Squat Rack Curls 2011

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DISCLAIMER: nothing terribly crazy/entertaining here, so you probably shoudln’t waste your time reading this…

I step into my relatively busy gym and put 35’s on a bar at shoulder height on the squat rack for my warm up set of push-press’s. I then go over to the cable machine to do my inside/outside shoulder rotations (only takes about a minute or two, so I know I wasn’t being too inconsiderate by leaving the bar with 35’s on it unused).

I finish my rotations, and as I start to head to the squat rack, I see your average college broski taking the bar (with 35’s) down and racking it on the permanently placed hip-height pegs (probably liked the look of the bar with 35’s on it, 115 is the perfect weight for the broski shrugs). I get within talking range and say

“hey man I was just about to start using that”

he says “oh, my bad”

So he begins to try to put the bar back up at shoulder height. I grin as I know I am about to watch this twinkie struggle to get the bar back up. Of all the techniques he could’ve used he went with the power-curl/assist-with-one knee/crooked method, I was thouroughly entertained, it was all i hoped it would be.

After a few sets of PP’s, I’m walking back from the fountain and I see this indian chick fidgeting with my bar/plates/collar. I’m closing in and getting ready to “inform” her about gym etiquette and how you don’t fucking touch bars/plates when someone else was using it like 28 seconds ago. I get there and shes is putting the collar back on, my plates are still intact (so WTF was she doing/planning on doing?). She was struggling to get the clamp back on with all her might, so I said “I got it”.

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[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:

[quote]byukid wrote:
today

squatting 405, on second rep nearly got stuck in the hole, but I got it out. power cage is right next to the cardio machines, and in fact is in front of the last ones on the row.

as i unrack the weights, a cardio bunny asks, “How do you lift all of that weight? doesn’t it hurt?” I look at her and say, “are you intimidated?” as I unwrap my knees and toss the wraps in my gym bag. she got this really confused look on her face, and i walked away.
[/quote]

You failed on that one.
That was legit question.
“Are you intimidated?”
Seriously?[/quote]

+1 That was impolite. When people at the gym ask me stuff like that I rather enjoy engaging in conversation. Would, “I work really hard to keep my technique solid so that I can avoid injury and train to get stronger,” have been such a terrible thing to say? Maybe she’s got a kid who’s about to start football and is interested in weigh lifting?

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This morning two kids about 15 came in and were doing something in the squat rack next to mine that they may have referred to as squats. In between their sets I asked them if they would like to learn how to squat properly. They looked confused for a second, but then responded very positively to the offer. Then I gave each of them a dumbbell to practice the technique with goblet squatting, then got them under the empty bar to show them how to place the bar (without the tampon pad thingy), hands, and arch. Then they did excellent, full range, olympic squats. Good times!

Then they took all the weight off and did curls. I told them now that they’re men who know how to squat properly, they couldn’t do SRC. 10 years from now I hope these two skinny 15 y/o’s are big, strong, and teaching skinny kids who don’t know what they’re doing how to squat.

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[quote]JLD2k3 wrote:

[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:

[quote]byukid wrote:
today

squatting 405, on second rep nearly got stuck in the hole, but I got it out. power cage is right next to the cardio machines, and in fact is in front of the last ones on the row.

as i unrack the weights, a cardio bunny asks, “How do you lift all of that weight? doesn’t it hurt?” I look at her and say, “are you intimidated?” as I unwrap my knees and toss the wraps in my gym bag. she got this really confused look on her face, and i walked away.
[/quote]

You failed on that one.
That was legit question.
“Are you intimidated?”
Seriously?[/quote]

+1 That was impolite. When people at the gym ask me stuff like that I rather enjoy engaging in conversation. Would, “I work really hard to keep my technique solid so that I can avoid injury and train to get stronger,” have been such a terrible thing to say? Maybe she’s got a kid who’s about to start football and is interested in weigh lifting? [/quote]

Too bad your reply was wasted on a phony!!!

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Everytime I go to the gym I see this dude that plays airguitar, farts while he deadlifts, and picks his nose between sets.

