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Title: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: _aj_ on October 03, 2015, 05:12:02 AM
So I recently changed jobs and as an effort to a.) stay out of traffic as much as possible and b.) get the fuck out of my basement, I joined a gym a few blocks away from my office. It's an Equinox, so it's very posh and high-end. The lockers/showers are literally nicer than my bathroom. There's a Mexican guy that sits there, his whole job is to polish and wax shoes. I shit you not.

Anyway, I'm told that they have really first-rate trainers, but all I ever see them coaching and anybody doing is 30 minutes of mobility and then 30 minutes of some whack counter-rotational "core" exercises and then fucking leaving.

I pulled aside one of the more sensible trainers and said, "does anybody here actually lift?" He looked at me with a bemused smile and said, "fuck no, we don't coach that, it's all 'supple leopard' (WTF!) type training" and then laughed.

I do notice that some of the trainers are pretty yoked, especially one jacked mutha fukken Hebrew. Yesterday, he was off the clock and was training. That beyotch did 45 minutes of direct arms and nothing else.

LOL. No wonder I've been putting off my "complimentary" 2 free trainings.

Yesterday, I brought in my Rogue rings (no homo) and actually coached the coaches on how to use them. The head trainer said he's gonna buy some for the club, which is good, because I hate having to schlep mine on the train into Boston.

Anyway, Coach...do you actually coach your clients to lift?
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Svengoolie on October 03, 2015, 05:20:31 AM
I also moved and had to join a you fit for the time being. I really hate it but as far as trainers go, which I see alot now, im guessing businesswise you want to keep the clients coming back. They train them in a way that I can't see any progress ever happening.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: _aj_ on October 03, 2015, 05:22:10 AM
I also moved and had to join a you fit for the time being. I really hate it but as far as trainers go, which I see alot now, im guessing businesswise you want to keep the clients coming back. They train them in a way that I can't see any progress ever happening.

You got that right. It's sad that me, a fucking 50 year old man, is top 3 in this gym. Just fucking pathetic.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Julio Ceasar on October 03, 2015, 05:34:18 AM
99% of all people in the gym doesn't do shit! The teenagers kill them self in the gym, and they get some result as well! All other fat bastard don't do jack shit...and look like jack shit!
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Julio Ceasar on October 03, 2015, 05:36:07 AM
Then I see those fat chicks do meaningless fucking shit on the floor, balance, big balloon rubberball, rubberband, burpees and spend 1hour on stupid fucking excercises and then look like shit, and will always look like shit if no one tell them how to do the shit!

Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Davidtheman100 on October 03, 2015, 05:39:00 AM
So I recently changed jobs and as an effort to a.) stay out of traffic as much as possible and b.) get the fuck out of my basement, I joined a gym a few blocks away from my office. It's an Equinox, so it's very posh and high-end. The lockers/showers are literally nicer than my bathroom. There's a Mexican guy that sits there, his whole job is to polish and wax shoes. I shit you not.

Anyway, I'm told that they have really first-rate trainers, but all I ever see them coaching and anybody doing is 30 minutes of mobility and then 30 minutes of some whack counter-rotational "core" exercises and then fucking leaving.

I pulled aside one of the more sensible trainers and said, "does anybody here actually lift?" He looked at me with a bemused smile and said, "fuck no, we don't coach that, it's all 'supple leopard' (WTF!) type training" and then laughed.

I do notice that some of the trainers are pretty yoked, especially one jacked mutha fukken Hebrew. Yesterday, he was off the clock and was training. That beyotch did 45 minutes of direct arms and nothing else.

LOL. No wonder I've been putting off my "complimentary" 2 free trainings.

Yesterday, I brought in my Rogue rings (no homo) and actually coached the coaches on how to use them. The head trainer said he's gonna buy some for the club, which is good, because I hate having to schlep mine on the train into Boston.

Anyway, Coach...do you actually coach your clients to lift?


This is what the fitness industry is lol...Pt's and such who need their sleep so they need a job BB related in a gym so they can accommodate their BB lifestyle...So they can schedule around their times...You think if they showed people the real way to eat and train to get good results that would make anyone want to continue??? These people that get the PT's and such in the first place are usually people who aren't motivated or else they'd figure out how to do things themselves...I mean these days with youtube and forums i don't understand how they even still have their jobs...They give you balonie training routines and spend the money they earn on drugs to continue to look admirable....
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: oldschoolfan on October 03, 2015, 05:41:25 AM
ive noticed all the new personal trainers at my gym have people doing that core shit

like standing on medicine balls etc  very lil barbell work , or even machine work 

Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Powerlift66 on October 03, 2015, 06:37:02 AM
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Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: muscularny on October 03, 2015, 07:22:45 AM
I guess after watching so many guys who are busy blabbing about their lifts ending up in wheelchairs the youth decided its best to use other methods to achieve the same results without much exposure to destroying ones spine, knees, shoulders etc.

Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Hulkotron on October 03, 2015, 07:22:52 AM
Would be great to be the trainer who was selected to be pulled aside.

I guess after watching so many guys who are busy blabbing about their lifts ending up in wheelchairs the youth decided its best to use other methods to achieve the same results without much exposure to destroying ones spine, knees, shoulders etc.

Weightlifting does not "destroy ones spine, knees, shoulders etc." ::) ::)
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: wes on October 03, 2015, 07:25:24 AM
Then I see those fat chicks do meaningless fucking shit on the floor, balance, big balloon rubberball, rubberband, burpees and spend 1hour on stupid fucking excercises and then look like shit, and will always look like shit if no one tell them how to do the shit!


X 2 a lot of bullshit done for zero progress/weightloss/fitness/muscle building.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: The Scott on October 03, 2015, 07:28:30 AM
X 2 a lot of bullshit done for zero progress/weightloss/fitness/muscle building.

Yup.  It's ego building, not muscle building.  This is why so many feel its better to take the drugs than take the time.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Never1AShow on October 03, 2015, 07:31:17 AM
ive noticed all the new personal trainers at my gym have people doing that core shit

like standing on medicine balls etc  very lil barbell work , or even machine work 


And not a goddamned one ever sees any results.  People go to the gym to look good, period.  All this squishy "fitness" "core training" "health" bullshit is so these scam artist trainers can continue not to have their results measured objectively.  If true progress was actually measured they'd all lose customers like crazy.

DO NOT THROW AWAY YOUR SCALE.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: wes on October 03, 2015, 07:33:53 AM
I see "trainers" making people do some truly weird shit ..........I just laugh and go back to my free weight squats.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Nick Danger on October 03, 2015, 07:39:36 AM
I'm 50 and I'm sure I train harder than anyone in my gym.

In the last 10 years or so I've noticed the women train way harder and better than the men.

Going to the gym has become no more than a social event for many...
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: The Scott on October 03, 2015, 07:44:35 AM
I train at home in my garage or at work very early in the morning.  Sometimes as early as 3 a.m. but usually around 4:30 a.m.

That way no one sees the puny weights I now use due to being in my dotage.  ;D

Actually, I have considered trying a commercial gym but just want nothing to do with them primarily due to their DLBish clientele.  Yeah, I'm a snob. Dammit! ;D
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Never1AShow on October 03, 2015, 07:45:58 AM
I see "trainers" making people do some truly weird shit ..........I just laugh and go back to my free weight squats.

