Top 10 reasons you fail at the gym

laserbluess said:
you dont rest between sets at all? just curious. cause im pretty sure i would only get 4 sets in before dying if i didn't rest at all in between
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no i dont rest at all...it takes a bit of time to get used to it,but i have the best gains training this way...i go 45min of weight training with no rest..then i walk for 30min...
 
elgenyo said:
I'm compiling a list of the top 10 reasons people fail at the gym for a shirt I want to make. This is in a joking manner so I'll start with this...

10. You spend more time talking on your cellphone than lifting
9. You utilize the mirror to admire yourself rather than perfect your form
8. You perform reps of heavy weight at 1/4 range of movement
7. Your routine consists of chest and biceps 5 days a week
6. You don't squat or dead lift
5. You barbell curl in the power rack
4. You drop dumbbells and barbells after your sets
3. You spend more $$$ on supplements than on your diet
2. Your rest between sets exceeds your reps...in minutes
1. You believe that steroids are the answer
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and #0.... your a puss who can dweal with the BURNNNNNNN ahahaha...

actually thats a pretty complete list... i like.
 
elgenyo said:
I'm compiling a list of the top 10 reasons people fail at the gym for a shirt I want to make. This is in a joking manner so I'll start with this...

10. You spend more time talking on your cellphone than lifting
9. You utilize the mirror to admire yourself rather than perfect your form
8. You perform reps of heavy weight at 1/4 range of movement
7. Your routine consists of chest and biceps 5 days a week
6. You don't squat or dead lift
5. You barbell curl in the power rack
4. You drop dumbbells and barbells after your sets
3. You spend more $$$ on supplements than on your diet
2. Your rest between sets exceeds your reps...in minutes
1. You believe that steroids are the answer
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Well, some on your list I actually do and feel it contributes greatly to my success. For instance,

9. You utilize the mirror to admire yourself rather than perfect your form
-Proper form has never done anything for me, if I want to stop my gains and hit a plateau, I'll do perfect form. It is knowing how to, and when to cheat are what makes me continuously move forward.

8. You perform reps of heavy weight at 1/4 range of movement
-I perform partial movements on pretty much all exercises because I find them far superior to full extensive reps in terms of building mass.

6. You don't squat or dead lift
-I personally avoid both of these. I use to squat and deadlift heavy until 3 years ago when I realized my legs and back were not growing. I switched squats to lunges and my legs ballooned up. I switched deadlifts to half rack partial deadlifts and my back blew up.

Thats just me though, we are each different.
 
criticalbench said:
Well, some on your list I actually do and feel it contributes greatly to my success. For instance,

9. You utilize the mirror to admire yourself rather than perfect your form
-Proper form has never done anything for me, if I want to stop my gains and hit a plateau, I'll do perfect form. It is knowing how to, and when to cheat are what makes me continuously move forward.

8. You perform reps of heavy weight at 1/4 range of movement
-I perform partial movements on pretty much all exercises because I find them far superior to full extensive reps in terms of building mass.

6. You don't squat or dead lift
-I personally avoid both of these. I use to squat and deadlift heavy until 3 years ago when I realized my legs and back were not growing. I switched squats to lunges and my legs ballooned up. I switched deadlifts to half rack partial deadlifts and my back blew up.

Thats just me though, we are each different.
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Touche...I'll have to keep that in mind if/when I plateau!
 
My list of reasons "you+gym=fail"

- You think bulking up means eating a lot and benching/curling more than normal.
- You go to the gym and neglect your back, leaving your upper body hunched over like a dumb ass.
- You think taking supplements will help you keep size when you stop working out.
- You believe anything you see on the ads of MD Magazine.
- You read Muscle and Fitness mag. (nothing against it, just personally don't think it's as useful as MD for me :veryhappy:)
- You think training for a competition means getting a personal trainer at your local fitness club.
- You train the way some trainer tells you, not what is best for your body.
- You pay for training, and neglect the AM forums ;)
- You let the weight slam on the way down instead of slowly lowering it (or at least trying to lower it slowly.
- You think doing lunges replaces squats.
- You don't research that PH the guy at the nutrition shop sold you.
- You think working out is the key to being fit, regardless of diet.
- You think going when you feel like it will keep you fit, and it's the thought that counts more than the action (mainly directed at obese/severly overweight people. not trying to step on toes, just my 0.02)
- You think N.O., protein, and bcaa's are the only supps you need, and the rest of your diet doesn't matter (I've seen this a lot personally).

And my favorite one from a bikini model I trained shortly (due to her lack of intelligence for dieting)
-You think fat burners are the answer for every form of weight loss, and gaining more muscle won't look good.

