Back in a gym in Crawley, someone use to pull the brush out and dump in the holder, then put the brush back in.
People at the Gym :/
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Back in a gym in Crawley, someone use to pull the brush out and dump in the holder, then put the brush back in.
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/most_recent/exercise_form_doesnt_matter_at_all
Thoughts?
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I read that the other week and to be honest there has to be some truth in it just due to the amount of big guys who have no idea on how to actually perform a rep properly but still grow.
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The amount of people i see in the gym who cant do a single 'proper' rep yet still have substantial muscle mass leads me to believe its true
I think it depends on how you cheat. Taking bicep curls as an example, if you're using 10-20% more weight than you should (bear in mind that'll only equal about 5-6kg total) you can still blast your biceps if the way you cheat still puts the focus on the biceps. If you're using 30-40% too much and just cheating to get the weight from A-B no matter what, you're probably actually putting less stress on the biceps.
It does make you wonder doesnt it.
I think its a case of people can still reach a goal by cheating the reps, but as its not as efficient it wont get you there as quick and has the potential to be more risky in terms of injury.
Still, wont get me cheating much regardless
I think its a case of people can still reach a goal by cheating the reps, but as its not as efficient it wont get you there as quick and has the potential to be more risky in terms of injury.
Still, wont get me cheating much regardless
Good lift. Looks horrid but when it comes to powerlifting you follow the rules and make the ROM as short as possible.
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My thoughts are I lift purely for strength not for size/looks, and I care more about injury prevention so I won't cheat ROM/technique or anything else, and quite happily lift less if it means doing so.
Good post thats my goal and feel on it aswell.
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My gym seems quite normal now
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Just come back from my back/tri session. Never going at this time ever again. Literally about 15 teenagers hogging all the free weights. One lad attempted a 50kg bench and failed first attempt. His own fault for wearing no shirt.
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I HATE people who hog free weights, perform some crappy technique with a weight far too heavy for them and wait about 5minutes between sets
Whilst on their phone, then leave about 10 sets of weights strewn around the floor.
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You sound a bit upset by that, Platypus
Just ask to go on in between his sets, it's what I do.
Went yesterday and counted 15 blokes on free weights and nearly every dumbbell was on the floor, a personal trainer what works there, just chatting to some bloke not interested, I nearly tripped over a dumbbell taking my dumbbells I got back to the rack, disgusting.
I mean the rack is about 4 feet from the benches. How can you go to a gym exercise and be to lazy to put the weights back. I told one of the girls on the reception it needs tidying up and she just ignored me. 2 more months and can I stop my DD.
I mean the rack is about 4 feet from the benches. How can you go to a gym exercise and be to lazy to put the weights back. I told one of the girls on the reception it needs tidying up and she just ignored me. 2 more months and can I stop my DD.