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The real meaning

2005/12/28, 08:05 AM
The Glossary Of Terms


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1. In The Zone: Tired and incoherent during a workout. Commonly described out of the gym as "spaced out."

2. Extended Warm-Up: 20 minutes at low tension on the stationary bike then 20 minutes of casual stretching thena shower.


3. Just One
More Rep: Said to a spotter during a set. Really means: "Lift the weight for me."


4. Forced Reps: For the reluctant exerciser, every single rep of a workout is a forced rep. This is especially true when they have a mean trainer.


5. Hack Squat: The position a cat gets into when he's coughing up a hairball, commonly mistaken as a leg exercise.


6. Can I Work In With You?: Translation: "Can I remove all your weights and sweat all over your bench?"


7. Drop Sets: What sometimes happens after doing a hard set of dumbell bench presses. A triple drop set occurs when you drop two dumbells and yourself to the floor.


8. Bulking Up: Name for the phase during which an otherwise healthy trainer will try to get bigger and fatter on purpose.


9. I'm Maxing Out!: Translation: "I was going for 6 reps but I put too much weight on the bar and only got 1."


10. Cool-Down: Sit on a bench and drink from a water bottle while talking about how much more you'll lift nexttime.


11. Olympic Bar: Athlete's nightclub.


12. E-Z Bar: "How dare you! I'm not that type of bar."


13. Squat Rack: The lonliest piece of equipment in the gym. :laugh:


14. It's All You!: Said by spotter during the last few reps of a set. Translatation: "It's mostly me."


15. Pro-Hormones: Hormones that have lost their amateur status.


16. Meal Replacement Supplement: Cold pizza and warm beer.


17. Clean And Press: Surprisingly enough, it's a shoulder exercise, not laundry instructions. A variation of it is even known as the Hang Clean and Press.


18. High Intensity Interval Training: Occurs when there are two or more flights of stairs leading up to the gym.


19. Skullcrushers: An exercise where you make like you're going to bash your own head in with a barbell, a.k.a. lying tricep extensions.


20. Hold It At
The Top: Said by a personal trainer when he or she wants to punish the client for missing a session.

gangstershoes
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2005/12/28, 09:03 AM
good post. I've been guilty of the triple drop set once in my life. One of my better novice gym stories.....
2005/12/28, 03:21 PM
Oh but the "cool down" sounds like a mirage in the desert to me!!
princesslodgey
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2005/12/30, 07:25 AM
Funny post! I always thought that bulking up was an excuse for getting bigger and fatter by ACCIDENT.
Ravenbeauty
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2005/12/30, 09:19 AM
this was cute thanks Willbert.

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hecdarec
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2005/12/30, 09:26 AM
Good stuff.

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