Working Out In A Mask Is Misery

[mvitz]

My gym has been open since around Labor Day. Our dictatorial governor finally allowed them to reopen with limited capacity. Have to wear a mask all the time. Not going to go into the whole mask debate (I think its nonsense) because if I want to use the gym I have to wear them.

I have been through a bunch of different ones including ones that were made by companies that were involved in athletic activities like cycling. Have tried a bunch of different ones including Outdoor Research, Kitsbow (the worst of all), Champion, blah, blah. Any of the ones made of fabric SUCK. You cant breathe because the fabric is too thick. Some of them are so bad you want to pass out.

And to top it off some were expensive at $25 a pop. Thanks but I wont be doing that again.

The thinnest ones by far are the blue surgical masks.

Guess what? In the end they ALL SUCK.

[Shysty021]

Mine just makes you wear the mask when walk in or walking around

If you are lifting it doesnt need to be on...people are just courteous on putting it on in between sets but nobody really cares

I just keep a bandana on and pull it up if im walking around...i dont like it that they turned off all the water fountains though

[Glutebrahhh]

You should pretend to pass out to alert them to these shenanigans.

[mvitz]

Mine just makes you wear the mask when walk in or walking around

If you are lifting it doesnt need to be on...people are just courteous on putting it on in between sets but nobody really cares

I just keep a bandana on and pull it up if im walking around...i dont like it that they turned off all the water fountains though

Here you have to wear it no matter what you are doing - lifting, cardio, etc...

And yes they turned off the fountains here as well.

[miscHodor]

I'm glad our gym doesn't have any of those stupid rules.

[MetroBrah]

I'm glad our gym doesn't have any of those stupid rules.

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No one at my gym has ever worn a mask and they never locked down.

[Steak_n_Taters]

Just have to wear it when you walk in here.

[frutistafreeze]

LA Fitness requires them while you're working out but everyone just walks in with them and then lowers them to their chin. If you're exerting yourself at all the masks are miserable

[Ayz33]

Im working at a gym now and the city guidelines require us to enforce masks on folks at all times. Was only when entering and exiting when we first opened back up in june. Really sucks. Treadmills were also not allowed to operate but they are allowing them back open this Friday. Every other cardio equipment was allowed though. How stupid

[2RDEYE]

no mask crew. just wipes... but lazy mother****er just leave their wipes everywhere. probably the same ****ers who don't put their equipment back

[StoneColdMarko7]

Here in croatia we all workout normally its just we use disinfectant on machines but no masks here

[backinthegymbro]

My gym forces a mask upon entry, and while in the dressing rooms. But not during the actual work out when people will be breathing heavy and grunting a lot.
How this makes any sense is beyond me.

[Irezumi]

24 hour in CA requires everyone to wear one. But everyone does the chin strap thing. Plus everyone literally wipes down their machines or weights before and after they use them.

[CanardMedic]

24 hour in CA requires everyone to wear one. But everyone does the chin strap thing. Plus everyone literally wipes down their machines or weights before and after they use them.

yeh, got no problem with that.

[roko79]

NJ makes you wear the mask 24/7 but I just use the gym in my condo clubhouse and im usually the only one so no mask, just wipe down. Plan to go back to a commercial gym this week for the first time to check it out.

[JStrez]

I wear some black surgical mask and it's the goat srs. Lets enough air in when I breathe, and it also doesn't collapse and get sucked to my face.

[grey27]

[Celsus]

So if you want to go for a run on the treadmill, you need to wear mask as well?

LOL, why even bother, man. Use the chance to become good at calisthenics or learn new skills + get some equipment for home.

Are the calisthenics bar parks open where you live?

[SoutheastBeast1]

LA Fitness requires them while you're working out but everyone just walks in with them and then lowers them to their chin. If you're exerting yourself at all the masks are miserable

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Some days I just flat out take mine off and see how long I can go before a staff member does a sweep and just points to his face while looking at me at which point I put it back on and drop it below my chin like everyone else.

Literally no one gives a f*ck.

[BulkingIsHard]

Just pull it under your nose and practice proper breathing (in through nose out through mouth)

[Suit]

Buy a neck gaiter you retards. It's actually meant to be used for long periods of time and extremely easy to breath through.

[sooby]

unless you are doing cardio for like 30 minutes of cardio it isn't really that big of a deal to me

my gym doesn't require you to wear masks at all times but just as an experiment I did some tough high rep squats with a mask on. Yeah, it's a little uncomfortable but really not the end of world here. Didn't have trouble breathing was just more unpleasant if anything. It might be a little harder to catch your breath while recovering after the set though. The mask thing while working out is pretty overboard. A mask on while walking around, and entering and exiting the gym is more reasonable while keeping it off while doing your sets and staying in your own little corner is fine. But I doubt gym staff really wants to bother to enforce these minor little details. Most people from what I see are just kinda like meh, w.e and just fatigued with all these restrictions.

[EmmaW4tson]

They will force healthy people to wear face nappies but never clamped down on the old fuks swinging their salt n pepper balls around in the lockroom.

[andy0w]

Wimp

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[OliverHeldens]

Lol, I take HIIT classes regularly where they make everyone wear a mask the entire time. It's a bit easier now that I'm in better shape than a month ago, but it still sucks ass. I searched around for the most paper thin surgical mask I could find, and it's at least tolerable now. The mask literally does nothing.

[OliverHeldens]

unless you are doing cardio for like 30 minutes of cardio it isn't really that big of a deal to me

my gym doesn't require you to wear masks at all times but just as an experiment I did some tough high rep squats with a mask on. Yeah, it's a little uncomfortable but really not the end of world here. Didn't have trouble breathing was just more unpleasant if anything. It might be a little harder to catch your breath while recovering after the set though. The mask thing while working out is pretty overboard. A mask on while walking around, and entering and exiting the gym is more reasonable while keeping it off while doing your sets and staying in your own little corner is fine. But I doubt gym staff really wants to bother to enforce these minor little details. Most people from what I see are just kinda like meh, w.e and just fatigued with all these restrictions.

Yeah, this is basically my take as well. Lifting with a mask doesn't really bother me anymore, and if it gets tough to breathe I'll just pull it down for a little bit and nobody gives a chit. Intense cardio is pretty miserable though, I just did it this morning.

[squat_blaster]

I'm wondering if this helps the cardiovascular system in the long run. Like training in high altitude getting used to less oxygen

[sooby]

I'm wondering if this helps the cardiovascular system in the long run. Like training in high altitude getting used to less oxygen

nah it doesn't, those "oxygen" masks you see fitness people use are useless and don't help you develop a better VO2 max like higher altitude training. MMA fighters may have super-specific uses for it as if the fight goes on the ground you will see fighters sometimes cover the opponent's mouth to restrict their breathing.

Read it somewhere, but I think it was basically with or without a mask, you are still breathing in the same amount of density oxygen to air ratio. It's just less air with a mask. Where as at an altitude you would breathe the same amount of air, but less density oxygen and it is this less density of oxygen which forces the body to adapt by increasing VO2 max.

[Legz422]

Thank God we don't have to wear them while working out at my gym. If we had to I'd just continue lifting at home. F that.

[Techriding101]

lol at wearing a mask that doesn't do anything other than make it harder to work out