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How come almost no gym rats these days can spot a lift properly? I'm not talking the 18 year olds with flat baseball caps at a jaunty angle, serious juicers and vets of the iron.
They either wait until you're pinned before nonchalantly placing one hand on the bar or else, for the bench press for example, upright row the weight from the first rep thus completely removing any tension and skewing your normal numbers.
How fucking hard is it? Let the person lift til you see signs of struggle, hover hand when you can see the reps getting shaky, fingers under bar when the concentric reps lose momentum and lift and rack when they hit complete failure.
Gyms are full of retards now.
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How come almost no gym rats these days can spot a lift properly? I'm not talking the 18 year olds with flat baseball caps at a jaunty angle, serious juicers and vets of the iron.
They either wait until you're pinned before nonchalantly placing one hand on the bar or else, for the bench press for example, upright row the weight from the first rep thus completely removing any tension and skewing your normal numbers.
How fucking hard is it? Let the person lift til you see signs of struggle, hover hand when you can see the reps getting shaky, fingers under bar when the concentric reps lose momentum and lift and rack when they hit complete failure.
Gyms are full of retards now.
For the most part, yes. What really irks me is bozo's who are addicted to text messaging during their workouts. Then again, those morons aren't really working out. I saw some idiot benching today, he was texting while loading the bar... he puts two 45's on one side and one 45 on the other. Lays down and takes it off the pins... it almost tipped over.
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For the most part, yes. What really irks me is bozo's who are addicted to text messaging during their workouts. Then again, those morons aren't really working out. I saw some idiot benching today, he was texting while loading the bar... he puts two 45's on one side and one 45 on the other. Lays down and takes it off the pins... it almost tipped over.
Lol. Some tards were preacher curling earlier and didn't put clips on. Everyone turned around upon hearing the mighty clang of 2.5kg discs hit the wooden floor.
Main retard issue in my gym is people who are embarrassed to be curling 7.5kg when my gf curls 10kg so they shadow box after the set in front of the dumbell rack.
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Brutal 2004 throwback thread
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Brutal 2004 throwback thread
In 2004 I was training in a gym of guys in their 30s and 40s who had a fucking clue. It was a good hardcore gym. Past 3 years been training surrounded by generation nothingness. Few of the young guys are sound, most are clueless tards setting themselves up for a life without children or an education.
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I hate spotting strangers. I do know how to do it when I have to though.
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There isn`t one person in my gym I would trust to spot me,not that I ever need one anyway.
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There isn`t one person in my gym I would trust to spot me,not that I ever need one anyway.
Few people I did trust have left the gym, considering it myself.
It's owned by guys who did the Irish version of Jersey Shore, Tallafornia... well, their name is associated with the ownership.
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There isn`t one person in my gym I would trust to spot me,not that I ever need one anyway.
I get asked for a spot a lot... mostly from veteran/mature trainers. They tell me they do not trust anyone else.
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I always tell people " don't TOUCH the fkng bar, until it starts moving in the wrong direction, or I say "spot"...." pretty straightforward, right ? They fuck.it up.every time....LOL.
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I get asked for a spot a lot... mostly from mature lifters. They tell me they do not trust anyone else.
I'm happy to spot most people except one guy. He does quarter reps with way more than he can lift. From the first rep you're having a heart attack he's going to dump the bar, only on his shoulders or chest. You never know when he's in trouble cos he is from the first rep and his ROM is atrocious. If I see him looking around when at the shoulder press rack or bench press I make myself scarce.
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I always tell people " don't TOUCH the fkng bar, until it starts moving in the wrong direction, or I say "spot"...." pretty straightforward, right ? They fuck.it up.every time....LOL.
that's why i never ask for a spot
i'd rather leave a rep in the tank than have some shit head fuck up my day
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I'm happy to spot most people except one guy. He does quarter reps with way more than he can lift. From the first rep you're having a heart attack he's going to dump the bar, only on his shoulders or chest. You never know when he's in trouble cos he is from the first rep and his ROM is atrocious. If I see him looking around when at the shoulder press rack or bench press I make myself scarce.
If I know I'm going to be doing upright rows while spotting someone on the bench, I lie and say I have a bad back... find someone else to spot you.
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I always tell people " don't TOUCH the fkng bar, until it starts moving in the wrong direction, or I say "spot"...." pretty straightforward, right ? They fuck.it up.every time....LOL.
I've broken the process down to the point that a chimp could understand it yet still they nod with vacant eyes and do their thing.
I asked my gf to spot me on bench before, alls I need is fingertips to complete last rep. After 7-8 reps I said "ok spot me", she panicked, bar slowly dropped onto my chest and my face started turning red - she ran away, hands in air like a damsel in distress and pointed towards me. Embarrassing to say the least.
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Few people I did trust have left the gym, considering it myself.
It's owned by guys who did the Irish version of Jersey Shore, Tallafornia... well, their name is associated with the ownership.
