It isn't just women. Either crossfit is dying, or people have completely tuned them out. But there is a joke (or maybe it is real) of a Vegan and CrossFitter sit together. Who dominates the conversation? And someone I served with, 90% of his social media is him posting his bike route and the calories burned. And for a brief period, people were posting their Peliton workout results.

But the dude in the OP's video is probably mad that fit gym bunnies won't talk to him. If he, professional YouTuber with several years experience, can't complete a sentence without needing an edit or two, I bet he has trouble having a basic conversation with even the dimmest woman he meets.

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Originally posted by IrishWind:
But the dude in the OP's video is probably mad that fit gym bunnies won't talk to him[/b]. If he, professional YouTuber with several years experience, can't complete a sentence without needing an edit or two, I bet he has trouble having a basic conversation with even the dimmest woman he meets.

THIS is what you took from that video...Seriously?

Have you ever watched a Paul Joseph Watson video before? That's what he does in ALL of his videos! It's a trademark characteristic all of his content, and part of what makes them entertaining! He's got nearly TWO MILLION subscribers and his videos average around 500K views each...That's certainly NOT in spite of his communication skills, but rather a testament to them!

Yeah. if you think Paul Joseph Watson's motivation for this video is that gym hoes won't talk to him, you know nothing of the man and you have missed out on the ocean of truth he has provided publicly over the years.

Watson has called out all sorts of people and behaviors over the years and saying that he probably can't put a complete sentence together without an edit or two is not only untrue, but he would also run rings around most of us in an in-person debate.

I think the reason Watson edits his videos to remove pauses in his narrative is that by the time you get to the end of a five minute video of his, he's given time back to you which would otherwise be filled with pauses. Or, it may just be a style he has acquired. Either way, the way his videos are edited in not indicative of a lack of articulation.

I never pass up watching a PJW video, he is our friend and ally.

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:

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Originally posted by IrishWind:
But the dude in the OP's video is probably mad that fit gym bunnies won't talk to him[/b]. If he, professional YouTuber with several years experience, can't complete a sentence without needing an edit or two, I bet he has trouble having a basic conversation with even the dimmest woman he meets.

THIS is what you took from that video...Seriously?

Have you ever watched a Paul Joseph Watson video before? That's what he does in ALL of his videos! It's a trademark characteristic all of his content, and part of what makes them entertaining! He's got nearly TWO MILLION subscribers and his videos average around 500K views each...That's certainly NOT in spite of his communication skills, but rather a testament to them!

I've tried watching his videos. And it is always the same. I can't get past 30-45 seconds of all the cuts and edits. It is very distracting, and takes away from the message. There are countless others out there in YouTube that can deliver a 20-25 minute video and keep the edits to a minimum, and never mid-sentence. To him, it might be a trademark/signature style. To me it screams of lousy prep work. Below is Ben Shapiro's latest video. Notice the lack of audio edits. Mr Shapiro frequently looks at his laptop, presumably to read the script. But he does come off more professional than PJW's relying on editing skills to present his message.

Jesus, man. If that's your gripe about PJW videos, then it's your loss, because the man makes salient points in all of his published content.

But, if jump cuts make you feel all icky and you can't follow what is being said, I guess you should avoid them.

I was hoping for more pictures.....

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
If you're wearing "come fuck me" attire, don't be surprised when you get some attention.

Heh. Reminds me of this pretty, shapely young girl used to work out at my Life Time Fitness. Always wore this short little skirt I thought of as her "fuck me skirt"

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Jesus, man. If that's your gripe about PJW videos, then it's your loss, because the man makes salient points in all of his published content.

Indeed.

I find PJW a lot easier to follow than Ben Shapiro.

This just about covers them all

https://www.thedailystruggle.c...people-in-every-gym/

Well I guess I have to join the tiny town gym now.
I spoke with seven women who are members and all were enthusiastic about the place and encouraged me to join.

...........of course all of them were over 75 years old and three of them go with their husbands

Due to all the sports I've been in over the years, I've spent a lot of time in gyms. I've seen the range of outfits -- from the conservative "I'm just here to work out" to the outlandish strutting peacocks. This applies to both men and women.

