At the gym recently I've noticed a phenomenon that I've seen a number of times over the years. Call it what you want: "Social Abs", "Core With Friends", "Ab Circle", "Club Core".  I just call it mostly pointless.

This is an actual photo from the gym.  Seriously.

Maybe that's unfair.  Then again, maybe not.  Fact is, almost nobody in that situation gets any benefit at all from what they're doing.  Unless, of course, the goal is to impress the strong girl leading “Club Core” with your circus tricks.  That might work. Your climbing sure isn’t doing it.

I'm not just ripping on the silliness I see in the gym.  There actually is a point to this.  Most of the people I see in the gym who are "training" are simply piggy-backing off of someone else's often misguided training program.  People always want to know what my workout is that night so that they can do it, too.  It just won't work.

Let me explain it like this…

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