza]

just started hitting the gym recently, and I was wondering whether I needed to get on free weights or not; is it really necessary or are the machines enough? Bear in mind that I don't go gym with the aim of becoming some huge guy with bulging biceps or anything, I go just to stay fit and healthy

For overall strength and a more 'usefull' strength I'd use free weights, engages your core way more. On a smith machine I can bench like 100kg but on a free bench like 70kg so it definitely helps you out a fair bit.

[wobbles]

do u think i got like without working at it?

Yep, defonitely got potential.

Thanks man. I was curling 20 lbs just before so i mean im pretty big in this game

[wub]

Still pumped from using the mouse...

[Molzie]

Does anyone know anything about protein powders?

I thought I might give one ago but I don't know which to use. What would be more beneficial for leaning muscle; Whey, Creatine or Glutamine?