“benching that low will split your rib cage”
[quote]stlthx wrote:
the body can only absorb 30g of protein, even for an athlete
-human body prof at kstate[/quote]
that’s just stupid, everyone know’s it’s 29.999999 the 30th g is what does ya in
From my old roommate: “You know, my professor told me today that drinking whey protein shakes doesn’t actually do anything for you.”
[quote]#1 “You shouldn’t be lifting that much weight. Girls don’t need muscles.”
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haha. Oh wow.
A week ago, my dad’s friend who hasn’t seen me in maybe a year was over. I didn’t know anybody was over and walked downstairs with my shirt off. He starts with the usual oh look how big you got thing. Then, he’s like, “I used to lift weights in college. You know, weight swill make you bigger, but to get defined with curves in your muscles, you need to use bands.” And he started explaining some scientific shit to me about how rubber bands are better than weights.
I’m just like, yeah, I’ll look into that. That’s all you can really say to people like this.
My uncle was all impressed with how I got bigger when he came to visit this weekend and he tells me, you are taking stuff for your muscles though, right? You know, muscles can’t grow without that stuff. I’m like… stuff? You want me to take steroids at 16? I later found out he was talking about Protein…
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
stlthx wrote:
the body can only absorb 30g of protein, even for an athlete
-human body prof at kstate
that’s just stupid, everyone know’s it’s 29.999999 the 30th g is what does ya in[/quote]
Yeah, thats what i said!!
[quote]AttackOfTheChris wrote:
I was recently told that lifting screws up your metabolism. lolz. [/quote]
It WILL, it will make you burn more cal/day.
Who would want that?
Hahaha I love listening to the stupid shit people come up with.
The worst thing is that the stupidest advice is usually the most common.
I hate the whole, “don’t let your knees go past your toes when squatting” bullshit.
The old “fat burning zone” is a good one. I have seriously had a bunch of people say “I thought you had to work at 60% of your maximum heart rate to burn fat”.
Notice how usually all of the rediculous stuff that people spout in some way make and excuse for not working hard in the gym or not eating right.
You get someone telling you they wont eat bread, pasta or rice becuase carbs are bad, and then they go and eat a packet of jelly babies and say its ok because its low fat.
[quote]Wayland wrote:
“benching that low will split your rib cage”
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hahaha i like this one, I can just picture it, bar reaches an inch above your chest, you hear a crack aaaaand your ribcage springs open! (well it does in my immagination)
my dad just always tells me not to push myself too hard, I say I’d rather he encouraged me to push myself harder but no, he tells me not to use as much weight
Some of my favorites:
“keep your feet on the bench when bench pressing”
“why are you doing that old timers exercise?”
(the squat)
“why are you working so hard? training should be fun and you are taking this way to seriously.”
“lifting weights is bad for your health, just stay away from that stuff.”
“don’t have sex when on a training cycle”
“don’t have sex on leg day”
“that weight training stuff is against nature, people aren’t meant to look like that!”
“you’re wasting your life by exercising.” (coming from an overweight, lazy couch potato)
“you should spend more money on training clothes there buddy”
and believe it or not, but this is actually true, this took place a couple of years ago while i was doing squats in the rack…“why are you doing that exercise in there, thats not what its for and that exercise is not safe, that’s why the smith machine exists and why there are leg presses.”
[quote]jayski wrote:
“don’t have sex when on a training cycle”
“don’t have sex on leg day”
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Whoever said this, lives an awful life.
“don’t let your knees pass your toes”
also
“don’t point your toes out when you are squatting”
[quote]fatcat wrote:
“don’t let your knees pass your toes”
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I thought this was true
[quote]Stength4life wrote:
fatcat wrote:
“don’t let your knees pass your toes”
I thought this was true[/quote]
If it was true that letting your knees go past your toes was always bad for your knees, how could you possibly squat without falling on your ass?
anything I have ever heard from any Navy person on base. Just amazes me on what goes through there minds with weight lifting how ever training for marthons some of these people are very smart.
what kind of fucking world do we live in where teachers are retarded? and know less about the subject than the students
…and people wonder why i act arrogant.
[quote]countingbeans wrote:
jayski wrote:
“don’t have sex when on a training cycle”
“don’t have sex on leg day”
Whoever said this, lives an awful life.[/quote]
Each one came from different people. The first one was from not long after I started weight training. I wasn’t shy about asking advice from some of the bigger guys, but I remember this guy was a little bit older than some of the normal crowd, somewhere in his late to mid forties and he was in decent shape, and I figured since he’s older, he knows what he’s talking about.
When he said that I laughed, but he was serious and got into the whole, don’t ever squat, don’t dead lift, stay away from free weights pretty much all together and stick to machines and cables, cause they are safter and its better to build tone than bulk cause it’s better for you.
He told me that sex during a training cycle would only make me weaker, so avoid it until the cycle is over. I was 17 at the time, I considered the training advice at the time, but couldn’t follow the no sex rule, even if i tried.
Luckily, since I was still in high school at the time, my gym teacher was a big believer in the basic lifts, and was a powerlifter himself, and wouldn’t let anyone in his class do any of the “pussy” moves as he called it and called me one when I was attempting some of that advice.
The other one was from this guy I used to work with. He was the typical “I can be Mr. Olympia or win those strongman contests if I wanted to but don’t feel like it” types. We were talking about training one day, and I got into how I’ve often had sex before going to the gym.
He told me that having sex on leg day would hinder my progress and not only would my workouts suffer but i’d end up with erectile problems later in life.
He got pissed cause I was laughing the whole time, thinking he was joking, and he would go, “dude im serious”, and looking at his skinny legs, I said, “speaking from first hand experience are we? you know, they do have pills that will help you with that.”
He gave me a shitty look and walked away. Unfortunatly for him, our coworkers listened to the whole conversation, so everybody fucked with him for a long time about not getting it up.
[quote]jayski wrote:
He told me that having sex on leg day would hinder my progress and not only would my workouts suffer but i’d end up with erectile problems later in life.
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That is the best shit I have heard in a long time.
You couldn’t make up something that funny
[quote]Stength4life wrote:
fatcat wrote:
“don’t let your knees pass your toes”
I thought this was true[/quote]
In case you are being serious, If you restrict the range of motion at the knee and ankle (by not bending them forward over your toes) you cannot reach correct depth without compensating by bending more at the hips (especially if your tall).
So you simply stransfer the stress from your knee to your lower back. I’d rather save my back, your also alot stronger with a more upright back (without PL gear).
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Lifting heavy will give you permanent erectile dysfunction.
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Eat less meat and more potatoes and grains/Fat is bad for you.
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Whey protein is “steroids” and will make you “look like a bull. You don’t need that.” (My own mother. I had to hide my tub of protein for a good 8 months, sneaking out a couple of scoops on training days. Don’t worry, she’s seen the light now.)
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Deadlifts/squats are evil. You will ruin your neck, back, knees, kidneys, and anal sphincter. You will suffer from impotence, hair loss, chronic nosebleeds and persistent halitosis. And you will become a midget.