Admitting to my secret addiction

[walker]

I've gone the other way, I used to be an avid Gym fan, working out every day at the gym having the pecs, the big arms, tight buns. that Was till I found the joy's of cycling, now I have a pigeon chest, bigish arms, even tighter buns. I used tio love it till I got bored of staring at 4 walls all the time and the idiot's making stupid grunting noises becuase they was lifting more than they really needed to. Keep at it Patrick and you can become quite strong and toned, but become too big and stamina on the bike starts to take a back seat

 

[Kirstie]

You mean you do 6 reps of 10kg? And then add it up to make 60kg?

They're called lat pull-downs or something. I do 2 sets of 12 reps at 40kg so it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that Patrick could do 60kgs. (And I'm built like Xena warrior princess as a result )

 

[walker]

Only the one where you sit down and pull a bar down. It's not exactly difficult and I only do 10 at a time.

its called a lat Pulldown, does the higher back and shoulders, am I corrrect?

 

[Kirstie]

The addictive effect of going to the gym is produced by the endorphines released following strenuous exercise, by the way. Even if I go to the gym feeling really down I come out with a smile on my face...

 

[walker]

Kirstie beat me to it

 

[walker]

The addictive effect of going to the gym is produced by the endorphines released following strenuous exercise, by the way. Even if I go to the gym feeling really down I come out with a smile on my face...

same chemical's as produced by having sex with a real person.

 

[Kirstie]

same chemical's as produced by having sex with a real person.

As opposed to having sex with...? Judging by some threads this week, one of those dodgy japanese bicycles, for example? Or indeed a bicycle all on its own...!

 

[Eat MY Dust]

same chemical's as produced by having sex with a real person.

Is that why they ask you to wipe down the equipment once you've "finished"?

 

[walker]

As opposed to having sex with...? Judging by some threads this week, one of those dodgy japanese bicycles, for example? Or indeed a bicycle all on its own...!

I said a real person as I knew some smart ar$e would say something about self relief

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

They're called lat pull-downs or something. I do 2 sets of 12 reps at 40kg so it's not beyond the bounds of possibility that Patrick could do 60kgs. (And I'm built like Xena warrior princess as a result )

I struggled at around the 50 kg mark, but then I got the technique right with the breathing and it became a lot easier.

 

[Elmer Fudd]

Yes I love going to the gym, but it's not my secret addiction (to which there is absolutely *no* chance of me admitting on a public forum)

Aaaaah! Go on now, you will, you will, you will, you will, you will !

Kirstie beat me to it

(I've seen her piccy, she can beat me too !)

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

Aaaaah! Go on now, you will, you will, you will, you will, you will !



(I've seen her piccy, she can beat me too !)

With a woman it's usually either something completely trivial, like a fondness for Smarties, or it's to do with some obscure sexual practice. If Kirstie feels that she needs to "test the water" she can always send me a PM with the details and obtain my expert view on whether the details are suitable for the forum.

 

[Blonde]

I used to go to the gym. I went at least three times a week for about ten years. I miss the definition of muscle but i am actual;ly fitter in other ways now I do more cycling and less gym work. I basically gave it up when i started doing silly-long audaxes as I was too tired during the week to do the gym on top of the long rides and I also really needed the extra time it freed up to do all my shopping, housework etc on a night, as I was cycling all day (and night) Saturday and Sunday. I don't know how on earth I ever found time to do the gym though. I used to spend over two hours, five times a week there. Now I just go home (on the bike) but by the time I've cooked and eaten tea I've only got two hours to cram everything else in (DIY, washing, housework, shopping and possibly even spending some time with the loved one) before I need to sleep at ... ahem... 9pm.... So what happened to all my time?!!! I do now have a loved one to spend it with of course - that is one thing that has changed....

 

[Arch]

And, muscles have started to appear on my puny frame to the extent that I'm tempted to send a picture to Arch.

I wouldn't bother. Arch thinks the whole gym/muscles thing is frankly over-rated, and is much more bothered about a man's brain.

But if it makes you happy, good luck.

 

[Cycling Naturalist]

I wouldn't bother. Arch thinks the whole gym/muscles thing is frankly over-rated, and is much more bothered about a man's brain.

But if it makes you happy, good luck.

Brains don't enter into it while we real men are pumping iron.