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11-17-2011 , 06:59 PM
UK is sooo not part of Eurotardia. +1 for asians being srsly bro though.
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11-17-2011 , 08:15 PM
probably like once a quarter, one of the frats send in like 20 dudes in suits/tuxes and they just bro around lifting. They always get kicked out because they're hammered, but it's pretty awesome for the 10 minutes they last.
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11-18-2011 , 02:57 AM
The regular clowns were at my school gym tonight, squatting. I was squatting as well so I had to wait about 30 mins to finally use the power rack. One guy is obviously trying to impress this chick that's also there working out.

He's been squatting around 315, awful form, but goes parallel at least. Loads up 455 from 315, almost fails his 1 rep, and then starts swearing. Him and his buddies leave me the rack with the weight still on and proceed to the leg press machine. He puts on 8 plates and starts like throwing the leg press slider up with his feet. He'll go down for a rep then push the thing back up hard and have it fly off his feet - it was ****ing ridiculous. He does like 2 sets, and then goes over and teaches this girl he's been hitting on how to deadlift with the worst form I have ever seen - all the weight on his toes, knees way forward, back rounded. It was the brotastic.

TL;DR: Bros gonna bro.
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11-18-2011 , 03:17 AM
Women make men do crazy, stupid things.
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11-18-2011 , 04:28 AM
I'm not sure what to call this, good or bad, so I'll leave the interpretation up to you guys.

Today, at the 24 hour fitness I go to, after I did snatch and clean pulls, I had to wait ~15 mins for a rack to open so that I could do push press. Why? In the power rack, someone was doing snatch balances, and in the squat rack, someone was doing ATG squats with 185 for 5's, most likely doing SS. In the only other area I could attempt to do push press, someone was doing pendlay rows. It felt like a win. But then I realized that I had to wait while everyone did sensible things in the stuff that I needed to use.

Win/fail?
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11-18-2011 , 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by tankleton
UK is sooo not part of Eurotardia. +1 for asians being srsly bro though.
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and cobrastatus that is clear win. Happened to me like two times total in the last year or so at my school gym. One was a nerdy white kid doing lbbs with 155, his form was very SS like so I talked to him about SS for a bit. Other was a GIRL atg paused hbbs 180 for sets of 3, crossfitter.
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11-18-2011 , 06:40 AM
I think I got trolled yesterday.

After my epic, get trapped under bar three times fail last time I decided to ask for a spot on bench. As expected, failed my 4th rep. Guys helps me rack the bar and then is like. "that was all you bro" and laughs.
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11-18-2011 , 09:41 AM
Haha that's awesome.
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11-18-2011 , 02:47 PM
Went to the gym last night and saw a guy who is there randomly when I work out. I had spotted him on bench before and he does a 100% bro workout. I can't recall ever seeing him squat, all arms/chest workout. This time he was doing some type of seated press at the smith machine with a girl, who I guess is his girlfriend. When I walked into the weight area of the gym, girl was sitting under the bar (not working out) and dude was behind her flexing for the mirror. He catches a glimpse of me walking toward him (smith is right near power lifting area) and quickly stopped flexing. As he stops he sheepishly looks at the ground like a kid caught doing something he shouldn't. I chuckled inside. Guy seems like a good person, just misguided in such a good environment.
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11-18-2011 , 04:23 PM
I have a general gym locker room observation.


omfg dicks everywhere afjkasd;lkfj;ladskfja;dlkjf
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11-18-2011 , 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by LirvA
I have a general gym locker room observation.


omfg dicks everywhere afjkasd;lkfj;ladskfja;dlkjf
Try looking up next time you're in the locker room.
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11-18-2011 , 04:53 PM
I thought things were looking up, but all there was was flaccidity.


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11-18-2011 , 04:54 PM
LirvA, get out of my locker room and get back to omg!
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11-18-2011 , 04:57 PM
I saw nothing! I swear!
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11-18-2011 , 05:23 PM
not sure which would be more disturbing - noticing a lot of flacid dick or noticing some not.......
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11-18-2011 , 05:27 PM
The latter would at least indicate you're getting results.
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11-18-2011 , 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted by DWarrior
The latter would at least indicate you're getting results.
wp
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11-18-2011 , 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by cobrastatus
I'm not sure what to call this, good or bad, so I'll leave the interpretation up to you guys.

