The Weightlifters Thread

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#302
chavisut said:
Yes, everybody should re-rack their weights. Most of the people in my gym are pretty good with that.
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Usually people are good about dumb bells, but there's almost always weight left on the bench press stations. The worst is when I see 6 plates on each side of the leg press machine. Women use those a lot and there's no way they are going to take 12 plates off. Inconsiderate people, man.
 
#303
#303
milohimself said:
Nice. Wish I could, but I know that I'd have to amass a small fortune and get loaded rich before I could afford to build a home gym to my specs. I use machines maybe 5% of the time at most and only for very specific lifts, the rest of the time is bars/dumbbells/ez-curl/cable and calisthenics.
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I'm not loaded rich but I acquired things a piece at a time. I have a squat rack, a commercial bench, two olympic bars, cambered bar, leg extension attachment for my bench, preacher attachment for the bench, plates, and a bunch of dumbells. I still need some 100 and 120 pound dumbells though. The heaviest pair I have are 70s and it kills me to not go heavier. That is the only thing I miss about my last gym. They had dumbells up to 200 pounds... Ah, the memories.
 
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#304
#304
The people who used to bother me the most at the gym were the circuit trainers. No offense meant (and I know circuits work before you try to flame me) but when you are using half the gym for your routine and you're hogging up the space its annoying.
 
#305
#305
ORANGE & WHITE said:
I'm not loaded rich but I acquired things a piece at a time. I have a squat rack, a commercial bench, two olympic bars, cambered bar, leg extension attachment for my bench, preacher attachment for the bench, plates, and a bunch of dumbells. I still need some 100 and 120 pound dumbells though. The heaviest pair I have are 70s and it kills me to not go heavier. That is the only thing I miss about my last gym. They had dumbells up to 200 pounds... Ah, the memories.
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Do you find it hard to focus lifting at home? Kids bugging you and stuff? That would be one of my worries in acquiring a home gym. Also having to fit a daily trip to the gym forces me to budget my time and schedule it, whereas at home I could see myself putting it off cause it's convenient and end up missing a full workout.
 
#306
#306
ORANGE & WHITE said:
The people who used to bother me the most at the gym were the circuit trainers. No offense meant (and I know circuits work before you try to flame me) but when you are using half the gym for your routine and you're hogging up the space its annoying.
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This.. especially in a small gym when you have the cable machine, bench press and the squat rack on lockdown its a little much..
 
#307
#307
Gym Pet Peeve: The guy who weighs 130 who takes his shirt off in front of the mirror and talks about how cut up he is...
 
#308
#308
Jwill10ut said:
Gym Pet Peeve: The guy who weighs 130 who takes his shirt off in front of the mirror and talks about how cut up he is...
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People take their shirts off at your gym? One time a girl was doing her posing routine in her competition outfit. I certainly enjoyed that.
 
#309
#309
nbakerld said:
Do you find it hard to focus lifting at home? Kids bugging you and stuff? That would be one of my worries in acquiring a home gym. Also having to fit a daily trip to the gym forces me to budget my time and schedule it, whereas at home I could see myself putting it off cause it's convenient and end up missing a full workout.
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I don't have kids at this point. I could see where that would be a distraction though. I do miss some of my lifting partners and trading sets on things like deads and benches, but I don't miss forking out $48 a month in gym dues.
 
#310
#310
ORANGE & WHITE said:
I don't have kids at this point. I could see where that would be a distraction though. I do miss some of my lifting partners and trading sets on things like deads and benches, but I don't miss forking out $48 a month in gym dues.
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I don't have kids either, but probably will. $48 is outrageous. Gold's charges my wife $28, and my employer pays for mine.
 
#311
#311
I used to go to a gym that was $145/mo. There's one in downtown Portland that is $2500 annually. You can't join though, you have to get referral from three members, then that gets you on a five year wait list.
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#312
#312
milohimself said:
I used to go to a gym that was $145/mo. There's one in downtown Portland that is $2500 annually. You can't join though, you have to get referral from three members, then that gets you on a five year wait list.
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Dang! I thought my gym was high. I drop $90 a month for a family membership. The gym is pretty nice though.
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#313
#313
milohimself said:
I used to go to a gym that was $145/mo. There's one in downtown Portland that is $2500 annually. You can't join though, you have to get referral from three members, then that gets you on a five year wait list.
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Well I know there are heftily-priced athletic clubs out there. For those that are price conscious, if $48 is the best you can do, that freaking sucks
 
#314
#314
Only downside to the mega cheap gyms is the fact that they're freakin zoos in the early evening.

24 Hour Fitness, Gold's, Ballys, etc should all be around $25/month per club per person.
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#315
#315
A friend of mine opened his own place that's pretty much dedicated to powerlifting and he charges 40 a month. I wish I could lift there but I work a crazy schedule and it doesn't fit. Its a shame too b/c he recently had Louie Simmons from Westside BB come in for a seminar.
 
