'Silly' Lifting Rituals

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[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:

[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.[/quote]

Ive yelled at a guy for touching the weight when he was spotting me.

I told him distinctly about 5 times, dont touch the bar or put your hands anywhere near it, it distracts me.

I said, I will say the word “SPOT” when I want a spot, till then dont touch.

I was so fucking clear, and repeated it over and over, half way through the lift Im almost stuck bar is moving slowly, but moving, I can almost always power through and lock out.

He fucking puts both hands on the bar, doesnt pull up, but grabs it with both hands, all in my face, I locked it out hard, racked it and yelled at him.

I mean come on, don’t fuck up peoples lifts, thanks for the spot, but follow directions, especially when its reasonable.

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[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:

[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.[/quote]

Says the guy idolising Christiano Ronaldo. :S

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[quote]kanew wrote:

[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:

[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.[/quote]

Says the guy idolising Christiano Ronaldo. :S
[/quote]

What’s not to idolize. Dood is 6’1" 165 lbs of pure man!! Have you seen his Armani adds?? OMG!!! He has Jacob from Twilight’s body but Edwards Hair, he is perfect.

J/K
Ronaldo7, please tell me you’re a huge soccer fan and of Spanish decent. If not you’re clearly ghey

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^^hahahahahahha! I’ve heard stories of that guy going to different club teams and then he just fucks every hot girl in that city/country and then asks for a trade after he’s slayed all their women… then goes somewhere else to make $30 million a year and starts over plowing hot Euro babes… fuck that guy!

.greg.

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After wearing shit like this, you kinda have to bang a lot of chicks to qualify as a man IMO. I’m not sure he’s actually banged enough yet, he’s still young though.

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[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:

[quote]andrew_live wrote:

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.[/quote]

I felt like a douche bag after saying it. Hence the immediate apology. Moral of the story? Dont fuck with people’s lifting rituals.

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[quote]AndrewG909 wrote:
After wearing shit like this, you kinda have to bang a lot of chicks to qualify as a man IMO. I’m not sure he’s actually banged enough yet, he’s still young though.[/quote]

wow that is the epitome of ghey

.greg.

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This is what I do when I use a barbell…

Rotate the bar to find the sweet spot

Regrip until it feels right (there’s no set number)

I growl to myself for a sec (kinda like powering up, I blame anime) it’s a quick & even in tone, then I close my eyes, visualize the reasons why I’m doing this, open my eyes, and UNLEASH HELL.

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[quote]AndrewG909 wrote:

[quote]kanew wrote:

[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:

[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.[/quote]

Says the guy idolising Christiano Ronaldo. :S
[/quote]

What’s not to idolize. Dood is 6’1" 165 lbs of pure man!! Have you seen his Armani adds?? OMG!!! He has Jacob from Twilight’s body but Edwards Hair, he is perfect.

J/K
Ronaldo7, please tell me you’re a huge soccer fan and of Spanish decent. If not you’re clearly ghey[/quote]
I played Soccer all my life before lifting weights so yea and I’m Colombian/Spaniard. He is up on my avatar because of the world cup haha.

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I like to jerk off right before I lift, but I always stop right before the point-of-no-return. It’s a testosterone thing. I also warmup by playing the drums as loud as I can (usually The Ocean by Led Zep or Roll Right by RATM). It gets my arms warmed up and it gets me in the right mindset. I lift in my garage with the door shut, so another ritual is take off all of my clothes since I prefer to lift naked (don’t do box squats like this).

A pre-ME ritual of mine is to ram a couple smelling salts up my nose and use an icepack over my heart, thereby creating a false sensation of panic that pumps a little extra adrenaline thru me. I heard it’s a Poliquin technique, but I’ve been doing it since before I knew who he was so I prefer to think of it as my own technique.

When I used to lift with my old roommate (fully clothed), we used to whip each other with chains and shoot my flare gun at each other to get into the right frame of mind.

Also, this isn’t really a pre-workout ritual, but I like to play lesbian porn through my stereo system while I lift to maximize testosterone production. Not sure if this really works, but who cares?

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[quote]Westclock wrote:

[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:

[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.[/quote]

Ive yelled at a guy for touching the weight when he was spotting me.

I told him distinctly about 5 times, dont touch the bar or put your hands anywhere near it, it distracts me.

I said, I will say the word “SPOT” when I want a spot, till then dont touch.

I was so fucking clear, and repeated it over and over, half way through the lift Im almost stuck bar is moving slowly, but moving, I can almost always power through and lock out.

