Glad I don't go to Planet Fitness

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#41

Because it is for squatting, not for curling. Ways to do curls:

  1. with any of the practically unlimited dumbells at most gyms.

  2. with a curl bar

  3. on a curl machine.

There are so many ways to do curls and usually there’s only one or two squat racks at most gyms. Why take up the squat rack? Oh, because you’re a bro’d out a-hole with no common courtesy who is too busy watching your “pump” in the mirror to realize you look like fool./rant

I don’t care if it’s somebody who is out of shape or doesn’t normally work out. It’s when it’s some steakhead who should know better that I rage internally. I push the rage down so that it can become a white hot ball of nuclear fury, literally making me nauseous. So far I have been able to contain it through sheer force of will. But, my will is growing tired, and someday…someday…

#42

I roll an incline bench into the squat rack and do seated dumbbell curls there.

Why? 'Cause I F’ing can.

#43

is there a more useless exercise than curls?

#44

I go for both. I do an intense workout for 45 - 60 min then chat for another 45 - 60 min. Made a lot of friends/acquaintances/dates/networking opportunities.

#45

I’m surprised that hasn’t been included in the rules yet. Some people aren’t gym savvy.

#46

BROSCIENCE! YESSSSSss

#47

I think Curls in general are a complete waste of exercise. Once you learn composite move exercises such as Clean/Power Clean/Snatch and easier such as Squat/Deadlift, why waste time on single muscle group exercsies (Unless of course you are body builder)

#48

Funny thing about expensive gyms is that “people drive to the gym to walk on the treadmill.” wink

#49

People that get worked up about what others are doing at the gym probably are suffering from ineffective workouts, as all of that focus and rage belongs channeled into your own workout and results. If you see some a$$hole, whether it be at Planet Sh!tness or Girl’s Gym or wherever – just pay them no mind, it takes all kinds.

And if you feel like others are looking at you and being a problem, lift up your skirt, grab your balls, and stare those f**kers down until they look away from you. And above all else, remember…psycho + medium build > Average mind + huge build.

#50

I view biceps as stablizer muscles ha ha. I went and worked out with two friends one time and they did a 1.5 hour workout on biceps and triceps. I just try to strengthen them to help with my other lifts, just like forearms

#51

Pocket Muffin! …it’s ok. It’s in my macros.

#52

Seems like overkill no?

#53

haha incredible. His best may be “How to get your girl to go to the gym”

#54

Curls do more than just biceps, they use shoulders, abs, as well as your back…

#55

Just my .02 - I don’t do machines, and I don’t do “isolation” exercises, like curls. I do compound exercises that work lots of muscles at once. Bench, squat, deadlift, lat pull-down, etc. I feel like doing this gets you the best “workout per hour.”

If I didn’t have kids and a more-than-full-time job, I could spend three hours in the gym. But I can’t, so I have to make that one hour a day count as much as I can.

#56

The only excercise that matters is kegels.

#57

This should be in the jokes thread.

#58

Extreme overkill. I only spend a fraction of that lol

#59

Yeah, I’m on an accessory focused regimen right now. Today is forearms and calfs. Tomorrow is neck and shins. All the people preaching compound lifts don’t know shit. You’re just not going to get the same neck pump from a power clean as you will with dedicated neck strength work.

#60

^Not necessarily arguing with you, but…

I’m an accountant, not an offensive lineman in the NFL. Exactly how much “neck strength” do I need?

If you want to build neck strenght for whatever personal reason, that’s cool. But in my book, “neck strength” beyond being able to turn your head and stare at women is probably worthless to 99.9% of the population.