*** The 2011 Gym Rats Thread ***

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not many people know someone who is on the verge of dieing from morbid obesity.
why don't we tell people that they are fat and need to do something about it? because a lot of people realise that you cannot make statements like that. it's not tactful or tasteful and for all you know might just be a case of being big due to circumstance.

also, remember that just because you are trying to get healthy, doesnt mean you need to force your opinion onto others.

If people are happy, leave them alone and just be a friend. no harm in offering to do something active with them though once in a while.
 
SkScotchegg said:
Originally posted by: The Craig


omg, you so read what I put and took it in a completely different way...maybe its just me
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It's the way you say things, that seems to be what people are basing their opinions on.
You mention people in your gym talking to you saying you could do with dropping a bit of bodyfat so that you can reach your goals, this is a mile away from being the same as you saying to someone who doesnt train 'you are fat and overweight'.
 
Yeah I'm struggling to find that, it was a link from a link type of thing. Tried googling and going back to the recent articles that I have read, but can't find it anywhere.

If i can't find it on google then chances are it's nothing with any decent base value tbh :(
 
BennyC said:
Though if this was the case then freeweights are obsolete surely? As most of us can stack or lift more on machines that we ever could free weight. The mechanics of a freeweight lift or a machine lift through the same range of motion are different due to the difference in muscular skelature recruitment, the mechanics of the machine itself and certain muscles not even being recruited at all.

Big can of worms, but an interesting one none the less.
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Exactly. Kinda ties in with that other article I have mentioned doesn't it.
I cannot ever see free weights becoming obsolete, as there is no way there would be a machine for every muscle to be worked in isolation.
Also we all know that we work best when we work together, muscles are no different. Ok the total weight lifted might be less than a sled or press, but the squat teaches all your muscles to work together to overcome the task at hand.
Functionally, the squat wins as we would all agree (in the comparison of squat v leg press/sled).
 
if you are gonna go heavy then it might be worth investing in some knee wraps. will mean you can do remedial work that includes the ligaments full usage and also going heavier while limiting the potential damage to the knee.
Best of both worlds, just dont become too used to the wraps :p
 
Just watching some of Big Ron's 'Unbelievable', its absolutely nuts :D
He is the king of MASS! Ultimate huge cop lol.

Love going back through some of the old stuff, need to find my old Dorian vid also!


29 mins in, the skinny bloke doing 1/8th squats in the rack lol, quality!
 
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