Do you really need compression pants to bicep curl?
I have recently joined a second gym that is near my work and is open 24hrs so that when I work that I can still get in to train. It is a very commercial gym full of mainly machines and cardio and only one barbell (what’s up with that???) but it does have a good set of dumbells every 2kg all the way up to 50kg and I have found that once you load up with more than a couple of plates on the barbell for squats or deads surprisely no one lurks about trying to steal the bar to bench with.
Twice now though I have seen this fellow who thinks it is cool to wear compression tights in the gym. Now I have a set of the pants and a couple of compression tops. I have found they are great out on the bike to keep warm. They also do help with recovery during sets etc and I believe some of my pr’s have come from wearing them.
I would like to know however what on earth they do to help you with bicep curls??? This fellow that I saw with the pants did absolutely nothing but preacher curls the entire time I was there. WTF!!!!!! It is bad enough that he spent an entire session on preacher curls (I am assuming it is a coincidence that both times was bicep night and that he did do something else in between, but you never know!), It is bad enough that he wants to object his fellow gym goers to the sight of him in Lycra (at least throw some shorts over and leave a little of dignity out there) but seriously compression pants do not help your biceps.
Of course if it was a chick I wouldn’t be complaining but hey that’s life isn’t it 
June 16, 2009 at 2:58 am
I am a chick and I would complain to be subjected to that.
Really, that’s just dumb.
June 16, 2009 at 3:04 am
LMAO… don’t you know compression pants will force blood from your legs into your upper body, hence giving superior performace for all upper body exercises….
And to think I am considering joining a comercial gym myself… could be good for entertainment I guess…
June 16, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Note to self: avoid that gym when travelling in the South. Oh, wait, I’m never South. Gee, I’d better google compression pants to find out what I’m missing. LOL
June 16, 2009 at 7:34 pm
OMG, I’m glad to say I’ve never witnessed that in the gym!
June 16, 2009 at 7:44 pm
He had no qualms about the compression shorts showing off his bits and pieces. Oh lawdy.
June 16, 2009 at 7:52 pm
OMG! LMAO! What guy in thier right mind….oh never mind, he must not have had one. We, unfortuantly, have a couple of guys that where either the shorts or…a jumpsuite! And thank the Lord they don’t walk by me when I am trying to bench or leg press. Disturbing.
June 17, 2009 at 2:22 am
Wow - a jumpsuit takes it to a whole new level of lameness.
June 17, 2009 at 2:35 am
I wear lycra all the time… When I’m riding my bike that is! I don’t mind others wearing it to the gym though…it makes for a good laugh…
I’m also wondering about some peoples fascination with different biceps variation. At my gym there’s these to guys who train together. I see them pretty much every other day and all they do is different biceps variations. I counted it once for fun….9 different variations!!?!! So I’m guessing around 35sets of bi’s twice a week… I’ll give ‘em props for finding some pretty exotic angles to work from
October 4, 2009 at 12:19 am
Haha this is hilarious. I call them a ‘man leotard’ and find them incredibly offensive in the gym if there are no shorts on top. Seriously, nobody needs to see that when they are working out