things that make you bite your tongue at the gym

**Ben** · 07-02-2012 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Odevans

My life! Had a case of this in my old gym. Some guy, who happened to weight about 20 stone, had two people "spot" -"help"- him deadlift 260kg. This also happened when 'he' benched 160kg. He walked around as though he was the big man, after these lifts. If I weighed 20 stone, I'd be wanting to deadlift 380kg, not 2bloody60!

Pi**es me off so much, it actually hurts my brain.

Yup, they were being very macho and patting the guy on the back like he'd just done something REALLY manly. The next step would have been to get their ****s out and start comparing

**blackstone** · 07-02-2012 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Elvis

your fiance sent her to test you!

thanks. i am now going to be paranoid from now on!

**blackstone** · 07-02-2012 05:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Ben

Yup, they were being very macho and patting the guy on the back like he'd just done something REALLY manly. The next step would have been to get their ****s out and start comparing

trust me, they would all be small

**elmo322** · 07-02-2012 05:07 PM

People who throw dumbbels around e.g. they do a shoulder press and just let the weights drop from shoulder height, these are the same people who bang dumbbels together on each rep they do and breath out really hard on the concentric phase. When you are trying to focus it really gets my back up.

**Elvis** · 07-02-2012 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by blackstone

thanks. i am now going to be paranoid from now on!

I think we need a form video to make sure it's not affecting your lifts!

**blackstone** · 07-02-2012 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Elvis

I think we need a form video to make sure it's not affecting your lifts!

i tend to not take my phone as i dont like to get distracted but next time that i do have my phone, i will try to get a cheeky form check for the forum

**Odevans** · 07-02-2012 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by blackstone

i tend to not take my phone as i dont like to get distracted but next time that i do have my phone, i will try to get a cheeky form check for the forum

If you do this, I will award you 1,000 internetz.

**blackstone** · 07-02-2012 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Odevans

If you do this, I will award you 1,000 internetz.

its a deal.

**Elvis** · 08-02-2012 10:11 AM

"spasticus ellipticus" - a gentleman who appeared to be losing a fight with an elliptical

**JC82** · 08-02-2012 01:36 PM

What a day...
"Barbelli unequalitus retardum" the guy today who got driven into the floor by forgetting to add the 20kg plate to the right hand side... I could of told him but this thread is about biting your tongue...

However, couldn't bite my tongue at this. The other squat rack was loaded up, and there was a rotund guy prowling around with a powerlifting belt cinched in tight under his gut, knee sleeves, elbow sleeves and wrist wraps on. So I politely asked if he minded if I joined him squatting.
"crack on mate, I'm doing calf raises" was his reply. Yes he was. In all that stuff. Unbelievable.
Then he came over and started asking about my squatting, so I thought maybe I'd give myself a gym nickname like some others on here.
I introduced myself as JC "yes I do powerlifting, that's why I squat below parallel, I try to do 4 training sessions a week, one for each lift and a shoulder session, I eat quite clean whilst I can but have the occassional slip up, take protein and creatine supplements and need to be out of here in 45 minutes to go to work" 82.

This had the desired effect of:
1. Him leaving me alone
2. Possibly thinking I was a bit mad
3. Getting to work on time