I workout in my garage

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Yesterday amongst the myriad of entertaining things there were to see, there was a guy (middle eastern looking, about 5’5" and 300+ pounds) who walked around sat on every machine there was for about 3-5 minutes. It was like he was shopping at a furniture store.

After he had completed his comfort check of all the machines he moves over the matt area where starts doing ridiculous stretches for extended periods, i.e. he would lay on his back his one leg curled up and slightly to the side with his ginormous gut hanging out along with his package and then just stay like that for the longest time (i swear i heard him snoring at some point).

The funniest part was when he got to the pull-up/dip/chin-up station, he would hold onto each grip for about 30 seconds without actually lifting of the ground or doing anything then go to the next station.

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[quote]rehanb_bl wrote:
Yesterday amongst the myriad of entertaining things there were to see, there was a guy (middle eastern looking, about 5’5" and 300+ pounds) who walked around sat on every machine there was for about 3-5 minutes. It was like he was shopping at a furniture store.

After he had completed his comfort check of all the machines he moves over the matt area where starts doing ridiculous stretches for extended periods, i.e. he would lay on his back his one leg curled up and slightly to the side with his ginormous gut hanging out along with his package and then just stay like that for the longest time (i swear i heard him snoring at some point).

The funniest part was when he got to the pull-up/dip/chin-up station, he would hold onto each grip for about 30 seconds without actually lifting of the ground or doing anything then go to the next station.[/quote]

The middle-eastern/Indians are the ones that crack me up the most. I saw one yesterday doing some sort of 1-arm cable crossover thing. I have no idea what was trying to do…

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[quote]9500 RPM wrote:
Went to the gym earlier and there’s this fuckin blue dude dead lifting 10 plates. I had no idea smurfs could lift, so it totally took me by surprise.[/quote]

Fucking A

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[quote]rehanb_bl wrote:
Yesterday amongst the myriad of entertaining things there were to see, there was a guy (middle eastern looking, about 5’5" and 300+ pounds) who walked around sat on every machine there was for about 3-5 minutes. It was like he was shopping at a furniture store.

After he had completed his comfort check of all the machines he moves over the matt area where starts doing ridiculous stretches for extended periods, i.e. he would lay on his back his one leg curled up and slightly to the side with his ginormous gut hanging out along with his package and then just stay like that for the longest time (i swear i heard him snoring at some point).

The funniest part was when he got to the pull-up/dip/chin-up station, he would hold onto each grip for about 30 seconds without actually lifting of the ground or doing anything then go to the next station.[/quote]

lol.

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[quote]critietaeta wrote:

[quote]JLD2k3 wrote:

[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:

[quote]byukid wrote:
today

squatting 405, on second rep nearly got stuck in the hole, but I got it out. power cage is right next to the cardio machines, and in fact is in front of the last ones on the row.

as i unrack the weights, a cardio bunny asks, “How do you lift all of that weight? doesn’t it hurt?” I look at her and say, “are you intimidated?” as I unwrap my knees and toss the wraps in my gym bag. she got this really confused look on her face, and i walked away.
[/quote]

You failed on that one.
That was legit question.
“Are you intimidated?”
Seriously?[/quote]

+1 That was impolite. When people at the gym ask me stuff like that I rather enjoy engaging in conversation. Would, “I work really hard to keep my technique solid so that I can avoid injury and train to get stronger,” have been such a terrible thing to say? Maybe she’s got a kid who’s about to start football and is interested in weigh lifting? [/quote]

Too bad your reply was wasted on a phony!!![/quote]

I know, right! Isn’t there an honor code at BYU? Come on, MAN :slight_smile:

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[quote]JLD2k3 wrote:

[quote]critietaeta wrote:

[quote]JLD2k3 wrote:

[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:

[quote]byukid wrote:
today

squatting 405, on second rep nearly got stuck in the hole, but I got it out. power cage is right next to the cardio machines, and in fact is in front of the last ones on the row.

as i unrack the weights, a cardio bunny asks, “How do you lift all of that weight? doesn’t it hurt?” I look at her and say, “are you intimidated?” as I unwrap my knees and toss the wraps in my gym bag. she got this really confused look on her face, and i walked away.
[/quote]

You failed on that one.
That was legit question.
“Are you intimidated?”
Seriously?[/quote]

+1 That was impolite. When people at the gym ask me stuff like that I rather enjoy engaging in conversation. Would, “I work really hard to keep my technique solid so that I can avoid injury and train to get stronger,” have been such a terrible thing to say? Maybe she’s got a kid who’s about to start football and is interested in weigh lifting? [/quote]

Too bad your reply was wasted on a phony!!![/quote]

I know, right! Isn’t there an honor code at BYU? Come on, MAN :)[/quote]

There is. But it doesn’t apply in the weight room.

