I never liked the gym. I got a tower, some dumb bells. A little bench. I hike around, and stay active. I completely transformed my body over the last few years. I'll never set foot in a gym
Gym etiquette has been terrible in recent years. I think its the younger generations and social media that has made gym goers insufferable narcissists lately. Worst is leg extension where people do a set then sit on their phone for ten minutes in between sets.
Not just leg extensions …every single machine. Worse still there’s a guy in my gym uses his GF to occupy a machine so he can do his supersets at opposite ends of the gym !!!! FFS 🤦♂️
I just adore you. I’m a 60 year old white woman who is surrounded by my feminist family. You are my breath of fresh air, my sun light, my vitamin D. My big surprise is I’m bringing all of them to one of your shows. It’s my merry Christmas to myself. You’ll know us, we’ll all be in a nauseating pink hue. I can’t wait to see the look on their faces when you break into a story, that could be about them. Thanks Bill for evening the playing field . Do tears shows on pink hues? 😂🎉😂❤❤❤😂😂😂😂
@@pokermitten9795 Definitely, not spite. Education. I’m hoping that the narrow view they possess, will be inundated with humor, in the way only Bill could provide. Giving somebody the option to laugh at themselves, isn’t spite. It’s growth. ♥️💜♥️
Yeah it's funny how Bill doesn't realize that he's the annoying person walking around doing supersets at the gym 😅 It’s completely normal to stay on one machine doing your sets, then leave, that's what most people do
I think doing circuits is not bad etiquette, maybe it is for machines you have to configure a lot, or for bars you have to load for your weight, but for pulley machines, dumbbells qnd other simple to use equipment, it makes it better for everyone if you dont reserve the machine over your rest times
You can have the most lean and shredded body and will still not have a "sit down flat stomach". It happens to everyone fat or skinny unless you're a holocaust victim.
Yesterday on the treadmill I realized I had a podcast on phone in left ear, two TV's on the wall, TV built into the treadmill console, attractive butts all around, cheesey pop music on gym speakers, and time to think.
I hear ya Bill! I've never liked going to the gym but I like the results so I keep going! I do a lot of the same stuff though while I'm there. Either music or watch or listen to a podcast, episode of a show on my phone, audiobook, anything to distract you from what your doing and keep your mind occupied.
You're so funny, man! You have cheered me up with the wife issues. Like seeing the friends at the shore, and you are on an object fading away, and you say: "Hey guys, wait up, I still like sports!" LOL I feel like that all the time. I had promised myself to keep a part of me alive. BUT, IT'S SOOOOOOO HARD!
Communication is key. You have to let her know what you need and listen to what she needs. If you don't, you are on a slow road to divorce or a miserable life. (Divorced here)
Cycling through 3 different machines is not hogging them, he is only using 1 at a time, and other people can work in with him. Is it too complicated for you to manage that, I never have that problem at the gym.
@@jeffreysmith236 bad etiquette if its a plate loaded machine. No arguing against that. Im not hopping in at a random weight someone else is using or taking their plates off. No one should do that and if you do people judge you for it, sorry
@@c.r.s.6008 of course I don't jump in on plate loaded machines, that goes without saying. So why did you assume I would do so? You can jump in on machines that adjust with a simple pin, unless you also have to adjust seats. Unless you put it back to where they are using it after. COMMON COURTESY, it makes the world go around.
@@jeffreysmith236 Because neither you nor OP specified talking about strictly pin and stack machines. Machines include both plate machines and pin and stack machines. If you're exclusing plate loaded machines from this conversation then I agree with you.
I'm crying 😂over the stairmaster bit, I've seen it and your illustration is dead on. I also hate it when people just sit there on their phone basically holding the machine hostage
Lol Bill you aren’t supposed to take up all the machines at once with your “cycles”. That’s what old men do. You use 1 machine and move to the next when you finish your sets 😂😂😂🤦🏾♂️
Never been to a gym in my life. Go for a swim a couple of times a week, play football once a week with my mates and the odd game of golf. Have a beer after. Thanks for the heads up, going to a gym sounds like hell.
