*** The 2012 Gym Rats Thread ***

[Dj_Jestar]

I'm so gonna watch that (synthol pratt on telly) on catch up or wherever I can find it.

 

[Morba]

it will be on itv+1 soon will try and catch it myself.

 

[GarethSouthgate]

youtube

No wai!!!! That's more than my PB

Need to start a new TV program, "Are you stronger than a 12 year old?"


No

 

[Morba]

That arch though!
If you aren't flexible enough for an arch like that then you need to get a bigger belly - bigger belly, bigger bench!

 

[GarethSouthgate]

It looked like she was about to snap in two!

 

[Begbie]

It looked like she was about to snap in two!

Yep, too young to be doing heavy weights IMO.

 

[Skillmister]

brb doing the splits and benching at the same time

 

[Col_M]

I'm chuffed, this morning I could no longer button up one of my shirts around my chest and at the gym I weighed myself, I've put on ~2.2kg/5lbs in weight in just over a couple months while at the same time losing a good proportion of my belly, I'm now 67.2kg (my post on July 26th I was 65kg). I've never been a big guy (understatement) and up until I was 30 I was always around 55kg.

I'm feeling great now

 

[GAC]

oh dear just watched this morning and that guy is a scam artist and the guinness people have either fallen for it or are just self promoting fools.

someone should take him to the gym and film him as he fails to lift anything near what he claims.

 

['Wes]

Is it me, or does that article basically state protein shakes as being like a cheating method to be the equivalent of steroids? It's the wording that made it appear that way to me, it is the Daily Mail afterall.

 

[Skillmister]

Is it me, or does that article basically state protein shakes as being like a cheating method to be the equivalent of steroids?

It's the media, so yes indeedy

 

[Dj_Jestar]

To be fair to the Guiness Records folk.. they just said he has the biggest arms. There's no criteria for "must be natural" it's literally just "biggest."

Rest of the media and the guy himself are plebs though.

 

[icecold]

Yep, too young to be doing heavy weights IMO.

While there are going to be extremes that go to far, in general this isn't an issue.

 

[mrthingyx]

While there are going to be extremes that go to far, in general this isn't an issue.

If done properly, as icecold suggests, weightlifting is actually very good for kiddy (and teenager) posture.

Not sure on that back arch in the vid, however.

 

[Morba]

Not sure on that back arch in the vid, however.

What's wrong with it?

 

[mrthingyx]

What's wrong with it?

To me it just looks painful. I'm aware it probably isn't (she is twelve, after all), and that I'm just old and not that flexible...

 

[Skillmister]

O lawd

 

[Chris1712]

Come on now who has Facebook email notifications enabled? That's madness!

 

[Skillmister]

I didn't even know they were, i'm not in any other groups so never changed those ones

 

[Steedie]

Dat CGSociety