You know you are dedicated when...

[gymgirl]

I saw this on another forum and just had to post it here...I identified with way too many!

You Know You're a Dedicated Trainer When...
Take a humorous look at what being a dedicated trainer
is all about...you may recognize yourself!!
BetterU News - Issue #20 - Fat Loss Pills - Mental Strategies - Squatting Cable Curls - Dedicated Trainers

1. If, on a job application, under "Previous Employment,"
you've listed weight training and under "Hobbies" you've
listed your actual previous employment.

2. If you've ever made yourself so sore that it either
takes you a full minute to sit on the toilet or you
have to fall down onto it.

3. If you've been banned from an all-you-can-eat buffet
restaurant.

4. If you've ever broken a bone and tried to "train
around it."

5. If you're buying a home and the first thing you look for
is where your training equipment will go (not how big
the kitchen is or if there's a furnace or running water
or anything like that).

6. If you've ever mentally calculated the protein content
of a piece of your own birthday cake.

7. If you'd vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger regardless of
of his views, policies or even what he's running for.

8. If everybody you know asks you to help them when they
move because you can lift heavy things.

9. If Navy Seal training "looks like fun."

10. If you've ever had to scratch your nose in the middle of
a set and you've used the weight to scratch it.

11. If you've brought skinless chicken breasts to a rock
concert instead of beer.

12. If you can remember your One Rep Max for 76 different
exercises but you can't remember your family and friends
birthdays.

13. You've kept an old vitamin bottle for 12 years because
it "brings back memories."

14. If your fridge has more than 6 cartons of eggs in it
at any given time.

15. If, when you travel, you pack an extra bag just for
your supplements.

16. If your marriage vows include the words "for better
or for worse or for pre-contest dieting."

17. If your idea of a good leg workout is one where you work
them so hard you can't take two steps without falling
down after a set.

18. If you use the squat rack more for squats than you do
for barbell curls.

19. If your spotter is yelling "It's all you!" and it
actually is.

20. You do bicep curls with your grocery bags as you bring
them in.

21. You mix tuna into your cereal to get more protein.

22. If you need to go to therapy if you miss two workouts
in a row.

23. If the thought of lifting a car sounds perfectly
reasonable to you.

24. If you've ever set a 45-pound plate on your lap and
used it as a TV tray for eating dinner.

25. If you set your alarm to wake up in the middle of the
night to drink a protein shake.

26. If you don't even have to set your alarm anymore to
wake up in the middle of the night to drink a protein
shake.

27. If you've ever wrapped the calorie counter on a cardio
machine back around to zero.

28. If you've ever had to add extra weight to a machine
because there's just not enough weight on it for you.

29. You mix protein powder into your condiments.

30. If you're regularly the very first, very last, or only
person in your gym.

31. If you've laughed at any single one of the items in
this article because it describes you perfectly.

[tim_mcf]

2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 14, 18, 20, 22, 28, 30

2,9,14,31 for sure.

[arbit]

"21. You mix tuna into your cereal to get more protein."

Thats just disgusting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gymgirl]

Originally Posted by arbit

"21. You mix tuna into your cereal to get more protein."

Thats just disgusting !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i know! but i guess i don't have room to talk. i used to mix up kidney beans, tuna, eggwhites, lemon and bell peppers.

so for me it's

2,4,5,6,9,12,14,18,19,20,22,23,31

regarding #4, sadly in my gymnastics days i've done dumb things like torn my miniscus mid floor routine but continued the last 1/2 including my final tumbling pass...then collapsed and was carried off the floor. I also broke my toe once when i split the beam (toe got caught on the corner of the beam when i was landing a split leap, then straddled the beam and my toe was hooked. broke it but kept showing up to gymnastics practice and trained around out. now that i've typed it out i realise how stupid and crazy that was!

[F_Mac]

I can say with 100% certainty that i have done well over half of those.

