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Trainee:
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After a tough
weight training set: “That exercise was an outer body
experience!”
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Trainee:
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“Cheating
on an exercise is simply like bringing more men on the job.”
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Trainer:
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“Doing squats
to ‘failure’ is a near-death experience!”
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Trainer: |
“Are you ready to start
the next set?” |
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Trainee:
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“No, but I’ll
do it anyway…”
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Trainee: |
After a relatively easy
weight training set: “That was a friendly weight…” |
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Trainee: |
After triumphantly
completing a weight training set: “Luckily, gravity was repealed on that set!”
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Trainer: |
“(Working to) Failure is
good!” |
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Trainee: |
After a particularly
difficult weight training set: “After that set, I think I’m going to need
Dramamine!” |
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Trainer: |
After Trainee had
completed a set of squats: “Now you can’t be accused of not knowing squat…”
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Trainer: |
“Just stop when the
handles are beside your shoulders.” |
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Trainee: |
“Ok, we’ll just call it a
‘pit stop’.” |
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Trainee: |
“You know, I’m a little
rusty…I haven’t been here in the gym in over a week.” |
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Trainer: |
What do want from me,
sympathy or something??”
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Trainer:
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“While we know that it’s
important to use the proper ROM (
Range
of
Motion
) during an exercise, it takes time getting it right. After all, ROM wasn’t
built in a day…”
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Trainee: |
Typo when reporting
average heart rate achieved during a cardio workout: “Average heart rage
= 130 beats per minute.” |
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Trainee: |
“I’m so happy about my
weight loss. My pants are practically falling off me!” |
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Trainer: |
“That’s
great! Just make sure you wear a belt…” |
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Trainee: |
“Even after crying
all week about my lack of motivation, I still lost a pound and a half!” |
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Trainer: |
“Let’s hope it wasn’t all
just water weight…” |
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Trainer: |
After a particularly
impressive weight training set: “With an effort like that, you look like
Superman!” |
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Trainee: |
“Maybe so, but the way
I’ve been eating lately, I’ve been acting more like “Supper-Man!” |
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Trainee: |
“With all of the weight
training that we’ve been doing, I’m really getting into ‘heavy metal’!” |
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Trainee: |
“Since I’ve been so thin
all my life, the change in my muscle mass from weight training has been like
going from night to day…well, OK, maybe more like night to dusk…” |
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Trainer: |
"Doing heavy calf
exercises separates the calves from the calf-nots.” |
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Trainer: |
While teaching a form of
squats: “Come’on, push with the tush!” |
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Trainer: |
“I know you’re not happy
with your weight, but let’s be positive about this…you could've been born on the
Sun and weigh 4,000 pounds!” |
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Trainer: |
“My definition of reaching
total muscular failure is when you see a beam of light and your deceased
relatives coming down to visit you at the end of the set.” |
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Trainee: |
(After the Trainer had
just added a pair of 45 pound weight plates to the machine) “Just like Jesse
James…a “45” is going to kill me!” |
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Trainer: |
“I’d like to make this
60-minute training session fun…let’s think of it as ‘Happy Hour’!” |
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Trainer: |
“He thinks that he’s using
a lot of control while eating, but his meals are more reminiscent of ‘Man of
La Manga’!” |
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Trainer: |
“Coming back to the
United States
after being overseas really makes the obesity problem in
Middle America
standout.” |
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Trainee: |
“Yes, ‘
Middle America
’ (clutching his midsection) really does have a problem!” |
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Trainee: |
“I do fine until I have a
drink. It lowers my willpower, or maybe better put, my ‘won’t power.’” |
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Trainee: |
During a leg training day:
“I’ll meet you over at the dumbbell rack and we can do ‘lunge’.” |
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Trainee: |
While doing a cable
resistance exercise: “Let’s see what I’m cable-ble of…” |
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Trainee: |
(A male) During a
discussion on the potential accumulation of lactate/lactic acid within the
bloodstream during cardiovascular exercise: “I’m doing so much cardio that I
think I’m lactating!” |
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Trainee:
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“I like to wear black
because I’m in mourning for the shape of my body…” |
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Trainee:
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To save on calories,
I've been having fewer cocktails during the week. I call it the
"Anti-Ethanol Diet"... |
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Trainee: |
"That fitness company
claims that 'Nothing is better than our product.' And, they're right...using
nothing would be better than their product!" |
