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Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:31 pm
by Troy
Tell them you have a superhuman immune system and the Guanabara Bay won't do shit to you.
You will have a better shot that way.
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 2:13 pm
by GORDON
Troy wrote:Tell them you have a superhuman immune system and the Guanabara Bay won't do shit to you.
You will have a better shot that way.
Yeah, tbh I don't really want to dodge diapers and medical waste and shit. Literal shit.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:27 pm
by Malcolm
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 1:43 pm
by GORDON
I wear gloves even on the shit with padded grips because I don't like direct skin contact with other peoples germs. I carry around a towel, like the only person in there who does, and it goes on the equipment where my back/head/whatever goes, so I'm not touching shit. Paper towels and sanitizer are readily available everywhere else, and I'd say 75% of people use it. Hopefully they make up for the 25% who don't.
It's a suburban community and at the time of day I go the most annoying people I have to deal with are the fucking oldsters who are marking time until death by getting in my way.
Personally, the people I want to hit in the shins with an iron bar are the fuckers who load up a bar with weight and don't offload it when they are done.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 2:03 pm
by Malcolm
Personally, the people I want to hit in the shins with an iron bar are the fuckers who load up a bar with weight and don't offload it when they are done.
I'll add "fuckers who walk around with earbuds permanently implanted and act like fucking zombies."
Paper towels and sanitizer are readily available everywhere else, and I'd say 75% of people use it. Hopefully they make up for the 25% who don't.
I'd say it's maybe 50% at my joint on a good day.
...the most annoying people I have to deal with are the fucking oldsters who are marking time until death by getting in my way.
If I had to pick one group of assholes to remove from my place ... the ones who power set during peak use time and get pissy when you go up to their empty machine/rack and try to use it.
"I got a couple sets left."
"Then why weren't you here finishing them instead of that other machine I just saw you walk over from?"
Following that group of douches in a close second are the ones who are at the gym for the social aspect. In other words, they're technically "using" the equipment, but it's mostly as furniture so they can talk to whatever other inconsiderate prick they're with who also doesn't realize both of them deserve public beatings for taking up time and space which isn't their own.
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Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:02 pm
by GORDON
Ugh, yeah, there's a Super Set guy who is regularly there at my time. It really pisses me off when I'm waiting for the curling bar or something and he actually stops to pose in the mirror for a minute. He's the only douche I ever see doing that, too, and he's not even much bigger than me.
But the oldsters hinder me more than he does.
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OH - I was finally chatting with the trainers yesterday morning, the gym was dead and they were just around doing sets of stuff. I found out Detroit Lions guy was NOT a Detroit Lion, just a huge... literal and figurative... fan. He's also in his 50's, which everyone agrees is insane. He is huge and looks early 30's.
Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2016 3:14 pm
by Malcolm
He's also in his 50's, which everyone agrees is insane. He is huge and looks early 30's.
There's an Asian grandma in her 70s at my place. She could pass for mid 50s.
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 1:26 pm
by GORDON
So what's going to happen when the outside pool is open which is at LEAST 50 meters? Am I going to do half crawl and half backstroke to keep an even tan?
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 1:30 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:So what's going to happen when the outside pool is open which is at LEAST 50 meters? Am I going to do half crawl and half backstroke to keep an even tan?
Or sunscreen.
Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 2:10 pm
by GORDON
TheCatt wrote:GORDON wrote:So what's going to happen when the outside pool is open which is at LEAST 50 meters? Am I going to do half crawl and half backstroke to keep an even tan?
Or sunscreen.
Sounds exhausting.
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 12:11 pm
by TheCatt
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 6:18 pm
by GORDON
Yeah, glad I'm not alone.
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 7:11 pm
by TheCatt
GORDON wrote:Yeah, glad I'm not alone.
You can join the pity party here
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 6:41 pm
by thibodeaux
Pussies
Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 7:01 pm
by TheCatt
Just cuz your body hasn't broken down.
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 11:14 am
by GORDON
Did 36+- laps in 39 minutes, this morning... I think.further gains will be coming harder (TWSS).
When I started this diet and fitness adventure 6ish months ago I weighed 244. I was mentally committed to success and changed my diet to something i could live with and hit the gym. Now with this new eating habit I am bouncing between 211 and 215. This seems to be where my body wants to be... And I am going to have to change my eating habits even more if I want to keep losing weight, I think.
Sigh.
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:06 pm
by TheCatt
I'm really struggling with "Is it worth it to eat like that just to be skinny?" versus having about 20 extra pounds, and mostly eating what I want.
Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 2:05 pm
by GORDON
I really, really want to achieve, and maintain, 190. Then I can give that 6 months and see how it feels.
Mostly I want to be fit and active while my son is in his teens so we can do the fun dad/son stuff, scuba, kayaking, caving. Can't do that as a fatass. Once he moves out then I can really begin to defile myself.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 10:43 am
by GORDON
Also the giant swimming pool works great as a neti pot. My sinuses have been SO clear for the last 6 months.
Posted: Wed Apr 13, 2016 11:29 am
by Leisher
GORDON wrote:Once he moves out then I can really begin to defile myself.
It's really the only good part of aging.
