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tuther day i was left dumbstruck as a young lad did 15 mins of his 'workout' while on the phone.... one arm cable crossover curls, switching arms to carry on chatting, single arm preacher machine etc etc... needless to say he looked like shit, can you realy not go half an hr without texting,gay-sexting,facebooking etc when in the gym anymore?
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tuther day i was left dumbstruck as a young lad did 15 mins of his 'workout' while on the phone.... one arm cable crossover curls, switching arms to carry on chatting, single arm preacher machine etc etc... needless to say he looked like shit, can you realy not go half an hr without texting,gay-sexting,facebooking etc when in the gym anymore?
and while he was training you were watching him for 15 minutes like some schmo.
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no, in-between hard sets i happend to notice him.... you have the size of a gym phone type trainee...
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There was one woman who came down to our apartment gym a few days ago and from the time she got there she didn't shut up on her phone while "using" the treadmill.
She was walking at a snails pace the whole time and the conversation was dripping in valley girl type attitude, "No waaaayyyy. For surreeee", being loud as fuck. I didn't have my headphones in at the time cause they stopped working so I couldn't avoid hearing it.
After.my workout I came up her, ( she was still talking on her phone), and told her how much I enjoyed listening to her conversation from across the gym floor, clear as day the whole traning session.
She looked at me like I had 3 heads and said I didn't have to be so rude about it.
I didn't have to be so rude. Me.
Lol , fuck this generation of slacker shit stains.
Seeing this more and more often. People talking on the phone the entire workout. Its like they are scared to be alone. Or just completely uncomfortable with themselves.
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There was one woman who came down to our apartment gym a few days ago and from the time she got there she didn't shut up on her phone while "using" the treadmill.
She was walking at a snails pace and the whole time and the conversation was dripping in valley girl type attitude, "No waaaayyyy. For surreeee", being loud as fuck. I didn't have my headphones in at the time cause they stopped working so I couldn't avoid hearing it.
After.my workout I came up her and told her how much I enjoyed listening to her conversation from across the gym .
She looked at me like I had 3 heads and said I didn't have to be so rude about it.
I didn't have to be so rude. Me.
Lol , fuck this generation of slacker shit stains.
Seeing this more and more often. People talking on the phone the entire workout. It like they are scared to be alone. Or just completely uncomfortable with themselves.
good on you, you have the size and the ethic of a non phone trainee
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good on you, you have the size and the ethic of a non phone trainee
You ever see anyone bring a laptop to the gym and listen to a training DVD full blast on it while working out? Lol I have.
Or bring their phone and listen to music on it full volume without headphones and not even ask if its okay with anyone around them?
That's the next step up the ladder of idiot gym behavior.
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sad state of afairs... our gym is a spit n saw dust type place so this type of shit doesnt generally happen
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There was one woman who came down to our apartment gym a few days ago and from the time she got there she didn't shut up on her phone while "using" the treadmill.
She was walking at a snails pace the whole time and the conversation was dripping in valley girl type attitude, "No waaaayyyy. For surreeee", being loud as fuck. I didn't have my headphones in at the time cause they stopped working so I couldn't avoid hearing it.
After.my workout I came up her, ( she was still talking on her phone), and told her how much I enjoyed listening to her conversation from across the gym floor, clear as day the whole traning session.
She looked at me like I had 3 heads and said I didn't have to be so rude about it.
I didn't have to be so rude. Me.
Lol , fuck this generation of slacker shit stains.
Seeing this more and more often. People talking on the phone the entire workout. Its like they are scared to be alone. Or just completely uncomfortable with themselves.
Hoe any good?
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I use my phone to write down my sets and reps, but that is all.
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I'm now in my 23rd year of training and can honestly say I have never taken a phone into the gym. The last guy I trained with used to bring his phone in and would be checking his Instagram and Facebook in between sets. Needless to say we don't train together anymore.
He texted me recently asking about dbol and clen - wanted to run them both together because he wanted to "bulk and cut at the same time" ::)
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I'm now in my 23rd year of training and can honestly say I have never taken a phone into the gym. The last guy I trained with used to bring his phone in and would be checking his Instagram and Facebook in between sets. Needless to say we don't train together anymore.
