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FullOfWin
FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
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Today the "Club Director" asked me not to let the weight down so fast when deadlifting.



"Could you let the weight down slower; you're rattling the building."

"I can't control that much weight on the way down."

"Then I would ask you not to do so much weight."

"Then I'll have to cancel my membership."

"I'm sorry you feel that way." *Club Director walks away.
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  • maddymama
    maddymama Posts: 1,183 Member
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    I may get flamed for this, but I agree with the Club Director on this one.

    If you can't control the weights, you shouldn't be lifting so heavy.
  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
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    I may get flamed for this, but I agree with the Club Director on this one.

    If you can't control the weights, you shouldn't be lifting so heavy.

    Apparently you don't know about deadlifting or haven't deadlifted 315-365 lbs.
  • fitnesspirateninja
    fitnesspirateninja Posts: 667 Member
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    I don't know anything about deadlifting, but if that's the gym's policy and you don't want to follow it then yeah, go find a new gym.
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
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    I may get flamed for this, but I agree with the Club Director on this one.

    If you can't control the weights, you shouldn't be lifting so heavy.

    uh, yeah, you don't do heavy deads I take it...

    totally agree FOW, that would send my packing. I work out at Gold's so it's pretty meathead friendly though.

    Does your gym even have a set of bumper plates and a platform? Mine doesn't. The plates at my gym rattle like crazy on my squats too, even when collared.
  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
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    No, no bumper plates and no platform. The plates there are annoying as hell Ivanko vinyl-ish coated type plates that are hard as hell to pull off the bars. Also the free weight area is on the second floor, so that is of course problematic.
  • iWaffle
    iWaffle Posts: 2,208 Member
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    Also the free weight area is on the second floor, so that is of course problematic.
    Well that was great planning wasn't it? Pretty funny.
  • JJMorrocco
    JJMorrocco Posts: 43 Member
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    ^ needs to inlcude that guy that doesn't wipe down the machine after LUNK
  • lawrahmck
    lawrahmck Posts: 57
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    I may get flamed for this, but I agree with the Club Director on this one.

    If you can't control the weights, you shouldn't be lifting so heavy.

    totally agree.
  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
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    I may get flamed for this, but I agree with the Club Director on this one.

    If you can't control the weights, you shouldn't be lifting so heavy.

    totally agree.

    See my and noobs posts about how you must not know about deadlifting. To educate you both and anyone else, you are absolutely not supposed to fully control the weight on the way down for heavy deadlifts because it can lead to injury.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
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    OP you should have slammed the weight on his feet turned around and walked out like a boss
  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
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    OP you should have slammed the weight on his feet turned around and walked out like a boss

    I totally would have if I hadn't been too busy sitting hunched over on a bench panting. Honest...
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
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    OP you should have slammed the weight on his feet turned around and walked out like a boss

    I totally would have if I hadn't been too busy sitting hunched over on a bench panting. Honest...

    You know weightlifting's not cardio. Right, brah?
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,179 Member
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  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
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    OP you should have slammed the weight on his feet turned around and walked out like a boss

    I totally would have if I hadn't been too busy sitting hunched over on a bench panting. Honest...

    You know weightlifting's not cardio. Right, brah?

    So I've heard

    Hard to tell in that guf but I am thinking it is supposed to be that he is straight dropping it to the floor?
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
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    I keep my hands on the bar but it crashes.
  • Joreanasaurous
    Joreanasaurous Posts: 1,384 Member
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    I may get flamed for this, but I agree with the Club Director on this one.

    If you can't control the weights, you shouldn't be lifting so heavy.

    totally agree.

    I agree as well. That is distracting and annoying as hell.
  • radioonemike
    radioonemike Posts: 13 Member
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    Why not just ask if deadlifting is not allowed? If it is, then ask for more of those rubber mats/pad to drop the weights on...

    I'll be honest I don't deadlift but I understand the concept certainly well. So, if they can't accommodate you for such a simple basic technique- then by all means leave.
  • drmerc
    drmerc Posts: 2,603 Member
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    I may get flamed for this, but I agree with the Club Director on this one.

    If you can't control the weights, you shouldn't be lifting so heavy.

    totally agree.

    I agree as well. That is distracting and annoying as hell.

    You poor thing
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
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    I may get flamed for this, but I agree with the Club Director on this one.

    If you can't control the weights, you shouldn't be lifting so heavy.

    totally agree.

    I agree as well. That is distracting and annoying as hell.

    I do them in the leg area. Nobody's over there anyway.
  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
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    I may get flamed for this, but I agree with the Club Director on this one.

    If you can't control the weights, you shouldn't be lifting so heavy.

    totally agree.

    I agree as well. That is distracting and annoying as hell.

    O noes, your delicate ears have heard the sound of weight training equipment being used.


    There is no strict policy or anything there. It is not a chain. AFAIK no one else there deadlifts that much weight even though it is really not that much. It is jsut rare for anyone to deadlift or squat there, and more rare for anyone to do either of them properly or with a lot of weight.

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