This happens all the fucking time at my YMCA (I go there because it’s relatively cheap and has surprisingly decent equipment).
Lately this one kid who totally matches the curlbro prototype (blonde feathered hair, stud earrings, always wearing exaggeratedly cut tanks) has been giving me the stink eye ever since I interrupted one of his SRC sessions to grab a plate I couldn’t find on the other plate tree. I’ve seen him nearly every day since I’m returned home for break. Interested to see how this evolves.
[quote]mightE wrote:
Tonight these two high school age cock suckers pointed and laughed at me for reracking my weights and cleaning my sweat off of the padding.
As simple as that is, in a way it’s kind of profound.
It’s not the first time I have been ridiculed for doing the right thing, and I doubt it will be the last.[/quote]
I’ve never been laughed at for putting weights away, but I have been known to organize the weights between sets.
I will even organize the dumbbells. While I don’t press 100 pounds, I know where they fucking belong!
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I do this too. Sometimes I feel like King Sisyphus. It never ends.[/quote]
This happens all the fucking time at my YMCA (I go there because it’s relatively cheap and has surprisingly decent equipment).
Lately this one kid who totally matches the curlbro prototype (blonde feathered hair, stud earrings, always wearing exaggeratedly cut tanks) has been giving me the stink eye ever since I interrupted one of his SRC sessions to grab a plate I couldn’t find on the other plate tree. I’ve seen him nearly every day since I’m returned home for break. Interested to see how this evolves. [/quote]
i wish my Y had bumper plates and a platform and a power rack.
[quote]byukid wrote:
Watched a guy shadowbox in between the cable towers. Never touched a weight.[/quote]
I know a guy who shadow boxed in the mirror. But this has fought mma professionally. so, i guess thats ok.[/quote]
Disagree totally, shit like this is posturing right up there with lifting your shirt and flexing your abs in the mirror, its a hey look at me Im a fighter move. Who gives a shit do your set and stop showing off your mad mma skills.
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idk i disagree some people just do stuff cuz they like it. I love to dance so inbetween my sets or if im tryna hype myelf up ima turn the music up and dance. Maybe he just loves fighting heck i even shaddow box in the mirror when i work out at home.
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If you’re recovered enough between sets to be dancing, maybe you should just start your next set?[/quote]
Booo. That’s no fun. I often dance between sets while BB is doing his set. Sometimes it gets stupid but that’s the fun of training at home.
This happens all the fucking time at my YMCA (I go there because it’s relatively cheap and has surprisingly decent equipment).
Lately this one kid who totally matches the curlbro prototype (blonde feathered hair, stud earrings, always wearing exaggeratedly cut tanks) has been giving me the stink eye ever since I interrupted one of his SRC sessions to grab a plate I couldn’t find on the other plate tree. I’ve seen him nearly every day since I’m returned home for break. Interested to see how this evolves. [/quote]
i wish my Y had bumper plates and a platform and a power rack. [/quote]
Yeah, it’s a surprisingly good facility. Unfortunately there aren’t many people that come in and know what to do.
This happens all the fucking time at my YMCA (I go there because it’s relatively cheap and has surprisingly decent equipment).
Lately this one kid who totally matches the curlbro prototype (blonde feathered hair, stud earrings, always wearing exaggeratedly cut tanks) has been giving me the stink eye ever since I interrupted one of his SRC sessions to grab a plate I couldn’t find on the other plate tree. I’ve seen him nearly every day since I’m returned home for break. Interested to see how this evolves. [/quote]
i wish my Y had bumper plates and a platform and a power rack. [/quote]
Yeah, it’s a surprisingly good facility. Unfortunately there aren’t many people that come in and know what to do.
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As an aside, getting yourself a nice pair of oly shoes would do wonders for your snatch form.
[quote]byukid wrote:
Watched a guy shadowbox in between the cable towers. Never touched a weight.[/quote]
I know a guy who shadow boxed in the mirror. But this has fought mma professionally. so, i guess thats ok.[/quote]
Disagree totally, shit like this is posturing right up there with lifting your shirt and flexing your abs in the mirror, its a hey look at me Im a fighter move. Who gives a shit do your set and stop showing off your mad mma skills.
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idk i disagree some people just do stuff cuz they like it. I love to dance so inbetween my sets or if im tryna hype myelf up ima turn the music up and dance. Maybe he just loves fighting heck i even shaddow box in the mirror when i work out at home.
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If you’re recovered enough between sets to be dancing, maybe you should just start your next set?[/quote]
Booo. That’s no fun. I often dance between sets while BB is doing his set. Sometimes it gets stupid but that’s the fun of training at home.
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Well I’m sorry I just don’t like it! The gym is not the place for dancing.
Ironically though, if I’m in a club I spend my time between dances knocking out sets of military presses and Bulgarian split squats.
[quote]byukid wrote:
Watched a guy shadowbox in between the cable towers. Never touched a weight.[/quote]
I know a guy who shadow boxed in the mirror. But this has fought mma professionally. so, i guess thats ok.[/quote]
Disagree totally, shit like this is posturing right up there with lifting your shirt and flexing your abs in the mirror, its a hey look at me Im a fighter move. Who gives a shit do your set and stop showing off your mad mma skills.
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idk i disagree some people just do stuff cuz they like it. I love to dance so inbetween my sets or if im tryna hype myelf up ima turn the music up and dance. Maybe he just loves fighting heck i even shaddow box in the mirror when i work out at home.
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If you’re recovered enough between sets to be dancing, maybe you should just start your next set?[/quote]
Booo. That’s no fun. I often dance between sets while BB is doing his set. Sometimes it gets stupid but that’s the fun of training at home.
