Music & Lifting

[Melbourne]

i find when i have my mp3 player on it makesit like there's only me in the gym and it helps me concentrate more because i can focus more on my form... love it when the hatebreed or pantera comes on!

AC/DC always does the trick.

 

[STORM SHADOW]

I feel motivator music is important in the gym. Now it's true..if you're in the zone it's drowned out during the lift... but during the up to 3 min rest period or the 10-15 mins rest period between exercises, yes! I need that music. Now this is my sore spot on music because I have a couple different memberships at gyms and one of them is provided by the Company. Here we have a Company fitness center totally stacked with everything you could ever want for bodybuilding right? Well 1/4 of the membership are retiries, 1/4 of major flaming liberals, 1/4 of 'I don't care I don't even know why I'm here anyway' and 1/8th of former athletes, a 1/16th of people preparing for running or biking comps or whatever, and a 1/16th of powerlifter/bodybuilders. I think I did the math right lol anyway a vote was carried out in the suggestion box because everybody was complaining over the music right? I lost big time to the majority and it reads as is "we come here to relax and prefer relaxing music" oh maaaaaaa gawwwwwwwd it about made me puke.

So my only choice is MP3 player right? well it's a company fitness center and as said before, some people see it as anti social behavior, so now politics at the company comes into play *sigh*

So now I use the company center when I have too and go to Balleys when I can.

THE STORM

Oh! is this like my first post? lol well hello everybody! I'm STORM SHADOW from the original Got Fina board and member of another board... let's have fun learning.

 

[Jimmykick]

Oh! is this like my first post? lol well hello everybody! I'm STORM SHADOW from the original Got Fina board and member of another board... let's have fun learning.

Welcome aboard

 

[rookie03]

I mainly need my own music to drown out the shit they play at my gym.

What do you mean?? Fat Joe and shakira get me crazy jacked up! Death to the communist 24 hour fitness regime! I have a feeling their gonna ban chalk from the gym soon... im the only person to use it at my gym, and now theirs like 5 kids who i let try it on their sets and their bringing it in and fuckin up the place leavin chalk everywhere...it was fine when i was the only one doin it, if they ban chalk im gonna cancel the membership.

 

[Tafman]

my gym hasnt allowed chalk from day one

 

[DADAWG]

my gym hasnt allowed chalk from day one

thats not a gym , its a fitness club

 

[rookie03]

my gym hasnt allowed chalk from day one

Yea dawgs right... find a new club! Ive even heard of fitness clubs correcting the members while doin cleans and snatch's and not allowing them to do them.

 

[STORM SHADOW]

Yea dawgs right... find a new club! Ive even heard of fitness clubs correcting the members while doin cleans and snatch's and not allowing them to do them.

lol I hear ya! I was warming up with 135 on the bench at Bally's and one of the employees ordered me to put the locks on the bar or leave grrrrrrrrr

THE STORM

 

[DocJ]

I definately lift at a "health club" but there's no hardcore gym near me and also the wife has a membership so I go there so we can workout together sometimes. Sucks not having 150lb dumbells though...

 

[OMEGA]

Musis all the way

especially with the advent of that IPOD