I did squat 405x2. Which was fun. I almost passed out coming up on the second rep- not as fun.

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[quote]byukid wrote:

[quote]JLD2k3 wrote:

[quote]critietaeta wrote:

[quote]JLD2k3 wrote:

[quote]legendaryblaze wrote:

[quote]byukid wrote:
today

squatting 405, on second rep nearly got stuck in the hole, but I got it out. power cage is right next to the cardio machines, and in fact is in front of the last ones on the row.

as i unrack the weights, a cardio bunny asks, “How do you lift all of that weight? doesn’t it hurt?” I look at her and say, “are you intimidated?” as I unwrap my knees and toss the wraps in my gym bag. she got this really confused look on her face, and i walked away.
[/quote]

You failed on that one.
That was legit question.
“Are you intimidated?”
Seriously?[/quote]

+1 That was impolite. When people at the gym ask me stuff like that I rather enjoy engaging in conversation. Would, “I work really hard to keep my technique solid so that I can avoid injury and train to get stronger,” have been such a terrible thing to say? Maybe she’s got a kid who’s about to start football and is interested in weigh lifting? [/quote]

Too bad your reply was wasted on a phony!!![/quote]

I know, right! Isn’t there an honor code at BYU? Come on, MAN :)[/quote]

There is. But it doesn’t apply in the weight room.

I did squat 405x2. Which was fun. I almost passed out coming up on the second rep- not as fun.[/quote]

I need to come work out with you. I went for 405x2 today, but missed the second rep. First was cake and I was confident for #2, but I lost my arch and didn’t get out of the hole.

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Do you use knee wraps? I’m going back and forth on them- i didn’t use a belt though, I think if I had I might have had an easier time on the second rep.

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also, if you were a BYU student in utah, I’d love to work out with you. the uni gym isn’t too bad, equipment wise.

Oh, a slightly SRC moment. I was looking for bumper plates, and realized someone had been using them on the leg press. I couldn’t believe it.

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Well, it’s been a while since college, and I’m in VA. I do have a BYU t-shirt somewhere. I traded t-shirts with all of our OOC opponents. We had a home and home with BYU in the late 90’s. We won in Provo, then we had you for the opener in our remodeled stadium. Looked good going into halftime with a 21-0 lead, but you guys beat us 35-21. Oops.

If SRC could apply to people in charge of purchasing, I’ve been after the guy at my gym to get bumper plates for over a year now. He’s bought over $500k worth of new equipment for three locations, but no bumper plates.

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Today I told off a guy who was standing on the 25kg bumper plates doing curls. I explained to him in no uncertain terms that first: he doesn’t need to stand on them for any reason whatsoever, and second: get off the freaking bumper plate. I keep finding bumper plates in the leg press, hack squats, etc. I move them all to my corner (Yes, I consider it my corner, because no one else uses it) for safe keeping.

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There are 2 quarter rep guys in my gym who lift together. No idea what they are trying to accomplish but everything they do is 1/4 reps…everything even assistance movements. I have talked to them and they seem like good dudes I just don’t know what their thought process is.

I curl in the squat rack once a week waiting for some douche to say something to me but no one ever does…

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i must admit that if i get a squat pr, i will curl in the squat rack because i have made it my bitch.

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[quote]byukid wrote:
Do you use knee wraps? I’m going back and forth on them- i didn’t use a belt though, I think if I had I might have had an easier time on the second rep.[/quote]

No, just a belt

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Saw some dude doing curls in a power cage last night.
He looked pretty solid + covered in chalk lol so I suppose it’s ok, although the funny part was he would literally rock the cage before every set by sliding the bar into the rack frame a few times, I guess it’s his routine for getting psyched.