#316
#316
milohimself said:
Only downside to the mega cheap gyms is the fact that they're freakin zoos in the early evening.

24 Hour Fitness, Gold's, Ballys, etc should all be around $25/month per club per person.
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I go to Gold's and it's $20/month but one of my friends is a personal trainer there so I got his family/friends discount or else I wouldn't have joined at Gold's. I go right after work on Fridays at 5PM and there's hardly anyone there. I expected a lot more people. I can get to anything whenever I want, for the most part. I mainly use the stationary bikes for cardio at the moment and hardly anyone uses them.

Today I did 40 minutes on stationary at >160 heart rate, 3 reps of 5 minutes rowing, and some upper body machines. I think my shoulder is getting rehab'd enough to the point that I can bench and use free weights again. Excellent.

I'm trying to cut weight, not exactly body build. By 2013 I want to be competitively cycling so lean is key. Anyone have good routine recommendations for me? Next week I'm going to attack my abs pretty vigorously. I've always been a pansy when it comes to ab work. Lower back pain kicks in before I start to feel the pain in my abs. Lol.

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#317
#317
VOLatile said:
I go to Gold's and it's $20/month but one of my friends is a personal trainer there so I got his family/friends discount or else I wouldn't have joined at Gold's. I go right after work on Fridays at 5PM and there's hardly anyone there. I expected a lot more people. I can get to anything whenever I want, for the most part. I mainly use the stationary bikes for cardio at the moment and hardly anyone uses them.

Today I did 40 minutes on stationary at >160 heart rate, 3 reps of 5 minutes rowing, and some upper body machines. I think my shoulder is getting rehab'd enough to the point that I can bench and use free weights again. Excellent.

I'm trying to cut weight, not exactly body build. By 2013 I want to be competitively cycling so lean is key. Anyone have good routine recommendations for me? Next week I'm going to attack my abs pretty vigorously. I've always been a pansy when it comes to ab work. Lower back pain kicks in before I start to feel the pain in my abs. Lol.

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I would look into doing circuit training. You also might like Crossfit. They both would help you hit your goals.
 
#318
#318
Yep. Go when it's dead as possible and hit circuits, as well as biking with a vengeance.
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#319
#319
Most people overtrain abs IMO. Hanging leg raises, once a week, are pretty much all I do. Very strict form, no swinging with feet level to face.
 
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#320
chavisut said:
Most people overtrain abs IMO. Hanging leg raises, once a week, are pretty much all I do. Very strict form, no swinging with feet level to face.
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The shoulder keeps me from hanging at all. I'm sure the quickest way for me to aggravate it is doing that. Although the thing where you rest on your forearms and do crunches/leg raises, can't think of the name, looked mighty tempting today. I gotta get rid of this gut. Seriously, I look like a pregnant woman.

I'm thinking about enrolling in a spin class.
 
#321
#321
VOLatile said:
I go to Gold's and it's $20/month but one of my friends is a personal trainer there so I got his family/friends discount or else I wouldn't have joined at Gold's. I go right after work on Fridays at 5PM and there's hardly anyone there. I expected a lot more people. I can get to anything whenever I want, for the most part. I mainly use the stationary bikes for cardio at the moment and hardly anyone uses them.

Today I did 40 minutes on stationary at >160 heart rate, 3 reps of 5 minutes rowing, and some upper body machines. I think my shoulder is getting rehab'd enough to the point that I can bench and use free weights again. Excellent.

I'm trying to cut weight, not exactly body build. By 2013 I want to be competitively cycling so lean is key. Anyone have good routine recommendations for me? Next week I'm going to attack my abs pretty vigorously. I've always been a pansy when it comes to ab work. Lower back pain kicks in before I start to feel the pain in my abs. Lol.

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Abs are overrated. Having nice abs IMO is mostly about genetics and diet, not routine. Work them but I would never make it a priority.

And to help with the lower back I recommend the stretch pictured. When you do it you'll mostly feel it in your hamstrings, but it really tugs on the lower back muscles and preps them good.

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#323
#323
Also, +1 on the abs. I have done some short-term training with clients as side work (still working on ACE certification when I've got spare time, i.e. hardly ever) and one of my favorite phrases for them is "abs are built in the kitchen."

I've dieted my way to a six pack and a 32" waist before without doing so much as a single sit-up. Right now I do a simple ab exercise every day because I need core strength for my work, but I still have a tiny bit of a spare tire and 35" waist because I drink beer a couple nights a week and have a decent bit of fat in my diet.
 
#324
#324
It sounds like I need to learn to cook and get a diet going then. I need a lot of core strength for the cycling, too. Tomorrow I'm going to test my shoulder and give the free weights a shot. Somehow I've gained 5lbs since I joined the gym. My diet is thoroughly screwed up. Better start eating more fish and running (knees are screwed, too).
 
#325
#325
Run on dirt instead of pavement. And yes, you'd be shocked how much you can change body composition by making food instead of pre prepared.
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