Trade magazine story on grunting in the gym

[The Survivor]

Athletic Business Newswire - Should Health Clubs Ban Grunting?

Kind of off point here but the other day I was taking a newbie through (she was in her late 60's and only had been to Curves for women so you know she didn't know sqaut) and a bodybuilding couple came in and in between this older lady doing her sets, I would breifly talk to them about the recent contests they were in

Well this older lady decided that she was going to try and "fit in" with us but of course she didn't know a dumbell from a barbell (literally) and she ended up making a total jackass out herself w/her rather obnoxious questions and comments. She actually is very nice, why cant people just shut the fuk up when they are new at something and realize they are out of thier league??

I hate it when ordinary people ask me "how much are you lifting?" and of course right in the middle of a set...I always say : Think of a number then take that times ten

 

[Presser]

I dont think ive ever grunted in the gym, atleast not that i know of,lol, i was never one to make much noise, however i say if u wanna grunt then grunt, the rules are fucking retarded

 

[The Survivor]

Speaking for myself a veteran of 30 plus yrs of patronizing or owning gyms, I find it amusing that the politically correct ones (meaning the newer members, like in the last 5-8 yrs) are the ones griping about the noisy members. So they are the older folks, and while they were out 20 plus years ago, drinking their fool heads off, eating crap food on a daily basis and whose idea of exercising was walking 9 holes of golf or gardening, now they want to invade our sacred territory and tell us not to grunt.....when we were grunting and working hard in the gym when they were spending decades of self indulgence ruining their bodies.

Screw 'em we were here first.....its great that they want to get healthy and all but dont disrespect the ones who paved the way...

 

[petrobond5150]

Grunting and screaming almost got banned in the weight room here until the front desk folks found out it was coming out of the raquetball court. Its all well and fine but no one wants to hear an F-bomb echoing through the facility... Its just a game Focker

 

[mkdk]

I always tell people this is a gym you are suppose to make noise, its not a church

 

[freakinthegym]

Lol I grunt...... Man about two weeks ago I was in the gym and this guy was standing next to my wife and was like Oh my god what is that noise is that guy ok !? My wife started laughing its ok that's my husband lol!

 

[big in vegas]

I don't grunt or really make any noises except when I drop dumbbells after benching them or shoulder pressing them. My gym doesn't care about stupid shit like that as long as you're not creating a huge disturbance

 

[The Survivor]

Grunting and screaming almost got banned in the weight room here until the front desk folks found out it was coming out of the raquetball court. Its all well and fine but no one wants to hear an F-bomb echoing through the facility... Its just a game Focker

Yes theres no reason to use profanity, thats uncalled for.

 

[big in vegas]

Yes theres no reason to use profanity, thats uncalled for.

Especially in racket ball, the only way I can see someone cussing then would be if you're playing for money or you get nailed in the nuts from being to close to the wall which even then is your own fault

 

[The Survivor]

Especially in racket ball, the only way I can see someone cussing then would be if you're playing for money or you get nailed in the nuts from being to close to the wall which even then is your own fault

Then I'd be crying if I lost $$ plus singing soprano

 

[The Survivor]

Ya know next time some pencil neck dofus or some texting soccer Mom makes a mockery of me mildly groaning, I'm gonna say FUCK YOU....I've been in here busting my ass over 30 yrs while you were out doing beer bongs, eating pizza and spending your spare time on your couch. Now decades later you come in to this gym with your waistline twice your age, your cholesterol higher than the national debt and your body fat approaching triple digits, not to mention your 3 chins, and now low and behold you wanna stroll in here and tell me to stop grunting because I'm trying too hard. Get your fricking lazy ass off your easy chair, stop eating that crap food you've been shoveling into your pie hole and get in here and lift like you mean it. I don't care if your fricking dog died when you were 6, your classmate in 3rd grade called you fatso and you were bullied in Jr High, just do what the rest of us did.....we sucked it up, showed up at the gym, lifted until we couldn't lift anymore then did 2 more reps....is it that frickin hard???


(OK rant over, I can't say that as I own the place)

 

[ironFist4ever]

Ya know next time some pencil neck dofus or some texting soccer Mom makes a mockery of me mildly groaning, I'm gonna say FUCK YOU....I've been in here busting my ass over 30 yrs while you were out doing beer bongs, eating pizza and spending your spare time on your couch. Now decades later you come in to this gym with your waistline twice your age, your cholesterol higher than the national debt and your body fat approaching triple digits, not to mention your 3 chins, and now low and behold you wanna stroll in here and tell me to stop grunting because I'm trying too hard. Get your fricking lazy ass off your easy chair, stop eating that crap food you've been shoveling into your pie hole and get in here and lift like you mean it. I don't care if your fricking dog died when you were 6, your classmate in 3rd grade called you fatso and you were bullied in Jr High, just do what the rest of us did.....we sucked it up, showed up at the gym, lifted until we couldn't lift anymore then did 2 more reps....is it that frickin hard???

(OK rant over, I can't say that as I own the place)

haha...that was really funny....

 

[big in vegas]

Ya know next time some pencil neck dofus or some texting soccer Mom makes a mockery of me mildly groaning, I'm gonna say FUCK YOU....I've been in here busting my ass over 30 yrs while you were out doing beer bongs, eating pizza and spending your spare time on your couch. Now decades later you come in to this gym with your waistline twice your age, your cholesterol higher than the national debt and your body fat approaching triple digits, not to mention your 3 chins, and now low and behold you wanna stroll in here and tell me to stop grunting because I'm trying too hard. Get your fricking lazy ass off your easy chair, stop eating that crap food you've been shoveling into your pie hole and get in here and lift like you mean it. I don't care if your fricking dog died when you were 6, your classmate in 3rd grade called you fatso and you were bullied in Jr High, just do what the rest of us did.....we sucked it up, showed up at the gym, lifted until we couldn't lift anymore then did 2 more reps....is it that frickin hard???


(OK rant over, I can't say that as I own the place)

No, but you can say one of us said it and put it on the wall as your favorite quote lol