Joined a new gym last night. Hilarious

[MBasic]

In high school I started out with something like that. I remember trying 135, since everyone just started with one plate. I couldn't do it.

I specifically remember I started in 8th grade.
We did 3x8 with everything.
I remember getting to 95 3x8, then systematically add 2 1/2s to each side ea week/workout.
I went from 95 to 125 like clockwork.
I remember doodling my workouts down on paper . . . and "doing the math" figuring by the end of the year I'd be doing some ridiculous weight (225?) for 3x8. . . .that I would a fucking beast. (add 5# per week/workout for all eternity )

LOL . . . it all stopped (of course) just shy of 135 by the end of the year.

trees don't grow to the sky.

[poser]

High school bench press: all that mattered was that you could "workout" (3x8 everything) with at least 135# and weren't afraid to try 225#.

Squat: I do remember squatting a lot and I'm pretty certain I went to reasonable depth (I had a floor locker that I would always squat down to and recall being sore). Seems like I did a lot of 225# 3x8 with a manpoon and eyes at the ceiling. I wrote my workouts down, but I don't believe they were ever planned beyond chest/tris/shoulder, back/biceps and "legs". I power cleaned and did deficit SLDL in football. I'm sure both were ugly. In my mid thru late 20s, I lifted on a similar model to high school, though I think I did more work in the 10 rep range. I squatted, but not near as much as I should have. I think I really liked the California front squat back then. I also wore gloves and did cable crossovers.

[poser]

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[Greg Ruhl]

Does having the bar this low protect the neck when you turn it like that?

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[FacePalm]

Now that you've joined a new gym, you're gonna need a workout buddy, right?

Gymder is a weird app that'll help you find a 'workout buddy'

[Culican]

Traveling for work this week so I managed to get a free guest pass to the local LA Fitness. Wow. It's got all of the madness of your typical globo gym multiplied by South Florida bro. I saw a guy take about 10 selfies of his abzzzz in the bathroom from different angles.

But hey at least they have great respect for the equipment!

That's how the one I go to in Phoenix looks like in the morning. I guess the bro's that work out at night never put anything away.

[Carnivroar]

Thoracic spine stability training;
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And what is wrong with that? Pretty common exercise for Olympic lifting. You ignorant prick.

[poser]

And what is wrong with that? Pretty common exercise for Olympic lifting. You ignorant prick.

You know what else trains Thoracic Spine Stability? Everything.
Did you type that while wearing your capris?

[Carnivroar]

You know what else trains Thoracic Spine Stability? Everything.
Did you type that while wearing your capris?

Those are nothing more than a variation of the press-in-clean. Go tell Greg Everett that low bar squats trains thoracic stability better.

[ChasingCurls69]

His book sucked.