With back to school rolling around the corner everyone will be back in the gym trying to lose weight and get in shape. That is great and I admire every one's intentions however vague they happen to be. Unfortunately 90% of them will only show up for two weeks and then leave soon afterwards for a fall filled with sets and reps of couches and potato chips only to return for their New Year's resolution.
I prefer to train at home or at the park but I do go to the gym 2-3 times per week because I need to use some of the equipment there. I think from a weight loss perspective you should have as many training options as possible because variety will keep you interested and keep forcing your body to adapt (lose weight). Do not be one of those people who go to gym and do the same thing every time! How boring is that? And even worse, it is useless! Your body will adapt to a stimulus in as little as four sessions, so if you are a cardio nut trying to lose weight, do every form of cardio possible (except Jazzercise ), use all the machines, go outside and ride your bike, jog, power walk, climb hills, whatever just get a ton of variety.
Bringing this back to the title, I go to the gym often and have been going to gyms since 1995 so I have seen just about everything from fist fights, to people falling asleep on a bench but yesterday I saw the weirdest thing ever. I was walking over to the weight lifting platform to try out some Olympic lifts but I noticed it was occupied. I noticed that the guy lifting was super tall but didn't think much of it until I did a double take and saw that he was wearing Jump Training Shoes while doing the Olympic lifts!
Now I haven't seen jump training shoes since the early 90's so this along was pretty strange. But grabbing a heavy barbell from the ground and throwing it overhead when you are balancing on two little circles is probably the dumbest thing I have ever seen. This guy was wobbling around like a drunk while grunted and groaning the barbell overhead. What a dork. There are a lot of weenies at any gym, but this guy was up there.
Other strange things I have seen at the gym include:
an old skinny guy in a wife beater and crocs pumping his pump on (same day as jump training lifter guy)
a guy load about 405 lbs on his back and walk around the entire gym screaming, forcing people to run for cover
a girl wearing one of those stupid swim suit aerobic outfits from the 80's
a fist fight between a teenage two juice monkeys over using the mirror to watch themselves pump up
a guy who would fall asleep every time he came to the gym
a guy who came up to the bench press I was using and sat on the bar, later getting annoyed when I asked him to move
fat people drinking Gatorade while walking on the treadmill in the air conditioned gym
an explosion in the sauna that sent weird gasses into the weight room and nobody would leave
a guy go into a karate pose, start screaming, then run across the gym still screaming and jump kick the punching bag sending it crashing into the mirror thereby breaking the mirror and ending the punching bag's days in the gym
I promise you I didn't make any of these up and I guarantee you I am forgetting a bunch of episodes. The bottom line is, there are a bunch of dorks that go to the gym so don't be one of them. Dress normally, use common sense when training and please don't karate kick anything or anyone.
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I prefer to train at home or at the park but I do go to the gym 2-3 times per week because I need to use some of the equipment there. I think from a weight loss perspective you should have as many training options as possible because variety will keep you interested and keep forcing your body to adapt (lose weight). Do not be one of those people who go to gym and do the same thing every time! How boring is that? And even worse, it is useless! Your body will adapt to a stimulus in as little as four sessions, so if you are a cardio nut trying to lose weight, do every form of cardio possible (except Jazzercise ), use all the machines, go outside and ride your bike, jog, power walk, climb hills, whatever just get a ton of variety.
Bringing this back to the title, I go to the gym often and have been going to gyms since 1995 so I have seen just about everything from fist fights, to people falling asleep on a bench but yesterday I saw the weirdest thing ever. I was walking over to the weight lifting platform to try out some Olympic lifts but I noticed it was occupied. I noticed that the guy lifting was super tall but didn't think much of it until I did a double take and saw that he was wearing Jump Training Shoes while doing the Olympic lifts!
Now I haven't seen jump training shoes since the early 90's so this along was pretty strange. But grabbing a heavy barbell from the ground and throwing it overhead when you are balancing on two little circles is probably the dumbest thing I have ever seen. This guy was wobbling around like a drunk while grunted and groaning the barbell overhead. What a dork. There are a lot of weenies at any gym, but this guy was up there.
Other strange things I have seen at the gym include:
I promise you I didn't make any of these up and I guarantee you I am forgetting a bunch of episodes. The bottom line is, there are a bunch of dorks that go to the gym so don't be one of them. Dress normally, use common sense when training and please don't karate kick anything or anyone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGOO8ZhWFR4