Originally Posted by JakeView Post I go to an LA Fatness that’s a block away from work on my lunch break, because I would like to achieve my lifelong goal of being able to power-clean a Buick, run down a herd of antelope and kill one with my teeth, and angrily fuck a tractor in half.
Is that like…all in a row? Like some fucking batshit crazy Iron Man competition? Cuz G4 needs to make that into a show. Ninja Warrior is just the first logical step in that process.
hehe Reminds me of a Mr. Show line…
“Have you ever eaten a train piece by piece AFTER you just derailed it with your penis?”
“Yes.”
“Aah, man!”
“It was for charity!”
Originally Posted by MissZooeyView Post I don’t go to the gym. I go to the yoga center. I’m very flexible. Oh, go ahead. Make your stupid little jokes. I’ll just be over here not falling down my front steps when I’m 70.
A woman doing yoga is cool and kinda sexy, so no jokes from us. Does DaveB go too? Because that’s deserving of mockery.
I don’t go to a gym because I’d rather lie on the floor and eat cupcakes, but I have a semi-serious question (for guys): Isn’t the presence of hot hard-bodied women in skimpy exercise attire distracting? Isn’t it uncomfortable trying to complete a set of squat thrusts with a raging erection?
Originally Posted by nekkerbeeView Post Isn’t the presence of hot hard-bodied women in skimpy exercise attire distracting? Isn’t it uncomfortable trying to complete a set of squat thrusts with a raging erection?
Yes. And I’m the most insular bastard out there when it comes to the gym. I put on something nice and calming like Slayer and go to town in the power rack. It was safe from the Curling Kids Club and sparsely populated - until some new girl recently arrived who actually does deadlifts and split squats.
Now I have to face firm Armenian bubble-ass in tight clothing while trying to squat or dead heavy, and I fucking hate it. Tunnel-Vision is ineffective when it comes to the shallowness of the manbrain.
Distraction? What’s that you say? It’s the complete opposite for me, I go to the gym not only because I like being healthy but because I like really hot women. I’m shallow like that.
I tried going to the gym once. It turned out that the one I chose was full of club bouncers, strippers and enforcers for the Russian mob. That mixture of apprehension and hotness was not pleasant and I quit about after two weeks. I moved to a much nicer neighborhood since but gyms still make me nervous.
Originally Posted by nekkerbeeView Post A woman doing yoga is cool and kinda sexy, so no jokes from us. Does DaveB go too? Because that’s deserving of mockery.
I’ve asked this question before, but - could someone please explain the male antipathy to yoga to me? It requires a considerable amount of strength, insane flexibility, and concentration to do it well. It’s not like we’re all sitting around on pillows, thinking nice thoughts about flowers for an hour and a half. The only thing that’s girly about yoga is the makeup of the classes, as very few men seem to want to come.
Originally Posted by MissZooeyView Post I’ve asked this question before, but - could someone please explain the male antipathy to yoga to me? It requires a considerable amount of strength, insane flexibility, and concentration to do it well. It’s not like we’re all sitting around on pillows, thinking nice thoughts about flowers for an hour and a half. The only thing that’s girly about yoga is the makeup of the classes, as very few men seem to want to come.
I know guys who can bench twice their own bodyweight who do yoga. It’s a great exercise - I’m thinking about working it in at some point, since static stretching and foam-rolling only does so much for flexibility. I’ve never understood the antipathy either: it’s not like jazzercise or aerobics, not gimmicky like Tae-Bo, and it’s actually pretty fucking hard.
Originally Posted by MissZooeyView Post I’ve asked this question before, but - could someone please explain the male antipathy to yoga to me? It requires a considerable amount of strength, insane flexibility, and concentration to do it well. It’s not like we’re all sitting around on pillows, thinking nice thoughts about flowers for an hour and a half. The only thing that’s girly about yoga is the makeup of the classes, as very few men seem to want to come.
I was among those laughing at yoga, until my wife took me along for a class. As someone who practiced martial arts and sparred for 8 years, I considered myself pretty fit. I came out of that class drenched and sored. It really makes your body work in a very different way than any gym work, and while closer to martial arts, it’s still not close. If I had the time/money (yoga classes ain’t cheap), I would have supplemented my kungfu training with yoga.
Originally Posted by JakeView Post it’s not like jazzercise or aerobics, not gimmicky like Tae-Bo, and it’s actually pretty fucking hard.
Thank you. I wasn’t standing on my shoulders this weekend, trying to keep the soles of my feet pressed together and my back straight at the same time, thinking “whew! I’m glad they came up with this nice, easy exercise system for girls, so we don’t have to fool around with those silly weights.” Really, it was more along the lines of “When is this eternally smiling, sadistic hippie going to let us lie down?”
Originally Posted by MissZooeyView Post Really, it was more along the lines of “When is this eternally smiling, sadistic hippie going to let us lie down?”
Aah! There’s your answer. I know I fly into a blind rage when I enter within twenty yards of a hippie. I black out and…oh god, the horror…
Actually, yoga always looked interesting (and terribly painful), just…never got the time. Why guys don’t do it when you have all of those ridiculous cute girls in there is beyond me.
He’s a very nice hippie. He just has a maddening tendency to say things like “Okay, while keeping your hips squared, lower your nose to your knee. If you can reach, go to your shin” while grinning like he just asked us to clap our hands. I have another teacher who likes to introduce new, extremely difficult poses by saying “Okay, now we’re going to so something really fun…” She also smiles a lot.
Originally Posted by Doc HappeninView Post Actually, yoga always looked interesting (and terribly painful), just…never got the time. Why guys don’t do it when you have all of those ridiculous cute girls in there is beyond me.
