[quote]merlin wrote:
I did squat rack shrugs for about 20 sets last week(about 30 minutes I took over the power-rack, went heavy though …just to piss off the two TSB’s waiting to use it for curls. These f’n guys sat there and read magazines on the couch until I was done. I had only planned on doing about 4 sets.
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Do your curls from the floor if it’s busy, if it’s dead in the gym do them wherever you want but be prepared to give up the rack if someone wants to use it.
This caught my attention though. If you did 20 sets of and exercise you normally do 4 with how hard are you really pushing those 4? You did 5x the volume.
[quote]scottiscool wrote: merlin wrote:
I did squat rack shrugs for about 20 sets last week(about 30 minutes I took over the power-rack, went heavy though …just to piss off the two TSB’s waiting to use it for curls. These f’n guys sat there and read magazines on the couch until I was done. I had only planned on doing about 4 sets.
merlin
Do your curls from the floor if it’s busy, if it’s dead in the gym do them wherever you want but be prepared to give up the rack if someone wants to use it.
This caught my attention though. If you did 20 sets of and exercise you normally do 4 with how hard are you really pushing those 4? You did 5x the volume.[/quote]
My neck is still sore partner. I only weigh around 200. I did 20 sets of shrugs with 405 on the bar. I was only going to do 4 sets, but I ended up doing shrugs as my only trap exercise that day. I had 16 sets for traps planned on 4 different exercises, but did 20 on 1. Kept the squat rack curlers on the counch for 30 minutes and watched them squirm. I enjoyed every minute of it.
As fot the extent of my intensity when training, I’m a pretty old man …give 405 on the shrug a tug for 20 sets and you be the judge.
[quote]k1t0r5 wrote: merlin wrote:
I did squat rack shrugs for about 20 sets last week(about 30 minutes I took over the power-rack, went heavy though …just to piss off the two TSB’s waiting to use it for curls. These f’n guys sat there and read magazines on the couch until I was done. I had only planned on doing about 4 sets.
The guy using it before me pissed me off, he had the bench in there doing 95 lb bench presses with like 5 minute rest periods …he was working on that new strength-bulk routine called “impossible”.
Little bro’s …get the fuck outta the squat rack, either squat in it or do something really heavy with lots of 45’s on the bar. I shouldn’t have even been doing shrugs over there(with 405 but still), there was a reason for that …piss off the TSB’s.
merlin
People doing shrugs in the rack pisses me off too. The main reason for that is because the only people I ever see doing shrugs are small as hell and they only do them so they can load a shitload of plates on there and think they look cool. Then when they actually do a set, it looks like they are humping the bar and having a seizure at the same time as they jerk it up about 1" using every muscle in their body except their traps.
If you can’t deadlift the weight from the floor, you have no business trying to shrug it. If you can shrug more than you deadlift, you are either using shit form or need some serious help cause that’s just sad.
Now if the gym is empty and no one is near the squat rack then do whatever the hell you want in there. But if there is even the slightest, most remote chance that someone might want to squat, get the hell out of there. Not everyone is going to come up to you and say, “hey I want to squat”. Some people will wait quitely for the 30 min while you do your 20 sets of bar humps.[/quote]
I do full shrugs with 405, I could probably bar hump 600 though. No bar humping for this old man. I’;ve been training over 20 years, well past the ego age.
[quote]hackattack wrote:
the only answer is to do them at the gym entrance, changing rooms or any narrow doorway or main walkway in your local gym.
it is your duty while doing BB curls to find the place where you can make the most annoyance for every1 else in the gym. Hell, take the BB outside and do sum sets in the center of the road.
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just stick to the floor or squat rack if it isn’t busy.[/quote]
Damn dude this has to be the funniest post I’ve read here this week, lol. I can just imagine some puny newbie high school football kid doing curls in front of the locker room entrance, or some power lifter doing sumo squats in the middle of the freeway, lol.
My neck is still sore partner. I only weigh around 200. I did 20 sets of shrugs with 405 on the bar. I was only going to do 4 sets, but I ended up doing shrugs as my only trap exercise that day. I had 16 sets for traps planned on 4 different exercises, but did 20 on 1. Kept the squat rack curlers on the counch for 30 minutes and watched them squirm. I enjoyed every minute of it.
