[quote]hungry4more wrote:
I felt stuck in retard zone yesterday…whenever the chalk buckets at the gym are empty, I tell an employee, and let them know if they’ll grab a couple blocks of chalk for me I’ll fill them up myself. Up until yesterday, that had always worked great…they were happy to keep chalk off their clothes and hands, I don’t mind taking the few extra seconds to do it. Yesterday…
Me: Both buckets are out of chalk, if you grab a few blocks I’ll fill them up for you
Him: Oh, ok goes onto gym floor and inspects chalk buckets, as if I was making it up
Me: as he’s walking back If you just grab the blocks of chalk for me I’ll handle it man
Him: Well, they’re blocks making gestures with his hands to show me what a block of chalk looks like
Me: I kn…nevermind go back to lifting while he gets the chalk
I was speechless…dude, I referred to them as BLOCKS of chalk twice in the conversation, I KNOW THEY ARE BLOCKS AND I THINK I CAN HANDLE IT[/quote]
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
I felt stuck in retard zone yesterday…whenever the chalk buckets at the gym are empty, I tell an employee, and let them know if they’ll grab a couple blocks of chalk for me I’ll fill them up myself. Up until yesterday, that had always worked great…they were happy to keep chalk off their clothes and hands, I don’t mind taking the few extra seconds to do it. Yesterday…
Me: Both buckets are out of chalk, if you grab a few blocks I’ll fill them up for you
Him: Oh, ok goes onto gym floor and inspects chalk buckets, as if I was making it up
Me: as he’s walking back If you just grab the blocks of chalk for me I’ll handle it man
Him: Well, they’re blocks making gestures with his hands to show me what a block of chalk looks like
Me: I kn…nevermind go back to lifting while he gets the chalk
I was speechless…dude, I referred to them as BLOCKS of chalk twice in the conversation, I KNOW THEY ARE BLOCKS AND I THINK I CAN HANDLE IT[/quote]
Yeah, but, dude… They’re BLOCKS.[/quote]
Is that odd?
The owner of my gym likes to smash the chalk and put powder in the bowls…I like powder vs a block
[quote]kevinm1 wrote:
Anyone else have this new thing where the thug lites will strip all their weight off except one 45lb plate on eeach side? Is it a new cool thing to do to make it seem like someone is still using the equipment, is it to show how uberswole they are and taking off those last two 45’s is too much? I do not understand[/quote]
Ill admit, Ive done that once or twice.
But Ive only done that at a gym where nobody puts their weights away, except for me… so I end up putting away other peoples weights after I have to walk around the gym going on a witch hunt to find them, so I got sick of doing that so in retaliation I would just leave the 2 45lb plate on the bar. Someone else can put those away.
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
I felt stuck in retard zone yesterday…whenever the chalk buckets at the gym are empty, I tell an employee, and let them know if they’ll grab a couple blocks of chalk for me I’ll fill them up myself. Up until yesterday, that had always worked great…they were happy to keep chalk off their clothes and hands, I don’t mind taking the few extra seconds to do it. Yesterday…
Me: Both buckets are out of chalk, if you grab a few blocks I’ll fill them up for you
Him: Oh, ok goes onto gym floor and inspects chalk buckets, as if I was making it up
Me: as he’s walking back If you just grab the blocks of chalk for me I’ll handle it man
Him: Well, they’re blocks making gestures with his hands to show me what a block of chalk looks like
Me: I kn…nevermind go back to lifting while he gets the chalk
I was speechless…dude, I referred to them as BLOCKS of chalk twice in the conversation, I KNOW THEY ARE BLOCKS AND I THINK I CAN HANDLE IT[/quote]
Yeah, but, dude… They’re BLOCKS.[/quote]
That guy was a hero he just saved H$M’s hands from getting dry and peeling skin.
[quote]kevinm1 wrote:
Anyone else have this new thing where the thug lites will strip all their weight off except one 45lb plate on eeach side? Is it a new cool thing to do to make it seem like someone is still using the equipment, is it to show how uberswole they are and taking off those last two 45’s is too much? I do not understand[/quote]
Ill admit, Ive done that once or twice.
