How'd you keep from spraypainting the letters on the barbells?

10/18/2006 8:38:49 PM

I painted over them several times, and then after the red paint had a chance to dry I went back and touched up the letters with a fresh coat of white paint. since the letters are raised, it was fairly easy to hit them with a small brush. I taped the bristles together so that I wouldn't end up with white splatter on the plates.

10/18/2006 8:44:42 PM

I haven't been keeping up, is that your private workout spot?

10/18/2006 9:02:37 PM

I'm setting up a gym in my garage right now. I'm hoping to buy a power cage in the next couple of months and possibly pick up an elliptical machine to put in the living room beside my exercise bike.

10/18/2006 9:07:40 PM

How'd you keep from spraypainting the garage floor?

[Edited on October 18, 2006 at 9:09 PM. Reason : ]

10/18/2006 9:09:34 PM

it's a garage floor. it's supposed to look like it's been used for projects.

10/18/2006 9:10:29 PM

Looks fucking sweet man. Having your own dungeon w/ no rules is where its at. Suprised I didn't get yelled at for doing reverse band dl's.

10/18/2006 11:11:01 PM

My DL is all messed up. I can't get a comfortable set up, like my shoulders are too far forward so there is no leg drive. I might switch to a sumo stance.

10/24/2006 9:05:44 PM

have you tried putting baby powder on your shins and dragging the bar up your legs? if I don't hit my knees going up, then it feels awkward.

10/24/2006 9:09:19 PM

Nope, I'm more of a dive bomber...grip and rip, but my shoulders where behind the bar and I was pulling straight back, don't think I've tried pulling that close to my shins. Now I have gained some weight in my gut, which could be causing some problems for me as far as my set up. I just wrapped up reverse bands cycle today so that could have also given me some fits.

10/24/2006 9:21:19 PM

I grip the bar and then dip down, rocking the bar into my shins as close as I can before starting the ascent. That allows me to use my legs heavily in the first inch of the lift and then shift more into back strength. I also lock my traps as far back as I comfortably can so that I'm not rounding out my upper back.

Deadlifts are IMHO the only trap exercise that needs to be done, with maybe the exception of explosive high pulls. If I ever want to make the transition to olympic lifts, I might start doing that. I would definitely need to find a different gym before I start doing that though.

10/24/2006 9:30:13 PM

It's time to open up a Power/Olympic Friendly Gym around here.

10/24/2006 9:32:02 PM

wear pants when doing Deads (preferably sweat pants) if you don't have or can't use chalk
seems to help a little bit

and deads are basically all I do for traps too...sometimes I'll throw in some power shrugs, but only like once every other week

10/24/2006 11:07:32 PM

I always enjoy it when people walk up to me in the gym and ask me "Holy Shit! What do you do to work traps?"

The shock on their face when I tell them "not a damn thing, except for max effort deadlifts and heavy bentover barbell rows" is hysterical.

10/24/2006 11:11:04 PM

"what's a deadlift?"


...........


"wow, that looks dangerous...I'll just keep doing DB Shrugs with 20s for 30 reps"

10/24/2006 11:13:08 PM

shrugs are worthless. they only work about 5% of the actual trap muscle. the majority of the muscle is designed to shrug the shoulder blades back towards each other; not to your ears.

10/24/2006 11:33:03 PM

I might order up some knee and wrist wraps. Should I go Inzer or Metal?

10/24/2006 11:52:33 PM

I don't even bother to wear my lifting belt, so who knows? are you on ironaddicts or any forum like that? they'd give you better advice than this thread will.

10/25/2006 12:11:26 AM

http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_305235233.html

Quote :

"CBS) WAPPINGERS FALLS, N.Y. You can lift, strain, crunch and sweat all you want at the Planet Fitness in the Dutchess County village. But whatever you do, do not grunt. Yep, "no grunting." It says so, in black and white, on a sign posted at the gym. One former member learned the new rule the hard way. "This is really absurd, especially the part about the grunting," said Al Argibay, a corrections officer who learned first-hand "no grunting" means exactly that. Argibay, a former competitive bodybuilder, joined the gym in September because it was affordable and convenient. Planet Fitness is also somewhat picky, with a long list of dos-and-don'ts posted right inside the door. "No grunting or screaming" is listed, along with "no bandanas or do-rags." "We're creating an atmosphere that's not intimidating," said Carol Palazzolo, the gym manager, who yanked Argibay's membership on Monday. Argibay said he was at a multi-press station, getting ready to squat about 500 pounds when the forbidden sin happened. "I let out a grunt, squatted down, back up, grunt again. That's it," explained Argibay. "Basically, grunt, grunt, basic breathing in heavy, and breathing out." Grunting is commonplace at most gyms, but not Planet Fitness, which discourages so-called "musclehead behavior." There's even a flashing light and siren on the wall, labeled a "lunk alarm," which sounds if someone grunts or drops weights on the floor. Is it ok to grunt while working out? Palazzolo admits she called the cops on Argibay. The Wappingers Falls police report said officers were asked to "escort a member out of the club for grunting while working out...which is not conforming with the rules of the establishment." But Palazzolo said that's only part of the story. "He did grunt, and when I told him he wasn't allowed to grunt, he got irate at me, he swore, and he yelled at me," Palazzolo said. "I asked him not to [grunt), he got irate and nasty, and I can't have him in my facility if he's gonna do those kind of things." Argibay denied he yelled, cursed, or acted inappropriately. He demanded an apology from the gym and its manager. "It's an attack on my character, and it's very embarrasing, and an insult," Argibay said. "At the end of the day, after serving your community as a corrections officer, the last thing I want is to be escorted out of the gym by the local authorities." Palazzolo is standing her ground. "I'm not out to hurt anybody," she said. "If he feels I hurt his feelings, I apologize for that, but I do not apologize for the way I handled the situation and I am not apologizing for our etiquette at Planet Fitness." It's not personal, she said, it's policy. Grunters should go elsewhere."

