I exercies so Chels will stil want to jump my geezer bones..lmao

well i don't excercise that much now that it is cold out....but in the warm weather i enjoy inline skating...wich is a fun way to excercise..as well as bike riding...so what's my modivation to have fun doing something i would enjoy and if it is excercise oriented then so be it

A two part event that made me remember this post lol

Last nite i was just channel surfing and happened upon TLC and found a show called "The man whose arms exploded" it's a documentary about steroid use and abuse and is cetnered around Greg Valentino, a huge freak and known abuser (google it if you want to see pics, disturbing)

ANYHOO.....i'm in the gym this morning and it happened to be triceps day. My first exercise is almost always close grip bench preses on the smith machine cause i go very heavy, ending up with 340# @ 6 reps. Between sets i notice some guy that i've never seen in there at that time looking at me. Well, i am kinda used to this so i just throw my usual nod and brush it off.

My workout takes about a half hour and every now and then i notice this guy keeps watching me. So i get done and go do my cardio and when i'm done with that i'm halfway to the locker room when this guy just up and comes in front of me and blatantly asks what steroids i'm taking because there was no way in hell i could be this size naturally!

So i let out a little chuckle and my olg gym shirt comes to mind with the saying "No, i'm not on steroids, but thanks for asking!" Except this guy is serious and is now telling me that guys like myself and Greg Valentino are a disgrace to the sport.

I asked him if he had seen that show i had mentioned and of course, oddly enuf,..that's where he got his info lol So i simply told him not to include me with guys like him and that i was all natural and walked away.

First of all, if you look at Valentino ijn that show, it's clearly abuse and not actual muscle, hell, it doesn't even LOOK like real arms! Then to claim that MY arms are so big because i must be doing the same thing!

Now this is the first time i've ever been confronted, let alone accussed of something blatant like this in any of my gyms, i just thought this guy had some nerve to do it! AND, unfortunately, when guys like me are walking around in the gyms amongst general fitness trainers, we get used to the looks and SOME comments from idiots!

longhaul - you're not the guy I have to track down to ask to remove some wight from the machines are you? lol! Just to expand on my earlier comment. I love to feel strong and weak at the same time after a hard session, nothing like trying to walk down a set of stairs after a butt load of squats!

don't think LH is THAT guy suzy...i've heard MANY times on myspace surveys about how much our good buddy LH hates people that don't put their weights away. LMAO

I figured, its not usually the knucklehead that is a wannabe that left them there that I ask, its the nice guy that can actually lift them up lol!

lmao...oh ok...well in that case, LH just might be your guy! hehe

I feel alot better when I work out regularly.

LOL suzy, going down steps is easy, try goin up the steps after burnin your legs on squats, the gym i go to has all the free weights and free weight machines in the basement. SUCKS trying to go back up after my leg work out, squats and leg curls and extentions the latter two on an ISO machine can you say FEELLL the BURN

hehe that's funny, in my gym it's on the top floor - 3 flights of stairs down after a spin or power class - yuck! Can't wait for the new Y!

In response to your question Suzy and to confirm Ldmays comment......PEOPLE THAT DO NOT RETURN THEIR WEIGHTS TO THE RACKS SHOULD BE SHOT IN THE LIVER IN ORDER TO DIE SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY WHILE THEY ARE FORCED TO REMOVE THEM WHILE WALKING BAREFOOT ON HOT GLASS!!!!! YOUR MOMMA DON'T WORK HERE, PICK UP AFTER YOUR GOD DAMN SELF!!!

Yes, it's quite a pet peeve of mine lol

And, like Medic, i love a good leg day!! :) But here AGAIN....by my last set of leg presses, i have 24 45# plates on the machine, 1,080 pounds. Suffice to say, my legs are damn near friend, and that's just my FIRST exercize on leg day....yet i still take the time and energy to take all of them off for the next person.

I would be a REAL asshole if i didn't :(

Thankfully, I always return weights to the racks. Far be it from me to incur the wrath of longhaul lol.

that's amazing, taking those off WOULD be my workout. :)

That's part of my abdominal and oblique workout Suzy lol Pull them off the machine from waist level, walking to the weight tree and bending to slide em' onto the bar lol and yes, i take a little break after that lol

Good idea Kool...cause i actually have chased guys down to go back and return their weights or empty a machine :)