climbing in a gym

Post by **512OW** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:27 am

Its funny to me that most people have said they go to the gym to "train", and in 15 years of being in and out of gyms, I can count on my hands how many people I've seen "train".

You can't just call it training and have it be so.

Post by **512OW** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:32 am

By the way, there is no climbing in gyms. Haven't we discussed this?

Post by **captain static** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:50 am

So if there is no climbing in gyms, and most people don't know how to train, what is it that all those people are doing in there???

Post by **toad857** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:20 am

all i'm sayin is that some of my most memorable and satisfying projects have been in the gym. some set by myself, some by others....

Post by **pkananen** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:23 am

captain static wrote:So if there is no climbing in gyms, and most people don't know how to train, what is it that all those people are doing in there???

I am very good at spraying about my most recent near-sends. I find the high ceilings of a gym provide the best acoustics for this.

Post by **512OW** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:50 am

captain static wrote:So if there is no climbing in gyms, and most people don't know how to train, what is it that all those people are doing in there???

Socializing. In your case, stretching and socializing.

Post by **tutugirl** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:01 am

I like going to the gym...see friends, talk, have fun...climb a little bit...almost like playing darts at the bar with friends but better for you

Post by **SCIN** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:04 pm

Nothing wrong with having projects in the gym. I love seeing people get psyched on sending whether it's in the gym our outside. For some people the gym is all they've got.

Post by **bcombs** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:07 pm

512OW wrote:You can't just call it training and have it be so.

Truth....

Maybe we can draw the line between those that are training and those that are climbing by the number of trips they take outside. Someone in the gym who has never been and never intends to go climbing outside is climbing in the gym. Those that use the gym to fill the space between trips outside and to stay in shape I would consider to be training. Even if the training isn't a specifc program doing certain reps / sets, they still see it as training.

Then there are the freaks that do stuff like climbing up and down for 30 + minutes at a time, or worse spinning along like a gerbil on the treadwall for 30+ minutes. That is undoubetly training because there are days that it is the furthest thing possible from fun. When you have to suck it up in order to get it done it's not climbing, it's training.

Post by **kek-san** » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:37 pm

SCIN wrote:Nothing wrong with having projects in the gym. I love seeing people get psyched on sending whether it's in the gym our outside. For some people the gym is all they've got.

Hmm, this sounds like someone I know. Plus some of the gym problems, while admittedly contrived, are challenging and fulfilling when sent.

While others just "break" the hard men out there, right before they are scheduled to go to Europe. Again, sorry 'bout that.

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