Look into the desert at the shining city of Las Vegas.  That whole city is built on the premise of people being morons.  Billions and billions from people who don't face reality and choose to believe whatever they want.

At least get the heart rate up and do some sweating for 25-30 minutes.  Trainers whose clients are not walking back to the lockers sweating are con men.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Yamcha on October 03, 2015, 07:47:12 AM
Just have to find the right gym/atmosphere,

monkey see... monkey do.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: wes on October 03, 2015, 07:49:03 AM
It seems that a lot of people tend to forget the reason why they join a gym in the first place,which is/was to get into shape..........as they never progress or at times,and I`ve seen it on many occasions,they look worse than when they joined............and this is after years of showing up religiously.

They usually gather there to socialize, or  as we talked about,they hire some idiot with fancy schmancy no result producing movements.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: wes on October 03, 2015, 07:52:06 AM
Look into the desert at the shining city of Las Vegas.  That whole city is built on the premise of people being morons.  Billions and billions from people who don't face reality and choose to believe whatever they want.

At least get the heart rate up and do some sweating for 25-30 minutes.  Trainers whose clients are not walking back to the lockers sweating are con men.
Yup........I agree 100 %.


Just scammers and attention whores.................. .....look at the silly shit I`m doing...........look at me!!   :D
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Coach is Back! on October 03, 2015, 08:07:55 AM
So I recently changed jobs and as an effort to a.) stay out of traffic as much as possible and b.) get the fuck out of my basement, I joined a gym a few blocks away from my office. It's an Equinox, so it's very posh and high-end. The lockers/showers are literally nicer than my bathroom. There's a Mexican guy that sits there, his whole job is to polish and wax shoes. I shit you not.

Anyway, I'm told that they have really first-rate trainers, but all I ever see them coaching and anybody doing is 30 minutes of mobility and then 30 minutes of some whack counter-rotational "core" exercises and then fucking leaving.

I pulled aside one of the more sensible trainers and said, "does anybody here actually lift?" He looked at me with a bemused smile and said, "fuck no, we don't coach that, it's all 'supple leopard' (WTF!) type training" and then laughed.

I do notice that some of the trainers are pretty yoked, especially one jacked mutha fukken Hebrew. Yesterday, he was off the clock and was training. That beyotch did 45 minutes of direct arms and nothing else.

LOL. No wonder I've been putting off my "complimentary" 2 free trainings.

Yesterday, I brought in my Rogue rings (no homo) and actually coached the coaches on how to use them. The head trainer said he's gonna buy some for the club, which is good, because I hate having to schlep mine on the train into Boston.

Anyway, Coach...do you actually coach your clients to lift?

This is why more and more small private gyms like mine are popping up. Too many gimmicks out there.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Never1AShow on October 03, 2015, 08:15:03 AM
This is why more and more small private gyms like mine are popping up. Too many gimmicks out there.

Do you fire clients who aren't making progress or just continue to take their money as a subsidy for those who want to make progress?
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: TuHolmes on October 03, 2015, 08:30:20 AM
You're paying for an Equinox?

Fucking why?

Don't get me wrong, it's nice you have that money and you definitely can't find a nicer gym, but damn. Just to lift?

Wow.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: The Scott on October 03, 2015, 08:36:36 AM
Do you fire clients who aren't making progress or just continue to take their money as a subsidy for those who want to make progress?
Don't be silly.  Progress isn't forever but the desire to be the best one can be should be just that.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Thin Lizzy on October 03, 2015, 09:00:56 AM
I see "trainers" making people do some truly weird shit ..........I just laugh and go back to my free weight squats.

The irony is that there is no better "Core" exercise than barbell squats, as doing them properly, with good posture, requires maintaining a solid core.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: chaos on October 03, 2015, 09:07:31 AM
I lift.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Coach is Back! on October 03, 2015, 09:23:17 AM
Do you fire clients who aren't making progress or just continue to take their money as a subsidy for those who want to make progress?

If it's because they're not trying and wasting my time then yes I do. But every situation is different.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: _aj_ on October 03, 2015, 10:35:05 AM
You're paying for an Equinox?

Fucking why?

Don't get me wrong, it's nice you have that money and you definitely can't find a nicer gym, but damn. Just to lift?

Wow.


1. It's not that much. $165/month
2. They have nice showers
3. It's close to work

My commute is such that if I didn't take this route, I wouldn't realistically be able to train. So there you go.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: TuHolmes on October 03, 2015, 10:42:44 AM
1. It's not that much. $165/month
2. They have nice showers
3. It's close to work

My commute is such that if I didn't take this route, I wouldn't realistically be able to train. So there you go.

For a gym membership it's a lot.

I pay 50 bucks a month for 2 people at the LA Fitness Signature.

They have nice showers too.

I don't know where you work of course.

I'm not judging, and I think it's great you can afford that much of a membership, but I'm just saying that 165 bucks a month for a gym membership is very much expensive compared to the average gym membership out there.


I lift.

I quit... I keep saying I'm going to start back, but right now I'm fat and happy.

I do need to keep my health tip top though.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Hulkotron on October 03, 2015, 11:02:31 AM
$165/mo is a lot for a gym anywhere, yeah.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: chaos on October 03, 2015, 11:10:14 AM
1. It's not that much. $165/month
2. They have nice showers
3. It's close to work

My commute is such that if I didn't take this route, I wouldn't realistically be able to train. So there you go.
165? Better have unlimited white towel access!
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: SF1900 on October 03, 2015, 11:12:11 AM
$165/mo is a lot for a gym anywhere, yeah.

165 is a total ripoff. My gym is $35.00 per month.

AJ must be making the BIG bucks, since 165 is pennies for him!
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: TuHolmes on October 03, 2015, 11:16:38 AM
165? Better have unlimited white towel non gay blowjob access!

fixed.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: _aj_ on October 03, 2015, 11:23:21 AM
165? Better have unlimited white towel access!

Mountains of white towels.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Coach is Back! on October 03, 2015, 11:30:41 AM
$165 mo for a gym is insane unless you're looking for a place to get pampered. I don't know what state you're in but I'm sure there's a real gym somewhere close.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: _aj_ on October 03, 2015, 11:32:07 AM
$165 mo for a gym is insane unless you're looking for a place to get pampered. I don't know what state you're in but I'm sure there's a real gym somewhere close.

No, there really isn't a gym that is as convenient.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Hulkotron on October 03, 2015, 11:33:24 AM
No, there really isn't a gym that is as convenient.

I thought you had a well-equipped home gym?  Maybe I'm thinking of another poster.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: SF1900 on October 03, 2015, 11:33:37 AM
No, there really isn't a gym that is as convenient.

AJ, when you carry as much muscle as you do, and as strong as you, you need an expensive gym.

Haters just hatin' on you, broskie!
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Set It Up on October 03, 2015, 11:34:43 AM
I lift.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: TuHolmes on October 03, 2015, 11:35:47 AM
No, there really isn't a gym that is as convenient.

I went to the Equinox by me... Super nice... Posh... Just not worth the cost.

I think when I talked to them, I could get 2 people for 200 bucks,but I just couldn't convince myself to pay 4 times what I pay now for a decent enough place.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Hulkotron on October 03, 2015, 11:37:09 AM
I went to the Equinox by me... Super nice... Posh... Just not worth the cost.

