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Gym Calls Police On Weightlifter Who 'Grunted'
local6 ^ | 03-nov-2006

Posted on 11/03/2006 6:39:08 PM PST by stainlessbanner

ALBANY, N.Y. -- You could forgive a guy for grunting while lifting 500 pounds -- unless you're the owners of a place called Planet Fitness.

It turns out that grunting isn't allowed in their universe.

Corrections officer Albert Argibay learned that the hard way this week. He was hoisting 500 pounds on a machine at the Wappingers Falls, N.Y., gym when the manager said he grunted -- in violation of the Planet Fitness rules.

Argibay said whether or not he grunted is "open to interpretation." What's crystal clear is that police were called to escort him out after the manager came over and there was an argument.

The gym said they don't allow grunting because it conflicts with the non-intimidating atmosphere they strive for.

The gym, which refers to itself as the judge-free zone, has the following statement on its Web site:

Planet Fitness strives to promote health in a respectful atmosphere. For over a decade, Planet Fitness has gone to great lengths to provide its members with a friendly space to work out. We call it the Judgment Free Zone. We discourage weight dropping and obnoxious grunting so you can focus on your own workout and not the person next to you.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: grunt; gym; unnngh; weightlifter; weights
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1 posted on 11/03/2006 6:39:09 PM PST by stainlessbanner
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To: stainlessbanner

That's about like telling a woman giving birth not to make any noise!!


2 posted on 11/03/2006 6:41:05 PM PST by swmobuffalo (The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.)
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To: stainlessbanner

Next time he'll know to let loose a major f*rt instead.


3 posted on 11/03/2006 6:41:24 PM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: stainlessbanner

I don't know if he did grunt but I am almost sure he can whine.


4 posted on 11/03/2006 6:41:51 PM PST by badpacifist (I want you, I need you. But there ain't no way I'm ever gonna love you. So don't be sad.)
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To: stainlessbanner

What the Hell is, "Grunting"?


5 posted on 11/03/2006 6:42:20 PM PST by danmar (Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today!)
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To: 69ConvertibleFirebird
"Next time he'll know to let loose a major f*rt instead."

This is Albany. That would be a mating call.
6 posted on 11/03/2006 6:43:01 PM PST by RightOnTheLeftCoast
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To: stainlessbanner

7 posted on 11/03/2006 6:43:20 PM PST by msnimje (You simply cannot be Christian and Pro-Abortion.)
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To: stainlessbanner

That may have been one of the stupidest things I've ever seen on a sign.


8 posted on 11/03/2006 6:43:25 PM PST by RichInOC ("I see stupid people. They're everywhere....They don't even know that they're dumb.")
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To: danmar; stainlessbanner
> What the Hell is, "Grunting"?

My wife tells me it's one of the Two Things Guys Are Useful For:

  1. Heavy Lifting
  2. Grunting
No kidding. "Hey Hon, could you help us out here, we need some grunting and heavy lifting done."

So if this guy was doing both heavy lifting and grunting, he's merely demonstrating his Guy-ness.

9 posted on 11/03/2006 6:46:31 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: stainlessbanner

Related - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1730678/posts


10 posted on 11/03/2006 6:47:07 PM PST by Ready4Freddy ("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
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To: stainlessbanner

Just leave New York. There is apparently nothing left there but dimwits and Hillary-lovers. One day they are ordering schools they must have cheerleaders at womens softball games and the next day they are telling weightlifters not to grunt.

They apparently have less common sense in New York than they have welfare cases.

Just leave. You are only killing yourself by staying. What a liberal hellhole!


11 posted on 11/03/2006 6:47:37 PM PST by Tall_Texan ("Journalislam" - reporting about murderous extremists as if they are moral equivalents.)
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To: stainlessbanner; sam_whiskey
Unnngh.
12 posted on 11/03/2006 6:47:48 PM PST by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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They don't want men to be macho or burley. If he was wearing a Richard Simmons T-Shirt, they would have left him alone.


13 posted on 11/03/2006 6:48:39 PM PST by freeplancer
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To: 69ConvertibleFirebird; stainlessbanner
> Next time he'll know to let loose a major f*rt instead.

Going by their sign, they'd probably consider a fart to be a "hate-crime". Not to mention a major source of global warming.

14 posted on 11/03/2006 6:48:55 PM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)
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To: stainlessbanner

They way I read the sign only "obnoxious grunting " is banned. This must mean that Metrogrunting is allowed. Live and learn from Jon Carry.


15 posted on 11/03/2006 6:49:20 PM PST by ThomasThomas (Red is good)
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To: stainlessbanner
What value is a gym that doesn't allow 'grunting'? How can you lift heavy and not make any noise?

I can see a rule against shouting (especially shouting "it's all you") and yelling, but grunting is a natural noise that occurs under heavy strain with a great number of people.

16 posted on 11/03/2006 6:50:50 PM PST by meyer (Kerry - the voice of true democRAT feelings. Vote them out!)
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To: stainlessbanner

How anal retentive!


17 posted on 11/03/2006 6:51:33 PM PST by sig229 (If you see a fork in the road, take it.)
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To: Tall_Texan
It would be interesting to go ahead and let the Northeast leave the union. Let them go wit all the welfare that you could ever want, homosexual marriage, high taxes and excessive regulation. Let the liberals and freeloaders flock there and watch it go under.
18 posted on 11/03/2006 6:51:41 PM PST by 69ConvertibleFirebird (Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.)
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To: stainlessbanner
You could forgive a guy for grunting while lifting 500 pounds -- unless you're the owners of a place called Planet Fitness.

Five hundred pounds? You must be kidding.......I wonder what the reaction would have been to my death scream as my kidneys flew across the room.

19 posted on 11/03/2006 6:53:01 PM PST by He Rides A White Horse (Unite)
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Rhis is part and parcel of the feminization of America.

"It's bad enough that they sweat, but do they have to grunt too?" , said one soccer mom to another as they try for their antiseptic pretend workout.

20 posted on 11/03/2006 6:55:21 PM PST by elkfersupper
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