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Well I’m sorry I just don’t like it! The gym is not the place for dancing.
Ironically though, if I’m in a club I spend my time between dances knocking out sets of military presses and Bulgarian split squats.[/quote]
Right on. I’ve seen someone do a snatch at a club but that’s another story.
I dare you to knock out a few moves during your next training day and get it on video with one of your killer 20 rep squat sets.
This happens all the fucking time at my YMCA (I go there because it’s relatively cheap and has surprisingly decent equipment).
Lately this one kid who totally matches the curlbro prototype (blonde feathered hair, stud earrings, always wearing exaggeratedly cut tanks) has been giving me the stink eye ever since I interrupted one of his SRC sessions to grab a plate I couldn’t find on the other plate tree. I’ve seen him nearly every day since I’m returned home for break. Interested to see how this evolves. [/quote]
i wish my Y had bumper plates and a platform and a power rack. [/quote]
Yeah, it’s a surprisingly good facility. Unfortunately there aren’t many people that come in and know what to do.
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As an aside, getting yourself a nice pair of oly shoes would do wonders for your snatch form.[/quote]
Amen, haha. Thanks for the suggestion. I’m trying to use holiday money towards those.
Is there such a thing as tolerable squat rack curlers?
Guy uses squat rack to curl today. I’m doing deadlifts on the platform, so I’m not terribly spiteful about it.
I was working up to a 450 ME deadlift. However, the only available olympic bar has absolutely no knurling. This, combined with the heat cranked up for the winter, led to a missed lift due to sweaty hands.
Squat rack curler looks into his bag and hands me some straps.
Later, I’m doing Good Mornings with 275 in the same rack he desecrated. Guy comes up to me after the set and compliments me on my form.
[quote]Grillmister wrote:
Is there such a thing as tolerable squat rack curlers?
Guy uses squat rack to curl today. I’m doing deadlifts on the platform, so I’m not terribly spiteful about it.
I was working up to a 450 ME deadlift. However, the only available olympic bar has absolutely no knurling. This, combined with the heat cranked up for the winter, led to a missed lift due to sweaty hands.
Squat rack curler looks into his bag and hands me some straps.
Later, I’m doing Good Mornings with 275 in the same rack he desecrated. Guy comes up to me after the set and compliments me on my form.
It was kind of an astonishing experience. [/quote]Wait, “real” lifters use available and convenient barbells for curls? You don’t say.
[quote]Grillmister wrote:
Is there such a thing as tolerable squat rack curlers?
Guy uses squat rack to curl today. I’m doing deadlifts on the platform, so I’m not terribly spiteful about it.
I was working up to a 450 ME deadlift. However, the only available olympic bar has absolutely no knurling. This, combined with the heat cranked up for the winter, led to a missed lift due to sweaty hands.
Squat rack curler looks into his bag and hands me some straps.
Later, I’m doing Good Mornings with 275 in the same rack he desecrated. Guy comes up to me after the set and compliments me on my form.
It was kind of an astonishing experience. [/quote]Wait, “real” lifters use available and convenient barbells for curls? You don’t say.
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You can curl at many different places, even without a rack of any kind. In how many places can you deadlift properly? You need either a powercage or a squatrack. If you use those for doing something you could be doing somewhere else, then you’re being somewhat selfish.
[quote]Grillmister wrote:
Is there such a thing as tolerable squat rack curlers?
Guy uses squat rack to curl today. I’m doing deadlifts on the platform, so I’m not terribly spiteful about it.
I was working up to a 450 ME deadlift. However, the only available olympic bar has absolutely no knurling. This, combined with the heat cranked up for the winter, led to a missed lift due to sweaty hands.
Squat rack curler looks into his bag and hands me some straps.
Later, I’m doing Good Mornings with 275 in the same rack he desecrated. Guy comes up to me after the set and compliments me on my form.
It was kind of an astonishing experience. [/quote]Wait, “real” lifters use available and convenient barbells for curls? You don’t say.
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You can curl at many different places, even without a rack of any kind. In how many places can you deadlift properly? You need either a powercage or a squatrack. If you use those for doing something you could be doing somewhere else, then you’re being somewhat selfish.
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I’m pretty sure you can deadlift properly almost anywhere. Although a legitimate lift, I find myself annoyed when people are deadlifting in the only available rack and I want to squat.
Whats worse is about once a week the rack is in use by some guy (maybe 5’10, 180lbs) using the rack for a ghastly looking fusion of shrugs and bar humps with 6 plates. His back is rounded like crazy and he screams on most reps.
[quote]Grillmister wrote:
Is there such a thing as tolerable squat rack curlers?
Guy uses squat rack to curl today. I’m doing deadlifts on the platform, so I’m not terribly spiteful about it.
I was working up to a 450 ME deadlift. However, the only available olympic bar has absolutely no knurling. This, combined with the heat cranked up for the winter, led to a missed lift due to sweaty hands.
Squat rack curler looks into his bag and hands me some straps.
Later, I’m doing Good Mornings with 275 in the same rack he desecrated. Guy comes up to me after the set and compliments me on my form.
It was kind of an astonishing experience. [/quote]Wait, “real” lifters use available and convenient barbells for curls? You don’t say.
[/quote]
You can curl at many different places, even without a rack of any kind. In how many places can you deadlift properly? You need either a powercage or a squatrack. If you use those for doing something you could be doing somewhere else, then you’re being somewhat selfish.
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You can deadlift anywhere there is a floor. What do you need a rack for? Am I missing something?
Sorry, I meant to say “In how many places can you squat properly?”. I have no idea how I managed to say deadlift there and one sentence later “squat rack”.