Peachy Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 WTF is wrong with people? Grrrrr I am so sick of people at my gym coming up to me and telling me that I do alot of cardio. :roll: AND WHAT!!!?? :evil: Does anyone else notice that people are sometimes anti-cardio? The instructors at the gym tell me that I don't need to do that much cardio blah blah blah but do you ever see them teling people they do not need to lift that much weight?? Of course bloody not.I am soo angry this morning i was running on the treadmill and one of the instructors came up to me and said he wanted to show me some kettle bell exercises. I said why. He said you will get better results. I said im on a maintenance program i already have the results I want. He said you don't need to do that much cardio to maintain. I said I like cardio and the ummm endorphins?? it gives me. Anyways I let him show me some kettle bell exercises. they were good and i might include them in my workout. But im not doing less cardio. thats the funnest part for me atm.Why do they even have cardio equipment there if they are going to tell people not to use it? :evil: I've been ranting all day to my work mates but no one understands :cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Tell them to piss off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grover Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Ignore them, in fact you can do my cardio as well :nod: If you are happy with what you are doing then thats all that counts, go for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runveerun Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 That's crazy! Instructors telling you not to do so much?! Were they overweight? :pfft: Too much cardio? Next time tell them ultra-marathon runners run for 24 sometimes 48 hours at a time, now that's alot of cardio! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startinfromscratch Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 tell them their problem is that they dont do enough cardio, and thats why they look like shit. even if they look good, i bet they stop bugging you! :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted January 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Can you guys come tell them? :shifty: I think im already the crazy cardio girl I don't wana be psycho bitch aswell lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
startinfromscratch Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 ^^ specter, your services are required Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rose Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Smile sweetly and say you've decided to train for a marathon? Maybe they're scouting for business, showing you one thing hoping you'll request a program? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePman Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 I think most people that aren't endurance athletes do tend to over-emphasize cardio (and to the exclusion of other equally important targets) because they think it's more important than it is, and most people have the idea that cardio equals 'fitness'. But the other side of that coin is that I'm not a douchebag about people doing what they want to do. If you didn't come ask me my thoughts on the matter, I'm not about to come tell you what you "should" be doing, either. That's lame.I don't know your goals or why you're doing it to begin with, so it's a bit presumptuous to show up and just say you're wrong, like that trainer did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamfatboy Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 I'm with the Pman... it's rude. The key thing is that as far as you're concerned, i already have the results I want - and that's really the ball-game right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillicat Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 I'm anti cardio because I just don't enjoy it, but if you like it and it's the funnest bit for you and you get a great endorphin rush, then bugger what anyone else thinks! Pretty rude coming up sticking their nose in, like others have said, without knowing you or your goals. They probably mean well, but so does everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 I'm with HansTell them to piss off?Do as much cardio as you want - its your body. Some trainers - sheeze! :roll:Personally - I hate cardio but only do it so I don't turn into a fat bastard - I love my food. I'm gonna' have to learn to love cardio for the next 14 to 16 odd weeks - bloody precontest diets! :crazy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rose Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Just keep your earbuds in and smile and wave. Make it a royal one with a little flourish at the end :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specter Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Kick the F%$KER in the Gonads! 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agent86 Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 How much cardio do you do. Are you looking too thin? People don't normally advise people they are doing too much cardio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runveerun Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 How much cardio do you do. Are you looking too thin? People don't normally advise people they are doing too much cardioToo thin? Impossible! :pfft: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePman Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Dysmorphia is good for the mind and body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted January 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Nup Im small but Im not too thin. viewtopic.php?f=8&t=6721&start=200Anyways they are not going up to the big boys and telling them to do less weights and more cardio :roll: Lol I think some of them can't do cardio anyways they walk with their legs too far apart they would need two treadmills.Oh my heck my arse is so sore today from those bloody kettle bell exercises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePman Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Well what are your goals?Not that I want to defend the guy, cause that was a dick-move, but it may not be a matter of telling people, randomly, that they're doing too much of X - like telling the guys they're lifting too much, as in your example.There's a lot to be said for goal specificity in training, in that what you do should ideally be moving you towards your goal, and it could be that he thinks you're doing too much cardio for your goals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 There are many tools in the chest to get the right results Peachy. The trainer was certainly in the wrong to approach you and try and give you advice. As mentioned in the post previously, he was more than likely touting for business.There is a lot of research done into short intense metabolic conditioning circuits verses long drawn out cardio and the results are topical to say the least.The bottom line is what works for you, works for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knock knock Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 As mentioned in the post previously, he was more than likely touting for business....or spading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peachy Posted January 25, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 What is spading? :-s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rose Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 spading - 5 definitions - The activity performed in order to establish a relationship and/or acquire sexual favours from a particular targethttp://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimass Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 What is spading? :-s :doh: I think we are going to have to asign a fulltime body guard :pfft: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specter Posted January 25, 2010 Report Share Posted January 25, 2010 What is spading? :-s:doh: I think we are going to have to asign a fulltime body guard :pfft: :phear: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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