bah … i don’t give a FCK what you wrote! i shit myself each and every time i see your avatar. that fcking potato thing.
Bastard
- Full contact twist
- Especially you take the bar from the squat rack when someone just curled in it.
- Cable pull-through
- People think I was “burning” my balls.
- Any exercises with Kettlebells
- Snatches, Windmills and TGU in particular.
- Oly-lifts and variations
- Pretty much explained by others.
- Bar complexes
- A guy asked me why I would do exercises with just the bar when I can squat, DL and bench relatively heavy.
- ATG squat
- Actually I am not sure whether I get looks from this one, as I face the wall when I do this. I assumed so because not one else squat below parellel.
Geek boy
Try band pull throughs and when you finish you set just let the band go and scream. JK… Usually any real exercise get weird looks from people. Also plate pinching gets looks at my gym…if they only knew…
Will42
Donkey calf raises with two dudes on my back.
I get funny looks when doing box squats and natural GHRs.
One trainer asked me about the box squat suggesting it would be much safer to do them in the smith machine. On the upside, when I explained that many guys who squat 800lbs squat this way, he actually gave them a try.
Another trainer asked me what I was doing with natural GHRs. I said they are great for the hammies. He said “What do you need strong hammies for?”. I got him to try them and he fell flat on his face. He got up calling them a “stupid exercise”.
[quote]Bastard Guy wrote:
1 legged standing on a swiss ball 1 arm reverse grip tricep extension
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I’m sorry - but I would have to stop and cast a funny look at anyone I saw doing one of these.
In fact, there aren’t very many exercises involving a Swiss Ball that wouldn’t raise my eyebrow.
Not that there’s anything wrong with a swiss ball.
Deadlifts man, what the hell is wrong with gym-goers that they dont know what a deadlift is, i swear, i’ve gotten all the weird looks and questions and everything about those. I’ve posted some of these in other threads but: I’ve had a trainer at golds, when i asked him where would be a good spot to deadlift at, point me to ON TOP OF THE JAZZERCISE PLATFORMS, THEY ARE PLASTIC FOR CHRISTS SAKES.
I’ve had kids ask me what i was working with those, what do those work, why work something on the back of you? I have to explain it kinda works most everything in the back of your body and its fun as hell and it makes me stronger than you.
I was doing speed sets one time, no belt, no wrist straps, on an olympic bar and easy weight for me so i was definitely taking it all the way back and locking out fully. And i overhear these kids say behind my back, “those are called deadlifts right?” “yea, but he’s cheating.” How the hell can you cheat on that? Some of the other comments i’ve heard are “looks like it hurts your back” “i could never do that” and of course the good one “thats an a$$load of weight!”
God, where to begin?
Weighted dips and chins, front squats, deep squats, bottom squats, tempo contrast and iso dynamic movements, grabbing the boobs of a fitness bunny…
luckily I have a private facility, but when I travel, or go to a public gym for a change of scenary, I get the weird looks.
oh yeah. Timing my rest periods, carrying my notebook and writing everything down…
Most of us have pretty much the same exercises in common:
deadlifts
full back squats, front squats, & overhead squats
olympic lifts and their variations on both barbell and dumbbell.
turkish get ups
anything remotely done with the pull up bar, bare handed.
doing sit ups rather than crunches
doing reverse hyperextensions rather than regulars
natural GHRs
farmer walks and deadlift walks
wearing a regular sized t-shirt of long sleeve, compared the onslaught of skin tight UA shirts etc.
taking plates away from the leg press.
Oh this topic is too funny!
Right now, I get looks when I’m doing yoga/dance stretches between weight sets.Pullups definitely gets everyone’s attention.
My farmer’s walk has people not laughing but genuinely wondering the benefit of the exercise.
LOL, wait till I do my squats “ass to grass.”
Rotator cuff stuff used to do it. The thing that got me looking was the guy who would come to the gym to do pushups, situps, and stretches on the floor. You don’t need a gym for that chief.
How 'bout this one… I called my gym the other day to cancel my membership. A trainer answered the phone and asked me why I wanted to quit. I told him that I had just started PL training and people would think I was a spaz if I dragged all my chains in there… and he says to me… I swear to God… this TRAINER says to me… “What’s Powerlifting?”
[quote]mrdav2u wrote:
How 'bout this one… I called my gym the other day to cancel my membership. A trainer answered the phone and asked me why I wanted to quit. I told him that I had just started PL training and people would think I was a spaz if I dragged all my chains in there… and he says to me… I swear to God… this TRAINER says to me… “What’s Powerlifting?”[/quote]
This is classic if it is not a joke.
Geek boy
Last night I was in the gym doing lower body and was starting off with max-effort deadlifts (but going for 3-5 reps per set). I had these two “punks” standing off to the distance clearly waiting for me to finish using the rack. As I finished my last set (which was a PR for me, actually) I was pulling my hands out of the straps and I could catch them sort of snickering to themselves or something. I am 99.9% certain it was at me, although I tend not to be paranoid about such things.
When I put away my weights, they rolled over and proceeded to do “squats” of 95 lbs, dropping about 8 or 9 inches in depth.
sigh At least they weren’t as bad as the guys I was waiting for to finish so I could do my deads… two dudes literally doing squat rack curls. Lord help me.
Kuz
People look at me funny when I’m doing front squats, and GOD forbid if I do elevated heals FS… UUUU… Then the kid that works there looks at me funny and asks: “Why are u standing on a plate?”. God damn…
And, don’t laugh, decline bench press…
There’s no decline bench so i put 2 20kg plates and put one side of the bench on it…
BTW I don’t mind the looks especially if they’r from good lookin chicks… And those turists, guys that come with big plans and small brain and then lough when they see something they’ll never understand, I don’t give a F**K.
Last time I was working on overhead squats, some guy asked me if I was a Powerlifter…
Kuz,
I empathize. Don’t mind them.
I’ve had a similar experience last Sun which irked me. Tiny boppers were too busy flirting with boyfriends to work out. Even though I’ve more to learn about technique,these partiuclar young females usually stop laughing when they see the effects of weight lifting in a basic choreographed dance routine.
(I despise women who don’t support other women and become childishly comparative.)
Pushing a truck in the rain on a saturday night.
Previously, the only things that got me weird looks were deadlifts - which I’ve only ever seen one other person do in the 9 months I’ve been training at Bally’s (don’t laugh, their equipment is pretty good, and I rarely have to wait). But since I started coming here, the overhead squats and farmers walks I’ve been throwing in have drawn some attention.
But today, I started on CW’s Outlaw program. Let’s just say it’s going to be an amusing 7 weeks.
a little off topic
soon i am going to have to join a gym. only been to a gym a few times. where would be the best place to deadlift, hangcleans, and other shit like that.