Thread: Underwater exercises

That sounds super practical!

On second thought... you may be on to something here...

We could create gyms based underwater...

The profit would come from renting out the scuba gear needed to get to the underwater gym...

This is genious...

Hmm....

Since whales are fat...

In water, you are doing only the postive part of the lift and therefore are doing no negatives.

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

In water, you are doing only the postive part of the lift and therefore are doing no negatives.

That is why you can get upside down in the water. You do half of the movement, get upside down and finish.

Originally Posted by soxmuscle

In water, you are doing only the postive part of the lift and therefore are doing no negatives.

ther would be some negative but it would be greatly reduced, the positives would be harder

Specially designed to increase resistance of the water.

i did water-based therapy to get my back muscles on track after back surgery. worked well since i was still barely able to sit at that point.

Maybe not underwater gym but liquid gym. As you get strong you move through liquids of different densities. Newbies start in water, then something in a consistency of a pap, finally melted metal or lava.

Originally Posted by Vieope

Maybe not underwater gym but liquid gym. As you get strong you move through liquids of differents densities. Newbies start in water, then something in a consistency of a pap, finally melted metal or lava.

mecury would be good

Originally Posted by stu21Ldn

mecury would be good

At 5.43 g/cm³ it sounds nice but too expensive.

Originally Posted by Vieope

At 5.43 g/cm³ it sounds nice but too expensive.

yeah an those thermometer thingys that its comes in are SO impractical youd have to by millions of them before you had enough to fill a pool

A good option would be a non-newtonian liquid, so the hard you push the harder it gets. You can actually walk above those liquids, just like Jesus.

Originally Posted by stu21Ldn

yeah an those thermometer thingys that its comes in are SO impractical youd have to by millions of them before you had enough to fill a pool

... or we can take a really big straw and suck that planet.

Well, the problem with mercury is that you can't really touch it.... bad things happen... For the underwater gym, you could have air filled toys to train the negative portion and weights to train the positive portion!

Honestly though, training IN the water is great for you. However, you don't need weights. If you swim enough, you will gain strength. I have a cousin who is an extremely good swimmer. When he trains, he sometimes does 5,000 laps a day. Yes, five thousand. He does 1,000 laps, then trains with weights (in a gym); another thousand, trains with weights; etc., until he reaches 5,000 laps. After that, I'm sure you'd get a good enough workout, even without the gym training. However, that is basically for endurance; I'm not sure how much actual strength you'd gain once you're used to the movements. I'm sure you could find a way to strength train in the water though. Maybe find some sort of waterproof weight vest to wear while swimming (?), even though that might be dangerous.

Damn, your cousin should be main attraction on SeaWorld. Goodbye Shamu and Flipper.

Originally Posted by Squaggleboggin

Well, the problem with mercury is that you can't really touch it.... bad things happen...

shit is mercury really bad for you?

iv always worked on the theroy that you are what you eat iv been guzzling down 10-20 thermometers ED

i thout that if i ate metal it would make me strong like metal i cant believe my diet plan is flawed

Originally Posted by stu21Ldn

shit is mercury really bad for you?

That is why many bodybuilders don´t eat too much tuna.

I've read that baseball players practice swinging bats in a pool. Once summer comes around I will try putting my bench in the pool.

No, you were right. Eating mercury will make you ripped like Ahnold. Feel the burn (screams in pain)!

Anybody else with some ideas?

underwater sex?

Originally Posted by BoneCrusher

underwater sex?

Women would be out b/c it is bad for them to have sex under water...
The Thrusting of your penis forces water into the vagina...It has been shown that this can lead to such things as endometriosis...

Originally Posted by myCATpowerlifts

Women would be out b/c it is bad for them to have sex under water...
The Thrusting of your penis forces water into the vagina...It has been shown that this can lead to such things as endometriosis...

First comic books knowledge, now this.
Nothing like google to give that useless knowledge you don´t know. Come on cats, do you even know how to spell endometriosis? do you? do you? do you?

Originally Posted by Vieope

I am kind of skeptical since whales are fat

But Eels are skinny!