Gym don'ts

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Anonymous wrote:There are really very few athletic or health objectives that require someone to do 10 sets of squats, or of any exercise.

This. GVT might be brutal, but brutal does not necessarily equal effective. It is hard to avoid for a good chunk of that volume to be junk volume.

GVT is one of the most effective training programs in weightlifting and bodybuilding. It's widely accepted. Same idea as Smolov. High volume stimulates growth.

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Anonymous wrote:Put your headphones on and mind your own business. You’re there to workout, not socialize.

Yeah, no. Literally some of my best friends I've met at the gym.

How bout we modify your rule:

'if headphones are in, don't talk to that person'

But if no headphones are in, its fine to start a convo

We will agree to disagree…

But sometimes I like to workout without headphones? What then?

That’s on you to figure it out…

Well, not really. Original PP said everyone should "wear their headphones and MYOB"

If I don't wear headphones and chat with other members, that's really on THEM to figure out how to let it not bother them. We're having a grand old time hanging out in the squat rack

Oh please, don't hog the squat rack. There are people who actually want to squat!

Resting between sets is not hogging. That's my biggest pet peeve. People acting like time between sets doesnt matter

Many times, I'll sit and wait for 20-30 minutes to get a rack. Once I have that rack, I'm using it for my whole 10x10 squat workout. Anyone and everyone is welcome to work in.

DP and look, it's totally your right to use the squat rack for your 10 x 10. It's also completely understandable that people find it annoying that you're on it for, what, an hour? For one exercise? Working in on squat racks is a complete PITA, especially when one person has very specific rest times.

no one really wants you working into their squat sets unless they are taking 15 min breaks. Unless the 2 people are the same height and lifting around the same weight. Otherwise it would take way to long to readjust everything between users. It's not like a piece of equipment where you just need to move a few pins.

I squat with my work-out partner at least once a week, sometimes twice a week. We are usually squatting a difference of about 100-125 lbs. We just change the weights. It's really not that hard

It is very different to do this with your partner than to ask a guy a head taller than me to adjust the bar to my height so that I can work in. No-one does that. The only type of sharing that exists in my gym is that someone uses the platform right behind the rack for deadlifts while someone else squats. Strangers do not work in on their squats. And yes, I would be super annoyed with someone doing their silly GVT for an hour while others want to use the rack.

Fair enough. But I'm the PP and I'm 6'2. My lifting partner is 5'8. We just set the pins at whatever height works for him and I unrack it with a quarter squat.

You may not want to ask to work-in (that's your prerogative), but I would never say no to anyone wanting to share the rack with me.

Honestly, I'm not being a jerk when I say this, but you should find a different gym. I belong to 3. And each one has the friendliest people that share all the equipment. If nobody feels comfortable asking to work-in at your gym, I would say that's a problem with that gym's culture

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Anonymous wrote:There are really very few athletic or health objectives that require someone to do 10 sets of squats, or of any exercise.

This. GVT might be brutal, but brutal does not necessarily equal effective. It is hard to avoid for a good chunk of that volume to be junk volume.

GVT is one of the most effective training programs in weightlifting and bodybuilding. It's widely accepted. Same idea as Smolov. High volume stimulates growth.

Please support this claim. There is no actual evidence that this much volume is necessary for strength or hypertrophy.

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Anonymous wrote:Put your headphones on and mind your own business. You’re there to workout, not socialize.

Yeah, no. Literally some of my best friends I've met at the gym.

How bout we modify your rule:

'if headphones are in, don't talk to that person'

But if no headphones are in, its fine to start a convo

We will agree to disagree…

But sometimes I like to workout without headphones? What then?

That’s on you to figure it out…

Well, not really. Original PP said everyone should "wear their headphones and MYOB"

If I don't wear headphones and chat with other members, that's really on THEM to figure out how to let it not bother them. We're having a grand old time hanging out in the squat rack

Oh please, don't hog the squat rack. There are people who actually want to squat!

Resting between sets is not hogging. That's my biggest pet peeve. People acting like time between sets doesnt matter

Many times, I'll sit and wait for 20-30 minutes to get a rack. Once I have that rack, I'm using it for my whole 10x10 squat workout. Anyone and everyone is welcome to work in.

DP and look, it's totally your right to use the squat rack for your 10 x 10. It's also completely understandable that people find it annoying that you're on it for, what, an hour? For one exercise? Working in on squat racks is a complete PITA, especially when one person has very specific rest times.

no one really wants you working into their squat sets unless they are taking 15 min breaks. Unless the 2 people are the same height and lifting around the same weight. Otherwise it would take way to long to readjust everything between users. It's not like a piece of equipment where you just need to move a few pins.

I squat with my work-out partner at least once a week, sometimes twice a week. We are usually squatting a difference of about 100-125 lbs. We just change the weights. It's really not that hard

It is very different to do this with your partner than to ask a guy a head taller than me to adjust the bar to my height so that I can work in. No-one does that. The only type of sharing that exists in my gym is that someone uses the platform right behind the rack for deadlifts while someone else squats. Strangers do not work in on their squats. And yes, I would be super annoyed with someone doing their silly GVT for an hour while others want to use the rack.

Fair enough. But I'm the PP and I'm 6'2. My lifting partner is 5'8. We just set the pins at whatever height works for him and I unrack it with a quarter squat.

