I check out and flex my legs at the gym in the mirror is this weird?

[LaBellaNena408]

So when I'm working my legs at the gym sometime I wear loose sweatpants instead of skin tight yoga pants. Anyways my boyfriend likes to drop is sweat pants in the middle of the weight room and flex his leg muscles in the mirror (his legs are pretty massive and ripped) , I have started doing the same thing, when I drop my sweats people start staring like crazy but it gives me motivation to keep training harder. Do u think this is weird?

[WeaponZero]

It's perfectly normal to flex in front of a mirror when you've got a pump on. Especially considering how drastically different the body parts you just worked can look pumped vs. cold.

[Shaft50]

Nah, not weird... just checking your progress. The people staring are probably just shocked to see you drop your strides

[Consultant]

I flex and do poses in the mirror working out, measures progress and moves blood around to workout areas. People probably think I'm a tool, oh well. I just go to a corner, try not to preen too much.

[LaBellaNena408]

Honestly some people freak out when they see you flexing its like, dude what do you think I'm working so hard for

[Consultant]

Seriously! I wear a stringer, like your boyfriend probably, and I pull it down sometimes to flex. Lol lots of strange looks.

[LaBellaNena408]

On day I walked in to the gym with sweatpants and a training bra to show off my flat toned tummy, I completely got eye raped by every guy haha

[LaBellaNena408]

And girls were mad dogging me hard haha jealous bitches lol

[Consultant]

Hahaha Yup that's one way to get eye fucked and get 'mirin

[KDA20]

Yeah I think we are all a bit guilty of pushing ourselves harder in gym because there are other people there.

[Anonymous]

Nope, not weird. The people are staring either out of jealousy or they just like what they see. lol. It's not weird though. It's just another thing to flex. It's not common, but not weird.

[LaBellaNena408]

Yea totally agree with you, maybe it's just not common to flex your legs

[zorro8888]

Depends on what you had under the sweatpants... you can't expect not to get looks if you're in your underwear lol

[LaBellaNena408]

Booty shorts nothing to revealing

[zorro8888]

Maybe it's not about what they see but more that act was surprising lol

[Illusive_Man]

This is the sort of things people roll their eyes to tbh.

[LaBellaNena408]

Why cuz u have chicken legs 😂😂😂

[Illusive_Man]

Nah cos there's something called humility that's absent these days lol but it's k lol

[MrNameless]

Nah he's saying you look like a narcissistic meat head when you flex in the mirror.

[MrNameless]

And nah, I don't have chicken legs. I used to squat 325X5.

[Illusive_Man]

@MrNameless
oh come on man. EVERYONE flexes and I say EVERYONE. I do it too but I do it when there's nobody watching so it won't be too show-offie and I end up looking like too showboating lol

But then again I measure my progress by the amount of weight and reps I do so eh , different goals. Maybe I just don't get it.

[Illusive_Man]

@MrNameless
not too shabby bro , which programme you on?

[MrNameless]

5/3/1. Was squatting that much in Dec 2013, then went on a cut for a couple months.. Then as I was bulking, I hurt my lumbar spine on my right side of my lower back last June doing high volume/reps on squats or deadlifts.

[Illusive_Man]

@MrNameless
ooohhh...5/3/1
I've been on the 5x5 for a while now just curious about trying something different that's all lol
Ever tried 5x5 , how does it stack against 5/3/1?

[MrNameless]

I'm doing Beyond 5/3/1 which is a full body version of 5/3/1(which is normally split to different body parts per day 4x a week). The gains aren't linear (not on a weekly basis), but you can add up to 5lbs on bench and OHOP, and 10lbs on deadlifts and squats.

I went from Starting Strength (3X5) to Madcow (pyramid sets) Intermediate, to Beyond 531(started like 4 months ago). I like full body routines because I like to get everything done at once, and I don't want to go more than 3x a week to the gym due to my schedule. I'm on a cut right now, so I'm not getting a lot of gains, but I've retained almost all my strength. My 5X5 75% has definitely increased.. And since I haven't done squats heavy, I've increased my leg presses up pretty good until recently.

In Beyond 531, you will be doing 5X5 for one or two exercises at least once almost every week. Some days you'll try to rep out as much as possible.
www.t-nation.com/workouts/beyond-531-program-1-1

[MrNameless]

I've never done a split routine like a traditional 531, but I'll try it out in the future just to see how it is. Beyond 531 is a good transition from 5X5(assuming its the full body routine 3x a week) after the linear gains came to a crawl.

I was on 3X5 Starting Strength until I got 300X5 on squats by the way..

[guntherbrown11]

A little interesting to do it in the middle of the gym, but there are worse things you can be doing so by all means continue what motivates you.

[AshBrown]

I think it would be better if you do that in the locker room. At least it will be all girls.

[LaBellaNena408]

But the mirrors in there are pretty high so I can only see from my waist up

[AshBrown]

Hmmm. Well, if you're comfortable, then its fine but if you do it in front of me while I'm doing bench press, I think I'll get my chest crushed. :( needless to say, youblook great... So, you are more like a hazard doing that. :)

[AshBrown]

*you look*

[genericname85]

if guys see a girl do this. they switch into creep mode :D it´s not weird, it´s hot.

[dsrice1966]

No it is normal. If you got the legs to show off, do it!

[emerald77]

It's only weird if someone catches you.

[OnionsNstuff]

sounds like they like what they see

[djstylez76]

<3 you go girl! Don't quit!

[bubble_tea]

uhh... a little?