Would love that, but alas no cage at the gym I go to.
The smiths are it.
My son has been lobbying for a squat rack at home…
[quote]Nards wrote:
[quote]tjr-dk wrote:
I present: Squat Rack Curls V2.0
[video]1573[video]
We don’t have fat bars…[/quote]
That’s pretty clever! I’ll try that tomorrow!
[/quote]
Thanks. The Fat Bar stuff definitely has some merit.
Two weeks ago I was deadlifting, “hey, why do I feel all off balance? Oh, I’ve got ten pounds more on the right side of the bar than the left”
Last week I was deadlifitng “okay, I’ll do one more warm up set 20 lbs below my work set. Why does this feel so heavy? Oh, I put 20 lbs more than I meant to on the bar”
[quote]ladieslove wrote:
[quote]Null wrote:
in the middle of the weight room?? if so, i will kick you right in your downward dog.
To crack my back before squats or deads…
Those who do, don’t type.
Those that type, don’t do…
SO do you look like your avatar?
Read you profile.
no, you wouldn’t…
5’ 10’’ 145… my boy is bigger then you…
DO you actually lift?[/quote]
right so you dont do a 30 minute yoga session in the middle of the weight room so the real men and i need to walk over you. thats different.
my avatar is me. you douche.
YES i actually lift. you douche.
i’ll lift you right off your girl and take her for myself. you god damn douche.
[/quote]
EPIC! applauds laughed my ass off
[quote]rcfromdb wrote:
[quote]ladieslove wrote:
[quote]Null wrote:
in the middle of the weight room?? if so, i will kick you right in your downward dog.
To crack my back before squats or deads…
Those who do, don’t type.
Those that type, don’t do…
SO do you look like your avatar?
Read you profile.
no, you wouldn’t…
5’ 10’’ 145… my boy is bigger then you…
DO you actually lift?[/quote]
right so you dont do a 30 minute yoga session in the middle of the weight room so the real men and i need to walk over you. thats different.
my avatar is me. you douche.
YES i actually lift. you douche.
i’ll lift you right off your girl and take her for myself. you god damn douche.
[/quote]
EPIC! applauds laughed my ass off[/quote]
thank you thank you
To all who are guilty of the following: The gym is not a club nor is it a bar. It may be somewhat of a social place, but, contrary to popular belief, you DO NOT need to drench yourself in axe body spray or any other type of fragrance before or during your time spent working out. It is completely acceptable to smell as if you’ve been working out; matter of fact it’s actually encouraged.
I almost threw up yesterday from the amount of axe body spray some douche bag was wearing yesterday and I’m not exaggerating at all. I was close to chunks it was that potent. Have you ever been around someone who eats a lot of garlic and it just oozes out of their pores? Well assume this asshat must’ve mixed some body spary in his shaker and seasons his food like it was Ms. Dash.
Also, if you’re crowding a piece of equipment and it looks like someone wants to use said piece of equipment, be aware and courteous and give room where needed. Unless you’re wearing a singlet on stage with 3 lights behind you and a judge in front, weightlifting is not a spectator sport. I don’t want to watch you lift weights, I want to lift them. If you’re somewhat courteous I won’t have to be an annoyed asshole and passive aggressively tell/ask you to move; I don’t like to be. I give you/other lifters the needed clearance so I expect the same in return.
ladieslove: It wasn’t THAT good (who am I kidding I lol’d)
[quote]gt8006b wrote:
Two weeks ago I was deadlifting, “hey, why do I feel all off balance? Oh, I’ve got ten pounds more on the right side of the bar than the left”
Last week I was deadlifitng “okay, I’ll do one more warm up set 20 lbs below my work set. Why does this feel so heavy? Oh, I put 20 lbs more than I meant to on the bar”[/quote]
Holy Shit! You crazy man.
Crazy shit.
[quote]thefederalist wrote:
[quote]deadlift10 wrote:
Saw a dude benching on the Smith Machine…worst part, he was using straps.[/quote]
jay cutler benches in the smith machine… [/quote]
But I bet he doesn’t uses straps.
Benching in the smith machine = not bad (although I don’t do it)
Using straps for benchpress (anywhere) = wtf?
with these threads it’s hit or miss. some of the shit in here is funny as hell and some stuff is ridiculous.
if i’m doing standing military press off the rack and some schmuck comes in there are starts telling me to clean and jerk all my shit up to 245lbs i’m gonna sack tap him.
i also think half the ‘confrontations’ that i read about in here wouldn’t happen if the people posting them actually looked like they work out.
in the mean time, while sitting on a bench after my workout talking to my friend, a rando came up to me, pointed at my bottle and exclaimed 'ah man, is that isopure?! great stuff!! cell-mass?? man i hear bsn puts legal steroids in their creatine! so is that your secret and stuff??
“dude chill, it’s gatorade”
[quote]HolyMacaroni wrote:
with these threads it’s hit or miss. some of the shit in here is funny as hell and some stuff is ridiculous.
if i’m doing standing military press off the rack and some schmuck comes in there are starts telling me to clean and jerk all my shit up to 245lbs i’m gonna sack tap him.
i also think half the ‘confrontations’ that i read about in here wouldn’t happen if the people posting them actually looked like they work out.
in the mean time, while sitting on a bench after my workout talking to my friend, a rando came up to me, pointed at my bottle and exclaimed 'ah man, is that isopure?! great stuff!! cell-mass?? man i hear bsn puts legal steroids in their creatine! so is that your secret and stuff??
