Comments on: Have You Ever Noticed … ?

By: anon

anon — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:39:52 +0000

haha agree with all of the above. I did try a different spot the other day… it just felt wrong.

can I add the pumpers who load up their squat bar with massive weights, make a big fuss about getting it onto their shoulders, then never manage a single full range squat. The first set of squats are “top halves” and the then the rest is “top quarters” or even “top eights”

By: michelle

michelle — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:26:30 +0000

And then there are those who come for social hour and chat with their friends the whole time not even following the instructor. All that is missing is a bottle of wine and some appetizers! I have had to turn up the music to cover their conversations….then I finally asked them if they were confused about what we were doing since they kept looking at each other and not me!

And don’t forget about those who are so competitive about weights! I instruct and I tell my class that Pump is for you, if that means you are lifting more or less than me it doesn’t matter as long as you are sore the next day!

By: Ellen

Ellen — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:40:15 +0000

There’s also the kind of participant who thinks they know it better than the instructor. They have the unsuppressable urge of correcting other pumpers, even though their own technique is often , well , poor. I call these people “semi-gods”.

Luckily there’s another kind of BP-er: those who love it, show it, and don’t bother other people. The lovable kind!

By: BPinottawa

BPinottawa — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:30:39 +0000

I’ll own up … I’m one of those that uses 2 pairs of 1.25 plates along with pairs of the 2.5 one. For me it’s a psychological thing. Trying to s l o w l y increase weights and putting on the 5kg plate still scares me for now. I promise I’ll try to use the pair of 5kg plates in the next class!!

BTW… you’re VERY observant!

By: Ann

Ann — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:44:51 +0000

I’m a “territorial” participant – although my spot is chosen more for its proximity to the air-conditioning than anything else. Given that more than half the class don’t lift much while I’m sweating buckets, I NEED that spot more than they do!

I do take two pairs of 2.5kg though since I find it can be quicker changing weights between tracks if time is tight. I do find it amusing that many people seem to think that the weights have to be properly lined up and you can’t have a 1.25 plate between a 5 and a 2.5.

And there’s always the one that seems to be oblivious to anything the instructor says – even when they’re staring right at them and gesturing.

By: Graham

Graham — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:39:06 +0000

There’s also ‘The Grunter’ who seems to do so merely to attract attention as to how heavy his (and it’s always a ‘he’ ) bar is loaded.