I love the belt guys. I will say I wear one but only when I deadlift and even then only when I go over 400 lbs. But I saw a guy come in to the weight room today and strap on his belt then proceed to do lat pulldowns. There’s guys that wear them to bench press too. I’m waiting to see someone doing the treadmill with a belt on.
If you have back issues that prevent you from doing lat pulldowns, get that shit checked and fixed.
Oh and always, the old guys in the locker room that go in the sauna naked of course, then come out sweaty and naked and have to shave at the counter. They are installing new tile in the locker room for the last 3 weeks. I felt bad for the tile guy today because a naked old dude was shaving like right above where he had to install tile. That poor dude should get danger pay.
[quote]Extremepain wrote:
I love the belt guys. I will say I wear one but only when I deadlift and even then only when I go over 400 lbs. But I saw a guy come in to the weight room today and strap on his belt then proceed to do lat pulldowns. There’s guys that wear them to bench press too. I’m waiting to see someone doing the treadmill with a belt on.
If you have back issues that prevent you from doing lat pulldowns, get that shit checked and fixed.[/quote]
I hear ya.
Here in Taiwan the way you show that you know what you’re doing is to wear every accoutrement associated with weight training you can think of.
So you get guys wearing:
-belt
-gloves
-knee sleeves
-elbow sleeves
-straps (even with wrist wrpas and gloves on already)
-muscle shirt (usually some Nike compresssion type shirt)
-spandex bike shorts
-sweatband
Now I’ve only seen one guy with all of that, but most guys mix and match with 3 or 4 of them.
Oh, there were two guys together this week, both with mouth guards in.
Take note most guys at my gym are forever doing arms and lateral raises and abs.
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]Extremepain wrote:
I love the belt guys. I will say I wear one but only when I deadlift and even then only when I go over 400 lbs. But I saw a guy come in to the weight room today and strap on his belt then proceed to do lat pulldowns. There’s guys that wear them to bench press too. I’m waiting to see someone doing the treadmill with a belt on.
If you have back issues that prevent you from doing lat pulldowns, get that shit checked and fixed.[/quote]
I hear ya.
Here in Taiwan the way you show that you know what you’re doing is to wear every accoutrement associated with weight training you can think of.
So you get guys wearing:
-belt
-gloves
-knee sleeves
-elbow sleeves
-straps (even with wrist wrpas and gloves on already)
-muscle shirt (usually some Nike compresssion type shirt)
-spandex bike shorts
-sweatband
Now I’ve only seen one guy with all of that, but most guys mix and match with 3 or 4 of them.
Oh, there were two guys together this week, both with mouth guards in.
Take note most guys at my gym are forever doing arms and lateral raises and abs. [/quote]
Reminds me of this
Old guy asked me where I got my belt and knee wraps ( EFS ).
Two weeks later I walk in and he is using: a belt, those weird MMA gloves, knee wraps, elbow sleeves, straps, a headband and one of those strong(er) shirt. Basically every accessory you can order from EFS except for the gloves.
He was using those to do kipping pull-ups…
Yesterday, I’ve actually shooed away two groups of people using two squat racks for curls.
I wasn’t even using them, only happened to pass by.
They obliged.
I burped.
And I’ve shown a beginner how to do back squats. The cool thing: he all but picked it up instantly.
[quote]FattyFat wrote:
I burped.
[/quote]
That is the only correct response.
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]FattyFat wrote:
I burped.
[/quote]
That is the only correct response.[/quote]
I’m always responding correctly.
You’re Nada. Zip. Zero. Zilch.
I ran into what must have been the biggest troll ever. He was about 6’7" and had very impressive biceps, but skinny chicken legs. I was doing medicine ball reverse hypers and he came over and asked me about them, I explained why I did them, etc and he said that was cool, and asked what I thought the best overall movement for strength was. I told him a snatch grip deadlift or an olympic snatch. He smiled and said, “That’s cool” and walked over to the power cage with his buddy and they both began doing curls with tons of body english.
I just thought- I got trolled. There’s no way this is real.
I’m not a big fan of spotting other people, or asking for spots, at the weight room. Not that I’m an asshole, which I am, but it is because 1. I’m normally the biggest guy in there so every slapdick goes out of their way to come ask me, taking alot of my time and disrupting my lifts 2. It is always for benchpress,which means I’m going to end up doing upright rows so some slapdick’s ego gets stroked because they have 185 pounds on a bar they can’t do for a single rep.
