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Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 5:56 pm
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Over this week in the school fitness room, I have seen more and more people join in. I have also seen inexperienced people use the gym. I am happy to see some overweight people participate because it makes the gym a more diverse place, and I like seeing formally sedentary people feel empowered enough to use the fitness room. I can relate to overweight folk.
But I've observed inexperienced people at the fitness room do some things that may backfire on them later. I'll talk about them, but I don't want to come off as judgemental. I someday would like to build up more knowledge about health, develop effective teaching skills, and conquer my own problem first too so someday I may empower other individuals to do the same. Anyway, here's some of the things I see some people do~
- Many people, even the more experienced gym-goers, like to work out very strenuously on a cardiovascular-based machine, like the tredmill, or the stairstepper. And then these people will naturally get off the machine after only 3 minutes on it. the problem with "going all-out" when you just begun is that you are going to completely max out your heartrate so fast and make you want to pass out. And you are burning anerobically- you are burning the stored up glycogen in your muscles that was meant to be used for quick bursts of energy. This is not an aerobic exercise. When you want to work your heart, you've got to start slow and gentle so you can warm up your body and slowly raise up your heart rate.
- People also thrash around the weights on the weight machines too hard. This is not an effective way to train your muscles, and it will damage the machines from the immense thrashing. The best way to handle the weights is slow and controlled. If you cannot fully control the movement of the weights, then it is an important sign that you have too much weight to handle and you need to lighten up the load.
- Today I saw a thin, tall, fit-looking man "coaching" a heavy set girl. The girl felt displeasure over the activities he made her do. I think part of the reason was from her preconceived attitudes about exercise, but another was that I felt he was working her way too hard. I think his intentions was good, but I don't think he understands what it's like to be heavy. For one, heavy people, and sedentary people are going to be limited in the exercises they can do. For them, my major emphasis is to make the gym experience an enjoyable and motivating experience, not a painful, grating one. Sedentary people need to work gently at first.
Have any of you notice any poor fitness behavior, or poor gym ettiquette? Talk about, and/or vent your frustrations here! blaugh
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2005 8:35 am
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Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2005 2:52 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2005 10:43 am
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Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:25 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 1:40 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:41 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 5:33 pm
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Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:32 pm
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Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 7:39 pm
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Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2005 9:10 pm
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At the YMCA nearest me they have people who tell you how much you should be doing, and watch to make sure you aren't doing too much, or mistreating the equipment. Also, at about 11 am most days there's an un-official "we're doing it to loose the weight" hour, where alot of the people who are at the gym to loose weight go, and beat up people who push themselves too hard, or push others too hard. xd okay, so we don't beat them up... But thats just because they accept the help.
It always irks me when i'm there at any other time, and theres adults there not doing things right, or not sharing the equipment... And you stand there and wait, but since they aren't on the fitlinx thingy which tells you how many of what you should be doing, they just keep going and get all confused when you ask them if you can go in at the end of a set... And they tend to use them way too fast, and slam the weights against eachother... It drives me nuts.
The other thing that drives me nuts is highschool PE... theres these horrid things called couger laps... a half mile, up hill, down hill, up, down. I have sooo much trouble runnimg them... I do much better on the track. At least with the track i can jog the traight parts and walk the curves (it works really well) when i get tired. The really horrid part is that they make us run a couger lap, and then expect us to be able to run around and play a game like football (US style). This is a problem for me because they don't explain the rules or anything, and i'd never played football before. And they want us to go out and play as soon as we finish running... As a kid, i played hocky, in the mud if it was possible. (Mud hocky is fun - is that the puck or a dirt clod? Oh well, it didn't go in the goal.) I have no clue how to play this sport, and you won't let me stand and ask somebody to explain it.. Yes, thats a great way to get me to run around, joining in. That, and theres this one guy, Kyle... He's not really hott or anything, he just likes to jump around, and he shows his boxers... and i wear boxers quite often, and i get distracted by those hola monkey boxers, or his penguin ones... Not my fault! Oh, and they don't make the shorts long enough.
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Posted: Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:55 am
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I don't have a problem with the way people exercise, because I wish someone would show me how. I do have a problem with the lack of instruction in how to use machines (my gym has no trainers; you just have to know how to use the stuff). I also have a problem with the lack of available exercise attire for people who are substantially taller, shorter, or thicker (with fat or with muscle) than the majority population. True, shorter people can get children's exercise gear, but then there's not enough room for breasts. Taller people can buy normal-length stuff, and so what if it looks like 3/4 length?
But if you wear a size 3X or above, it's VERY hard to find attire that's conducive to exercise. I have a friend who's nearly 400 pounds and another who's just over 250, and both of them have a real problem finding things to wear. Heck, I don't weigh that much, and I have a hard time finding exercise clothing, too. It's hard to move around in things that weren't designed as workout attire, and also I hate sweat stains on my normal street clothes, so what's a girl (or guy) to do?
I did find two places that provide larger sizes of workout clothing. Here's one that offers modest workout clothing, which I find very helpful and in keeping with the level of modesty my religion requires. They only go up to size 16, though. http://www.hasema.com/shopen/products.asp?cat=1
And the other is http://ladiesonlysports.com/plussizcomso.html which has some truly wonderful workout clothes. I especially like the Enell sports bra and the ABA workout capris or yoga pants.
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