TL Health and Fitness Initiative 2012 - Page 337

On October 01 2012 08:23 Froadac wrote:
Yeah. That is why I decided to not bother with them from now on.

On October 01 2012 11:57 GoTuNk! wrote:


I think you should train alone and disregard anyone's advice. I've seen like 3 posts of you training with other people that annoyed you and wasted ur time.
This isn't rocket science, learn the lifts, practice and add weight over time.

On October 01 2012 07:48 Froadac wrote:
Hopefully once I'm not so scrawny (more like end of first SS run) people wont ignore me so bad, but I wouldnt bet on it.

On October 01 2012 17:19 NeedsmoreCELLTECH wrote:

If people ignore you, you can just on with your training. Best scenario possible.

On October 01 2012 18:43 Osmoses wrote:

Would still be nice to be strong enough that you might actually "save" someone from wasting their time on bullshit, or worse, horribly bad form.

On October 02 2012 01:08 Cambium wrote:
just ignore them... i don't tell people that they are doing things incorrectly/inefficiently unless they specifically ask for my help

some people enjoy the idea of going to the gym casually, and they will still see results in the end. it's not 'wrong' to play BGH or Fastest or Turret D or w/e if you are having fun.

On October 01 2012 11:00 Velocirapture wrote:


Well it is also true that machines are not worthless. Free weights are king but I do not know anybody, even at the extremes of fitness, who don't ever use any machines as a part of their routines. Machines definitely get a bad reputation they dont deserve just because people use them as a crutch.

On October 01 2012 12:28 ieatkids5 wrote:
off to the gym to do
cleans
pullups
ohp
hanging leg-lift things
and SQUATS
thanks, decafchicken, for helping me give less fucks the more i squat

On October 02 2012 05:49 sJarl wrote:
http://vimeo.com/50058630

Just turn off the volume and enjoy the view from some posing lesson I found on an Icelandic fitness site...

On October 02 2012 21:04 Malinor wrote:
Ah, machines are fine if you use them for in a useful way. When injured, as assistance exercises if you have specific weaknesses, general as a supplement for your main training. We just hate them because 95% of all people in the gym use them for the wrong reasons and in the wrong manner. But there is really nothing inherently wrong with machines.

On October 03 2012 02:05 phyre112 wrote:


I'm using three machines to help me rehab my hip/back imbalaces, but for actual training and progress theres really not a reason to use them over freeweights.

On October 03 2012 02:16 Malinor wrote:


That is really not a very interesting topic to argue over, but I am not using a single machine either and I still wouldn't agree with your statement. I can totally understand when some people drop in this forum and get annoyed by our attitude, when everything but freeweights and squats are considered useless. There is some nice little things you can do with machines that don't really work with freeweights, Face Pulls come to mind. Lat-Pulldown stations have their use, especially for obese folks which cannot perform real pull ups or chin ups yet. I am sure I can come up with more if I put an hour of thought into it.
Sometimes our attitude in here really is just elitist

On October 03 2012 02:16 Malinor wrote:


That is really not a very interesting topic to argue over, but I am not using a single machine either and I still wouldn't agree with your statement. I can totally understand when some people drop in this forum and get annoyed by our attitude, when everything but freeweights and squats are considered useless. There is some nice little things you can do with machines that don't really work with freeweights, Face Pulls come to mind. Lat-Pulldown stations have their use, especially for obese folks which cannot perform real pull ups or chin ups yet. I am sure I can come up with more if I put an hour of thought into it.
Sometimes our attitude in here really is just elitist