What the heck do you do in the gym between sets? ? ? ? ? ? ?

[tony-raymondo]

This might sound like a weird question, but what do you do between sets.

I pretty much just stare at my shoes or get a drink of water...

Ideas?

I see a lot of guys on cell phones...

[csfb36]

Sip on my gallon of water or just stare into space.

[caerus13]

On squats, I usually do stretches for my hips (flexibility sucks, but getting better).


But otherwise, I just kinda sit, focus, sometimes refill water bottle.


Best thing I've ever seen: guy always brings newspaper to the weight room, reads between sets. His form sucks though, might be better off with a weightlifting book!

[Wildtim]

I usually just sit and pant.

Sometimes I'll read a little.

[BombDonald]

I always go do a headstand in the squat rack.

[fitmember]

bertstare people




On a srs note



look out the window or walk around a little

[MikeFranDrade]

Sip some water, check texts, and and see what other guys are doing haha

[Kilrov]

I drink water, catch my breath, and then walk around aimlessly until I'm ready for the next set. Many days I have a lot going on in my life so I think about that, sometimes even during a set, which is never good.

[SoutherNtellect]

walk to the water fountain, check myself out in the mirror, look around to see if anyone is checking me out, roll my eyes at the cardio bunnies. begin next set

[SuicideGripMe]

Sip on my gallon of water or just stare into space.

Thix x2.

I sit, breath heavy, and think a lot. Im probably the most thoughful/reflective in between my sets. Plus, at the gym nothing bothers me too much so its the perfect time for me to get my mind in order.

[MoreDOMS]

Sip water, zone out, or song hunt on the ipod.

Sometimes I try not to laugh at the guy doing every exercise with horrible form and wearing the really tight clothes.

[tp90]

I drink water, catch my breath, and then walk around aimlessly until I'm ready for the next set. Many days I have a lot going on in my life so I think about that, sometimes even during a set, which is never good.

i feel ya man

[talligator]

Walk around listening to ipod, breathing heavier than I'm supposed to, zoning out, getting more drinks of water than I need, and checking out girls.

And think about how I'm going to raise my PSAT score past 213 :/

Sh!t, speaking of that....

[mafi0]

i just stare at the same asian chick thats always on the treadmill every day.
i've had sex with her like 400 times in my mind

[Jeremy-D]

This is the great thing about working out at home. I set a stop watch for a min thirty and get what chores done I can squeeze in between sets. By the time my workout is done so are all my little house hold chores.

[Kirra]

I usually just sit there and watch other peoples form etc. And of course shake my head at people quartersquatting.

[Kelei]

All of your answers are wrong, between sets you should think about your next set.

[charity4thepoor]

pump myself up for my next set

[REALDEAL012]

This might sound like a weird question, but what do you do between sets.

I pretty much just stare at my shoes or get a drink of water...

Ideas?

I see a lot of guys on cell phones...

i superset everything.. so i dont really have time in between sets

[bodycamera]

Blackberry mp3 player, walk around, go into bathroom and look in the mirror, sometimes sit and breathe deeply and slowly. Focus.

[tmaltbie]

when w/ friends: talk & drink water.
when w/o friends: drink water & stare into space, panting.

[TheGilmore]

I go to another station and do sets there.



not srs.

[Orlando1234977]

All of your answers are wrong, between sets you should think about your next set.

Exactly what I was going to say, and sure enough, came from Kelei..

[jb4476]

I sit down and convince myself that I am physically capable of the next set.

[KyleAaron]

Look at the cardio bunnies.

Or if I'm really lucky, look at a woman lifting weights.

[tmaltbie]

I usually just sit there and watch other peoples form etc. And of course shake my head at people quartersquatting.

haha... or half benching or half pushups. I see so many people doing half-excercises or ****ing up form. I just want to be like "drop the weight and do it right! throw your ego out b!tch!"

[Farley1324]

Watch the TVs (ESPN, CNN and a local), walk to the locker room and get on the scale again, fill my water bottle, write in my training log, take a piss, pace with no purpose...

The way my gym is setup the cardio bunnies aren't usually an option.

[Livestrong7]

^^^that
and drink water walk to keep heart rate up hit bodybuilding poses in the mirror and wait for the right time to Alpha handle the girl in the shortshorts

[thomaslux]

damn, i spend my time trying to recover from my last set. perhaps i should lift my time between sets...

seriously though, i find that on my big compounds - particularly pull-ups and flat bench - it takes me the majority of my time between sets (1min+) to get my breathing right before the next one.

will check out the cardio bunnys given the oppertunity tho

[alain]

I stretch the muscle i've just worked as well as the opposing muscle. I also flex, found that it helps me focus on that muscle group when i go for the next set.