You may not want to ask to work-in (that's your prerogative), but I would never say no to anyone wanting to share the rack with me.

Honestly, I'm not being a jerk when I say this, but you should find a different gym. I belong to 3. And each one has the friendliest people that share all the equipment. If nobody feels comfortable asking to work-in at your gym, I would say that's a problem with that gym's culture

This is not about friendliness. People in my gym are friendly too. This is about what makes practical sense. I have my strategies to get the rack when I need it. I wish they had more racks but it has not been a problem enough for me to consider changing gyms.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are really very few athletic or health objectives that require someone to do 10 sets of squats, or of any exercise.

This. GVT might be brutal, but brutal does not necessarily equal effective. It is hard to avoid for a good chunk of that volume to be junk volume.

GVT is one of the most effective training programs in weightlifting and bodybuilding. It's widely accepted. Same idea as Smolov. High volume stimulates growth.

You might want to have a look at this before hogging the squat rack for another 10X10.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27941492/

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Anonymous wrote:It's OK to use the hot tub in the nude, as it is within the confines of the locker room. It is also OK to wear a swimsuit. Less desirable is wearing your underwear in which you just finished working out, even if you "rinsed it off" while wearing it in the showers.

No it is not ok to use the hot tub naked OR in your dirty underwear. Vomit

Shower first, and naked is fine. What's the problem with naked in the hot tub?

I don't get this, either. What would be wrong with it? That's why they're in the locker room, not in the pool area.

My gym has signage that swimsuits are required in the hot tubs. I used to think this was unnecessary but reading your posts makes me realize that common sense is not common.

Can you articulate why it is important for you? What are your concerns if people don't wear swimsuits?

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American's are such prudes.

It's not like a bathing suite is keeping any bodily fluid out of the hot tub. They are just there to cover your body which you can't see in a hot tub anyway.

And you have no common sense or really low standards. If someone needs to explain why it is not ok for a stranger to sit in a hot tub nude, it is beyond trying to waste my breath convincing you. I would Never use a communal hot tub ever; heat makes fungus grow.

Have you not traveled much? Many places around the world have nude spas, thermal pool and so on. A thin layer of cloth of my private areas isn’t doing anything.

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East German Volume Training:

"YOU ARE VEAK! VUN MORE SKVAAAAAT! LIFT ZE VEIGHT!"

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Anonymous wrote:It's OK to use the hot tub in the nude, as it is within the confines of the locker room. It is also OK to wear a swimsuit. Less desirable is wearing your underwear in which you just finished working out, even if you "rinsed it off" while wearing it in the showers.

No it is not ok to use the hot tub naked OR in your dirty underwear. Vomit

Shower first, and naked is fine. What's the problem with naked in the hot tub?

I don't get this, either. What would be wrong with it? That's why they're in the locker room, not in the pool area.

My gym has signage that swimsuits are required in the hot tubs. I used to think this was unnecessary but reading your posts makes me realize that common sense is not common.

Can you articulate why it is important for you? What are your concerns if people don't wear swimsuits?

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American's are such prudes.

It's not like a bathing suite is keeping any bodily fluid out of the hot tub. They are just there to cover your body which you can't see in a hot tub anyway.

And you have no common sense or really low standards. If someone needs to explain why it is not ok for a stranger to sit in a hot tub nude, it is beyond trying to waste my breath convincing you. I would Never use a communal hot tub ever; heat makes fungus grow.

Have you not traveled much? Many places around the world have nude spas, thermal pool and so on. A thin layer of cloth of my private areas isn’t doing anything.

Not true. A well fit swimsuit does keep trap fluids in, at least for women. I’ve started my period unexpectedly while swimming and it stay in the gusset.

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Keep your GVT at home.

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Anonymous wrote:Keep your GVT at home.

Poor GVT poster is
getting it from all directions, lol, but I totally agree.

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Don’t wear underwear to the gym. I run warm and get sweaty, but you look like a fool. We know you’re just posting for the ‘gram in your boyshort undies and sports bra with zero support.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t wear underwear to the gym. I run warm and get sweaty, but you look like a fool. We know you’re just posting for the ‘gram in your boyshort undies and sports bra with zero support.

To add, I don’t care what you wear to get a good workout in, but you underwear girls are never working out hard.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t wear underwear to the gym. I run warm and get sweaty, but you look like a fool. We know you’re just posting for the ‘gram in your boyshort undies and sports bra with zero support.

To add, I don’t care what you wear to get a good workout in, but you underwear girls are never working out hard.

Maybe it is because they overheat too fast.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t wear underwear to the gym. I run warm and get sweaty, but you look like a fool. We know you’re just posting for the ‘gram in your boyshort undies and sports bra with zero support.

To add, I don’t care what you wear to get a good workout in, but you underwear girls are never working out hard.

And good thing. I’d rather not sit in their crotch sweat

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Anonymous wrote:There are really very few athletic or health objectives that require someone to do 10 sets of squats, or of any exercise.

This. GVT might be brutal, but brutal does not necessarily equal effective. It is hard to avoid for a good chunk of that volume to be junk volume.

Trainer here. Definitely not the most effective way to train, and can lead to injury. Not something I would. ever add to a training program.