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SHAREGUY RULES
FAMILY WORKOUT: Saturday morning the whole family went to the Y to workout. Sarah, our 10 yr old, took a kids' Zumba class, along with a friend of hers that we picked up to come with us. Sook and I took Hannah, our 11 yr old, to the weight room and cardio location. Sook hit some cardio while I showed Hannah the ropes with a number of upper and lower body machine exercises. I focused on helping her use very low weights and easy sets this time around, to learn good form. Afterwards, I did some interval cardio. What a super start to the weekend before we got busy with other activities.
GUY RULES: Some guys are clueless to the fact that there are unwritten rules that every guy SHOULD know. As we left the gym Saturday morning, I was telling Sook this. At this YMCA location, the shower area is an open area. No stalls and 10 total showers. There's a walkway in the middle, with 5 showers on each side. So I'm in there showering Saturday morning after our workout, with no one else showering. A guy comes in and takes the shower right next to me, with all nine other showers available. OBLIVIOT (or worse). That's breaking the guy rules. If it's crowded and most of the showers are taken, then no harm no foul in what he did. But dude, with 10 showers and only me in there, pick another one!
Sook and the girls thought this was hysterically funny. Sook asked what are some other guy rules. I mentioned 2 of them: When you're in the locker room, either before or after taking a shower, don't prance around naked as a jaybird the rest of the time you're there. Put on some skivvies or wrap a towel around yourself. And for crying out loud, if a there's guy sitting on the bench in the locker room getting dressed, and you happen to be naked and next to him, NEVER NEVER NEVER bend over to pick something up right there in his face. That happened to me once. I'm still in therapy........LOL.
OK, to the work. Good workout today. No bad locker room incidents.
WORKOUT THIS AM --- CHEST, CARDIO, ABS:
(8-12 reps, 45-75 sec's between sets)
-- Incline bench press (8 sets, high reps to burnout on last set)
-- Flat bench DB bench press (4 sets, high reps to burnout on last set)
-- Decline flyes (3 sets, high reps to burnout on last set)
-- 10 min's of MIIT on the elliptical
-- 15 min's of MIIT on the stationary bike
-- 2 SUPERSETS: Laying straight leg raises + crunches w/ 10 lb weight
JUST GETTING TO THE GYM IS A SUCCESSFUL WORKOUT. 
Glad to hear that there were no major violations of the man law today. My gym may be the worlds worst about breaking the guy code. We have lots of really old guys who apparently really enjoy the nudity aspect...going between the shower, the hot tub, the steam room and all over ther rest of the locker room without even a towel in hand!
Looks like solid work for sure and an awesome Saturday morning. Have a great week.
LOL I know the feeling! These kinds of things are the worst! I'm just glad our showers are partitioned off! Anyway, glad you didn't have any incidents this morning! And, great work!! :)
Yea, this would apply to girls also. Keep it covered when you can people!
LOL! It's amazing how many people don't GET it! I've had the same experience in the shower. I also have wondered why people will take the treadmill next to you when others are empty as well. Sweet Pea Whitaker (the boxer) once did this and to sweat all over the place including my treadmill. He was in training for a fight and was surprisingly overweight! When I belonged to Gold's Gym a guy got in the shower and proceeded to SHAVE his ENTIRE BODY! We were like why didn't you do THAT at HOME! It is great that you and the family are spending quality time together at the gym. This is going to be one fit family! Great workout today! Wishing you and the family a GREAT day and WEEK!
Im thinking the same rule applies to urinals? Nice frontal attack this am :)
I've got the same experience as Jason in the locker room. Here's another rule: When walking through the locker room keep your eyes forward. If you start looking this way and that someone might get the wrong impression. Now to answer the urinal question: It depends. If there is a divider then you are fairly safe but the rule of thumb is to always be as far away as possible from other patrons..... especially if you are tall enough to see over the dividers.
Everything is supposed to fill that way. Seats in a movie theater. Parking spaces. Showers. You don't get close if you don't have to. That's the rule.
This is the Y after all, don't act so surprised. The Village People had a humongous hit with that one. Soap on a rope is the suggested addition to your workout gear.
the most unnerving aspect would be to see two men (farts) standing bollock naked in front of each other having a conversation about muscle cars! whilst working towels between their legs! wtf is that all about?
i know its unnerving as i witnessed it once,only once mind you! dirty little feckers! al,why would i want to put a skivvy on me? skivvies are dirty little sods as well!
Love the guy rules. I bet your wife and girls were rolling:)
This morning there was a VERY hairy lady 'stretching' in the hot tub...I don't mind if women choose not to shave their armpits, however I don't need to see it.
I also wouldn't want to take a look down some guys hairy butthole.
DEFINITELY on the rules...and not enough guys follow them.
Awesome stuff on the family day at the gym.
Good job on the work Brother...especially like those burnouts...pump it up.
oh my there certainly is a set of rules .totally..Did you ever see someone using a file and filing down there callouses.on their feet,i was so disgusted,,, just saying some people are so clueless.
