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Up Glossary Of Common Gym Terms
You've been to gym and have heard the lingo. Now
learn the REAL definitions of what you've been
hearing.
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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."
