Squat Rack Curls 3.0

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[quote]Mr.Red wrote:

[quote]Gettnitdone wrote:

[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.
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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?
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Dude, I shit you not. These people exist. And they are so ridiculous, they’re actually PARODIES OF THEMSELVES. I would have thought i was hallucinating, except I had already seen an episode of Jersey Shore.

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I second their existence. We have them all over san diego gyms; like the AIDS of the lifting world.

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[quote]ladieslove wrote:
i drop weight all the time. BUT i never drop 35lb dumbbells, because thats just to light to drop. and i never drop it on my face.

there’s a guy at my gym who stacks up those plastic steps and jumps onto them, last time he didnt jump high enough and just tumbled into them. he layed there in a pile of plastic steps that the squash players helped him gather up. [/quote]

Okay, he used them to do box jumps. I’ve done the same thing in a commercial gym. And?

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Lots of chest thumping and insecurity here. I can imagine that some of my last workouts in a commercial gym probably elicited discussions or posts along the lines of…

“yeah, this dude, sets up in the squat rack and puts the bar ACROSS THE CROOKS OF HIS ELBOWS and this idiot procees to squat! Like WTF!”. Or, “this dude comes in every week with these huge rubber bands that he attaches to the bar…I asked him why and he says it increases resistance at the top of the lift and provides more resistance during the negative. I’m like WTF dude, just USE MORE WEIGHT! The week later, he was attaching chains to the bar - I didn’t even ask smh”. Between some lesser known lifts, powerlifting gear, etc., I’m sure we’ve all have been the spark for some belittling conversation.

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[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

[quote]ladieslove wrote:
i drop weight all the time. BUT i never drop 35lb dumbbells, because thats just to light to drop. and i never drop it on my face.

there’s a guy at my gym who stacks up those plastic steps and jumps onto them, last time he didnt jump high enough and just tumbled into them. he layed there in a pile of plastic steps that the squash players helped him gather up. [/quote]

Okay, he used them to do box jumps. I’ve done the same thing in a commercial gym. And?[/quote]

scuse me bodyguard, are you giving me attitude?

its not the fact that he was doing box jumps, its the fact that he was doing box jumps and fell and everything went everywhere.

and yes we all know what chains are for and what front squats are. what i cant figure out though, and maybe you can help me out with this, is why you chose to enter this forum to begin with.

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[quote]hungry4more wrote:
Saw the ultimate weird shit yesterday, brace yourselves, oh weak of stomach!

Saw a guy SPOTTING another guy deadlifting. Literally, helped pull the bar up mid-rep. Could not make this shit up if I tried, WTF???[/quote]

Seen a russian OLY lifter do the same thing…heavy DL negatives. So?

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[quote]ladieslove wrote:

[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

[quote]ladieslove wrote:
i drop weight all the time. BUT i never drop 35lb dumbbells, because thats just to light to drop. and i never drop it on my face.

there’s a guy at my gym who stacks up those plastic steps and jumps onto them, last time he didnt jump high enough and just tumbled into them. he layed there in a pile of plastic steps that the squash players helped him gather up. [/quote]

Okay, he used them to do box jumps. I’ve done the same thing in a commercial gym. And?[/quote]

scuse me bodyguard, are you giving me attitude?

its not the fact that he was doing box jumps, its the fact that he was doing box jumps and fell and everything went everywhere.

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Uh, that would be the logical consequence of missing the jump. Never missed a lift eh?

But that aside, the thread surely has a few funny stories. But I’d encourage more than a few of you to remember that we all started somewhere, all experienced newbie trial and error and finally, that your 240 bent over row aint shit to some of us, some of us good morning more than your max squat, some of us close grip your max bench, so forth and so on - and we never think to come to Tmag the next day to post a vieled brag while putting you down. Some people do some truly funny shit. Others are just clueless or weaker. The latter are not really funny or amusing.

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[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

[quote]ladieslove wrote:

[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

[quote]ladieslove wrote:
i drop weight all the time. BUT i never drop 35lb dumbbells, because thats just to light to drop. and i never drop it on my face.

there’s a guy at my gym who stacks up those plastic steps and jumps onto them, last time he didnt jump high enough and just tumbled into them. he layed there in a pile of plastic steps that the squash players helped him gather up. [/quote]

Okay, he used them to do box jumps. I’ve done the same thing in a commercial gym. And?[/quote]

scuse me bodyguard, are you giving me attitude?

its not the fact that he was doing box jumps, its the fact that he was doing box jumps and fell and everything went everywhere.

