I just had a football coach recently tell me that squatting deep is bad. That is not something new, but this a coach for my friend’s dad that plays semi-pro. My friends dad advises me to go low, and if I don’t go low enough, then he doesn’t count the rep. Irony in real life is always fun.
ukrainian you reminded me of what my cousin was telling me the other day about the town he lives in in Colorado. It’s 80% males.
Their saying is “She’s not your girlfriend, it’s just your turn.”
[quote]hungry4more wrote:
ukrainian you reminded me of what my cousin was telling me the other day about the town he lives in in Colorado. It’s 80% males.
Their saying is “She’s not your girlfriend, it’s just your turn.”[/quote]
Great saying. That’s what it basically is nowadays in high school.
If I don’t ask you for help, don’t offer it if I’m not doing something that could lead to my getting hurt. The guy who came up and laughed at me while I was squatting before showing off that he could easily squat what I was doing, executing a flawless 2 inch squat and telling my I was “going too deep” and “would get bulky” can suck a fuck
Also there was a guy who was using the bench so I asked if I could work in. All good. Unfortunately he also took it upon himself to not just spot me, but frat spot me. IE: hoof the fucking fucking thing up. I understand he was only trying to be helpful but me lifting the weight under my own power is sort of the point of being there.
[quote]jaybvee wrote:
6 9) You may lift more than me but are you lifting it with muscle or momentum ?
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Ninja please…
The ol momentum lift…if I’d only use momentum, I’d bench X or squat Y or deadlift Z.
Stop it.
[quote]MaximusB wrote:
- Don’t jump bail. This actually happened at my gym. One of the trainers was arrested in the gym at gunpoint, as Federal Marshals ran in to serve an arrest warrant for him jumping bail. [/quote]
Now that’s dedication to lifting. Hardcore.
[quote]TheBodyGuard wrote:
jaybvee wrote:
6 9) You may lift more than me but are you lifting it with muscle or momentum ?
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I completely agree - and how about those bastards that are bigger than me? That’s clearly cheating.
A list of other cheaters include:
People lfting more than me
People using whey to build fake muscles
Peole who actually go to the gym and put in more effort than me.
[quote]Dave_ wrote:
People using whey to build fake muscles[/quote]
Yeah, I hate those cunts.
Look no further than my avatar for a t-shirt. I used to get pissed at bicep curls but even that is passable compared to in-place jogging, ab crunches, cell phone conversations, or sitting on the pins with your girlfriend on your lap (seriously).
I usually workout at 6 AM to avoid most of the socializing people as well as the jackasses people talk about here. Coz you have to be hardcore to hit the gym that early…
This way you can have less complaining and more time to shut up and squat no offence…
[quote]ukrainian wrote:
The girls who dress like whores and then talk crap to you about staring are every, especially here in Colorado. Since there is less summer time, they have to get in more of being a whore than girls in warmer climates.[/quote]
I agree, but I’ve never been bitched at or even looked at in a mean way by a girl for staring. I’ve never seen anybody bitched out by a girl in a tube top and those awesome spandex pants like 7 sizes too small for staring, but most guys try to mask it.
I don’t ever stare at the gym, but lots of girls dress like that outside of school. I stare pretty profusely then and don’t really try to hide it. Most take it as a compliment, I think. Handing out ratings on the 1-10 scale pretty audibly as you’re walking behind some girls with a buddy leads to some amusing reactions as well.
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No stacking pairs of dumbbells 10-40 lbs in a tower ( or towers ) around the free bench to do chest workout with three of your friends. 3-5 feet towers do not make you look badass. I don’t care if your drop setting a massive 30lbs to 20lbs on the db press.
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Is it really that hard to re-rack 7.5 lb dbs? Honestly what about the 12.5s?
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No cleaning out the db rack of 5-50 lbs and placing them around the preacher curl bench and having a conversation while 1 guy rests on the preacher curl bench and occasionally moves some weight.
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No showing up metro-ed out on your gym membership your mom bought you to hangout with your friends and walk around the gym chatting like your a tough guy. Then doing some furious bosu ball crunches while trying to flex your mustache ~ trying to milk your peach fuzz isn’t doing anything @ the gym.
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No thinking you are cool walking into the calisthenics room and kicking bosu balls around watching a dozen girls all halt their workouts and thinking they left because you were too “intimidating”.