Some of these are kinda incomplete thoughts, and need to be re-worded, but that's my list... for what it's worth :bigok:

ryox82 said:
I didnt think of lifting gloves until I was doing deads and had a callus rip off and started bleeding on everything. Then I just realized, fck what people think...its practical.
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It's practical for those who lift heavy, or have issues like yours. I've yet to use gloves, never had major issues with callouses or blisters, and still lifted heavier and heavier. I've noticed that guys without gloves will lift a lot more weight, but that's just from my perception. I don't kock glove users, but do poke fun because I personally don't use them.
 
ryox82 said:
I didnt think of lifting gloves until I was doing deads and had a callus rip off and started bleeding on everything. Then I just realized, fck what people think...its practical.
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In that case you may have needed gloves, or possibly straps
 
I said straps purely bc the Guy said he ripped a callus off so it seemed to me he was deadlifting more than his grip allowed.

Gloves are allowable for boxing or baseball thats it
 
I wear gloves so I don't get thick as$ calluses on my hands, I'm a cook and need to feel what i touch. Calluses also create an undesirable surface that promotes the spread of bacteria and scrapes skin off my wang when I whack it.
I use straps because working one muscle group at a time gives me better results and I can go a couple more reps when doing dead's or rows. Lately I have been doing forearms while I watch my kid take a bath every night.
 
I used to use gloves. Now I just use chalk. My hands get beat to sh1t but I can hold onto the bar much better and still work my grip. The lame bars they have at the fitness center I go to would roll in my hands and gloves. Now whenever my skin start peeling off I just rip it off and throw it away. If I have obvious open soft flesh I clean it up.
 
I use straps. In the two months that i've been using them my DL has shot up about 100 lbs because I can actually hold onto the bar now.
 
Killerkanadia said:
gloves yes, straps no.

Straps are a replacement for decent forearm muscles.
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Depends on what the weight is, and if the person just has a stronger lower body than upper body. I've always had a weak upper, and severely lacking forearms. My legs have always been insanely strong due to being a mountain bike, and road bike rider well before I was even in high school. Also, my legs hamstrings have always been stronger than what my forearms could bear due to being a catcher in baseball for many years prior to my gym days. It all depends on the person in my opinion.

Killerkanadia said:
I wear gloves even on leg day.
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HARDCORE! :439:
 
WheyGood said:
LOL ... Dr.D, is that because you are doing lunges with a 150lb dumbell in each hand?

I think I wore gloves the other day during a leg workout ... just force of habit I guess.
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Haha, yeah! And I still feel like a real man doing it, with my 150lb dumbell lunges AND squatting 600lbs at the same time. And my pink Reebok waist belt with matching leg warmers. Dudes look at me all crazy, and I just get up in their face like "What?!" :p

For real tho, I agree with all 10 of these criteria, except the glove thing and the one about rest between sets. On leg and shoulder days, I see a great improvement if I take about double the time between sets, not sure why.
 
timmmah said:
I wear gloves so I don't get thick as$ calluses on my hands, I'm a cook and need to feel what i touch. Calluses also create an undesirable surface that promotes the spread of bacteria and scrapes skin off my wang when I whack it.
I use straps because working one muscle group at a time gives me better results and I can go a couple more reps when doing dead's or rows. Lately I have been doing forearms while I watch my kid take a bath every night.
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I laughed through all of this except for that last sentence... W T F :shocked1:
 
ShadowFury said:
I laughed through all of this except for that last sentence... W T F :shocked1:
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Wow! I see how that could be misconstrued....I meant that I keep a forearm flexing machine thing in the bathroom and bust out like 10 sets while the baby is in the tub. Babies can't be left in tubs unsupervised....they eat the shampoo.
 
timmmah said:
Wow! I see how that could be misconstrued....I meant that I keep a forearm flexing machine thing in the bathroom and bust out like 10 sets while the baby is in the tub. Babies can't be left in tubs unsupervised....they eat the shampoo.
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hahaha lmao! I thought you were just making a sick joke, but hey when ya got kids it's amazing how you can find ways to fit things into the madness...
 
3. You spend more $$$ on supplements than on your diet


What if you work at a casino and 2 meals a day are free in the buffet :3?
 
immaboss9 said:
hahaha lmao! I thought you were just making a sick joke, but hey when ya got kids it's amazing how you can find ways to fit things into the madness...
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Wow I honestly didnt take that the wrong way until someone else brought it up. I guess tren blocks the facked up part of ur brain :ponder:
 
You don't warmup bc you don't want to be seen lifting light weights

You only benchpress

You scream and grunt every rep getting everyones attention
 
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