Joined a new gym last night. Hilarious

[MBasic]

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trying everything lately: Instagram

his rack in his garage cracks me up. Looks pretty generic, and wimpy compared to the stuff the Garage Gyms thread that we debate over.

[Calvin]

This is nothing compared to the tales I have been told. I don't know why people love telling me what they lifted back in high school, but when I was in Las Vegas recently I heard one that really takes the cake. The bouncer asked me what I benched and squatted. I told him that I had been off lifting for a while, but I was on the path to hit 680+ with wraps before I got injured. He then told me that "back in high school"... wait for it... he squatted 1000x3!!!!! He was lucky if he weighed 200-220# too. :-)

I must be the only guy who was happy with my 285 bench in high school. I guess lying is easier than training.

Just came back from the gym. Saw a guy sitting, talking to a woman on the sled pushing carpet for a full set of squats and presses.

[brkriete]

I must be the only guy who was happy with my 285 bench in high school. I guess lying is easier than training.

Just came back from the gym. Saw a guy sitting, talking to a woman on the sled pushing carpet for a full set of squats and presses.

225 in college here...

I saw two kids talking, one of them leaning on the power rack, for a solid 20 minutes while I was OHPing in the other, adjacent rack. I don't think anybody was actively waiting for it but it still annoyed the hell out of me. Then as I was getting ready to leave one of them actually started to squat. Why wouldn't you talk between sets if you were actually planning on using the equipment? I guess at this point in my life I have literally no concept of what it's like to not be in a hurry....

[Les Hahn]

I usually hear 500ish for bench and 700-800 in the squat. Usually they ask me what I lift, and then they just top that and add the caveat of "back in high school" to it. :-)

[Calvin]

I usually hear 500ish for bench and 700-800 in the squat. Usually they ask me what I lift, and then they just top that and add the caveat of "back in high school" to it. :-)

If I were inclined to lie, I'd say something believable but respectable. Like "I'm usually good for 300/400/500 for reps but I'm recovering from a hermia right now."

I feel like that's a lie that most people would accept from a guy with a little mass.

[Calvin]

225 in college here...

I saw two kids talking, one of them leaning on the power rack, for a solid 20 minutes while I was OHPing in the other, adjacent rack. I don't think anybody was actively waiting for it but it still annoyed the hell out of me. Then as I was getting ready to leave one of them actually started to squat. Why wouldn't you talk between sets if you were actually planning on using the equipment? I guess at this point in my life I have literally no concept of what it's like to not be in a hurry....

I finished press and looked behind me and they were talking outside the locker room!

[Les Hahn]

Man, I remember fighting with a 95lb bench in college.

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.

[Aaron Montgomery]

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.

Pretty sure I was struggling to bench 85lb when I first started lifting a few years ago. Out of curiosity, what was your weight and height just after high school Callador?

[Les Hahn]

Pretty sure I was struggling to bench 85lb when I first started lifting a few years ago. Out of curiosity, what was your weight and height just after high school Callador?

I "started" lifting earlier in high school, like 9th or 10th grade. I lifted for few weeks and then quit for long periods of time. Back then I was probably 260 by the end of sophomore year. After that I ballooned up big time in a bad way. I was over 300 my junior year and probably hit 340-350 by the time I graduated and went to college. That summer before college I started lifting (mainly benching and other bro stuff), and hit 185 for 3 or so. My freshman year of college I cut a lot of weight, like down to 250 by the end of my first semester. I started it in early August, but it was a rapid cut. I managed to maintain my strength, but I didn't gain any. Only after I settled down between 250-260 and started lifting more normally I got stronger again. Still not super strong by any means, but I could bench 285 in college. It was only after getting on a real program (many years later) that my lifts started to improve.

[Sinai]

Man, I remember fighting with a 95lb wench in college.

Did she win?