He fucking puts both hands on the bar, doesnt pull up, but grabs it with both hands, all in my face, I locked it out hard, racked it and yelled at him.

I mean come on, don’t fuck up peoples lifts, thanks for the spot, but follow directions, especially when its reasonable.[/quote]
Well that shit would annoy me too. I always tell people when before I start a set that unless the bar crashes down on me or I’m pushing up for a few seconds and can’t seem to get the weight up they can help me otherwise don’t even touch the bar.

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[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.
[/quote]

Thanks for the recommendation - The combination of Bodies by Drowning Pool on the drive to the gym and this song just before my max set got me real pumped up and I managed a front squat rep PR.

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I like to punch myself in the crotch for 5 mins before my first work set. This is also how I time my rest intervals.

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[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:

[quote]AndrewG909 wrote:

[quote]kanew wrote:

[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:

[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.[/quote]

Says the guy idolising Christiano Ronaldo. :S
[/quote]

What’s not to idolize. Dood is 6’1" 165 lbs of pure man!! Have you seen his Armani adds?? OMG!!! He has Jacob from Twilight’s body but Edwards Hair, he is perfect.

J/K
Ronaldo7, please tell me you’re a huge soccer fan and of Spanish decent. If not you’re clearly ghey[/quote]
He is up on my avatar because of the world cup haha.[/quote]
But… Even when the world cup ends you’re still stuck with his name as your avi name, you can’t change it. So I’m guessing the world cup really has nothing to do with it and you probably want his cock in or around your mouth.

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I play this song LOUD as hell for heavy squats and DL, stomp around my basement and punch my belt/self in the side as hard as I can, then right before the lift I grab the bar and scream F’r then go.

For bench press I roll the bar until I like it, pull myself up 3 times and roll.

Yea it’s gay but I lift at home, no one can see my fool.

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[quote]AndrewG909 wrote:

[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:

[quote]AndrewG909 wrote:

[quote]kanew wrote:

[quote]ronaldo7 wrote:

[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.[/quote]

Says the guy idolising Christiano Ronaldo. :S
[/quote]

What’s not to idolize. Dood is 6’1" 165 lbs of pure man!! Have you seen his Armani adds?? OMG!!! He has Jacob from Twilight’s body but Edwards Hair, he is perfect.

J/K
Ronaldo7, please tell me you’re a huge soccer fan and of Spanish decent. If not you’re clearly ghey[/quote]
He is up on my avatar because of the world cup haha.[/quote]
But… Even when the world cup ends you’re still stuck with his name as your avi name, you can’t change it. So I’m guessing the world cup really has nothing to do with it and you probably want his cock in or around your mouth.
[/quote]
Dude STFU and post more pictures of your girl friend already.

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The thing with rituals is that the more you lift or the longer you have been doing something and the better you are the more little things you do, or the more strange the one thing you do to get ready for the lift. I have seen everything from punches to the face, to snorting ammonia, to smashing foreheads into bars. The strangest or silliest thing I have seen was a man head butt a concrete wall.

Before every max, I snort a line of cocaine. It gets some attention from the other gym members, but they have gotten used to it. However, the grossest thing I have seen from someone as a ritual was shooting snot rockets, now this was not just any regular snot rocket, this was blood gushing from nose on command snot rocket. The kid also did the same thing during football and wrestling matches.

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[quote]Brother Chris wrote:
Before every max, I snort a line of cocaine. It gets some attention from the other gym members, but they have gotten used to it.
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I can’t tell if you’re joking or not. Your nonchalance is throwing me off.

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[quote]AndrewG909 wrote:
After wearing shit like this, you kinda have to bang a lot of chicks to qualify as a man IMO. I’m not sure he’s actually banged enough yet, he’s still young though.[/quote]

legs look photo shopped.

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Lots of growling. A bit of mental talk like: “Git Some” “I’m Strong” “Dont be a clown” and a couple other Dumb things like that. Maybe some foot stomps.

Plates face in.

Bumpers are same brand on each side only.

when removing plates no more than 1 plate difference one each side and remove one per side per go.

god im nuts.

Also I have done the thing where when someone loads the bar plates out or non-symmetrically I freak out like they just grabbed an elderly womans boob or gave a baby a hoot of cocaine. When benching [for the first time in 2 years] with a co-worker I scoped his side of the bar and the plates were all over the place. I was like “What kind of asshole are you?” Lots of good laughs preying on my OCD’s that day.

-chris