There`s two guys that I would trust,but they train later in the day.....the rest are useless idiots that shouldn`t even be in a gym. :D
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real men don't need a spot
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Shitty spotters are like prostitutes and tramps : a key figure of the human condition. Which leads to those unanswered questions men have tortured themselves with since the beginning of times: Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Does she tell the truth when she says she only does this things with me?
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Shitty spotters are like prostitutes and tramps : a key figure of the human condition. Which leads to those unanswered questions men have tortured themselves with since the beginning of times: Is there a God? What is the meaning of life? Does she tell the truth when she says she only does this things with me?
Bit out of left field but we've all thought/wondered that.
She only went to the swinger party to observe, so I'm told.
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real men don't need a spot
I remember testing my 1RM by putting a third plate on the bench. Three guys offered to spot me, as if what I was doing was suicide. I go on the bench, did the press three times, and took the weight off. Wondering why guys need a spotter for 225?
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I remember testing my 1RM by putting a third plate on the bench. Three guys offered to spot me, as if what I was doing was suicide. I go on the bench, did the press three times, and took the weight off. Wondering why guys need a spotter for 225?
Any weight can be too much. I started off training at home, remember loading different weights each side, must have been around a 95kg lift (give or take the 2.5kg or 5kg whatever I forgot on one side) and got trapped. Had to roll weight down body, was punctuated by red lines across my chest and stomach for some days.
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I've broken the process down to the point that a chimp could understand it yet still they nod with vacant eyes and do their thing.
I asked my gf to spot me on bench before, alls I need is fingertips to complete last rep. After 7-8 reps I said "ok spot me", she panicked, bar slowly dropped onto my chest and my face started turning red - she ran away, hands in air like a damsel in distress and pointed towards me. Embarrassing to say the least.
Hahahahaaa....gotta love chicks ;D
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I always tell people " don't TOUCH the fkng bar, until it starts moving in the wrong direction, or I say "spot"...." pretty straightforward, right ? They fuck.it up.every time....LOL.
Lol True!
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The trainer needs to explain to the spotter exactly how he wants his spot. Not everyone
wants the same type of spot, some want a little assistance once the weight starts slowing down,
some only want a spot when it starts moving in the wrong direction. Even a liftoff for benching may be serious business for some lifters, has to be just right, not too much assistance or they lose the feel of the weight etc.
I hate spotting. Almost tore my pec a while back spotting a missed 700lb squat. :D
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Guys who feel entitled to get your help passing them one of their dumbbells to help them to starting position, dont you feel like a pussy not being able to get your own dumbbells moving, I mind a guy asked me to hand him 60kg dumbbell for shoulder press and with arms wrapped up couldnt do one fucking rep but wanted 3 heavily forced reps. Not doing that shit again.
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A good spotter is hard to find these days.
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Im a master at spotting, however , never ever ask me to spot you on a squat fagggot
Hey booty , ever get tea bagged by a spotter on the bench?
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Im a master at spotting, however , never ever ask me to spot you on a squat fagggot
Hey booty , ever get tea bagged by a spotter on the bench?
Never. But I have had sweat dripped onto me, which I am totally grossed out about. And once I gave new meaning to the term "skull crushes" when I accidently stepped back without looking behind and found my butt pushing down on a guys ez bar curl while he was doing skull crushes.
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haha yes the joys of being 18 and shouting at your bro, "COME ON, ONE MORE REP"; as he grinds out a brutal 95 lb bench press for 15 seconds, you periodically give the bar a gentle nudge in the right direction ;D
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haha yes the joys of being 18 and shouting at your bro, "COME ON, ONE MORE REP"; as he grinds out a brutal 95 lb bench press for 15 seconds, you periodically give the bar a gentle nudge in the right direction ;D
Yeah but back in those days it was more about trust.
Nowadays you would expect the youngsters ADD to kick in and he's walking off scratching his ass and checking his Facebook halfway through your set.
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How come almost no gym rats these days can spot a lift properly? I'm not talking the 18 year olds with flat baseball caps at a jaunty angle, serious juicers and vets of the iron.
They either wait until you're pinned before nonchalantly placing one hand on the bar or else, for the bench press for example, upright row the weight from the first rep thus completely removing any tension and skewing your normal numbers.
How fucking hard is it? Let the person lift til you see signs of struggle, hover hand when you can see the reps getting shaky, fingers under bar when the concentric reps lose momentum and lift and rack when they hit complete failure.
Gyms are full of retards now.
I don't know that it was ever something ppl were 'good at', in general.
one of my biggest pet peeves is the morons who ask me for a spot right after I finished my set (and I'm usually in a hurry, with 30mins to get a workout in and 30seconds rest), and take 2 mins to get ready to start the lift, and have piss-poor form from the start with 185 on the bench. I'm like.. fuck dude, you see the look on my face? you see me looking at the floor avoiding eye-contact? you see my ear-buds in? you see me wiping sweat from my eyes and trying to catch my breath? do I look like I have time to spot you and chit-chat for 3 mins after? ask somebody else who's spending 5 mins between sets bullshitting with his buddies and not breaking a sweat.
