Something funny in the gym.......

gander

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #1

Just thought I would share something funny I seen at the gym the other day. There was an older gentleman bench pressing the other day. Didn't really think too much of it, he was benching like 75 lbs or so. Then something caught my eye, he had wrist wraps on..........hmmmmm. So I kinda watch him on his second set, he lays down on the bench, gets his wraps around the bar good and tight and begins his lifting. God bless his soul for being in there, but I wonder sometimes if people actually THINK about what they do.

 

japan69

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #2

I think I missed the funny part.

Is it the wrist straps while benching? I have never used them while benhing - just on back days, but I have heard people say it supports your grip on presses too. *shrug*

So.. what was the funny part?

-j69

 

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scorpio

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #3

That he was using and wrapping the bar with wrist straps, while benching. I've seen people do that before. I have no clue why they do it, I suspect they don't either.

 

dedprez*

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #4

i believe you are talking about straps correct??@@haha

 

gander

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #5

jpn69, how would wrist wraps give you "support" on pressing movements? Do you tape your ankles for a shoulder workout? To me it was like someone wearing one of those funny bench press shirts for squatting. Awww friggin' forget it!

 

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scorpio

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #6

LOL if you need grip support while benching, your using the wrong bar. I've benched for 20 years and never had a bar slip, I'm with ya Gander. I might try the bench shirt for squatting though. LMAO.

 

shiko24

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #7

I got it gander. I see shit like that in my gym all the time. ppl looking at me cause I am built and look like I belong in the gym and they have an attitude, then grab some 25# dumbells and do presses with them. all I can do is laugh. or ppl rolling their shoulders while doing shrugs, or the best is the new guy the other day who was in there with jeans and a polo on working out. then when he got done with a set he would go look at his hair in the mirror and fix it ... what a shmuck !

 

cybersteffan

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #8

Hey, if I could bench 75 lbs, I'd be wearing straps too, bro!!! ;-)

 

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WeirdAl

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #9

LOL, I don't even know where to start! But doesn't everyone check their hair after each set?

 

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scorpio

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #10

Dammit Al, that hurts. You know I shave my head. LOL.

 

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WeirdAl

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #11

Don't you at least check your scalp then?

 

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scorpio

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #12

Ha, for what? New growth? lost cause brother, I was thinking of getting an Afro wig, one of those big jammies. Wadda think?

 

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WeirdAl

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #13

Oh yeah, definitely! I'd get a couple of different lengths, and mix things up a bit and keep people wondering!

 

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WeirdAl

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #14

Maybe even a high top fade one, like kid from kid n play

 

jshoty

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #15

how about the guys/girls with cell phones at the gym, thats always funny

 

bigshug

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• Apr 20, 2003

• #16

WeirdAl said:

Maybe even a high top fade one, like kid from kid n play

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Al, I'd damn near pay money to see that shit!!

I'm guilty of wearing wrist straps for every workout....I went in one day to work back and ended up working bi's and tri's instead...I had the most kick ass workout that day that I've ever had, and so I got all superstitious and attributed it to my wearing straps....

 

Zeca

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• Apr 21, 2003

• #17

cyberstefke said:

Hey, if I could bench 75 lbs, I'd be wearing straps too, bro!!! ;-)

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lol ....... im guilty, sometimes i used them in my trainning!

 

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Choke03

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• Apr 21, 2003

• #18

They work well with leg extensions also.

 

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Badgermoon

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• Apr 21, 2003

• #19

This wasn't funny....

Today I was doing fly's on a bench. I know it takes up a little more room, but I figure people would walk around the benches, like most of us do to give people room that are using them. I was on a bench at the end of the row, and just about flat out with the dumbells when some ass-hole walks past and bumps into my arm. luckily, it didn't cause any problems (I've dislocated both shoulders and they can dis-locate on me easily sometimes). I heard a "sorry' and as I was in the middle of the set, just kept concentrating on my exercise. But I thought that the general lack of consideration deserved a rant. Sometimes the things we see going on are funny because they are kind of pathetic, but this one pissed me off. If I had seen it comming, I would have tried to drop the weight on his f'in toe and hope for a break.

 

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WeirdAl

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• Apr 21, 2003

• #20

Yeah, I've had that kind of stuff happen. Last leg day, I was squating fairly heavy for me (385), and this idiot is removing weights FROM THE SQUAT RACK I'M USING! And it's tight in there, too! And there are plates all over the freaking place, no need to take them from where he did.