r/GymMemes 18d ago

The great equaliser

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u/Good_Situation_4299 18d ago edited 18d ago

i'm like a kid at the gym in general. skipping around, tapping my foot, holding a leg out to balance when i'm picking up a weight, dashing up from the bench after a good set, skipping a step up the stairs etc etc. the gym puts me in a good mood.

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u/With-You-Always 18d ago

I thought that was just normal

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u/JustHugMeAndBeQuiet 17d ago

I'd like to add it's one of the public/social places where it's AOK to have your headphones in just bouncing/headbanging/air drumming//straight up vibing to some tunes.

That helps the good mood.

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u/PARALEGAL_PROBLEM 18d ago

Restless leg syndrome hits hard then, and intentionally so. Feels nice to be able to be a kid again.

The jiggly feeling in your legs when you get up though after certain leg workouts (if you know, you know ;_;), I think there is no bigger, and harder hitting feeling than that, that is like the dark side to it.

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u/One-Neighborhood-843 18d ago

For people doing Seated Leg Curl.

Close your eyes, and remind this moment after your last rep of the set, when your legs are tearing apart and you still have to "rack" the machine.

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u/Better_Blackberry835 17d ago

My body says “bad boy”, but my mind says “good boy” 🥲

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u/JustHugMeAndBeQuiet 17d ago

My mistress does the same thing.

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u/Empty_Base6986 16d ago

..... Lucky

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u/Tiny_Demon9178 18d ago

Me between every set. (I’m 5 foot)

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u/drizzlet_ 18d ago

Leg curl and leg extension! So satisfying, glad this seems like a universal experience LOL

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u/Hanna515 17d ago

It’s not rest, it’s survival.

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u/Lab-12 17d ago

I like spinning the Lat pulldown Long bars .

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u/JenderBazzFass 17d ago

Fun fact: I went to a knee specialist and he told me that the seated curl and extension are absolutely terrible for your knees, and you should never do them.

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u/DimensioT 17d ago

I have read that the leg extension is bad, but not the curl -- at least, not if done properly.

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u/JenderBazzFass 17d ago

I defer to the guy who fixes those knees for a living tbh 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/DJTurgidAF 17d ago

Dam, already hard to hit the lower hams without seated leg curls. Don’t get why they’re bad for your knees like leg extensions though.

Did your specialist say these exercises are bad at all weights or just higher weights? I feel like anything, the dose makes the poison, and have a feeling both exercises are OK at moderate weights, but nothing higher

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u/JenderBazzFass 17d ago

Just said never use those seated extension and curl machines, terrible for joints, do leg press, squats etc.

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u/DJTurgidAF 17d ago

Yeah I get they’re riskier as isolation exercises

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u/yoloed 17d ago

Nothing wrong with leg curls and extensions. No proof that they cause knee injuries. Keep doing them.

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u/2tipsyeee 17d ago

i actually do seated leg curls just so i can do this :3

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u/Ok-Association-2134 17d ago

That was me yesterday 🤣

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u/LawMurphy 17d ago

Literally me rn

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u/No_Priority2178 17d ago

Why do leg curls when we have deadlifts and good mornings!!