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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: mesmorph78 on September 09, 2008, 12:39:26 PM
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Ok.... Everybody has the right to train wherever they want
fine.
what really puzzles me is this
ok I train at Muscle limit one of the most hardcore gyms in London 24 hr gym
yet you have guys all of 150lbs who come in.. not to knock them i started out light too they come in and do cable movements exclusively.. like rear delt raises one arm concentartion curls...front raises and the most cable crossovers i will come in see a guy chatting and laughing with his friend doing cable crossovers do a hardcore chest session ..come to do cable crossovers.. and still see the same guys on the cable crossover machine.... :-\
i saw this guy on the hammer strength press machines
after doing some heavy ass incline dumbell and flat dumbell presses..
and flyes and pullovers i asked this guy how many sets he had left
he said 18 :-\
like i said everybody pays their membership
but why come to a hardcore gym just to do hammer strength presses.... when u could do so in any of those soft leisure centre gyms... i think its unfair to guys who actually go to a hardcore gym gym to train hardcore. to have it invaded buy guys who have no interest in training properly (only there for summer) and hold up the machines doin damn foolishness.. i mean cable concentrated curls when your arms are 14 inches max.... you will never see them touch any free weights... aside from bench ..and the reason they do that is to ego lift and to answer the how much do you bench question.. i am sick of it.. i had to change chest day from monday to tuesday because on a monday evening you arent getting any of the benches as the gym is filled of 150 lb guy "benching" i meaning pulling bars off their friends chests
i can count on one hand the amount of hardcore gyms left in london.
it sucks
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it's the same way in the states as well.
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Yep - we have those guys in our gym too from time to time. The good thing though is that they never stay too long as they can't maintain any sort of consistency - they just don't have it in them to train hard with big compound movements. They tend to wreck the odd workout by getting in the way but I've been around long enough to know that they won't stay too long.
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Ha! 18 sets!? There was a guy at my place this morning on the leg press. Got up to 8 plates and about 20 reps a set. 'Course his range of motion was about 2". Didn't really need to disengage the safeties, but he did anyway. Wasn't my leg day so I just smirked with the rest of the assholes. ;D
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Ha! 18 sets!? There was a guy at my place this morning on the leg press. Got up to 8 plates and about 20 reps a set. 'Course his range of motion was about 2". Didn't really need to disengage the safeties, but he did anyway. Wasn't my leg day so I just smirked with the rest of the assholes. ;D
i'm betting he left the press loaded when he was done too, right?
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Ha! 18 sets!? There was a guy at my place this morning on the leg press. Got up to 8 plates and about 20 reps a set. 'Course his range of motion was about 2". Didn't really need to disengage the safeties, but he did anyway. Wasn't my leg day so I just smirked with the rest of the assholes. ;D
i'm betting he left the press loaded when he was done too, right?
And made sure that everyone knew he was lifting "big weight" :D
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there are two little twinks that train in my gym
abouth thirty sets for biceps 4 times a week
and nothing else ???
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there are two little twinks that train in my gym
abouth thirty sets for biceps 4 times a week
and nothing else ???
Ha,in my old gym we had a guy that wore jeans,wife beater,and shades every damn day.whatever workout he did,he did arms.chest,arms.next day was back,arms and so on.
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i'm betting he left the press loaded when he was done too, right?
And made sure that everyone knew he was lifting "big weight" :D
Nope, he left 3 aside - I'm guessing that's how he found it, so that's he left it. And no he was kinda 'weird.' Did a set. Rested for about 5 minutes and read/scribbled in his workout book or looked at his 'bigger' log/binder, which he also read at times. Dude might as well of walked by the leg press for the benefit he got out of it. :-\
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I learned a long time ago to never train chest on mondays, try training it on Thursday and see how fast you fly through your workout.
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A kid in my gym wants big shoulders. So does military presses s/s with side laterals for around an hour every single day.
