[quote]Dread wrote:
^ That is awesome.[/quote]
x2
I was about to go for high box squat max. I told the guy I was going to pause at the bottom intentionally for a second or so. I told him to only help if I got stuck there for a bit longer. He ends up āhelpingā some almost as soon as I touch the bottom. Iām excited because I thought I made the liftā¦ then I ask him if he helped any and says yesā¦ he saw the disappointment on my face and then said that much weight on my back sitting on a box will hurt my spineā¦ Iām almost certain I would have had it if he didnāt help. By the way, it was only 365lbs. DO NOT BE THAT GUY!
I swear, as soon as anyone shows any signs of intensity in my school gym people start giving me bad vibes and sometimes even tell me I should be careful usually indirectly like above, but a couple times directly tooā¦ Only gym Iāve had this problem.
Anyway, moral of the story is do not help on a lift until the person really needs it. Shitā¦ I even told him I was going to pause. I guess some people get scared for someone when they see them lift more weight than theyāre used to seeing someone lift.
[quote]Fletch1986 wrote:
I guess some people get scared for someone when they see them lift more weight than theyāre used to seeing someone lift.[/quote]
While I agree with what you said, you have to look at this part from another angle. Take a look at this thread and youāll see lots of stories of people putting way more weight on the bar than they can safely handle and really fucking up. How many videos do you find on YouTube of people getting stapled to benches or dropping like a stone after getting the bar off the hooks and start to squat? If he saw you descending to the box somewhat quickly, he might have thought you wouldnāt have been able to handle the weight.
Of course I could just be being overly charitable and he was just an overzealous douchebag who robbed you of a PR.
In other news, I was benching earlier today and there was this one fairly cute girl doing something with dumbbells. Iām in the middle of a set and I hear her making this moaning sound. I realized after that it was a sneeze, but it sounded like she was getting plowed by some guy. Needless to say it threw off my concentration a bit. She did her sneeze moans a few more times while she was there. Luckily she didnāt do any during my last workset.
[quote]Haavik wrote:
In other news, I was benching earlier today and there was this one fairly cute girl doing something with dumbbells. Iām in the middle of a set and I hear her making this moaning sound. I realized after that it was a sneeze, but it sounded like she was getting plowed by some guy. Needless to say it threw off my concentration a bit. She did her sneeze moans a few more times while she was there. Luckily she didnāt do any during my last workset.[/quote]
In this case, you could be THAT guy.
alrightā¦ yesterday i was resting between sets. some guy came up to me and said āit only hurts for a bit and then it feels goodā, and then he walked away.
what the hell kind of thing is that to say to someone. how come people say such weird things to me in the gym??
[quote]ladieslove wrote:
alrightā¦ yesterday i was resting between sets. some guy came up to me and said āit only hurts for a bit and then it feels goodā, and then he walked away.
what the hell kind of thing is that to say to someone. how come people say such weird things to me in the gym??[/quote]
Because youāre a chick.
Iāll be lifting at a commercial gym for the next week so Iāll have some gems to share soon.
Until then, Iād like to draw your attention to something I came across while jumping channels:
Itās a German love/drama BS telenovela and a plot point is that one of the characters starts with teh roidzz. So he breaks open a vial of test, pours it into a tall glass of water and drinks it. Just like in real lifeā¦
[quote]ladieslove wrote:
alrightā¦ yesterday i was resting between sets. some guy came up to me and said āit only hurts for a bit and then it feels goodā, and then he walked away.
what the hell kind of thing is that to say to someone. how come people say such weird things to me in the gym??[/quote]
this could be its own thread all by itself in SAMA
[quote]ladieslove wrote:
alrightā¦ yesterday i was resting between sets. some guy came up to me and said āit only hurts for a bit and then it feels goodā, and then he walked away.
what the hell kind of thing is that to say to someone. how come people say such weird things to me in the gym??[/quote]
He was actually talking about anal
[quote]Haavik wrote:
While I agree with what you said, you have to look at this part from another angle. Take a look at this thread and youāll see lots of stories of people putting way more weight on the bar than they can safely handle and really fucking up. How many videos do you find on YouTube of people getting stapled to benches or dropping like a stone after getting the bar off the hooks and start to squat? If he saw you descending to the box somewhat quickly, he might have thought you wouldnāt have been able to handle the weight.