ANYWAYS, how this relates to the SRC is I had the same slapdick ask me to spot him on benchpress 3 different days in the same the week. When I tried to explain to him that he is overtraining and needs to do squats, he told me that his legs are really fat and he doesn’t want them to get any bigger or else he can’t buy jeans that fit. When I tried to explain that was the most retarded thing I’ve ever heard, he told me runs 3 times a week so squats are unnecessary. FacePalm.
[quote]SquatDeepHomie wrote:
I’m not a big fan of spotting other people, or asking for spots, at the weight room. Not that I’m an asshole, which I am, but it is because 1. I’m normally the biggest guy in there so every slapdick goes out of their way to come ask me, taking alot of my time and disrupting my lifts 2. It is always for benchpress,which means I’m going to end up doing upright rows so some slapdick’s ego gets stroked because they have 185 pounds on a bar they can’t do for a single rep.
ANYWAYS, how this relates to the SRC is I had the same slapdick ask me to spot him on benchpress 3 different days in the same the week. When I tried to explain to him that he is overtraining and needs to do squats, he told me that his legs are really fat and he doesn’t want them to get any bigger or else he can’t buy jeans that fit. When I tried to explain that was the most retarded thing I’ve ever heard, he told me runs 3 times a week so squats are unnecessary. FacePalm.[/quote]
The running thing. Why do people insist that running is an acceptable squat alternate. Truly mind-boggling.
In the past two weeks, the following all has happened:
#1) I’ve been asked why I squat so low, when I replied with I prefer to perform exercise with a full ROM and properly, I got the response of “No man, pretty sure full ROM is down this far performs a quarter squat you lose all the tension in the quads if you go any lower” It was at this point I told them I had another set to do, they we’re talking under their breath about how I was wasting my time as I was squatting.
#2) I politely informed a newer guy (probably 5’9 150 lbs), who at first glance looked like he probably was on the right track, that using straps for every warm up and working set of dead lifts was just plain dumb. We’re talking all the way from an unloaded bar to his max working set of 185. His response “But I can’t lift heavy without the straps” I walked away at this point
#3) Skinny arab looking bro, rocking a beater that’s 2 sizes two big, huge gloves (not MMA style, but pretty damn close) wandering around the gym looking lost and conveniently staring me down anytime he was in my general vicinity. From what I gather, this was his workout for the day: EZ Bar Bicep Curl w/just the bar, Behind The Neck Press w/ just the bar, hundreds of crunches on the swiss ball, Preacher curl machine, and finishing up with 10 reps on the bench with 95 lbs spread out over 20 minutes. He’d do one shaky rep and by this point everyone in the gym who could be considered somewhat knowledgeable was keeping a close eye so that he didn’t pin himself. A friend of mine ran over once to help the guy get the weight off his chest. When he offered a future spot, the douche shrugged him off and said he got it.
Well, this turned into a ramble…
[quote]SquatDeepHomie wrote:
I’m not a big fan of spotting other people, or asking for spots, at the weight room. Not that I’m an asshole, which I am, but it is because 1. I’m normally the biggest guy in there so every slapdick goes out of their way to come ask me, taking alot of my time and disrupting my lifts 2. It is always for benchpress,which means I’m going to end up doing upright rows so some slapdick’s ego gets stroked because they have 185 pounds on a bar they can’t do for a single rep.
ANYWAYS, how this relates to the SRC is I had the same slapdick ask me to spot him on benchpress 3 different days in the same the week. When I tried to explain to him that he is overtraining and needs to do squats, he told me that his legs are really fat and he doesn’t want them to get any bigger or else he can’t buy jeans that fit. When I tried to explain that was the most retarded thing I’ve ever heard, he told me runs 3 times a week so squats are unnecessary. FacePalm.[/quote]
Everytime I have to spot someone on the bench I help them on whatever rep they are about to fail on, then they proceed to do about 2 more reps obviously with more help from me. When someone random has to spot you its just the opposite and they help out about 2-3 reps too early so your last reps are assisted when you don’t want them to be. Then of course you get the “its all you bro” when your last rep somehow feels lighter than the first.
[quote]sufiandy wrote:
[quote]SquatDeepHomie wrote:
I’m not a big fan of spotting other people, or asking for spots, at the weight room. Not that I’m an asshole, which I am, but it is because 1. I’m normally the biggest guy in there so every slapdick goes out of their way to come ask me, taking alot of my time and disrupting my lifts 2. It is always for benchpress,which means I’m going to end up doing upright rows so some slapdick’s ego gets stroked because they have 185 pounds on a bar they can’t do for a single rep.
