[quote]gregron wrote:
I started a thread about this called “Never seen this exercise before?” but thought i’d also share in here… Saw this at the gym this evening
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That’s awesome. Definitely one of the most pointless things I’ve seen.
[quote]mroseland wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
I started a thread about this called “Never seen this exercise before?” but thought i’d also share in here… Saw this at the gym this evening
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That’s awesome. Definitely one of the most pointless things I’ve seen.[/quote]
apparently it is pretty common in gyms across France so I’m dumb for posting it lol
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Just moved my sister into a condo in downtown Toronto on the Queen’s Quay…
checked out the condo gym, they have a power cage and a preacher curl station but only two 25lb plates and a couple 5lb plates. And dumbbells that go up to 25lb.
Don’t understand why the property manager would purchase a powercage and have no plates.
[quote]therajraj wrote:
Just moved my sister into a condo in downtown Toronto on the Queen’s Quay…
checked out the condo gym, they have a power cage and a preacher curl station but only two 25lb plates and a couple 5lb plates. And dumbbells that go up to 25lb.
Don’t understand why the property manager would purchase a powercage and have no plates.[/quote]
Probably get stolen.
world gym yesterday. it plays alot of pop but there are more strong guys here than at my last gym. i mean “fitness center”.
the gym is mostly empty and i see this skinny guy, around thirty five, wearing a planetfitness t-shirt, he is in the dumbell area doing shrugs with only twenty pounds on the bar. wincing and grunting like a cunt. ten pounds on each side. i deadlifted for two years before i considered doing shrugs. he then goes through a whole routine with that barbell. he starts deadlifting, with only ten pounds on each end. rounding his back like he is touching his toes. and he pauses and breathes after every rep, still wincing. it did not look right, i wanted to yell out, “i figured it out everybody, he’s a mime”. he did a bunch more exercises, seated press, reverse curl with no weight, squat with five pounds on each end(went deep though), then deadlifted again.
i know he thought he was being hardcore for deadlifting.
[quote]gregron wrote:
[quote]mroseland wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
I started a thread about this called “Never seen this exercise before?” but thought i’d also share in here… Saw this at the gym this evening
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That’s awesome. Definitely one of the most pointless things I’ve seen.[/quote]
apparently it is pretty common in gyms across France so I’m dumb for posting it lol
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Yep true. A Frog Raise - It’s good alternative to the the squat when you start loading it: Hard to keep the barbell balanced on your feet though. I think famous French Trainer Ricard Picadeaux would recommend getting a training partner to slide the handle of a kettle bell over the feet.
Now Picadeaux - HE could Frog Raise.
[quote]ramrod63 wrote:
[quote]DGarcia wrote:
[quote]ramrod63 wrote:
[quote]gregron wrote:
I see some crossfit hating going on in here… I’ve recently started using some crossfit workouts as conditioning and it is hard as shit! I even had a crossift guy come up to me after my “crossfit warm up” and started chatting me up about crossfit stuff… I didnt drink the Kool Aid though 
I told him that was my warm up and then I was going to do it again after my regular lifting and he just looked at me dumbfounded and I walked away
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nothing wrong with crossfit but when you have some guy taking up 5 machines/racks/wtv in a crowded gym cause hes doing his stupid crossfit circuit…then it gets annoying[/quote]
It’s not always crossfit, anyone doing monster sets is also guilty of this which is why I work out when it’s dead.
Also, your avatar is HOT!
Edit; who is in your avatar?
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true, no idea but man i wish i did![/quote]
It’s Emma Lundberg. In the future check the file name, and if that doesn’t work try using TinEye.
Saw a poor soul doing nothing but curls my entire session today (hour?) never seen someone doing body weight curls either.
Not sure if this is worthy of the squat rack curl thread but it seemed pretty weird:
Standing calf raise machine + dip belt + 45lb plate + 30 lbs on the machine + spotter holding the plate in place? = hot figure competitor? Mind fuck.
This trio was doing weighted jump squats, when the two kids couldn’t even do a proper bodyweight squat.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
This trio was doing weighted jump squats, when the two kids couldn’t even do a proper bodyweight squat.[/quote]
good lord that kid is fat
[quote]DGarcia wrote:
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]Anonymity wrote:
I was lying on the bench about to get a set in when a 65 year old guy walks over to the bench to grab one of the 5 lb plates from the side of the bench. He gets the weight and walks away. I start to bench, struggling considerably to get the left side up compared to the right. I finish the set and go to ramp up the weight. when I check the left side of the barbell I notice this old man had added a 10 lb plate to the left side of the barbell. Guy could have gotten me seriously injured if I was closer to my 1RM. My left arm and shoulder hurt the rest of the day.[/quote]
I once saw a PT at my gym put a 25 on the end of a bench press bar that was already loaded with a 45 on either side. He put it there instead of returning it to the rack as he was with a client.
