PR's and piss off the gym again

[OreoPL]

hey it was ME squat day for me i did chain suspended gms at 42 inches for the first time today. i got up to 235 for 1 that is funny because 2 weeks ago my max full gm was 225 i guess my stregnth has improved. after that i moved to pin pulls from knee hegiht. i did 385 for 6 then went for 405 a few weeks ago i barely repped one out. today i did 2 sets of 5 without letting go of bar between reps felt light. i guess adding the bands and chains in the past few weeks have really helped my explosiveness. i have also added concentric loading on squats. just like a chain suspened gm but off a box in squat form.


anyhow now for the fun part the prs were great but the best part was when a guy who works at the gym came over and told me i needed to stop doing pin pulls because i was going to break the bar hitting it on the pins with that kind of weight. i told him to get a stronger bar then and leave me alone. he was like u can do them off the floor i looked at him laughed and said do you know waht i am doing "i said pin pulls you know u pull off of a pin not off the ground" and again he said u can do it off the floor. i turned away picked up the bar and continued and ignored him and his ignorance. all an all a great day at the gym oh yeah and today was a cheat day on my diet i have been doing for 5 weeks no break maybve that is where the stregnth came from or maybe alittle of everything mixed.

 

[Lee]

nice work man. i was doing deads and my gym a month ago, and one of the fitness crew guys came over and said exactly this, "what kind of crazy lift is that?" i just looked at him and laughed. he then asked "looks like yer just trying to act strong to impress people." then i looked at him and said "sounds like yer a complete dipshit, go assist someone on the curl machine."

gotta love "personal trainers" with no training.

 

[jeremys]

nice work man. i was doing deads and my gym a month ago, and one of the fitness crew guys came over and said exactly this, "what kind of crazy lift is that?" i just looked at him and laughed. he then asked "looks like yer just trying to act strong to impress people." then i looked at him and said "sounds like yer a complete dipshit, go assist someone on the curl machine."

gotta love "personal trainers" with no training.

lol. there's plenty of them.

nice job on the PRs, PL

 

[OreoPL]

thnaks and yeah alot of the trainers are dumb!! but i have met 2 of them that are really interested in the bands and chains and box and one had heard of louie simmons. the other one had gone to football camp and used some of the methods. so its cool they are the reason i am still there they cover my back when the other trainers get on me. the best was when i asked the manager about getting a glute ham raise and rev hyper. he looked at me and said what is a glute ham raise and whats it for. i said ummm hmmm let me think gluetes and hams maybe just maybe. it was great i am sure they wont get one but damn it was worth a shot.

 

[Hannibal]

Nice PR's

And as far as pt's go...the majority of them are worthless. Anyone can buy a certificate these days...and as long as you tow the company line and push their products, programs and services Fitness Centers will hire you.

Isn't it funny that possible the greatest strength coach in the country "had to buy his way out of high school", as he put it.

 

[OreoPL]

yep the prs were great but gotta destroy them on sunday
and yeah pts can be fools but they are also not allowed to teach deadlift squats or gms per golds gyms rules what a joke. ah well make me stronger than the other fools there that dont hcae a clue.

 

[BodybuildingUniverse]

"looks like yer just trying to act strong to impress people."

what a low self esteem dipshit –_saying that to you while training. He probably used to be the strongest guy in the gym. In walked you.

these type of guys kill me.

i was pulling 425 or so over the weekend (just straight sumo deads) and of COURSE some asshole has to come over and get my attention. i take the headphones off and he tells me how he was doing it for sets of 10 until he tore his back up doing deads. I just said "great lift. but dont tell me about deadlifting injuries now." and put the headset back on. I'm not there looking for chatter or compliments or strength comparisons. im always polite until someone says something stupid like that. A trainer that doesnt know what deads are telling me im trying to look strong would have to be shown what a weakling i am in the parking lot at quitting time. damn rude.

 

[Parabellum]

Nice work on the PR's.

I guess I'm lucky, I've been at my gym for about 4 years now and no one bugs me. All I get is stares. ( Feeds my desire to do better.) One guy in four years came over last week while I was doing deadlifts and asked if they help work the hamstrings then really pumped me up telling me that he saw me doing heavy weights and that he never saw anyone doing that much in the gym. (Talk about a big head, I could bearly get my head through the door to go home and tell the wifey.)

Thought I'd share a "not pissed off story".

 

[SofaGeorge]

Good job.

 

[Lord_Suston]

Good job .... keep it up...most people don't have the balls to take the hard road and do the heavy compound lifts.....