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01-19-2013, 08:54 AM #91
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01-19-2013, 09:17 AM #92
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01-19-2013, 09:20 AM #93
- Join Date: Jan 2006
- Location: Lakeland, Florida, United States
- Age: 39
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Deadlifts aren't an olympic lift.
I doubt anyone would say anything if you simply clean the weight from the ground before your first rep of overhead press. I am near positive they'd get upset if you drop the weights from the rack position, as if they were bumper plates.-
Alchemist of Alcohol
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01-19-2013, 11:01 AM #94
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01-19-2013, 12:30 PM #95
Bro, I haven't seriously lifted since I was in the army. Gained a lot of fat and lost a lot of muscle since then...The one thing people seem to care about is not how much weight you move, but how good your form is...I just started lifting again, and even though I'm not quite squatting even my body weight again yet, I had a really big dude come over and tell me my form was great and that it's awesome that I do full ROM on my squats. Concentrate on the form, not the weight...oh and haters gon h8, u w0t m8?
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01-19-2013, 12:40 PM #96
It can be annoying if you ever need to do arms or chest and the noobs are crawling over the preacher curl and bench press. But, I think we all had that weak point when we started, they simply don't understand yet. If appropriate, help them out a bit. If the guy has been in the gym for years with huge bis and a big chest, then he just looks like an ass, not a noob.
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01-19-2013, 02:02 PM #97
someone is training for 3 months and now he has to learn a power clean so that he can do overhead press on monday? beause someone wants to do squats? should he do floor press on wednesday because Ben wants to do bench press?
not everyone has a strong enough core,legs,.... to do power cleans with the same weight as they do overhead press.
i think we all agree that doing deadlifts in the smith machine and doing curl in the power rack is not fair to others who are serious working out. but that its wrong to use the power rack for overhead and military press? come on .
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01-19-2013, 02:18 PM #98
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01-19-2013, 02:20 PM #99
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01-20-2013, 03:43 PM #100
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01-20-2013, 03:54 PM #101
- Join Date: Jan 2006
- Location: Lakeland, Florida, United States
- Age: 39
- Posts: 55,576
- Rep Power: 179273
If you can't clean (even poorly) the weight you can overhead press, then you have a whole host of other problems to worry about.
I don't care if you do OHP in the rack or not. But if you can't perform an OHP outside of the rack, then it might be time to officially declare yourself a giant pussy. True story.-
Alchemist of Alcohol
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01-20-2013, 06:00 PM #102
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01-20-2013, 06:02 PM #103
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01-20-2013, 06:21 PM #104
Don't worry about what a so called "experienced" lifter would think. Everyone starts out somewhere and they should all be able to remember that they too were in your position. When I first started lifting I remember being nervous about my form thinking people would judge it, but it turns out alot of the upper class men were very helpful and would often offer advice on how to get a better stretch and it gave me a good foundation to build from. Now that i'm out of college I find that i prefer to find a gym that has guys who are a lot more developed than I am bc it pushes me harder and a lot of them have a broad wealth of knowledge
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01-20-2013, 06:34 PM #105
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01-20-2013, 07:23 PM #106
Dude check out this http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=131379243 than find a girl, get her to sit on your shoulders than squat. Find another one 5lbs heavier than the last one and squat 3x week, make sure each chick is 5lbs heavier than the last one. I call this donkey squat
S120kg/B97.5kg/D140kg/OHP62kg
My training log: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=150869353
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01-21-2013, 11:56 AM #107
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01-21-2013, 12:14 PM #108
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03-16-2013, 12:39 AM #109
I find it annoying when people grab a set of dumbbells and perform an exercise so close to the weight rack that they block other people because they are in the way. I understand everyone starts somewhere and no one gets 18' biceps overnight. Don’t compare how much or what you are lifting to others, just make sure you are being courteous.
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03-16-2013, 12:48 AM #110
What do I think? Usually something like, "Oh. Another one that won't make it. Oh well."
But the thing is, I love being proved wrong (about that). Might be what I assume (because, well, most of the time it's true... ) but still, that doesn't mean I have anything against newbies. Not at all. In fact, if they ever want any help or advice, I'll see what I can do. And there's lots of people, some far more experienced than me, who will also be happy to do so. Something newbies might want to keep in mind.
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03-16-2013, 03:13 AM #111
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