I tried speaking to him before gave him idea of split way to progress ets...3 mins later i heard him asking someone else was it right. Then 3 mins after that he asked someone else. Everytime he asked a questions and u answered he just questioned it lol
Some people you waste time trying to talk to them. Wait till he gets older and will listen more.
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Nope, he left 3 aside - I'm guessing that's how he found it, so that's he left it. And no he was kinda 'weird.' Did a set. Rested for about 5 minutes and read/scribbled in his workout book or looked at his 'bigger' log/binder, which he also read at times. Dude might as well of walked by the leg press for the benefit he got out of it. :-\
Why don't ya just go and fuck up a good story :(
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i have nothing against
young guys just starting we all started there difference is i used to watch and ask questions...
... and i didnt start of training in a hardcore gym either
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i just dont see the logic.. of going to a hardcore gym to pussy foot around.. when can go to a soft one... i mean u can do 18 sets of machine chest press...
or do one arm cable conentration curls at the cable station on 13 inch arms
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or read delts on the cable station when u have no delts and u have no idea what the excercise you are doing in for?
i thinks its so unfair to experienced or hardcore trainers
there should be some kind of requirement... to train at a hardcore gym...
i know it sounds petty but my gym is a very busy gym
and 80% are damn idiots
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I never was the weakest or smallest ever in my gym so i dont know how it feels. what it seems tho is pure desperation for some ppl to get big quick...less is more for newbs
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Got to hate the skinny rats who come in and curl a barbell in the power-rack after scouring the gym for the 5kg bumper plates >:(
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totally feel you meso. some people are so goddamn stupid. i dont know what half of the people are doing in the gym. half of them would get better results out of doing pushups and chins every other day than what they are doing at the gym.
when you're a small and new to the gym you should watch and learn what the bigger better guys do, and stick to the basics!
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Also maybe i was just a dweeb but i purposely kept myself out of the way of the big guys when i started.
1. Made me look pathetic
2. Could concentrate more on my workout
Eventually teh big guys started chatting to me becoming friendly when they realised i wasnt after the 60's they were using for curling for dumbell squats
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funny thing is i once took one of them through a back session which involved deads rows chins tbar rows
didnt come back for a week when i saw him next it was back to doin one arm pulldowns in the cable pully ...when i asked him why he said it was too hard and it was overtraining
150lb max
what is a guy like this doing at one of the most hardcore gyms in the uk?
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why do u care what they do? they are in your head
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I find teh less you try to offer your help the more people will approach you.
I get asked things quite a lot and am more than happy to help, however no way am i going over to a 35year old guy and go ur doing that wrong. If he asks i will always say what i think, then say thats what i think works best but just my opinion and everyone is different
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speaking of helping people.
some time ago a guy asked me what he should do for shoulders. so i asked him what his shoulder routine was now and he showed me he was doing dumbell rows and said it was his favourite shoulder exercise ;D
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there are two little twinks that train in my gym
abouth thirty sets for biceps 4 times a week
and nothing else ???
Hahahhaha that sounds exactly like these 2 dweebs that joined my gym about a month ago
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why do u care what they do? they are in your head
i care because that person is slowing down or fucking up my workout
hope this helps
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i care because that person is slowing down or fucking up my workout
hope this helps
tough shit, they pay for a membership as well.
buy a home gym if it bothers you.
ta ta
fuckhead
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I find teh less you try to offer your help the more people will approach you.
I get asked things quite a lot and am more than happy to help, however no way am i going over to a 35year old guy and go ur doing that wrong. If he asks i will always say what i think, then say thats what i think works best but just my opinion and everyone is different
guys always come up to me askin stuff..
mostly what steroids are u taking.... and silly stuff like that
..but for the guys who ask about training i try to help as much as possible..
but ive come t realise lifting genetics isnt just a physical thing its a mental thing
a lot of people just dont have the will to conssisntely work out hard...
they just want results fast with no work at all..
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I was training a guy who was so annoying lol
On chest back day it was always
Flat bench, Pulldowns(could not chin yet) incline DB's then cable rows. He called them chest extensions despite me always calling them cable rows, occassionaly he would call them chest pulls.