I've seen all sorts of crazy workout routines. Actually have done a few of my own, when I hired a trainer to take me to the next level in ski racing and rock climbing. The only thing that becomes an irritation anymore is when someone thinks they "own" 2 or more stations/machines at the same time.

But this morning's workout provided a new level of enlightenment.
- I saw my first gal do the "hip thrust with the barbell" thingie. She was maybe 15 yards away. Spandex & sports bra, to boot. Actually in decent shape & kinda cute.

- I saw my first gal film herself with an iPhone and a selfie stand. She spent more time futzing with the phone than working out. On a leg press sled that uses traditional barbell weights. She'd do one or two presses, then back to the phone, type what seemed like a full acceptance speech of text, talk a bit, then back to another rep or two. Of course, spandex yoga pants & skimpy top. Quality spandex, too -- those thighs and hips of "the reverberations caused by lightning" tested the fabric. In the time of her 6 or 7 leg presses, I did 8-10 reps each on 4 different machines, including wiping down the machine handles.

But hey, I'm just Joe average in loose-fitting long black running pants and a t-shirt.

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Originally posted by fritz:
The only thing that becomes an irritation anymore is when someone thinks they "own" 2 or more stations/machines at the same time.

I'd often interleave two machines at a time--either working different muscle groups or to do agonist/antagonist sets.

But I didn't do that if the gym was busy and I felt I might tie up either machine too long.

To my way of thinking: Somebody taking overly-long rests, playing with their phones, was far more egregious than somebody alternating machines that was doing their sets and moving on--which was what I did.

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Originally posted by fritz:
- I saw my first gal do the "hip thrust with the barbell" thingie.

I'm surprised it took that long. I first saw that... fifteen years ago or more?

I've seen guys do 'em as well. I'll probably eventually do them. They're a great glutes workout.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

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Originally posted by fritz:
The only thing that becomes an irritation anymore is when someone thinks they "own" 2 or more stations/machines at the same time.

I'd often interleave two machines at a time--either working different muscle groups or to do agonist/antagonist sets.
But I didn't do that if the gym was busy and I felt I might tie up either machine too long.

My gym has a boat load of machines and weight stations, however some types are limited. There's only one model of their best front & back "fly" machine. When it's in use I'll go to one of the 3 or 4 large cable/pulley structures across the aisle.

Earlier this week I wanted to get on the "fly" machine. Someone had their gym bag under the fly machine's seat and a water bottle on the seat. There were 5 or 6 folks working on the cable/pulley structures. I was nearing the end of my session and needing to get going to work. I hit single sets on 3 arm machines near the fly machine, and during this time nobody was on the fly.

So I grabbed the cleaning towels, wiped off the fly machine's handles, moved the bag & bottle away from the machine, and sat down. Miss Orange Spandex hopped over from a cable/pulley station and said she "was on that machine". And she had been on the cable/pulley machine the whole time that I use 3 different arm machines. I gave her my best seriously? look, after which she said "but I guess it's OK if you use it". I replied "You weren't ON this machine. You're ON that machine, and now I'm USING this machine." Miss Orange Spandex picked up her stuff and moved it back to the cable/pulley machine.

Two other gals working out together were using a leg machine nearby -- they both laughed, and not very quietly.

Yeah ^^^^^

That's inappropriate. When I interleaved machines I spent no more than the time it took to do a set + sixty-seconds of recovery away from either machine.

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Originally posted by fritz:


So I grabbed the cleaning towels, wiped off the fly machine's handles, moved the bag & bottle away from the machine, and sat down. Miss Orange Spandex hopped over from a cable/pulley station and said she "was on that machine". And she had been on the cable/pulley machine the whole time that I use 3 different arm machines. I gave her my best seriously? look, after which she said "but I guess it's OK if you use it". I replied "You weren't ON this machine. You're ON that machine, and now I'm USING this machine." Miss Orange Spandex picked up her stuff and moved it back to the cable/pulley machine.

Two other gals working out together were using a leg machine nearby -- they both laughed, and not very quietly.

There's many examples of this, but honestly, it's usually guys.