He texted me recently asking about dbol and clen - wanted to run them both together because he wanted to "bulk and cut at the same time" ::)
That's how it used to be back in the day for me as well. Not as long as yourself but the premise of not fucking around with mp3, or CD players, phone was the same. Had the best training partners back then too. Now...good luck. Most people are morons.
Check this quote out. Its all you need to know about a persons self discipline and reasoning skills. Bet she looks amazing.
Maria Daigle, 45, a nurse from Metairie, La., said she has every right to use her cellphone during workouts at her club, Elmwood Fitness.
“At a gym, I don’t think people should have to be quiet,” she said. “I don’t see the difference between two people next to each other screaming over the elliptical to hear each other. It’s not the library, and it’s not a bookstore.”
If I trained this bitch, she would be too winded to utter a word.
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Vince Goodrums is doing my contest prep strictly through phone consults
So unless I can use the gym phone and take notes im gonna be on the floor being directed to perform Vissy Squatz then I need a play by play for my routine I'm going to break off for PJ when I become a brand ambassador for BS
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Last week I saw a long bearded boy on the leg press. He was literally doing the reps (with sissy weight) and texting at the same time. Generation nothingness personified.
Kids come up to me in the gym and ask training advice. The first thing I tell them is to leave the phone at home or in the car. They never comply because they are addicted to their phone and texting.
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tuther day i was left dumbstruck as a young lad did 15 mins of his 'workout' while on the phone.... one arm cable crossover curls, switching arms to carry on chatting, single arm preacher machine etc etc... needless to say he looked like shit, can you realy not go half an hr without texting,gay-sexting,facebooking etc when in the gym anymore?
Half an hour?... they can't go 2 minutes without it. Cell phones addiction is a disease.
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I'm now in my 23rd year of training and can honestly say I have never taken a phone into the gym. The last guy I trained with used to bring his phone in and would be checking his Instagram and Facebook in between sets. Needless to say we don't train together anymore.
He texted me recently asking about dbol and clen - wanted to run them both together because he wanted to "bulk and cut at the same time" ::)
I had a falling out with my younger brother over the same thing, I had to make him keep it in his bag
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what i find worse is posers taking pics of themselves in front of the mirror.. annoys me because it´s where the DB rack is. Can´t be bothered to wait until they finish admiring themselves to get a pair of Dumbbells ::)
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This is why I train at 4 or 5 a.m. at the gym or at anytime in home in my garage. I don't much care for people. I use headphones at home when listening to music. I don't have either of my phones with me (work or personal) unless I am on call and they are set to vibrate.
I hate society. Social media is a social disease. I recently had a (supposedly) full grown man walk into me at a local mall while he was texting. I just stood there as I saw him coming, wearing his wife-beater, black pseudo-negro/vato/white-trash black baggies and black socks with red Converse knock-offs. Resplendent in Mickey Mouse looking tattoos, shaved stubble covering his mutant gourd shaped cranium and fooktard beard made all the more fearsome by the topper of toppers, a unibrow that he could easily use for a front to back comb-over.
He walked right into me. Fortunately I was ready for the impact of the human version of Comet Nibooboo and had my cane (I am somewhat handicapped, mostly mentally so!) and so this time when immovable object meets unbearably stupid farce, the former wins. I politely asked him to be the adult his parents most surely wanted him to be and watch where he was going.
No apology came out of his gaping maw, just a grunt of "ok".
If God exists, its time for a flood.
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what i find worse is posers taking pics of themselves in front of the mirror.. annoys me because it´s where the DB rack is. Can´t be bothered to wait until they finish admiring themselves to get a pair of Dumbbells ::)
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or the people listening to music on their phone who all of a sudden break out into a full dance routine..and better yet the karate dancers punching and kicking around the gym floor, when there is a perfectly good aerobics room not being used.
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If she was naked i might let it slide.. :D
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You ever see anyone bring a laptop to the gym and listen to a training DVD full blast on it while working out? Lol I have.
