# It's a weight machine, not a park bench! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 7, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-weight-machine-not-a-park-bench/480160 "2009-01-07T00:14:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-weight-machine-not-a-park-bench/480160/121 "2009-01-08T23:05:24Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > You’re right, **Dins** …I do have a completely different goal than some of the posters here. As I said, the place isn’t crawling with people at 5am, and no one has ever “hovered”…is that the signal? Are you supposed to “hover” if you want the equipment? Hovering is a good one. If no one’s hovering, I think you are safe to continue doing things the way you are - you’re not getting in anyone’s way. At least, that’s certainly been my experience. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-weight-machine-not-a-park-bench/480160/122 "2009-01-08T23:56:39Z")
> [@Santo\_Rugger](#): > > I would talk to a different personal trainer; that’s an odd amount of sets (I’ve never seen a plan with less than 3 sets per exercise), and an odd amount of rest (I don’t recall ever seeing a plan that called for less than 60 seconds rest between the same exercise). Eh, since you brought it up - I’m actually trying to lose 30-40 pounds, which calls for daily fat-burning exercise (bikes, treadmills, and the like) and a little bit of machine work every other day. I don’t wanna look ripped (just yet) but this Barbapapa shape has got to go. So that’s what the nice trainer lady (Planet Fitness, FWIW) recommended. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-weight-machine-not-a-park-bench/480160/123 "2009-01-09T01:42:32Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > then I dont think much of the gym you were in. I have been member of a couple of different gyms, and used the base gyms at a couple of military ones, and every single one I was told to clean the machines up after I used them, and also that if it was going to be more than a minute or so between reps that it was polite to let someone else use the machine while I was resting. I was also taught how to use the various machines [and the guy in the gym at the amphib base was the _cutest_ marine I have ever seen …] > > And I am not the most athletically inclined person, nor do I consider myself into gym culture. If it wasnt for my rehab coach pushing me, Id probably still be in a wheelchair=) My gym has signs posted throughout the room reminding people to wipe off the equipment. They have a little cart with towels and spritz bottles. I don’t sweat. It’s actually kind of a drag. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-weight-machine-not-a-park-bench/480160/124 "2009-01-09T14:20:24Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > . . . I do crunch, press, butt, crunch, press, butt. . . You get me all excited when you talk to me like that! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-weight-machine-not-a-park-bench/480160/125 "2009-01-09T16:25:50Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I’m NOT gonna go work out in a pool where there are a gazillion dead crickets, though. Ugh. But a gazillion dead crickets with killer abs. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-weight-machine-not-a-park-bench/480160/126 "2009-01-09T16:49:49Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > You get me all excited when you talk to me like that! 🆒 I should have said “chest press” or “lunge”. That kinda cheap talk always gets us geezers all worked up. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2009, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-weight-machine-not-a-park-bench/480160/127 "2009-01-09T16:56:06Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > I should have said “chest press” or “lunge”. That kinda cheap talk always gets us geezers all worked up. And any reference to the [squat snatch](http://www.theweightliftingbible.com/exercises/Snatch_Squat.htm) or the [power jerk](http://tomgorman.moonfruit.com/#/powerjerk/4512518206) causes us to follow you around so we can sniff the equipment after you use it. Regards, Shodan [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-weight-machine-not-a-park-bench/480160.md?page=6)