Squat Rack Curls 3.0

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This thread is gold. Spent all morning getting caught up on it.

Here is my contribution. My g/f came with me to the gym the other day to videotape a Squat PR attempt and I was resting, she was able to catch some awesome bicept curlz & cell phone coverage:

[video]1709[/video]

The douche in the background was honestly on his cell phone pacing back and forth for over half an hour. He also wears one of those gay ass Nike weightlifting belts, but he never takes it off, so obviously he doesn’t wear it tight enough for it to even make a difference. Not like you need a belt to talk on the phone anyway.

Curl man always curls. At least 3x a week. I love how he kisses the gunz!!!

She’s got another video of a guy fucking the bar doing seated rows which is awesome. I’ll be sure to post that one once she gets it uploaded.

Enjoy

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This guy pulls up on a motorcycle while I was using the squat rack and another regular was using the smith machine next to me. The guy outside gets off his bike and lights up a cigarette so the regular turns to me between sets and laughs a little, nothing like having a smoke before hitting the gym. I laugh a bit and retort, ah don’t worry he’s probably gonna get a great treadmill workout in.

So I finish what I’m doing and then walk to the water fountain and sure enough right next to the fountain on the machine closest to them (Elliptical actually, I guess Mr. Smokes didn’t want to injure his knee) was truckin’ along.

This is where the story should end but no as I’m refilling my water bottle the cunt spits on the floor next to the elliptical.

I went and told one of the employees but apparently not one with enough balls to confront the guy cause he didn’t do jack shit.

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There are a few ways to work the upper traps: deadlifts, barbell shurgs, dumbbell shrugs, etc. Or, you can do as I saw in my gym today: Stand on the seat of a Lifefitness seated shoulder press machine, then lift the handles and do a shrug.

I have no idea why this man thought that was the best way to do shrugs. The gym was fairly empty-- and so there were lots of bb and dbs available. Even the cable machine was available.

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[quote]tmartinez wrote:
There are a few ways to work the upper traps: deadlifts, barbell shurgs, dumbbell shrugs, etc. Or, you can do as I saw in my gym today: Stand on the seat of a Lifefitness seated shoulder press machine, then lift the handles and do a shrug.

I have no idea why this man thought that was the best way to do shrugs. The gym was fairly empty-- and so there were lots of bb and dbs available. Even the cable machine was available. [/quote]

Everyone does the same in my gym with the HS bench press… it’s irritating.

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[quote]WP wrote:

[quote]tmartinez wrote:
There are a few ways to work the upper traps: deadlifts, barbell shurgs, dumbbell shrugs, etc. Or, you can do as I saw in my gym today: Stand on the seat of a Lifefitness seated shoulder press machine, then lift the handles and do a shrug.

I have no idea why this man thought that was the best way to do shrugs. The gym was fairly empty-- and so there were lots of bb and dbs available. Even the cable machine was available. [/quote]

Everyone does the same in my gym with the HS bench press… it’s irritating.[/quote]

Ya but have you ever seen anyone use the oldschool calf-raise device with the yourself standing in it and the pads resting on your shoulders to do squats… And I mean 1/8 squats if that.

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[video]1719[/video]

ahhh yeah

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[quote]A_Lemay wrote:

[quote]WP wrote:

[quote]tmartinez wrote:
There are a few ways to work the upper traps: deadlifts, barbell shurgs, dumbbell shrugs, etc. Or, you can do as I saw in my gym today: Stand on the seat of a Lifefitness seated shoulder press machine, then lift the handles and do a shrug.

I have no idea why this man thought that was the best way to do shrugs. The gym was fairly empty-- and so there were lots of bb and dbs available. Even the cable machine was available. [/quote]

Everyone does the same in my gym with the HS bench press… it’s irritating.[/quote]

Ya but have you ever seen anyone use the oldschool calf-raise device with the yourself standing in it and the pads resting on your shoulders to do squats… And I mean 1/8 squats if that.[/quote]

Hmm i don’t see anything wrong with doing shrugs that way. Imo, it’s just another tool to use to hit the traps.

