[Weightlifting Thread] Don't Forget: Slider Is A Moron

Dead Legend

today we did not lift in class, but my partner, myself, and even the teacher jumped in on some sets of bench for fun

135 x 12
185 x 8
205 x 6
205 x 6

VERY satisfied with that, since it's the heaviest i've worked with at those reps in quite some time. mmmm

Jyardana

Lots o' snatch today.

Snatch from blocks no less to work the whip from the hip better.

8x2 style. finished the last 4 at 165.

Boom

Dead Legend

i don't know what i'm going to do while the rec's closed but i anticipate a lot of body weight stuff, so i guess i have no reason to not do ab work

psyck0

DL what are you taking?

Jyardana I bet you get lots of snatch erryday

:lol:

Eugh I am breaking out in zits because of exam stress it is gross good news is I hit 125 on OHP though highest I ever got to was 135 or 140 before so I am damn close, still managing to make it to the gym.

Dead Legend

beginner's weightlifting!

we went over the review for the final exam in class today and he was asking sample questions and i was the only one answering them correctly outloud while everybody else took notes

this is a class i am designed to excel at

i should've majored in exercise sport sciences

big l

In my senior year of high school, I took a "Weight Training And Conditioning" class. The teacher was a midget. M-W-F, we'd hang out in the shitty weight room and do whatever we wanted, which was a routine that looked like bench - incline bench - decline bench - curls everyday, and then on Tuesdays and Thursdays we'd go for runs in the neighborhood and the midget teacher would drive alongside in his car, shouting at us to keep the pace up. It was a bizarre experience.

Slider

In high school, I thought I was badass and would frequently not put safety collars on the bar while I was benching. One day, I tried to nudge somebody with the bar while I had it up in a bench press position. I quickly discovered that I would not be able to maintain balance and dropped the right side of the bar on the ground. The 45# weight came sliding off, hit the ground, and sent the bar flipping over to my left side, where it hit the ground and the other 45# weight slid off.

That Dave Fella

Don't forget: Slider is a moron

Peen

I don't ever put clips on the bar when I'm benching. I also don't try to nudge people with a loaded bar.

BEAST!

Peen wrote:

I don't ever put clips on the bar when I'm benching. I also don't try to nudge people with a loaded bar.

I SOMETIMES will put clips on the bar when benching but not always

Tube

I only use clips if I'm doing multiple reps on an olympic lift because it saves resetting the plates over and over again.

Shazkar Shadowstorm

oh..
ive always put clips on the bar but maybe i shouldnt

also my shoulder is still tweakin and i will never go up in the shoulder press but that's not news

BEAST!

I don't think it's a bad thing, it just doesn't seem too necessary to me for most lifts when i only have two plates on each side and one of them is 5 pounds..ha
For things up high like shoulder press and squat i put them on, or really jerky motions that shake the weights around like cleans.

Shazkar Shadowstorm

also i forgot a gym shoe so i had to do my workout in socks

BEAST!

I wish they'd let me lift in socks or fully barefoot, they told me i have to wear shoes though because WHAT IF YOU DROP A WEIGHT ON YOUR FOOT?!?!
They're right, my steel plated five fingers have saved my feet on many occasions.

Peen

Shazkar Shadowstorm wrote:

oh..
ive always put clips on the bar but maybe i shouldnt

I don't because A. that way if I get stuck I can just slide the plates off to either side and not die and B. I can tell if the bar is staying even and flat that way. It's like a mini form check. The only lifts that I clip consistently are deadlifts and barbell rows because banging the bar on the ground moves the plates around and I need that shit tight.

Dead Legend

im required to use the clips in my weightlifting class, but i never do at the rec.

never been a big fan, except on cleans, squats, and deadlifts.

Hamurabi

big l wrote:

In my senior year of high school, I took a "Weight Training And Conditioning" class. The teacher was a midget. M-W-F, we'd hang out in the shitty weight room and do whatever we wanted, which was a routine that looked like bench - incline bench - decline bench - curls everyday, and then on Tuesdays and Thursdays we'd go for runs in the neighborhood and the midget teacher would drive alongside in his car, shouting at us to keep the pace up. It was a bizarre experience.

I'm pretty sure this is how all those Russians learned to deadlift 800 lbs.

Except with more whipping.

Dead Legend

see i got all my weightlifting in highschool from football

but i also got a lot of agility and conditioning work in too

Peen

Read that thing on snatch grip deadlifting today on T Nation and I'm going to give it a shot tonight. I mean who doesn't want to tell their wives that they're going to the gym to work on their snatch grip?

Dead Legend

but what if your wife tells you that you can work your snatch grip at home?!

RichardTauber

Got a friend to instruct me in squatting today. I'm liking it

Peen

Then I hit her like Thor's hammer and work out tomorrow. Make hay while the sun shines, etc.

Dead Legend

you're alright for a yank, Peen

Peen

Thanks Dead, you're the nicest one-eyed giant I know. I don't know how we'd ever manage it but it'd be sweet if we could have a weightlifting thread meet-up/bro-off sometime. I guess it'd have to be at a PAX or something.

Dead Legend

well i've been buying lottery tickets lately to work on my early retirement

and when i win the world series of poker Jyr and I are gonna open up the church of iron

so i mean i guess i would be obligated to fly in the bigman thread folks

(keep your fingers crossed)

Slider

Big's "gym" is near PAX.

TheRealBadger

That'd be sweet.

Our team from the gym had a night out for all you can eat ribs on Wednesday night. Meat sweats all round.

Peen

I've found my new favorite powerlifter:



Go watch his whole "Big Cliff" series, it's a masterpiece. Everything he does has either a 1 inch range of motion or major help from a spotter or both.

Shazkar Shadowstorm

lol big cliff

Buddies

He can curl 150. That's good money

ninzorjons

My current gym just shut down without any notice at all. Was there yesterday, everything was fine. Show up today, doors are locked and a notice up saying sorry we peaced it with all your moneys.

So I hit up the local uni gym, and it's kind of fucking sweet. Today was bench day so I didn't get to play with the bumper plates/lifting platform but I'm so stoked to throw some weights around tomorrow for deadlift day.

Peen

Sounds rad ninzor, howcome you weren't just going there in the first place?

BEAST!

holy crap, that's fucked

ninzorjons

Gym that's now shut down was conveniently located nearby my home. The university one is a bit of a ways away, though it's just 1 long bus ride. I always knew it existed, but I didn't know they had bumper plates. Pretty much had the biggest grin when I walked in and saw the platforms.

Shazkar Shadowstorm

in related videos of the big cliff videos i saw this guy
who i recognized from when he was filming something at my gym one weekend once

that was odd

MereHappenstance

Did some bench press for the first time in about a year. Still can do 5x5 at 225 lbs. so I'm happy about that. Time to get back up to 265!

Jyardana

psyck0 wrote:

Jyardana I bet you get lots of snatch erryday

:lol:

Word son.

Dead Legend wrote:

well i've been buying lottery tickets lately to work on my early retirement

and when i win the world series of poker Jyr and I are gonna open up the church of iron

so i mean i guess i would be obligated to fly in the bigman thread folks

(keep your fingers crossed)

I'm doing my best to get a sponsorship to help do the same.

It will be the greatest of wonders. We will have a massive fly in, lifting party and barbecue.

Dead Legend

there's like no money in operating a gym, right?

raise money through hosting competitions?? sponsors? how's this work?

Peen

I ended up doing a snatch grip RDL since I go lighter on my RDLs and I wanted to try the grip out. It's interesting, I think I like it. I'd recommend trying it out for a laugh if you haven't before.

Also I'm a game hand with a grill. Just sayin' J.