As fot the extent of my intensity when training, I’m a pretty old man …give 405 on the shrug a tug for 20 sets and you be the judge.
merlin
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That makes more sense then. Let’s carry on about the importance of curling in the proper spot in the gym now.
Dude… Where I lift theres this guy with like 5" calved and 10" quads. he’s probably like 5’10" and 180ish pounds. Pathetic. Not only that, I’ve seen him do one set of leg presses in a year, and he’s in there just about everyday I am. No rows or chins, tricep kickbacks, concnetration curls, 51345134543 rep cruches, and OFC the bench press in 50 variations.
by the way… we have “ready made bars” and 2 bars MEANT FOR CURLING that you can add weight too. This guy is fucking in the squat rack when there are 2 sports teams in the same gym with only 8 racks available. I hate fuckers like this.(basketball+football)
EVERYONE NEEDED THE RACK BUT THIS MOFO.
[quote]Airtruth wrote:
If you pay a membership for your gym and you get to the squat rack before the squatting man, then do your curls there.
Your honestly going to pay a monthly fee just so you can kiss another mans ass?[/quote]
Common courtesy is not the same thing as kissing ass. I pay taxes to use the highways but I don’t travel below the speed limit in the passing lane either. You’re not being tough when tying up equipment you don’t really need when other are waiting for it… just rude.
[quote]Airtruth wrote:
If you pay a membership for your gym and you get to the squat rack before the squatting man, then do your curls there.
Your honestly going to pay a monthly fee just so you can kiss another mans ass?[/quote]
And I don’t pay a gym membership so I can wait 30 min to squat because someone decides to be a dick. Like someone else already said, it’s common courtesy and just plain common sense.
[quote]Kruiser wrote:
Airtruth wrote:
If you pay a membership for your gym and you get to the squat rack before the squatting man, then do your curls there.
Your honestly going to pay a monthly fee just so you can kiss another mans ass?
Common courtesy is not the same thing as kissing ass. I pay taxes to use the highways but I don’t travel below the speed limit in the passing lane either. You’re not being tough when tying up equipment you don’t really need when other are waiting for it… just rude.
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Others need to squat as much as he needs to curl. If you care about your legs great, that doesn’t make you superior to some guy doing curls even if he is wearing a pink jump suit. You can go somewhere and do db squats, front squats, c&J, Leg Presses, deadlifts just as easily as he can go somewhere and do db curls.
Your analogy is a little off, its more like you have a ferrari and he has an echo. You telling him he isn’t allowed to use the passing lane because your car is more powerful. Just doesn’t work in the real world which is why people continue to curl.
[quote]Airtruth wrote:
Kruiser wrote:
Airtruth wrote:
If you pay a membership for your gym and you get to the squat rack before the squatting man, then do your curls there.
Your honestly going to pay a monthly fee just so you can kiss another mans ass?
Common courtesy is not the same thing as kissing ass. I pay taxes to use the highways but I don’t travel below the speed limit in the passing lane either. You’re not being tough when tying up equipment you don’t really need when other are waiting for it… just rude.
Others need to squat as much as he needs to curl. If you care about your legs great, that doesn’t make you superior to some guy doing curls even if he is wearing a pink jump suit. You can go somewhere and do db squats, front squats, c&J, Leg Presses, deadlifts just as easily as he can go somewhere and do db curls.
Your analogy is a little off, its more like you have a ferrari and he has an echo. You telling him he isn’t allowed to use the passing lane because your car is more powerful. Just doesn’t work in the real world which is why people continue to curl.[/quote]
Even if I had a Ferrari (I wish!), I wouldn’t stay in the passing lane and block anyone. That’s my point. If you need the equipment you’re paying a fee to use, then go ahead. If you don’t really need it because there are other options for you, then let someone else who actually needs it take it.
And yes, I realize that no amount of logic will prevent people from doing “Frat Curls”. That won’t stop me from attempting to teach others by my good example. Just part of the responsibility for being so perfect I guess. 8^)
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Airtruth wrote:
Others need to squat as much as he needs to curl. If you care about your legs great, that doesn’t make you superior to some guy doing curls even if he is wearing a pink jump suit. You can go somewhere and do db squats, front squats, c&J, Leg Presses, deadlifts just as easily as he can go somewhere and do db curls.