Today, at the 24 hour fitness I go to, after I did snatch and clean pulls, I had to wait ~15 mins for a rack to open so that I could do push press. Why? In the power rack, someone was doing snatch balances, and in the squat rack, someone was doing ATG squats with 185 for 5's, most likely doing SS. In the only other area I could attempt to do push press, someone was doing pendlay rows. It felt like a win. But then I realized that I had to wait while everyone did sensible things in the stuff that I needed to use.

Win/fail?
I woulda asked the guy doing 185 ATG's if I could work in. But he might think you were trollin a bit by putting on tree plates.
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11-18-2011 , 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by The Yugoslavian
That was similar to when I try to troll. I was assuming the bowtie reference was to a JonFon video of old or something where he collared up with bowties and squatted in a tux or something.

Which, actually, is a great idea for an actual troll. Go into your gym in a tux, use bowties instead of collars, and do heavy weights correctly. Perhaps loosening your tie when "it gets real hard."
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
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11-18-2011 , 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by skeletor121
Went to the gym last night and saw a guy who is there randomly when I work out. I had spotted him on bench before and he does a 100% bro workout. I can't recall ever seeing him squat, all arms/chest workout. This time he was doing some type of seated press at the smith machine with a girl, who I guess is his girlfriend. When I walked into the weight area of the gym, girl was sitting under the bar (not working out) and dude was behind her flexing for the mirror. He catches a glimpse of me walking toward him (smith is right near power lifting area) and quickly stopped flexing. As he stops he sheepishly looks at the ground like a kid caught doing something he shouldn't. I chuckled inside. Guy seems like a good person, just misguided in such a good environment.
help him out!!!
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11-18-2011 , 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by zinna
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YES! VIDEO AND TR IMO!
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11-18-2011 , 11:48 PM
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Originally Posted by nuclear500
not sure which would be more disturbing - noticing a lot of flacid dick or noticing some not.......
Oh man I just remembered when I was like 7 or 8 years old one kid had a boner in the changing rooms. He never lived that down. I think someone recently mentioned it to him like nearly 20 years later.

Luckily it never happened to me but so many times I was freaking out because when you are like 12 or 13 and just starting puberty you pop like 10 boners a day easy? And for absolutely no reason at all so I would always think **** what if this happened after PE. It would be like xxxxx all over again.
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11-19-2011 , 03:21 AM
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Originally Posted by sayid_the_saviour
help him out!!!
I am trying to, just going slow so as not to disturb him too much. Second time I saw him in the gym, he was with a bro (2) doing bench stuff. They left their weights on a bar and moved on to the next movement. Went up to him and asked if they were done with the bar. When they said yes, I informed him about cleaning up and he said he would and was cool about it. His bro looked at me like I was a dick, but went and cleaned up the weights. I think Bro 1 talked to 2 and explained things to him.

Baby steps, IMO.
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11-19-2011 , 05:54 AM
Think first time I asked a guy to workout somewhere else was today... Old guy who does solid workouts was doing bent Over rows then single dumbell squats followed by pushups was in fitness 19 version of power cage and I needed to OHP so I politely asked if could do elsewhere ... He obliged easily and I even cleaned and carried his row weight over to another area... Pissed off some bros because not 5 min later thy were all "how many sets left?" .. I was in my work sets do they stood around and watched me creepily for 15minutes before they did shrugs... 1 guy is super flexer after any rep of anything also do I took a couple extra minutes between sets
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11-19-2011 , 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by cobrastatus
I'm not sure what to call this, good or bad, so I'll leave the interpretation up to you guys.

Today, at the 24 hour fitness I go to, after I did snatch and clean pulls, I had to wait ~15 mins for a rack to open so that I could do push press. Why? In the power rack, someone was doing snatch balances, and in the squat rack, someone was doing ATG squats with 185 for 5's, most likely doing SS. In the only other area I could attempt to do push press, someone was doing pendlay rows. It felt like a win. But then I realized that I had to wait while everyone did sensible things in the stuff that I needed to use.

Win/fail?
A rare sight in the gym for sure. Win obv
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