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tough shit, they pay for a membership as well.
buy a home gym if it bothers you.
ta ta
fuckhead
show some respect "ghostdog"
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Lots of dudes on their high horses in this thread....
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guys always come up to me askin stuff..
mostly what steroids are u taking.... and silly stuff like that
..but for the guys who ask about training i try to help as much as possible..
but ive come t realise lifting genetics isnt just a physical thing its a mental thing
a lot of people just dont have the will to conssisntely work out hard...
they just want results fast with no work at all..
I defy anyone on a good training program to train consistently with effort for say 6 months and not make good solid progress
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I would have smacked the guy in the head if he said 18 sets. The guy was most probably being a dick.
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I ahte guys who wait for you to make eye contact before asking a spot. I dont mind spotting here and there. However asking someone for 8-10 spots is absurd and very annoying
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I ahte guys who wait for you to make eye contact before asking a spot. I dont mind spotting here and there. However asking someone for 8-10 spots is absurd and very annoying
what a whining little bitch. i hope you get crushed under a bar due to your spotter saying fuck you
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I dont train to failure so i always have 1 or 2 reps in me so i could rack it myself :)
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I learned a long time ago to never train chest on mondays, try training it on Thursday and see how fast you fly through your workout.
LOL, was just going to say the same. Trying to do a chest workout on Monday is pretty rough. Since my schedule was meant for 8 days, that implied hitting the gym on Monday sooner or later, and every time it's fun to watch how much wt spotters help lifting.
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I am lucky i train most days at 1pm, not too many about at that time and we have 3 flat benches so benching is never a problme.
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The last town I lived in had a preppie, new-age gym that I got a free membership at.
It was always full of soccer moms, fratboy twinks and a thousand FACKING KIDS all the time. Pissed me the hell off.
Nothing more annoying than waiting for some cvnt to finish up her 5lb dips and clear space, which is taking her half an f*in hour because shes always cooing at some rat bastard....
That gym sucked.
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i probably bench once a month now...
mostly dumbell work because no one aint lifting those heavy suckers
everybody wants to show off on bench
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they guys that piss me off are the equment hogs. Last week some fat dude was hoging the only v-pulldown bar. It had it the whole time I workout. Then I did an hour of cardio, he was still using it on the same machine, when I finish my cardio!!!
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One guy uses the bench for 45 mins. No one really minds.
i am more than happy to work in at anytime with anyone in my gym. Even people i dont like. it is as much their gym as mine
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One guy uses the bench for 45 mins. No one really minds.
i am more than happy to work in at anytime with anyone in my gym. Even people i dont like. it is as much their gym as mine
I was going to ask to work in but the guy smelt bad. So I just changed up my tricep workout.
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And made sure that everyone knew he was lifting "big weight" :D
Haha!! Yup....in every gym there are these people. Someone who will load up the leg press do the max, then as soon as they rack the weight theyll jump up real quick, look around too see who was watching. LOL fuckin lames.
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I learned a long time ago to never train chest on mondays, try training it on Thursday and see how fast you fly through your workout.
I found this also. Good advice
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guys always come up to me askin stuff..
mostly what steroids are u taking.... and silly stuff like that
and yet you claimed to never have heard of prohormones. like no one ever asked you if you use em ::)
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for this reason i'm always changing gyms...
and yes when i come back the same guy is still doing the same excersises... and looks the same....
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for this reason i'm always changing gyms...
and yes when i come back the same guy is still doing the same excersises... and looks the same....
that "same guy" is more natural than you'll ever be
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speaking of which Im gonna be in miami very soon any good gyms on south beach?
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People don't neep help, but a kick in the butt.
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When I was in college I went to the University weight room (which I did several times a week) and worked in on bench with this one dude. I did like 185 for my workset and when it was his turn I asked him if that weight was ok, he said "yeah it's good for my warm-up set." Made me look like a weak little twink. Oh yeah, I always referred to that dude as sweat suit guy. Whether in the gym, class, or walking around campus that dude only wore sweat pants and sweat shirt. No warm up pants or track pants, I'm talkin 1980s hanes basic solid color old school sweats.
