i tried to help the brotards with their forward leaning can’t keep the heels down quad squats once. People just seem to get defensive when you try to help. besides, getting good form takes time away from looking at your abz.
btw, i thought you guys were joking, cuz i hadn’t seen that before. these guys check for changes in their abz every 2 minutes. You’d think they would expect their abz to stay the same between sets of kerlz, but they gotta check between each set.
I don’t try to help anymore. I just hate. the hate fuels the agression, which moves the bar faster. I wish we had some strong guys at my gym, so I could be their plate bitch and feed off their agression
[quote]mjnewland wrote:
i tried to help the brotards with their forward leaning can’t keep the heels down quad squats once. People just seem to get defensive when you try to help. besides, getting good form takes time away from looking at your abz.
btw, i thought you guys were joking, cuz i hadn’t seen that before. these guys check for changes in their abz every 2 minutes. You’d think they would expect their abz to stay the same between sets of kerlz, but they gotta check between each set.
I don’t try to help anymore. I just hate. the hate fuels the agression, which moves the bar faster. I wish we had some strong guys at my gym, so I could be their plate bitch and feed off their agression
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we used to have this guy at the gym that would check his hawt abz between every set of everything. like you said, i’m not sure if he’s checking for more cuts or maybe wondering if he is starting to show from his new pregnacy.
anyway, one day i had enough. i walked up behind the guy. when he turned around from his 100th ab shot, i was right behind him with my shirt pulled up under my chin and i’m rubbing my furry buddha with a glazed over stare and some druel dripping out of the corner of my mouth. he looked at me for a moment waiting for me to laugh or something but i just kept rubbing and drueling. he slipped past me and headed out.
come to think of it, i haven’t seen him in awhile:)
[quote]VikingsAD28 wrote:
Wow you were able to get 465 without your cheater arc and cheater leg drive, I figured it would be right around 135 once you started benching the way real men bench.[/quote]
i had a multiply bench shirt on under my sweatshirt.
if i were a real man i would have stood up and hit an ab shot right after it.
Impressive reverse bands and big pressing! What is your comp max for bench? Dammit that makes me miss power lifting! I am going to have to go after it again when I finish this current training. I need to find some power lifters here in Pittsburgh to hook up with. Nothing beats a Saturday in the gym and then watching the looks on the waitress face when 8 to 10 big ass dudes walk in to the all you can eat buffet!
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
i rack the bar and then make the mortal mistake… [/quote]
Sad to say it, but most people in the gym seem really not to want to improve. There are plenty of people, me included, who value your advice so spend your limited time on people who actually want to get better.
I’m enjoying the new baby-face look you are sporting.
[quote]Colin Wilson wrote:
Impressive reverse bands and big pressing! What is your comp max for bench? Dammit that makes me miss power lifting! I am going to have to go after it again when I finish this current training. I need to find some power lifters here in Pittsburgh to hook up with. Nothing beats a Saturday in the gym and then watching the looks on the waitress face when 8 to 10 big ass dudes walk in to the all you can eat buffet!
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i have this nasty habit of getting injured right before a meet, therefore my best meet bench has been 495. my best gym bench is 540. i’m hoping that i’ve figured out why i was getting injured and will make a run at coming close to my potential at a meet soon.
stupid ass conversation of the night. let me set the scene. i just finished my set of 465. this skinny guy asks me for a spot. i say sure. he’s doing decline bench. he looks at me and says- “i know it’s not a lot of weight but it’s a lot for a skinny white boy” i just kinda grunt. i give him a lift off and the dude proceeds to do this hyperventalating thing where he starts to breath really fast. he does it throughout all of his 1 1/4 reps. i rack the bar and then make the mortal mistake… i say- “bro, you really need to take a deep breath right before the handoff and then hold it as long as possible throughout the set” “this will keep you tight throughout your set” he says- “no way bro… you have to breath as fast as possible to get your heart rate up. getting your heart rate up creates a ton of power.” usually i wouldn’t say anything but this struck me as exceptionally idiotic. I say back- “bro, i bench in the 500’s and there’s a reason for that, but if this is working for you, by all means keep doing it” i then walk away shaking my head. I then see him go up to on of the front desk people. he points back at me and i can tell he is telling them how the big ugly dude hurt his feelings.
where do they come up with this shit??[/quote]
Another good reason for training at 4 am… Oh wait… I’m the fat white guy with the tiny bench press number…
I understand that! My best meet bench was 465 with a single ply. I got all froggy and tried 500 in the same meet and got it about 2 inches of my chest!