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Uh, that would be the logical consequence of missing the jump. Never missed a lift eh?

But that aside, the thread surely has a few funny stories. But I’d encourage more than a few of you to remember that we all started somewhere, all experienced newbie trial and error and finally, that your 240 bent over row aint shit to some of us, some of us good morning more than your max squat, some of us close grip your max bench, so forth and so on - and we never think to come to Tmag the next day to post a vieled brag while putting you down. Some people do some truly funny shit. Others are just clueless or weaker. The latter are not really funny or amusing.[/quote]

There you go again … bein all John Lithgow and shit … but, just so we’re clear my rant about Axe body spray was spot on right?!? RIGHT?!?

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When you work in a commercial gym you get immune to the SRC-type shit that occurs but i saw a couple good one recently.

So the leg press as handles on it, dont even want to know why. So this one fellow, who dances between sets i might add, decides it’ll be awesome to get into the leg press and kneel down to push it up with his arms. Like the weirdest shoulder press. He’s right beside several machines that simulate the same semi incline shoulder press but still wants to do his three sets leg pressing with his arms.

Another older fellow decides he’s the stability super mario of this world and sets himself up about 10 BOSU half balls, squishy side up, in a kind of archipelago of BOSU islands. He then proceeds to jump from one to the other till he gets to the last one. real life platforming game. Unfortunate that he went down on one into the laying hamstring curl. almost felt bad.

Another great one is the guy who does DB curls in the power rack. That’s right, with dumbbells, in the rack. claims he need the mirror there as opposed to the other 1100 square feet of mirror. doesn’t get out when i need to squat with a client. fail.

-chris

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[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

[quote]ladieslove wrote:

[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:

[quote]ladieslove wrote:
i drop weight all the time. BUT i never drop 35lb dumbbells, because thats just to light to drop. and i never drop it on my face.

there’s a guy at my gym who stacks up those plastic steps and jumps onto them, last time he didnt jump high enough and just tumbled into them. he layed there in a pile of plastic steps that the squash players helped him gather up. [/quote]

Okay, he used them to do box jumps. I’ve done the same thing in a commercial gym. And?[/quote]

scuse me bodyguard, are you giving me attitude?

its not the fact that he was doing box jumps, its the fact that he was doing box jumps and fell and everything went everywhere.

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Uh, that would be the logical consequence of missing the jump. Never missed a lift eh?

But that aside, the thread surely has a few funny stories. But I’d encourage more than a few of you to remember that we all started somewhere, all experienced newbie trial and error and finally, that your 240 bent over row aint shit to some of us, some of us good morning more than your max squat, some of us close grip your max bench, so forth and so on - and we never think to come to Tmag the next day to post a vieled brag while putting you down. Some people do some truly funny shit. Others are just clueless or weaker. The latter are not really funny or amusing.[/quote]

aww he’s a bleeding heart!

of course i’ve done dumb shit. when i was just learning to squat i was holding my breath and passed out and fell right the hell down and dropped everything. gym full of military men. no one helped me.

anyway thanks for taking the fun out of this thread. now who am i gunna tell next time an old man gets up in my bidness… oh… i guess an old man DID just get up in my bidness eh… EH??

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[quote]Avocado wrote:
When you work in a commercial gym you get immune to the SRC-type shit that occurs but i saw a couple good one recently.

So the leg press as handles on it, dont even want to know why. So this one fellow, who dances between sets i might add, decides it’ll be awesome to get into the leg press and kneel down to push it up with his arms. Like the weirdest shoulder press. He’s right beside several machines that simulate the same semi incline shoulder press but still wants to do his three sets leg pressing with his arms.

Another older fellow decides he’s the stability super mario of this world and sets himself up about 10 BOSU half balls, squishy side up, in a kind of archipelago of BOSU islands. He then proceeds to jump from one to the other till he gets to the last one. real life platforming game. Unfortunate that he went down on one into the laying hamstring curl. almost felt bad.

Another great one is the guy who does DB curls in the power rack. That’s right, with dumbbells, in the rack. claims he need the mirror there as opposed to the other 1100 square feet of mirror. doesn’t get out when i need to squat with a client. fail.

