Back when I first started going to the gym I'd sprint on the treadmill. I usually do a mile at 12 mph or so. One time mid-run, i hopped off to the side to talk to a pretty cute chick. Rather than slow the pace down i figuered I'd just hop on, and run mid-air, and land on the treadmill at 12mph. Nope. I ate it. Landed oh, ten feet back in the freeweights. Smooth...
The dumbest thing you have done while training? LOL
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There has been 2 stupid things I've done without thinking when I use to goto the gym.
1. A mate and I were going to warm up, so I bought us water, my mate had already gone on a treadmill and was going at a decent speed, and without thinking...i chucked the water bottle at him..and it since he was running fast he actually STEPPED on the water bottle as came at him...and went flying back lol...
2. I had a really really really really silky shirt on...started doing some squatting with a barbell around 200LBS, I took the barbell off the holder and walked back a bit , started to get into position to start and the thing just rolled right off my shoulders slamming onto the ground making the loudest ****ing noise you'll ever hear lol...even over the blasting techno music, EVERYONE turned around and looked lol.
1. A mate and I were going to warm up, so I bought us water, my mate had already gone on a treadmill and was going at a decent speed, and without thinking...i chucked the water bottle at him..and it since he was running fast he actually STEPPED on the water bottle as came at him...and went flying back lol...
2. I had a really really really really silky shirt on...started doing some squatting with a barbell around 200LBS, I took the barbell off the holder and walked back a bit , started to get into position to start and the thing just rolled right off my shoulders slamming onto the ground making the loudest ****ing noise you'll ever hear lol...even over the blasting techno music, EVERYONE turned around and looked lol.
lmao those are great. wait. in the first one, in the last sentense when it says "and went flying back," did your friend go flying back or did the waterbottle or both?
hahahah ok blame it on the silky shirt
We must not throw water bottles at our buddies! We must have better form with silky shirt with squats! LOL. Heres looking at you: I was running on the treadmill for literally my first time. After 15 or so minutes I began to get bored (forgot to bring the handy iPod) and tried paying attention to the TV. Well, the TV was a little to the left and I slowly drifted over. As my foot caught the edge, I ate it. And the worst part was that the treadmill was right against the wall, so I had nowhere to fly off except against the wall, which caught me as I kept getting thrown back, basically doing somersaults until I was finally able to wiggle off to the side (which was equally difficult given the treadmill only had a few holes to get through). And to top that off, and old(ish) lady running beside me fell off in a similar fashion as she looked over to see if I was ok!
lol! chain reactiowned
hmm lemme think...
Oooo, well this happend to my friend, but it was my fault.
hes was finishin a chest workout, and he was pretty much dead, and was finishing up with the chest fly machine. He couldnt quite close off the last rep so i helped him, by pushing the two pieces together. And those machines if u were just to let go , they will snap back into position. Welll after his last rep i didnt guide the 2 peices back to the starting spot, i just let go.....and since his arms were dead , they snapped back and he pulled a muscle or two.
felt so bad!
Oooo, well this happend to my friend, but it was my fault.
hes was finishin a chest workout, and he was pretty much dead, and was finishing up with the chest fly machine. He couldnt quite close off the last rep so i helped him, by pushing the two pieces together. And those machines if u were just to let go , they will snap back into position. Welll after his last rep i didnt guide the 2 peices back to the starting spot, i just let go.....and since his arms were dead , they snapped back and he pulled a muscle or two.
felt so bad!
This winter I was doing squats on my smith machine, which only has vinyl inserts to slide on so sometimes it's not real smooth as sometimes the inserts come out and get wedged on the upright supports funny. Well, the bar got kind of got hard to push up so I knew what was going on but I figured I'd finish my set.
Then, all of a sudden... BAM!!!! It was incredibly loud but I couldn't tell what was going on. I stopped, hooked the bar onto the uprights and started looking around. It took at least 5 minutes for me to realize that my radio and a cd was smashed to bits. The insert did get jacked up like I mentioned, but then due to the increased friction on one side, the bar got tilted and I didn't realize it.
A 45 pound weight on the end slipped off and fell onto my radio, then bounced off and hit the wall, and with it being a metal storage building, that's what was so loud. Even after it fell off, the vinyl insert was so jacked up with so much added friction that I couldn't tell. I shouldn't have had my radio nearby like that, and I should have had bar clamps on.
Then, all of a sudden... BAM!!!! It was incredibly loud but I couldn't tell what was going on. I stopped, hooked the bar onto the uprights and started looking around. It took at least 5 minutes for me to realize that my radio and a cd was smashed to bits. The insert did get jacked up like I mentioned, but then due to the increased friction on one side, the bar got tilted and I didn't realize it.
A 45 pound weight on the end slipped off and fell onto my radio, then bounced off and hit the wall, and with it being a metal storage building, that's what was so loud. Even after it fell off, the vinyl insert was so jacked up with so much added friction that I couldn't tell. I shouldn't have had my radio nearby like that, and I should have had bar clamps on.
Heh I have one that isnt as dumb as it is the worst luck possible. When I'm on a treadmill I'm always listening to music on my ipod, which I usually have on the tray in the treadmill. Well one time my arm caught the headphone cord (ouch), and launched my ipod backwards off the tray. It flew past me and hit the wall socket where my and one other treadmill were plugged in. The other treadmill lost power, and the older lady that was on it almost fell off, then got mad at me =|
Interesting times at the gym.
Interesting times at the gym.
hahaha. i would be looking too if i saw a girl from school workin out in skanky clothes!