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Still no free weight equipment because they don't have pads. But the squat rack has no pads and they haven't assembled it. I asked the director to at least put that one back together. We'll see.

They don't have padding on the floors? Or they don't have tampons?

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01-02-2015 , 02:58 PM

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biggerboat

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They don't have padding on the floors? Or they don't have tampons?

seat pads

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01-02-2015 , 03:07 PM

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udbrky

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Oh. One of our pulldown stations is missing ours, i always wtf at that.

Not as much as someone stealing a power rack hook. wtf steals that?

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It probably wouldn't be a confrontation. You ask them if they took those clamps from the rack you're using. They say yes. You say please find some that aren't currently in use. I need those back. End of story.

ETA: Unless we again consider that they were benching a gentleman's 135. Probably on roids and easily thrown into gorilla rage. So you're probably right.

Yeah, this. Also, get a home gym.

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Muscle clamps are the best

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Those things are surprisingly expensive. When I was buying some for the home gym I saw them on sale for $30 a set. I really couldn't stomach paying that much for two pieces of plastic, so I got the lockjaw variety ($10 and work just fine).

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PJo336

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Monte, perhaps they were microloading? Quit hating on linear progression

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Damn I hope I get my lazy ass to the gym even if just to look for lols.

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The only thing I use clips for are deadlifts just to make sure the plates stay upright so the bar rolls nicely. I don't see the need at all for clips when doing anything else

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The only thing I use clips for are deadlifts just to make sure the plates stay upright so the bar rolls nicely. I don't see the need at all for clips when doing anything else

Not even for squats? Must not be lifting enough...

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Not even for squats? Must not be lifting enough...

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Yeah, I think everyone might be a special snowflake when it comes to that stuff. For me, the plates don't budge on press or bench, but they shift alarmingly during sets on squats/deads (not to the point that I think they'd fall off, but far enough that I'd never want to chance it).

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bundy,

I recommend you only use clips when doing a heavy bench press without a spotter

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cashy

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hmmm no newbie on-storm just yet
was literally alone in the gym yesterday evening

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biggerboat

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Today the gym was a panoramic montage of ggos.

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bundy,

I recommend you only use clips when doing a heavy bench press without a spotter

You're just trying to give him an excuse for not reracking his weights.

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O/U on how many sessions before it's not a problem? I put it at three

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hmmm no newbie on-storm just yet
was literally alone in the gym yesterday evening

A Friday evening would be an odd place for the gym noob frankly. They're bound to be the early regular weekday crowd and rando weekend.

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What's ggos

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aura

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Thread title. Usually some funny or ****ed up **** people do in the gym.

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Does 4 have a secret menu of emoticons?

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bundy,

I recommend you only use clips when doing a heavy bench press without a spotter

Thanks for the advice. Will do.

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You're just trying to give him an excuse for not reracking his weights.

You would be surprised about how much I do this.

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01-04-2015 , 04:06 PM

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brandoncla

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Resolutioner, incline bench 4 10's on each side.

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01-04-2015 , 04:13 PM

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Montecore

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I wonder if I'm going to see the four high school kids that attempted to do strip sets with weight plates ascending from 2.5->45 from inside collar again this year. I think they played football or something at one of the local high schools; none of them got any reps with the top weight (290 by my quick math?), but most got a few reps at 200 on down, and I have to admit it looked kind of cool.

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01-04-2015 , 04:36 PM

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Resolutioner, incline bench 4 10's on each side.

I've been guilty of using excessive tens.

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01-04-2015 , 07:19 PM

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I've seen people using multiple 35s when there were plenty of 45s around.

Always assumed they wanted people to think they lift more than they do.

Saw a guy doing lat pulldowns with a moderate amount of weight, then move the pin to a much heavier weight once he was done.

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