Man/Gym Laws
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prld2gr8ns
Idiot Savant
Man law 2. No flip flops
Man law 3. If you must wear flip flops, keep toe nails trimmed
Gym law 2. No yoga pants
Gym law 3. Respect other lifters space.
Man law 3. If you must wear flip flops, keep toe nails trimmed
Gym law 2. No yoga pants
Gym law 3. Respect other lifters space.
Swanson52
Well-known member
You can squat in other places too haha... Snatch and clean the weight up... When you're done drop it behind your back or military press it and let it hit the floor.
Have you seen em today?
Xtweak05
New member
Man/Bro Laws, many are from a show you may know that goes by the name of How I Met Your Mother
- a bro never never wraps a towel around his head when he gets out of the shower
- a bro should never sip an alcoholic beverage through a straw
- a bro should never wear crocs
- a bro should not "pop" his collar
- a bro should never say "it's to die for"
- no eye contact in a devil's three way
- a bro should never say "awwww"
- a bro must never leave without saying anything
- two bros should never share an umbrella
- a bro shall never reveal the score of a sporting even to another bro unless three times confirmed that it's cool
- the word cute should never be used unless describing a girl they want to bone
- a bro should never, ever, wear capri pants
- no bro should wear a speedo to the beach
- no bro should make a kissing face in a photo
- no bro should wear girls jeans
others
- whether he cares about sports or not, a bro cares about sports
- A bro may ask another bro to help him move. But only after first disclosing an honest estimate on both time commitment and number of large furniture pieces. If the bro has vastly underestimated, either his bros retain the right to leave his possessions where they are, in most cases stuck in a door-way
- bros to not share dessert
- When flipping through TV channels with his Bros, a Bro is not allowed to skip past a program featuring boobs. This includes but is not limited to, exercise shows, women's athletics, and on some occasions surgery programs.
- no sex with a bros ex (unless granted permission)
- a bro saves a bro from the friend zone
- a bro never never wraps a towel around his head when he gets out of the shower
- a bro should never sip an alcoholic beverage through a straw
- a bro should never wear crocs
- a bro should not "pop" his collar
- a bro should never say "it's to die for"
- no eye contact in a devil's three way
- a bro should never say "awwww"
- a bro must never leave without saying anything
- two bros should never share an umbrella
- a bro shall never reveal the score of a sporting even to another bro unless three times confirmed that it's cool
- the word cute should never be used unless describing a girl they want to bone
- a bro should never, ever, wear capri pants
- no bro should wear a speedo to the beach
- no bro should make a kissing face in a photo
- no bro should wear girls jeans
others
- whether he cares about sports or not, a bro cares about sports
- A bro may ask another bro to help him move. But only after first disclosing an honest estimate on both time commitment and number of large furniture pieces. If the bro has vastly underestimated, either his bros retain the right to leave his possessions where they are, in most cases stuck in a door-way
- bros to not share dessert
- When flipping through TV channels with his Bros, a Bro is not allowed to skip past a program featuring boobs. This includes but is not limited to, exercise shows, women's athletics, and on some occasions surgery programs.
- no sex with a bros ex (unless granted permission)
- a bro saves a bro from the friend zone
stxnas
Well-known member
^^^This! I hate that ****!
retrofitted
Member
Repeats but worth repeating.
Rack your goddamn weights.
Wipe your sweat off the bench.
Leave the squat and power racks for compounds.
Stay off your cell phone.
Rack your goddamn weights.
Wipe your sweat off the bench.
Leave the squat and power racks for compounds.
Stay off your cell phone.
Xtweak05
New member
The cell phone thing is very annoying. Back before I trained with an iPod or iPhone I would over hear conversations that had no business taking place in the gym. I would say leave cell phones in a locker or car, but considering I myself am on call 24/7 not even I can do that.
It's noteworthy that I have had to take calls in the gym, but my calls are an automated voice message asking if I can accept a job for work or not, so I don't speak back to it at all.
toddgranit
Active member
prld2gr8ns said:
No flip flops?
But I live on the beach.
toddgranit
Active member
Xtweak05 said:
All epic!!
kokobeware2
Active member
Thou shalt not use workout gloves when lifting
OrganicShadow
Well-known member
I wear flip flops year round but I call them slippers. I used to live ocean front. Sigh, miss those days.
My #1 man law: Do unto others as you would have done unto you.
My #1 gym law: By not giving it your best you're only cheating yourself.
Overall life motto: It's not worth doing if I can't take pictures and post it on the internet.
Young Gotti
Well-known member
but i love making duck face in my pictures....instagram fitness model
the rule that ppl should enforce at my gym are, don't put your equipment on all the gym equipment your not using, i.e. your lifting belts, straps, wraps, and bottles
the rule that ppl should enforce at my gym are, don't put your equipment on all the gym equipment your not using, i.e. your lifting belts, straps, wraps, and bottles
Xtweak05
New member
Gym laws:
If you must grunt, which is completely acceptable , do not over exaggerate it as if anybody really cares how much your lifting or how intense you think you're training.
