The Bodybuilders Thread!

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Zenbaas said:
So you've been around for quite a while then as well :D I only went to nationals in '06 after which I hurt my back pretty bad. Since then I just haven't had the time to commit to it fully again although I train the same way now(Not same weights btw:cry:) that I did when I was lifting :)
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Ja, it's going on 24 years since I first walked into a gym. If only I had a rand for every set of squats I've ever done. :)

Also had a back injury in '05. Not fun, I know.
 
StrongTurd said:
Ja, it's going on 24 years since I first walked into a gym. If only I had a rand for every set of squats I've ever done. :)

Also had a back injury in '05. Not fun, I know.
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Yup and mine came when doing bloody Sumo deadlifts. I knew they disagreed with my body from day one but we persevered until it went "snap". It's not fun feeling like a 90year old when you are still young.
 
I've seen some guys claiming massive weights on a leg press... At the local virgin active squats are thought to be dangerous!
 
slayerza said:
I've seen some guys claiming massive weights on a leg press... At the local virgin active squats are thought to be dangerous!
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At our VA I've seen the squat rack used for just about everything but squats... it got so damn annoying I asked them to order another squat rack, now we have two squat racks used for just about everything but squats.
 
xrapidx said:
At our VA I've seen the squat rack used for just about everything but squats... it got so damn annoying I asked them to order another squat rack, now we have two squat racks used for just about everything but squats.
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Yes, so frustrating, we have two squat racks too, and most of the time you'll find cakes doing barbell curls there, now I understand that using the olympic bar has its benefits and I sometimes use it too, but ffs, if the bar weighs more than the plates you using combined, please don't use the squat rack during peak hour!
 
Zenbaas said:
I've had a fair amount of fights at gym with personal trainers teaching people to squats with 5kg weight plates behind their heels when squatting. :rolleyes:
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Yeah that sort of defeats the point of owning a pair of flat-soled powerlifting boots :rolleyes:
 
nivek said:
Yes, so frustrating, we have two squat racks too, and most of the time you'll find cakes doing barbell curls there, now I understand that using the olympic bar has its benefits and I sometimes use it too, but ffs, if the bar weighs more than the plates you using combined, please don't use the squat rack during peak hour!
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I use the squat rack for barbell curls with the olympic bar only because there is no other suitable space in the gym.
 
Slootvreter said:
I use the squat rack for barbell curls with the olympic bar only because there is no other suitable space in the gym.
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Yea, but I'm referring to people who do it with 1x 2.5KG or 5KG plates on either side during peak time, when we have barbells from 12KG's all the way to 65KG's
 
Slightly off topic but I've also had an experience a while ago with a doctor who thought that because she went to med school she is somehow qualified to tell me how to squat. My training partner and I got a few weeks' trial membership at the local VA so we thought that we'd go and check out the scene. The second day we went there happened to be a heavy squat day. I worked up to seven wheels a side and started wrapping from 5 wheels. So anyways I'm busy wrapping for my last set when I noticed that somebody had walked up to me and was now standing just in front of my feet. I finish the left leg and paying no attention to whoever is standing in front of me, start wrapping the right leg when all of a sudden this person standing at my feet says: "Hello, I'm Doctor So-and-so my research indicates that those bandages that you wear are very bad for your knees and I would recommend that you take them off."

Unfortunately this little lecture caught me so off guard that I could find no words to reply with. Instead, I sat there in total disbelief for a few seconds before I regained my composure. Without saying a word I finished wrapping and completed my last set. When I got out under the bar the good doctor had moved off but kept giving me dirty looks for the rest of the workout. Only afterwards did I think of suitable replies I could have hurled at her.

Seriously, some people think that because they have studied 7 years for an MBChB, they are now somehow experts on any subject under the sun. I should have asked of her: "And exactly how much can you squat, Sis?"...or..."Hi, my research has indicated that most doctors know squat about squat." :)
 
Dunno if its meant to - but I find things like wraps, gloves, etc help me to have a lot more control over the relevant exercise's movement, thereby being able to lift more weight.
 
Anyone here stay in East London? I've been up there a few times but can't seem to find any "hardcore" gyms. I'm moving up in a few weeks and would like to get an idea of the powerlifting scene. I'll be working there as a personal trainer at one of the gyms so of course I will receive membership there but if there are any hardcore gyms (power cages, chalk, blood, sweat ;P) around I'd rather do my own training there. Anyone know of any?
 
anybody know where i can buy cottage cheese bigger than a 250g tub -- ay 1kg/5kg.
none of the large chain stores keep them in buckets.
 
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