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[quote]wigsa wrote:

[quote]erik-the-red wrote:
I’m not sure if my story is exactly in line with the others, but I’ve got to get it off my chest.

I was deadlifting a few months back and my shins started bleeding from scraping against the bar. I lift in a university gym, so as a matter of facility respect, I had planned on cleaning up my own mess after I was done with my sets. I had just finished a set and was taking a breather a few steps back from the bar when a guy comes up to me, removes his earbuds, and says, “What are you doing? You’re getting blood all over the bar!”

Initially, I thought the guy was hardcore and was complimenting my “hardcoreness.” Oh, no. He then began to bark orders at me as if he were a drill sergeant and I was a grunt: “You better clean that up right now, 'cuz I don’t wanna be touching your shit when I use that bar.”

Lest I be misunderstood, I’m not a child who won’t be talked to. I take orders from my parents, my bosses, my professors, and cops. I also do whatever facility staff tell me to do, even if their rules are stupid. I do not, however, take shit from guys who are in none of the aforementioned categories, so I did the only thing one can do to bring a guy like him down from his imagined pedestal: out-alpha the “alpha.”

I said, “Alright, why don’t you do me a favor and get me an alcohol wipe?” He gave me a WTF look and said, “Hell no I ain’t gonna get you a damn wipe. You can get your own.” I replied, “Alright then, well, thank you for your concern.” That did the job for me, because he became much less sure of himself afterward:

“What?! Look, you’re getting blood all over the barbell!”
“I’ll take care of it then, won’t I?”

By this point, he’s lost all his confidence. He’s even looking at his partner now for support, but his partner doesn’t say anything. The guy leaves, muttering “This is ridiculous” under his breath. Now, I’m not a guy who likes to feud with other guys. After I was done with my workout, I went up to him and spoke to him about it, telling him that I was going to take care of my mess anyway. This time, he didn’t show any aggression. In fact, he was quite amicable. We’re definitely not friends, but there’s no bad blood between us.

For reference, I’m about 5’9" and 155 pounds whereas that guy was clearly 6’0" or taller as well as thirty or more pounds heavier than me. [/quote]

Are you fucking serious??If I was waiting for you to finish using a barbell and I saw you were getting blood all over it and just carrying on,I would have flipped out.You could have HIV,Hepatitis,even fucking Malaria for all I know,and you’re just letting blood get all over the bar where I’m going to deadlift.Now chances are if someone’s waiting to do deadlifts or olympic lifts on a platform,they’ve got calluses,meaning if there’s blood in the area,there’s a good fucking chance it’s gonna get inside your bloodstream.

That wasn’t being alpha,that was being completely ignorant,unhygienic and reckless.

For the record,I don’t imagine for a minute that you have any blood diseases,but in fairness,how is a stranger supposed to know that??[/quote]

A good dead draws blood…

just does.

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[quote]Null wrote:

[quote]wigsa wrote:

[quote]erik-the-red wrote:
I’m not sure if my story is exactly in line with the others, but I’ve got to get it off my chest.

I was deadlifting a few months back and my shins started bleeding from scraping against the bar. I lift in a university gym, so as a matter of facility respect, I had planned on cleaning up my own mess after I was done with my sets. I had just finished a set and was taking a breather a few steps back from the bar when a guy comes up to me, removes his earbuds, and says, “What are you doing? You’re getting blood all over the bar!”

Initially, I thought the guy was hardcore and was complimenting my “hardcoreness.” Oh, no. He then began to bark orders at me as if he were a drill sergeant and I was a grunt: “You better clean that up right now, 'cuz I don’t wanna be touching your shit when I use that bar.”

Lest I be misunderstood, I’m not a child who won’t be talked to. I take orders from my parents, my bosses, my professors, and cops. I also do whatever facility staff tell me to do, even if their rules are stupid. I do not, however, take shit from guys who are in none of the aforementioned categories, so I did the only thing one can do to bring a guy like him down from his imagined pedestal: out-alpha the “alpha.”

