EPTTL Health and Fitness Initiative 2012 - Page 358
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phyre112
United States3090 Posts
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Risen
United States7927 Posts
He walked in as I was doing some warm up lifts and just instantly loads 135. So I'm like damn he's skinny but so am I so maybe he's got it in him. Gets under it and I'm just watching him (I've had to be a hero before if anyone remembers, though anyone who dies under 135 is probably liable to get broken by a strong gust of wind) as he lifts it off and sits there with arms fully extended. Like 10 seconds go by and I'm silently willing him to just set it back, but he's a stubborn bugger and goes for it. Just about all of us have lifted a weight that was just too heavy, I'm sure, so just about everyone knows that wobbly arm feeling as the weight is coming down and you're screaming in your head, "STABILIZE!!! STABILIIIIIZE!" (Maybe just me? That's what I'm usually doing on the rare occasion it's happened) Anyways, he gets it down about half way and brings it back up. Lesson learned. Just set it back. NOPE! ROUND 2! FIGHT!!! Starts bringing it down and it stalls halfway down and his arms are starting to make weird row motions. I'm about to just walk over and lift it off him, but he lifts it back up, sets it back and sits up with this far off look in his eyes. He got up and just left the gym lol. I really wish I would have walked up to him and asked if he needed help, but I didn't want to be that guy. Looking back, I should have been that guy. No one likes being annoyed by that guy, but if I genuinely was lost and needed help I'd probably take the small moment of embarrassment for learning some stuff. I need a lifting partner, too T_T Edit: Kid was probably a freshmen or sophomore... not an actual kid lol | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
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ShadeR
Australia7535 Posts
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zatic
Zurich15364 Posts
Which lift? I am closing in on that but only DL. | ||
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phyre112
United States3090 Posts
and typically "pull" refers to deadlift, unless someone's an oly lifter, and only decaf is capable of cleaning 3plates here. As far as the question, it really depends on your bodyweight and height, and how long you've been lifting. | ||
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ShadeR
Australia7535 Posts
BW: 73kg Height: 180 aka scrawny asian | ||
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zatic
Zurich15364 Posts
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ShadeR
Australia7535 Posts
OT: What kind of gyms do you guys go to? I go to anytime fitness 24hr It's pretty commercial, 1 or 2 cages. No squat racks. I feel like these guys are really close to giving me the boot. I make a lot of noise when i DL. The trainers always came out of the office to eyeball me a bit. I haven't been approached yet though =P | ||
Flicky
England2669 Posts
On November 16 2012 23:45 ShadeR wrote: How long did you guys take to start pull 3 plates? I've been lifting for about 4 months now with some consistency. And having just finished my last 2 exams today really wanna go for those 3 plates as a bit of a milestone. Did my first 3 plate Deadlift at about four months in. I don't know if I'm built for deadlift or what but I did (accidentally) do a really deadlift heavy routine for a while. That's just 1RM which I guess you're asking about. I'm 130lb (60kg) btw. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
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ShadeR
Australia7535 Posts
Watching videos of girls pulling more than me =P + Show Spoiler + | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
On November 17 2012 01:37 Flicky wrote: Did my first 3 plate Deadlift at about four months in. I don't know if I'm built for deadlift or what but I did (accidentally) do a really deadlift heavy routine for a while. That's just 1RM which I guess you're asking about. I'm 130lb (60kg) btw. Dang! I weighted 170 when I got 3 plate deadlift 1x5. That's also when I screwed up my SI joint though. | ||
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Risen
United States7927 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + Edit: Spoilered the video :S | ||
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mordek
United States12705 Posts
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Velocirapture
United States983 Posts
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phyre112
United States3090 Posts
On November 17 2012 03:30 mordek wrote: What the heck is the point of the mixed grip pull o.O Just bizarre. How can you move like that and not question what you are doing... The mixed grip is because it's an axle instead of an oly bar. It's too big to grip normally with a heavy weight, and the bar doesn't have any spin, so you can't do a normal clean with it. Instead, you do a continental clean, which is what you see in the video (although they're all pretty new/bad at it). It's a legitimate strongman lift. | ||
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theJob
272 Posts
Not perfect form, but still.  | ||
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JingleHell
United States11308 Posts
On November 17 2012 04:16 theJob wrote: What I'm seeing in the video is beautiful girls doing a lift that's ten times as manly than the exercises most of the curlmonkeys in my gym ever do. Not perfect form, but still. "Not perfect form" sounds like you think those girls are reading this and you want to get in their pants. To be fair, I doubt it's their fault the form is shit, they were probably taught way wrong, since people were encouraging that shit. But even then, you should be commenting on the horrible instructors, not calling it "not perfect form". | ||
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