Author Topic: Freaking out: potential university has NO SQUAT rack.... (Read 7815 times)

Deicide · « **on:** April 14, 2008, 05:09:05 AM »

It seems crazy as I should base my decisions for graduate studies soley on academic criteria but I called to ask about the socalled sports centre and I asked if there was a squat rack, to which the man replied no. Am I crazy or should I just eliminate said university from my list because I won't be able to do squats (they don't even have a smith machine)....freaking out...is it legimitate?

What would you do?

240 is Back · « **Reply #1 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:11:05 AM »

put a squat rack in the living room of your dorm room.

Deicide · « **Reply #2 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:14:45 AM »

Quote from: 240 is Back on April 14, 2008, 05:11:05 AM

put a squat rack in the living room of your dorm room.

With what money? I am going to be poor again.... $:-\$

In any event it's fucking outrageous...fucking sports centre....I can't imagine I am the only one who lifts who might go there...problem is, it has the #3 department in the field after Oxford and Cambridge and I am very tempted to say yes....but the 'gym' sounds so ghetto (and I don't mean dungeon like; that would be good); just sparse. Fucking insane. $:-\$ $:-\$ $:-\$

New Hank Wood · « **Reply #3 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:14:50 AM »

Squat racks will destroy your lower back....just ask Frank Zane.

The squat causes compression of the vertebrae....stay away from this nasty exercise.

Deicide · « **Reply #4 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:17:06 AM »

Quote from: hank wood on April 14, 2008, 05:14:50 AM

Squat racks will destroy your lower back....just ask Frank Zane.

The squat causes compression of the vertebrae....stay away from this nasty exercise.

Are you kidding?

New Hank Wood · « **Reply #5 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:21:47 AM »

The squat is a very unnatural movement.

Having weight on your shoulders and then squatting causes full vertebrae compression.

The spinal cord is very sensitive, a small shift can carry with it life long pain and immobility.....

Just dont squat if you want to maintain spinal integrity.

Deicide · « **Reply #6 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:24:52 AM »

Quote from: hank wood on April 14, 2008, 05:21:47 AM

The squat is a very unnatural movement.

Having weight on your shoulders and then squatting causes full vertebrae compression.

The spinal cord is very sensitive, a small shift can carry with it life long pain and immobility.....

Just dont squat if you want to maintain spinal integrity.

And what do you do for legs then?

Fulgorre · « **Reply #7 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:32:37 AM »

I'd look for something else to place the bar on, about shoulder height, and then remove it from that position and squat. My first inclination would be a bench press. Get the bar on your shoulders, stand up, and walk out a few feet.

240 is Back · « **Reply #8 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:38:51 AM »

do they have a smith machine? surely you can find some solution.

DK II · « **Reply #9 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:43:09 AM »

Quote from: Deicide on April 14, 2008, 05:24:52 AM

And what do you do for legs then?

Hint: Sean doesn't train legs.

Brutal_1 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:45:55 AM »

Quote from: Deicide on April 14, 2008, 05:09:05 AM

It seems crazy as I should base my decisions for graduate studies soley on academic criteria but I called to ask about the socalled sports centre and I asked if there was a squat rack, to which the man replied no. Am I crazy or should I just eliminate said university from my list because I won't be able to do squats (they don't even have a smith machine)....freaking out...is it legimitate?

What would you do?

Didn't you start another thread about waiting to die?!

The hell are you doing pursuing education

DK II · « **Reply #11 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:48:07 AM »

Quote from: Brutal_1 on April 14, 2008, 05:45:55 AM

Didn't you start another thread about waiting to die?!

The hell are you doing pursuing education

Speak on this, deicide!!

Deicide · « **Reply #12 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:48:40 AM »

Quote from: Brutal_1 on April 14, 2008, 05:45:55 AM

Didn't you start another thread about waiting to die?!

The hell are you doing pursuing education

One must do something interesting inbetween....

240...no smith machine...sounds very sparse in general....

Marty Champions · « **Reply #13 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:50:53 AM »

bodyweight squats, why depend on equipment.

also gaymaster kicks work quite well supersetted with bodyweight squats

DK II · « **Reply #14 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:54:41 AM »

Quote from: Johnny Falcon on April 14, 2008, 05:50:53 AM

bodyweight squats, why depend on equipment.

also gaymaster kicks work quite well supersetted with bodyweight squats

who are you again?

Marty Champions · « **Reply #15 on:** April 14, 2008, 05:58:51 AM »

Quote from: DonkeyKong on April 14, 2008, 05:54:41 AM

who are you again?

the master
king of night
of day
you shall repay
for i will today
so i can be blessed
then help the rest

Deicide · « **Reply #16 on:** April 14, 2008, 06:03:45 AM »

Quote from: Johnny Falcon on April 14, 2008, 05:58:51 AM

the master
king of night
of day
you shall repay
for i will today
so i can be blessed
then help the rest

Stop highjacking and homosexualising my thread....git...

DK II · « **Reply #17 on:** April 14, 2008, 06:07:48 AM »

Quote from: Johnny Falcon on April 14, 2008, 05:58:51 AM

the master
king of night
of day
you shall repay
for i will today
so i can be blessed
then help the rest

You skin color doesn't look healthy. You should see a doc.

Deicide · « **Reply #18 on:** April 14, 2008, 07:52:28 AM »

Totally full of himself...

Livewire · « **Reply #19 on:** April 14, 2008, 08:01:48 AM »

daddywaddy looked so much better 2 years ago.

Deicide · « **Reply #20 on:** April 14, 2008, 08:08:32 AM »

Quote from: Livewire on April 14, 2008, 08:01:48 AM

daddywaddy looked so much better 2 years ago.

What did he look like two years ago?

Bluto · « **Reply #21 on:** April 14, 2008, 08:14:26 AM »

maybe they have leg extensions

Deicide · « **Reply #22 on:** April 14, 2008, 08:26:35 AM »

Sounds bad...very bad....

Quote

We have a mix of items. On the resistance machines we have:

Leg press
Hamstring curl - seated & prone
Leg Press - seated
Leg extension - seated
Abductor / Adductor
Overhead press
Chest Press
Pectoral Fly
Back Extension
Lat Pull Down
Seated Row
Torso Twist

All Cybex machines

On the free weights, we are not a specialist weights facility as we
cater
for a broad cross section of fitness requirements however our free
weights
range consists of....

Olympic Bench Press - Up to 100 kg (Plates 10, 15, 25 kgs)
Dumbells in various combinations from 2 kg through to 37 kg
Fixed barbells from 10 - 55 kg
Mixed fitballs and a few light medicine balls.

There are specific areas for use of free weights. We do not have smiths

machine, squat rack, but do have a pull-up / dips machine and a single
cable machine.

An additional double cable machine is due to arrive in early May.

Obviously we have a mix of CV machines as well.

Livewire · « **Reply #23 on:** April 14, 2008, 08:27:25 AM »

Quote from: Deicide on April 14, 2008, 08:08:32 AM

What did he look like two years ago?

better.

Bluto · « **Reply #24 on:** April 14, 2008, 08:28:07 AM »

You adapt. You overcome. You improvise.