But Ive only done that at a gym where nobody puts their weights away, except for me… so I end up putting away other peoples weights after I have to walk around the gym going on a witch hunt to find them, so I got sick of doing that so in retaliation I would just leave the 2 45lb plate on the bar. Someone else can put those away.
tweet[/quote]
Unless I’m in the gym and there are mostly women there I always leave a single 45 per side after I’m done
I see it as a coutesy as most peoples first sets are 45s for warm up
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
I felt stuck in retard zone yesterday…whenever the chalk buckets at the gym are empty, I tell an employee, and let them know if they’ll grab a couple blocks of chalk for me I’ll fill them up myself. Up until yesterday, that had always worked great…they were happy to keep chalk off their clothes and hands, I don’t mind taking the few extra seconds to do it. Yesterday…
Me: Both buckets are out of chalk, if you grab a few blocks I’ll fill them up for you
Him: Oh, ok goes onto gym floor and inspects chalk buckets, as if I was making it up
Me: as he’s walking back If you just grab the blocks of chalk for me I’ll handle it man
Him: Well, they’re blocks making gestures with his hands to show me what a block of chalk looks like
Me: I kn…nevermind go back to lifting while he gets the chalk
I was speechless…dude, I referred to them as BLOCKS of chalk twice in the conversation, I KNOW THEY ARE BLOCKS AND I THINK I CAN HANDLE IT[/quote]
Yeah, but, dude… They’re BLOCKS.[/quote]
That guy was a hero he just saved H$M’s hands from getting dry and peeling skin.[/quote]
I guess so…but I did start moisturizing every night, as a preventive measure. Next I’m gonna have to get manicures for when my nails get all yucky from the dirt.
[quote]kevinm1 wrote:
Anyone else have this new thing where the thug lites will strip all their weight off except one 45lb plate on eeach side? Is it a new cool thing to do to make it seem like someone is still using the equipment, is it to show how uberswole they are and taking off those last two 45’s is too much? I do not understand[/quote]
I have actually done that. Point probably is, if you can’t at least lift a 45lb per side, you probably shouldn’t even be in the gym to begin with.
[quote]kevinm1 wrote:
Anyone else have this new thing where the thug lites will strip all their weight off except one 45lb plate on eeach side? Is it a new cool thing to do to make it seem like someone is still using the equipment, is it to show how uberswole they are and taking off those last two 45’s is too much? I do not understand[/quote]
Ill admit, Ive done that once or twice.
But Ive only done that at a gym where nobody puts their weights away, except for me… so I end up putting away other peoples weights after I have to walk around the gym going on a witch hunt to find them, so I got sick of doing that so in retaliation I would just leave the 2 45lb plate on the bar. Someone else can put those away.
tweet[/quote]
Unless I’m in the gym and there are mostly women there I always leave a single 45 per side after I’m done
I see it as a coutesy as most peoples first sets are 45s for warm up
[/quote]
exactly. and if the name of the gym isn’t Curves, it will not be mostly women. The gym will always and forever be manland.
[quote]kevinm1 wrote:
Anyone else have this new thing where the thug lites will strip all their weight off except one 45lb plate on eeach side? Is it a new cool thing to do to make it seem like someone is still using the equipment, is it to show how uberswole they are and taking off those last two 45’s is too much? I do not understand[/quote]
I always do this with the leg press tbh
I just assume noone is gonna use less than 1pps on the leg press
I don’t know if this is a normal/regular occurrence in gyms everywhere, but at my university’s gym, many of the asian foreign exchange students squat with thin/yoga mats as pussy pads. Usually they don’t go higher than 185#, and it’s always quarter squats.
[quote]kevinm1 wrote:
Anyone else have this new thing where the thug lites will strip all their weight off except one 45lb plate on eeach side? Is it a new cool thing to do to make it seem like someone is still using the equipment, is it to show how uberswole they are and taking off those last two 45’s is too much? I do not understand[/quote]
I have actually done that. Point probably is, if you can’t at least lift a 45lb per side, you probably shouldn’t even be in the gym to begin with.[/quote]
I always start with the bar to groove my movement. And for military press, I usually work out with less than 135.
Also, when I was first starting, I was working out with the bar and some odd change on each side. It was all I could do to drag around the 45lb plates. We all had to start from somewhere.
[quote]kevinm1 wrote:
Anyone else have this new thing where the thug lites will strip all their weight off except one 45lb plate on eeach side? Is it a new cool thing to do to make it seem like someone is still using the equipment, is it to show how uberswole they are and taking off those last two 45’s is too much? I do not understand[/quote]
I have actually done that. Point probably is, if you can’t at least lift a 45lb per side, you probably shouldn’t even be in the gym to begin with.[/quote]
I always start with the bar to groove my movement. And for military press, I usually work out with less than 135.
Also, when I was first starting, I was working out with the bar and some odd change on each side. It was all I could do to drag around the 45lb plates. We all had to start from somewhere.[/quote]
on machines though?
clearing barbells is the norm because youre right, you never know if someone is gonna shoulder press or curl
but from the plate loaded machines, yea, most anyone can pump out with 45’s