[quote]carbiduis wrote:
keep you hands out of your pockets
no deadlifitng with the EZ-bar or the womens bar for that matter
No squatting with a tmapon on the bar
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I squat with a tampon - F U
[quote]Pain Sama wrote:
No curling in the sqaut rack!!! and dont freaken tell me “whatever you do don’t break parallel its bad for your knees”[/quote]
Even if I curl more than most in my gym squat?
Stating this as an absolute it wrong. I see guys in the squat rack curling the bar and then maybe a 10 lber or two at the most. That I see as wrong if there are alternatives - in one of the gyms I frequent there are strait bars loaded with the weight that goes up to 115lbs. No need to be in the squat rack.
[quote]ethanwest wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
[quote]yellowcap wrote:
- UnderArmor is NOT for every body
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I think you need to repeat that one. I swear I see more skinny teenagers running around in this and extremely fat people than anyone in shape enough to get away with it. Yes, it works great for training in, especially if you play sports or are in the military…however, if your waist is over 50" OR people mistake your arms for those little stir sticks they use for coffee, let it go.[/quote]
It cracks me up seeing fat guys buy all the gear, and then never put it to good use. But then again I’m a skinny fuck that wears under armor
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Now this I dislike. Skinny guys in under armor. Almost as bad as fat guy in under armor wearing the weightbelt to hide the gut. Hey - to each their own.
[quote]Loudog75 wrote:
[quote]carbiduis wrote:
keep you hands out of your pockets
no deadlifitng with the EZ-bar or the womens bar for that matter
No squatting with a tmapon on the bar
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I squat with a tampon - F U[/quote]
Hahaha!
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Situation:
I was training shoulders last night…so it was a great day…until I got to my last exercise (high incline HS presses) and there was a guy on the machine already. I asked how many sets he had left with, “two sets” as the response.
…so I waited and sat down on a bench near by and just tried to focus on my MP3 player for a while…but after a song and a half, I was starting to get pissed.
The man I was waiting on had to have been at least about 180lbs (average sedentary but no weakling), yet was only “incline pressing” a 25lbs and a 5lbs plate on each side. He was not sweating. He wasn’t breathing hard. In fact, short of going through the motions, he was just sitting there relaxing.
He finished his “2 sets” and still sat there. So I said, “Dude, how much longer do you have” pretty loud I guess seeing as other people started looking so he grabbed his shit and left.
But my question is, even in trying to adapt to the average sedentary person who fills gyms lately, how much are we supposed to accept as normal behavior?
This guy knew I was waiting on the machine.
Everyone nearby knew I was waiting on the machine because they watched me walk up.
It was like he took even more time once he knew I was waiting on it…and these weren’t even regular reps either. These were “slow I’m just here for the atmosphere” reps with no effort behind them…with LONG pauses of sitting there as if you needed time to recover from such a feat.[/quote]
I find its easier to just say “mind if I work in” whenever I see somebody doing aerobic pussy lifts on the equipment I need. After you load it up to a real man’s weight they just leave. They have no desire to help unload the weight because that’s more of a workout than they planned. lol
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Situation:
I was training shoulders last night…so it was a great day…until I got to my last exercise (high incline HS presses) and there was a guy on the machine already. I asked how many sets he had left with, “two sets” as the response.
…so I waited and sat down on a bench near by and just tried to focus on my MP3 player for a while…but after a song and a half, I was starting to get pissed.
The man I was waiting on had to have been at least about 180lbs (average sedentary but no weakling), yet was only “incline pressing” a 25lbs and a 5lbs plate on each side. He was not sweating. He wasn’t breathing hard. In fact, short of going through the motions, he was just sitting there relaxing.
He finished his “2 sets” and still sat there. So I said, “Dude, how much longer do you have” pretty loud I guess seeing as other people started looking so he grabbed his shit and left.
But my question is, even in trying to adapt to the average sedentary person who fills gyms lately, how much are we supposed to accept as normal behavior?
This guy knew I was waiting on the machine.
Everyone nearby knew I was waiting on the machine because they watched me walk up.
It was like he took even more time once he knew I was waiting on it…and these weren’t even regular reps either. These were “slow I’m just here for the atmosphere” reps with no effort behind them…with LONG pauses of sitting there as if you needed time to recover from such a feat.[/quote]
It personally irks me when someone asks me how many sets I’ve got left and then just hangs around until I’m done. I understand the person may be waiting for the spot so no one else grabs it when I’m done, but I’d prefer if they go do something else and come back a few minutes later, even if I’ve got 2 sets left.
Actually I don’t mind them hanging around but working out instead of standing there, idle.
Once, I asked some guy if he had anything else better to do instead of waiting for me to finish my 3 sets on the squat rack. He told me he was following a programme. I told him, ‘what about doing a couple of jump squats or lunges to pass the time, hey? That’ll keep you warm.’
