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If
you've ever had occasion to visit a gym, you've
no doubt heard people talking about "feeling
the burn" and "pumping up." But
did you ever wonder what people were really saying?
Here are some common terms and phrases that will
help you to learn what is really going on in the
gym.
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 next time.
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.
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 the contraction at the top and squeeze
for 10 seconds" - Said by a personal
trainer when he or she wants to punish the client
for missing a session.
Now that you've got an idea of what is being said
at the gym, you'll be able to converse comfortably
with the natives. You will be completely understood
in any gym in the world when you walk in and say
"I just did two sets of high intensity intervals
and now I'm ready for some forced reps" or
"I'm taking a lot of meal replacement supplements
because I'm bulking up."
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