[quote]amphibian wrote:
“That’s why I like training with a team or people you train with somewhat regularly.”
I hear ya, that’s one thing I miss training heavy stuff in the barn.
Back in the 80s the circle gym in Camp Lejeune was a great place for serious comraderie. The adrenalin just flowed, it was like mob violence. Great times.
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What barn are you talking about? That’s what we call it at our PL club because it is in an old barn out in the country. Maybe they’re all in barns.
[quote]Scrotus wrote:
SkyzykS wrote:
Now that he knows that you know, it’s all over.
Next time you spot him you are going to have to push the bar down across his neck and hold it there till, well- you know.
Thats just the way it is.
A mans gotta do what a mans gotta do.[/quote]
Yup. The personification of fate.
“What barn are you talking about?”
My barn. I live on what was once a working farm. I have good equipment including a power rack so I can go heavy without a spot, but the only comraderie I get is my music and an occasional “Don’t shit yourself” comment from my daughter.
yeah i definitely lifted it ON 3, it was almost like he wanted this:
1----2------------3.
which is wtf
also i didn’t rip it up off him right away, the bar stalled, went down about an inch and then i pulled it off him.
when i ask for a spot on bench, i just want a lift off and help only if the bar totally stop moving. i tell them to let me grind it out. This guy didn’t even really get one rep, then tried for two. I’m always amazed at people who are obviously done with the set, but expect more.
if he wanted me to assist the reps he would ask me, forced reps shouldn’t be the norm
[quote]LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
You’re supposed to cheer encouragingly during the set and then say, “it was all you,” at the end of the set even when it isn’t.[/quote]
I almost pissed my pants when I read that. My friend and I always crack up from that saying.
“ITS ALL YOU”
I have seen spotters STRAINING to help dudes get the bar up and then state that. It’s hilarious.
Everybody knows when you’re asked to spot on the bench, that means you are working on your deadlift/upright row hybrid and the guy on the bench is SPOTTING YOU!!
Jeez, some people!
holy shit!
Rock27, what does your dog bench?! He’s totally jacked.
He’s a spotter!
(actual response, unlike my previous ones)
Schultzie, don’t worry about it. From what you described, it was a failed attempt from the get go. He stalled on the count, hesitated, and ultimatey blew it. If he didn’t have the confidence to to attempt the lift without hesitation, he shoud not have done it.
You just happened to be there. If the dude had a working set of balls, he would be pissed at himself and improve on the lift. That doesn’t seem to be the case, so fuck’im.
And you can tell him I said that too!
People have indicated they really like the way I spot. This is what I do. For the lift off I gave up on timing the lift along time ago. I just simply lift with what is probably around 30 or 40 pounds of pressure before they do. This way whenever they lift, the help is there.
I don’t try to place it at any point above their chest, I just simply add stability for them to get it where they want it.
Whey the begin to struggle I put my hands under the bar but don’t touch unless they stall. If they begin another rep when I think there’s a good chance they won’t get it, I switch to an overhand spot where I’m LIGHTLY gripping the bar all the way down and all the way up.
With the light grip you can really feel how much pressure to assist with to keep the bar moving, but with the minimum amount of help possible.
When I spot someone on bench I would never pull it off unless they totally failed. If someone goes for an extra rep with me, they better be prepared to grind because I’m going to assume they are there too work, not to get a freebee.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Iron Dwarf wrote:
“On three” means exactly that… ON three, not before three, not after three.
Exactly. I thought Lethal Weapon cleared that up from that point on.
Personally, I expect most people to be idiots so if I ask for a spot, it’s going to be from someone who clearly looks like they know the ins and outs of a gym and can handle the weight if I get into trouble. Even then I usually just have them stand there with instruction to only touch the weight if I get into trouble.[/quote]
I try telling people that and it doesn’t work. “Just stand there and help if I ask.”
They can’t do it. I haven’t figured out why. I only ask for a spot on squats, so I think I just need to start squatting in the power rack so that I can just bail the bar if I really need to.
[quote]on edge wrote:
People have indicated they really like the way I spot. This is what I do. For the lift off I gave up on timing the lift along time ago. I just simply lift with what is probably around 30 or 40 pounds of pressure before they do. This way whenever they lift, the help is there.
I don’t try to place it at any point above their chest, I just simply add stability for them to get it where they want it.
Whey the begin to struggle I put my hands under the bar but don’t touch unless they stall. If they begin another rep when I think there’s a good chance they won’t get it, I switch to an overhand spot where I’m LIGHTLY gripping the bar all the way down and all the way up.
With the light grip you can really feel how much pressure to assist with to keep the bar moving, but with the minimum amount of help possible.
When I spot someone on bench I would never pull it off unless they totally failed. If someone goes for an extra rep with me, they better be prepared to grind because I’m going to assume they are there too work, not to get a freebee.[/quote]
WRONG! You touch the bar before I say so and I fucking kill you.
lol jk. But seriously, as soon as someone touches the bar, my focus goes out the window and the set is over.
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
on edge wrote:
People have indicated they really like the way I spot. This is what I do. For the lift off I gave up on timing the lift along time ago. I just simply lift with what is probably around 30 or 40 pounds of pressure before they do. This way whenever they lift, the help is there.