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The lost art of spotting
Gyms are full of retards now.
Everyone knows the greatest spotter ever was Georges Seurat.
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bottom line is, if you can lift it on your own, don't get a spotter
if you can't lift it on your own, use less weight
fucking morons never learn
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I just like to wait for babely dudes to be anywhere near the squat rack, and then just VOLUNTEER to spot them. Only one of three things can happen:
1) dude says "yes, thanks" and then I attempt to flirt. Because let's face it- if you're letting some broad spot you at the gym on a squat, even if she's KINDA jacked, you're still probably just not squatting that much and you know it. No dudes who are serious about their squats are letting me spot them EVER. You saying yes = I'm going to treat you like I just bought you.
2) dude says "no, thanks," but continues talking to me for some reason. This signifies that chatting up the girl is more important than squatting...which means I am SO in, and when is our first date?
3) dude says "no, thanks," and then goes about his business, which means I'm definitely not in, but since I was smart enough to volunteer for what could be a legitimate favor, I don't have to be super embarrassed for being rejected. I will probably never make eye contact with the dude again, but at least HE doesn't know how embarrassed I am.
So I pretty much can't lose.
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I just like to wait for babely dudes to be anywhere near the squat rack, and then just VOLUNTEER to spot them. Only one of three things can happen:
1) dude says "yes, thanks" and then I attempt to flirt. Because let's face it- if you're letting some broad spot you at the gym on a squat, even if she's KINDA jacked, you're still probably just not squatting that much and you know it. No dudes who are serious about their squats are letting me spot them EVER. You saying yes = I'm going to treat you like I just bought you.
2) dude says "no, thanks," but continues talking to me for some reason. This signifies that chatting up the girl is more important than squatting...which means I am SO in, and when is our first date?
3) dude says "no, thanks," and then goes about his business, which means I'm definitely not in, but since I was smart enough to volunteer for what could be a legitimate favor, I don't have to be super embarrassed for being rejected. I will probably never make eye contact with the dude again, but at least HE doesn't know how embarrassed I am.
So I pretty much can't lose.
are you a gay man in a woman's body?
:D :D :D
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A good spotter is hard to find these days.
Bad spotter in Booty's world: one that doesn't shove his preferably over 8-inch dick down her throat when she benches.
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I never get asked to spot anyone, I dont make myself available.
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I never get asked to spot anyone, I dont make myself available.
me too, i can "spot" a moron looking for a "spot" from a mile away
make sure i keep looking the other direction
reduce the weight pumpkin head if you cant lift it your self or perrish and die
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Bad spotter in Booty's world: one that doesn't shove his preferably over 8-inch dick down her throat when she benches.
Not in my case ever, since I don't do flat bench press after I got implants placed under the muscle. I only do incline chest work. But thank you for sharing " your personal experiences".
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Bad spotter in Booty's world: one that doesn't shove his preferably over 8-inch dick down her throat when she benches.
Okay but seriously, if the guy is not face fucking you while you lift, why is he even there?
I mean wait...
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Okay but seriously, if the guy is not face fucking you while you lift, why is he even there?
I mean wait...
Brutal honesty right there. You're a true getbigger.
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Okay but seriously, if the guy is not face fucking you while you lift, why is he even there?
I mean wait...
to check out your bobbys
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Putting your life in the hands of a total stranger is risky behavior. The CIA would gloss over your resume and stamp it BETA.
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I don't know that it was ever something ppl were 'good at', in general.
one of my biggest pet peeves is the morons who ask me for a spot right after I finished my set (and I'm usually in a hurry, with 30mins to get a workout in and 30seconds rest), and take 2 mins to get ready to start the lift, and have piss-poor form from the start with 185 on the bench. I'm like.. fuck dude, you see the look on my face? you see me looking at the floor avoiding eye-contact? you see my ear-buds in? you see me wiping sweat from my eyes and trying to catch my breath? do I look like I have time to spot you and chit-chat for 3 mins after? ask somebody else who's spending 5 mins between sets bullshitting with his buddies and not breaking a sweat.
Have to agree. I'm like "really? Do.I.look like I fkng spot people?"....ask a civilian....LOL
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Have to agree. I'm like "really? Do.I.look like I fkng spot people?"....ask a civilian....LOL
AHHAAHAHAHA!!! "ask a civilian"
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all these replies and not one pic of that old guy spotting bob chicerillo doing some strange squatting exercise, i'm shocked. ::) ::) ::) shocked i tell you :o :o :o :o
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;D
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Using a towel on shoulders when 30-40kg on back. ::) ::) ::) ::)
Am I missing something?
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Im a master at spotting, however , never ever ask me to spot you on a squat fagggot
Hey booty , ever get tea bagged by a spotter on the bench?
She got chilidogged on Liar Priest's wife's bed.