I think when I talked to them, I could get 2 people for 200 bucks,but I just couldn't convince myself to pay 4 times what I pay now for a decent enough place.

Pretty good price on two slaves.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: bradistani on October 03, 2015, 11:37:37 AM
1. It's not that much. $165/month
2. They have nice showers
3. It's close to work

My commute is such that if I didn't take this route, I wouldn't realistically be able to train. So there you go.

4. it keeps the riff-raff out
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Hulkotron on October 03, 2015, 11:41:44 AM
4. it keeps the riff-raff out

Good point
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: _aj_ on October 03, 2015, 12:04:10 PM
I thought you had a well-equipped home gym?  Maybe I'm thinking of another poster.

I do, but for commuting issues, I had to get a gym close to work.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Mawse on October 03, 2015, 12:09:08 PM
Equinox , what did you expect? My last company got me a free membership to the local one, I went once and never used it again.

People still lift in non faggy gyms  ;D
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: The Scott on October 03, 2015, 12:11:14 PM
I still lift.  Just not that much weight.  ;D
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Raymondo on October 03, 2015, 12:14:00 PM
4. it keeps the riff-raff out

Probably the only reason to go.

However such gyms do not even have squat racks. Very fitness oriented.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: _aj_ on October 03, 2015, 12:14:12 PM
Equinox , what did you expect? My last company got me a free membership to the local one, I went once and never used it again.

People still lift in non faggy gyms  ;D

Lots of prime, fine pussy and since we can all afford the vig, they know you're a baller.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: _aj_ on October 03, 2015, 12:15:30 PM
Probably the only reason to go.

However such gyms do not even have squat racks. Very fitness oriented.

There's 3 power racks. The DBs go to 110s. Not ideal, but not bad.

No standing calf raise, tho  >:(
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Raymondo on October 03, 2015, 12:19:47 PM
There's 3 power racks. The DBs go to 110s. Not ideal, but not bad.

No standing calf raise, tho  >:(

You can use a smith machine and a fitness step.
Does the high price keep the idiots out?
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: _aj_ on October 03, 2015, 12:24:47 PM
You can use a smith machine and a fitness step.
Does the high price keep the idiots out?

There's one Hebrew. He's a trainer. All the b-e-a-n-e-r-s are mopping the floors. You do the math.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: NickEdge779 on October 03, 2015, 12:32:37 PM
You're first problem was joining Equionox. Of course no one lifts there. Its full of beta pussies who just want to "tone." But they don't realize that trying to "tone" doesn't actually do anything, and they get stuck in a rut and forget why they even joined the gym. They are mindless drones.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Slik on October 03, 2015, 12:36:15 PM
I guess after watching so many guys who are busy blabbing about their lifts ending up in wheelchairs the youth decided its best to use other methods to achieve the same results without much exposure to destroying ones spine, knees, shoulders etc.


dumb. I mean if u have bad form and r an idiot yes. Otherwise no.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: NaturalWonder83 on October 03, 2015, 12:42:43 PM
Clay gym is nicer than Equinox
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: wes on October 03, 2015, 01:22:25 PM
The irony is that there is no better "Core" exercise than barbell squats, as doing them properly, with good posture, requires maintaining a solid core.
I hear ya`  !!  :(
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Coach is Back! on October 04, 2015, 03:48:06 PM
The irony is that there is no better "Core" exercise than barbell squats, as doing them properly, with good posture, requires maintaining a solid core.


True to a certain extent but I wouldn't rely on them as my only source of core work.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Mr Anabolic on October 04, 2015, 04:25:35 PM
$165/mo is a lot for a gym anywhere, yeah.

Ridiculous.  I pay $150 per year. 

Go in with cash and wave it in front of their face... works every time.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: wes on October 04, 2015, 04:31:51 PM
Ridiculous.  I pay $150 per year. 

Go in with cash and wave it in front of their face... works every time.
I was paying $65.00 monthly for the last 12 years.........just joined another gym and I pay $175.00 for the year.


165 bucks a month is just ludicrous.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Mr Anabolic on October 04, 2015, 04:55:15 PM
I was paying $65.00 monthly for the last 12 years.........just joined another gym and I pay $175.00 for the year.

165 bucks a month is just ludicrous.

Gyms and fitness clubs have gotten a lot cheaper over the last couple years because they're getting squeezed/cannibalized from chains like Planet Fitness.  It's easy to leverage that to your advantage.  A yearly membership at LA Fitness used to cost a LOT more 7-10 years ago.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Grape Ape on October 04, 2015, 05:22:58 PM
LOL. No wonder I've been putting off my "complimentary" 2 free trainings.

So, I've had about six of those complimentary sessions since I can quit/join at will with no initiation fees.

All have been excellent, and they will cater to you if you tell them a bit about yourself.  One trainer told me he researched the should surgery I had so he understood it and designed the workout around it.   I have had four different trainers for these, and they all were fucking strong and in shape - the one girl was about 120lbs, fit, and had no problem picking up the 100lb dumbbells and handing them to me.   They also mixed in DB presses, floor presses, chins, squats, etc with all the other stuff.

But I am also frank with the trainers -  I tell them from the get-go, there is no fucking way I'm ever signing on with them, since their mark up is way too much money, due to equinox.

I get a "discount to $135.  I don't go all the time, but when I know I'm going to be in the office more (work 2-3 days from home normally) it's worth it for the convenience - it's in my building, the showers are insane (you leave with your hair smelling of coconut and your asshole smelling of................wait for it....the GRAPEFRUIT bodywash).

Plus, the ladies are pretty fucking nice looking.



Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Azure on October 04, 2015, 05:30:33 PM
The irony is that there is no better "Core" exercise than barbell squats, as doing them properly, with good posture, requires maintaining a solid core.

Yep. People always look at me crazy when I say if you want a strong core do squats. Some of the nonsense that trainers these days teach have me shaking my head
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: pellius on October 04, 2015, 10:42:03 PM
1. It's not that much. $165/month
2. They have nice showers
3. It's close to work

My commute is such that if I didn't take this route, I wouldn't realistically be able to train. So there you go.

Was there an initiation fee?
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: _aj_ on October 05, 2015, 03:29:29 AM
Was there an initiation fee?

Yeah, but they waived it. I think it was $300.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: BigCyp on October 05, 2015, 03:32:15 AM
A little off topic, but the other day I was lifting in my home gym and I suddenly had a realisation:

I am bored with lifting weights.

No, seriously, it is the most boring hour of my life now.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Disco187 on October 05, 2015, 07:03:44 AM
 I couldnt agree more, im 36 years old and i remeber being at gyms in my younger 20s watching guys in there 30's throwing around 315 incline bench, big squats etc, now i have yet to see any of that anymore and i have lived in chicago philadelphia and multiple places in new jersey and joined multiple gyms,

also the trainers today are so thin and they spend all there time with those big bouncey balls and doing core exercises and odd training methods, like every one today is trying to be so creative.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Man of Steel on October 05, 2015, 11:25:21 AM
Droves of people go to the gym, but very few lifts weights these days.

