I have a bit of OCD and I have a terrible seventies carpet in my gym with a grid pattern which means everything must line up before I start within the larger square that I’m standing in where I’m about to lift. Outside the square plates are strewn around the floor but in the square everything has to be symmetrical and in a balanced pattern.
I have to start off every work out with a set of 15 pullups. I put my gym bag in my locker and then go bang out 15 pull ups before I warm up and do my workout.
I also do the plates facing in thing. I think thats about it
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For those of us who get a little OCD:
Do you realize it as it’s happening? I mean, as you’ve noticed something out of place or uneven and are in the midst of “fixing it” do you think “Awww motherfucker, now I’m going to need make sure things are exactly like this from here on out…”
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[quote]BradTGIF wrote:
For those of us who get a little OCD:
Do you realize it as it’s happening? I mean, as you’ve noticed something out of place or uneven and are in the midst of “fixing it” do you think “Awww motherfucker, now I’m going to need make sure things are exactly like this from here on out…”
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Yeah I know it. I have to know to console myself when there are an uneven number of eggs left in the carton. My squat rack is not perfectly centered in the grid of my floor and it really really bothers me.
Oh shit your alive^
Ohhh gotcha ;). Shhhhhhhh
I prefer plates out. Everyone else does plates in. I’m slow, so I need to see the numbers on the outside, lol.
My weird thing is heavy breathing until I foam in the mouth (not literally), and occasionally a stop or two, if applicable.
Also, accountants are whack.
I love this thread guys…and gals. Is it safe to say that all serious lifters develop some sort of pre-lift ritual over time? The non-serious-fucks in the gym think we’re weird when we slap our thighs, yell, grunt, and bark (you know who u are). Well fuck them and let em rot and be small.
Brilliant idea OP, we owe ya one Kanew!
Oh and all PR attempts are made to DMX! That’s right! D M ( motherfuckin) X
[quote]Jereth127 wrote:
Not that I can’t do the lift without it, but I don’t like deadlifting without this song:
I put it on really really loud, stand over the bar looking at the fucker thinking about the lift, and at 1:20 I let the bar have.
I didn’t actually realise I was lifting to the same part of the song for a long time.
Also, one that is sure to get me a lot of strange looks when I go back to lifting in a public gym, I’ve taken to hitting myself quite hard on the head before a heavy set. Dunno why but it just seems to get the adrenaline pumping and I seem to ‘switch off’ a bit more.[/quote]
Dude, I used to play this all the time. Good pick.
[quote]jak3_dude wrote:
most badass pre-lift ritual
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I’m not surprised he succeeded; the guy’s wearing my lucky red socks ffs.
I sometimes quote ‘Blood and Guts’ to myself (“Let’s get Nasty”, “Let Go Diesel!”, “Business as Usual!”, “Show 'em Why You’re Number One!”)
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Deadlift I have to grip and rip. No fannying around just get low grab that weight and lift it up.
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On max, or close to max, lifts I pace up and down the gym before the set just saying to myself ‘just get under it and explode the bar up’, ‘hips back, chest out’ etc.
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As said before, I check and re-check the plates on each side, making sure they’re not only the same weight but also the same type/brand because we have a few different sets of plates.
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The plates have to be nice and tight on each side.
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Bar has to be centred in the rack and hands even on the bar.
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When flat benching I have a routine. Set up my body with my head hanging over the end of the bench, set my feet, slide my body down, set grip on the bar, retract shoulder blades and dig them into the bench, deep breath then unrack.
[quote]debraD wrote:
[quote]four60 wrote:
Oh shit your alive[1]
No I’m not!
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DebraD now resides with the dead…todya I’d get her!
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I pace a lot, staring at the bar like I’m fuckin PISSED. My most noticeable “form check” is making a “pssssshhh” sound when I exhale, like a pressure release valve opening. I do that because in my head I imagine I’m a robot or a machine or whatever, hydraulic hoses and pistons instead of muscles. Machines don’t round, they don’t slump, they don’t cheat. They just move the fuckin weight.
[quote]swimmer2500 wrote:
It was mentioned earlier - but the face of the weights must be facing in. If they’re not already, I will change it before I lift.
FYI - I’m an accountant who’s stressed, but generally laid back and real happy with life.[/quote]
HA! Thank you! Plates in is the way. So I was benching some good personal numbers the other day. I have a spot who ends up not having to touch teh bar but helps me add some weights on. Right before I lift I check their side and low and behold they are facing out. Instant reaction:
“WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!?”
I apologized immediately but the damage was done.
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]enrac wrote:
My rep counts can never be prime numbers…[/quote]
that eliminates a lot of them. 1,2,3,5,7…[/quote]
1 is not a prime number.
[quote]andrew_live wrote:
[quote]swimmer2500 wrote:
It was mentioned earlier - but the face of the weights must be facing in. If they’re not already, I will change it before I lift.
FYI - I’m an accountant who’s stressed, but generally laid back and real happy with life.[/quote]
HA! Thank you! Plates in is the way. So I was benching some good personal numbers the other day. I have a spot who ends up not having to touch teh bar but helps me add some weights on. Right before I lift I check their side and low and behold they are facing out. Instant reaction:
“WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!?”
I apologized immediately but the damage was done. [/quote]
You sound like a douchbag.