I thought to myself…“He doesn’t even know if someone’s using that bar…someone could come back and get a dangerous surprise.”
So I decided to be that guy and laid down on the bench and pushed it once and acted befuddled as I got up and looked over at the extra 25 and asked if he’d done that. The PT nodded and told him he was an idiot.
He’s an idiot anyway, he spends more time during his PT sessions looking at himself in the mirror.
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I hate guys PT’s like that, they give us all a bad name.
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That’s just inconsiderate man. Imagine if it was added to a bar before someone was about to do a squat. The imbalance would mess me up for sure.
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
This trio was doing weighted jump squats, when the two kids couldn’t even do a proper bodyweight squat.[/quote]
good lord that kid is fat[/quote]
Wait, the fat kid was doing jump squats? He looks like he’d have trouble leaving the ground even without having a bar on his back.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
This trio was doing weighted jump squats, when the two kids couldn’t even do a proper bodyweight squat.[/quote]
What a peculiar group of individuals, working together in a trio. Hmmmm, I’m sure there is more comedy to follow from this group.
saw this dick, wearing a stupid fucking red hat, wearing some shirt contraption that apparently so called “powerlifters” wear…I say it for what it is, cheating! if he were a real lifter he would do his benching off a bosu ball to develop real functional strength.
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saw this dick, wearing a stupid fucking red hat, wearing some shirt contraption that apparently so called “powerlifters” wear…I say it for what it is, cheating! if he were a real lifter he would do his benching off a bosu ball to develop real functional strength.
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gawddammit, the picture wont load, and it double posted. I fail spectacularly tonight.
[quote]DixiesFinest wrote:
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
This trio was doing weighted jump squats, when the two kids couldn’t even do a proper bodyweight squat.[/quote]
good lord that kid is fat[/quote]
We all have to start somewhere
Today after deadlifting some residual chalk that had fallen off my hands was on the ground…
As I was leaving the area a skinny 17 year old kid told me to clean up my “mess.” I brushed him off politely and walked to the machine I wanted to use next.
Isn’t this a fucking gym? What’s the big deal if I leave a sprinkle of chalk on the ground? Does it affect the next user of the area’s workout? THIS IS A FUCKING GYM! People USE CHALK! If I had spilled my ziplock bag of chalk on the ground I would understand. Not to mention the place is cleaned EVERY DAY. For some reason this kid decided to take it upon himself under some supposed altruistic belief to tell me to clean up my “mess”. What a fucking joke.
How about targeting the old guys who use the handheld hair dryers to dry their balls? Or the fact that 95% of the gym’s patron do NOT put their weights away. Go to this gym after 7pm and it’s a disaster, your workout is extended 15min just looking for dumbbells. Also I have to unrack 2-6 plates almost every time I use either of the racks. Anyways just had to get that out of my system!
/end rant
I wish people would learn how to spot when you’re benching. Don’t help me unless I need help. Don’t “help me” get the bar to lock after I get the bar halfway up. Don’t even grab the bar if the speed of my reps isn’t going down. Hell, don’t grab the bar unless I’m struggling. You aren’t helping me. You’re just keeping me from getting an accurate idea of how many reps I can pump out at that weight.
At least he wasn’t saying “It’s all you brah” while doing it.
[quote]Haavik wrote:
I wish people would learn how to spot when you’re benching. Don’t help me unless I need help. Don’t “help me” get the bar to lock after I get the bar halfway up. Don’t even grab the bar if the speed of my reps isn’t going down. Hell, don’t grab the bar unless I’m struggling. You aren’t helping me. You’re just keeping me from getting an accurate idea of how many reps I can pump out at that weight.
At least he wasn’t saying “It’s all you brah” while doing it.[/quote]
This reminds me of an incedent from a few months ago. I was going for a bench PR and I have two n00bs i brought to the gym with me spotting. As I am benching I start to stall halfway up and then the left side suddenly starts to go up. The n00b just wasnt paying attention and was helping me a little. I felt like I almost tore my hamstring. He’s my friend so it was kinda funny after i reamed him out since he blew my PR.
on another note I did some curls in a rack today