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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:27 am
by 512OW
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:32 am
by 512OW
By the way, there is no climbing in gyms. Haven't we discussed this?
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 3:50 am
by captain static
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???
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:20 am
by toad857
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....
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:23 am
by pkananen
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 4:50 am
by 512OW
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 5:01 am
by tutugirl
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
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:04 pm
by SCIN
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:07 pm
by bcombs
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.
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:37 pm
by kek-san
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.