The Fitness Thread

[Ohaider]

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nice find matee

[SCWolf]

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CHEST DAYYYYYY

[kmay]

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so i take it your wrist is feeling better buddy?

[Reincarnate]

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So I am curious, SCWolf -- once you get to your current body composition, are you basically working out to maintain or are you constantly aiming at cutting/bulking/etc?

[Cavernio]

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I'm so glad you're posting here, because I can always benefit from your overflowing wealth of wisdom.

Not all fitness is about growing your muscles or how much pain is needed to accomplish your goal. Flexibility helps prevent all sorts of injuries, and you don't need to be holding weights and doing it intensely for it to work. Obviously I have no clue what I'm talking about as dancers are known for their inflexibility.
When my muscles are sore, stretching feels really nice. Up to a point. Rather like a massage. You want one just deep enough to not be painful.

[SCWolf]

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Yeah my wrist is all good now

I'm pushing to my natural potential, Rubix. Once there, I'll maintain as I can. That'll be a few years though.

[kmay]

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years? that rate you gained i give it another 5 months lol

[Senip]

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years? that rate you gained i give it another 5 months lol

Everyone has a surge when they go from nothing to hard work, then they kind of taper off. It'll take a long time to reach your "maximum" potential, if its even possible, naturally. Even if you have the genetics of a superhero.

[Reincarnate]

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What gyms do you guys use?

I am considering 24-Hr, but may hit up Planet Fitness (although word has it it lacks a squat rack, so maybe not)

Also checked out Mid-City Gym (supposedly a place where Arnold used to train) but holycrap it's like a dungeon lmfao

[Senip]

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Planet Fatness is absolutely hated by most people in the bodybuilding community.

They did a series of commercials mocking the "bigger" guys, and they have lunk alarms where if you drop a weight or make a noise too loudly, theyll set it off and kick you out...they also have free pizza on mondays, which seems like a gimmick to keep people coming back because they eat the pizza and get fatter...

I havent checked out 24-hour, but I work out at Metroflex (a dungeon like you put it). What I would tell you is to look at the clientele at the gyms. Do you want to look like the guys at 24 hour fitness? The guys at the Planet Fatness, or the guys at the Mid-City gym? I'm a firm believer that what you surround yourself with is what you'll end up looking like. Plus, if you're working out in a dungeon with a lot of people doing heavy shit, itll inspire the hell out of you!

[Reincarnate]

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The Mid-City gym guys looked like they meant business -- but they honestly looked pretty damn hardcore compared to me. Definitely felt more like a training spot than a mere workout spot. Not sure if I'd fit in there, haha.

I haven't visited PF yet but based on that... sounds pretty weaksauce.

[Wayward Vagabond]

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i use to have a membership at 24h. depending on the location you go to it could be either really great or really gay. the ones that i went to were great and some peeps even gave me tips when they noticed i was doing workouts wrong which was cool.

[Reincarnate]

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Yeah I am gonna check out the 24 hr spot -- although $60/month is pretty lamesauce. But if it has everything necessary, might be worth it. Equinox over here is retardedly overpriced lmfao

[Wayward Vagabond]

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holy shit thats a lot. i was paying half of that

[Reach]

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Planet Fitness is a joke within the fitness community. It's mostly for people that are 1. broke or 2. don't know anything about fitness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdccUsn8N4Y

The stupidity here burns.