"Resistance training” doesn’t mean resisting going to the gym, but that’s the popular joke. “I’m counting the past 2 hours lying on the couch *not* going to the gym as resistance training” was cited on Twitter on July 10, 2010. “Refusing to go to the gym counts as resistance training, right?” was posted on Twitter by “Ham on Wry” on February 28, 2016.

“I do resistance training every day. It’s called refusing to go to the gym” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on July 13, 2016.

“Three weeks now, I’ve been practicing resistance training. I’m avoiding anything to do with sports” is a similar joke.


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Resistance exercise doesn’t mean resistance to exercise! Instead, it’s a type of exercise that has gained popularity over the last decade or so as researchers discover the many benefits it has to offer.
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What Is Resistance Training?
Resistance training is any exercise that causes the muscles to contract against an external resistance with the expectation of increases in strength, tone, mass, and/or endurance. The external resistance can be dumbbells, rubber exercise tubing, your own body weight, bricks, bottles of water, or any other object that causes the muscles to contract.

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Milo Cantstoppoulos
‏@tweetofclay
I’m counting the past 2 hours lying on the couch *not* going to the gym as resistance training.
8:42 PM - 10 Jul 2010

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Kerryn Leworthy
‏@Scrapsister
Does not being able to get to the gym for two months count as resistance training?
12:32 AM - 6 Sep 2010

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William Hale
‏@WilliamHale1
And I count those 2 hrs I sat on the couch refusing to go to the gym as my “resistance” training!
5:03 PM - 2 Oct 2010

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Elif Celet‏
@Elifcello
Lying on the couch NOT going to the gym counts as resistance training, right?
6:59 AM - 16 Jul 2012

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Dwight Snethen
‏@dwightsnethen
I thought resistance training meant refusing going to the gym. Boy was I wrong. Where’s the ibuprofen?
6:47 AM - 10 Nov 2012

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Ham on Wry‏
@realHamOnWry
Refusing to go to the gym counts as resistance training, right?
7:25 PM - 28 Feb 2016

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myke/әʞλɯ
‏@MykeFromMoncton
Is refusing to go to the gym a kind of resistance training?  #workouts
8:15 AM - 30 Jun 2016

Reddit—Jokes
I do resistance training every day
submitted July 13, 2016 by ollybes
It’s called refusing to go to the gym

Twitter
JuliannaLancaster
‏@oleg0ywns
I do resistance training every day It’s called refusing to go to the gym #LOL
2:50 PM - 13 Jul 2016

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resnickgiroiuard
‏@resnickgiroiuar
I do resistance training every day It’s called refusing to go to the gym #ohmygod
3:46 PM - 13 Jul 2016