Or bring their phone and listen to music on it full volume without headphones and not even ask if its okay with anyone around them?
That's the next step up the ladder of idiot gym behavior.
It's already happening; usually by Hebrews and their horrible "rap" music
I've even seen some bring those horrible external speakers that you plug into your phone.
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tuther day i was left dumbstruck as a young lad did 15 mins of his 'workout' while on the phone.... one arm cable crossover curls, switching arms to carry on chatting, single arm preacher machine etc etc... needless to say he looked like shit, can you realy not go half an hr without texting,gay-sexting,facebooking etc when in the gym anymore?
He would suck even without the phone doing those gay "exercises".
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Last week I saw a long bearded boy on the leg press. He was literally doing the reps (with sissy weight) and texting at the same time. Generation nothingness personified.
Maybe he was working with an agency to get funding to support and elderly parent in a nursing home which was taking up a significant amount of time out his personal life.. Since he's been pressed for time, and trying to still get a work out in, he answered some email during a warm up set.
People spend too much time looking at others and drawing the worst possible conclusion. People need to stop wasting time wondering why/what anyone else is doing and just do their thing.
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Maybe he was working with an agency to get funding to support and elderly parent in a nursing home which was taking up a significant amount of time out his personal life.. Since he's been pressed for time, and trying to still get a work out in, he answered some email during a warm up set.
People spend too much time looking at others and drawing the worst possible conclusion. People need to stop wasting time wondering why/what anyone else is doing and just do their thing.
Translation: "I'm hopelessly addicted to my cell phone and I text while working out"
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Iphone stays in my pocket playing music. I used my apple watch to track workout and heart beat.
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Out of curiosity, do U take notice of your heart rate when doing weights?
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or the gym buddies who video each others' sets for immediate posting on social media.
Yes, your 9 shit form repetitions with the 65s on the flat bench press are insanely impressive, better share them with the world.
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I had a falling out with my younger brother over the same thing, I had to make him keep it in his bag
You had a falling out with your brother over this? haha lol.
You must be so hardcore in the gym. :D :D
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Out of curiosity, do U take notice of your heart rate when doing weights?
Yeah. A little during circuit training. Good for cardio.
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and while he was training you were watching him for 15 minutes like some schmo.
lol
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You had a falling out with your brother over this? haha lol.
You must be so hardcore in the gym. :D :D
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These two people are responsible for a lot of the shit that goes on in the gym today. People taking pictures/video's of themselves doing nothing impressive at all...
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Yeah. A little during circuit training. Good for cardio.
Circuit training if done properly will give you a great effect and keep your heart rate up and i have ranted on a couple of times about PHA training because it works. Bob Gadja was not the originator of this but the idea was great. Most guys like the thread suggests either rest too long between sets or/and are on their phone.
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You had a falling out with your brother over this? haha lol.
You must be so hardcore in the gym. :D :D
Yeh im so hard core not wanting to wait 5 mins between sets.... ::)
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Circuit training if done properly will give you a great effect and keep your heart rate up and i have ranted on a couple of times about PHA training because it works. Bob Gadja was not the originator of this but the idea was great. Most guys like the thread suggests either rest too long between sets or/and are on their phone.
I love circuit training becuase I hate cardio. My gym , gold's, sucks. I been to the 4 gold's around me and they are almost always packed or have limited equipment even at slow hours. Hard to circuit without being a dick.
I would change gyms but I'm only paying 30 bucks a month.
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Translation: "I'm hopelessly addicted to my cell phone and I text while working out"
I use my cell phone during exercise for GPS tracking of runs and mile timing, and to play music over a bluetooth headset while exercising.
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I love circuit training becuase I hate cardio. My gym , gold's, sucks. I been to the 4 gold's around me and they are almost always packed or have limited equipment even at slow hours. Hard to circuit without being a dick.
I would change gyms but I'm only paying 30 bucks a month.
get this Book .. Circuit Training ISBN 0-09181929-8 :)
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Yeh im so hard core not wanting to wait 5 mins between sets.... ::)
Usually a "fall out" means that there was some sort of disagreement that led to 2 people not talking or separating or being estranged from each other.
