just thought id share something funny/stupid that happpened at the gym at my college today. i was deadlifting and after my last set the guy working there comes up to me and tells me i cant drop the weights, especially wih that much weight. i was only using 315 AND i was using pads AND i wasnt like at lockout and just letting go or something hahaa just didnt put it down nicely i guess. sorry for the rant i thought it was pretty comical.
Good story.
thanks for the bedtime story.
[quote]N. Robinson wrote:
just thought id share something funny/stupid that happpened at the gym at my college today. i was deadlifting and after my last set the guy working there comes up to me and tells me i cant drop the weights, especially wih that much weight. i was only using 315 AND i was using pads AND i wasnt like at lockout and just letting go or something hahaa just didnt put it down nicely i guess. sorry for the rant i thought it was pretty comical. [/quote]
How’s this relevant to bodybuilding? There’s a forum called “get a life” for this type of stuff.
I once had a dream, daydream actually, where someone was deadlifting in one of the college gyms (this building was built in the early 1900’s) with some large amount of weight and dropped it. Through the floor. The gym’s on the second floor too…
Sometimes I wonder if the flooring they have is even able to support a heavy weight.
Good story, bro.
Welcome to every college rec center in the country.
Tell it again! Tell it again!
How come people can lower the weight when squatting and benching but not deadlifting?
deadlift on saturdays and sundays, possibly make friends with the trainers there.
What’s the phrase I’m looking for…?
Oh yes…
“COOL STORY, BRO”
I was doing some dl’s at a university gym yesterday. During the set a guy comes up and asks me to spot him on bench. Before doing so though he had to explain to me that he just wanted a lift off and then for me to help him if he needs it. Says alot about the sorry state of gyms that you always need to explain to a stranger how to spot properly (I do the same if it has to be a stranger).
I just answered the guy, don’t worry I’m doing my deadlifts over there, don’t wanna do any more over here.
He got a good laugh, hopefully you guys will and this story is slightly cooler than the bro’s.
i always get yelled at for deadlifting at my college rec center. i quit using chalk after they yelled at me, but i refuse to stop deadlifting (or listen to a 140lb man wearing a fanny pack telling me that im going to hurt my back). i told the guy to buy rubber mats and bumper plates or to stop complaining about the noise. when you lower 400+ to the floor its going to make noise regardless of how slow you lower the weight.
i feel your pain, the guy threatened to call campus security on me. i told him i was on a first name basis with the head of campus security and knew for a fact that he used to deadlift. he shut right up and hasnt given me shit about it since, just the occasional dirty look. tell the person who yelled at you to use your tuition money to buy some rubber mats.
A manager at my college gym got on to me for the same thing. She walked over and tapped my shoulder in the middle of my deadlift set, I said hold on and finnished the set. Then she said “You’re being too loud and also you’re not allowed to use the metal weights” I had bumper plates with a few little 5’s and 2.5’s on the end. I said “there aren’t any rubber 5s or 2.5s” to which she replied “sooorrryyyy but you can’t do that.”
Total bullshit, I wan’t just letting go of the weight, I kept my hands on it the whole time, just set it down quickly to conserve energy. I mean shit, it’s rubber bumper plates on a rubber o-lifting platform, WTF?