How about we come to an equally beneficial agreement? If you want to curl in the squat rack, let me squat you while you are curling! I think it could work! Especially if you are some gorgeous T-Vixen or half way decent Fitness-Bunny. In that case though I suggest you sit on my shoulders facing me. I won’t be able to breath very well but I guarentee you’ll curl more and I’ll squat more!
Ike…I remember seeing that title…but no…I havent read it…is it pretty good?
Dude… run, don’t walk, over to http://www.ironmind.com and buy that book.
Dinosaur Training by Brooks Kubik. That’s what you want, and it is only $14.95!
Trust me, you will not be disappointed.
I can attest to Malcolmzilla indeed curling in the squat rack last night. I did max good mornings next to him (thanks for the spot on the last set, BTW). A guy worked in with him doing rows. It was beautiful. However, I did razz Malcolm a little, but he’s too big for me to risk pissng him off. He’s built like one of those Lowland Gorillas you see on TV, except Malcolm walks upright and has a little less hair, but you get the picture.
But the real question about Malcolm is does he eat his own shit?
First sign.
Demonstration of penalty.
"But the real question about Malcolm is does he eat his own shit? "
No, but like myself, he probably throws his feces at people that get to close.
Try it sometime, it really clears out sections of the gym when you want some space.
Malcolm, CGB, I’ve always wondered why they don’t have a short straight bar at our gym. Cheap f*ckers!
Nor do they have a ‘proper’ dip and pull-up station with a weight belt.
I followed CGB’s idea and did my pull-ups at the smith machine.
Jared, I’ll never be the same. That is hilarious.
Z, I’m teling you, you will get more shit from doing that in the Smith than people will ever give you for doing curls in the squat rack. People at Gold’s seem to believe that membership permits you to do anything you want to, whenever. I even saw someone doing bench presses in the rack once. We’ve got a dozen benches and the guy uses the squat rack. when I first started working out there the Swiss Balls were stored in there. We’ve come so far.
It was nice meeting you last night Z-Man. Allies!
Jared NFS, that great! :D) Everyone should print that out and post it on their racks!
Re: CGB
We shall see if the Tribex-500 brings in my winter coat… the vitamin E and salmon oil should ensure it’s nice and shiny.
Man, this has turned into one of the single funniest threads EVER! I shall quote some prime examples of hilarity:
Warhorse: “. . . Joe Squat invented this cool rack for curling and it was named after him.”
– Ahhh, if only he’d gotten the wide acclaim of a certain Mr. Smith . . . !
Warhorse (again): “BUT just in case you’re wondering, if someone were to wander in off the street and wanted to do squats I would definitely get my ass outta the rack. Even if she wasn’t fully satisfied - cause you can satisfy her just about anywhere, but you can only squat in the rack.”
DJS: “Ok i just got back from the gym. I had a grueling set of side dumbell raises to acomplish with 15s so I stepped into the squat rack . . . .”
Jared NFS: (of course, with the 2 HILARIOUS pics which can’t be cut-and-pasted . . .)
But the absolute funniest, the one that had me spitting my water out of my nose as I was getting ready to shut down the computer and head to bed last night, and waking up a couple hours later laughing in the middle of the night, goes to . . .
CGB: “When you curl in the squat rack, you’re training with Bin Laden.”
I cannot begin to describe to you how hard I laughed at that! It will be one of my life’s mantras forevermore! Bill Maher, dork though I think he is, would be proud of the twist on his book’s title. Bravo!!! (Now if only someone could design THAT T-shirt – a cartoonish image of the bearded fuck himself with his robes and all, with his puny-ass terrorist arms curling a barely-loaded bar in the squat rack. Then the next caption could have a guy in US military garb putting a bullet through his head, with blood splattered all over the mirror . . . ).
Damici, you most certainly can copy and paste those pics!
Jared, the caption should read:
"Here, let me give you a spot"
You sure that isnt an amputee working the guy with his 'third leg' though? LOL...
Very Nice Jared. Very nice.
diesel, you caught me. I can’t hide my homoerotic tendencies anymore. It’s a violent rape shot. 
I didn’t even think about that, but now that you say that, the picture is so much funnier to me.
I just looked at the pic again after what Diesel said, and damn that is hilarious!!
Curl in the squat rack only if you are big enough to defend it. Otherwise, use the squat rack for squats.
I’ve asked several people to vacate the squat rack while they’re urling with a dime on each end of the bar, and each time the person seemed genuinely surprised that they were doing something annoying/lazy. But the best is the dudes who ask how many sets you have left to squat so they can start their curls.