And i second the disgusting tuna cereal post. Everyone knows you have to put it in oatmeal!

Cereal.......yuck!

[Sophie]

2. If you've ever made yourself so sore that it either
takes you a full minute to sit on the toilet or you
have to fall down onto it.

You mean people haven't done that?

4. If you've ever broken a bone and tried to "train
around it."

High school baton. Fractured wrist, twirled fire baton the next day and continued to practice. What's a wrist in the large scheme of things?

7. If you'd vote for Arnold Schwarzenegger regardless of
of his views, policies or even what he's running for.

Arnold is Numero UNO!!!

10. If you've ever had to scratch your nose in the middle of
a set and you've used the weight to scratch it.

Well, what else is there to use??

12. If you can remember your One Rep Max for 76 different
exercises but you can't remember your family and friends
birthdays.

You mean, without using Facebook?!?!?!

18. If you use the squat rack more for squats than you do
for barbell curls.

Barbell curls on a squat rack??

20. You do bicep curls with your grocery bags as you bring
them in.

Always :

22. If you need to go to therapy if you miss two workouts
in a row.

Haven't had to go, but I do need pep-talks when I miss workouts.

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27. If you've ever wrapped the calorie counter on a cardio
machine back around to zero.

NEVER will I EVER do this. I do NOT like cardio!!!

[.V.]

I liked this so much that I stole it and passed it on to some friends.

[minime]

2, 5 (i want an apartment with a basement for gym stuff!), 6, 9, 12, 14,18, 19, 20, 31

very funny gymgirl!

[arbit]

#32, You've really craved buying a "pro" dumbell, even though you're sharing a place and just have a room.
And you've actually solicited dumbbell catalogs, and made calls to find out about pricing.

I'm going to add a couple to this list based on what happened to me this morning.

#1 = you know you're dedicated when you arrive at the gym in the morning only to realize you forgot your work dress clothes, turn right around and go home to get them, thinking as you are driving home how you are going to modify your day so you don't miss the workout, then get back to the gym with only 30 minutes lost, quickly come up with a Plan B workout, get it done, then get to work before you would have had you not left your clothes at home.

#2 = you know you're dedicated when you schedule a vacation and the first think you start thinking about is the workouts you are going to do when you are on vacation, rather than the sites you are going to see, as you ponder if you'll experience any fitness erosion as a result.

There was another one but I forgot it. I'm having a problem today with forgetting things.

[.V.]

2 - yeah
3 - yeah
4 - do joint injuries count?
5 - yeah, actually did this then the rest of the family didn't like it. Now it's a rental with a wonderful large basement gym being used as a movie room. What a waste.
6 - no just skipped the cake.
8 - yeah.
10 - yeah
12 - not 76, but yeah.
14 - yep, reminds me that today I need to go shopping, down to 2 18 packs.
15 - no, just for my workout stuff, chain, belts, knee sleeves.
16 - yeah, squat 3-4 times a week, only do curls once a week. The rack is nice at the head of the bench making it really convenient to superset curls and crushers without having to move around.
19 - whats a spotter?
22 - no therapy, but do get kind of ill tempered.
23 - one of my goals.
26 - no alarm, body already trained to wake at 3am.
28 - yeah, I don't like machines because they are often too light and I'm not even strong yet.
29 - condiments?
30 - yeah...a few.

OK I remember the other one I forgot.

You know you are dedicated when you get mad and mean when the DiscussFitness website is down, and the wife asks you why you are so cranky and the dog is trembling and staying away from you.

[gymgirl]

Originally Posted by pierini

#2 = you know you're dedicated when you schedule a vacation and the first think you start thinking about is the workouts you are going to do when you are on vacation, rather than the sites you are going to see, as you ponder if you'll experience any fitness erosion as a result.

I do this on every trip! I start to panic then write down all the bw exercises i can think of, along with workouts i can do with my jumprope.

[minime]

the first thing i ask BF about the mexico hotel is : is there a gym