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No wild flailing of your arms like your fighting the boogie man just because you learned how to get some lactic acid built up.
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You are not a thug dropping plates around just to struggle through a 55 lb bench press in your new under-armor gear.
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Under Armor gear doesn’t add 50 lbs of muscle to your frame.
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You may walk like a badass in your perfectly matching gym gear with every single fashion accessory known to the nike sports shop - but I’ll still be there for the next year when you come back to show the new fall fashion.
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No endless conversations about your massive discoveries concerning one method of lifting. Short brief to the point maybe a 30 second demonstration.
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cool you want to circuit train but did you have to kidnap the squat racks bar and place it between the bench and incline so you could do a massive insane light weight circuit training routine?
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sure you like T-Nation but if your 120lbs of skeleton battling skinny-fat and training to the latest Men’s Health ABS in 6 weeks, can you please not show up wearing a T-Nation shirt?
[ Below is referred to a GUY or Boy ]
- If you want to flaunt how feminine you can look just because it in style can you please keep the break-dancing inside the calisthenic room and not on the weight-room floor. I don’t care if the girls scare you because they have a little bit of muscle.
oh i just thought of a few.
When I’m working out on a exercise and just happen to be in your way to put away your weights coz the gym is narrow in that area, I apologize and I’ll smarten up the next set and move elsewhere but just WAIT for me to finish. I will apologize and thank you for your patience. Don’t stand there like a douchebag with a dirty look on your face with the weights in your hand expecting me to let you through coz i won’t.
Chances are I won’t take long to finish my set and you are not in that much of a hurry because if you are, you’d take a detour. FUCK! That bugs me.
Oh, unless there are like 3 or more guys in line for water. If i am behind u or if there are like 1-2 guys in line for the water fountain, stop filling up your fucking bottle, let me have a quick drink as well as others. the time it takes for you to fill that damn bottle, we would have gotten a drink and you would be thanked for it.
(the perks of 6 AM workouts)
Girls, if you are gonna dress to reveal skin, you MUST expect to be looked at. So don’t complain but feel flattered. Else go to the women’s only section. I’m sure u check out guys who are ripped and wearing little to nothing as well…I will look if you catch my attention. I am a man. I will try not to stare but if I do, I won’t be the only one. And it takes a lot for me to stare. If you give me shit, I’ll just laugh.
Unless you are curling more than 135 lbs on arms don’t fucking use the squat rack to curl.
This has been said before. You don’t look cool if you wear under armor and not train hard. If you are too skinny or too fat, you only look like a poser.
I respect everyone’s own style, courteous, politically correct, and try to be tolerant to most things but Fat people in spandex is not only inconsiderate for your fellow members but reflects your lack of self respect to put on something more modest.
[quote]Ross Hunt wrote:
geekboy wrote:
Not to disrespect but I too don’t think the free weight area is for those exercises because of the following reasons:
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Idiots that don’t know what you are doing may bump into you and cause injury.
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It can be done safely in aerobics room or matted area.
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The area is for people to lift weights and should stay that way. It is like telling the UFC-Champ-wannabe not to dumbbell punch in front of the dumbbell rack but rather do it in the punching bag room/corner. (Not saying it is good training to punch with dumbbells)
Again not to disrespect but just my 2 cents.
Geek boy
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People worry too much about injury. 'Nuff said.
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It can be safely done in the weight room, too, or anywhere. Back in the day, the biggest games of Capoeira were played on the cobblestone streets of Brazil, on a steep incline. Spring-loaded floors and mats are useful, but not necessary.
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This argument gets to the heart of the misconception: Gymnastics should be understood not as some wacky fringe sport played by men in leotards (‘not that there’s anything wrong with that’), but as a means for training for sports and general fitness, just like weight lifting. Check out any photo of an old gym: You’ll see sets of p-bars, rings, and climbing ropes alongside barbells and dumbbells. You’ll also notice that the lifters look much more fit than those you’d see in most gyms today.[/quote]
This doesn’t get anywhere near a misconception. FIne, do gymnastics, just not near people carrying things that they will drop on you. If you are trying to do gymnastics in a crowded gym you are an idiot.