Please stand at least 5 feet back from the DB rack so others can access the DBs instead of waiting for you to finish curling, lateraling, or shrugging. I've had to tell several people to move back so myself and others can use the DBs.
If you use the gyms locker room, sit on your towel. Don't go bare ass on the benches.
Drop your DBs in a controlled matter. If I can drop 130s controlled I know for a fact those 70s don't need to be rolling 6 feet on my feet.
If you must grunt, which is completely acceptable , do not over exaggerate it as if anybody really cares how much your lifting or how intense you think you're training.
Please stand at least 5 feet back from the DB rack so others can access the DBs instead of waiting for you to finish curling, lateraling, or shrugging. I've had to tell several people to move back so myself and others can use the DBs.
If you use the gyms locker room, sit on your towel. Don't go bare ass on the benches.
Drop your DBs in a controlled matter. If I can drop 130s controlled I know for a fact those 70s don't need to be rolling 6 feet on my feet.
topcop8p8
New member
Swanson52 said:
Eh, I curl in the squat rack. But I'm also just about the only person at my gym who squats! There's only 2 barbells at my gym, squat rack and bench press. So I figure I use the barbell that nobody else uses.
Most of the gym laws I can think of have already been mentioned. But don't set your water bottle on a bench that you're not using cuz u don't wanna bend over to pick it up!
Xtweak05
New member
Clearly you've never attempted to hold a fart in whilst training legs. Impossible to do.
The gym already smells of sweat, overly perfumed middle aged woman, and feet, so why not add a little ass smoke in there.
Here's another gym law: Shrugging using the Bench Press. I can understand if your gym doesn't have a rack of some sort designated solely for curling, squatting, pressing, etc. However, if the squat rack is open go do your shrugging over there. I'd like to bench press, and you're on one of the only 2 benches in the gym.
** This also applies to the DB Rowers using the bench press. There are 3 flat benches at my gym and a certain man refuses to use them while rowing**
Xtweak05
New member
Technically speaking, racks are designated for any sort of exercise that can be performed within them. Presses, pull-ups, deadlifting, rack pulls, curls, and yes, squats. Squat stands however, those should not be utilized for anything other than what they're designed for.
I don't see the problem with curling in the squat rack at the appropriate time. During a rush, yes I can understand. I personally think too many of you are paying attention to others and letting it affect your day entirely too much. If you minus the rules that apply to hygiene, and obvious distractions, what's the big deal with a persons lifting/gym habits. They're not letting anybody affect their day, why are you letting them affect yours. Once you see something "annoying", see it, roll eyes, chuckle, get over it, win.
Also, you said 95% train chest and arms, so by using the bench for more unconventional needs, wouldn't they then become even more annoying considering more people want that piece of equipment?
DerickVonD
Well-known member
Man Law: Don't **** block
Man Law 2:If you do **** block the person you **** blocked has the right to punch you in the face
Man Law 2:If you do **** block the person you **** blocked has the right to punch you in the face
topcop8p8
New member
benmayro said:
There is no extra bar at my gym to curl with. There's a bar in the squat rack, and one on the bench. Almost everybody at my gym benches, but hardly anybody squats. So I use the one that's almost never used to do my curls with. And it's not like it would help if I curled somewhere else in the gym, because to do that I would need to take the bar from the squat rack to do so.
EC99SS
New member
Hahaha...all of the above are great! Some good laughs in there.
Gym Laws:
1) *Already said but a big pet peeve of mine * - Wipe your f'ing sweat! If not, I'm more than happy to volunteer to spot you while you bench right after I walked off a 60min stair climber cardio session.
2) No sunglasses in the gym! Really? Why would anyone need to wear them?
3) No dude should wear yoga pants or capris...enough said
4) In the locker room, please don't take off your damn towel when I'm sitting on the bench putting my socks back on.
5) No loud grunting...err screaming when you're trying to incline press only 80lb DBs. Eh no screaming period.
6) No out of shape choad should be giving lifting pointers to the hot chick in the gym
7) NO, no you don't need to do 10 sets on the bench during peak gym hours
8) NO sitting in the front during Yoga class! You're clearly in there for the wrong reason then (haha).
Man Laws:
1) It takes a big man to cry...but a bigger man to point and laugh at him
Gym Laws:
1) *Already said but a big pet peeve of mine * - Wipe your f'ing sweat! If not, I'm more than happy to volunteer to spot you while you bench right after I walked off a 60min stair climber cardio session.
2) No sunglasses in the gym! Really? Why would anyone need to wear them?
3) No dude should wear yoga pants or capris...enough said
4) In the locker room, please don't take off your damn towel when I'm sitting on the bench putting my socks back on.