ANYWAYS, how this relates to the SRC is I had the same slapdick ask me to spot him on benchpress 3 different days in the same the week. When I tried to explain to him that he is overtraining and needs to do squats, he told me that his legs are really fat and he doesn’t want them to get any bigger or else he can’t buy jeans that fit. When I tried to explain that was the most retarded thing I’ve ever heard, he told me runs 3 times a week so squats are unnecessary. FacePalm.[/quote]
Everytime I have to spot someone on the bench I help them on whatever rep they are about to fail on, then they proceed to do about 2 more reps obviously with more help from me. When someone random has to spot you its just the opposite and they help out about 2-3 reps too early so your last reps are assisted when you don’t want them to be. Then of course you get the “its all you bro” when your last rep somehow feels lighter than the first.[/quote]
Unless you specify otherwise when spotting someone’s bench I wait till they fail then just rip the bar off them and rack it which as a powerlifter is what I want people to do. If they bitch I just tell them they should have asked for forced reps, not a spot.
When asking for a spot I’m very clear about:
Whole lotta ghey going on in the locker room.
3 highschool age kids no more than 140 lbs each all have their shirts off and are flexing for each other in the hall of mirrors. Some phrases overheard:
“Yo check my back, dude. Touch that shit! I love my back!”
“My abs are better than yours, yo. Look, they go all the way down starts pulling shorts down See!?”
This went on for at least 5 minutes. I say “at least” because I finally finished changing, putting my stuff away, and left. For all I know, they could’ve continued their circle jerk for another hour.
[quote]JaseHxC wrote:
In the past two weeks, the following all has happened:
#1) I’ve been asked why I squat so low, when I replied with I prefer to perform exercise with a full ROM and properly, I got the response of “No man, pretty sure full ROM is down this far performs a quarter squat you lose all the tension in the quads if you go any lower” It was at this point I told them I had another set to do, they we’re talking under their breath about how I was wasting my time as I was squatting.[/quote]
Interesting. That flies in the face of the length-tension relationship of muscle, but whatever, it’s cool to ignore muscle physiology.
2 trainers at my gym and 1 regular were doing somekind of bro competition.They proceeded to try and beat the reps of one another on pull-ups, then on curls, leg extensions and then crunches.
The only reason I kept track of what they were doing was because the fuckers insisted on screaming and being fucking annoying, despise how many times I dropped the T-bar on the ground so they would take the hint and get away.
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]FattyFat wrote:
I sharted.
[/quote]
That is the only correct response.[/quote]
Off topic… Nards I cant feckin PM ya! Check your youtube account
[quote]worzel wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]FattyFat wrote:
I sharted.
[/quote]
That is the only correct response.[/quote]
Off topic… Nards I cant feckin PM ya! Check your youtube account[/quote]
OK! This board must still be silly.
A guy actually got mad at me for pulling a bar off his chest after he got completely stoned in the bottom on the first rep at 135. He said something like “make me work for it bro!” I told him I wasn’t going to lift it for him and if he couldn’t get it then lower the weight. He came and got me like 5 minutes later asking for a spot again on the same weight. This time I let it sit on his chest for about 10 seconds as he pushed relentlessly without a budge. I upright rowed it off his chest but as I tried to rack it he literally pulled it back down to his chest and made me do another upright row to get it off. When he got up he had some stinkface look like he was about to think about possibly considering maybe cussing me out or something, but he walked away and left.
[quote]SquatDeepHomie wrote:
A guy actually got mad at me for pulling a bar off his chest after he got completely stoned in the bottom on the first rep at 135. He said something like “make me work for it bro!” I told him I wasn’t going to lift it for him and if he couldn’t get it then lower the weight. He came and got me like 5 minutes later asking for a spot again on the same weight. This time I let it sit on his chest for about 10 seconds as he pushed relentlessly without a budge. I upright rowed it off his chest but as I tried to rack it he literally pulled it back down to his chest and made me do another upright row to get it off. When he got up he had some stinkface look like he was about to think about possibly considering maybe cussing me out or something, but he walked away and left.
[/quote]
what i do with when people ask me to spot them and they got to their last rep, i lift just enough to make sure the bar stays still or moves up VERY slowly so that they won’t go for another one