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( , Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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I'm somewhat perplexed by the notion of paying to go to the gym unless you're an epic narcissist or racked with self-loathing. Which makes it doubly surprising that Monty's not a gym-goer
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:17, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)
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Next time I really will remember why it is that I hate the gym and all the brain dead cunts that work there.
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:19, Reply)
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what makes it worthwhile? Obviously not the running machines - what do you use that you couldn't at home?
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:22, Reply)
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I still think the local swimming pools are much better value for nearly everyone though, usually £3-4 a time.
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:23, Reply)
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I've got free weights at home which work out cheaper as a one-off payment but obviously don't give you the range of workout options that the machines do
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:25, Reply)
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But it's just so fucking rank, it's filthy and the staff are such retards.
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:31, Reply)
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In fact, you don't really need weights, if you have a chin up bar then you can do most every sort of strength exercise using your own body weight.
Unless you're Bobby in which case your body weight is too great to use.
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:34, Reply)
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is that you can choose what's on the telly
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:36, Reply)
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I shall look it up this evening. Off now - you'll never guess what I'm going to do
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:42, Reply)
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(ii) i like to use the spa bit on sundays
(iii) i have my own weights, mat, medicine ball, swissball and a boxing tube in my flat - but the resistance machines at the gym are still so much better
(iv) classes - zumba etc
i'm not sure if this makes me an epic narcissist or racked with self-loathing. both?
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:27, Reply)
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only mine came without a stopper, which i only discovered after i spent some time blowing it up. fucking adidas.
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:30, Reply)
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She also has a Norwegian scrotum and a Scotch cock (don't tell Dozer he'll ban me)
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:31, Reply)
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the ex is indian, but he was born here, so that doesn't count.
i need to go travelling more, that's pretty fucking dull.
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:33, Reply)
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"Wants exotic cock" is still better than "gap year to find yourself"
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:35, Reply)
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I've not been to Zumba because I'm pretty sure my inner dance snob would loathe it
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:29, Reply)
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Also resistance machines aren't better than free weights, free weights are better in every single way than any machine.
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:32, Reply)
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if you're working out by yourself and you're relatively new to it, i think the machines are safer. sure if you stick to it, you can graduate to free weights. but you can do so much harm, or make it so pointless, by getting the movements wrong with free weights that i prefer the machines at the moment.
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:34, Reply)
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You have to use every single machine to get a proper balance of muscle strength, but if you use free weights then the fact that it doesn't run in a smooth channel makes lots of other muscles work at the same time to stabilise yourself.
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:36, Reply)
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Is it Thursdays meeting, or Thursday's meeting?
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:38, Reply)
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Thursday's meeting
or, when in doubt, cheat: "the meeting on Thursday"
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:40, Reply)
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i have 1kg, 3kg, 5kgs at home and then an 8kg medicine ball (which kills me for sit-ups). guess i could start with the middle ones. the ex put together a really detailed programme for me, maybe i will blow the dust off that.
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:39, Reply)
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And I've been benching that for about a year. I know higher reps are good for developing leaner muscles and all that but eventually I'll have to shell out for more
( , Fri 16 Mar 2012, 16:41, Reply)
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