Everyone is getting ready for a tough mudder or 1/2 marathon.   Or they're training at some faddish crossfit or mma gym in a banemask.

Every "gym" is the same and since today is "International Chest Day" there won't be bench or 45 plate to be found when I arrive for hours.

Dbs from 5lbs to 35lbs are scattered all over the place.  

Dbs from 40lbs to 85lbs are either broken or being pressed for 3 brutal reps (worldwide).  

Dbs from 90lbs to 150lbs are collecting dust.  

Squat racks are deserted except for the guy doing chins. 

I haven't seen a bent over row or deadlift performed by anyone else in 3 years.  

Half the machines are broken yet are crap when in working order.

All the cable stations are taken by dozens of scowling guys and women in sports bras.

The pushdown station always has one broken spot on it.  

Mixed handpieces litter the floor around cable machines.

Half the gym floor is covered in newer, garbage machines that only 5% of people use.

There are two smith machines and one is always broken (or about to break).

There are always two guys grunting in a corner on a makeshift t-bar row.

Everywhere you look some dude is feeling himself up between his pecs.

Every leg press always has 4 plates on it whether in use or not.  

Two guys grunting in tanktops are always using the standing calf raise machine like a pogostick.

The same milfs with overtly revealing gym attire and caked on makeup are always performing endless sets of leg extensions and lying leg curls with 10 pounds.

There's always one 60 yr old burnout with military tats and a headband randomly and furiously shadow boxing.

Every gym owns only one pair of barbell clips and one of the pair is bent.

Weight stack pins are always missing or pulled from the wrong machine and never returned.

65lb dbs are always racked where the 30lb dbs are supposed to go.  

Further 50lb dbs and 60lbs dbs are always mixed with each other (the pair never side by side).

One side of every cable station has one cable missing a clip to fasten a handle....always.

There are leg exercises other than leg extensions.

Every guy feels awesome after putting 2 plates on either side of the decline hammer strength press for 8 reps.....that's 180lbs folks....nothing.



 
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: chaos on October 05, 2015, 11:59:27 AM
Droves of people go to the gym, but very few lifts weights these days.

Everyone is getting ready for a tough mudder or 1/2 marathon.   Or they're training at some faddish crossfit or mma gym in a banemask.

Every "gym" is the same and since today is "International Chest Day" there won't be bench or 45 plate to be found when I arrive for hours.

Dbs from 5lbs to 35lbs are scattered all over the place.  

Dbs from 40lbs to 85lbs are either broken or being pressed for 3 brutal reps (worldwide).  

Dbs from 90lbs to 150lbs are collecting dust.  

Squat racks are deserted except for the guy doing chins. 

I haven't seen a bent over row or deadlift performed by anyone else in 3 years.  

Half the machines are broken yet are crap when in working order.

All the cable stations are taken by dozens of scowling guys and women in sports bras.

The pushdown station always has one broken spot on it.  

Mixed handpieces litter the floor around cable machines.

Half the gym floor is covered in newer, garbage machines that only 5% of people use.

There are two smith machines and one is always broken (or about to break).

There are always two guys grunting in a corner on a makeshift t-bar row.

Everywhere you look some dude is feeling himself up between his pecs.

Every leg press always has 4 plates on it whether in use or not.  

Two guys grunting in tanktops are always using the standing calf raise machine like a pogostick.

The same milfs with overtly revealing gym attire and caked on makeup are always performing endless sets of leg extensions and lying leg curls with 10 pounds.

There's always one 60 yr old burnout with military tats and a headband randomly and furiously shadow boxing.

Every gym owns only one pair of barbell clips and one of the pair is bent.

Weight stack pins are always missing or pulled from the wrong machine and never returned.

65lb dbs are always racked where the 30lb dbs are supposed to go.  

Further 50lb dbs and 60lbs dbs are always mixed with each other (the pair never side by side).

One side of every cable station has one cable missing a clip to fasten a handle....always.

There are leg exercises other than leg extensions.

Every guy feels awesome after putting 2 plates on either side of the decline hammer strength press for 8 reps.....that's 180lbs folks....nothing.



 
TL:DR:FY
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Disco187 on October 05, 2015, 12:16:58 PM
Droves of people go to the gym, but very few lifts weights these days.

Everyone is getting ready for a tough mudder or 1/2 marathon.   Or they're training at some faddish crossfit or mma gym in a banemask.

Every "gym" is the same and since today is "International Chest Day" there won't be bench or 45 plate to be found when I arrive for hours.

Dbs from 5lbs to 35lbs are scattered all over the place.  

Dbs from 40lbs to 85lbs are either broken or being pressed for 3 brutal reps (worldwide).  

Dbs from 90lbs to 150lbs are collecting dust.  

Squat racks are deserted except for the guy doing chins. 

I haven't seen a bent over row or deadlift performed by anyone else in 3 years.  

Half the machines are broken yet are crap when in working order.

All the cable stations are taken by dozens of scowling guys and women in sports bras.

The pushdown station always has one broken spot on it.  

Mixed handpieces litter the floor around cable machines.

Half the gym floor is covered in newer, garbage machines that only 5% of people use.

There are two smith machines and one is always broken (or about to break).

There are always two guys grunting in a corner on a makeshift t-bar row.

Everywhere you look some dude is feeling himself up between his pecs.

Every leg press always has 4 plates on it whether in use or not.  

Two guys grunting in tanktops are always using the standing calf raise machine like a pogostick.

The same milfs with overtly revealing gym attire and caked on makeup are always performing endless sets of leg extensions and lying leg curls with 10 pounds.

There's always one 60 yr old burnout with military tats and a headband randomly and furiously shadow boxing.

Every gym owns only one pair of barbell clips and one of the pair is bent.

Weight stack pins are always missing or pulled from the wrong machine and never returned.

65lb dbs are always racked where the 30lb dbs are supposed to go.  

Further 50lb dbs and 60lbs dbs are always mixed with each other (the pair never side by side).

One side of every cable station has one cable missing a clip to fasten a handle....always.

There are leg exercises other than leg extensions.

Every guy feels awesome after putting 2 plates on either side of the decline hammer strength press for 8 reps.....that's 180lbs folks....nothing.
ow man is that sooooooooooo true!


 
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Grape Ape on October 05, 2015, 12:22:13 PM
Responses in blue.

Droves of people go to the gym, but very few lifts weights these days.

Everyone is getting ready for a tough mudder or 1/2 marathon.   Or they're training at some faddish crossfit or mma gym in a banemask.  I train for TMs and incorporate the big 3 lifts routinely.

