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Jul 12, 2006 - 12:04 PM |
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Gym woes |
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I´ve always gotten pissed off when I go to gyms. Without exaggeration, 90% of the people in gyms don´t know what the fuck they´re doing. They run in there thinking they can get results slinging weights around wrecklessly, or training for two plus (no plus symbol on this damned keyboard!) hours daily. That´s the major reason I worked out in my own little home gym for so many years.
I guess in this new country I´m in it´s no different. People are jackasses all over the world. Unfortunately, being in Guatemala and all, the average size and height of the people here is much lower, and the equipment is adjusted to meet these standards. So I´ve had to do some creative shit to get a decent workout at the gym I´m going to. To top it all off, they only have five pound weight plates and up. No 2.5 pound plates, and sure as hell no one and a quarter pound plates. The whole point of weight training is to do a certain amount of sets and reps, complete them, and GRADUALLY increase the weight resistance so your body can adapt. a 2.5-five pound increase is great, but this gym only allows for ten pound increases at a time.
And then their damned dumbells only go up to fifty fucking pounds. Maybe no one´s complained before, but I´m going to see if I can get a job there and help bring some better shit in. This is a silly ass topic to start my journal with, shame I don´t have my old entries anymore.
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