Squat Rack Curls 3.0

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[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
A couple of months ago, I was deadlifting, and this mid-aged woman came up to me and told me that I wasn’t allowed to “bang” the weight off the ground. I initially had three thoughts:

1.) No one has ever gave me lip about the noise. It’s only a problem if you think it is.
2.) I’m not “banging” anything; it’s a controlled drop.
3.) You don’t work here, so who the fuck are you to tell me how to lift? Why can’t you just leave me alone?

For Christ’s sake, I thought that this was a gym, not a library. Okay, to be fair, there is a sign that says you can’t drop free weights, but that’s like the sign that says you can’t lower the platform using plates on the assisted dip/pull up machines: no one follows the rule or cares about it. Hell, I’ve seen gym staff drop DB’s after benching them, and what I do can’t even be considered a drop IMO.

So, I try to set it down softer, but the lady has the nerve to go get a staff member. So, the staff guy comes up to me (who is actually a friend of mine) and tells me that it sucks, but if people bitch, they have to comply. I was almost done with deads anyway, so whatever.

The next week I’m deadlifting again and the same lady is there. She starts talking to another staff member (who is also a friend of mine), and I’m pretty sure he basically told her to STFU. She never bothered me since.

This lady was such a busybody; it wasn’t just me she trolled, but other people as well. This is the same lady that does the leg press with no weight, the leg extension with very little weight, dumbbell curls with pink DB’s.

Honestly, what do those type of gym patrons hope to get out of working out like that? They aren’t even close to putting forth a serious effort, and if you’re so distracted by what others are doing, then you’re not into your own workout enough. [/quote]
how much were you deadlifting

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[quote]bluefingas wrote:

[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
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One RM’s can be pretty intense. You mean like a really basic signal like shaking one’s head as to say no or something like that right?
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Or you can yell out, “Take it! Take it all!”
:)[/quote]

we’re talking about lifting weights, not rape…

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[quote]HeavyTriple wrote:

[quote]polo77j wrote:
This shit drives me fuckin’ nuts. So I’m doing a heavy set on bench that I feel more comfortable doing with someone spotting me. So I scan the gym for the guy who looks like he knows how to spot a motherfucker. There’s this guy doing static holds on the bench next to me using a decent amount of weight. He looks like he works out type of thing. So, after he finishes his set, I ask him for a spot real quick. I was ready to go so no standing around bs.

I give him these instructions, pretty simple: “I’m going for as many as I can grind out. I only want help if I get in trouble. Ok?” He nods, I pop in my ear buds and get under the bar. I de-rack the weight and I have a controled descent, and I start to lift and the bars going up fine, a little slow but it’s clear I don’t need any help. What does this fucker do? Fucking grabs the god damn bar and lifts.

I rack that weight and he says, “Dude you had at least two more in ya.” So I say, “What part of ‘I only want help if I get in trouble’ didn’t you understand? You fuckin’ ruined my lift.” He gets all butt hurt and goes to do his static holds. I felt like running over there and pushing on the bar. What a cock-tart.

Moral of the story: Just because they look like they know how to spot someone doesn’t mean they do…[/quote]

Same thing happened to me on my heavy set of narrow-grip. Spotter was a bug guy, I explained to him that I was pausing on my chest and didn’t need help unless the bar started moving back towards my chest. I got two reps no problem, attempted a third, and as it comes off my chest easily and is moving through the middle he decides to grab it for no apparent reason. Asshole.[/quote]

Had the same happen to me before. However The other day I asked one guy to just pass me one of the DBs for benching - my words were “I don’t need a spot; just a pass. You can just pass it and walk away”, lo and behold as soon as I have both DBs above me the guy is standing over me with his balls about half a foot away from my face. “I’m good mate, I don’t need a spot” so he takes a step back. 2 reps later cue the guy reaching for my wrists, that’s when I shouted “Don’t fucking touch me, I’m good! I’m Good!” I had my headphones blaring ‘People=Shit’ into my ears so I caught a few stares when I sat up again.