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When I was in college I went to the University weight room (which I did several times a week) and worked in on bench with this one dude. I did like 185 for my workset and when it was his turn I asked him if that weight was ok, he said "yeah it's good for my warm-up set." Made me look like a weak little twink. Oh yeah, I always referred to that dude as sweat suit guy. Whether in the gym, class, or walking around campus that dude only wore sweat pants and sweat shirt. No warm up pants or track pants, I'm talkin 1980s hanes basic solid color old school sweats.
Brutal admittance to being a skinny weak little twink. :-\
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Ok.... Everybody has the right to train wherever they want
fine.
what really puzzles me is this
ok I train at Muscle limit one of the most hardcore gyms in London 24 hr gym
yet you have guys all of 150lbs who come in.. not to knock them i started out light too they come in and do cable movements exclusively.. like rear delt raises one arm concentartion curls...front raises and the most cable crossovers i will come in see a guy chatting and laughing with his friend doing cable crossovers do a hardcore chest session ..come to do cable crossovers.. and still see the same guys on the cable crossover machine.... :-\
i saw this guy on the hammer strength press machines
after doing some heavy ass incline dumbell and flat dumbell presses..
and flyes and pullovers i asked this guy how many sets he had left
he said 18 :-\
like i said everybody pays their membership
but why come to a hardcore gym just to do hammer strength presses.... when u could do so in any of those soft leisure centre gyms... i think its unfair to guys who actually go to a hardcore gym gym to train hardcore. to have it invaded buy guys who have no interest in training properly (only there for summer) and hold up the machines doin damn foolishness.. i mean cable concentrated curls when your arms are 14 inches max.... you will never see them touch any free weights... aside from bench ..and the reason they do that is to ego lift and to answer the how much do you bench question.. i am sick of it.. i had to change chest day from monday to tuesday because on a monday evening you arent getting any of the benches as the gym is filled of 150 lb guy "benching" i meaning pulling bars off their friends chests
i can count on one hand the amount of hardcore gyms left in london.
it sucks
Shit man, I share your pain. Just the other day while I'm doing legs, this fucking skinny twerp (looked like Freddy Mercury) was fucking going around doing his "hardcore" leg workout. I go in there with a fucking plan, and I bust my ass.....this asshole has no clue, and goes from one fucking machine to the next with zero fucking regard for anyone else. I try to be considerate of others, so I don't see why it's so hard for people to do the same.
Fucking asshole Bogart's the fucking leg extensions and shit, while doing his fucking murderous He-man like 30lbs sets. It's one thing if you're rehabbing (I've been there), but these fuckers are just there to take up space. I leave my water and gym bag next to the machine, and take a few steps away to loosen up my legs, since they are so fucking fried, and next thing you know, he's trying to fucking take the machine I'm on as well. >:( Fucking asshole.
As far as Hardcore gyms go, they are going the way of the Dinosaurs. :'( All that's left are these fitness centers, which cater to fat people who wouldn't dream of showing up 2 fucking days in a row, or to skinny twats who "don't want to get too big".
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theres someone in this thread who doens't know what a prohormone is.
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Brutal admittance to being a skinny weak little twink. :-\
Not skinny, not a twink, but weak. Just felt like a weak little twink. :(
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Not skinny, not a twink, but weak. Just felt like a weak little twink. :(
Just playing stud. Repping 185 isnt bad at all, except on Getbig. ;)
Props on throwing some real numbers out there.
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Yeah but nowhere near as strong as sweat suit guy.
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Yeah but nowhere near as strong as sweat suit guy.
Hey, no matter how big you are, there is always someone that is going to be bigger or stronger than you.
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Yep - we have those guys in our gym too from time to time. The good thing though is that they never stay too long as they can't maintain any sort of consistency - they just don't have it in them to train hard with big compound movements. They tend to wreck the odd workout by getting in the way but I've been around long enough to know that they won't stay too long.