stupid ass conversation of the night. let me set the scene. i just finished my set of 465. this skinny guy asks me for a spot. i say sure. he’s doing decline bench. he looks at me and says- “i know it’s not a lot of weight but it’s a lot for a skinny white boy” i just kinda grunt. i give him a lift off and the dude proceeds to do this hyperventalating thing where he starts to breath really fast. he does it throughout all of his 1 1/4 reps. i rack the bar and then make the mortal mistake… i say- “bro, you really need to take a deep breath right before the handoff and then hold it as long as possible throughout the set” “this will keep you tight throughout your set” he says- “no way bro… you have to breath as fast as possible to get your heart rate up. getting your heart rate up creates a ton of power.” usually i wouldn’t say anything but this struck me as exceptionally idiotic. I say back- “bro, i bench in the 500’s and there’s a reason for that, but if this is working for you, by all means keep doing it” i then walk away shaking my head. I then see him go up to on of the front desk people. he points back at me and i can tell he is telling them how the big ugly dude hurt his feelings.
where do they come up with this shit??
Another good reason for training at 4 am… Oh wait… I’m the fat white guy with the tiny bench press number…
Thats a helluva bench night MM[/quote]
thanks hoss!!
i’m usually really good about putting my blinders on and doing my own thing. whatever he was doing was just so over the top that i couldn’t help but say something. i learned my lesson though.
at one time i thought that i would get more questions about our training at the gym. pretty much no one asks us anything. then it hit me one day. most gym goers have no interest in doing the hard shit. they want to sit back on some piece of crap machine and let the leverage of the machine do all the work. lifting a barbell into the air with a lot of weight on it can be “uncomfortable” at times.
Have this guy, super fat guy I will call him (he is fatter than me anyway) who is very delusional. He will always brag about what he just came off of, and how ripped he was just two weeks ago… Best part is when he starts trying to pose in front of the mirrors. You can practically see people throwing up in their mouths. No flexing, just jiggling.
[quote]ecogenx wrote:
“When I was younger before I hurt my ___________(input body part) I could bench _______(input large number) and squat _________(input large number).”
When I did go to a gym I had a few guys say this to me over the years.[/quote]
OH SNAP did you just call me out??? LOL
Lucky that old video is still hangin around, however 460 is hardly a large number…More like a bloated catholic school girl number. I am very humble around real bencher’s…
[quote]Colin Wilson wrote:
ecogenx wrote:
“When I was younger before I hurt my ___________(input body part) I could bench _______(input large number) and squat _________(input large number).”
When I did go to a gym I had a few guys say this to me over the years.
OH SNAP did you just call me out??? LOL
Lucky that old video is still hangin around, however 460 is hardly a large number…More like a bloated catholic school girl number. I am very humble around real bencher’s…
Shazam!
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In no way was that post directed at you Colin. Sorry if you thought it was.
i think we all, sometimes, forget where we are. this forum is the one of the only places where you can pretty much count on the fact that no one is trolling. if we were to get a troll they would be hung out to dry very quickly. Colin, I’m sure you know already but guys like Steve are very supportive. We all support each other around here. it’s a great place to be in this internet world of mama’s basement bad boys.
i think we all, sometimes, forget where we are. this forum is the one of the only places where you can pretty much count on the fact that no one is trolling. if we were to get a troll they would be hung out to dry very quickly. Colin, I’m sure you know already but guys like Steve are very supportive. We all support each other around here. it’s a great place to be in this internet world of mama’s basement bad boys.
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
i think we all, sometimes, forget where we are. this forum is the one of the only places where you can pretty much count on the fact that no one is trolling. if we were to get a troll they would be hung out to dry very quickly. Colin, I’m sure you know already but guys like Steve are very supportive. We all support each other around here. it’s a great place to be in this internet world of mama’s basement bad boys.
that was a kick ass bench vid by the way. [/quote]
A couple of corrections here. I am a troll. Like a real one, that should probably be living under a bridge. Thank goodness a kind woman took pity of me and made me purchase a home, told me to remove my ear hair, and stand more upright…
Also, I have it on good authority Eco’s real name is Vanessa, she is 22, 5 foot 6, 122 pounds, blonde,36-24-36, and just really digs fat, sweaty, middle-aged guys that like to move iron…
