Posted this in my log but it rings of confession, chucking and stupidity so i figured it might be appreciated here.
DISCLAIMER: i would have helped but said noob already had a spotter and was being a blatant equipment hog with his ego. I believed me not helping was the best form of help i could offer.
i got a chance to LOL at a teachable moment today…
-Gym noob has a half dozen 45lb plates strewn around his bench and the bar is empty so i walk up and grab 2 of them.
-Noob says “I need those”
-I respond “ all of them?” (I noticed his bar was empty)
-Noob “yeah man, its chest day”
-Me, in all my sarcastic wisdom, “… oh my bad bro, I’ll wait until you’re done”
-Bro Noob loads up 315 without a warmup (while I’m waiting/watching)
-Noob unracks bar and is immediately pinned by his own barbell. Noob and his spotter struggle to re-rack the bar (the bar probably weighed more than both of them combined)
-Noob sits up from bench and I ask “you all done with two of those 45s?”
-Noob nods ‘yes’ in obvious disappointed embarrassment.
I’ll admit i could tell he was not capable of benching 3 plates given his apparent lack of visible muscle.
No noobs were severely injured during the making of this film. The same cannot be said of respective noobs’ ego, however.
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