Rant: Squat Rack Curling

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[quote]naughtybox wrote:
So another retard at my gym decided to do 70lb curls in one of the two squat racks that we have. This guys had to be in his early 60’s. I asked him if he was really planning on continuing his obscene behavior or not and he replied with “nope, all done.”

Now I asked him why he really needed to curl 70lbs in a squat rack and he replies with “It’s just easier, I don’t have to lift the weight off the ground.” …This just set me off, I replied with “Isn’t this why you come to the gym? To lift? It’s called a squat rack for a reason. Walk away.”

I just dont understand the real benefit to curling in the squat rack when we have straight bar pre-weighted barbells on the other side of the gym. I’d personally rather pick the weight up off the ground vs loading a bar with bitch weight. Quit being a pussy and pick them up. It’s called a squat rack for a reason.

End rant.[/quote]

It sounds like you were an asshole to a guy in his 60’s. It’s only an issue if he refused to let somebody use it for it’s intended purpose. If nobody was using it, it’s not worth disrespecting your elders.

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[quote]Iron-Head10 wrote:
Ok, i dont mean to sound liek a fuck-head or anything. Just a quick question here. Ok, so heres the thing, there are SQUAT RACKS and there are POWER RACKS. This i know for a fact. SQUAT RACKS have one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to preform SQUATS in.

POWER RACKS have more than one use. ( you can do over-head presses, you can bench press in them and use the cross-bars to spot you if you fail on a set, you can do rack pulls, you can preform squats and shrugs in them. lotta other stuff.)

Ok well i was on one of these threads and this guy was saying this “In my gym there are SQUAT RACKS and POWER RACKS, but i like to SQUAT in the POWER RACKS” And he was bitching about some kid walking up to him and asking him if he could to some curls in it after he was done squatting.

The guy doing SQUATS in the PWER RACK replied “why dont you go over to that rack and do them”, the kid went to the other PWER RACK and starting curling. And the squatter got all fucking butt-hurt bout it.

Bitching bout how he HATES ppl doing SRCs. My point being THIS: If the guy had a SQUAT RACK in his gym why didnt he use it? I mean, correct me if im wrong, but SQUAT RACKS are only good for pretty much one thing, and thats squatting, squatting is what they are built for.

Well, if you dont like someone curling in your squat racks, why would you squat in someones POWER RACK? POWER RACKS are basically made for a bunch of diferent shit, not just squats, so wouldnt it be legit to curl in them? I mean, why did the guy get mad at the dude?

Correct me if im wrong, but he really doesnt have room to bitch, becuase he is SQUATTING IN A POWER RACK, when the SQUAT RACKS are on the other side of the weight room??? I mean, THE GUY HAD NO FUCKING ROOM TO BITCH imo.

Becuase it would have been really easy for any other guy in there to walk up to him and say “hey buddy, if you wanna do squats, do them in the squat racks.” or "why would you bitch at me for doing SRC when your squatting in the Power rack when there is a perfectly good SQUAT RACK over there?

Go squat in the damn Squat Rack!" I mean, I understand the guy just liked squatting in the Pwer Rack cuz he liked it better, im not saying he shouldn’t. Just saying you cnt get mad at a guy for misusing a peice of equippment when the guy doin the bitching is using the wrong peice.

I mean, if the gym ONLY has Power racks, then squat in them till your legs break. But if it has BOTH, Squats for the SQUAT RACKS and everything else (INCLUDING CURLS imo) go into the POWER RACKS.

Sean.[/quote]

Nothing wrong with squatting in the power cage, especially going heavy and ATG without a spotter.

The squat rack is fine most of the time (actually prefer the “open” feeling of it), I’m fairly tall at 6’ and still go a couple inches below parallel.

The point is, don’t do frivolous stuff on either piece of equipment.

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[quote]njrusmc wrote:
Christine, in most cases that would be correct. I actually did this today, maybe 4 hours ago.

Me: Excuse me, do you mind if I squat here?
Him: I am using the rack.
Me: You are doing swiss ball crunches. Could you please move to the open gym floor?
Him: I was here first. I only have 5 more sets.

Me: I would like to utilize the squat rack for squatting, but I cannot because of someone performing swiss ball crunches there.
Staff: Just wait until he is done.

I started my squats 20 minutes later.

So, yea … I’m a pretty small guy so I doubt that I am intimidating to anyone. Not to mention, I grew up in a world of violence so I try to be as peaceful as possible when interacting with people I do not know.[/quote]

You should have popped that stupid ball.

There’s a long hallway seperating the weights from the machines where everyone does their pilates/yoga/stretching/bullshitting.

Every time one of those damn balls wanders into our area (probably from some soccer mom with the proverbial 2.5# pink DBs), I kick it down the hallway like some sadistic bowling alley, hoping to knock down as many “pins” (people) as possible.