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LiE · 23 May 2012 at 09:48

Some bro was doing curls in on the smith machine..

Morba · 23 May 2012 at 09:57

LiE said:
Some bro was doing curls in on the smith machine..

That needs explanation! Next time go ask wtf he was doing and why, we need to know what possible reason there could be for such stupidity!

Morba · 23 May 2012 at 10:01

I need to rewrite baz lurhmans "sunscrean" and produce "squat" tbh.

Delvis · 23 May 2012 at 10:08

Freefaller said:
Ugh... there were people doing deads today.... ugh... I nearly cried. Ugh.... I had to fight the urge to drop a 50kg dumbell on their faces for being stupid **** idiots.

Can you elaborate?

scott212 said:
There's a bunch of skinny runts at my gym who do all the stuff above. They're there seemingly every day at the same time on the dot. From what I can tell in 8 months of training at my current gym they have made no gains whatsoever visibly or in terms of what they're lifting. Bunch of tools. In fact they're the main reason why I am now training later than I would otherwise.

Some people like to g to the gym to do just that...Go to the gym, and enjoy the time there. They might be happy with the way they look? Or what they can lift?

Not everyone want to be built like a tank you know

LiE · 23 May 2012 at 10:14

Morba said:
That needs explanation! Next time go ask wtf he was doing and why, we need to know what possible reason there could be for such stupidity!

I block it out now. The amount of stupid stuff I see each time I'm in there is too much. I just let them get on with it unless they ask me for help.

Morba · 23 May 2012 at 10:15

LiE said:
I blocked it out now. The amount of stupid stuff I see each time I'm in there is too much. I just let them get on with it unless they ask me for help.

So do I, unless it really is dangerous. But if you see him again ask him, I would

MoNkeE · 23 May 2012 at 10:21

Delvis said:
Some people like to g to the gym to do just that...Go to the gym, and enjoy the time there. They might be happy with the way they look? Or what they can lift?

Not everyone want to be built like a tank you know

I'd be damned surprised if anyone went, hammered the free weights, and didn't want to add muscle. Its much more likely to be a lack of understanding that stops them from building muscle, and a lack of approachability which hinders them from ever being taught.

Delvis · 23 May 2012 at 10:30

MoNkeE said:
I'd be damned surprised if anyone went, hammered the free weights, and didn't want to add muscle. Its much more likely to be a lack of understanding that stops them from building muscle, and a lack of approachability which hinders them from ever being taught.

Well yes I agree. But if they are happy doing what they are doing? They must be reasonably happy, otherwise they would have stopped by now.

Quite personally, I'll hopefully be curling 5kg's in my 80's, purely because I enjoy going to the gym

I'm on 1kg curls now so I've got a while to reach my goal

MoNkeE · 23 May 2012 at 10:33

Yes, but what if they could be happier?

Morba · 23 May 2012 at 10:44

I have to agree with delvis on that one, some people just like the social aspect.

kai · 23 May 2012 at 10:45

Gone off the rail's big time today!!!

weighted all my food out this morning and off to work i went! Upon arrival the office bought me x2 boxes of Krispy Kreme for my birthday today

.

12 donuts have gone already and i still have one box left... dont think they going to last long

They are around 200 - 450 calories per donut so average call it 300 * 24 - im going for 7,200 calories plus a family meal tonight i am easily going to break the 10k mark !!

I am hoping my body will absorb most of this as i am still glyogen depleted

following photoshoot

reiyushin · 23 May 2012 at 10:46

Going to setup my Wendler/Smolov routine for this next month. Starting with bench because it's suffered of late and if I don't push 140 this year I'll cry

Sunday - Squats / Smolov Day 3
Tuesday - Smolov day 4 (max day, replaces wendler bench)
Thursday - Deadlifts / Smolov day 1
Saturday - Press / Smolov day 2

Starting it this Thursday so it'll be a little out of sync with 531 which should help me not die during the later stages.

Current 1RM is 110, 10kg lower than it was in November. Squat and Deadlift numbers are steadily improving and my clean+jerk (although I haven't went for a 1rm) is feeling smooth and fast at decent weights. Leaving any significant snatch work out for the time being.

Using carb cycling with 1 cheat per 2 weeks to allow for some "lean gains"

Excited? I am

Delvis · 23 May 2012 at 10:47

LOL Kai!!!!

MoNkeE said:
Yes, but what if they could be happier?

True, but they need do something about it then

Deception · 23 May 2012 at 10:53

Morba said:
I have to agree with delvis on that one, some people just like the social aspect.

That and they can update their FB status to show them curling at the gym!

N19h7m4r3 · 23 May 2012 at 10:57

G-MAN2004 said:
I have 2 tubs of weight gainer shake that went out of date March and April. I'm guessing they should be fine? They still smell/look the same.

Just don't touch Whey that's well well over a 1.5 years old.
I did and well, I spent the better half of day on the throne.... :mad:

LiE · 23 May 2012 at 10:58

Some guys are happy doing curls under the gym spot lights while looking in the mirror, feeling boss then talking to girls who are doing some glute raises in full make up....

Can you tell I go to a nancy gym?

MoNkeE · 23 May 2012 at 11:00

I go to a bannatynes, and I can't believe how many die hard chavs are willing to pay £52 a month for a gym :\

Morba · 23 May 2012 at 11:00

kai said:
Gone off the rail's big time today!!!

weighted all my food out this morning and off to work i went! Upon arrival the office bought me x2 boxes of Krispy Kreme for my birthday today .

12 donuts have gone already and i still have one box left... dont think they going to last long

They are around 200 - 450 calories per donut so average call it 300 * 24 - im going for 7,200 calories plus a family meal tonight i am easily going to break the 10k mark !!

I am hoping my body will absorb most of this as i am still glyogen depleted following photoshoot

Where in wales, i'm just over the bridge I CAN SAVE YOU FROM THE DONUTS!!!!!

Morba · 23 May 2012 at 11:01

reiyushin said:
Going to setup my Wendler/Smolov routine for this next month. Starting with bench because it's suffered of late and if I don't push 140 this year I'll cry

Sunday - Squats / Smolov Day 3
Tuesday - Smolov day 4 (max day, replaces wendler bench)
Thursday - Deadlifts / Smolov day 1
Saturday - Press / Smolov day 2

Starting it this Thursday so it'll be a little out of sync with 531 which should help me not die during the later stages.

Current 1RM is 110, 10kg lower than it was in November. Squat and Deadlift numbers are steadily improving and my clean+jerk (although I haven't went for a 1rm) is feeling smooth and fast at decent weights. Leaving any significant snatch work out for the time being.

Using carb cycling with 1 cheat per 2 weeks to allow for some "lean gains"

Excited? I am

Wendler / smolov? What made you mix the 2? both are fantastic on there own without much modification

Freefaller · 23 May 2012 at 11:02

Delvis said:
Can you elaborate?

Bent double, legs straight, bouncing the bar off the floor, hyperextending at top, core not locked when returning bar down, no arch in the back or back locked at all.

Just appalling. The stupid thing is then they were complaining their backs were hurting. :/

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