So I am lifting weights at my gym today, and I am doing chest exercises today. I start off with bench and I am not lifting super heavy, Im doing sets in the low 300's....ie 305-325. For these sets I have a spotter because, even though I can handle it, I want to go for max effort. I finish off with a set of 225 with not spotter just to burn out at the end of my set. I then move on to incline bench, and im playing around on my first set with 225, which is by no means super heavy for me on incline so i dont have a spotter. i get greedy and go for one last rep as im getting burned out, and i dont make it. So i roll the bar to my lap, sit up and put it on the floor....no big deal, anyone worth a damn who has lifted weights has done this because they wanted to max the effort. its really not a big deal if its a weight you can safely handle. then this idiot redneck says this to me

"yeah i saw that. you need to have a trainer if your going to do that power lifting shit. this is a fitness gym not a power lifting gym. i saw you on the bench to (where i had a spotter) doing that power lifting...the benches here are not made for power lifting, you need to find another gym. yeah i saw you struggling but i wasnt going to help you cause im not gonna hurt my back. I have been lifting for 14 years"

my reply was, "yeah thanks", then i put the weight back on the bar and continued my lifting...moving up in weight, without a spotter, and i have no problems because i know what i can lift without a spotter.

so i think

1. 225 is not power lifting
2. when i joined golds gym they never said you cant lift heavy
3. i have put more than 325 on these benches before, i think they can take it
4. hell 325 isnt really power lifting
5. the unwritten rule of the gym is if you see someone needing a spot, you help them
6. I know when i need a spotter and when i dont
7. i have been lifintg for 14 years as well and i know what im doing.

10/13/2008 5:04:05 PM

stupi

10/13/2008 5:04:19 PM

gyms are filled with idiots who have no idea what they are talking about/doing.

10/13/2008 5:06:25 PM

So I am lifting weights at my gym today, and I am doing chest exercises today. I start off with bench and I am not lifting super heavy, Im doing sets in the low 500's....ie 505-525. For these sets I have a spotter because, even though I can handle it, I want to go for max effort. I finish off with a set of 425 with not spotter just to burn out at the end of my set. I then move on to incline bench, and im playing around on my first set with 425, which is by no means super heavy for me on incline so i dont have a spotter. i get greedy and go for one last rep as im getting burned out, and i dont make it. So i roll the bar to my lap, sit up and put it on the floor....no big deal, anyone worth a damn who has lifted weights has done this because they wanted to max the effort. its really not a big deal if its a weight you can safely handle. then this idiot redneck says this to me

"yeah i saw that. you need to have a trainer if your going to do that power lifting shit. this is a fitness gym not a power lifting gym. i saw you on the bench to (where i had a spotter) doing that power lifting...the benches here are not made for power lifting, you need to find another gym. yeah i saw you struggling but i wasnt going to help you cause im not gonna hurt my back. I have been lifting for 54 years"

my reply was, "yeah thanks", then i put the weight back on the bar and continued my lifting...moving up in weight, without a spotter, and i have no problems because i know what i can lift without a spotter.

so i think

1. 425 is not power lifting
2. when i joined golds gym they never said you cant lift heavy
3. i have put more than 525 on these benches before, i think they can take it
4. hell 525 isnt really power lifting
5. the unwritten rule of the gym is if you see someone needing a spot, you help them
6. I know when i need a spotter and when i dont
7. i have been lifintg for 54 years as well and i know what im doing.

10/13/2008 5:07:52 PM

whoa...this too evan

10/13/2008 5:08:01 PM

why didn't you tell him what you told us?

10/13/2008 5:08:15 PM

cause i just dont care, im confrontational at work, i let shit go when im not working

10/13/2008 5:09:41 PM

hahahaha

10/13/2008 5:10:18 PM

^^you let it go.....


straight to tww?

10/13/2008 5:12:14 PM

well its funny so i thought id share with my beloved wolf web buddies

10/13/2008 5:12:53 PM

von jordan wins this thread.

10/13/2008 5:12:54 PM

Quote :

"whoa...this too evan"

hahahaha

10/13/2008 5:13:47 PM

^^^oh, ok. i, for one, thank you for sharing this hilarious story.

10/13/2008 5:15:23 PM

i too, have lifted weights and bragged about how much i can lift...wait, no i havent

10/13/2008 5:15:41 PM

all im saying is this dude was full of shit

there is no bragging here

[Edited on October 13, 2008 at 5:16 PM. Reason : .]

10/13/2008 5:15:55 PM

Quote :

"hell 325 isnt really power lifting "

Depends on your weight class/age group


And to your experience...

Quote :

"gyms are filled with idiots who have no idea what they are talking about/doing."

Haha, last week, I was told I should not use the safeties , and should ask him for a spot on squats. I've been creeped out by the guy for a while, and I think he just wanted to spot me for other reasons.

[Edited on October 13, 2008 at 5:24 PM. Reason : ]

10/13/2008 5:24:39 PM

shoulda' channeled your anger into the next set . . . then thrown it in the basket with your towel.

10/13/2008 5:25:50 PM

sounds like a lot to me, but then again I've never lifted weights.

10/13/2008 5:26:49 PM

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10/13/2008 5:29:04 PM

Quote :

"shoulda' channeled your anger into the next set "

i did thnx

10/13/2008 5:45:20 PM

had I not read that you went to Golds....I would have assumed Planet Fitness baised on the rednecks mentality

[Edited on October 13, 2008 at 6:29 PM. Reason : Monday is national chest workout day FYI]

10/13/2008 6:27:50 PM

Golds might as well be the same place.