[quote]ramrod63 wrote:

[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
A couple of months ago, I was deadlifting, and this mid-aged woman came up to me and told me that I wasn’t allowed to “bang” the weight off the ground. I initially had three thoughts:

1.) No one has ever gave me lip about the noise. It’s only a problem if you think it is.
2.) I’m not “banging” anything; it’s a controlled drop.
3.) You don’t work here, so who the fuck are you to tell me how to lift? Why can’t you just leave me alone?

For Christ’s sake, I thought that this was a gym, not a library. Okay, to be fair, there is a sign that says you can’t drop free weights, but that’s like the sign that says you can’t lower the platform using plates on the assisted dip/pull up machines: no one follows the rule or cares about it. Hell, I’ve seen gym staff drop DB’s after benching them, and what I do can’t even be considered a drop IMO.

So, I try to set it down softer, but the lady has the nerve to go get a staff member. So, the staff guy comes up to me (who is actually a friend of mine) and tells me that it sucks, but if people bitch, they have to comply. I was almost done with deads anyway, so whatever.

The next week I’m deadlifting again and the same lady is there. She starts talking to another staff member (who is also a friend of mine), and I’m pretty sure he basically told her to STFU. She never bothered me since.

This lady was such a busybody; it wasn’t just me she trolled, but other people as well. This is the same lady that does the leg press with no weight, the leg extension with very little weight, dumbbell curls with pink DB’s.

Honestly, what do those type of gym patrons hope to get out of working out like that? They aren’t even close to putting forth a serious effort, and if you’re so distracted by what others are doing, then you’re not into your own workout enough. [/quote]
how much were you deadlifting[/quote]

I wondered the same thing. Just out of interest though, as far as I’m concerned if the weight is substantial for that lifter it’s acceptable to drop it.

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[quote]ramrod63 wrote:

[quote]xjusticex2013x wrote:
A couple of months ago, I was deadlifting, and this mid-aged woman came up to me and told me that I wasn’t allowed to “bang” the weight off the ground. I initially had three thoughts:

1.) No one has ever gave me lip about the noise. It’s only a problem if you think it is.
2.) I’m not “banging” anything; it’s a controlled drop.
3.) You don’t work here, so who the fuck are you to tell me how to lift? Why can’t you just leave me alone?

For Christ’s sake, I thought that this was a gym, not a library. Okay, to be fair, there is a sign that says you can’t drop free weights, but that’s like the sign that says you can’t lower the platform using plates on the assisted dip/pull up machines: no one follows the rule or cares about it. Hell, I’ve seen gym staff drop DB’s after benching them, and what I do can’t even be considered a drop IMO.

So, I try to set it down softer, but the lady has the nerve to go get a staff member. So, the staff guy comes up to me (who is actually a friend of mine) and tells me that it sucks, but if people bitch, they have to comply. I was almost done with deads anyway, so whatever.

The next week I’m deadlifting again and the same lady is there. She starts talking to another staff member (who is also a friend of mine), and I’m pretty sure he basically told her to STFU. She never bothered me since.

This lady was such a busybody; it wasn’t just me she trolled, but other people as well. This is the same lady that does the leg press with no weight, the leg extension with very little weight, dumbbell curls with pink DB’s.

Honestly, what do those type of gym patrons hope to get out of working out like that? They aren’t even close to putting forth a serious effort, and if you’re so distracted by what others are doing, then you’re not into your own workout enough. [/quote]
how much were you deadlifting[/quote]

265 lbs…I was doing speed work.

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Damn it, I double posted. I said it was near maximal, but then I said it was speed work…let me explain. I was doing the Coan/Phillipi Deadlift Routine at the time, which calls for near-maximal work and then speed work in the same session. After thinking about it, I realized that if it was toward the end of the session, it must have been speed work. My mind was a little foggy, so sorry about that.

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A few days ago, this guy was squat rack curling, so without a word of warning, I grabbed a barbell and clubbed him over the had with it, then broke all his ribs while he was lying on the ground unconscious.

Not really.

