[quote]DeltaOne wrote:
I also became aware that I, apparently, somehow, I seem to have issued a challenged to people at my gym. And the fun thing is that I can perfectly understand the language people are speaking over here, so I get to hear things like “That fucking Russian is doing more pull-ups than we do, fuck him”. Great to hear that, cracks me up.[/quote]
Ahahahaha I’m in Italy now and have the same thing happening. I’ve never let on that I understand what people around me say, and it’s about the same.
We don’t have any sort of sq or power rack here so I just walk it out of the top position of the fixed bar rack. Some runners (maybe, I don’t know, they all look like emaciated runners here) decided to have a go at squatting. Two of them out lift the bar off the rack, walk it forward and place it on the lifters back. The lifter would then proceed to do 1/10 squats. Not even 1/4. Just a little knee bend and then back up. It’s like something didn’t translate in the partial squatters joke and they think this is just how it goes. I must look like a fool in my oly shoes bottoming out on them…
I tried to get a video but someone stepped in the way and I couldn’t figure out a way to stealthily move around with my phone to get a good shot. Maybe next week.
[quote]rehanb_bl wrote:
One of the exercises I was doing as part of my workout were truckdrivers, within 5 mins of me doing them every asshole in the gym was doing them. One “muay thai” fighter doubled my weight and did it with the worst form ever and the range of motion that made it the equivalent of humping the bar sideways.[/quote]
What are truckdrivers?[/quote]
I gave up 45 seconds of my life trying to google them to no avail, so I’d like to know too…
saw 2 guys in the gym trying to bench 365, thse are the same guys who do 405 squats for 1/8th reps then lie down in the squat rack for 10 mins with their legs in the air.
The bench was funny as one guy was benching the other was dead lifting/barbel rowing the weight off his chest, so much so the spotters legs were shaking and his face was red.
Damn i wish i was as strong as those guys…
The proceed to walk around the gym with imaginary lat syndrome (also known as carpet smuggling) chest puffed up with their weigh belts on…
[quote]Marzouk wrote:
The proceed to walk around the gym with imaginary lat syndrome (also known as carpet smuggling) chest puffed up with their weigh belts on…
FML[/quote]
Lol this happened today when I was home at the local gym. I was doing squats and theres this tiny high school douche rompin around arms out high fivein his friends and doing curls. He made me lol a few times.
he was decline crunching, and at the top of every 4-6th rep shadow boxing for a bit.
I finished up squats and started doing GMs w/ 2 plates (weight relevant) in the power rack (next to the smith machine). This guy, charges over displaying his massive imaginary lats and SLAMS two plates on either side of the smith machine. Pussy pad on. Does some retarted 10 second random dynamic stretching shit. Working Set. Proceeds to do half squats (I had to keep reminding hes only in high school maybe he will learn.)
And after all this I realized when unloading the bar, that my gym had the power rack installed too close to the wall to put 45s on the bottom spot. WTF, I couldn’t stop laughing at that.
[quote]rehanb_bl wrote:
One of the exercises I was doing as part of my workout were truckdrivers, within 5 mins of me doing them every asshole in the gym was doing them. One “muay thai” fighter doubled my weight and did it with the worst form ever and the range of motion that made it the equivalent of humping the bar sideways.[/quote]
What are truckdrivers?[/quote]
it’s where you load a plate on one end and put the other end in a corner then hold the loaded end by your side and explosively(or slower and under control depending on your goals) arc it over your head to the other side. You might know it by some other name
[quote]rehanb_bl wrote:
One of the exercises I was doing as part of my workout were truckdrivers, within 5 mins of me doing them every asshole in the gym was doing them. One “muay thai” fighter doubled my weight and did it with the worst form ever and the range of motion that made it the equivalent of humping the bar sideways.[/quote]
What are truckdrivers?[/quote]
it’s where you load a plate on one end and put the other end in a corner then hold the loaded end by your side and explosively(or slower and under control depending on your goals) arc it over your head to the other side. You might know it by some other name[/quote]
My shitty college weightroom doesn’t have bumper plates, but i don’t give a fuck. I was snatching the other day with the iron plates (i think the iron plates are from when the college was founded in 1867), got the weight up, held it, and dropped that shit. Cracked a 45. The place was empty so i put the cracked plate over in the “corner of forgotten workout equipment” and paced out of the weightroom rather quickly. Whatever, fuck this place, I’m transferring anyway.
