Morons at the gym (the official thread)...

[silver_shadow]

Full deload? Isn't that counter productive? Isn't it better to keep the tension on through the whole set?

actually, there are 2 things here:
1) deadlift = lifted dead, meaning that it should be deloaded totally
2) however, in order to deload fully, you'd ending up losing the stretch reflex.

so IMO, deads are best done for singles. but on lighter weights where i'd do 2 or more reps, i'd deload, as do most of the bros and broettes around these parts

 

[H_T_]

Full deload? Isn't that counter productive? Isn't it better to keep the tension on through the whole set?

nah. the hardest part is the initial pull from the floor. i see dudes struggle with the first rep, then slam about 6 or 7 more afterwards. i do 1-5 singles, every set. you'll notice a huge difference in your strength after some time. same goes for pausing in the bottom of a bench or squat.

 

[blut wump]

The only times I wouldn't fully deload is during warmups with just the bar or a single plate at each end. Those I do more as RDL or just touch-and-go from the floor. Anything higher than that, I'd momentarily let go of the bar or unclench and adjust my grip. Some guys go so far as to stand up between reps and treat each rep as a full single.

 

[nelmsjer]

I'm going to have to ask that the recent series of intelligent posting cease immediately.

 

[blut wump]

so dudes. what do you think of teenage powerlifters who wear bench shirts and load up 500 lbs. on the bench and do a single with their best buddy pulling like mad with the "it's all you" spot? i guess i'm just "old school" when it comes to lifting weights. i like to do it by myself.

I'm just waiting for the day when I see the guy on the bench pressing raw and his spotter fully decked out in belt, knee wraps, metal groove briefs and power suit.

I'm going to have to ask that the recent series of intelligent posting cease immediately.

This was the best I could do to redress the balance on short notice.

 

[nelmsjer]

I like your work. Way to improvise.

 

[treilin]

Background
O.k. so maybe early 20 year old or something at the gym. Black short sleeve shirt, b-ball shorts, walking around with this "Duhhh" look on his face. Like one of those guys that typically sits in front of a nintendo or X-box whatever is 'in' these days.

1) I'm low-carbed
2) I'm not impressed
3) I'm irritated because he reminds me of someone and he just has that look like I want to punch him and I don't know why. Like he's to innocent and dunce to be lifting.

So I walk by he stares. No harm. I start doing cable stuff he pulls a bench right up next to me grabs the 50 db's. Now I hardly have room to work. Getting irritated. Then he decides to do the Arnold shoulder press. Torques his back all around to get the weight up does 3 reps ( I suppose), sits them down and rolls his sleeves up. Looks at me for recognition of his hard work. Looks in the mirror flexes, makes grunt noise. I move to otherside of room. I walk back to another machine, he is doing 3/4 bent over torqued back rows. Sleeves still up looking sideways for affirmation from me... Kid looks like he's about ready to fly away if only someone had not weighed his arms down he would be gone.

Uhhh he Irritates me, why? He just has that personality like he would fuck everything up in life and then get that stupid look on his face like what did I do???

Maybe my carbs are to low...

 

[H_T_]

who's the gay guy?

 

[liegelord]

Well I had to train at Bally's again tonight, always plenty of material for this thread. There were the typical morons though, I am posting this more because I hate to see the thread die.

First, I had to wait to squat, because who would have guessed, one guy looked like he was going to squat and the other rack had 3 skinny guys curling. Apparently they cannot deadlift 65 pounds, so they had to use the rack.

The first guy was not doing traditional squats though and maybe I just didn't recognize what he was doing. I thought maybe he's doing negatives but he wasn't. For some reason he's use both legs to bring the weight down and then he'd put one leg behind the other (in a way crossing his legs) and use both legs to lift back to the top. he'd then straighten his legs out and do it again with the other leg.

I really need to see if the college has a weight room when I visit southern California.

 

[Sassy69]

I have one to add -- at the local community center gym in a little beach town in Alabama - very nice facility, small, most of the machines you'd expect, small weight rack, preacher curl, squat rack, smith machine, couple benches.

In walk home boy 1 & home boy 2 - these are guys who look about 17 w/ the baseball cap turned slightly as if they were cool rap artists - except they are skinny white rednecks from 'Bama (not saying people from 'Bama are all skinny white rednecks - just these guys who are posing as big hot rappers, but are more the un-rapper....)

Anyway - they spend 90 minutes walking around that gym doing the same curling motion on every piece of eqpt. I'm guessing it was "bi's nite" - but they never changed anything - all curls, all nite, all eqpt.

Whatever.

I was so tempted to suggest 21s or something. Or at least slap those silly hats off their heads & send 'em home to mama.