All I'm thinking is imagine you're doing a set of whatever at the gym and Bill Burr walks up and asks to cut in a set in and you respond by saying "sorry I've got two more set"...man I be stoked if that happened to me
1. Agree 100% on the (lack of) gym etiquette. I don't care how many more sets you have, if you're not actively using the equipment at that instant, you're not using it. Step aside for 30 seconds and let someone else do a set. 2. Building/maintaining muscle is important (especially past age 40), but for weight loss, cardio is the way to go. Swim, bike, run, walk, etc... pick one or more and do 20-30 min/day. Bonus: many such activities don't require a gym. 3. Try to find fitness activities you don't dread - it helps with the motivation.
2 is wrong, cardio often leads to injuries and is not the best for weight loss. Unless you count walking, which a person can do with good form easily. Cardiovascular activities like burpees are the best for weight loss, also eating less.
building and maintaining muscle is actually far better for weight loss than cardio. Building muscle increases the amount of calories you burn passively. Thus you need less radical diet shifts to get into a caloric deficit and lose weight. Cardio helps of course and is important whether your goal is weight loss or weight gain, but its not "the way to go." Also it depends on what equipment youre using and what rest breaks youre going with. If its a pull down machine and setting up is as simple as changing the pin, then yeah let people work in. But if youre doing bench press with a strict 1 minute break and someone comes along wanting to do a completely different weight, they should ask someone else.
@@user61920yall are both right. Disciplined eating is very important after 40 but trust me my bike riding and hooping is very important to keeping my legs strong which is very important for your health. Cardio mmis important
@@callanc3925 A pound of skeletal muscle burns about 6 kcal/day [1]. Let's say you lift diligently and gain 40 lbs of muscle. That's an extra 240 kcal/day, and those 40 lbs take years to build. Compare to cycling or swimming (about 800 kcal/hr), or running (1000+ kcal/hr), where you can more than triple a day's worth of calorie burn from extra muscle with a single hour of cardio. [1] www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2980962/
Mistake number 1…. You don’t stretch before a work out. You stretch after. When the muscles are warm. You make that 1 little change and your time there will be a little more enjoyable
I used to run miles on summer mornings by listening to Billy Joel's "Glass Houses", the time flew by. And I have not listened to that album in 30 years either.
You only need to train every other day dude. And cardio... it's only necessary to get your heart rate up for 20 minutes. I taught martail arts for 37 years. I'm 71 now.
Words wisely spoken. You can train every day as long as you like until you break down. 20 mins. cardio every second day is about right. It's about what you can sustain as you get older.
@@selfmadeselfpaid13 Sure but a person shouldn’t really expect to lose much weight from cardio alone, anyway. Exercise has to be paired with a solid diet too or else it’s mostly useless for burning fat
Hilarious that I’m watching this, as I’m on a bike getting an hour in. 😂 At the beginning of August, I was 181. Lost 10 pounds in 5 days, got as low as 167 in a week, but eventually gained/got back to 171 after attending a party. Beers, tacos, etc. Then this past weekend, I got on the scale at 172. Learned about “Water Loading” the next day n went from 172 to 176 after drinking 2 gallons of water. However, the next day I got on the scale, I was back at 171 after multiple bathroom visits. Down 5 pounds in one day. Speaking of the guys that carry a gallon of water around, I’m now one of those guys. 🤦♂️😭
Yep, I hear ya! It's been years since I been to a gym. I set up a home gym that gets the job done and I don't have to wait around for morons to use the equipment! Bill, you should get a home gym! 😉 - problem solved! The only drawback is you can't see the 'ladies of spin class' but you can use your imagination on that!...LOL. Love the GNR time intervals! Both great albums! Appetite is Biblical to me!...LOL.
Fbest workouts or when you don't want to go but you force yourself to go When you're working out once you get the pump and you feel the pump...you feel the muscles pump up, it feels great you don't want to stop Arnold's got a video about the pump
G’day Bill. I’m one that actually loves training at the gym. Mate; play Powerage Acadaca ~ it’ll get you in a ripping mood ~ my walk in is ~ Let There Be Rock live (Brian) and then I switch to Bon 🎶 🥁🇦🇺
Here we go. Billy makes fun of married ppl with kids, gets married and has kids. Makes fun of nerds and ends up in star wars shows. What now billy? Your a millionaire, make ur own gym or ask rogan to train u. Geez
How do you not have your own little home gym in your backyard or in the garage, dont need much. Just some dumbells, bands, treadmill or bike with the stand and BOOM.
