I know a few guys who go into there anyway, so I probably won't go in there unless someone makes the offer for now.
Cardio for a while, I guess.
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I know a few guys who go into there anyway, so I probably won't go in there unless someone makes the offer for now.
Cardio for a while, I guess.
I go at 7am now and it's not as bad, mostly other office types.
Incontinentia Buttocks
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You must've been to some shit gyms. I've been to many free weight-centric gyms and have never encountered that behaviour. Maybe it's more of a chain gym thing?
Also, way to encourage Noffles who's already scared of the free weights.
Selfish Pizza
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I've finally put up the chin up bar in my doorway. I'm still unsure if the single small screws on either side will be able to hold my weight. It creeks every time I do a pull up.
Maybe I should set up a camera, so when it finally does break and I simultaneously fall on my arse and hit myself in the face with the bar, I can still get £250 from you've been framed.
Maybe I should set up a camera, so when it finally does break and I simultaneously fall on my arse and hit myself in the face with the bar, I can still get £250 from you've been framed.
Nah it's only uni gyms that are like this, a bunch of self entitled early 20s dudes. Just about every gym I've been in other than my uni one has been fine.
Rubbish King
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Bannatynes, so not shit (as in not cheap) but not great either. City Centre gyms (like mine) are rife with it for some reason.
They the ones that laugh loudly/talk about getting wasted and fucking some bird while staring at each other lifting weights in front of the mirror beforing giving each other congratulatory pats on the back/behind?
Incontinentia Buttocks
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Sounds irritating as fuck. I must've been lucky with mine but as I said mine have been independents that were either boxing or lifting focused and people tended to check their egos at the door.
Yep, the ones that hang about in groups of 4 watching each other do sets while taking up all the surrounding equipment just to sit on, act like dicks / "lads" and try to be as passive aggressive as possible.
Well as I said, in MMA gyms I have seen the opposite, people are courteous and chilled as fuck.
Little Old Man
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I'm pretty happy with mine. Usual bicep boys, and Jack Wills dressed up idiots, plus a few with an ego bigger than the weights they deadlift, but it has a good mix of ages, and most just get on with their workout. One greek guy really pissed me off last week- he had four or five pairs of dumbells, and four barbells, and got moody when I asked to take use one, asking me to bring it back asap. 20 minutes later he hadn't asked for it back. Dickhead.
The only issue is that my university spent many millions on the massive complex with facilities for every sport...and yet the actual gym and free weights area is tiny. Whole place is a victim of its own success now, trying to get a bench or squat rack after 5pm involves a huge wait, or alternating sets with someone.
Musha_Soturi
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I have one of those. I took it down and I think it's in the spare room somewhere.
Also, you won't get any money from YBF as you're not an American in 2002.
One of they guys eh ?
Rule one only go into the free weight area if your the main alpha in the gym at that time. My free weight area at my local gym always had the dude from the polmont prison program boys behind bars running shit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_PgT64wgdc
^ that very dude is now ripped
Little Old Man
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There's a two or three second delay between him speaking, and my brain mostly processing what he said.
yea, there were plenty of them in my old town's gym. Not so much at the work's gym. Put me off using the normal free weights and just hit the machines instead. Always been to the gym on my own (I just realised I do a lot of shit on my own) as the majority of my friends didn't care about being healthy and to be honest, I have no idea how to use free weights and I'm pretty sure my insecurity would fuck me over if I started using them incorrectly only to get the "Oi! fuck off if you don't know what you're doing" glares. Ugh, lad culture and the gym. One of the most obnoxious combinations in existence.
HEY! Reply back to my PM...please
Rubbish King
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Is that even english
All i got was *ye coold sey es fooken teef and something about 5 pints of blood
yea, there were plenty of them in my old town's gym. Not so much at the work's gym. Put me off using the normal free weights and just hit the machines instead. To be honest, I have no idea how to use free weights and I'm pretty sure my insecurity would fuck me over if I started using them incorrectly only to get the "Oi! fuck off if you don't know what you're doing" glares. Ugh, lad culture and the gym. One of the most obnoxious combinations in existence.
