Stop Doing This: Random Thoughts Edition

These are just some random musings about gym stuff that goes on, things people say and do but really shouldn’t.

1. Telling People That You are in, Entering or Going “Beast Mode“….

When you do this every one immediately knows you’re an asshat, so that’s a good thing. We don’t have to guess ow wait to find out.

Think about it for a second.

If you’re just now entering “Beast Mode” what the hell were you doing in here before?

Wuss Mode?

2. Curls in the Squat Rack.

Besides the fact that it’s sacrilegious, being as the squat rack IS the temple of the gym…..it’s just lazy and it makes you an inconsiderate jerk.

If some dude want’s to squat 300lbs and has to wait until you’re done curling all of 65lbs because you’re too lazy or weak to pick the bar up off the floor, you need to rethink your whole “training program”.

If you can’t bend over and pick it up off the floor you have NO BUSINESS curling it….

3. The 3 Inch Knee Bend “Squats“

Get deeper

I’m not saying you have to go so deep that you “leave a stain on the floor”. But aim for at least parallel.

If you squat as low with the bar as you do without it…you’ve gotten low enough. An inch higher and you need to get lower.

4. Chicks Lifting Plastic Coated Weights

Ladies, whoever told you that lifting 5lbs or less for a ton of reps is the way to go….

LIED to you…..

or more than likely didn’t know what the hell they were talking about.

If you want to burn calories, lose fat and get a better, tighter, fitter body…read less fat, better “tone”…you’re going to need to lift some weights and build some muscle.

You’re not building ANY muscle doing the Tracy ~~Asshat~~ Anderson method and the many others like it.

Weights will NOT make you “bulky”….that was the beer and the pizza you ate after the weights.

If you’re not overeating you wont gain weight.

Instead, you’ll change fat out for muscle.

That said, if you’re going for the no shape, emaciated, European model look….do the Tracey Anderson stuff, don’t eat and do LOTS of cardio.

That way you’ll burn off all your muscle and be left small and fat….but small….

5. Having an “Arm” Day

You’re not a pro bodybuilder.

But you’re wasting time with an “arm day”.

Lots of curls and curls and curls and a couple triceps extensions.

Those things are fine by themselves but the reality is most people are not big enough or strong enough to necessitate an “arm day”.

They would be better off doing some more BIG lifts like pullups, rows, benches etc. and doing the direct arm stuff after the heavier compound lifts.

6. Bragging About Your Bench When it’s Equal to Your Squat.

General rule of thumb is that you should be squatting at least 100lbs more than you bench.

If that’s not the case, something is wrong……very wrong.

Me thinks that something is big upper body- little leg syndrome.

If these numbers are equal…just keep your mouth shut.

If you bench and squat 500lbs please disregard this message.

7. Thinking Anything Done on the Smith Machine is Equivalent to the “Real Version“.

Squats on the Smith= Not Squats

Bench on the Smith= Not Bench

Deadlifts on the Smith= Not Deadlifts

The Smith machine is providing the stability…not YOU.

If you can’t stabilize and control the weight you can’t claim it’s the same thing as to have lifted it unassisted.

8. Blaming Being Fat on Your Genes, Environment, Stress.

None of those things forced you to eat that doughnut.

You made a choice.

ALL of the people on the Biggest Loser lose weight, everyone who stays through the program at the Duke Weight Loss Center loses weight.

Some lose more, some lose less, some lose it faster, some lose it slower…but they ALL lose weight.

So can you.

Yeah, you might be predisposed to storing more fat or having a slower metabolism, that stuff is real.

Tough, get over it. Stop making excuses and start making changes.

You don’t have a “fat” gene, you eat too much.

9. Using the: “I Don’t Have Time” Excuse.

Oh, sorry, I forgot that you only have 20 hours allocated in the day.

Must suck for you.

Luck me, I got 24.

We could all use more time, but the fact is Steve Jobs, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Gary Vaynerchuck, Donald Trump all have the same 24hrs in the day that you have.

Something tells me they have a lot more on their plate than you…and yet they get it done.

The mom who gets up at 4:30am to get a run in before the kids get up….24 hours in her day.

Hell, a guy in the Navy SEALS developed the TRX and he found time ……while at war…

Yet you can’t find 30 minutes to exercise…riiiiiiiiiiiggghhhhhhhttttttttttttt.

Here’s the deal:

“Everybody can, NOT everybody will” – Jim Rohn

You’re not busy….you’re lazy…plain and simple.

Maybe your priorities should be less about catching up on the Real Fake House-lives of Who Cares and more about your health and well-being and future.

This video is tasteless and shameful…Yet, completely hilarious and totally NOT SAFE FOR WORK.