Does this piss anyone else off?

[ALCATRAZ]

Gentlemen

I know EXACTLY what you mean when you talk about the 2 man bench. We have several groups at our gym that think they can all bench a house, when in fact one of them can bench 135 and the spotter can deadlift/row the other 180+ off of him. And it pisses me off b/c I'm on the bench struggling to get 315 for 5 or 6 (by my damn self!!) and they're over there saying "Man, that guy's weak...I (meaning him and his spotter!) got 8!" Damn retards. I'd wish, in fact I pray, that one of them asks me for a "spot" one day when he tries it. I'm going to smile and say "Sure!" Then I'm going to unrack it, step back, and wait for the shit to hit the fan!! Sorry for the rant, but these guys piss me off.



Alcatraz

 

[sqbpdl]

No shit. I love getting these idiots to ask me or one of our other PLers for a spot. They get a liftoff and our hands are off the bar. If they can get it off their chest, we don't touch the bar at all as long as it is moving, however slowly. When it starts back downhill, the bar gets taken away and racked. They never ask for another spot. When I tell them, "that's how it's done in competition, sorry, don't know any other way", they say we are fucked up. Somehow, those types only seem to stay around the gym for a couple months then disappear.

 

[plifter]

I train alone now and have to rely on whoever's at the gym to spot me. I've run into this before and it sucks! The second they put their hand on the bar they've destroyed the whole set.

There's only one other person at my gym that knows what he's doing when it comes to powerlifting.