5) No loud grunting...err screaming when you're trying to incline press only 80lb DBs. Eh no screaming period.
6) No out of shape choad should be giving lifting pointers to the hot chick in the gym
7) NO, no you don't need to do 10 sets on the bench during peak gym hours
8) NO sitting in the front during Yoga class! You're clearly in there for the wrong reason then (haha).
Man Laws:
1) It takes a big man to cry...but a bigger man to point and laugh at him
Xtweak05
New member
A few more man laws:
1.) No man shall drive a convertible unless said convertible is either a classic, or worth more than 75k. Otherwise that car is intended for a woman.
2.) Hats should not be worn backwards. It's not the 90s anymore, bill forward guys.
3.) No Goatees. Unless you're black or hispanic a goatee screams d**che
4.) Wear bright colors. Don't be a homophobe, bright colors look good on us too.
5.) Brown with brown, black with black. It's not hard to match or have some sort of fashion sense.
6.) No barbed wire tattoos
7.) A man should not drive a Miata, ever.
1.) No man shall drive a convertible unless said convertible is either a classic, or worth more than 75k. Otherwise that car is intended for a woman.
2.) Hats should not be worn backwards. It's not the 90s anymore, bill forward guys.
3.) No Goatees. Unless you're black or hispanic a goatee screams d**che
4.) Wear bright colors. Don't be a homophobe, bright colors look good on us too.
5.) Brown with brown, black with black. It's not hard to match or have some sort of fashion sense.
6.) No barbed wire tattoos
7.) A man should not drive a Miata, ever.
p5sky
Well-known member
That's what I was thinking. This is geographical prejudism !
Supercrewzer
New member
Wipe your sweat!
Do not go and put your bag, sweaty towel, and water bottle on a machine and then walk to the other side of the gym to go work on another machine. Especially if you stay over there for over 5 mins.
Its cool if you take 3,4, or even 5 towels from the front desk to wipe down and shower after your workout. But DO NOT leave them all over the floor and bench and just walk out like it's your ****ing house!!! <---- This one irritates me the most!
And girls waiting for the zumba class, don't sit on the machines and wait for the other class to end. Stand up against the wall or go hit the treadmill until they are done!
Do not go and put your bag, sweaty towel, and water bottle on a machine and then walk to the other side of the gym to go work on another machine. Especially if you stay over there for over 5 mins.
Its cool if you take 3,4, or even 5 towels from the front desk to wipe down and shower after your workout. But DO NOT leave them all over the floor and bench and just walk out like it's your ****ing house!!! <---- This one irritates me the most!
And girls waiting for the zumba class, don't sit on the machines and wait for the other class to end. Stand up against the wall or go hit the treadmill until they are done!
Xtweak05
New member
and why do you let this affect your day and workout?
Another man/gym/public courtesy rule:
If you must crap in a public facility, make it quick. It does not take anybody, I don't care who you are, 15 minutes to drop one. I was in the military, so I'm very familiar with "power sh*ts". If you're not familiar with a "power sh*t", you sit down, release, wipe, and leave. It shouldn't take more than 5 minutes. In public, especially when there are only 1 or 2 toilets, it's very selfish to sit down like you're at your home. Make it snappy, and move on with your day.
Xtweak05
New member
please and thank you.
Xtweak05
New member
That's a selfish thought don't you think? They're in the gym attempting to achieve their own individual goals and train just like you or I. I don't think you should put them down just because they don't train how you want them to or with the best of form. Let them train, go about your training, and have a productive day in and out of the gym. No need to let petty things affect your life so much.
Xtweak05
New member
meh. Arguments, if kept respectful, are healthy. Debating, arguing, understanding other peoples viewpoints and perspectives are healthy every day events. Internet arguments and debates can get out of hand I acknowledge that most definitely, but it's the internet, and the internet is a mask. People have giant internet testicles, truth.
Swanson52
Well-known member
I still am of the opinion that you can curl anywhere...you can't do ME squats anywhere.
If there are only 2 bars in the gym, I guess theres no other solution. However, MOST gyms have a multitude of bars. If you're taking up the only area for squatting to do curls that can be done anywhere, it negatively impacts my training unnecessarily.
But that's just, like, my opinion man.
Xtweak05
New member
Evan666 said:
Hardly "ruffled my feathers" sir lol. I'm merely trying to understand your predicament and thought process.
I don't squat at all btw, nerve damage won't allow it. I do a lot of incline sprinting and long distance running which I really enjoy. Thats hardly leg training but go do weighted sled sprints or 12 hill sprints and it's certainly a burner.
bill86
Active member
well where else are you supposed to do straight barbell curls if your gym doesnt have extra bars? curling over the bench press is awkward as hell, and then of course, you could argue 'dont curl on the bench press'