10/13/2008 6:29:19 PM

So I am lifting weights at my gym today, and I am doing chest exercises today.

10/13/2008 6:29:49 PM

I'm not benching today

10/13/2008 6:31:38 PM

I need to start lifting weights.

10/13/2008 7:17:18 PM

Quote :

"gyms are filled with idiots who have no idea what they are talking about/doing."

10/13/2008 7:20:52 PM

I really don't think he is trying to brag about the weight he can put up... that's probably a typical workout for someone who's been lifting for a while... and is of a certain build.

10/13/2008 7:21:12 PM

^ that build being the following:

10/13/2008 7:25:08 PM

uh, no.

10/13/2008 7:26:20 PM

So I am lifting weights at my gym today, and I am doing chest exercises today. I start off with bench and I am not lifting super heavy, Im doing sets in the low 300's....ie 305-325. For these sets I have a spotter because, even though I can handle it, I want to go for max effort. I finish off with a set of 225 with not spotter just to burn out at the end of my set. I then move on to incline bench, and im playing around on my first set with 225, which is by no means super heavy for me on incline so i dont have a spotter. i get greedy and go for one last rep as im getting burned out, and i dont make it. So i roll the bar to my lap, sit up and put it on the floor....no big deal, anyone worth a damn who has lifted weights has done this because they wanted to max the effort. its really not a big deal if its a weight you can safely handle. then this idiot redneck says this to me

"yeah i saw that. you need to have a trainer if your going to do that power lifting shit. this is a fitness gym not a power lifting gym. i saw you on the bench to (where i had a spotter) doing that power lifting...the benches here are not made for power lifting, you need to find another gym. yeah i saw you struggling but i wasnt going to help you cause im not gonna hurt my back. I have been lifting for 14 years"

my reply was, "yeah thanks", then i put the weight back on the bar and continued my lifting...moving up in weight, without a spotter, and i have no problems because i know what i can lift without a spotter.

so i think

1. 225 is not power lifting
2. when i joined golds gym they never said you cant lift heavy
3. i have put more than 325 on these benches before, i think they can take it
4. hell 325 isnt really power lifting
5. the unwritten rule of the gym is if you see someone needing a spot, you help them
6. I know when i need a spotter and when i dont
7. i have been lifintg for 14 years as well and i know what im doing.

10/13/2008 7:27:43 PM

fail

10/13/2008 7:29:27 PM

:CARLFACE:


how many reps do you do with 325?


p.s. keep in mind there are people in the gym that only bench 95



also you should be a gentle cop people would like you more.


[Edited on October 13, 2008 at 7:44 PM. Reason : .]

10/13/2008 7:42:39 PM

I never go done that low


Here is my work out

10/13/2008 7:49:13 PM

10/13/2008 7:52:12 PM

^hahahahahaha

Quote :

"Monday is national chest workout day FYI"

hahahahaha...too tr00

10/13/2008 8:15:34 PM

that cartoon is not accurate because i do leg exercises and do not have skinny legs

this is my build



and that video, vonjordan3, that dudes wearing a bench shirt. im not saying he isnt strong but the shirt helps a bit

[Edited on October 14, 2008 at 12:52 AM. Reason : ,]

10/14/2008 12:49:55 AM

if hes not gonna fuckin help you why did he feeel the need to fuckin talk to you about it

what a fuckin meathead

its just not his business, he is not employed at that gym so he can kick rocks

10/14/2008 1:01:22 AM

well since were talking ignorance in the gym, I was squatting last week I had only done 2 sets when this guy (completely outta shape 40-something) comes up to me and ask me how much longer, I told him that I only had 2 more sets to go but since it was kinda busy in there that he could work in with me....keep in mind we're in the SQUAT RACK....he then takes off all the weight I had on the bar and throws some 10lb'ers on each side and proceeds to wildly curl them in the squat rack....I just had to wak away because I didn't wanna laugh in the mans face

10/14/2008 1:30:12 AM

When I was in golds in my home town people used to give me the hardest time about doing cleans like out in space with like a 10 foot radius around me, telling me I was going to hurt someone. Shit is so aggravating.

10/14/2008 1:39:47 AM

Quote :

"well since were talking ignorance in the gym, I was squatting last week I had only done 2 sets when this guy (completely outta shape 40-something) comes up to me and ask me how much longer, I told him that I only had 2 more sets to go but since it was kinda busy in there that he could work in with me....keep in mind we're in the SQUAT RACK....he then takes off all the weight I had on the bar and throws some 10lb'ers on each side and proceeds to wildly curl them in the squat rack....I just had to wak away because I didn't wanna laugh in the mans face"

I do curls in the squat rack (sometimes) but not when its busy or if someone else is using it.

10/14/2008 1:57:03 AM

So I am lifting weights at my gym today, and I am doing chest exercises today.

10/14/2008 1:57:46 AM

good for you buddy

10/14/2008 2:20:49 AM

^ I start off with bench and I am not lifting super heavy, Im doing sets in the low 300's....ie 305-325. For these sets I have a spotter because, even though I can handle it, I want to go for max effort. I finish off with a set of 225 with not spotter just to burn out at the end of my set.

10/14/2008 2:31:53 AM

then waht?!

10/14/2008 4:31:35 AM