I asked him to spot me because he was closest to me,bigger than me (but maybe not stronger), and performing an advanced exercise. I forgot to mention that the duchebag had on headphones the entire time.
I saw a hot girl squating today with 95lb but she was was not going to parallel. I see hot girls squatting sometimes but they almost never go to or below parallel unless its just the 45lb bar.
Spotters suck.they ask too many stupid quetions. like (“how come you are touching ur chest with the bar. i heard that this is very bad for u” or “squatting is very bad for ur knees”).
i like my workouts to last no longer than 30-45 min, so i would rather preserve my energy for lifting rather than answering stupid questions. i now try to go to the gym when its empty.
Bench- Do not touch unless it starts going the wrong way.
Squats- If you don’t know, don’t do it. Put in the safety pins and walk away.
Curls- Don’t get spotted. Neither does anything else.
[quote] I forgot to mention that the duchebag had on headphones the entire time.
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Means “don’t bother me.”.
Those are my rules to live by.
[quote]machiajelly wrote:
Eielson wrote:
machiajelly wrote:
That’s why I hover over/under the bar; that way I don’t catch flak from people like you, but I can still back them up before it bounces off their chest/neck
It really pisses me off to see somebody’s hands going up in down around the bar when I’m benching. The spotter just needs to step away (DO NOT DROP SWEAT ON MY FACE) and only help somebody if the bar has clearly stopped.
And that’s great, until you miss completely and drop it before the spotter can do jack shit about it[/quote]
I can understand that if somebody is going for a max that you may want to do that but I’ve never seen somebody go for a set of 5 and drop the bar on themselves.
[quote]hit the gym wrote:
One time a BIG guy asked me for a spot on the “Preacher Curl”.
It took him forever on the last rep to get the bar up. Like 30 secs. I didn’t help him at all since the bar was not going down it was just at a still.
After that he screams at me because I didnt help him… Whatever. I will gladly help anyone but did not give him another spot after that.
With all due respect OP, I would not scream at or ignore someone who is nice enough to give you a spot.[/quote]
Yeah, “spot” means 50 different things at the fatness center, everything from “save my ass from getting crushed” to “why aren’t you helpin’ me brah?”. Too bad I can’t read minds…
Wanker repellent works wonders: stare at the floor, turn the iPod up, etc.