-chris[/quote]

i see a guy who does the bosu ball thing too! i’m not a fan of the bosu ball to begin with… but i’d love to line up a bunch of them in the front yard and play “the ground is lava”

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you can still come here! dont let 1 person spoil your fun. i bet you and BG will be best of friends in a couple of weeks!

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[quote]BARDUKE wrote:
you can still come here! dont let 1 person spoil your fun. i bet you and BG will be best of friends in a couple of weeks![/quote]

hahaha i’m sure you’re right… we’ll be spotting each other and going for smoothies after a fun, friendship filled workout … :slight_smile:

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Anyone else ever split their pants/ shorts while squatting? The seam of my shorts blew out hard with a vengance! It almost made a popping sound! I’m sure my dog 5 miles away heard it. Oh yeah and another thing, it was laundry day. So my shorts I was wearning was really my swimming suit. Happy Friday!

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I’ve seen a LOT of guys lately doing crunches on the swiss balls. Except, they do them so that their shoulders are bouncing off the ball, negating any benefit these might confer to their abs. They think they’re badass doing 100-rep sets of these crunches, when they’re actually doing NOTHING.

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[quote]ladieslove wrote:

[quote]BARDUKE wrote:
you can still come here! dont let 1 person spoil your fun. i bet you and BG will be best of friends in a couple of weeks![/quote]

hahaha i’m sure you’re right… we’ll be spotting each other and going for smoothies after a fun, friendship filled workout … :)[/quote]

Don’t worry about it LL … BG ain’t so bad … just call him John Lithgow (from Footloose … if you’ve seen it you’ll know why he reminds me of him) … he actually has a pretty decent sense of humor … so you keep posting what you want to post and where you want to post it and don’t worry, your taser’s in the mail

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[quote]BBriere wrote:
What’s next? A spot on leg extensions?[/quote]

Actually I saw it happening today…Guy #1 put the whole stack of weight, guy #2 “spotted” him from the very beginning of the first rep through all the set. I don’t think #1 was pourposefully doing negative-only leg ext…

Every monday (worldwide bench day, bro!), two skinny-fat guys put a lifting belt in the locker room, jog on the treadmill for 10-15 mins, then start benching WITH THEIR FEET UP IN THE AIR; “You know, belts protect your back, bro!”

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The worst I ever saw was at my college gym. The place over the summer had maybe 3 people, the week before school started it was about 35 people. I actually saw a kid doing what I can only describe as some fucked up version of yoga on the platform. yes, the platform. He of course weighed maybe 125 at near 6 feet…

Then, after disgracing the beauty of a platform, he managed to drop himself down another level. He had done nothing but those “stretches” and some db exercises, when I decide it’s time to do some lat pulldowns. He was using the seat to rest his arm while doing wrist curls with a pink dumbbell. I think that’s one time I just sat there in disbelief.

I’ve also seen people read chapters of their book in between sets, seen people drop bars, seen people make more noise deadlifting 95lbs than I do with a 1rm, a guy who performed his warm-up which lasted longer than my actual workout, and even heard people talk about dawning their KKK hoods in the middle of the gym.

It definitely fuels the fire sometimes though…

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oh, I forgot one…

There is a guy who shows up on a regular basis and is probably 50ish. He is one of the hairiest mother fuckers I’ve ever seen, and a good 80 lbs overweight at least (i’m bad with weight guessing, but you get the point). He walks in and changes into a cut off sleeve shirt and gym shorts, and proceeds to sit down on the bike. He’ll spend about 20 mins on the bike, while reading, and here is the kicker… drinking a big gulp. He drinks a big gulp every single day he is in there, and I’m putting money on the fact that it isn’t water or even diet…

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[quote]BJack wrote:
I’ve seen a LOT of guys lately doing crunches on the swiss balls. Except, they do them so that their shoulders are bouncing off the ball, negating any benefit these might confer to their abs. They think they’re badass doing 100-rep sets of these crunches, when they’re actually doing NOTHING.[/quote]
sometimes it takes all i have not to go and kick those guys right in the nuts! but then i find comfort in what they are doing will not reap results and eventually they will get discouraged and stop coming to the gym (usually the New Year’s crowd is dead by april here in TX).

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some friend went training with me for the first time. After we are done they say ‘‘let’s go to the faubourg drink a beer’’