Is there a point in doing tricep pushdowns alternating with the triceps rope, triceps pushdown bar, and the w-shaped curl bar? I ask because there were these 3 high school freshmen doing this.
[quote]sufiandy wrote:
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
[quote]rehanb_bl wrote:
so, the only squat rack at the gym is occupied by a skinny kid doing WRIST CURLS with the bar[/quote]
Why do skinny people LOVE wrist curls? Canāt their time be better spent doing something else. Every single college kid at my gym does them.
The girls track team at my college trains the same time as me. I swear to god, one of the skinny female runners was doing wrist curls. I know it wasnāt her idea because she was following a sheet given to her by the team trainer.
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Skinny people have skinny forearms so they need to work them out extra hard![/quote]
Thatās what masturbation is for.
[quote]calebsmitty wrote:
I have seen it all when a genious kids at my gym take an extra bar to the squat rack to use to curl as opposed to removing the massive 45 lb plates and heaving the bar down from itās mountainous perch. They then leave the extra bar in the rack.
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maybe they arenāt strong enough to unload the weight or maybe they donāt feel confident about unloading the weight when it is that high off the ground.
i think the real dick in that situation is the one who didnāt put away their toys.
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
[quote]JaseHxC wrote:
#1 Ed Hardy wearing 40 year old doing tricep pushdowns on the Gravitron (assisted dip/pull up machine)
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skip to 4:11. Try it one day. Itās good stuff.[/quote]
I will admit that way looks killer, however the way this guy had it set up was like this: he set up a flat bench to sit down on, and then with his back to the seating bad, he was pressing down. Iām not a genius when it comes to anatomy, but wouldnāt the shoulder be put in a very horrible position having to bend backwards like that?
why didnāt you ask him āhey bro, doesnāt that hurt you shoulder? not sure mine could do thatā. maybe he has some explanation. i mean, donāt get me wrong, maybe not. but maybe so. that way either he or you might get to learn something that could be helpful at some point.
Yesterday at my work gym I was doing my olympic lift day (Which I have a love hate relationship with) so 3rd set of snatches and I have all the weights Iāll need lined up next to me. So a new guy who weighs around 140lbs with a severe case of imaginary lats syndrome is looking at the plates but with me having my headphones on he decided not to ask. during my set he sneaks on me and grabs a 45lb plate, and I promise I didnāt see him but the bar comes up luckily catching the plate and hitting him in the chin causing only 4 stiches and he was knocked out. Why would someone move into the range of motion of a 200lb bar expolding upwards beats meā¦
[quote]egyptianBulk wrote:
Yesterday at my work gym I was doing my olympic lift day (Which I have a love hate relationship with) so 3rd set of snatches and I have all the weights Iāll need lined up next to me. So a new guy who weighs around 140lbs with a severe case of imaginary lats syndrome is looking at the plates but with me having my headphones on he decided not to ask. during my set he sneaks on me and grabs a 45lb plate, and I promise I didnāt see him but the bar comes up luckily catching the plate and hitting him in the chin causing only 4 stiches and he was knocked out. Why would someone move into the range of motion of a 200lb bar expolding upwards beats meā¦[/quote]
Natural selection?
[quote]egyptianBulk wrote:
Yesterday at my work gym I was doing my olympic lift day (Which I have a love hate relationship with) so 3rd set of snatches and I have all the weights Iāll need lined up next to me. So a new guy who weighs around 140lbs with a severe case of imaginary lats syndrome is looking at the plates but with me having my headphones on he decided not to ask. during my set he sneaks on me and grabs a 45lb plate, and I promise I didnāt see him but the bar comes up luckily catching the plate and hitting him in the chin causing only 4 stiches and he was knocked out. Why would someone move into the range of motion of a 200lb bar expolding upwards beats meā¦[/quote]
good on you, he
a) learned his lesson
b) is too stupid and you just helped him along towards his fate
Iāve seen this before as well, itās astonishing.
Me and my brother go to the Y when we canāt workout at our prime location. The one time after surgery I was scrutinizing my brotherās form to help him improve his snatch, he had about 155 lbs on. Mind you, itās only me and him and about 3 other guys in the weights area which is a solid 40 by 100 feet at LEAST. As he is doing his set of snatches a kid had picked up the dumbbells walked about 30 feet to do dumbbell curls pretty much ON TOP of my brother. My brother had to stop and I loudly remarked something about ādo people really need to buttfuck someone whilst doing curls?ā, so kid goes on to do about 10 more curls and then just leaves. Great workout walk in to the gym curl 25 pounds 10 times on top of someone then goes home?
Funniest shit ever.
Guy walks into the gym sets up 10 lb each side on the flat benchā¦
Then puts onā¦ RIGGER GLOVES lol wtf?
I didnāt know what to doā¦ but actually laugh out loud.
[quote]alexus wrote:
[quote]yoitspmart wrote:
Woah Woah good thing you clamp those 2.5 pounders on so they dont fly off mid rep and crush the skinny kid doing wrist curls in the squat rack next to you [/quote]
If I clamped the weights to prevent them flying off and crushing people then that would indeed seem pretty stupid.
Why assume that people are stupid, though?