I said, “Alright, why don’t you do me a favor and get me an alcohol wipe?” He gave me a WTF look and said, “Hell no I ain’t gonna get you a damn wipe. You can get your own.” I replied, “Alright then, well, thank you for your concern.” That did the job for me, because he became much less sure of himself afterward:

“What?! Look, you’re getting blood all over the barbell!”
“I’ll take care of it then, won’t I?”

By this point, he’s lost all his confidence. He’s even looking at his partner now for support, but his partner doesn’t say anything. The guy leaves, muttering “This is ridiculous” under his breath. Now, I’m not a guy who likes to feud with other guys. After I was done with my workout, I went up to him and spoke to him about it, telling him that I was going to take care of my mess anyway. This time, he didn’t show any aggression. In fact, he was quite amicable. We’re definitely not friends, but there’s no bad blood between us.

For reference, I’m about 5’9" and 155 pounds whereas that guy was clearly 6’0" or taller as well as thirty or more pounds heavier than me. [/quote]

Are you fucking serious??If I was waiting for you to finish using a barbell and I saw you were getting blood all over it and just carrying on,I would have flipped out.You could have HIV,Hepatitis,even fucking Malaria for all I know,and you’re just letting blood get all over the bar where I’m going to deadlift.Now chances are if someone’s waiting to do deadlifts or olympic lifts on a platform,they’ve got calluses,meaning if there’s blood in the area,there’s a good fucking chance it’s gonna get inside your bloodstream.

That wasn’t being alpha,that was being completely ignorant,unhygienic and reckless.

For the record,I don’t imagine for a minute that you have any blood diseases,but in fairness,how is a stranger supposed to know that??[/quote]

A good dead draws blood…

just does.
[/quote]

If it does draw blood and this happens to you frequently, then wear knee socks and keep some alcohol wipes with you. Sorry but in a commercial gym setting, you should be cleaning up as you go rather than leaving a bloody mess all over the place.

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[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:

Enjoy[/quote]
i could not stop laughing at this! i love how it was edited. this is the type of video we need in this thread!

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There are these two semi-decent sized guys (I think they are brothers) about 35ish that are always up at my gym. They are very obnoxious (grunting while performing 1/4 reps, throwing weights, socializing in front of the dumbell rack). Today I watched the stronger of the two pick up the 60’s for lateral raises. I watched as he got the weights halfway up on each rep while using TONS of body english.

His brother steps up picking up the same weight, as he always does (remember that he is smaller and weaker) and proceeds to bang out 1/8 reps (conservatively) while his partner says “good job man! keep it up!” after every other “rep”.

About a week before that I watched the stronger one dumbell incline with the 125’s. He had a spotter on each hand helping him significantly on EACH rep not even going down to 90 degrees. When he finishes his set (and I use that term loosely), he SLAMS them down and struts over to the mirror to check himself out. Of course they pat him on the back and praise him. I think he should be patting them on the back for not letting the weights crush his skull!

To put the icing on the cake, he was wearing a sleevless shirt the said “too sexy for my sleeves”

WTF!!! I don’t know whether to be ammused or annoyed

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Yesterday summed things up nicely for me in regards hardcore gyms and commercials.

Whilst dieting, I have a membership at two gyms, one proper gym (monolift, two racks, speciality bars etc etc) and a commercial for cardio. Started off my session at the proper gym, full of regulars, training hard, some people benching, lot of leg training going on (On a Monday of all days!) and plenty of good natured banter and encouragement from everyone. Even Alan (the owner) was happy as he’d just won the Masters 4 British Bench Championship. I set a PR and then went off to the shit box to do cardio.

Couldnt be different, everyone was either benching or curling, save for one man flailing about trying to do pull ups by kicking his legs around, like he was air-cycling up. He didnt get a single rep. The new ‘air-3 boards’ were out though which was nice to see, guys benching about 190lbs to this imaginary board press. Then I saw I guy standing on top of a fit ball. I wish I could turn the elliptical I use round so I dont have to watch this shit. If my knees were feeling good, i’d just go out running and avoid it all.

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[quote]VTBalla34 wrote:
This thread is gold. Spent all morning getting caught up on it.