Every "gym" is the same and since today is "International Chest Day" there won't be bench or 45 plate to be found when I arrive for hours.  Your gym sucks, apparently

Dbs from 5lbs to 35lbs are scattered all over the place.  Your gym sucks, apparently

Dbs from 40lbs to 85lbs are either broken or being pressed for 3 brutal reps (worldwide). Your gym sucks, apparently

Dbs from 90lbs to 150lbs are collecting dust.   Your gym sucks, apparently

Squat racks are deserted except for the guy doing chins. This should benefit you

I haven't seen a bent over row or deadlift performed by anyone else in 3 years.  Your gym sucks, apparently

Half the machines are broken yet are crap when in working order.Your gym sucks, apparently

All the cable stations are taken by dozens of scowling guys and women in sports bras.Your gym sucks, apparently

The pushdown station always has one broken spot on it.  Your gym sucks, apparently

Mixed handpieces litter the floor around cable machines.Your gym sucks, apparently

Half the gym floor is covered in newer, garbage machines that only 5% of people use.Your gym sucks, apparently

There are two smith machines and one is always broken (or about to break). If they both were broken, your gym would improve

There are always two guys grunting in a corner on a makeshift t-bar row.  Pick a gym that doesn't cater to the gays

Everywhere you look some dude is feeling himself up between his pecs.Pick a gym that doesn't cater to the gays

Every leg press always has 4 plates on it whether in use or not.  Your gym sucks, apparently

Two guys grunting in tanktops are always using the standing calf raise machine like a pogostick. Pick a gym that doesn't cater to the gays

The same milfs with overtly revealing gym attire and caked on makeup are always performing endless sets of leg extensions and lying leg curls with 10 pounds.  What's the problem here?

There's always one 60 yr old burnout with military tats and a headband randomly and furiously shadow boxing. This is unavoidable

Every gym owns only one pair of barbell clips and one of the pair is bent.  Your gym sucks, apparently

Weight stack pins are always missing or pulled from the wrong machine and never returned. Your gym sucks, apparently

65lb dbs are always racked where the 30lb dbs are supposed to go.  Your gym sucks, apparently

Further 50lb dbs and 60lbs dbs are always mixed with each other (the pair never side by side). Your gym sucks, apparently

One side of every cable station has one cable missing a clip to fasten a handle....always. Your gym sucks, apparently

There are leg exercises other than leg extensions.  Agreed

Every guy feels awesome after putting 2 plates on either side of the decline hammer strength press for 8 reps.....that's 180lbs folks....nothing.  Appropriate weught is all relative to the user



 
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: polychronopolous on October 05, 2015, 12:32:28 PM
Droves of people go to the gym, but very few lifts weights these days.

Everyone is getting ready for a tough mudder or 1/2 marathon.   Or they're training at some faddish crossfit or mma gym in a banemask.

Every "gym" is the same and since today is "International Chest Day" there won't be bench or 45 plate to be found when I arrive for hours.

Dbs from 5lbs to 35lbs are scattered all over the place.  

Dbs from 40lbs to 85lbs are either broken or being pressed for 3 brutal reps (worldwide).  

Dbs from 90lbs to 150lbs are collecting dust.  

Squat racks are deserted except for the guy doing chins. 

I haven't seen a bent over row or deadlift performed by anyone else in 3 years.  

Half the machines are broken yet are crap when in working order.

All the cable stations are taken by dozens of scowling guys and women in sports bras.

The pushdown station always has one broken spot on it.  

Mixed handpieces litter the floor around cable machines.

Half the gym floor is covered in newer, garbage machines that only 5% of people use.

There are two smith machines and one is always broken (or about to break).

There are always two guys grunting in a corner on a makeshift t-bar row.

Everywhere you look some dude is feeling himself up between his pecs.

Every leg press always has 4 plates on it whether in use or not.  

Two guys grunting in tanktops are always using the standing calf raise machine like a pogostick.

The same milfs with overtly revealing gym attire and caked on makeup are always performing endless sets of leg extensions and lying leg curls with 10 pounds.

There's always one 60 yr old burnout with military tats and a headband randomly and furiously shadow boxing.

Every gym owns only one pair of barbell clips and one of the pair is bent.

Weight stack pins are always missing or pulled from the wrong machine and never returned.

65lb dbs are always racked where the 30lb dbs are supposed to go.  

Further 50lb dbs and 60lbs dbs are always mixed with each other (the pair never side by side).

One side of every cable station has one cable missing a clip to fasten a handle....always.

There are leg exercises other than leg extensions.

Every guy feels awesome after putting 2 plates on either side of the decline hammer strength press for 8 reps.....that's 180lbs folks....nothing.



 

LOL at the hair piece comment
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Man of Steel on October 05, 2015, 01:50:48 PM
Responses in blue.


all true
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: SF1900 on October 05, 2015, 02:14:44 PM
Droves of people go to the gym, but very few lifts weights these days.

Everyone is getting ready for a tough mudder or 1/2 marathon.   Or they're training at some faddish crossfit or mma gym in a banemask.

Every "gym" is the same and since today is "International Chest Day" there won't be bench or 45 plate to be found when I arrive for hours.

Dbs from 5lbs to 35lbs are scattered all over the place.  

Dbs from 40lbs to 85lbs are either broken or being pressed for 3 brutal reps (worldwide).  

Dbs from 90lbs to 150lbs are collecting dust.  

Squat racks are deserted except for the guy doing chins. 

I haven't seen a bent over row or deadlift performed by anyone else in 3 years.  

Half the machines are broken yet are crap when in working order.

All the cable stations are taken by dozens of scowling guys and women in sports bras.

The pushdown station always has one broken spot on it.  

Mixed handpieces litter the floor around cable machines.

Half the gym floor is covered in newer, garbage machines that only 5% of people use.

There are two smith machines and one is always broken (or about to break).

There are always two guys grunting in a corner on a makeshift t-bar row.

Everywhere you look some dude is feeling himself up between his pecs.

Every leg press always has 4 plates on it whether in use or not.  

Two guys grunting in tanktops are always using the standing calf raise machine like a pogostick.

The same milfs with overtly revealing gym attire and caked on makeup are always performing endless sets of leg extensions and lying leg curls with 10 pounds.

There's always one 60 yr old burnout with military tats and a headband randomly and furiously shadow boxing.

Every gym owns only one pair of barbell clips and one of the pair is bent.

Weight stack pins are always missing or pulled from the wrong machine and never returned.

65lb dbs are always racked where the 30lb dbs are supposed to go.  

Further 50lb dbs and 60lbs dbs are always mixed with each other (the pair never side by side).

One side of every cable station has one cable missing a clip to fasten a handle....always.

There are leg exercises other than leg extensions.

Every guy feels awesome after putting 2 plates on either side of the decline hammer strength press for 8 reps.....that's 180lbs folks....nothing.



 

MOS, are you and this gym done?!?!?!?!?!
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: wes on October 05, 2015, 03:42:35 PM
Hardcore Gyms A Thing Of The Past

 by Tim Wescott aka Wes


Where did the hardcore gyms go? Most people in gyms today don't have a clue what they are trying to accomplish. Follow my rant as I load this up with sarcasm, and if you are one of those with no idea then start learning and train harder!

I'm about to say quite a bit about the sad state of affairs in most gyms today, and I know I will offend some people, but... too bad! It makes me sad to see the gyms of today, and their participants, wandering around aimlessly from fancy machine, to fancy machine, in quest of something most of them don't know how to find.

I'm talking about learning how to achieve results, with their meager half-hearted efforts. Most of the people in gyms today don't have a clue why they are there, or what they are trying to accomplish. Sure, Mary might want to lose some weight, but she usually doesn't have a clue as to how to go about it. I know this may sound harsh to some, but back in the day, newbies in the gym learned a lot from bodybuilders and more experienced lifters.

Gyms back in the seventies and eighties, were really gyms, and not fluffy, frilly, "Fitness Centers," trying to pass themselves off as gyms."