Yesterday I returned to the BYU gym after a few weeks off (due to mono), and these kids were doing incline db presses with 80lbs, and the whole exercise took place over maybe 3 inches ROM, and the one spotting always had his hands on the others elbow.
Also, the kids doing 315 quarter squats.
And the kid who chatted me up after benching and thanked me for not screaming like “Patrick” does. I have no clue who patrick is.
I was doing cross over curls today, and on my first working set, my left arm felt a lot weaker than my right arm. After finishing the set and being perplexed, I realized I was using a heavier DB in my left arm than right. I felt retarded.
[quote]ukrainian wrote:
I was doing cross over curls today, and on my first working set, my left arm felt a lot weaker than my right arm. After finishing the set and being perplexed, I realized I was using a heavier DB in my left arm than right. I felt retarded.[/quote]
i did that with incline db press
i noticed but still felt the need to finish my set for some reason
[quote]ukrainian wrote:
I was doing cross over curls today, and on my first working set, my left arm felt a lot weaker than my right arm. After finishing the set and being perplexed, I realized I was using a heavier DB in my left arm than right. I felt retarded.[/quote]
i did that with incline db press
i noticed but still felt the need to finish my set for some reason[/quote]
I considered using the heavier one on my right hand for the next set just to make it seem like I did it on purpose.
[quote]ukrainian wrote:
I was doing cross over curls today, and on my first working set, my left arm felt a lot weaker than my right arm. After finishing the set and being perplexed, I realized I was using a heavier DB in my left arm than right. I felt retarded.[/quote]
i did that with incline db press
i noticed but still felt the need to finish my set for some reason[/quote]
I considered using the heavier one on my right hand for the next set just to make it seem like I did it on purpose. [/quote]
if you had OCD like me you would have used the heavier one in the right arm, not to make it look intentional, but to make sure everything was even!!! lol
[quote]ukrainian wrote:
I was doing cross over curls today, and on my first working set, my left arm felt a lot weaker than my right arm. After finishing the set and being perplexed, I realized I was using a heavier DB in my left arm than right. I felt retarded.[/quote]
i did that with incline db press
i noticed but still felt the need to finish my set for some reason[/quote]
I considered using the heavier one on my right hand for the next set just to make it seem like I did it on purpose. [/quote]
if you had OCD like me you would have used the heavier one in the right arm, not to make it look intentional, but to make sure everything was even!!! lol [/quote]
This was also going through my head. It was a hard urge to resist.
But on the bright side, today I saw some young guy perform a clean, deep squat (its the first time I’ve seen it at my gym) and some 40ish woman was pulling 215 with perfect form.
So I’m just finishing warming up on deadlifts, chalks out for the last set. This trainer I’ve never talked to walks up and says “Chalk huh? do you find that helps your lifts?” I’m thinking ok whatever hes just never really lifted, and I give him the speil about grip and whatnot. He then proceeds to look my bar over, and give it one of those dickhead “I guess thats some weight” looks and BENDS OVER AND PICKS IT UP. No warmups, nothing. Full back rounding and no leg drive he hauls this weight to almost lockout and then puts it down. The whole time making annoying fucking faces that say “I guess its a little heavy”.
At this point I’m staring in disbelief and he continues to inform me that I should keep my neck neutral blahblahblah while deadlifting the whole time I’m thinking Why the fuck would I take advice from a guy that just did THAT.
I mumbled “ok whatever” and he looked at me like I was retarded and the chick he was training was looking at me the same.
I faltered and didn’t say anything back, but fuck I was pissed. I knew I should have said something like 10 seconds later but I choked when it mattered. Maybe next time.
He then proceeded to get this chick to do 5000 different should variations with a ball and resistance bands. You know, for stability