How many of you guys slam your weights to the floor?

[britishguy]

Just wondering really, I train chest on my own and when I flat dumbbell press, not matter how hard I try I can never sit up with the weights after finishing set, I have to drop them, and that even hurts my shoulders.

What do you guys do?

[Justamonsta]

Only if I am going heavy with DB presses on a flat bench. Otherwise no. It's not good for the weights or the floor, and I think people look like complete tools when they throw a pair of 40lb dumbbells on the floor like some kind of bada$$...

[chazzy1864]

I don't do flat DB bench, so I don't have teh issue. I don't do it with incline DB bench and always return them to my knees, stand back up and then set them back down (reverse motion of getting them into place).

As JAM^ said, it is bad for the weights and the floor and I, too, feel people are just being douche bag attention whores when constantly slamming their weights down.

[britishguy]

I don't do flat DB bench, so I don't have teh issue. I don't do it with incline DB bench and always return them to my knees, stand back up and then set them back down (reverse motion of getting them into .

Do you tend to do barbell bench press, or not at all, I do know some people don't incorporate flats into their chest, for some unknown reason?

[chazzy1864]

Do you tend to do barbell bench press, or not at all, I do know some people don't incorporate flats into their chest, for some unknown reason?

I now use flat BB bench as my primary lower chest exercise since I can't do heavy decline bench anymore with my neck.

[britishguy]

Fair enough, I would do that just I'm not a very confident lifter on the bb flat without a spotter.

[ironwill2008]

Vid recorded at the Planet Fitness just down the street from my house.

[SkydogGinsberg]

flat dumbbell press, not matter how hard I try I can never sit up with the weights after finishing set, I have to drop them, and that even hurts my shoulders.

OP, Rip' has a couple vids showing what Chazzy describes:




(skip to 14:00 here)

[Wutang4]

Only on really heavy db bench

[italianplaya30]

i always try not too....I hardly do it

[britishguy]

Seen those vids
Thank you.
Still seems quite difficult, I can imagine me messing that technique up lol

[Roidmonster55]

vid recorded at the planet fitness just down the street from my house.

lmfao!!!!

[adamdavidson47]

Fair enough, I would do that just I'm not a very confident lifter on the bb flat without a spotter.

You don't need a spotter. Just be smart. Do it in the cage, if you want to.

[k9pit]

I don't do it purposefully or do douchey stuff like toss DBs around, but I'm not going to eff up my shoulders (again) trying to gently place the weight back on the hooks when doing BB bench or overhead press in order to not look bad to someone else

One time after being approached by gym staff about allowing the weights to drop on the bench hooks, I tried "gently placing the weight" there and tweaked my shoulder in the process (heavy ass weight + slow negative + odd shoulder torque angle + fatigued = stupid result).
Now a days I rather get kicked out the gym than put myself at risk.

[alexanderberg]

I slam the weights whenever I'm doing speed/heavy deadlifts. I also gently drop them when doing dumbbell work on benches since I don't want any shoulder/groin injuries. It may be a little disruptive, but there are only really commercial gyms in Denmark and most people have a severe case of f***arounditis and probably don't even care. Besides, when doing deadlifts and listening to music, I'm in a whole other world lol

There's no need to compromise your shoulder, OP. Just drop them if that's what you want to do.

[TheVinceMan]

OP get a damn spotter if you say even dropping them hurts your shoulders atleast then they can take both dbs from you when you are done
Problem Solved

[LuckSide]

Do whatever you please. Don't hurt yourself trying to gently put weight down just to convenience others.

[britishguy]

Hmm thinking about it even controlling the drop off a flat position must do your shoulder bad.
All that weight stretching your rotary cuff?

[lilcrate]

Never with DB presses. Our gym only goes up to 130s, I rep them, calmly rest them on my chest after my last rep, then sit up. I would put my shoulder more at risk by trying to drop them to the side. I don't "drop" deadlifts either, but obviously the weights come down on the ground and make noise, that is the lift.

[SteedLego]

I very rarely drop the weights and never on purpose.