Bodybuilders and powerlifters are actually frowned upon these days in most gyms. It's a shame because these people should be used as inspiration, and watching them train could benefit a lot of people.

As far as giving them a clue as to what intensity level is required to actually get results from their training... Gyms back in the seventies and eighties, were really gyms, and not fluffy, frilly, "Fitness Centers," trying to pass themselves off as gyms. People worked together in pursuit of their goals, and learned from each other.

Today's gyms, and I use the term loosely, are too caught up in making money, and could care less about their clients progress, or lack of progress, as is usually the case. There's too many people that don't have clear-cut goals, and know nothing about training, even though there are "personal trainers" at most gyms.
Personal Trainers

The sad part is a lot of the personal trainers I've seen know very little themselves, and most look like they can't get out of their own way. If you are going to train people, at least look like you train a little yourself. I call these half-assed personal trainers, "professional rep counters," as that's about all they are doing that is correct, in their approach to training clients.


Another thing I find ridiculous today is fad fitness items. Swiss Balls, rubber tubing, medicine balls, and TV sets, are a bunch of junk, that should be kept out of a serious gym. Do you really believe that doing crunches on a big blue ball, is any better than doing them on a floor, or a bench?

Stabilizers come into play more with the Swiss Balls some would say. Stabilizers also come into play when squatting like an animal for 20 reps, with a heavy weight, but that's too much like work. I guess I'm just "old fashioned," but give me a gym full of sweaty, hard working animals, who are hungry to grow, and make progress, any day.


Today if you lift anything remotely heavy, or make the slightest grunt while squeezing out a hard rep, you get asked to tone down the noise. Don't even think of chalking your hands, you might get some on the spotless floor. What do these people think a vacuum cleaner was invented for?
Hardcore Gyms

I've trained at 4 hardcore gyms, at different times, for years, places where you made progress, and other people in the gym were genuinely concerned about you making that progress. It was no-holds barred, all for the betterment of the guys working out. If you didn't train your ass off, you were considered a wimp.

Sadly, it is getting increasingly harder to find a good ol' sweatshop type of gym, where results are demanded. Today I see people come to the gym religiously, every day, only to talk, roam around, use the same weight forever, usually one plate on some contraption, for months at a time, gab on their cell phones, or some other practice that has nothing to do with staying focused on their training. These same people wonder why they do not make progress.


Ask a typical trainee in today's gym why he or she does a particular exercise, and what part of the body that exercise is for, and they look at you like you asked them for their wallet.

I think if you're going to workout, then you should at least have a basic understanding of the exercises, and body parts they work. Maybe even sweating a little once in a while would be productive. I really miss the "old school" gyms, and the animals that inhabited them. You can take this rant with "tongue in cheek," but I won't. Train Hard!
Conclusion

I obviously (I hope), meant this article to be taken with a healthy dose of sarcasm, but I hope I opened people's eyes to the fact that they should ask questions at the gym (not while someone is training), and do a little research, before beginning their program. Learn about what you are doing, and you'll do it better.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Grape Ape on October 05, 2015, 04:38:57 PM
Hardcore Gyms A Thing Of The Past

 by Tim Wescott aka Wes


I guess I'm just "old fashioned," but give me a gym full of sweaty, hard working animals, who are hungry to grow, and make progress, any day.


Friday August 21st.

Adductor Machine:
3 X 8-20

Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: CalvinH on October 06, 2015, 05:12:03 AM
I still lift, just smarter about it.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Playboy on October 06, 2015, 05:17:58 AM
X 2 a lot of bullshit done for zero progress/weightloss/fitness/muscle building.
Its all a scam to suck money out of the general public who simply do not know and are uneducated in physical fitness.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: funk51 on October 06, 2015, 01:04:20 PM
here start with these...for a while. :D :D :D :D
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: funk51 on October 06, 2015, 01:05:31 PM
here start with these...for a while. :D :D :D :D
when you master these for 3 sets of 8-12 reps add these.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: funk51 on October 06, 2015, 01:06:35 PM
than after 3 monthes or so add these. ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: funk51 on October 06, 2015, 01:07:24 PM
and these :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: funk51 on October 06, 2015, 01:10:02 PM
then pick and choose from these ,,,,, now copy , print ,,,,, hang on your gym    wall..... you can thank me later... ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Disco187 on October 06, 2015, 01:12:11 PM
there is a gym where i grew up thats is over 100 a month and there is also a hefty initiation fee. They literally must have 20 squat racks lined up . the dumbells go up by 1/4s for example 27.5 pounds etx, super nice locker rooms showers pool indoor track  and tons and tons of machines.  Not a gym i would actually join but i do love going there as a guest when i visit the fam around the holidays :-*
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Nails on October 06, 2015, 07:52:23 PM
Just look at all the fat shits , all the do is watch other people workout and walk around town with workout cloths at the malls or grocery stores , fucking pathetic



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Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: chaos on October 06, 2015, 09:06:14 PM
Hardcore Gyms A Thing Of The Past

 by Tim Wescott aka Wes


Where did the hardcore gyms go? Most people in gyms today don't have a clue what they are trying to accomplish. Follow my rant as I load this up with sarcasm, and if you are one of those with no idea then start learning and train harder!

I'm about to say quite a bit about the sad state of affairs in most gyms today, and I know I will offend some people, but... too bad! It makes me sad to see the gyms of today, and their participants, wandering around aimlessly from fancy machine, to fancy machine, in quest of something most of them don't know how to find.

I'm talking about learning how to achieve results, with their meager half-hearted efforts. Most of the people in gyms today don't have a clue why they are there, or what they are trying to accomplish. Sure, Mary might want to lose some weight, but she usually doesn't have a clue as to how to go about it. I know this may sound harsh to some, but back in the day, newbies in the gym learned a lot from bodybuilders and more experienced lifters.

Gyms back in the seventies and eighties, were really gyms, and not fluffy, frilly, "Fitness Centers," trying to pass themselves off as gyms."

Bodybuilders and powerlifters are actually frowned upon these days in most gyms. It's a shame because these people should be used as inspiration, and watching them train could benefit a lot of people.

As far as giving them a clue as to what intensity level is required to actually get results from their training... Gyms back in the seventies and eighties, were really gyms, and not fluffy, frilly, "Fitness Centers," trying to pass themselves off as gyms. People worked together in pursuit of their goals, and learned from each other.

Today's gyms, and I use the term loosely, are too caught up in making money, and could care less about their clients progress, or lack of progress, as is usually the case. There's too many people that don't have clear-cut goals, and know nothing about training, even though there are "personal trainers" at most gyms.
Personal Trainers

The sad part is a lot of the personal trainers I've seen know very little themselves, and most look like they can't get out of their own way. If you are going to train people, at least look like you train a little yourself. I call these half-assed personal trainers, "professional rep counters," as that's about all they are doing that is correct, in their approach to training clients.


Another thing I find ridiculous today is fad fitness items. Swiss Balls, rubber tubing, medicine balls, and TV sets, are a bunch of junk, that should be kept out of a serious gym. Do you really believe that doing crunches on a big blue ball, is any better than doing them on a floor, or a bench?

