*** The 2013 Gym Rats Thread ***

[Quinnaay]

When i had my Pre-workout which contains Beta-Alanine it gives me a slight tingle, when researching Pre's i noticed many saying that it made there face itch.. glad i dont experience that with it.

 

[tom_e]

When i had my Pre-workout which contains Beta-Alanine it gives me a slight tingle, when researching Pre's i noticed many saying that it made there face itch.. glad i dont experience that with it.

It's worse when it makes the soles of your feet itch! Luckily that side effect normally wears off after a few doses.

 

[Quinnaay]

It's worse when it makes the soles of your feet itch! Luckily that side effect normally wears off after a few doses.

Sounds like it will make you squat

 

[Pigeon_Killer]

Apparently Ben just broke the British record with a 200kg overhead press at the UKs!

 

[T1Cybernetic]

Apparently Ben just broke the British record with a 200kg overhead press at the UKs!

 

[Suarez7]

Strength

 

[Quinnaay]

200k OHP is obscene lol.

 

[LiE]

Apparently Ben just broke the British record with a 200kg overhead press at the UKs!

 

[BennyC]

Sickening.

 

[kai]

My training partner decided to quickly shoot my 5th set just before I left the gym tonight. After the chest session I wanted to include some dips so conducted a med/heavy weight 5x5 to finish things up- as it was last set it’s to failure.

Granted it’s on the 5th set and I’m pretty much exhausted and they are really, really poor depth on the dips (enough of the lame excuses) it’s pretty cool to analyse form post workout or lack of!

So 50kg dips at 70kg b.w


Dips - Video

 

[Kreeeee]

My training partner decided to quickly shoot my 5th set just before I left the gym tonight. After the chest session I wanted to include some dips so conducted a med/heavy weight 5x5 to finish things up- as it was last set it’s to failure.

Granted it’s on the 5th set and I’m pretty much exhausted and they are really, really poor depth on the dips (enough of the lame excuses) it’s pretty cool to analyse form post workout or lack of!

So 50kg dips at 70kg b.w


Dips - Video

Nice to know it's not only my gym that plays that god awful "music".

 

[Disco Boy]

Nice to know it's not only my gym that plays that god awful "music".

Whilst that track is a little over played, how can you fail to like Daft Punk?l

 

[Psycho Sonny]

i rarely take much interest in what music the gym is playing, in my home gym i just stick it on kiss fm.

there was one time, im thinking the system had either broken down or was being upgraded or what not, that they decided a ghetto blaster positioned right beside the treadmills on full blast would be a great idea.

that's probably the only time i had wished there was no music or a little quieter.

 

[Suarez7]

Sickening.

Hi JG.

 

[shifty_uk]

Whilst that track is a little over played, how can you fail to like Daft Punk?l

It's awful - mostly because of the vocals

Having background music in the gym does make a difference, even if it is rubbish chart stuff, nothing worse than a deadly silent gym.

 

[Delvis]

Whilst that track is a little over played, how can you fail to like Daft Punk?l

Just don't like or enjoy it

Personal preference mind

 

[duvet77]

I quite like that daft punk song.

 

[Chris1712]

Delvis doesn't have a soul, ofcourse he doesn't like Daft Punk.

 

[Delvis]

Tru that. Well, that's what the crazy Christian guy in Rotterdam said to me anyway, crazy sod.

 

[Barks]

nothing worse than a deadly silent gym.

I've joined a fairly quiet local gym at the moment but when I went to Uni at Newcastle I joined Goldstar in Heaton. It was a proper bodybuilder's gym and was massive. As soon as you hit the doors you'd hear the clanging and roars of someone in the background deadlifting. Just hearing that always got us fired up for the workout.

By contrast now I train at 9am and I'm the only guy in the gym. I'm just greeted by a row of school-run mums on the treadmills and the sound of the air-con. Don't give them a second look, I'm there to train!