i think we can all agree spk is about 12 years old
Somewhat related, I just started to speak with a colleague about his weight and frame while leading to a training routine chat.
The awkward moment when he doesnāt lift weights or trains at allā¦he just has a very wide frame and looks big due to that. I should have started by there* first.
*Training routine, not that he looks bigā¦
if the curls performed at 40 seconds were being performed in a squat rack pretty sure no one would be complaining, all others can find somewhere else to do them.
what is annoying tho is people leaving dumbbells strewn all over the flooor, put them back on the racks for the love of god
[quote]Lakkhamu wrote:
Anyway was doing some modest deadlifts with 275 when this old guy walked in front of me, said āI used to snatch thatā and went over and did 10 lbs hammer curls. [/quote]
Well how old was he?
[quote]benny101 wrote:
if the curls performed at 40 seconds were being performed in a squat rack pretty sure no one would be complaining, all others can find somewhere else to do them.
what is annoying tho is people leaving dumbbells strewn all over the flooor, put them back on the racks for the love of god[/quote]
Strong viking. Impressive benching at the start. Damn.
Had to Wait forā¦ Curling in the squat rack with 65 lbs, 2 guys handing the bar back and forth.
later, a saw a kid putting on kneed wraps, and wrappoing his knee while it was bent at 90 degree
another day at Golds Gym Manchester NH where the dumbbells only go to 100 cuz the owner says anything higher guys just drop.
24" arms, canāt argue with that!
A PT at the gym Iām using whilst on leave, slim bloke, pretty talkative, nice enough lad.
Belt, straps, wrist wraps on the preacher curling the bar and 20#s. I can understand the wrist wraps, maybe even the straps, but the belt just blew my mind.
When he saw me dead lift without a belt or straps, just chalk his head nearly exploded. Gear whorinā.
Iāve seen someone benching with straps before. Like if they were doing deadlifts or rack pulls.
There arenāt a lot of heavy lifting women at my gym, so when I see one, I tend to take notice.
This girl was muscular, and ripped - in a t-shirt, I could see the horseshoe of her triceps. She obviously knew her way around a gym.
She didnāt, however, have the good sense to walk around the cage when I was front squatting. She tried to duck under the bar to get something by the wall as I was descending. Knocked me off balance when I clipped the back of her head, but it didnāt hurt anything (on me at least).
I was stunned that someone could look like she did, and have no gym sense whatsoeverā¦
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
There arenāt a lot of heavy lifting women at my gym, so when I see one, I tend to take notice.
This girl was muscular, and ripped - in a t-shirt, I could see the horseshoe of her triceps. She obviously knew her way around a gym.
She didnāt, however, have the good sense to walk around the cage when I was front squatting. She tried to duck under the bar to get something by the wall as I was descending. Knocked me off balance when I clipped the back of her head, but it didnāt hurt anything (on me at least).
I was stunned that someone could look like she did, and have no gym sense whatsoeverā¦[/quote]
One time I was front squatting and at the end of my set this 10 year old kid walked in front of me to take 2.5 or 5lb plates from my rack, was not quick about it either. So I just had to stand there and wait for him, would have hit him in the head if I tried to walk back and re-rack the weight. At the end of my set the weight was already getting hard to hold so it was hard not to drop it at that point.
^^^ Reminds me of the time when I was front squatting, over 4 plates per side on the bar, and this little asian lady walks/crouches underneath the end of the bar to grab weights from the rackā¦shit like that can really make you wonder how theyāve survived up to this point in their lives.
[quote]pushmepullme wrote:
There arenāt a lot of heavy lifting women at my gym, so when I see one, I tend to take notice.
This girl was muscular, and ripped - in a t-shirt, I could see the horseshoe of her triceps. She obviously knew her way around a gym.
She didnāt, however, have the good sense to walk around the cage when I was front squatting. She tried to duck under the bar to get something by the wall as I was descending. Knocked me off balance when I clipped the back of her head, but it didnāt hurt anything (on me at least).
I was stunned that someone could look like she did, and have no gym sense whatsoeverā¦[/quote]
Sometimes the pump is sooo good that it takes blood flow away from the brain. Men deal with this issue all the time and so we have coping mechanisims to deal with the loss of blood flow to our brains. For example, if going to a strip club - take cash. DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT go to the ATM or run a Tab.
This chick just didnāt know how to deal with the pump in a new gym.
The other day in the gym the battery in my mp3 goes dead. I take out my headphones and this is playing
sometimes I hate my gym
I was doing seated cable rows and a guy comes up and asks me if he can jump in with me. Mid-40ās guy with a handle bar mustache and not really big at all.
He uses straps and throws his entire body into it to get the weight back (basically ended every rep with his torso at a 45 degree angle). When its my turn I drop a few plates off and complete my set with full ROM, torso stayed firmly upright, and squeeze my lats for a second on each rep.
After I finish he looks at me and tells me to pull the handle into my bellybutton because I wasnāt hitting my back very well (I was pulling it to right around my upper abs).
I was so tempted to just go off on him and tell him to drop the weight, lose the straps, and complete some actual quality reps before he begins criticizing the form of others.
i got a hamstring cramp in the squat rack yesterday. then i was stretching and doing āself massageā in the squat rack. it was AWESOME!
[quote]LaPointe wrote:
ā¦doing āself massageā in the squat rackā¦[/quote]
I only do that in my cage at home, I donāt want to get arrested.
I do foam roll in the cage between sets at my gymā¦
My first day back to my university gym, and of course thereās about 300 people in there bc of new yearās. Itās hard to move.
Thereās only 4 squat racks, so there are people waiting. I go to change the weight on my bar and look over and see 3 guys using the rack to do FUCKING PUSHUPS. Not even pushups on the bar, just pushups ON THE FUCKING GROUND.
Seen these two volleyball players from my university doing ājump squatsā with 135 pounds(they weighed 190 tops, and couldnāt squat 225 to proper depth) while their trainer/coach was watching. So far, I havenāt seen a single athlete at my university that knows how to squat right.
Iāve showed two female players(I basketball, 1 triathlete) how to improve their form. They didnāt get offensive about it, or anything, which is kind of what I was expecting, and they actually thanked me(sincerely for you smart asses out there) for the pointers.
Guy came in with his kettle bells and only used his kettle bells. Why would you pay $200 a year for something you can do at home?
Cuz everyone needs to see how hardcore and up to date he is with his training methods