Stabilizers come into play more with the Swiss Balls some would say. Stabilizers also come into play when squatting like an animal for 20 reps, with a heavy weight, but that's too much like work. I guess I'm just "old fashioned," but give me a gym full of sweaty, hard working animals, who are hungry to grow, and make progress, any day.


Today if you lift anything remotely heavy, or make the slightest grunt while squeezing out a hard rep, you get asked to tone down the noise. Don't even think of chalking your hands, you might get some on the spotless floor. What do these people think a vacuum cleaner was invented for?
Hardcore Gyms

I've trained at 4 hardcore gyms, at different times, for years, places where you made progress, and other people in the gym were genuinely concerned about you making that progress. It was no-holds barred, all for the betterment of the guys working out. If you didn't train your ass off, you were considered a wimp.

Sadly, it is getting increasingly harder to find a good ol' sweatshop type of gym, where results are demanded. Today I see people come to the gym religiously, every day, only to talk, roam around, use the same weight forever, usually one plate on some contraption, for months at a time, gab on their cell phones, or some other practice that has nothing to do with staying focused on their training. These same people wonder why they do not make progress.


Ask a typical trainee in today's gym why he or she does a particular exercise, and what part of the body that exercise is for, and they look at you like you asked them for their wallet.

I think if you're going to workout, then you should at least have a basic understanding of the exercises, and body parts they work. Maybe even sweating a little once in a while would be productive. I really miss the "old school" gyms, and the animals that inhabited them. You can take this rant with "tongue in cheek," but I won't. Train Hard!
Conclusion

I obviously (I hope), meant this article to be taken with a healthy dose of sarcasm, but I hope I opened people's eyes to the fact that they should ask questions at the gym (not while someone is training), and do a little research, before beginning their program. Learn about what you are doing, and you'll do it better.
TL:DR:FY
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Azure on October 06, 2015, 09:32:34 PM
The problem with most people is that they want fast results and quick fixes. You get that with cardio-ing people to death during boot camps and such but then they're fat again in a few months

Weight training takes longer but the results last.

Most people/trainers at the gyms I go to don't know what they are doing
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Nether Animal on October 06, 2015, 09:36:19 PM
Just look at all the fat shits , all the do is watch other people workout and walk around town with workout cloths at the malls or grocery stores , fucking pathetic



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What is this shit.. what the fuck!? Fat fucks brutally standing about. DLB like a caged animal in a zoo of peace. What are they hoping to catch on their cell phones that they never put the fuck down!? Don't know how to do dumbbell fly? Why pay her so much money I don't get this
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Never1AShow on October 06, 2015, 10:06:29 PM
there is a gym where i grew up thats is over 100 a month and there is also a hefty initiation fee. They literally must have 20 squat racks lined up . the dumbells go up by 1/4s for example 27.5 pounds etx, super nice locker rooms showers pool indoor track  and tons and tons of machines.  Not a gym i would actually join but i do love going there as a guest when i visit the fam around the holidays :-*

DBs go up by 1/4 that's awesome.  I've always had this theory that one problem with weightlifting is that you are forced to increase by 5 lbs minimum and that is simply too big of a jump for a muscle from one workout to the next, except maybe legs and assuming no sauce.  I have always wondered if there was a way to progress constantly due to only slightly greater weights whether you could make better more linear progress.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: pellius on October 07, 2015, 06:23:42 AM
DBs go up by 1/4 that's awesome.  I've always had this theory that one problem with weightlifting is that you are forced to increase by 5 lbs minimum and that is simply too big of a jump for a muscle from one workout to the next, except maybe legs and assuming no sauce.  I have always wondered if there was a way to progress constantly due to only slightly greater weights whether you could make better more linear progress.

It's already been tried and associated with the Super Slow crowd. They call it micro loading. They have 14/ and even 1/8 lb plates.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Donny on October 07, 2015, 06:30:50 AM
It's already been tried and associated with the Super Slow crowd. They call it micro loading. They have 14/ and even 1/8 lb plates.
micro plates aint that bad though.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Donny on October 07, 2015, 06:36:31 AM
What is this shit.. what the fuck!? Fat fucks brutally standing about. DLB like a caged animal in a zoo of peace. What are they hoping to catch on their cell phones that they never put the fuck down!? Don't know how to do dumbbell fly? Why pay her so much money I don't get this
It´s like when you tell overweight people the truth about what they should do diet wise and training they then ask if the can do some ab training  ::) although i have seen some people make fantastic transformations
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: pellius on October 07, 2015, 07:05:21 AM
TL:DR:FY

Wes posts are not intended for those with the attention span of a 3 year old.

BTW, I heard you are now a mod on the MMA board. I can only imagine the deep insights you share over there base on your vast experience and hands on training you have amass over the decades training in Martial Arts.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Grape Ape on October 07, 2015, 07:07:43 AM
Now that I've finished 2/3 of the events I was training for I doubt I'll ever go back to regular lifting - it's too good a feeling to log 1.5 hrs of running, lifting, carrying shit and not even being winded.   Standard sets / weight / reps just doesn't compare.....to each his own though, it's all subjective.  No right or wrong.

https://t7979.mozu.com/cms/10317/files/GORUCK_6weekplan.pdf
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Donny on October 07, 2015, 07:11:45 AM
Wes posts are not intended for those with the attention span of a 3 year old.

BTW, I heard you are now a mod on the MMA board. I can only imagine the deep insights you share over there base on your vast experience and hands on training you have amass over the decades training in Martial Arts.
shows how much getbig is going down hill. Ron has lost the plot. Should be entertaining to read his posts about Martial arts.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Hulkotron on October 07, 2015, 07:21:44 AM
then pick and choose from these ,,,,, now copy , print ,,,,, hang on your gym    wall..... you can thank me later... ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)

Big fan of the Jefferson Lift personally.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: SF1900 on October 07, 2015, 07:31:12 AM
The problem with most people is that they want fast results and quick fixes. You get that with cardio-ing people to death during boot camps and such but then they're fat again in a few months

Weight training takes longer but the results last.

Most people/trainers at the gyms I go to don't know what they are doing

Exactly. Reminds me of a conversation I had with someone in the gym this past April:

Gym member: "Yeah, I want to try and lose weight and get in better shape for the summer."
SF1900: "Oh, good for you. You should be ready."
Gym member: "Yeah, I am trying to be consistent. Have to look good for the summer."
SF1900: "Well, you have about one year until next summer, so you should be able to do it."
Gym member: "No, I am talking about THIS summer."
SF1900: "Oh, um.............."

Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Hulkotron on October 07, 2015, 07:34:27 AM
The unwashed plebeian masses of non-getbiggers tend to think that "diet and "exercise"" is something you do for 4-8 weeks that "fixes" everything permanently then you go back to your regular disgusting lifestyle.

For this reason they LLS.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: SF1900 on October 07, 2015, 07:46:19 AM
The unwashed plebeian masses of non-getbiggers tend to think that "diet and "exercise"" is something you do for 4-8 weeks that "fixes" everything permanently then you go back to your regular disgusting lifestyle.

For this reason they LLS.

Hulkotron, you always speak the truth.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Grape Ape on October 07, 2015, 08:00:24 AM
The unwashed plebeian masses of non-getbiggers tend to think that "diet and "exercise"" is something you do for 4-8 weeks that "fixes" everything permanently then you go back to your regular disgusting lifestyle.

