? about safety collars

Matthew said:

My gym has 15+ bars but only 3 sets of collars. Are these an item that
is typically stolen?

Matthew

The spring-type ones frequently get bent or broken or become unusable.
The quick-collars are expensive and not many gyms want to spend that
money. Same for the spin-lock collars. And both of those items get
stolen when they do show up at gyms. My advice is to buy your own set
and tote them around with you. That's what I have done, because I hate
the spring type. I carry 1.25 lb Ivanko spin-locks in my gym bag.

Deb said:

Matthew said:

My gym has 15+ bars but only 3 sets of collars. Are these an item that
is typically stolen?

Matthew

The spring-type ones frequently get bent or broken or become unusable.
The quick-collars are expensive and not many gyms want to spend that
money. Same for the spin-lock collars. And both of those items get
stolen when they do show up at gyms. My advice is to buy your own set
and tote them around with you. That's what I have done, because I hate
the spring type. I carry 1.25 lb Ivanko spin-locks in my gym bag.

Also, anything you bring with you to the gym that the gym might already
have (or a clueless 'trainer' might think is gym property) should be
painted a very un-gymlike colour beforehand, such as safety orange.

Ari

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"spodosaurus" wrote

Quoted message said:

Deb said:

Matthew said:

My gym has 15+ bars but only 3 sets of collars. Are these an item that
is typically stolen?

Matthew

The spring-type ones frequently get bent or broken or become unusable.
The quick-collars are expensive and not many gyms want to spend that
money. Same for the spin-lock collars. And both of those items get
stolen when they do show up at gyms. My advice is to buy your own set
and tote them around with you. That's what I have done, because I hate
the spring type. I carry 1.25 lb Ivanko spin-locks in my gym bag.

Also, anything you bring with you to the gym that the gym might already
have (or a clueless 'trainer' might think is gym property) should be
painted a very un-gymlike colour beforehand, such as safety orange.

Along these lines, there is a similar practice used by women in the building
trades. As an initiation and harrassment practice, men will often steal
tools from women when they first start working a job site. As a defensive
measure, many women began painting their tools hot pink, baby blue, etc.
Since no self respecting redneck would be caught dead holding a sissy tool,
they stopped stealing the tools. End of problem.

Lee Michaels said:

Along these lines, there is a similar practice used by women in the building
trades. As an initiation and harrassment practice, men will often steal
tools from women when they first start working a job site. As a defensive
measure, many women began painting their tools hot pink, baby blue, etc.
Since no self respecting redneck would be caught dead holding a sissy tool,
they stopped stealing the tools. End of problem.

This also ties in with the "pink dumbbells" section of Krista's web
site.

That'll go good with your helmet.

Deb said:

Lee Michaels said:

Along these lines, there is a similar practice used by women in the building
trades. As an initiation and harrassment practice, men will often steal
tools from women when they first start working a job site. As a defensive
measure, many women began painting their tools hot pink, baby blue, etc.
Since no self respecting redneck would be caught dead holding a sissy tool,
they stopped stealing the tools. End of problem.

This also ties in with the "pink dumbbells" section of Krista's web
site.

Pink ones are for kick-backs. If you are man enough anyway.

- bc

On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:44:08 -0400, "Lee Michaels"
<[email hidden]> wrote in misc.fitness.weights:

Quoted message said:

"spodosaurus" wrote

Quoted message said:

Deb said:

Matthew wrote:

>My gym has 15+ bars but only 3 sets of collars. Are these an item that
>is typically stolen?
>
>Matthew

The spring-type ones frequently get bent or broken or become unusable.
The quick-collars are expensive and not many gyms want to spend that
money. Same for the spin-lock collars. And both of those items get
stolen when they do show up at gyms. My advice is to buy your own set
and tote them around with you. That's what I have done, because I hate
the spring type. I carry 1.25 lb Ivanko spin-locks in my gym bag.

Also, anything you bring with you to the gym that the gym might already
have (or a clueless 'trainer' might think is gym property) should be
painted a very un-gymlike colour beforehand, such as safety orange.

Along these lines, there is a similar practice used by women in the building
trades. As an initiation and harrassment practice, men will often steal
tools from women when they first start working a job site. As a defensive
measure, many women began painting their tools hot pink, baby blue, etc.
Since no self respecting redneck would be caught dead holding a sissy tool,
they stopped stealing the tools. End of problem.

I kinda worked in the trades for 17 years and never noticed that sort
of behavior. Quite the contrary, men would go out of their way to
help out their fellow women tradesmen. Of course that could have just
been Minnesota Nice...or guys being horny.

Deb <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Matthew said:

My gym has 15+ bars but only 3 sets of collars. Are these an item

that

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Quoted message said:

is typically stolen?

Quoted message said:

The spring-type ones frequently get bent or broken or become

unusable.

Quoted message said:

The quick-collars are expensive and not many gyms want to spend that
money. Same for the spin-lock collars. And both of those items get
stolen when they do show up at gyms. My advice is to buy your own

set

Quoted message said:

and tote them around with you. That's what I have done, because I

hate

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the spring type. I carry 1.25 lb Ivanko spin-locks in my gym bag.

Thanks for the info. I did pick up a pair of the spring-type (only
ones available at the nearest sporting goods store). I hope they will
be fine for the lightish weights I am using but I'll keep my eye out
for the spin-locks.

Matthew