Trainer at LA fitness asked me to stop deadlifting today (cliffs)

[Aftiel]

Preface: I have good deadlifting form and I don't make a habit of dropping the bar when I'm done. I'm also a skinny phuck so I'm not pulling insane amounts of weight

Home from college for a week or so working out at the LA Fitness near my parents' house. Was doing leg day, started with deadlifts. Finished with two warmup sets and did a third set started with 315. After my set, this guy who worked at the facility approached me and asked me to stop deadlifting. At first, i was like "are you messing with me?" He told me he was completely srs and they didn't want people deadlifting at their facility because its a 'dangerous' lift and its bad for the floors. I asked him again if he was serious and with an attitude he *told* me to re-rack my weight and 'move along.' I asked him if he was a trainer at the gym and he told me yes, and I pulled the Greg Plitt card and told him I thought it was funny how all the trainers at this LA Fitness look like they need a trainer and then I told him I was going to go to the 24-Hour Fitness down the street and finish my workout. Then I walked out.

LA Fitness doesn't want people working out their legs/lower back.

CLIFFS:

trainer at LA Fitness told me (with an attitude) to stop deadlifting b.c its a 'dangerous' lift
i said "not sure if srs"
he was srs about srsing
i told him to phuck himself and walked out

[terzter]

shoulda finished your set and dared the dude to touch you lolz

[JoshSD]

What a *******.

[samsont]

hah, so glad i just changed from la fitness to a dungeon gym.

also now i don't have 342346892346 fit/jacked guys giving me the eagle eye cause i'm a fat guy who is lifting/trying to get in shape, they always act like i'm in the way, like somehow they are more entitled to do their half ROM barbell lifts instead of me doing proper form not trying to impress *******s. . la fitness is ego central. what a joke.

[Umz]

the ****? shoulda told the idiot to go work at planet fitness, the ******* would fit right in there

[zwdog1122]

Civeting hail rhap

[bruno]

Respect the rules or dont go, simple as that. Lots of gyms have that rule because of idiots who slam the weights or hurt their backs from bad form and then blame the gym. Dont blame the gym, blame people in the past that brought about these rules

[iRepUthenWait]

Gj op

[bballbrett5]

cool story brah

did you get in la fitness for free? i'll have to find a gym for a couple of days on a trip soon

[FryDude]

What do you guys mean when you say 'drop the bar.' As in you just let it go? Literally? Could I see a video perhaps? I wonder if I'm guilty o fthis.

[BoneSkinny]

No problems at my LA fitness.

Is there is group of old dudes, who look to be juicin', doing all kinds of gay sh*t with chains and bands hanging everywhere. Deadlifting 800 pounds with lots of bands to make it easier. All shouting at each other and they don't care

[sickkyknarbar]

An you listened to him? Jokes on you *******.

[Aftiel]

cool story brah

did you get in la fitness for free? i'll have to find a gym for a couple of days on a trip soon

i used to have a membership at that club which is unsubscribed now. somehow i keep scanning my card and they keep letting me in.

[matpat3000]

Cliffs:

You were deadlifting
Trainer told you it's against policy to deadlift and it's not his rule and he's sorry
You said "np, I Understand"
Ran home to make a thread

[Aftiel]

Cliffs:

You were deadlifting
Trainer told you it's against policy to deadlift and it's not his rule and he's sorry
You said "np, I Understand"
Ran home to make a thread

you forgot the part where i pulled down my skirt

[Crush086]

That sucks. Must be a location/douchebag specific thing. There's one dude who deads like 500lbs who screams each rep and slams the weight down at my LA Fitness. Granted it's 500lbs. so I don't think it's the most graceful to deadlift and gently put down, but either way I've never seen anyone say anything to him.

[Aftiel]

No problems at my LA fitness.

Is there is group of old dudes, who look to be juicin', doing all kinds of gay sh*t with chains and bands hanging everywhere. Deadlifting 800 pounds with lots of bands to make it easier. All shouting at each other and they don't care

almost all the 'cool' people at this LA fitness are older guys who are all jacked as **** and well into retirement. they're always cool about spotting or asking for spots or asking for advice on lifts they haven't seen or giving advice on lifts i haven't seen.

[KingOfChaos]

So LA Fitness is as bad as Planet Fitness? Glad I chose Gold's Gym instead.

[tanajerner]

i would just bert stare him till he left

[hpdcoop]

Weird...I train at 3 different LA Fitnesses, depending on where I am that day, and have never had a problem.

Go back and do DL's again next week. If they give you crap, tell them to show you in writing where it says you cant DL there.


I did have a jerkoff next to me one day DL-ing 315 and dropping the bar half way down every rep. I bertstared at him the whole time and got a $hitty look back from him. A trainer came over and told him that if he wants to DL, to not drop it and do it right. LULZ!

[NDAPUPR]

I would've finished

[KingOfChaos]

No problems at my LA fitness.

Is there is group of old dudes, who look to be juicin', doing all kinds of gay sh*t with chains and bands hanging everywhere. Deadlifting 800 pounds with lots of bands to make it easier. All shouting at each other and they don't care

Powerlifter's brah...the chains help with stabilizers.

[Schmyzz]

Respect the rules or dont go, simple as that. Lots of gyms have that rule because of idiots who slam the weights or hurt their backs from bad form and then blame the gym. Dont blame the gym, blame people in the past that brought about these rules

on the way down during a deadlift, your supposed to pretty much let it drop. resisting the down motion is what gives you injuries

[Omega6639]

No problems at my LA fitness.

Is there is group of old dudes, who look to be juicin', doing all kinds of gay sh*t with chains and bands hanging everywhere. Deadlifting 800 pounds with lots of bands to make it easier. All shouting at each other and they don't care

You think bands make deadlifts easier? ****ing idiot

[_oscars]

La fitness brah here, tons of people do deads, ATG squats, power cleans etc. at mine, you mad?

[Jesse_l_g]

I can't fuking stand what gyms have become WTF

[serjioc]

It was a test and you failed op.

[FIREnICE]

it's not la fitness policy brah. the guy was spouting bullshiit.

i'm a member and i always do deadlifts right in front of the gym manager (who also works out sometimes). my friend has also slammed 80s to the floor HARD from incline benching right in front of manager, and he's never said anything.

[UPAJudge]

I was told not to deadlift at golds gym because it was too loud. I was doing them on rubber mats too... death of real lifting.

[NeverLifted]

No problems at my LA fitness.

Is there is group of old dudes, who look to be juicin', doing all kinds of gay sh*t with chains and bands hanging everywhere. Deadlifting 800 pounds with lots of bands to make it easier. All shouting at each other and they don't care

not sure if srs