For this reason they LLS.

Yes.  This is why the tiny remain tiny while those of us larger folks who possess The Knowledge™ continue, and WILL continue, to dominate all aspects of existence.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Never1AShow on October 07, 2015, 08:00:42 AM
What is this shit.. what the fuck!? Fat fucks brutally standing about. DLB like a caged animal in a zoo of peace. What are they hoping to catch on their cell phones that they never put the fuck down!? Don't know how to do dumbbell fly? Why pay her so much money I don't get this

They could at least take her fashion advice/example.  She dresses pretty cute usually.  These people look slobby.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Never1AShow on October 07, 2015, 08:02:07 AM
Yes.  This is why the tiny remain tiny while those of us larger folks who possess The Knowledge™ continue, and WILL continue, to dominate.

The fitness/weight loss problem has been solved, like many modern problems.  The solution is pretty simple.  But it ain't easy.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Grape Ape on October 07, 2015, 08:04:21 AM
The fitness/weight loss problem has been solved, like many modern problems.  The solution is pretty simple.  But it ain't easy.

It is quite easy.

This is why I have softball championships in the double digits, one physique contest title, while you still have never "1" a show.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: chaos on October 07, 2015, 09:32:20 AM
shows how much getbig is going down hill. Ron has lost the plot. Should be entertaining to read his posts about Martial arts.
Your name came up as a potential, but it was decided you're far too much of an unstable asshole to handle it. :)
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Donny on October 07, 2015, 09:46:28 AM
Your name came up as a potential, but it was decided you're far too much of an unstable asshole to handle it. :)
well we both know the truth what i wrote to Ron and PrincessL
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Donny on October 07, 2015, 09:50:19 AM
I offered to work with Shizzo but not back stab him for a mod position. This i wrote to Ron and PrincessL Pms i still have. I am a man of Honour.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: The Ugly on October 07, 2015, 11:04:01 AM
Wes posts are not intended for those with the attention span of a 3 year old.

BTW, I heard you are now a mod on the MMA board. I can only imagine the deep insights you share over there base on your vast experience and hands on training you have amass over the decades training in Martial Arts.

Ah, that refreshing, nonjudgmental Christian humility.

Also, base on many your post, you have amass many common Chinaman mistake.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: chaos on October 07, 2015, 01:19:19 PM
well we both know the truth what i wrote to Ron and PrincessL
Your version of the truth is VERY skewed, we both know that much.

I offered to work with Shizzo but not back stab him for a mod position. This i wrote to Ron and PrincessL Pms i still have. I am a man of Honour.
Who backstabbed shizzo? He voluntarily gave up his spot, a replacement was wanted, there were offers made but those people didn't want to mod. You and pellius were mentioned, pellius' recent dramas caused us pause and the fact that you're a raging alcoholic that easily loses his temper and would delete everything got you disqualified.

So keep running and whining to those that will placate you and pat you on the head, crybaby. ;)
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Thin Lizzy on October 07, 2015, 02:21:14 PM
The problem with most people is that they want fast results and quick fixes. You get that with cardio-ing people to death during boot camps and such but then they're fat again in a few months

Weight training takes longer but the results last.

Most people/trainers at the gyms I go to don't know what they are doing

At the end of the day, if you have no passion, you won't stick with it. It's a lifestyle.

Most people are hopeless. As has been stated, here, many times, there is more than enough information on the Internet for anyone who wants a health and fitness program. People look to a trainer to motivate them, when that motivation needs to come from within.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Azure on October 07, 2015, 02:53:03 PM
At the end of the day, if you have no passion, you won't stick with it. It's a lifestyle.

Most people are hopeless. As has been stated, here, many times, there is more than enough information on the Internet for anyone who wants a health and fitness program. People look to a trainer to motivate them, when that motivation needs to come from within.

I still use trainers from time to time just because but it's like maybe every 2-3 years I will train with someone. I do have a Pilates trainer because I can't do that on my own. I realize that there are no fast answers for lasting results and that's what is so annoying about this new generation. People used to pay their dues in the gym before even attempting to get onstage. Now everyone is doing it and much of it is a disservice to the competitors because they don't have much muscle and are dieting away muscle and their metabolism. You get these social media coaches telling everyone they can compete like its some kind of quick diet like jenny Craig.

I would tell people back in the day people would wait between 3-5 years before getting onstage because you needed something to show.  When I went to my friends show last year half of the female amateurs looked like they never saw a weight.

It's all gimmicks, people who did one show now becoming gurus, etc. those who have been around know it's frustrating because it takes time and consistency which most people are not willing to commit to. You're right. Hopeless.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: pellius on October 07, 2015, 03:47:15 PM
Ah, that refreshing, nonjudgmental Christian humility.

Also, base on many your post, you have amass many common Chinaman mistake.

LOL @ Christians being nonjudgmental. Any value system has to past judgement. To determine that some things are better than others. Some things are good and some bad.

Is a Christian suppose to past no judgment on someone who shoots up a school?

You really should shut your pie hole on things you know nothing about.

I don't know what a "Chinaman mistake" is.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: The Ugly on October 07, 2015, 03:49:47 PM
I don't know what a "Chinaman mistake" is.

Obviously, but understandable. Cultural, I'm sure. Examples:


LOL @ Christians being nonjudgmental. Any value system has to past judgement. To determine that some things are better than others. Some things are good and some bad.

Is a Christian suppose to past no judgment on someone who shoots up a school?

You really should shut your pie hole on things you know nothing about.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Chidoman on October 07, 2015, 03:51:22 PM
At the end of the day, if you have no passion, you won't stick with it. It's a lifestyle.

Most people are hopeless. As has been stated, here, many times, there is more than enough information on the Internet for anyone who wants a health and fitness program. People look to a trainer to motivate them, when that motivation needs to come from within.


^^^^^ This!!....
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Never1AShow on October 07, 2015, 05:45:26 PM
It is quite easy.

This is why I have softball championships in the double digits, one physique contest title, while you still have never "1" a show.

Galls me to this day, lost by a single point.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: pellius on October 07, 2015, 05:53:16 PM
Obviously, but understandable. Cultural, I'm sure. Examples:



Ah!

"Past". I also often make the mistake of using "your" instead of "you're" and "loose" instead of "lose". I also forget to use a question mark when asking a question. I think I do that the most. I don't see what's wrong with using the word "suppose" in the context that I did.

BTW, considering how people write and punctuate on this board I hardly consider myself a prime offender though I don't expect polish prose on a bodybuilding board.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: Lustral on October 07, 2015, 06:53:08 PM
Gym has now become 60% people doing stretches kettlebells and roĺling on foam pads. Anything but train.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: _aj_ on October 08, 2015, 03:50:56 AM
Gym has now become 60% people doing stretches kettlebells and roĺling on foam pads. Anything but train.

Truth! This is all I see now too. Pure retardation.
Title: Re: Nobody fucking lifts anymore
Post by: milone79 on October 08, 2015, 05:57:10 AM
The unwashed plebeian masses of non-getbiggers tend to think that "diet and "exercise"" is something you do for 4-8 weeks that "fixes" everything permanently then you go back to your regular disgusting lifestyle.

For this reason they LLS.

^^^truth!!! this is 99% of the fucked up masses