It is not polite...and dangerous I might add. It can also damage the property -- either the floor or the wieghts themselves.

Short answer: don't be that guy. Everyone understands there are times you can't help it. But doing it repeatedly is just a tad incosiderate.

[SteedLego]

Never with DB presses. Our gym only goes up to 130s, I rep them, calmly rest them on my chest after my last rep, then sit up. I would put my shoulder more at risk by trying to drop them to the side. I don't "drop" deadlifts either, but obviously the weights come down on the ground and make noise, that is the lift.

This. On DLs, if you took the weight up, you can likely bring it back down too. Everyone understands a drop now and then, but do it repeatedly and becomes more than just a little annoying.

[Singularity7]

Just wondering really, I train chest on my own and when I flat dumbbell press, not matter how hard I try I can never sit up with the weights after finishing set, I have to drop them, and that even hurts my shoulders.

What do you guys do?

I do what Chazzy described when i do DB Bench.
Only weights i slam to the floor would be Deadlifts and i wouldn't have it any other way.
Oh also if the power rack is being used i have to go to the other squat rack (bad one) which has the safety pins permanently placed and it is too high for me since i like going low.
So i step outside the squat rack and if i fail i just dump the barbell behind me (back squat) or in front of me (front squat), i only use it for racking and unracking.

[Kcabo]

I try to lower the weight somewhat slowly on DB bench so that it's not a huge drop... but I'm not going to sit up/risk injury with heavy ass dumbbells. I also drop heavy DLs and speed pulls

[Kcabo]

I slam the weights whenever I'm doing speed/heavy deadlifts. I also gently drop them when doing dumbbell work on benches since I don't want any shoulder/groin injuries. It may be a little disruptive, but there are only really commercial gyms in Denmark and most people have a severe case of f***arounditis and probably don't even care. Besides, when doing deadlifts and listening to music, I'm in a whole other world lol

There's no need to compromise your shoulder, OP. Just drop them if that's what you want to do.

Definitely this. I wish i read this before i made my post lol.

[TigerStealth]

i never slam the weights, i don't want to break the DBs! put them on your knees then re-rack

[Kcabo]

i never slam the weights, i don't want to break the DBs! put them on your knees then re-rack

slammin weights since 1990 never broke 1

[RetardedNinja]

slammin weights since 1990 never broke 1

Maybe you dont break em but you surely losen them for the rest of us.

I usually never drop a weight if I can help it. Only exception is if I feel like the rep will injure me and I need to bail out.

[lilcrate]

slammin weights since 1990 never broke 1

My first gym had some heavy dbs. A few of them were broke from people dropping them. The owner made it a point after that no dropping. He even had some sort of sign that said something to the extent of "if you can't control the weight throughout, you shouldn't be lifting it". I learned my manners from that gym.

The heavier the dbs, the more likely they are to break.

ps
I don't see anything wrong with dropping them to "bail" or something, but if it is something you are doing every week, you need to re-evaluate IMO.

[Kcabo]

My first gym had some heavy dbs. A few of them were broke from people dropping them. The owner made it a point after that no dropping. He even had some sort of sign that said something to the extent of "if you can't control the weight throughout, you shouldn't be lifting it". I learned my manners from that gym.

The heavier the dbs, the more likely they are to break.

ps
I don't see anything wrong with dropping them to "bail" or something, but if it is something you are doing every week, you need to re-evaluate IMO.

I see. That makes sense, and I have seen some break from other people but from my experience it's from an unneccessary/douche attention getting slam... if that makes sense lol, but like I said I personally try to lower them somewhat slowly... definitely not a full out slam that I'm making it out to be in some posts above. I think the technique is something you'd have to implement and work on somewhat....

in be 4 i try this and kill myself with 130lb DBs

edit: maybe the above poster is right.. maybe i'm just loosening them though -_______-

[Djaye]

"Dropping" and "slamming" are two different things.

I will drop a weight to bail out of a set or at the end of the heavy set. Slamming is for attention whores.