What’s your position on ‘grunting’ in the gym? January 25, 2008
Posted by hardly 100 of... for time, Dumbbell, Kettlebell, Pushups, Row, Sit-ups
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Today was one of those days where the trainer decided to have us do a lot of pushing with our legs, and that also means that my friend the kettlebell was flying every which-way.
The interesting bit in doing this work is that our trainer is pretty good at eye-balling our work loads and we are usually maxing things out. To the point that gutteral utterances occur. LOUDLY. Some people are O.K. with this, some aren’t. My thinking is that a gym is neither a library nor a chess match. It’s not like I dropped a weight a weight on your foot is it?
Warmup:
- 500 M Row
- 2 laps around the gym, Farmer’s Carry w/2 60 lbs dumbbells
- 2x:
- Lunges
- 30 pushups
Workout:
- 30 Russian Swings w/24 kg kettlebell
- 2x 10 one-handed kettlebell cleans @ 16 kg
- 2x:
- 20 kettlebell squats @ 20 kg
- 10 kettlebell squats @ 20 kg w/3 second hold at the bottom
- 2x 10 one-handed kettlebell cleans @ 20 kg (a little grunting)
- 50 reps each (200 total):
- Box Jumps
- Scissor Sit-ups
- One-handed Dumbbell Deadlifts @ 65 lbs
- Double kettlebell snatches @ 16 kg (major grunting)
- Time: 13:43
- 100 Pushups: 2:24
I think the time for the pushups was a pb, but I wasn’t sure. All I know is I was goin’ for broke on that one.
Workout:
- Type: Other
- Date: 01/25/2008
- Time: 09:20:00
- Total Time: 00:59:42.00
- Average Heart rate: 149
- Max Heart rate: 181
Comments
I say grunt away!
grunt away!
So gyms are banning grunting, they say it is aggressive and intimidating.