Sentences with phrase «of gym rats»

Up to 32 percent of gym rats admit to regularly interrupting their session to chat it up with friends.

But the phenomenon is about to move beyond the realm of gym rats and the picture - obsessed into the mainstream.

Longtime Salesian varsity boys basketball coach Bill Mellis has had his share of gym rats over the years.

One day, an archetype of a gym rat — shaved head, cutoff shirt, veins in his arms like ropes — was doing side - to - side pull - ups: hands close together, looking along the bar rather than facing it, pulling up and alternating bringing his head above the bar on the right side and then the left.

Being a bit of gym rat, I'm a bit wary of not feeding for any longer than 12 hours at a strech.

The most common complaint I get while discussing vegetarian diets is that they are poor for athletic performance — nullifying any other benefits in the minds of my gym rat buddies.

I'm loyal and I'm a little bit of a gym rat.

Athletic, a bit of a gym rat.

Aside from anime, my biggest passion in life is cars and bikes and I'm a bit of a gym rat, I'm kind of a little all over the place with my interests.

Not exact matches

Whatever your flavor of exercise — maybe you're a yogi, a gym rat, or a running fanatic — make it a part of your daily routine to keep your body and mind in check.

Slim one - room gyms are in, and the low cost of starting them is turning gym rats and workout instructors into entrepreneurs.

The gym even has its own chatroom, a kind of programmer's lounge, if you will, where developers can come shout about how badly the gym rats, er, computers are behaving and come together to solve problems.

It was the winter of 2012 when a Montreal police detective heard about a drug - dealing operation run by local gym rat Patrick Provencher, who was, at the time, unknown to police.

As men's capacity to be useful providers and protectors has eroded, many have begun to pursue the precarious routes to self - esteem and financial security long required of women — dressing right, cultivating sexual attractiveness, and looking for ways to get media attention, whether as goofily dressed football fans, gang leaders or iron - pumping gym rats.

Unlike him, I'm one of those early bird gym rats who prefers to squeeze in my workout before the meatheads arrive because — I don't know about the meatheads at your gym — but at my gym they refuse to let people work in with them.

Really, to my mediocre gym rat eyes, he seems to have few weaknesses to his game, in terms of «can he do it?»

That said, the 6» 9» Miller might not deem gym rat a term of endearment.

Yes, there are tennis courts, which this parody of serious gym - rats, apparently consider beneath them.

While gym rats Johnson, Carl Edwards and Kasey Kahne charged to the front of the standings, Busch drifted from the Roush garage to the houses of Penske, Phoenix and Furniture Row.

After all, assiduous gym rats with nary a gray hair get cheated on; newlyweds get cheated on; all kinds of women — and men — are betrayed by all kinds of spouses.

The new DIY substances range from a vast inventory of performance - enhancing drugs consumed by gym rats looking to get big, to an ever - growing selection of psychoactive compounds sampled by club - hopping teenagers, to synthetic variations of hard - core narcotics wolfed down by desperate drug addicts.

Headlines proclaiming a glass of red wine is as good for you as an hour at the gym were based on a 2012 study observing the effects of just one compound in red wine — resveratrol — on rats, not humans.

If every piece of equipment in the gym is old and worn out, exercising there could be a risky venture even for the most vigilant gym rat.

Take a leaf out of your male counterparts» book and apply a can - do attitude to your fitness program (this doesn't mean becoming a gym rat and drinking protein shakes every hour).

Even gym rats who get in their 60 - minute workouts don't fare so well compared to those with active jobs if they're on their butt most of the day.

Make exercise fun without being a gym - rat by playing a game of soccer with the kids.

Sometimes we do irritating things without being really aware of it, so that's why we've created a list of 6 common gym misbehaviors that every gym rat needs to shake off in order to earn some respect from his brothers and sisters of iron.

For gym rats who've been trying to follow into his footsteps for decades now, his interview is both kind of liberating and kind of sad.

You go to work, you take care of your family and you are not the same gym rat you used to be when you were in college.

Every health - obsessed housewife or diet - conscious gym rat will tell you that brown rice offers huge advantages over white rice in terms of nutritional content.

Even if you're not a diehard gym rat who dreams of chocolate protein powder and eighty pound dumbbells at night, weightlifting might be the answer to your fitness, health and lifestyle goals.

Introduction to Deadlift Body Transformation What if I told you that the benefits of deadlifts are not just for gym rats, bodybuilders, powerlifters or young folk?

Being able to build muscle in the comfort of your own home is one of the most popular goals among gym rats and recreational lifters as well.

Even if you're not really a «gym rat,» or if you're a little turned off by the gym subculture, the following benefits will probably appeal to you if you're suffering from mild symptoms of low testosterone (or other hormone imbalances):

If jogging or being a gym rat is not your thing, however, it is easy to exercise in the comfort of your own living room with a simple rebounder or exercise ball.

When gym rat comes to you with questions you really hesitate to speak with him, especially after that girly set of pseudo-squats with 50 kg and all the curling in power rack.

Every beginner probably experiences a feeling of inadequacy when surrounded by super fit gym rats with great bodies who seem to own the floor.

Gym rats who've recently hopped on the bodybuilding bandwagon might have heard whispers of legendary names, such as Ronnie Coleman and Dorian Yates, echoing from the shadows of their local gym...

Agave nectar is found in all sorts of health products, like protein bars eaten by gym rats, energy drinks, nutrition bars and even tea.

Granted, my sampling of individuals was not exactly a scientific method but everyone I hit up was a gym rat, a body builder and / or a huge fitness enthusiast that I see at the gym almost daily.

This led to coconut water being dubbed as having an equal nutritional profile to human blood, or being a «blood replacement» and some gym rats caught on and theorised that it would have an optimal profile of nutrients for replenishing the electrolytes (sodium and potassium) lost in sweat.

If you're a man, I actually recommend that you don't focus on reducing testosterone at all, regardless of whether you're a gym rat or completely lazy.

Whether you're a seasoned gym rat, or you just lifted your first piece of iron yesterday, there are a lot of companies who'd like you to believe that they have discovered the magic pill for building muscle quickly and effortlessly.

Alright, I exaggerated about your friends recognizing you, but this workout is still great for busy people that always use the excuse that they don't have time to go to the gym, or even for the normal gym rat to try out for a few weeks to break out of a plateau.

So many other sites focus on the gym rat crowd, and a lot of their articles don't seem appropriate for a newb, maybe even dangerous.

It starts you off gently, teaches you standard lifts and exercises, and then, once you've got the hang of it, ramps up the intensity until you're ready to stand toe - to - toe with any gym rat in sight.

Even the gym rats get tired of the same old routine once in a while.

Of course there are the classic bodybuilding rep schemes may gym rats swear by... like, 4 × 10 and 3 × 12.

Although I spent probably a decade of my life as a gym rat, since starting a crazy travel schedule and most recently discovering my spinal condition, I've since switched almost exclusively to body weight exercises and don't miss weights at all.

This quality has earned it a reputation among gym rats as the quickest way to SLAM GLYCOGEN INTO YOUR STARVING MUSCLES TO THE POINT OF ENGORGEMENT.