“dude chill, it’s gatorade”
[/quote]
Maybe his conversation was leading to asking you if you wanted to be in a 3 way with him and his girlfriend…
Nothing radical to add but:
I’m benching a few weeks back, just a couple of wheels and this newb comes by to either rack a plate or take one off mid set. I very politely inform him of his mistake. I guess he was intimidated or something because now whenever I pass him at the gym he looks in the other direction.
A week ago two bros walk into my gym with their clever and trendy cutoff shirts. They obviously like working their arms. They start warming up on the bench next to me, kind of smirking at me doing my 3 speed reps with a meager 185. I don’t actually notice what they’ve been doing until just before my last set, but when I look over, they’ve warmed up to 275. Not too shabby considering they look like totally surfer dudes, dude. I wondered how strong they actually were, so I watched out of the corner of my hoodie to see how many reps they’d get. Bro #1 gets under the bar. He jumps his feet around a little bit, puts them up on the bench, then back down. He grabs the bar and counts off ever so loudly “ONE!..TWO!..THREE!!!”. Clearly he didn’t want any poor soul in the gym to miss the incredible display of power that was about to occur. Bro #2 unracks it and immediately starts yelling. “All you bro! All you!!”. The bar hasn’t moved yet. Slowly, Bro #1 brings the bar down, and then, just before his upper arms are parallel to the ground, with a Herculean yell, he heaves it back up, with Bro #2 screaming “ALL YOUUUUU!!” and “just touching” the bar. And by “just touching”, I mean literally sumo DL-ing the weight off his bro-bro’s chest. I was drinking when they reversed the bar on the first rep, so luckily no one heard my laughter. Many did, however, see my laughter, in the form of water and snot flying across the gym.
After 3 reps of this, they tag-team rack the bar, and Bro #2 says “Dude, you should totally get into powerlifing!”
Bro #1 responds “Yeah man, I hear that a lot.”
This time, EVERYONE heard my laughter.
Was kinda annoyed by these guys a few days back that were taking up a squat rack to push press 115 lbs, while I was waiting for one one to open up…
I went to the gym this morning to run some intervals. Next to me was a guy doing some steady state, and in his cupholder was a gigantic depth-charge of soda. It was a Sonic Route 44 drink, which is 64 oz.
One step forward, two steps back…
Popeyes gym in KW is full of oompa loompa teenagers on steroids squatting 185.
[quote]Mr.Red wrote:
A week ago two bros walk into my gym with their clever and trendy cutoff shirts. They obviously like working their arms. They start warming up on the bench next to me, kind of smirking at me doing my 3 speed reps with a meager 185. I don’t actually notice what they’ve been doing until just before my last set, but when I look over, they’ve warmed up to 275.
Not too shabby considering they look like totally surfer dudes, dude. I wondered how strong they actually were, so I watched out of the corner of my hoodie to see how many reps they’d get. Bro #1 gets under the bar. He jumps his feet around a little bit, puts them up on the bench, then back down. He grabs the bar and counts off ever so loudly “ONE!..TWO!..THREE!!!”.
Clearly he didn’t want any poor soul in the gym to miss the incredible display of power that was about to occur. Bro #2 unracks it and immediately starts yelling. “All you bro! All you!!”. The bar hasn’t moved yet. Slowly, Bro #1 brings the bar down, and then, just before his upper arms are parallel to the ground, with a Herculean yell, he heaves it back up, with Bro #2 screaming “ALL YOUUUUU!!” and “just touching” the bar.
And by “just touching”, I mean literally sumo DL-ing the weight off his bro-bro’s chest. I was drinking when they reversed the bar on the first rep, so luckily no one heard my laughter. Many did, however, see my laughter, in the form of water and snot flying across the gym.
After 3 reps of this, they tag-team rack the bar, and Bro #2 says “Dude, you should totally get into powerlifing!”
Bro #1 responds “Yeah man, I hear that a lot.”
This time, EVERYONE heard my laughter.
[/quote]
haha fantastic story but it sounds fake or at least exaggerated. Do humans such as these actually exist in towns across the U.S.A?
i was at the gym last night, it was leg day, i was squatting.
a man about 65 years of age gets right up in my face and says, “i’ve been watching you … … you’re doing a good job”.
i felt uncomfortable
[quote]ladieslove wrote:
i was at the gym last night, it was leg day, i was squatting.
a man about 65 years of age gets right up in my face and says, “i’ve been watching you … … you’re doing a good job”.
i felt uncomfortable [/quote]
oh he was watching you alright … watching you from across the gym and again watching you go to your car … BTW, I’m going to get you some mace for your birthday, k?
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]ladieslove wrote:
i was at the gym last night, it was leg day, i was squatting.
a man about 65 years of age gets right up in my face and says, “i’ve been watching you … … you’re doing a good job”.
i felt uncomfortable [/quote]
oh he was watching you alright … watching you from across the gym and again watching you go to your car … BTW, I’m going to get you some mace for your birthday, k?[/quote]
i’d really appreciate that.
i don’t know what it is about me, but old men at my gym are constantly trying to reassure me.
[quote]ladieslove wrote:
[quote]polo77j wrote:
[quote]ladieslove wrote:
i was at the gym last night, it was leg day, i was squatting.
a man about 65 years of age gets right up in my face and says, “i’ve been watching you … … you’re doing a good job”.
i felt uncomfortable [/quote]
oh he was watching you alright … watching you from across the gym and again watching you go to your car … BTW, I’m going to get you some mace for your birthday, k?[/quote]
i’d really appreciate that.
i don’t know what it is about me, but old men at my gym are constantly trying to reassure me.[/quote]
Old men have no hang ups talking to good looking girls anywhere … Plus you’re lifting weights and they tend to be more old school and encourage that … but seriously, I’m getting you mace for your birthday