Powerlifters @ mygym--

[MsBeverlyHills]

theres a couple PLrs that hit clean & jerks & at the top of lift-- drop the fully loaded bar (like 3 45's on each side) to the ground making a huge crashing noise. Its really distracting if your lifting next to them (the squat racks are all together on one wall-- like 2 ft apart).

Q-- would you ask these guys not to drop it, ignore it & do your lifts when theyre resting or let the manager know about it???

thanks

 

[Exodus]

jsut personally ignore it. i mean if you were doing something in your routine that benifited you but annyoed others, you would want them to try and get over it. now, there is a fine line between being rude about it (on thier part). but olympic lifting is based around little to no negative. so after they get it up, they are encouraged to just let it go. so try to be respectful, but dont go deaf. maybe something else at that time, or make a joke about how loud they are being. like "now those plate never did anything to you." this will strike up a "friendly" conversation and this might prompt them to ask you" are we being too loud"..... and you can go from there.

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[Lee]

they cant really stop dropping it. i highly highly doubt they could bring 3 plates on each side down controlled.

 

[TheProject]

I'd say ignore it.

I'm of the opinion that if the gym allows olympic lifters and powerlifters to do their thing, then it's gotta be a pretty good gym.

Hell, we can't even use chalk at the "fitness center" we belong to.

 

[gettinlarger]

Ignore it. They are training. That's what the gym is for.

A couple dudes were doing cleans last night near me, yelling at each rep, loud as hell. I just went about my workout.

 

[slinky]

If these O-lifters were indeed O-lifters and really know their shit, I'd watch and learn. Especially if you've never performed any of the O-lifts before. Great opportunity.

We're beginning to train more frequently on Mondays due to the fact there's a couple of guys (one a ex-competitive powerlifter) who sometimes train legs that day. We grab a squat rack right next to them. My boyfriend and I are either training legs or performing deads that day now. We yell encouragement to each other (in either group) and share chalk.

These guys are squatting sets of 10-reps with 405lbs. Geez. But inspirational as hell. They're also helping me with my squat, since I'm working on getting well below parallel now. There are also a group of guys who come in late and perform O-lifts.

I would give anything to have a gym filled with the sound of heavy O-lifts being performed rather than Britney Spears-like music playing loudly from speakers.

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

i would ignore it but i wonder if these guys are serious if maybe the gym owner would consider a rubber-topped platform or the actual rubber bumper plates that Olympic lifters use. Like this:

http://www.ivanko.com/products/prd_text/OCB5KG.html

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

i would ignore it but i wonder if these guys are serious if maybe the gym owner would consider a rubber-topped platform or the actual rubber bumper plates that Olympic lifters use. Like this:

http://www.ivanko.com/products/prd_text/OCB5KG.html

they are rubber plates (orange, red, yellow..ets..)... but they do damage the floor anyway. The matting on the floor pops up & gets dented at that rack.

theyre still pretty noisy...esp if your lifting right next to them-- & the acoustics at GOlds are pretty bad... maybe they need to fix that instead

 

[IronLion]

I got kicked out of the gold's for olympic lifting, and the whole dropping of the weights thing is correct. You need bumper plates though just for safety, and they are not nearly as loud. I never understood why a gym owner couldn't shell out for a set of oly weights when he is buying so much other shit. Personally the sound of dropping weights gives me the chills and reminds me of home...

 

[spatts]

A nice base beat of deadlifts dropped, to go with the tinny trebble annoyance of weight stacks on the floor.

You know, it cost me very little to build a 9 x 5 foot deadlift platform with a couple layers of plywood and mats to absorb shock and sound. Friends drop 800+ pounds deads on it for reps, and you'd never know it upstairs, or by looking at the floor in that room.

'Course, I train in a real gym.