HEY! Reply back to my PM...please
Really stripped for cash right now man, I'l need to see if I'm off work the next day of the event too.
Had to skip a subway today to keep the cash back for my local chip van tonight.
don't speak manc what
Rubbish King
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So the beach clearing uppy thing went well, 4 hours of fun
we must of collected 30 full bin bags of shit
oh and quite a few needles
we must of collected 30 full bin bags of shit
oh and quite a few needles
No worries man. Totally understandable.
Would be great if you made it since a few of the london crew might be there but if you can't then I'll probably catch you at the A$AP gig. Trying to get it around my birthday schedule so I haven't purchased the ticket yet but we'll see. Also, you heading to T in the Park? Kendrick Lamar's on the lineup...somewhat tempted to go for that day.Deaf Spacker
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You now have some spare needles Tash.
No worries man. Totally understandable.
No T in the park for me man, I can't wait to get a beer with you at the asap gig, spent the entire warm up part of my kendrick gig in the fag area chatting about kid cudi with a random dude lol
good times
Incontinentia Buttocks
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So the beach clearing uppy thing went well, 4 hours of fun
we must of collected 30 full bin bags of shit
oh and quite a few needles
Make a sculpture out of them, bring said sculpture to London and then sell it for more beer money.
Rubbish King
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They were incinerated or some shit
Incontinentia Buttocks
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Temporarily forgot what thread I was in and called the Liverpool accent disgusting. I'm now awaiting the inevitable ban.
Rubbish King
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Little Old Man
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dey do tho dont de tho?
Rubbish King
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Bitta' Chihhken an'a kan a' coke
woooo, whats the apprenticeship
CHEEZMO™;49196628 said:Bought some jeans. Almost bought some boots to go with them but they were one size too big
Also got an interview for an apprenticeship in Manchestoh tomorrowww!
woooo, whats the apprenticeship
CHEEZMO
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At some office. I probably wont get it cos my application was awful (shitty designed website) and they probably only offered to interview me because it was part of their deal with the programme or something.
That said, out of the 3 I went in for this is the one I actually wanted (partly because I can actually get to it).
That said, out of the 3 I went in for this is the one I actually wanted (partly because I can actually get to it).
Rubbish King
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CHEEZMO™;49198194 said:
I've been looking into apprenticeships.... but some of them are crazy shit pay
like 50quid a week for some...my fucking RENT is 50 quid a week!
I dont understand why you need to do apprenticeship in shit like... Admin and even RECEPTION
Why the fuck do i have to do like 6 months of training to become a receptionist
Because then they don't have to pay minimum wage
Incontinentia Buttocks
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Plus they can get rid of you easily and get in another apprentice.
Little Old Man
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Bingo. Most people don't stick with it, so they end up with a new person, and then the company can pay them the apprenticeship wage again.
I did an apprenticeship and got paid 50 quid a week. That was in 1987.
Doing what? This one Tashbrooke is talking about is clearly an abuse of the system
That was an engineering apprenticeship, and at the time wasn't such a bad starting pay as it grew quickly. I was more commenting that in 26 years I might have expected the starting wage to have increased somewhat.
Deaf Spacker
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I was a YT&E Apprentice 7 years ago, got £70 a week.
I stuck at it and now I'm rolling in it yo*.
*In Peru I'd be a millionaire.
I stuck at it and now I'm rolling in it yo*.
*In Peru I'd be a millionaire.
They changed the prize you get an investment in your business idea now
Hot Coldman
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Which is probably way more useful.
I'm not convinced £100k was even that good of a salary for the prodigies that are supposed to win the competition.
When does the show come back anyway?
1 bedroom flat is something to be jealous of?
Rubbish King
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It's for a room in a house...
With a family friend..
It's far from a one bedroom flat...I'll tell you that much ^_^
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