I clamp them because I explode up as much as possible and they donāt clunk as much / wiggle around on the bar as much with the clamps on. Also, the clamps weigh something (negligable as it might seem to you) and I psychologically profit from doing squats with precisely the set up Iām going to be using when Iām doing cleans or snatches since the only reason I squat is to help me stand up cleans and snatches.
But why the hell should I have to justify my training practices to you?
If you are curious about why someone is doing something you can always ask. If it is any of your business. You might just learn something.
I just donāt get why people are so quick to assume that they are so much smarter than others. Not just you, of course. Guess Iām just having trouble with this thread. Nothing that hasnāt been said before about it, I guess.
That is what I get for venturing away from training logs. Sigh.
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Hereās why you shouldnāt curl in the squat rack. Thereās 50 places (preacher, dumb bells, barbells etc.) where you can do curls. Thereās usually only 1 or 2 squat racks within any given facility. Youāre taking up space. Itās like taking up 2 parking spots or wearing an over sized hat in a movie theater.
Itās not a matter of being smarter itās just good etiquette. Go back to your training log and let the adults have their conversation. Sigh.
[quote]sam_sneed wrote:
[quote]JaseHxC wrote:
#1 Ed Hardy wearing 40 year old doing tricep pushdowns on the Gravitron (assisted dip/pull up machine)
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skip to 4:11. Try it one day. Itās good stuff.[/quote]
Iām intriguedā¦ finally some use for that thing
Enjoy
Yesterday, a guy was doing cable crossovers on this machine: http://fitnessdepotaz.com/images/Free-motion.gif
Nothing wrong with that. I do the same thing. However, he was doing this while standing on a dumbbell. Yes, he put a dumbbell on its side and stood on it with both feet while performing the exercise. I was quite confused.
Just saw a guy curling in the squat rack, while wearing and using straps - WTF? Especially considering it was like 55 or 60lbs total with an Oly bar.
Hereās why you shouldnāt curl in the squat rack. Thereās 50 places (preacher, dumb bells, barbells etc.) where you can do curls. Thereās usually only 1 or 2 squat racks within any given facility. Youāre taking up space. Itās like taking up 2 parking spots or wearing an over sized hat in a movie theater.
It is like when people use the only Oly Platform when they arenāt dropping weights.
I donāt actually see why it matters if people do either of these so long as when you tell them politely that you need the equipment between their sets (for its intended purpose) they move along and / or work in in a way that isnāt disruptive.
There are a bunch of reasons people have given me for preferring to curl in the racks / lift on the platform (even though they move along happily enough when someone wants to use it). Most often it is about having a bit of space with a mirror and not being crowded by others. That makes sense to me, anyway. Why not wear a big hat in the movie theatre so long as you take it off if you are disrupting others?
Go back to your training log and let the adults have their conversation. Sigh.
Was there really any need for that? Firstly, Iām most probably older than you. Secondly, do you really need to belittle others to make yourself feel big - because that is what those kinds of comments make you look like.
Iām actually glad to learn that Iām not the only one who is unnecessarily crowded in the gym. I thought it might be because I was female or because I do a lot of technique work (e.g., snatching the bar). Interesting to hear that the gender and weight doesnāt seem to matter and people seem just as keen to be hit with enough weight to knock them out as they are to be hit with the bar. I wonāt take the crowding personally anymore.
And it is back to training logs I goā¦
At least people are focused on improving themselves there (childish, I know)
I plan on squatting and curling in the bench rack, since thereās no squat rack in my gym.
[quote]egyptianBulk wrote:
Yesterday at my work gym I was doing my olympic lift day (Which I have a love hate relationship with) so 3rd set of snatches and I have all the weights Iāll need lined up next to me. So a new guy who weighs around 140lbs with a severe case of imaginary lats syndrome is looking at the plates but with me having my headphones on he decided not to ask. during my set he sneaks on me and grabs a 45lb plate, and I promise I didnāt see him but the bar comes up luckily catching the plate and hitting him in the chin causing only 4 stiches and he was knocked out. Why would someone move into the range of motion of a 200lb bar expolding upwards beats meā¦[/quote]
Wow. that sucks man. How did the gym take it? Iām seriously afraid this will happen at my gym and [b]Iāll[/b] get kicked out. I canāt count the number of times Iāve stopped what Iām doing to tell someone āthis area is dangerous.ā I guess thatās what I get for using a commercial gym.
[quote]alexus wrote:
stuff [/quote]
Alexus, are you new to T-Nation or to lifting in general? This is the thread where lifters go to vent about stupid shit that happens in the gym. SRC is kind of a metaphor. Use the logs for serious things, come to Get a Life for a laugh. Sometimes they mix, but this thread is about laughing and venting. If you donāt understand how using the only squat rack in the gym is annoying, my guess is you either have been very lucky with your training or you are very new. Youāll probably notice that when people āinappropriatelyā complain about others on this thread, theyāll get made fun. Kinda forum self-moderation.
The pic above is to try to save my post from being too serious, likeā¦
People who do concentration curls on the end of a bench pressā¦
[quote]Stan Darsh wrote:
Enjoy[/quote]
GOD I see this WAY too often