So, you stopped talking to your brother because you had to wait 5 minutes between sets? haha lol ;D ;D
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I use my phone to write down my sets and reps, but that is all.
Gay. Leave your phone at home or u got no business being at the gym in the first place.
Social media & mobile phones shit my fac3 off.
Only time its acceptable to be on you mobile is in tbe locker room and ONLY to check for new posts on getbig.
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Gay. Leave your phone at home or u got no business being at the gym in the first place.
Tested your theory. Had Master of Puppets on my cell phone (bluetooth earbuds, 40 ft range) to start.
Did week 3 dead lift day on Wendler's 5/3/1
Texted between sets with getbigger.
On last "test" set where you're supposed to get a couple reps got 10.
5 assistance sets of weighted chins, texted with gettbigger in between. Video taped a few sets with phone to make sure I wasn't cheating.
30 sets of 20 sec sprints at treadmill max (6 min mile) - 10 seconds rest in between. Watched baseball game on MLB.TV on phone during. Used round time on cell phone to time sets into earphones.
Tabata cardio with battle ropes, used cell phone for round time through earphones during music.
Don't see what the big deal is. I could've easily done the workout "leaving my cell phone at home". But I didn't, and it only enhanced my workout.
I mean I guess it would have been better if I had a lifting belt, gloves, gallon jug of water and a gut.......but I didn't, so I made due. ::) ::)
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Tested your theory. Had Master of Puppets on my cell phone (bluetooth earbuds, 40 ft range) to start.
Did week 3 dead lift day on Wendler's 5/3/1
Texted between sets with getbigger.
On last "test" set where you're supposed to get a couple reps got 10.
5 assistance sets of weighted chins, texted with gettbigger in between. Video taped a few sets with phone to make sure I wasn't cheating.
30 sets of 20 sec sprints at treadmill max (6 min mile) - 10 seconds rest in between. Watched baseball game on MLB.TV on phone during. Used round time on cell phone to time sets into earphones.
Tabata cardio with battle ropes, used cell phone for round time through earphones during music.
Don't see what the big deal is. I could've easily done the workout "leaving my cell phone at home". But I didn't, and it only enhanced my workout.
I mean I guess it would have been better if I had a lifting belt, gloves, gallon jug of water and a gut.......but I didn't, so I made due. ::) ::)
EXACTLY!!
As if texting between sets is going to interfere with someones workout. ::) ::)
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EXACTLY!!
As if texting between sets is going to interfere with someones workout. ::) ::)
Of coarse it can. Ifnyoure just chatting,how can you stay focused on what you're going go do.next when youre constantly interrupting that focus with something completly irrelevant to what you should be doing?
Sorry, but when I see that kinda stuff it just shows a complete lack of seriousness in what the person is supposed to be committed to.
I know for a fact that most.people that train hard wouldn't even have the desire to text. Hands shaking, winded, sweating your balls off, I'm just looking to finish and get out at that point. Not waste my time.
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Of coarse it can. Ifnyoure just chatting,how can you stay focused on what you're going go do.next when youre constantly interrupting that focus with something completly irrelevant to what you should be doing?
Sorry, but when I see that kinda stuff it just shows a complete lack of seriousness in what the person is supposed to be committed to.
I know for a fact that most.people that train hard wouldn't even have the desire to text. Hands shaking, winded, sweating your balls off, I'm just looking to finish and get out at that point. Not waste my time.
If I am doing 3 sets of dumbbell curls and I finish my set, send a quick text, then do another set, I am not too sure how this interferes with my workout. I did that today a few times and still got in a great workout.
Yes, but its not wasted time. I mean, you take a break between sets anyway. It would be a whole different story if you spent 10 minutes texting. But I did my set, sent a quick text, rested for about 20 more seconds, then did my second set. How did texting interfere with my workout? ??? ???
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Sorry, but when I see that kinda stuff it just shows a complete lack of seriousness in what the person is supposed to be committed to.
