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    Gym Terminology for n00bs

    1. In The Zone - Tired and incoherent during a workout. Commonly described out of the gym as "spaced out."
    2. Extended Warm-Up - 20 minutes at low tension on the stationary bike then 20 minutes of casual stretching then a shower.
    3. "Just One More Rep" - Said to a spotter during a set. Really means: "Lift the weight for me."
    4. Forced Reps - For the reluctant exerciser, every single rep of a workout is a forced rep. This is especially true when they have a mean trainer.
    5. Hack Squat - The position a cat gets into when he's coughing up a hairball, commonly mistaken as a leg exercise.
    6. "Can I work in with you?" - Translation: "Can I remove all your weights and sweat all over your bench?"
    7. Drop Sets - What sometimes happens after doing a hard set of dumbell bench presses. A triple drop set occurs when you drop two dumbells and yourself to the floor.
    8. Bulking Up - Name for the phase during which an otherwise healthy trainer will try to get bigger and fatter on purpose.
    9. "I'm maxing out" - Translation: "I was going for 6 reps but I put too much weight on the bar and only got 1."
    10. Cool-down - Sit on a bench and drink from a water bottle while talking about how much more you'll lift next time.
    11. Olympic Bar - Athlete's nightclub.
    12. E-Z Bar - "How dare you! I'm not that type of bar."
    13. Squat rack - The lonliest piece of equipment in the gym.
    14. "It's all you!" - Said by spotter during the last few reps of a set. Translatation: "It's mostly me."
    15. Pro-hormones - Hormones that have lost their amateur status.
    16. Meal Replacement Supplement - Cold pizza and warm beer.
    17. Clean and Press - Surprisingly enough, it's a shoulder exercise, not laundry instructions. A variation of it is even known as the Hang Clean and Press.
    18. High Intensity Interval Training - Occurs when there are two or more flights of stairs leading up to the gym.
    19. Skullcrushers - An exercise where you make like you're going to bash your own head in with a barbell, a.k.a. lying tricep extensions.
    20. "Hold the contraction at the top and squeeze for 10 seconds" - Said by a personal trainer when he or she wants to punish the client for missing a session.
    21. 'roids...illegal drugs taken by people who don't mind the inconvenience of having to walk through a door sideways

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    12, 15 - thats funny as hell, great thread...Love it

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    nice

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    13 is soooooooo true!!



    matter of fact it is the one piece of equipment that I know i can go to any day and time of the week and be able to use it with no interuptions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by abstrack
    13 is soooooooo true!!



    matter of fact it is the one piece of equipment that I know i can go to any day and time of the week and be able to use it with no interuptions.
    so true in my world gym i never saw anyone use it. Everytime i come in there will be either same two plates on or one off. But nobody ever uses it during the time i workout which is just fine

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    i use the squat rack in my gym..lol

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    i would asume most of the ppl on this site do, atleast i hope so

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    i also agree with 13.

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    No way, the zone is a very positive thing. you're psyched and quietly energetic. Your best lifting is in the zone.

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    i love it when ppl ask me about straps, or ask how to wrap them. its funny, i remember when i did back in HS, was scared to death..

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    Quote Originally Posted by LM1332
    so true in my world gym i never saw anyone use it. Everytime i come in there will be either same two plates on or one off. But nobody ever uses it during the time i workout which is just fine
    I always seem to get the guys wanting to shrug 135 on the squat rack and leave them low or just sit there and look at it for awhile

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    Quote Originally Posted by CYCLEON
    I always seem to get the guys wanting to shrug 135 on the squat rack and leave them low or just sit there and look at it for awhile
    omg its like we workout at the same gym

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