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.

[Edited on October 13, 2008 at 7:32 PM. Reason : my reply was, "yeah thanks", then i put the weight back on the bar and continued my lifting]

10/13/2008 7:31:45 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 7:32:51 PM

congratulations

10/13/2008 7:33:14 PM

tl;dr

10/13/2008 7:33:50 PM

my reply was, "yeah thanks", then i put the weight back on the bar and continued my lifting

10/13/2008 7:33:55 PM

wow you guys can lift alot

i went to carmichael a few times with my buddy and i couldnt press more than like 100 lol

alot of those guys are really ripped though

10/13/2008 7:34:26 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.

10/13/2008 7:34:53 PM

You should have told him to go home and ride his ATV or something stupid like that.

10/24/2008 7:14:17 PM

I too have gone to the gym.

10/24/2008 7:16:28 PM

ya im usually pumpin out sets in the low 1000's.


and thats just one arm curls

10/24/2008 7:18:07 PM

10/24/2008 7:20:52 PM

chembob's numbers are in kilograms. I've seen it.

10/24/2008 7:21:35 PM

waste of bytes

10/24/2008 7:22:02 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.
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[Edited on October 24, 2008 at 7:23 PM. Reason : So I am lifting weights at the gym today, and I am doing chest exercises today.]

10/24/2008 7:22:28 PM

reading the original and taking pauce to think about it - funny

parody thread - not funny

10/24/2008 7:26:17 PM

reading the original and taking pauce to think about it - funny
reading the original and taking pauce to think about it - funny
reading the original and taking pauce to think about it - funny
reading the original and taking pauce to think about it - funny
reading the original and taking pauce to think about it - funny
reading the original and taking pauce to think about it - funny

10/24/2008 7:27:40 PM

thats french for stop

10/24/2008 7:28:02 PM

there is a paucity of original people in here

10/24/2008 7:43:03 PM

yea your numbers seem to be off all throughout this thread

its full of lies.

10/24/2008 7:49:00 PM

LIES

10/24/2008 7:59:35 PM

10/24/2008 8:14:30 PM