• Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Oh hell no. You take that social media influencer bullshit out of the gym and take it home.

  • ch00f@lemmy.world
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    My strategy is to just keep some copyrighted Disney music on my phone and blare it if things get too dicey.

  • Bobby Turkalino@lemmy.yachts
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    I always hear people complaining about “those kids” but I just don’t see it at the gym I go to, other than like the occasional mirror selfie. Maybe it’s just because the gym I go to isn’t the type to attract influencers?

    But also, recording yourself lift is a great way to see things that you’re doing wrong that you wouldn’t otherwise notice

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      Mirror selfies seem like a very reasonable thing to do at a gym, particularly if you are looking for progress pics, taking the same picture in the same location while it’s still in your mind.

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      Yeah these people don’t record themselves to see what they’re doing wrong…

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      Better to record yourself, without mirrors. This let’s you focus on how the lift feels as you’re doing it, rather than how it looks.

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      I’ve definitely seen influencers recording themselves when I went to an LA fitness for a while. They were usually pretty respectful of the space and chose places out of the way if they could.

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      6 days ago

      “people who get upset for their video workout being mildly interrupted in a public gym are toeing the punchline”

      • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world
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        The modern alternative goes something like this;

        “Omg look at this dude harassing me like all I want to do is work out but this guy was looking down as he walked by me look I got it all on this video of me exercising in very revealing camera angles I’m live streaming to these strangers online!”

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    6 days ago

    Tbf, I wouldn’t tell someone they dropped their keys during a workout, Odds are they saw it and don’t want to disrupt a set so they let them sit there until later.

  • palordrolap@fedia.io
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    As a wise philosopher* once pointed out, we only need look to a calendar to see that our days are numbered.

    \*

    I use the term loosely. Pretty sure this was a Garfield joke.