Very true they dissapear after a short while.
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24hour gym in London? What's the name and location please?
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mesomorph , you speaking my language brother man....U ARE DEAD ON RIGHT with this assessment
It annoys the living daylights outta me
But its not only the twinks in the gym....the serious gymers also need a WAKE UP.like , this 2 training partners would use the weight then leave it right at their damn bench when theyr done, and if you ask if theyv finished , the say " we still using it".I shit you not , theyll have a third of alll the dumbells in the gym surrounding their flippin bench.This goes on for half an hour to 45 mins btw
soo many times i had to change my damn workout
i can never train at peak hour , NEVERRRRR ! thats like asking for a meltdown
i came up with the solution , i joined a 24hr gym and go when the gym is allllll mine !
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24hour gym in London? What's the name and location please?
its in north london.. enfield brimsdown its called muscle limit...
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another great day today was delts i go in i start with side laterals warm up
then 3 sets of dumbell presses
4 sets of standing side laterals supersetted with seated 2 arm laterals
then ,3 sets machine presses
then 3 sets of side cable laterals
then finally dumbell shrugs
.. and then
Abs
now when i started i had it in mind to do smith machine presses in the middle of the workout
when i walked onto the gym there were 3. guys on the smith machine.. biggest one 165
i did my whole workout mentioned above and the were still on that machine
bear in mind i had 3 working partners with me so 1hr and a half or 2 hrs
and these thre guys were pressing away on the smith machine.... lauhing and talkin away
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Afew local cops train ( and I use the word ligthly) at my gym. I walk in there yesterday lunchtime to hit shoulders and one of the cops has striped down to his red underwear dress socks and dress shoes hiting chest as he always does. A first for me.
I'm all for lifting in what you feel comfortable, but lift in your unies at home for christs sake not in public gym.
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mesomorph , you speaking my language brother man....U ARE DEAD ON RIGHT with this assessment
It annoys the living daylights outta me
But its not only the twinks in the gym....the serious gymers also need a WAKE UP.like , this 2 training partners would use the weight then leave it right at their damn bench when theyr done, and if you ask if theyv finished , the say " we still using it".I shit you not , theyll have a third of alll the dumbells in the gym surrounding their flippin bench.This goes on for half an hour to 45 mins btw
soo many times i had to change my damn workout
i can never train at peak hour , NEVERRRRR ! thats like asking for a meltdown
i came up with the solution , i joined a 24hr gym and go when the gym is allllll mine !
Flipping? You from the UK or Ireland mate?
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When I workout my gym is basically empty. After years of training in gyms I look right past the newbes and the stupid things they do. Live and Learn kid!
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When I workout my gym is basically empty. After years of training in gyms I look right past the newbes and the stupid things they do. Live and Learn kid!
shut up stupid head-u dont workout-u just look at the men on the ellipticals
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When I workout my gym is basically empty. After years of training in gyms I look right past the newbes and the stupid things they do. Live and Learn kid!
that's the best thing to do, either really early in the morning or between 1-2pm there's hardly anyone in my gym.
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shut up stupid head-u dont workout-u just look at the men on the ellipticals
fightin words, are you and Don in a tiff, why the hostility nattyfag.
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fightin words, are you and Don in a tiff, why the hostility nattyfag.
don and me are fine-our freindship continues-no hostility here elite fag-just observations and documentations about your gay double life at gyms
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Afew local cops train ( and I use the word ligthly) at my gym. I walk in there yesterday lunchtime to hit shoulders and one of the cops has striped down to his red underwear dress socks and dress shoes hiting chest as he always does. A first for me.
I'm all for lifting in what you feel comfortable, but lift in your unies at home for christs sake not in public gym.
Arnold train that way. So it can't be wrong >:(
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Flipping? You from the UK or Ireland mate?
south africa acutually :P
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don and me are fine-our gay love continues-no hostility here elite_lifter
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