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re: How do you kill time between sets at the gym?

Posted on 1/14/19 at 3:06 pm to
Posted by Marciano1
Marksville, LA
Member since Jun 2009
20022 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 3:06 pm to
I like to super set or play on my phone.
Posted by DarthRebel
Tier Five is Alive
Member since Feb 2013
25758 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 3:49 pm to
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go frick yourself. If you aren't taking 3-5 min bw sets you aren't lifting enough


I promise most OT guys are not moving enough weight to justify that long of a rest. 3 minutes is an absolute max. Anyone taking 5 minutes should be shot.

If you are squatting over 300lbs and benching over 250lbs on each, sure. Anything under that rest for 90 seconds or less. Your warm-up sets should only really be a minute and working sets go with a longer rest.

Other items, do not do OHP and DL in the squat rack. You can do those with any barbell on the floor.

Do not curl in the squat rack

RE-rack your weights as well.

It is OK to be considerate in public gyms.
Posted by deNYEd
New Orleans
Member since Jul 2007
9703 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 3:52 pm to
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do not do OHP

this cant be a thing?
Posted by Displaced
Member since Dec 2011
33049 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 3:54 pm to
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do not do OHP in the squat rack


Much safer to do ohp in the squat rack with safety bars....
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92903 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 4:05 pm to
quote:

jump n jacks


wow
Posted by B1rdman15
The Office
Member since Feb 2010
5205 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 4:06 pm to
I let out a very loud laugh in a very quiet bathroom. SOB.
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
32486 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 4:47 pm to
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Been hitting the gym a lot more in the new year


So you're one of those fricks who go just to do it for your New Year's Resolutions, get tired of it after 2 weeks, and then quit and go back to eating pizza cookies and chips on your couch all day every day? People like you are the worst.
Posted by DarthRebel
Tier Five is Alive
Member since Feb 2013
25758 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 5:08 pm to
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Much safer to do ohp in the squat rack with safety bars....


True, but once again must OT peeps are not lifting that much over their head.

OHP is the weakest of lifts for everyone, thus usually lighter weight.

Heavy bench is the one exercise that really needs safety bars if working out solo.
Posted by bad93ex
Walnut Cove
Member since Sep 2018
35950 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 5:08 pm to
I like to catch up on OweO posts between sets.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
84555 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 5:19 pm to


I stare at the chick on the thigh machine
Posted by RazorBroncs
Possesses the largest
Member since Sep 2013
16126 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 5:36 pm to
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I'm busy re-watching the footage of the set I just did on the camera that I have set up on the tripod. 

And if any string-bean tries to take my spot or any one of the 20 dumbbells that I've taken for myself, I bellow out a deep "WOAH WOAH, BRO. NAH." while pointing at the camera and snapping my fingers.



This reads like a post that Hammertime would make, being totally serious
Posted by Bryno1960
Off River Road
Member since Aug 2013
3767 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 6:39 pm to
Having a beer
This post was edited on 1/14/19 at 6:40 pm
Posted by go ta hell ole miss
Member since Jan 2007
14655 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 6:58 pm to
Jump rope for 30 seconds. Cardio and weights in one.
Posted by Relham10
Ridge
Member since Jan 2013
21183 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 7:07 pm to
quote:

How do you kill time between sets at the gym?

Breathe
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 7:12 pm to
I do 100 kg arm curls to pass the time.
Posted by nhlittle
Rye New Hampshire
Member since Sep 2017
44 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 7:29 pm to
Im between sets now. So far:
Put one kid through college.
Raising two more.
Ended one business. Started two more.
Went fishing like a thousand times.

Ill think of more later.
Posted by lsu777
Lake Charles
Member since Jan 2004
37904 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 7:43 pm to
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Other items, do not do OHP and DL in the squat rack. You can do those with any barbell on the floor.

Do not curl in the squat rack

RE-rack your weights as well.




Aww the beauty of the home gym.
Posted by FulshearTiger
Member since Jul 2015
5295 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 7:55 pm to
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I use an app with a counter and only take 1m or 1m30s between sets. After taking plates off or adding them, it is about time for the next set. You can also superset other exercises.

Please do not be one of those annoying asses that take 3-5 minutes between sets. Nothing wrong with that, but at a public gym it is annoying as hell. Get a home gym for that.

I only came here to say a giant frick you. You sound like a hemorrhaging pussy.
Posted by Spasweezy
Unfortunately, Louisiana
Member since Jan 2014
7248 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 8:11 pm to
Cropdusting
Posted by TDcline
American Gardens building 11th flor
Member since Aug 2015
9503 posts
Posted on 1/14/19 at 8:41 pm to
Anybody that’s playing on their phone while sitting on a machine/bench/equipment that I’m waiting on will promptly be told to do their set or get the frick up.

I don’t have time for pretty boy quearz to look up Nicki Minaj playlists while I’m trying to get a real man workout. Then I’ll wink at your bitch.
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