That pissed him off. And because he was pissed off, I added two extra sets to my workout.
Ehehehe…
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Situation:
I was training shoulders last night…so it was a great day…until I got to my last exercise (high incline HS presses) and there was a guy on the machine already. I asked how many sets he had left with, “two sets” as the response.
…so I waited and sat down on a bench near by and just tried to focus on my MP3 player for a while…but after a song and a half, I was starting to get pissed.
The man I was waiting on had to have been at least about 180lbs (average sedentary but no weakling), yet was only “incline pressing” a 25lbs and a 5lbs plate on each side. He was not sweating. He wasn’t breathing hard. In fact, short of going through the motions, he was just sitting there relaxing.
He finished his “2 sets” and still sat there. So I said, “Dude, how much longer do you have” pretty loud I guess seeing as other people started looking so he grabbed his shit and left.
But my question is, even in trying to adapt to the average sedentary person who fills gyms lately, how much are we supposed to accept as normal behavior?
This guy knew I was waiting on the machine.
Everyone nearby knew I was waiting on the machine because they watched me walk up.
It was like he took even more time once he knew I was waiting on it…and these weren’t even regular reps either. These were “slow I’m just here for the atmosphere” reps with no effort behind them…with LONG pauses of sitting there as if you needed time to recover from such a feat.[/quote]
It personally irks me when someone asks me how many sets I’ve got left and then just hangs around until I’m done. I understand the person may be waiting for the spot so no one else grabs it when I’m done, but I’d prefer if they go do something else and come back a few minutes later, even if I’ve got 2 sets left.
Actually I don’t mind them hanging around but working out instead of standing there, idle.
Once, I asked some guy if he had anything else better to do instead of waiting for me to finish my 3 sets on the squat rack. He told me he was following a programme. I told him, ‘what about doing a couple of jump squats or lunges to pass the time, hey? That’ll keep you warm.’
That pissed him off. And because he was pissed off, I added two extra sets to my workout.
Ehehehe…
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You’re looking at it the wrong way. We stand around and stare because you’re PHAT. Pretty, Hot and Tempting.
Haha!
[quote]debraD wrote:
[quote]alexus wrote:
i love the women’s bar. the absence of centre knurl means i don’t look like i’ve got rope burn around my neck after doing cleans anymore 
makes it hard to one armed snatch, though.
sigh. people are telling me i need to use the pad for my high bar back squats… i don’t have the muscle mass for comfortable bar placement yet so i’ve been doing low bar back squats since it comfortably rests down lower. i know i shouldn’t give a fuck but know that a lot of people laugh at people using the pad 
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bah fuckem FWIW I used to put a towel on my chest to do front squats when I didn’t have enough mass and I was too boney. I bought one of the pad things for doing hip thrusts and glute bridges.
Besides I don’t think people laugh at the pad outside of this site. I see all sorts of stuff at the gym people mock here and no one is even paying attention to anything but their own reflection, for the most part.
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Oh I was mocking the pussy pad long before this site existed.
[quote]DarkNinjaa wrote:
It personally irks me when someone asks me how many sets I’ve got left and then just hangs around until I’m done. I understand the person may be waiting for the spot so no one else grabs it when I’m done, but I’d prefer if they go do something else and come back a few minutes later, even if I’ve got 2 sets left.
Actually I don’t mind them hanging around but working out instead of standing there, idle.
Once, I asked some guy if he had anything else better to do instead of waiting for me to finish my 3 sets on the squat rack. He told me he was following a programme. I told him, ‘what about doing a couple of jump squats or lunges to pass the time, hey? That’ll keep you warm.’
That pissed him off. And because he was pissed off, I added two extra sets to my workout.
Ehehehe…
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I waited on this guy because there was nothing else to jump on. It was crowded, it was the end of my workout, and I used that machine because of an injury. He also was NOT training hard or even minimally hard on it…so I waited.
My guess is, you train nothing like the guy I ran into.
Some of these people are just in the gym to go through the motions and talk to people. This guy was one of those.
Yeah, they pay dues as well, but I still find an issue with people basically just sitting on equipment for extended periods of time just to “look busy” when people more serious are waiting.
I hear ya, Prof. I hear ya
Prof, I remember we had a debate about gym etiquette and such. After many months of encountering and dealing with idiots like the one you described, I have to “modify” my previous opinion. I’ve long since lost my composure with these people. I’m pretty much a dickhead in those situations, and play up the intimidation factor. I don’t like to, but sometimes…it’s just plain necessary.
Weightlifting belts aren’t meant to be used whilst on treadmill or cross trainer
My friend has seen man wearing ugg boots whilst on treadmill
Doing squats is not old school
So you want me to use the pad for front squats. Please enlighten me with your knowledge
No texting your girlfriend the whole time. My friend was laying on the floor on a dead lift platform sitting indian style texting his girlfriend when he said he was going to do some core…pathetic
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
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lol that was awesome.