Your analogy is a little off, its more like you have a ferrari and he has an echo. You telling him he isn’t allowed to use the passing lane because your car is more powerful. Just doesn’t work in the real world which is why people continue to curl.[/quote]
Talking about being off, that car analogy is terrible. First off with the cars, anyone can use the passing lane on the highway. An underpowered 120 hp car can still go fast enough to pass someone driving slow.
It’s not like everyone is full out drag racing. Curling in the squat rack is like the guy who gets in the passing lane to go the same exact speed as the other lane thus blocking up traffic. Yes he can do what he wants, but it’s a jackass move. There’s a reason why they post SLOWER TRAFFIC KEEP RIGHT. I think everyone has seen this sign before. Sorry to go off topic. I hate retarded drivers.
Now with the squats. If the squatter doesn’t have a rack, that means he has to clean the weight. Now I don’t know about you but I can squat a lot more than I can clean. Whereas with the biceps, anyone can pick that up off the floor and curl it. There’s no inconvenience in doing so.
[quote]Airtruth wrote:
Others need to squat as much as he needs to curl. If you care about your legs great, that doesn’t make you superior to some guy doing curls even if he is wearing a pink jump suit. You can go somewhere and do db squats, front squats, c&J, Leg Presses, deadlifts just as easily as he can go somewhere and do db curls.
Your analogy is a little off, its more like you have a ferrari and he has an echo. You telling him he isn’t allowed to use the passing lane because your car is more powerful. Just doesn’t work in the real world which is why people continue to curl.[/quote]
You’re just fucking retarded, aren’t you? Analogies aside, someone can pick a bar up and curl it off the floor. This means he can do those curls anywhere.
Considering most gyms have pre-loaded bars in their own rack as well as spare barbells usually in a corner, there is no reason at all that he should use a large piece of equipment designed for doing a different exercise. It’s just ridiculous that you are even trying to justify it and I honestly think you’re just doing it to piss people off.
Considering most gyms have pre-loaded bars in their own rack as well as spare barbells usually in a corner, there is no reason at all that he should use a large piece of equipment designed for doing a different exercise. It’s just ridiculous that you are even trying to justify it and I honestly think you’re just doing it to piss people off.[/quote]
Unfortunately, most good gyms around here have gone out of business. Therefore, your stuck with fitness centers. Right now I train at LA Fitness. They don’t have extra bars and the pre-loaded bars only go up to 120lbs. If I want to do heavy barbell curls I have to do them in the squat rack. If the place is not busy, I’ll use a bench press. When it’s busy, you have to jump in where you can.
Considering most gyms have pre-loaded bars in their own rack as well as spare barbells usually in a corner, there is no reason at all that he should use a large piece of equipment designed for doing a different exercise. It’s just ridiculous that you are even trying to justify it and I honestly think you’re just doing it to piss people off.
Unfortunately, most good gyms around here have gone out of business. Therefore, your stuck with fitness centers. Right now I train at LA Fitness. They don’t have extra bars and the pre-loaded bars only go up to 120lbs. If I want to do heavy barbell curls I have to do them in the squat rack. If the place is not busy, I’ll use a bench press. When it’s busy, you have to jump in where you can.
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Based on his quote I don’t think he will ever have to worry about curling more than 120lbs.
[quote]Airtruth wrote:
Based on his quote I don’t think he will ever have to worry about curling more than 120lbs.
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Since we’re making assumptions based on posts made on a website, you’re probably one of those asswipes that puts 120lbs on the bar and then asks for a spot while he does cock thrusts that almost resemble curls.
[quote]LarryJr wrote:
Unfortunately, most good gyms around here have gone out of business. Therefore, your stuck with fitness centers. Right now I train at LA Fitness. They don’t have extra bars and the pre-loaded bars only go up to 120lbs. If I want to do heavy barbell curls I have to do them in the squat rack. If the place is not busy, I’ll use a bench press. When it’s busy, you have to jump in where you can.
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In that case it’s probably best to use a bar off a bench. Most gyms like that only have 1, maybe 2 squat racks and at least 4-5 benches. It’s better to take up a bench when there’s several others to use than it is to take up the only squat rack.