I hate the gym too. That’s the biggest reason why I commute by bicycle everywhere. Biking in north america sucks and it’s nowhere near as comfortable as it is in those fancy european cities, but at least I don’t have to go to the gym to keep my wife happy.
How ue doesn't have a home gym os beyond me. Also usually thry recommend you do your set, rest for like 60 sec, then do your next set. Not go flipping between exercises or waiting 5min+ between sets.
Stop looking at the scale look in the mirror and hit the gym 3 timmes a week, i do it because it makes me drink less on weekdays so it must be good and you sleep better but always listen to music in your earpods so nobody talk to you unless you do it with buddies and that makes it competetive and very intensive 1 hour on your one is 40 minuters with two buddies because one of us is always is always first to to being first of all in the gym to the next shit
Yeah a lot of people don't like to share the gym equipment. Women in particular have an issue with sharing from my experience. I mainly use one workout machine at a time. However part of gym etiquette is your supposed to share equipment when asked.
True, but nobody asks to share equipment anymore. I like supersetting as much as anyone but using more than one machine at a time is actually poor etiquette. Just use one machine, keep the sets moving and wipe down the equipment when finished.
Depending on how heavy you’re lifting, if you’re resting more than 60 seconds in between sets then you’re just an asshole. If you’re only using bench for 100-150 pound sets and you’re resting on the bench for 5 minutes I’m ready to throw hands. Idc if it’s my chest day or not lol. It’s principle! Respect other peoples goals any time. We’re there with same goal in mind. To build a better version of ourselves. Let’s help each other in that and not waste each others time smh
Some say bill has improper gym etiquette, but this modern era of gym hobbiesta adopted the sit @machine look at cellphone type of workout. Bill is right, even if you do 6 sets on leg extension or hamstring curl, it shouldn’t take 12-20 minutes. It’s easy to kill legs. I see it all the time. 30 seconds of workout 5 minutes of scrolling in iPhone. It’s narcissistic behavior. I talk to my uncle about this. He was a gym rat in the 90s -early 00s. He hates the gym culture of today. The gym was a social club, now everyone on their AirPods. No spotters unless you bring your friend(s)
Post COVID people sitting now because they wiped the machine down before they use it and they should wipe it down after they use it but they will sit for their sets You can ask how many sets they have left or if you can work in... But yeah some people don't want you to work in
Is that really bad to sit on a machine between sets? If I’m being honest, I do that but my rests in-between are like 30 seconds so I’m only on it for like 3 minutes tops.
With 30 second rests between sets and done with the machine in 3 minutes, instead of tying it up while playing with your phone or creating social media content like a clueless narcissist, you're not the one he's complaining about.🙂
What you paying a gym membership for? You can do crunches on the living room if all you want is a flat stomach. I didn't join the football team in high school. I was too light, besides thugs and bullies weren't my kinda people. But I did graduate Army Boot Camp in 1978, Air Force Boot Camp in 1979, and Army again in 1988. None of those places have a gym to this day, and I've never paid one a dime. Most people who go there are like Walmart shoppers, who orbit until they can park at the front door. Then they go inside and do fourteen entire laps pushing 150 pounds of non-nutritious and useless crap. Now I'm 64 and still in pretty good shape, while that entire State Champion winning football team is, I hope, resting peacefully.
Eating bad for a day doesnt “negate 2 days of working out” you keep all the health benefits. Dropping weight is not even 10% of the benefits of working out people!!
as soon as he said the first thing he does is stretch I knew he didnt know what hes doing in the gym, Then he says he cycles through 3 machines at the same time. Lmao he is the one with no etiquette.
I hear ya, Bill, about the gym. After going to the gym for a few months, after a long layoff, and also rehabbing a shoulder injury, I’ve gotten back to where I went last week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Before that my body needed an extra day off between workouts. I had to listen to what my body was telling me. But over the last three weeks, things have been progressing better as I added more exercises, for more upper body, muscles, and now I have been able to do a two hour work out Monday Wednesday Friday. Got to get back in there today, And hope that I’m still feeling pretty good on Wednesday for the next one. And yeah, I’ve been watching what I’ve been eating a little better as I’ve been working harder in the gym. It gets harder, the older we get, so we’ve just got to keep doing it. Wishing you, the lovely Nia, and your kids a wonderful Fourth of July.
How he talks about hating the gym is crazy. I constantly wish I could go to the gym but I literally can't afford to cuz I'm like just managing keeping my place and lights on
