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08-06-2013 , 11:07 AM

#21451

DeroDeniro

old hand

Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 1,273

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Originally Posted by bixby snyder

I had a guy walk into my squat rack while I was mid set to plug in his phone at the outlet

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08-06-2013 , 12:11 PM

#21452

skeletor121

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,992

Guy that used straps for the incline bench gave me another GGO today. Not only does he now (he may have yesterday, didn't notice) carry around a gallon jug of water, he does some atrocious squats. No pics or videos since he works out in another part of the gym (not the powerlifting room) that I only see when I walk to the bathroom or enter/leave the gym. It would be too obvious I was videoing him. I'd say he half squats, but his body looks like a question mark. Not only is his lower back rounded, his upper back is too. When he goes down he ends up looking like a question mark.

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08-06-2013 , 12:16 PM

#21453

amplify

Eternal Unknowable Mesmerizing

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 78,716

I don't even like when people talk near my squat rack.

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08-06-2013 , 12:53 PM

#21454

BigPoppa

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 22,216

Pretty clear "rerack the bar, unplug his phone, then move it out of the squat rack" situation. ISFing (throwing phone across room) is optional.

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08-06-2013 , 12:56 PM

#21455

saw7988

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Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 11,463

^ you forgot "and piss on it"

God damn this story bothers me. Gonna go lift now.

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08-06-2013 , 12:59 PM

#21456

kidcolin

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Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 109,094

Yeah bix I'm pretty beta but not that beta. Jesus.

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08-06-2013 , 02:02 PM

#21457

chinz

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Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 9,061

I could imagine accidentially dropping a plate after I'm done if somebody did that when I'm squatting. Assuming he left the phone at the floor.

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08-06-2013 , 04:09 PM

#21458

The Shrog

adept

Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 876

2 skinny hs/college bros stop to point and laugh at the boxing/cardio "class" in the corner of the gym. Multiple times.

Go back to their sets of 1/4 ROM bench presses. (like 135 or 155, so likely BW).

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08-06-2013 , 04:19 PM

#21459

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

I chuckle when me and Mrs. Rhymes go to the gym and I coach her on form. There's almost always someone close by doing bench/squat/whatever the bro way. Like if she does a partial bench ROM I'll tell her nope, lift doesn't count unless it touches the chest. Meanwhile the bro next to us is doing maybe 50% ROM. If my proximity judgement nudges a single bro to man up and fix their form, I'll break my vow never to fist bump at the gym again.

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08-06-2013 , 04:23 PM

#21460

amplify

Eternal Unknowable Mesmerizing

Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 78,716

won't happen, bros allow nothing to interfere with kidding themselves

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08-06-2013 , 05:15 PM

#21461

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

You're probably right. Cue sailor rows.

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08-06-2013 , 05:30 PM

#21462

TouchOfEVil

veteran

Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 3,144

random truthtelling pic:

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08-06-2013 , 07:26 PM

#21463

Syndr0m

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 7,201

^ repost, but gud stuff

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Originally Posted by The Shrog

And the H&F reg points and laughs at them. The circle of life!

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08-06-2013 , 09:04 PM

#21464

Melkerson

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Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 11,465

Let's say someone is doing a set of squats (outside of a rack). If you need to walk behind them while they are squatting (so they can't see you). How close is too close. I try to give them about 8 ft minimum (If I have to get closer than that I'll just wait until they're done with their set). Too little?

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08-06-2013 , 09:23 PM

#21465

MediocrePlayer2.0

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Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 9,205

the old school way of doing rows by planting 1 end of a barbell into the corner of the wall and then loading the other end with plates ..... yesterday this dude loaded them up and then proceeded to basically pass the bar from side to side like some type of twisting core workout?

wtf is this? i took a short video cause i couldn't i lol'd inside during his 1st set of it but dunno if it's GGO or i'm just out of the loop here? he had maybe 75 # up, it cant have been too taxing

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08-06-2013 , 09:26 PM

#21466

saw7988

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Originally Posted by Melkerson

Wow 8 ft!?

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08-06-2013 , 09:37 PM

#21467

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

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Originally Posted by MediocrePlayer2.0

Have to see the video to be sure.

I saw some guys doing something I'd never seen before with the row barbell. Loaded up a decent amount of weight. They stood parallel to the bar, left arm on the inside. They pulled the bar up with the left hand, then twisted to the left as they dropped the bar into the right hand and pressed the weight. Drop it to the ground, repeat. Next set, switch sides. I'm not sure if that's a GGO. Actually looked like a decent workout.

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08-06-2013 , 09:40 PM

#21468

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

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Originally Posted by saw7988

Wow 8 ft!?

Inorite? That's so damn close. Gonna get somebody killed!

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08-06-2013 , 09:45 PM

#21469

Banned4lyfe

Sup-Bah? Pop-Bah Pooh-Bear Permanently Pooh-Bah Billy Walters Jr

Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 11,808

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Originally Posted by MediocrePlayer2.0

This? Skip to like 1:00

The only person I've seen doing this is my brother

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08-06-2013 , 09:56 PM

#21470

BustoRhymes

Grand Elf

Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 26,670

Yep, that's what the bros I saw were doing, except they only used one hand for the pull, then switched hands for the press.

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08-06-2013 , 10:25 PM

#21471

DWarrior

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Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 7,787

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Originally Posted by MediocrePlayer2.0

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Originally Posted by BustoRhymes

At least it sounds like they stem from a legit exercise: look up Landmine, and there's Landmine Press. Except if you do it right, I don't think you can handle 75lbs:

IME it's pretty easy to shift the exercise from a core anti-rotation to being a lat/shoulder exercise (the dude in Banned4lyfe's vid is not doing landmines).

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08-06-2013 , 10:43 PM

#21472

Hardball47

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Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 13,308

This cute girl (8.5/10) was doing deadlifts in the cage. I came to the cage and she said he had one more set to go. Great. She finishes up and just leaves the weight there (douchebaguette... female douche... coined it here, bitches. TM).

I follow her and ask her, "could you please strip the weights?" She doesn't take me seriously and gives this little stuck up laugh like she's trying to say, "what, you can't take the weights off yourself?" My politeness quickly fades and I tell more sternly this time, "go take the weights off." She goes and does it right away.

ALPHA

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Originally Posted by crashjr

350lb dude at the gym I go to works out with a personal trainer 3 times a week for at least a year now. She has him doing oly lifts. He's made some serious gains, time to cutcutcut

I'd shake the PTs hand.

If hot, would skip handshake and bang instead.

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08-06-2013 , 10:55 PM

#21473

Bro Sagan

grinder

Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 553

Her worksets should've been your warmup if you even lifted bro.

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08-06-2013 , 11:00 PM

#21474

crashjr

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Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 12,917

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Originally Posted by Hardball47

I'd shake the PTs hand.

If hot, would skip handshake and bang instead.

She's a GILF for sure.

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08-06-2013 , 11:09 PM

#21475

Melkerson

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 11,465

Quote:

Originally Posted by saw7988

Wow 8 ft!?

I guess this thread has turned me into a super cautious gym goer. After reading some of these GGOs, it seems like it bad form to be even in the same zip code while someone is squatting. The gym I go to is pretty spacious, though, so there's really no excuse to get closer.

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