So a few weeks ago I described an odd old man that was using a piece of cardio equipment that had something wrong with it, causing an ear piercing squeak on each rotation. Eventually gym staff had to tell him […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Archive for Today at the Gym
Get a clue, stay still
I really find going to most any public place annoying in some regard but since I am at the gym more than most other shared spaces I really get a large dose of stupid behavior there. So as I got […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So my left shoulder feels like absolute shit today even after doing a pretty meager amount of bench pressing yesterday. It hurt so much that I could only get 3 reps into a planned 20 rep pull up set before […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today was a good preview of what I can expect for the next few weeks at the gym. There were more bodies in there than I have seen in a very long time. It is the annual migration of the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Today the guy I have talked about before for excessive phone usage at the gym was at it again, longer and harder than ever before. In the roughly 35 minutes he was there I saw him complete exactly four sets. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tough two, is it wrong?
I got in my run/ride brick today. I was a little worried I might have an issue. During the 16th and final lap of my Sunday run as I was rounding the second to last corner I felt/heard a crunch […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So shortly after I got to the gym I was talking to my buddy Jim who just happened to just get engaged which I congratulated him on. After thanking me he told me a very shocking story. Earlier in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
So I have commented before about a few individuals using oxygen deprivation masks at the gym and how they seemed inappropriate based on the individual wearing it and the exercise they were doing while deprived. (ie. bench press) My understanding […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Synchronized slammers
Today at the gym I had not one but two weight slamming idiots at once. If you are not familiar with this phenomenon, it is when somebody gets done with a barbell exercise and instead of returning the weight to […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I read that one of the possible side effects of prednisone was weakness and lack of energy it explained why I generally felt lousy during my gym workouts during the two weeks I was on it. What I don’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…