Joined a new gym last night. Hilarious

[poppunk]

Look at this:


Then this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6bJJAIq290

After watching that the following video came up as a suggestion, and the before/after versions of this kid made me laugh.

[pcknshvl]

So I would guess Ryan's P90X results are a great demonstration of the novice effect. How would he look after 9 weeks of SS? Even better, after 6 months of either program?

[Jsutt]

After watching that the following video came up as a suggestion, and the before/after versions of this kid made me laugh.

Final weight: 120lb. As prime a candidate for GOMAD as ever there was.

[mrflibble]

So I would guess Ryan's P90X results are a great demonstration of the novice effect.

Are you fucking kidding? His befores and afters are virtually identical. Hell, at his age, there's nothing in the afters that couldn't be attributed to being 9 weeks older.

[simonsky]

You mean he didn't get those abs by flexing really, really hard for 15 weeks straight??

It seems his hands were stuck to his head on the first video and all he could do is flex his abs

[PaulBeech]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq-M4...e_gdata_player

This hordonhealth gym is AWESOME! Every vid is like a comedy car crash.

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWju...e_gdata_player

Hmmmm....

I've actually seen a very similar exercise done in a WL gym (a serious one. The French national team recently held a 10-days camp there in preparation for London).

You take the bar as if squatting, but with a wider grip. You get down to a not-too-deep good morning, then as you come back up you start accelerating until you thrust the bar off your sholder and put it over your head. The final part is more of a push-press than a jerk, but it's still quite dynamic.

So the guy might have a vaguely good idea in his mind. Just the idea though.


IPB

[mrflibble]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq-M4...e_gdata_player

This hordonhealth gym is AWESOME! Every vid is like a comedy car crash.

You really have stumbled upon comedy gold. I was sure it was satire at first. And second. Took me about 3-4 videos to finally realise they were actually serious.



This one has it all. Hard to pick a favourite. Unstable surface deadlifting. The "renegade performance coach" teaching the forward roll. Another renegade high-fiving a 205lb 1/16th squat.

[DPMuller]

You really have stumbled upon comedy gold. I was sure it was satire at first. And second. Took me about 3-4 videos to finally realise they were actually serious.

Showed this to my 11 year old daughter who never lifted a weight in her life, and she asked me a couple of times if those people are serious or it's a joke video.

You cannot make this stuff up...

EDIT: And they're in Boston - I could join...

[FatButWeak]

Im still not convinced its serious. The guy wearing a scarf and bandanna? Really? Can someone in Boston investigate this?