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Brush Up on Gym Etiquette as You Kick Off New Year's Resolutions
abc news ^ | Dec 26, 2014, 12:06 PM ET

Posted on 12/31/2014 12:50:36 PM PST by Perdogg

It's almost that time of year again; the time when the New Year's resolution crowd flocks to the gym, annoying the regulars.

If going to the gym more is part of your New Year's resolution, great! But there are a few things you can do to be more considerate of your fellow gym-goers once you get there.

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To: Perdogg

The most important rule for men. NO naked Calisthenics in the steam room. seriously no one wants to see or hear that.


41 posted on 12/31/2014 3:18:08 PM PST by verga (Debating with a protestant is like playing chess with a pigeon....)
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To: Perdogg

#1 - Don’t fart in the shower


42 posted on 12/31/2014 3:20:18 PM PST by centurion316
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To: Perdogg

This is news?


43 posted on 12/31/2014 3:27:29 PM PST by backwoods-engineer (Blog: www.BackwoodsEngineer.com)
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To: Perdogg
A couple of women arrived in white t-shirts and no bra. Thinking that they lost a bet or something. Must have made an impression because I still very clearly remember it 40 years later.
44 posted on 12/31/2014 3:55:55 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: Perdogg

Even when you’re NOT dropping acid?


45 posted on 12/31/2014 3:58:20 PM PST by IronJack
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To: 9YearLurker

That could be taken soooooooo many ways ...


46 posted on 12/31/2014 3:58:43 PM PST by IronJack
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To: justlurking
I'll make some exceptions:

We won't if it means you're wearing one.........

47 posted on 12/31/2014 4:04:59 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I'm a man of no-color and proud of it.)
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To: Perdogg
Don't drop the free weights......If you can't control them then you have no business lifting them.

If you're on the machines, don't drop them at the end of your cycle. If you can't control them, see above.......

If you're doing dead lifts, don't drop them just to make the rest of the gym think you're a strong guy. You ease them down to get the most out of the exercise...........

If you are so self absorbed in your workout that you don't give a rat's ass about those around you, drop your weights at the back of the gym, not directly behind some person working out in front of you.......

I'm hoping for the day where I witness some muscle head doing bench presses after totally pissing off the rest of the gym with his dropping of the weights, and seeing some guy step up and add his body weight to the bar as the muscle head is doing his final rep............

48 posted on 12/31/2014 4:17:14 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I'm a man of no-color and proud of it.)
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To: verga
There's no time like now. Give it a try
49 posted on 12/31/2014 4:18:06 PM PST by skyman
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To: Hot Tabasco

I dropped a dumbbell on my toe 8 years ago and broke it. Had the other side not hit the ground first, I could have lost a toe.


50 posted on 12/31/2014 4:21:49 PM PST by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushes)
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To: 9YearLurker

I’ve been doing it almost 9 months. I don’t have to lose weight (they include a diet for weight loss) so I haven’t followed it as closely as someone who wants to lose a lot of weight. What’s nice is they give you many different workouts so after you learn the basics you can change workouts to have some variety and do the ones you like best or that don’t bother your joints. As DDP says often, make it your own workout by modifying it.

(Can you tell me how long you have been doing DDP Yoga and if you’ve been following the plan very closely?

I’ve got some dumbbells and an exercycle at home, but also some joint issues)


51 posted on 12/31/2014 4:24:53 PM PST by skyman
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To: Perdogg
I dropped a dumbbell on my toe 8 years ago and broke it.

All I'm gonna say is "ouch, that must have hurt...."...LOL!

52 posted on 12/31/2014 4:30:21 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I'm a man of no-color and proud of it.)
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To: Perdogg

Didn’t get down to the gym this morning.

That makes five years in a row.


53 posted on 12/31/2014 4:34:16 PM PST by Nervous Tick (There is no "allah" but satan, and mohammed is his demon.)
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To: skyman

Thanks.


54 posted on 12/31/2014 4:34:40 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: EEGator

Curling in the squat rack.

Personal pet peeve.

Luckily, the Resolutioners don’t normally last beyond February.


55 posted on 12/31/2014 4:36:15 PM PST by Dead Corpse (A Psalm in napalm...)
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To: skyman
I started looking for the DVD right after I posted.

The problem is that we moved 6 months ago and the 1st floor is all unpacked, but the basement is still ion boxes, and we let a friend of ours store the stuff she is moving down there as well.

As Soon as I find it I will begin.

56 posted on 12/31/2014 4:38:11 PM PST by verga (Debating with a protestant is like playing chess with a pigeon....)
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