Things you have seen in the gym which make you go 'Hmmmmmm' ...

Gyms have always been a let down to me. I blame it on the porn films I watched as a youth way back in the late 1980's. Every guy who went in the gym ended up getting an amazing blowjob from a beautiful instructor. Despite asking many times Keith at our gym won't play ball.

yes max...........but maybe you are right because i should state i hate swimming in a pool.........i love it outdoors.....I think its the boredom my mind can't get around....maybe hate is a strong word but i would happily never swimin a pool for the rest of my life........I hate it as much as i hate olives

Yes pool swimming can be a bore. Once did 5k in the pool in about 1:4X and by the end I think my brain had turned to mush.

Not done triathlon for a couple of years but when I did I used to enjoy the speed sessions in the pool, it was just long slow swims and any drills that seemed to last forever.

RicF wrote (see)

Well unless you're a cynic, the more you give the more you get back. If you are of a nature that grabs and hangs on to everything for oneself even in the face of others needs then good luck.

I observe such a type round my way. Living by his miserable self-ish.

I think you need to remember the point that this is a lighthearted, thread, Ric. By all means start another one for "Ric's moral lessons"

Doner Kebab wrote (see)

oh - i saw a guy get spat off the back of a treadie today, i didnt laugh, honest, kudos to him though. he got back on for 3 minutes at a gentle jog  

Nearly did that this morning.  Finished my 5k run and then slowed down without slowing the treadmill down.  Not funny.

seren nos wrote (see)

can you honestly say you only see fat people in saunas and that everyone in them is fat apart from you........or is it that you can'tbelieve that a fat person has a right to a sauna..

how do you know that they are there as an easy way to lose weight .is that the reason you are there or is it to relax......

I have a sauna as a reward and relaxation  for swimming over 2.5k in the pool which i hate.......so you are saying that unless i am skinny i should just go and hide myself away so as to not offend you.......

Youve got me all wrong, when Im talking about fat people in the sauna, Im talking about really fat people, not like you seren! Youre within the boundaries of acceptability for me.

David Falconer 3 wrote (see)

seren nos wrote (see)

can you honestly say you only see fat people in saunas and that everyone in them is fat apart from you........or is it that you can'tbelieve that a fat person has a right to a sauna..

how do you know that they are there as an easy way to lose weight .is that the reason you are there or is it to relax......

I have a sauna as a reward and relaxation  for swimming over 2.5k in the pool which i hate.......so you are saying that unless i am skinny i should just go and hide myself away so as to not offend you.......

Youve got me all wrong, when Im talking about fat people in the sauna, Im talking about really fat people, not like you seren! Youre within the boundaries of acceptability for me.

So what exactly are the acceptable boundaries?  I'm interested.  I'm 5'9 ish.  

Before I started to lose weight I had balooned to 117.5kg and was taking 42 waist trousers and 50 chest jackets.  My 48" leather suit for my motorbike was disturbingly tight.

Then I modified my diet, cut out a whole load of calories, became more interested in my calorie intake and the calorie count on foods I was eating, and started making informed decisions about what I was eating.  I dropped to about 100kg fairly quickly, and maintained it for a while.  Then I went back up to 105kg, and realised that I would struggle to lose weight by dietary control alone.  So I joined a gym.  At that point I was still taking a 36 trouser and 46 jacket.  I am now down to 89kg as of this morning, with a 44 jacket (gut preventing going down a size) and a 32 touser.  

So, at what point should I have been allowed to join a gym?

David Falconer 3 wrote (see)

Youre within the boundaries of acceptability for me.

That's quite the way with words you've got there, David.

Mr By Eck -  I have absolutely no problem with anyone joining a gym at any size. Its purely the use of the sauna with which I think we should set some limits or perhaps operate a roster system where we schedule times for our 'plus size' friends .......

MB'E - The simple answer is obviously that if you can fit through the front door, you're good to go to the gym.  Accept the fact that there may be the odd weight-nazi sharing gym space with you.  That's their problem, you get arseholes everywhere.  I topped out at 106kg but started going to the gym regularly and doing something about it while I was still over 100kg.  Got down to about 85kg through a six-month, 4x week gym habit (and healthy eating) before I started running. Now 70kg and running 33 minutes for 10k. 

You carry on what you're doing. 

Opinions are like a..eholes ...... everyones got one and everyone thinks theirs is better than the person next to them.

...everyone's got one and most of them stink, surely?

PhilPub wrote (see)

Got down to about 85kg through a six-month, 4x week gym habit (and healthy eating) before I started running. Now 70kg and running 33 minutes for 10k. 

You carry on what you're doing. 

Can't do the 4 times a week at the gym, but am aiming to make it twice a week, injury permitting (still breaking in the left knee after an op, and seem to have permanently damageable achilles).  Add to that the turbo trainer every other day that I'm not at the gym - solid 30 minutes at 90-100 rpm, and I should manage to hit target.  I'm not convinced that I can hit 70kg - I have very broad shoulders, and a very large rib cage - classic rugby player physique, minus the height.

I genuinely don't know what you mean hunny.  Sure, I was a prop forward, and whenever we were losing one of our scrums, it always had a mysterious habit of wheeling with my side going forward much easier than the other side, but not entirely sure how that's relevant to my current attitude.  At least I'm not a hooker.  Although I'm not convinced of my success as one of them.  On either interpretation.

Mr By 'Eck wrote (see)

PhilPub wrote (see)

Got down to about 85kg through a six-month, 4x week gym habit (and healthy eating) before I started running. Now 70kg and running 33 minutes for 10k. 

You carry on what you're doing. 

Can't do the 4 times a week at the gym, but am aiming to make it twice a week, injury permitting (still breaking in the left knee after an op, and seem to have permanently damageable achilles).  Add to that the turbo trainer every other day that I'm not at the gym - solid 30 minutes at 90-100 rpm, and I should manage to hit target.  I'm not convinced that I can hit 70kg - I have very broad shoulders, and a very large rib cage - classic rugby player physique, minus the height.

You know that show 'The Biggest Loser', if you told Jillian Michaels what you just told us as an excuse as to why you arent exercising more do you think she would go 'OK, thats fine.'

Thats what you need to ask yourself

Re. people of any size in saunas: who actually LOOKS at other people in saunas?* Unless there's genuinely not enough space for you, I don't see what the problem is.

*NB. I've only been to naked German saunas, so maybe swimsuited sauna etiquette is different...