I just showed you an example of the opposite.
I don't need to think about my next set for the full 60 or 90 seconds.
I sent a text, put the phone down, got over the bar, focused, and killed the set. Beat the reps by so much, I now have to use a different max to work the weight scheme off in week four.
If I sat there an "concentrated" would I have gotten two more reps? Am i supposed to walk back and forth real fast, wriggling my fingers, and breathing heavy out of my nose to pysche up instead? lol, of course not
I'm not texting when I'm sprinting, pushing the prowler, squatting, or deadlifting. Who gives a fuck what happens in between?
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Thankfully both gyms I belong to have sitting areas where people can chat away on their phones because they don't allow it in the workout areas. Mine stays in the locker and I use iPod working out.
Worst things is people sitting on equipment texting. They should have a rule about that too.
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Worst things is people sitting on equipment texting. They should have a rule about that too.
Totally agree with this.
If people are texting so much and having a lazy workout because of it, that's one thing. But just texting during normal rest is harmless.
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Totally agree with this.
If people are texting so much and having a lazy workout because of it, that's one thing. But just texting during normal rest is harmless.
I have no issue with that and I will say thats what most people do when texting/surfing. Women seem to be the worst about texting while on a machine/bench.
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Totally agree with this.
If people are texting so much and having a lazy workout because of it, that's one thing. But just texting during normal rest is harmless.
I see people at my gym texting while lifting all the time, and its usually when working legs (obviously). Saw some women texting while leg pressing. :-\
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Thankfully both gyms I belong to have sitting areas where people can chat away on their phones because they don't allow it in the workout areas. Mine stays in the locker and I use iPod working out.
Worst things is people sitting on equipment texting. They should have a rule about that too.
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Just the other day this saggy old bastard set up a gay circuit of 3 excercises around the pulldown machine then sat on on the pulldown playing with his phone for 15 minutes.
It's not just in the gym I hate phones in general and wish they had never become commonplace, liked it far better before we all had them
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Just the other day this saggy old bastard set up a gay circuit of 3 excercises around the pulldown machine then sat on on the pulldown playing with his phone for 15 minutes.
It's not just in the gym I hate phones in general and wish they had never become commonplace, liked it far better before we all had them
The worst thing about them (smart phones) is what they have done to the work day. Everyone is connected 24/7 now. When I first got a Blackberry I knew it would change everything and it did.
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Usually a "fall out" means that there was some sort of disagreement that led to 2 people not talking or separating or being estranged from each other.
So, you stopped talking to your brother because you had to wait 5 minutes between sets? haha lol ;D ;D
I fall out with him daily, are U an only child?
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The worst thing about them (smart phones) is what they have done to the work day. Everyone is connected 24/7 now. When I first got a Blackberry I knew it would change everything and it did.
This.
Eventually (I hope) there will be a backlash in this context, as I believe we'll see more and more people burning out in the workforce at a young age.
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I fall out with him daily, are U an only child?
Nope.
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I fall out with him daily, are U an only child?
I understand this... I don't think my brother and I can have a conversation during any holiday without it breaking down into an argument.
You might be blood, but sometimes, you just don't understand them.
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With your friends you bite your tongue a bit upto an extent, no reason to hold back with blood
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The worst thing about them (smart phones) is what they have done to the work day. Everyone is connected 24/7 now. When I first got a Blackberry I knew it would change everything and it did.
that is why you get a work phone from the company and set it to don't not disturb after work. Never give them a home phone number.
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I just showed you an example of the opposite.
I don't need to think about my next set for the full 60 or 90 seconds.
I sent a text, put the phone down, got over the bar, focused, and killed the set. Beat the reps by so much, I now have to use a different max to work the weight scheme off in week four.
If I sat there an "concentrated" would I have gotten two more reps? Am i supposed to walk back and forth real fast, wriggling my fingers, and breathing heavy out of my nose to pysche up instead? lol, of course not
I'm not texting when I'm sprinting, pushing the prowler, squatting, or deadlifting. Who gives a fuck what happens in between?
