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Last post 03-05-2009, 3:00 PM by cristy. 55 replies.
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  •  09-04-2008, 5:13 AM 39613

    Funny things to say

    Hey, I am looking for some funny things to say during class.  For instance, the only one I have is the following:

          While we are doing squats I sometimes say the following:

                     "Don't forget to squeeze you glutes on the way up, because if you don't squeeze them nobody else will want to." 

           It really makes them laugh.  Because lets face it....it is true!  :)

           If anyone one has others, please share.  Thanks.

     

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  •  09-05-2008, 12:26 PM 39716 in reply to 39613

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    I just taught to a packed Pump class Wednesday night.  The size of the group just "pumped" me up and I was on fire with quick comments to them.  I had so many people laughing it was great, but I cannot remember all of them. The biggest laugh I got when doing deadlifts I said "pretend you are mooning the person behind you, that's what they get for standing in the back."
  •  09-10-2008, 4:22 AM 39987 in reply to 39716

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    Thanks so much for the deadlift idea.  I am going to use it tonight.  I will let you know how it goes.  If you can come up with anything else, let me know. Have a great day!
  •  09-10-2008, 4:27 AM 39989 in reply to 39987

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    I used this one in Step, but it works for Pump too..

    "Send your butt back....and get a better one!" 

  •  09-10-2008, 2:52 PM 40016 in reply to 39987

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    Love the mooning one. I am team teaching tonight for the first time and im gonna use it. When I pcracticed my bicep track i say hello biceps when doing bottom end. I grunt first like im in such pain. When doing the dead life 3/1 i say here we go nice and slow take it low.My friend seemed to think it was funny.

  •  09-10-2008, 3:49 PM 40019 in reply to 40016

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    I really hope this post grows and grows, because we can all use some fresh stuff!  Here's a few: 

    *  On O/H presses with plates, tell them that the plates are on a "first date" and no contact is allowed at the top. 

    *  On chest presses, say they are like a nude beach...no top and no bottom.  Also, during the chest track, I'll announce that I'm stamping out "man boobs" one chest press at a time!  Or ladies, we are "lifting and separating!"

    *  Clean & Press...not just for laundry any more!  Also right before a set of  C&P, I'll ask a really stupid question like, "If you're happy and you know it, raise your hands" as the bar goes up or "If you want more, raise your hands, etc." 

    *  Set position abs...hold them in like you're at your high school reunion. 

    *  I'll tell one specific knock knock joke if I don't get much class participation:  Knock, knock (who's there) Woo (woo who?)  See? I told you I'd get you excited!!

    *  We've got our classes conditioned (or trained Stick out tongue...) to respond to the question "Are your abs tight?"  and they respond loudly "TIGHT!!"  During crunches, on a 3/1, tell them they are laying on a beach and they really want to check out that cute girl/guy without their significant other catching them...so it's up, up, peek, then back down quick before you get caught! 

    *  on push ups...I tell them to pretend there is an M&M on there mat right under their nose and they really, really want it!!  Or, I'll ask them to smell the mat and the bottom and hope that the person that used it before them cleaned it really well!

    *  Squats...on Captain Jack, I'll sing over the chorus..."Na na na na na na, Baby squeeze your butt, squeeze your butt, squeeze it going up..."

    Okay, probably more than anyone wanted, but I do have more! 

     


    The person that invented lunges was evil, evil, evil!!!
  •  09-10-2008, 9:12 PM 40041 in reply to 40019

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    These are fantastic =D. I love the abs 3/1 lol and the chest press =).

    Great work. Would love to here more of ur ideas.

    (Since im at work and have to instruct pump in 20 mins, ill be sure to get back on here and post some of my phrases) Devil

    I also use the drill approach. It works all the time! =).

     

     

     

  •  09-11-2008, 3:28 AM 40054 in reply to 40041

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    Love it.

    I've started saying "guaranteed to make your legs burn... or your money back!" it works well with the bottom half squats in 67.

    " The only place you can have seconds is in body pump" - especially when the sets are identical


    Keep It Real
  •  09-21-2008, 10:10 PM 40737 in reply to 40019

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    Funny stuff Cristy, I used the "first date" during the O/H presses for my first BP class and it got a smiles from my participants... always a good sign I suppose...

    I found it helped me to remember that I was to also not fatigue and let the plates touch.

     

    I'll sure try to incorporate some of the other lines in my next class.

     

     

  •  09-24-2008, 8:13 AM 40914 in reply to 40019

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    Those are great.  You said you had more.  Please send them my way.  Thanks.
  •  09-24-2008, 9:21 AM 40922 in reply to 39989

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    Jco97:

    I used this one in Step, but it works for Pump too..

    "Send your butt back....and get a better one!" 

     

    Thats a good one hey! Nice work.

    We just need to introduce BodyComedy classes now ... :p


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  •  09-24-2008, 2:09 PM 40931 in reply to 40922

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    "Did that hurt? No? Go see a doctor." Heard today after biceps track.
  •  09-26-2008, 8:06 PM 41117 in reply to 40931

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    Okay, here's a few more....

    Alot of my funny stuff I use during squats...it just seems easier to do silly stuff then.  I love to tell classes that the reason we do squat is because our butts are broken.......(ready for this?)......our butts are broken because there is a CRACK in it!  Crying 

    Also in squats, at the end of a particularly grueling track when you notice that members are kind of slacking off because they're tired, tell them to "just give you one more inch - an inch can make all the difference!"  You'll get a few grins out of the ladies in the crowd!

    In "Truly, Madly, Deeply" (again, a squat track), sing over the chorus, "I want to squat with you on a mountain, I want to squat with you in the sea, I want to squat like this forever, until my legs give out on me!" 

    In "Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy" (biceps) I like to have a couple of redneck jokes prepared to tell, or bits of cowboy wisdom like, "Never squat with your spurs on.." or "its hard to bite off more than you can chew, because your mouth is a lot bigger than you think it is!"  Think of Jeff Foxworthy...

    In lunges, when you're really tired, tell your class to be thankful they are not an octopus!

    In abs, trade in your two liters for a six pack!

    Maybe more later!  Enjoy!

     

     


    The person that invented lunges was evil, evil, evil!!!
  •  09-26-2008, 8:08 PM 41118 in reply to 41117

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    Oh!  One more quick joke...

     

    Why did the Bodypump instructor cross the road?

    They saw someone over there that wasn't hurting!


    The person that invented lunges was evil, evil, evil!!!
  •  09-28-2008, 4:39 AM 41174 in reply to 41118

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    Hey cristy,

     I've been following this thread and I think the funny things you say are gold!

     I'm covering on Thursday night and I'll be sure to tell some of the stuff you've written here... hope you don't mind since we're all here to make our classes more interesting and fun as well as hard working.

     Just wondering where in the world you teach? I'd love to come to one of your classes to see you in action!! =P

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