Comments | kar3ning: playing through

kar3ning

playing through

Jul 23, 2009 23:05

I stole the tricep machine from some dude at the gym today. Oops. To be fair, I was sitting across from it at the row machine, and no one touched it for the entire time I was doing my thing. I moved the towel off the weight stack and fixed the weights, and this dude wanders over ( Read more... )

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angeldye July 24 2009, 06:49:53 UTC

it's late.. and I keep reading "I stole the tricep machine" as "I stole the triceratop machine"

and then I start cracking up all over again!

kar3ning July 24 2009, 07:01:16 UTC

Maybe that's why I'm always bronto-sore afterward. :P

thechaim42 July 24 2009, 14:27:26 UTC

*thumbs up*

burning_brain July 24 2009, 16:49:21 UTC

OW.

omnipotentmight July 24 2009, 11:42:48 UTC

According to Body4Life which is something I follow, 30 seconds between sets is enough. Some Euro/Austrian methods call for 1min. But that's about it.

I just ask if I can alternate sets with them.

burning_brain July 24 2009, 16:50:46 UTC

I think 2-3 minutes is customary, etiquette-wise.
Me, I like to take a half hour nap in between. My workouts generally take 3-4 days.

_beal_ July 27 2009, 00:49:54 UTC

Minimum 30 seconds.

Maximum for a healthy, normal male is about 3 minutes, but that for recovery using very heavy weight, like 8 rep sets at 75%-90% of your single rep max. Anything longer than that and you're probably wasting time.

The towel as a placeholder kind of thing seems universal, but a lot of gyms open to the public specifically prohibit the practice.

FWIW,
Beal out