Cell phone addicts, like other addicts are generally in denial. Arnold.wouldn't be happy. :P
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I just showed you an example of the opposite.
I don't need to think about my next set for the full 60 or 90 seconds.
I sent a text, put the phone down, got over the bar, focused, and killed the set. Beat the reps by so much, I now have to use a different max to work the weight scheme off in week four.
If I sat there an "concentrated" would I have gotten two more reps? Am i supposed to walk back and forth real fast, wriggling my fingers, and breathing heavy out of my nose to pysche up instead? lol, of course not
I'm not texting when I'm sprinting, pushing the prowler, squatting, or deadlifting. Who gives a fuck what happens in between?
In all seriousness, did you just actually type the term "and killed the set" (emphasis mine)? You might...No...you should consider deleting that portion of your post. Either that or self-castration. Choose wisely... ;D
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In all seriousness, did you just actually type the term "and killed the set" (emphasis mine)? You might...No...you should consider deleting that portion of your post. Either that or self-castration. Choose wisely... ;D
Funny you mention that because I actually did recognize that when I posted it, and largely agree.
But I did double my anticipated rep count, and didn't feel like typing it out.
But yeah, awful wording.
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Local Hero: "Hey, bro, what are you doing?
Brother: "Just checking my cell phone."
Local Hero: "What the hell are you doing that for?"
Brother: "Well, I just wanted to send someone a quick text between sets. I mean, we were resting."
Local Hero: "Dude, the iron is no joke. You have to be 100% serious when around the iron!"
Brother: "Well, I like to lift weight and work out hard, but I don't think there is anything wrong with texting between sets."
Local Hero: "I can't believe you just said that. You're disrespecting the iron!"
Brother: "Well, I don't feel like its a problem, you know. No biggie. We can still get in our workout."
Local Hero: "Brother, I am so going to have a falling out with you if you don't put that phone down. We will be estranged."
Brother: "Okay, you're taking this a little too seriously."
Local Hero: "UGH, that is it. We are done! I am telling mom and dad about this. I am calling them right now!!"
Brother: "Man, calm down you."
Local Hero: "Don't tell me to calm down. I am pissed. I am going to post this on getbig and tell everyone I had a falling out with you. UGH!!! Generation Nothingness."
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Local Hero: "Hey, bro, what are you doing?
Brother: "Just checking my cell phone."
Local Hero: "What the hell are you doing that for?"
Brother: "Well, I just wanted to send someone a quick text between sets. I mean, we were resting."
Local Hero: "Dude, the iron is no joke. You have to be 100% serious when around the iron!"
Brother: "Well, I like to lift weight and work out hard, but I don't think there is anything wrong with texting between sets."
Local Hero: "I can't believe you just said that. You're disrespecting the iron!"
Brother: "Well, I don't feel like its a problem, you know. No biggie. We can still get in our workout."
Local Hero: "Brother, I am so going to have a falling out with you if you don't put that phone down. We will be estranged."
Brother: "Okay, you're taking this a little too seriously."
Local Hero: "UGH, that is it. We are done! I am telling mom and dad about this. I am calling them right now!!"
Brother: "Man, calm down you."
Local Hero: "Don't tell me to calm down. I am pissed. I am going to post this on getbig and tell everyone I had a falling out with you. UGH!!! Generation Nothingness."
Is that how 'men' interact in the US, no wonder Caitlin is a hero
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Is that how 'men' interact in the US, no wonder Caitlin is a hero
seriously, this convo is so beta :-\
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The worst thing about them (smart phones) is what they have done to the work day. Everyone is connected 24/7 now. When I first got a Blackberry I knew it would change everything and it did.
People need to set limits. If someone from work wants to contact me during my personal time, they're going to pay me for being "on call".
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seriously, this convo is so beta :-\
Well, Local Hero did say he had a falling out with his brother over him texting between sets. I mean, that in and of itself, is beta!
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This kind of scum should be raped then killed, or killed then raped.
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Well, Local Hero did say he had a falling out with his brother over him texting between sets. I mean, that in and of itself, is beta!
true.
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