I don’t try to place it at any point above their chest, I just simply add stability for them to get it where they want it.
Whey the begin to struggle I put my hands under the bar but don’t touch unless they stall. If they begin another rep when I think there’s a good chance they won’t get it, I switch to an overhand spot where I’m LIGHTLY gripping the bar all the way down and all the way up.
With the light grip you can really feel how much pressure to assist with to keep the bar moving, but with the minimum amount of help possible.
When I spot someone on bench I would never pull it off unless they totally failed. If someone goes for an extra rep with me, they better be prepared to grind because I’m going to assume they are there too work, not to get a freebee.
WRONG! You touch the bar before I say so and I fucking kill you.
lol jk. But seriously, as soon as someone touches the bar, my focus goes out the window and the set is over.[/quote]
I agree with waylanderxx here. If someone is spotting me I don’t want them to touch the bar until I try to push the weight up and it goes the wrong way or when I say help.
It’s best to get a spotter though. I don’t know if I’m the only dumbass who thought another rep is possible, just to end up rolling 225 lbs down my torso so I could get up. lol
This is why I give people crystal clear instructions when I ask for a spot.
Sounds like you didn’t do exactly what he wanted, guess he didn’t figure out he had to articulate what he wanted for that to actually happen.
[quote]TylerPK4L wrote:
I agree with waylanderxx here. If someone is spotting me I don’t want them to touch the bar until I try to push the weight up and it goes the wrong way or when I say help.
It’s best to get a spotter though. I don’t know if I’m the only dumbass who thought another rep is possible, just to end up rolling 225 lbs down my torso so I could get up. lol[/quote]
Hah! That reminds me of my friend. He was doing 185 on incline and he kept going only about 1/2 way down, got like 15 reps. I kept giving him shit about so he said “Fine! I’ll touch my chest”.
So like 2 minutes later I’m walking back over there and I hear some guy yelling. It’s my buddy rolling 185 down his chest and off his legs rofl. Failed on the first rep…I lol’d hard.
Spotting random people at the gym generally sucks. Getting random spotters at the gym generally sucks.
It’s just the way it is. 
[quote]waylanderxx wrote:
TylerPK4L wrote:
I agree with waylanderxx here. If someone is spotting me I don’t want them to touch the bar until I try to push the weight up and it goes the wrong way or when I say help.
It’s best to get a spotter though. I don’t know if I’m the only dumbass who thought another rep is possible, just to end up rolling 225 lbs down my torso so I could get up. lol
Hah! That reminds me of my friend. He was doing 185 on incline and he kept going only about 1/2 way down, got like 15 reps. I kept giving him shit about so he said “Fine! I’ll touch my chest”.
So like 2 minutes later I’m walking back over there and I hear some guy yelling. It’s my buddy rolling 185 down his chest and off his legs rofl. Failed on the first rep…I lol’d hard.[/quote]
That’s awesome, haha
Those partial reps are a nice ego boost compared full ROM I guess!
I’ll go help people out if I see they’re doing something like that to save them from embarrassment.
[quote]Ghost22 wrote:
This is why I give people crystal clear instructions when I ask for a spot.
Sounds like you didn’t do exactly what he wanted, guess he didn’t figure out he had to articulate what he wanted for that to actually happen. [/quote]
Sometimes that doesn’t even work.
I told this older guy, maybe late 40s to ‘I’m going to try to get 10-12 on here, I need u to help me get through it.’
He said “Okay, let’s do it.”
I get to 5 reps and start crappping, this is the part where I need him to 'help me get through it."
He just watched me squirm then pulls the weight up to rack it with my pushing. He makes some dick head comment like;
“Not quite 12 buddy.” As if I were trying to show off.
I’m just thinking…what a retard. Everheard of ‘negatives’ or ‘eccentric training.’
[quote]goochadamg wrote:
Spotting random people at the gym generally sucks. Getting random spotters at the gym generally sucks.
It’s just the way it is. :)[/quote]
Seriously…I have enough trouble asking somebody to help me put the bar back up after a failed squat.
[quote]SpartanX wrote:
Ghost22 wrote:
This is why I give people crystal clear instructions when I ask for a spot.
Sounds like you didn’t do exactly what he wanted, guess he didn’t figure out he had to articulate what he wanted for that to actually happen.
Sometimes that doesn’t even work.
I told this older guy, maybe late 40s to ‘I’m going to try to get 10-12 on here, I need u to help me get through it.’
He said “Okay, let’s do it.”
I get to 5 reps and start crappping, this is the part where I need him to 'help me get through it."
He just watched me squirm then pulls the weight up to rack it with my pushing. He makes some dick head comment like;
“Not quite 12 buddy.” As if I were trying to show off.
I’m just thinking…what a retard. Everheard of ‘negatives’ or ‘eccentric training.’[/quote]
NoNoNo.
You can’t just do that.
I would have let the bar pin you to the bench til you turned purple.
If you fail after five reps and expect some schmoe to row you through the next seven, may god have mercy on your soul, cause I don’t know of one person on earth who will.