Here is my contribution. My g/f came with me to the gym the other day to videotape a Squat PR attempt and I was resting, she was able to catch some awesome bicept curlz & cell phone coverage:

Enjoy[/quote]

Two things:

  1. Did you make the PR?
  2. Your girlfriend is awesome.
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the old fat guy with the armblaster on all workout
doing triceps, biceps, no arm development to speak of, and a gut hanging over his valeo belt
you amuse me sir.

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Wish I had a video of these.

A lady at my gym, who’s there a lot, not terribly out of shape, not a figure athlete, was using the assisted dip machine yesterday. But she was standing on the peg you usually step onto to get up to the pad with one foot, and had her other foot up on the pad.

She was pushing it down like a machine version of a step up. And she kept switching legs after 5 or so reps, but didn’t stop for like a couple minutes. Like a strange cardio. I don’t think this was such a bad idea, kind of inventive, I’m just wondering if she can’t do regular step ups yet, and is using this as a means to progress, or is she thinks that’s what the machine is for. Whatever.

Next chick was at the pec deck and was trying to do reverse flies, but couldn’t figure out that you need to adjust the setting on the machine to move the lever back behind the chair.

It was still set on the chest ROM, and she’s sitting there, arms stretched to the sides, attempting to pull back past her back. Maybe 6 inches of movement, maybe. After her set, she just stood there staring at it like it was a fucking rubik’s cube. Shrugged, walked away, and didn’t not continue any sort of shoulder exercises.

I hate my gym. For some reason, I can’t just laugh it off or not pay attention. I suck.

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saw a guy yesterday that pretty much did 1 pullup with a jump start then just watched me as i was deadlifting while he rested.

then he went to the other side of the gym, moved one of the benches over to one of the benchpress benches, put the two benches about 2 feet apart, put his feet on one bench, hands on the other, and started to do pushups. then he layed down on just one of the benches and started doing crunches. after that, he layed down on the OTHER BENCH, put his feet up on it too, and started doing tricep extensions.

i was thinking this whole time, “couldnt he have done the pushups and crunches on the floor? why go through all that trouble?”

also, when i arrive at the gym, there was also a 2010 black camaro RS that arrived at the same time. 2 guys got out, the only word to describe them was “douche”. i dont know how else to describe it. they had cut-off sleeve shirts, backwards white hats, and all kinds of “power bloat” going on. turns out i was right. apparently it was their triceps day. they started with 60lb tricep extensions, moved to 1 arm tricep pressdowns, tricep kickbacks with the 15s, back to 1 arm pressdowns, then rope pulldowns.

it wouldnt have been a big deal, but while i was DLing, they stood right in front of me, blocking the mirror so i couldnt see if i was even in my lift. they rested in front of the mirror too.

oh well. no big deal.

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I’ve been trying to be more tolerant of people in the workout room. This site doesnt help me much in that regard. But I dont give a flying fuck cause TMUSCLE is awesome.

So here I am slappin A5-35 on my legs, been hydrating all day, pumped up and buzzing off my can of SPIKE. Its MOTHER FUCKIN LEG DAY BITCHES!!!

Enter the gym. 2 steps in I’m greeted by the site of this one guy Mike (talked a few times before) well Mike is doing curls in the power cage. The one and only place to do squats at me gym. With the most naked looking bar I’ve ever seen. I’m in disbelief I thought this was a myth. Something perpetuated by you interwebz savy loners to amuse your selves with. Most sincere apologies. (bows head).

I ask Mike “what are doing?” he tells me he is working out his biceps. “but your in the squat rack…(my face clearly showing my incomprehension)” he starts looking a little cocky now. “look, I’m going over here to stretch then I’m going to do my squats in here ok?”

He ended up leaving the gym before I was done stretching.

Score one for the anti-squat rack curlers.

fucken eh!

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thsi…not a repost I hope. We’re already into point three here. The hate is strong with squat rack curls.

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[quote]BARDUKE wrote:

it wouldnt have been a big deal, but while i was DLing, they stood right in front of me, blocking the mirror so i couldnt see if i was even in my lift. they rested in front of the mirror too.

oh well. no big deal.[/quote]

Knock them out, tie them together and deadlift them.

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^ wow.

EDIT: I was referring to the video.