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I have to agree with this to a point.
Iām one of 3 girls in the gym who lift heavy, so the guys pretty much always make sure that I donāt dive into the floor. I rather the concern than getting hurt.
One guy actually watched me squat 140 lbs for 5 sets today then asked if I needed help taking the 45 lb plate off the bar. I laughed but I know I get special treatment because Iām a female. But I donāt take offense since I know that Iāll always have help when I need it.
In my case, I think it was the spotter. Itās just that gym in general really. Any hardcore lifting, unless itās bench press is frowned upon in there. Itās the type of place where no one squats heavy anywhere near parallel.
Guy using the HS shoulder press to do hanging leg raises. He supported himself on the handles raising himself in the airā¦ ignoring the perfectly decent two stations next to him which he could do this exercise.
Also the trainers at my gym have started to get all their clients squatting. Good yes? Except except. They put the safetys in the power cage up to the guyās chest tell them to bring their knees forward and bodyhug him the whole way. So the PTs in my gym are effectively telling everyone to do quarter squats. Maybe progress?
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
Iām one of 3 girls in the gym who lift heavy, so the guys pretty much always make sure that I donāt dive into the floor. I rather the concern than getting hurt.
One guy actually watched me squat 140 lbs for 5 sets today then asked if I needed help taking the 45 lb plate off the bar. I laughed but I know I get special treatment because Iām a female. But I donāt take offense since I know that Iāll always have help when I need it.[/quote]
Thatās a good attitude to have. As long as they arenāt grabbing your ass or anything, itās best to just look at the positive side of the attention. If you ever get into a fight with a squat-rack-curler youāll have the whole gym backing you up!! Not that I think youād need it 
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
[quote]Nikki9591 wrote:
Iām one of 3 girls in the gym who lift heavy, so the guys pretty much always make sure that I donāt dive into the floor. I rather the concern than getting hurt.
One guy actually watched me squat 140 lbs for 5 sets today then asked if I needed help taking the 45 lb plate off the bar. I laughed but I know I get special treatment because Iām a female. But I donāt take offense since I know that Iāll always have help when I need it.[/quote]
Thatās a good attitude to have. As long as they arenāt grabbing your ass or anything, itās best to just look at the positive side of the attention. If you ever get into a fight with a squat-rack-curler youāll have the whole gym backing you up!! Not that I think youād need it :)[/quote]
No, they just mouth out things like āDamnā and look at my ass like they donāt have mirrors in the gym.
The squat rack curlers in my gym come in groups of 3-5. I doubt that Iāll be able to handle it solo I donāt mind them though, theyāre sweet and if I need to squat, they gladly let me use the rack when I need it.
Had my own SRC moment at the gym a few days ago.
Was working up to a 5rm on floor press. On my second heavy set on my second rep as I locked out the weight I blacked out. Came too right as my elbows hit the ground, took a breath and finished my last 3 reps.
F@#$ Iām uncoordinated I canāt even breath right. haha. Did end up getting a PR though.
Freaking Beautiful man, Gotta love it when others realise thier choice of friends embarass them and they need to make a change lol.
[quote]Mad HORSE wrote:
Guy loaded up the Smith machine with plates, called eight buddies over to āspotā him, and then proceeded to 1/8 rep squats. Iām next to him Deadlifting, and getting pissed because heās sucking up all the plates for nothing, when he slams the hooks home and gives me a smirk.
I should have left it aloneā¦
I berated him, his shitty form, and his stupid friends to the point that gym personnel felt the need to intervene.
One of those stupid friends of his became a buddy of mine after that though. Go figureā¦[/quote]
University gym: Asian guy comes into the locker room talking on his phone while curling a colored dumbbellā¦ I couldnāt help but stare.
Yesterdayā¦LA Fitness
A hyper middle aged guy about 6ā2 170lbs is wearing a t-shirt that says ālife comes at you fastā, and is making enough noise on a lat raise machine to scare somebody in the locker room.
It wasnāt a grunt though. If I wouldnāt have seen him I would have thought it was Macaulay Caulkin from the first Home Alone.
It didnāt even phase meā¦
Got to see a Marine doing single arm tricep pushdowns on the cable machineā¦his āfreeā arm was occupied with his phone, texting.