OCUK Body Builders: Post your Pics!
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that's what we call a gym monkey 
someone who does too much chest and not enough back (you have all seen them, they spend 45 mins on bench), and they end up with their shoulders coming forward giving them really bad posture like a monkey 
someone who does too much chest and not enough back (you have all seen them, they spend 45 mins on bench), and they end up with their shoulders coming forward giving them really bad posture like a monkey harris1986 said:that's what we call a gym monkey
Who are you talking about here?
Caporegime
digitalwolf said:
cleanbluesky said:
cleanbluesky said:
cbs is completely correct, its all in the 'pose'. drop the shoulder and roll them forwards :]
Caporegime
Ste99 said:
Hi there.
:O !!!!
i see what you mean
Caporegime
sunama said:
I agree with the comment about me and if i leaned up. althought it shouldnt drop too much if done right
as for seeing people with goals in the gym, it depends on what time you go. generally the men in my gym from 4-7ish are generally the type who are happy doing curls and some bench press. you will never have a problem getting near one of the squat racks (which are so versatile!). these people seem to be there more for the social aspect with friends (there are a few which clearly have goals tho).
Go to my gym after 7.30 and you will see the people who have goals, there is less chatter around the weights area and lots more work (not just weight) going on.
People who go to the gym just to curl and bench wind me up a whole lot. I see no reason why a workout should take longer than 45 mins (1 Hour at absolute max) and then you've got all the time in world to chill out and chat to the people you meet there.
I don't see the point in paying £40 odd a month to waste time and chat. But then again, I'm dedicated to what I do and get p***** off if people stop me doing what I need to do.
I don't see the point in paying £40 odd a month to waste time and chat. But then again, I'm dedicated to what I do and get p***** off if people stop me doing what I need to do.
Balddog said:
Doesnt work that way unfortunately. The guys are chatting and working out in between. So if you ask them if they are finished, they reply, "No, another few sets to go." A serious guy will usually whip through his sets within 10 mins or so and move onto the next exercise. The "socialisers" take longer.
Soldato
Lead_Head said:Keep this thread active and I'll be back in a couple of months
Me too. Took some before pictures last week, not been to the gym properly for a long time (read 4yrs!!). Nearly finished the home gym in the garage now, so hopefully 3months of solid training and eating should see me right. Only slight problem i might have is a kidney infection that has knocked me on my ass this week (god i've never known such pain!) and i need a recurring epigastric hernia repair doing, but hopefully putting that off until august (as i will need at least 2 weeks off after so may as well hope for some good weather!).
This leg press people keep talking about, is it the 45'ish degree angle sled thing? i always seemed to find that really easy, but found squatting really hard, could never get anywhere neasr the same type of weight on a squat as a press! (could do 24 x 20kg plates on the sled and only ever 100kg on an Olympic bar squat)
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kefkef said:
Think most people are talking about this type:
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Quadriceps/SL45LegPress.html
Most people can do a lot more on there than on their squat
About flexing your traps: u have to raise your shoulder blades, lift and separate to be exact. I believe the muscle contracting to do this is your traps, hence flexed traps.
As far as not being able to flex a pose for a photo, its just as ridiculous as saying that none of us are body builders cause we dont weight 18 stone and 4% bodyfat, with a Mr. Olympia title.
I had some guy in my gym interupt me while I was doing a set of bicept curls and started to put collars on my bar. I thanked him as if he was a simpleton and later came to the conclusion it was a jibe.
Reminds me of a time when I was in Maidstone YMCA, and this "trainer" guy said to this 20 yr old female who was doing power lifting techniques, that she should use a collar. Her Dad got just a bit irrate, and said he'd been doing it for 25 years and never had a weight slide off.
As far as not being able to flex a pose for a photo, its just as ridiculous as saying that none of us are body builders cause we dont weight 18 stone and 4% bodyfat, with a Mr. Olympia title.
I had some guy in my gym interupt me while I was doing a set of bicept curls and started to put collars on my bar. I thanked him as if he was a simpleton and later came to the conclusion it was a jibe.
Reminds me of a time when I was in Maidstone YMCA, and this "trainer" guy said to this 20 yr old female who was doing power lifting techniques, that she should use a collar. Her Dad got just a bit irrate, and said he'd been doing it for 25 years and never had a weight slide off.
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Caporegime
$loth said:Think most people are talking about this type:
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Quadriceps/SL45LegPress.html
Most people can do a lot more on there than on their squat
indeed, that is the main one seen in gyms.
most people can do more on the leg press.
its worth remembering a small thing, squat weight does not include your own body weight, which of course you are still squatting.
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