But there WAS a guy SRCing a few days ago, and I said “Mind moving out of the rack so I can squat?”, and he said “no problem”. The end. Not as exciting, I know.

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[quote]hungry4more wrote:

But there WAS a guy SRCing a few days ago, and I said “Mind moving out of the rack so I can squat?”, and he said “no problem”. The end. Not as exciting, I know. [/quote]

this is always my interaction with anyone using the power/squat rack…

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I saw someone DB curling in the Squat Rack t’other day.
However I was deadlifting and not using the rack so I don’t really give a shit.

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saw someone sitting the wrong way round on the lat pulldown not using her lats, pulling the bar to her knees and looking left for half the set then right for the other half… wtf

then some guy comes along and also sits the wrong way round and does some super close grip bar waving thing.

old woman and old man doing tricep kick backs by swinging thier arm back without actually bending it at the elbow

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Worst part about training shoulders during the day in the summer: All the 16 year old teenagers are bench pressing the dumbbells you use to lateral raise.

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[quote]therajraj wrote:
Worst part about training shoulders during the day in the summer: All the 16 year old teenagers are bench pressing the dumbbells you use to lateral raise.[/quote]

they took the tens?!? NOOOOOOOOOO

jk jk :slight_smile:

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Some dude in the gym locker room pissed on me once.

And I liked it.

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I was doing overhead squats with about 135lbs and I fell over backwards. I’m okay.

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I think I said this in here somewhere already, but I accidentally shit myself (just a small little hershey squirt) at the gym once while trying to go too heavy too soon on deadlifts to impress a hot chick walking by.

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The first time I ever tried squatting when I was about fourteen or fifteen I was in the weight room at school and I bombed out with something like 95 lbs. Except that it was one of those old-school racks that look like a triangle from the side that you can walk completely out of. I walked too far out and had nothing to stop me on the way. I got fucking pancaked when I failed on my fifth or sixth rep. In front of half the varsity cheerleaders.

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You do crazy things around females.

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[quote]DBCooper wrote:
I think I said this in here somewhere already, but I accidentally shit myself (just a small little hershey squirt) at the gym once while trying to go too heavy too soon on deadlifts to impress a hot chick walking by.[/quote]

Accidentally shitting yourself attracts hot chicks? I’ve been doing it all wrong then.

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[quote]dshroy wrote:

[quote]DBCooper wrote:
I think I said this in here somewhere already, but I accidentally shit myself (just a small little hershey squirt) at the gym once while trying to go too heavy too soon on deadlifts to impress a hot chick walking by.[/quote]

Accidentally shitting yourself attracts hot chicks? I’ve been doing it all wrong then.[/quote]

It was an accident man! It didn’t work, but she didn’t know anyways. I had to go into the bathroom to check the situation out, and when I was done with that I looked in my shorts for some shit and sure enough, there it was. I left and cancelled my membership.

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[quote]DBCooper wrote:

[quote]dshroy wrote:

[quote]DBCooper wrote:
I think I said this in here somewhere already, but I accidentally shit myself (just a small little hershey squirt) at the gym once while trying to go too heavy too soon on deadlifts to impress a hot chick walking by.[/quote]

Accidentally shitting yourself attracts hot chicks? I’ve been doing it all wrong then.[/quote]

It was an accident man! It didn’t work, but she didn’t know anyways. I had to go into the bathroom to check the situation out, and when I was done with that I looked in my shorts for some shit and sure enough, there it was. I left and cancelled my membership.[/quote]

Great story. I once started farting while attempting a deadlift PR. I’ve never experienced anything more distracting during the lockout process. I even apologized when the bar had passed my knees. And then I opened a couple of windows. Now that’s gym etiquette!

Just discovered the first src thread. These are hilarious.

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I was throwing a medicine ball up in the air from between my legs as high as I could the other day. I was out in my driveway and it was dark out. So I threw it too high up and not far enough backwards and I lost it up there somewhere. Out of nowhere it came down and bashed me in the fucking face. End of the workout right there.