The Bodybuilders Thread!

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StrongTurd said:
Have you got a proper powerlifting belt or one of those despicable ones that the bodybuilders always walk around with that's narrow in front and wide in the back?
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Like this. And speaking of walking around with the belts, what a joke. It's not meant for that. If you can walk around in it, it's not fitted properly. Same as idiots using a belt when doing lateral pulldowns or tricep dips :wtf:
 
Slootvreter said:
Like this. And speaking of walking around with the belts, what a joke. It's not meant for that. If you can walk around in it, it's not fitted properly. Same as idiots using a belt when doing lateral pulldowns or tricep dips :wtf:
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True, that's crazy. The worst I've seen is one idiot who used lifting straps while benching, strapping himself in before every set!
 
StrongTurd said:
True, that's crazy. The worst I've seen is one idiot who used lifting straps while benching, strapping himself in before every set!
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Yes I suppose this could be quite dangerous.
 
I would imagine so but more interesting would be to know what goes through someone like that's head. If you ask him how come he straps for benching, would he actually be able to supply any sort of an answer or is it just because he thinks that strapping makes him look like he knows what he's doing? :)
 
While we're on the subject of people doing stupid things in the gym: My personal favourite (or at least the one that I as a powerlifter finds most irritating) is when some idiot occupies the power rack just so that he doesn't have to pick his 25kg bar from the floor between sets of curls when I'm waiting to do a max squat.

A couple of months ago I went into the gym psyched for a max squat only to find this skinny little dude in the power rack, reading from a Men's Health. It turns out that he put a bench inside the power rack so that he can rest between sets of his massive 25kg curls and while he rests, he uses the time to read his magazine. Already irritated, I asked him how many sets he's got left, as I wanted to use the rack to which he replied that he had four sets to go. Reluctantly I went away to do some warming up and stretching. It took him all of 15 minutes to perform his four sets in poor form, alternated with long periods of reading. Eventually once he got through with his fourth set, he sat down to read again. I walked back to the rack to ask him if he was done and he tuned me that he only had two more pages to read before I could have the rack! It was a miracle that I just walked away without saying anything because I was ready to pull his head off!
 
You should have just reported him to the owners/manager. I mean you're paying your fees and surely expect fairness.
 
Anyone know where I can buy a fat calliper at a reasonable price? I can find one on Amazon for about $6 but in the shops here they want like circa R400.
 
StrongTurd said:
While we're on the subject of people doing stupid things in the gym: My personal favourite (or at least the one that I as a powerlifter finds most irritating) is when some idiot occupies the power rack just so that he doesn't have to pick his 25kg bar from the floor between sets of curls when I'm waiting to do a max squat.

A couple of months ago I went into the gym psyched for a max squat only to find this skinny little dude in the power rack, reading from a Men's Health. It turns out that he put a bench inside the power rack so that he can rest between sets of his massive 25kg curls and while he rests, he uses the time to read his magazine. Already irritated, I asked him how many sets he's got left, as I wanted to use the rack to which he replied that he had four sets to go. Reluctantly I went away to do some warming up and stretching. It took him all of 15 minutes to perform his four sets in poor form, alternated with long periods of reading. Eventually once he got through with his fourth set, he sat down to read again. I walked back to the rack to ask him if he was done and he tuned me that he only had two more pages to read before I could have the rack! It was a miracle that I just walked away without saying anything because I was ready to pull his head off!
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On a daily basis. I pretty much squat every session (even if it's very light, I find it stretches my back the best so that I can avoid re-injuring it :whistle:) and I find guys doing bicep curls in the SQUAT rack more often than actual squats.

Had an argument with one of the personal trainers in the gym today as he was showing a young guy how to squat but using small 5kg weight for him to put his heel on. I mean FFS, who the hell would teach someone that on purpose...?:confused:
Fscked knees FTW:wtf:
 
Zenbaas said:
On a daily basis. I pretty much squat every session (even if it's very light, I find it stretches my back the best so that I can avoid re-injuring it :whistle:) and I find guys doing bicep curls in the SQUAT rack more often than actual squats.

Had an argument with one of the personal trainers in the gym today as he was showing a young guy how to squat but using small 5kg weight for him to put his heel on. I mean FFS, who the hell would teach someone that on purpose...?:confused:
Fscked knees FTW:wtf:
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Wow a personal trainer at VA showing a client how to squat, forget the 5kg weight, thats progress
 
nivek said:
Wow a personal trainer at VA showing a client how to squat, forget the 5kg weight, thats progress
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I would rather leave someone to their own devices instead of showing them that TBH. But hey, he's trained "olympic weightlifters" so what do I know :)
 
Zenbaas said:
I would rather leave someone to their own devices instead of showing them that TBH. But hey, he's trained "olympic weightlifters" so what do I know :)
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lol @ olympic weight lifters
ofcourse.....

I once saw a trainer at the same gym have his client do reverse grip bench press.. idiots :D
 
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Did that the bar not perhaps never leave it's resting point and the reverse press become reverse ladies pull-up? :p
 
I'm very fond of reverse grip benching, to be honest, doing them at least once every two weeks or so. They are extremely good for delt development as an assistance movement for improving your conventional bench. In fact, I perform a wide variety of reverse grip benches, including floor benching, using chains or bands, incline, decline, smith machine etc. They are really that beneficial. Having said all of that, I agree that they should never be performed by novices as it is quite a dangerous movement if performed by someone incompetent or without good spotting. In fact, reverse grip benching was banned from powerlifting competitions long ago when someone who tried to imitate the great Anthony Clark killed himself.
 
Zenbaas said:
On a daily basis. I pretty much squat every session (even if it's very light, I find it stretches my back the best so that I can avoid re-injuring it :whistle:) and I find guys doing bicep curls in the SQUAT rack more often than actual squats.

Had an argument with one of the personal trainers in the gym today as he was showing a young guy how to squat but using small 5kg weight for him to put his heel on. I mean FFS, who the hell would teach someone that on purpose...?:confused:
Fscked knees FTW:wtf:
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I use the squat rack for bicep curls, only because I use the 20kg olympic bar for better grip, and there's no other place in the gym. But so does many others. And I've also seen these people squatting with plates under their heels, and then they're wearing Nike Air trainers (or something similiar) to compound matters! I use flat soled shoes for gym, only because I'm not allowed to wear only socks when squatting or deadlifting.
 
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