11/2/2006 1:16:30 PM

lucky for me they have a bunch of pacifists working there that only enforce the rules on people smaller than them.

11/2/2006 1:18:52 PM

you used the wrong 'p' word there fella

11/2/2006 1:19:46 PM

I just ordered up some Greens+

11/2/2006 1:28:01 PM

11/2/2006 1:30:23 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9N52zUXmbTw

Andy Bolton - 1003

11/6/2006 8:12:37 PM

damn, that looks like he was using an Okie bar and he still lifted it smoothly. I'd be happy to just break the 600lb mark one day.

11/6/2006 8:16:56 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLj7n4NP9M4&NR

Spuds, 1124 Squat

11/8/2006 7:35:04 PM

I just started deadlifting this semester and have made pretty decent gains (size and more importantly numbers). Its my main exercise in every workout now

I was actually suprised to see this many other deadlifters. Anyone else on "power to the people" by pavel?

11/8/2006 10:34:37 PM

You should do more then just DL.

11/8/2006 11:21:14 PM

Went to an all female aerobics class today HAHA! And then did some butterfly curls

11/8/2006 11:22:20 PM

Well DL and Side Press
with pull-ups mixed in

But the DL does work a shat ton of muscles

11/8/2006 11:31:38 PM

If you want a big DL, you have do Squats, GM's etc.

11/8/2006 11:32:13 PM

I dont have a good place to squat right now and never really tried good mornings (isnt that what a GM is?) I think just doing the DL has really made me get my form down and a lot of my gains have come from that and increased Neural pathways(muscles know when to fire off etc)

11/8/2006 11:36:14 PM

getting ready for a 10K race on sunday.

been running a lot.

im ready for that Fe to be flowwwwwin

11/8/2006 11:45:31 PM

http://www.marunde-muscle.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5096&page=1&pp=10

Who wants to go in w/ me on this? Only $3500

11/9/2006 12:08:30 PM

you're going to need a CDL to be able to haul all that shit back to NC, but you could part it out and get your money back after keeping the stuff you wanted.

11/9/2006 12:14:13 PM

haha yea, there is some crazy stuff in there I don't want/need

11/9/2006 12:18:43 PM

the only things I would want are the power cage, the texas bar, the dog collar york clamps, and the deadlift platform.

11/9/2006 12:23:55 PM

I'll take the Glute Ham Raise, Tires, Box, Platform, Squat Stands and Bumper Plates

11/9/2006 12:34:09 PM

who's going to be the badass that lifts 6 atlas stones onto a flatbed trailer?

11/9/2006 12:37:54 PM

11/9/2006 12:39:28 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aexqCRvfASA

Becca Swanson...what an ogre

11/9/2006 2:52:02 PM

I finally finished painting the lettering on my 100lb plates. now I just need to get a good power cage and squat bar to for them to call home.

11/11/2006 6:05:35 PM

Occasionally one pops up on craigslist.

11/11/2006 6:18:53 PM

I've yet to see one that looked worth a damn pop up on there in the last few months, although I didn't bother to check this week.

There is a nice one at US Fitness Equipment beside me that is a really nice commercial piece for $500. they've cut the price in half on it in the last 3 months, and I want to see if they'll drop the price even further if it doesn't sell by Christmas.

I have a lot of other things to spend my money on in the coming months, and I have a simple set of squat stands that I can utilize in the time being. I just need to go pick them up from home.

[Edited on November 11, 2006 at 6:22 PM. Reason : I keep having to work out of town when they advertise commercial gym closings on craigslist]

11/11/2006 6:21:55 PM

One day, I will be able to afford a rack from EFS w/ all the bells and whistles.

11/11/2006 6:29:28 PM

Chad Aichs - 1102 Squat...and he did it quick.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSkutpn5ynI

11/14/2006 8:45:44 PM

what the hell was up with that light rack? I thought all the bulbs on the bottom are supposed to be red.

I wish they had shot that from the side, because it didn't look like he squatted to full depth.

11/14/2006 8:50:55 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1mrtt3fUpg

Sebass Burns, this video is pretty sick, what a strong man.

11/14/2006 8:54:04 PM

Making new boards next week and maybe stealing a tire from my old gym

11/15/2006 7:53:48 PM

set em up

11/15/2006 9:35:41 PM