I know it’s not purely an etiquette issue but it was just fricken’ weird. I was pounding out 20 min of cardio on the treadmill, a guy came in, did his 4 minutes on the treadmill, then got busy on his Gunz. Tricep extensions I can understand; tricep extensions holding a 10 and a 5 in one hand wears on my patience a tiny bit, but Okay.
Even tricep extensions using a 5 and a 10 in one hand 8 inches in front of the mirror, while giving oneself a man-love-stare is tolerable.
It gets better…
Even over the sound of my treadmill, I heard him smooch his bicep. thought I was hearing things, but slowed down to a walk. Then quietly under his breath heard “Oh yeah…” I had to keep a straight face, cause there were only the two of us in the gym.
So to sum up:
rule 13a)no kissing your bodyparts while “working out”
13b)there’s only one body part of mine you can kiss while in the gym, & it’s lower & bigger than a bicep, (and only if yer an SRC).
[quote]Mad_Duck wrote:
I know it’s not purely an etiquette issue but it was just fricken’ weird. I was pounding out 20 min of cardio on the treadmill, a guy came in, did his 4 minutes on the treadmill, then got busy on his Gunz. Tricep extensions I can understand; tricep extensions holding a 10 and a 5 in one hand wears on my patience a tiny bit, but Okay. Even tricep extensions using a 5 and a 10 in one hand 8 inches in front of the mirror, while giving oneself a man-love-stare is tolerable.
It gets better…
Even over the sound of my treadmill, I heard him smooch his bicep. thought I was hearing things, but slowed down to a walk. Then quietly under his breath heard “Oh yeah…” I had to keep a straight face, cause there were only the two of us in the gym.
So to sum up:
rule 13a)no kissing your bodyparts while “working out”
13b)there’s only one body part of mine you can kiss while in the gym, & it’s lower & bigger than a bicep, (and only if yer an SRC).[/quote]
Admit that you were intimidated, if only for a moment…
[quote]Mad_Duck wrote:
So to sum up:
rule 13a)no kissing your bodyparts while “working out”
13b)there’s only one body part of mine you can kiss while in the gym, & it’s lower & bigger than a bicep, (and only if yer an SRC).[/quote]
ahahaha ~ synchronized twists with boxing punch using the pink dumbbells by 3 guys. that could match that especially in neon pink and green hair!
[quote]Artem wrote:
ukrainian wrote:
The girls who dress like whores and then talk crap to you about staring are every, especially here in Colorado. Since there is less summer time, they have to get in more of being a whore than girls in warmer climates.
I agree, but I’ve never been bitched at or even looked at in a mean way by a girl for staring. I’ve never seen anybody bitched out by a girl in a tube top and those awesome spandex pants like 7 sizes too small for staring, but most guys try to mask it.
I don’t ever stare at the gym, but lots of girls dress like that outside of school. I stare pretty profusely then and don’t really try to hide it. Most take it as a compliment, I think. Handing out ratings on the 1-10 scale pretty audibly as you’re walking behind some girls with a buddy leads to some amusing reactions as well.
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It’s rare, but it still should NEVER happen.
[quote]Mad_Duck wrote:
I know it’s not purely an etiquette issue but it was just fricken’ weird. I was pounding out 20 min of cardio on the treadmill, a guy came in, did his 4 minutes on the treadmill, then got busy on his Gunz. Tricep extensions I can understand; tricep extensions holding a 10 and a 5 in one hand wears on my patience a tiny bit, but Okay.
Even tricep extensions using a 5 and a 10 in one hand 8 inches in front of the mirror, while giving oneself a man-love-stare is tolerable.
It gets better…
Even over the sound of my treadmill, I heard him smooch his bicep. thought I was hearing things, but slowed down to a walk. Then quietly under his breath heard “Oh yeah…” I had to keep a straight face, cause there were only the two of us in the gym.
So to sum up:
rule 13a)no kissing your bodyparts while “working out”
13b)there’s only one body part of mine you can kiss while in the gym, & it’s lower & bigger than a bicep, (and only if yer an SRC).[/quote]
The same damn thing happened in my gym 2 weeks ago! A guy didn’t know I could hear him as he said " You rock!" to himself after tricep pressdowns, about 8 reps I guess at 100lbs on the stack. Ugh.
My contribution:
Breathe when you lift and DON’T make piston sounds like you’re the little engine that could!!