interesting!

http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.....ap/index.html

"rosie readandpost" wrote in message
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet.....ap/index.html


There are no mirrors at my gym. I do have full mirrored closet doors in the
exercise room at home but find they only time I ever used them was to check
my form on certain exercises. I have the VCR on the opposite wall from the
mirrors so I usually have my back to them.

Beverly

The last line in the article summed it up. Mirrors are a necessary evil in a
gym where weight lifting or classes like Pilates is going on. Mirrors allow
for form to be monitored. I don't know why any gym would put them in the
cardio machine rooms. Who would want to watch themselves walk in place on a
treadmill?


"rosie readandpost" wrote in message
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http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/diet....ise.ap/index.h
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:41:08 -0500, "Kelly"
wrote:

Mirrors are a necessary evil in a
gym where weight lifting..

Horse****.

Um...I don't think so. I know Chris's and my coach has us lift towards a
mirror so we can watch our form. I also use the mirror when squatting or
doing good mornings to check on my form. I have a nasty habit of letting my
shoulders roll or letting my head move with effort. If I look myself dead
in the eye, while I don't like seeing that little vein that throbs on my
forehead, I do tend to keep my head still and my form better. Elise
(however, I do get a kick out of the guys that watch themselves doing bicep
curls...not their back or their form...just gazing fondly at their huge
rippling muscles.)
"Mu_nstruck" wrote in message
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 10:41:08 -0500, "Kelly"
wrote:

Mirrors are a necessary evil in a
gym where weight lifting..

Horse****.

Mirrors are a necessary evil in a
gym where weight lifting..

Horse****.


On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 20:49:25 GMT, "Cox SMTP east"
wrote:

Um...I don't think so. I know Chris's and my coach has us lift towards a
mirror so we can watch our form. I also use the mirror when squatting or
doing good mornings to check on my form. I have a nasty habit of letting my
shoulders roll or letting my head move with effort. If I look myself dead
in the eye, while I don't like seeing that little vein that throbs on my
forehead, I do tend to keep my head still and my form better.

Doesn't make them a necessary evil.