There's two or three guys working out together and they get on a popular machine like the Fly, and keep rotating, tying up the machine for 30 minutes or so joking, laughing, slapping high fives. Okay, I get it to some extent, but sometimes they'll tie up two or more machines rotating between them. I do enough different things that I can spot this and just move on. It's especially bad when high schools are on break. The wannabe football players with bleached hair are the worst.

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Originally posted by fritz:

- I saw my first gal film herself with an iPhone and a selfie stand. She spent more time futzing with the phone than working out. On a leg press sled that uses traditional barbell weights. She'd do one or two presses, then back to the phone, type what seemed like a full acceptance speech of text, talk a bit, then back to another rep or two. Of course, spandex yoga pants & skimpy top. Quality spandex, too -- those thighs and hips of "the reverberations caused by lightning" tested the fabric. In the time of her 6 or 7 leg presses, I did 8-10 reps each on 4 different machines, including wiping down the machine handles.

This is the norm with them. They all like robots doing the exact same shit. I see it every week night of the entire year. Barely work out, fuck with the phone, don’t even sweat, pretty much 100% how you described.

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Originally posted by fritz:


So I grabbed the cleaning towels, wiped off the fly machine's handles, moved the bag & bottle away from the machine, and sat down. Miss Orange Spandex hopped over from a cable/pulley station and said she "was on that machine". And she had been on the cable/pulley machine the whole time that I use 3 different arm machines. I gave her my best seriously? look, after which she said "but I guess it's OK if you use it". I replied "You weren't ON this machine. You're ON that machine, and now I'm USING this machine." Miss Orange Spandex picked up her stuff and moved it back to the cable/pulley machine.

This happens ALL the time. The next time you come across a person doing this say “Should the entire gym go home when you are here?” And if they keep it up, for the entire gym’s sake, go get staff. These campers will get habitual with this behavior if you let them. Mommy and daddy failed at teaching the being anything. They have no training experience, zero clue about gym etiquette, never hired a PT, never had a class, bothered to read a book, or even educate themselves on proper gym behavior, etc, etc. Same goes for the pack of 3 men, *Cough* boys in their late teens and early 20’s bogarting whatever they use for half an hour. I’ll get right in their face and say “I need to get in here”. They’ll start laughing or pulling gang bogart behavior, bowing up, etc. Just in there fucking around playing games. They pull the tough guy shit or act like their Dad just busted them. I tell them I’m working in, or I’m getting staff, choose. Y’all been on this for far too long and other people need to get their workouts in and get home to their families. I’m at zero tolerance for it now as all of this has gotten completely out of hand. Nobody has any decency. Someone rolls up on me, every time I say “I’ve got 1 left” or if I have more sets I tell them they can work right on in. I don’t give a damn if I have to pull multiple 45 lb plates off each side so they can get a set in. That’s how it’s done. Even if it’s inconvenient for me I must allow whomever to work in. I wish the decency was reciprocal. It used to always be this way. It was common knowledge. And both people trading, would pull off plates, put them back on, etc. Goes by quick, it’s efficient, and saves time than just waiting around.

Gen Z has killed the movie theaters with phone interruptions. The gyms are not too far behind. They’ll be chalked in another couple of years as the Z’s become the common denominator. You’ll need to build your own gym or find one where the behavior is not tolerated. This behavior started off as a minority, and now it’s the majority with these kids all watching other people do the same bullshit behavior on Tik Thot, Instacrap, YT, etc. They are all programmed and dumb as rocks. Social media owns them.

And since someone mentioned no pics..

This is what women who lift, exercise, and eat right look like. And they choose to wear the scant clothing at the appropriate place to wear it, IE not in the gym!

Enjoy:

Women lifting together....

This isn’t about the hoes but about machine hogs. There’s one guy at our gym, older fellow (late 60s probably). He hogs the assisted pull-up machine. Dude weighs maybe 150 and he puts almost 150 on the offset, so he’s lifting nothing. His hands also come off the grips when he hits the top because he’s basically floating. He goes for the entire time it takes my wife and me to do our entire workout. So if we beat him there we try to jump on that machine.

We wonder if he doesn’t know that more weight on the offset is less weight that he’s lifting. Is there a reason to do a near zero weight pull-up, like rehab or something? We’re trying to not judge but there’s only one of those machines.