you might be a weight lifter when...

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  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
    When you get complimented on your front rack and they aren't talking about your boobs. (Usually)
  • yoovie
    yoovie Posts: 17,121 Member
    you might be a weight lifter when....


    someone posts something you don't like and you get all technical on them :noway:

    HAHAHA
  • LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo
    LaMujerMasBonitaDelMundo Posts: 3,634 Member
    When you over head press what a lot of people squat, lol.
    There are people who can clean and jerk what you deadlift, so what? lol
    Agree. And never forget that you (and all of us) have been there before. You were once a newbie who couldn't even deadlift a 20kg barbell so its totally rude to make a joke out of those people who cannot lift like you are. Who knows if someday those same "lot of people" will be lifting a weight similar to yours.

    No one is born strong who can overhead press 500lbs.

    Just going by the OP topic, just because you are just starting your first day of lifting doesn't make you a lifter either. Been around a long time and really didn't consider myself that until I had made progress,learned what I could from vet lifters. Maybe I should of said when you've been in it long enough to give quality advice. Its all good...
    Its OK no worries, I also have those moments too in the back of my mind but whenever I'm getting the urge to laugh at them, I just remember the times when I was still a beginner and struggling to bicep curl a measly 4 lb dumbbell and struggling to squat a 15 lb. dumbbell. Right now I'm squatting at 68kg barbell (about 150 lbs.) which is nearly 1.5 times my bodyweight of 56 kg (124 lbs.).
  • Z_I_L_L_A
    Z_I_L_L_A Posts: 2,399 Member
    Not to get off topic but, awesome!
  • emandlukeplusone
    emandlukeplusone Posts: 38 Member
    bump want to read this post again later
  • Hendrix7
    Hendrix7 Posts: 1,903 Member
    you see someone squatting & their knees are over ankles...

    this is a myth (thats its awful and shoud never happen i mean)

    Try getting into a truly deep upright squat position without your knees coming forward

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  • Teddy2lbs
    Teddy2lbs Posts: 5 Member
    You find yourself taking the nail clippers to the calluses on your palms.
  • Z_I_L_L_A
    Z_I_L_L_A Posts: 2,399 Member
    You find yourself taking the nail clippers to the calluses on your palms.

    ^This, but still eww,lol.
  • dinosnopro
    dinosnopro Posts: 2,177 Member
    At the grocery store, you use proper squat form to get things from the bottom shelf.
  • Charles4Jesus
    Charles4Jesus Posts: 89 Member
    You like to lift heavy things and put them down over and over agian.
  • StaceyJ2008
    StaceyJ2008 Posts: 411 Member
    You break up with your gym boyfriend for using the ab machines.

    This! Ab machines are useless
  • Charles4Jesus
    Charles4Jesus Posts: 89 Member
    You're playing with your kids in the floor and you pick them up and start bench pressing them.
  • jayche
    jayche Posts: 1,128 Member
    you see someone squatting & their knees are over ankles...

    this is a myth (thats its awful and shoud never happen i mean)

    Try getting into a truly deep upright squat position without your knees coming forward

    deep-squat.jpg
    My knees come forward but not over my toes when I'm doing high bar ATG back squats. But then again everyone's built different.
  • Jenlwb
    Jenlwb Posts: 682 Member
    when most of the things on your Christmas list are lifting-related

    And yes, I too find myself picking regular stuff up with proper form (while grinning!)
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
    You overeat by 1000 cals/day on the weekend and think "ah **** it, I'll just build muscle"

    HAA!
  • alvalaurie
    alvalaurie Posts: 369 Member
    You pick everything up off the floor with proper deadlift form

    I thought I was the only one!!

    Haha same!!!

    plus box squat off of the sofa, and rock bottom squat to get stuff from under the sink.

    Seriously LOL!! Glad I'm not the only one!
  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
    * When someone asks you why you lift weights and you don't understand the question

    * When you entertain yourself during boring meetings figuring out what stage of development each of your calluses is

    * When your trainer calls YOU a meathead...

    ^^^ #1&2....YES!...lol. Thought I was the only one who studied my calluses during boring work crap.
  • jtc71
    jtc71 Posts: 14
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  • FiveElevenClimb
    FiveElevenClimb Posts: 89
    When "Skin the Cat" is a part of your stretching routine.

    I'm honestly frightened to Google this.

    Here it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-TpLJYJU5o
  • postrockandcats
    postrockandcats Posts: 1,145 Member
    When "Skin the Cat" is a part of your stretching routine.

    I'm honestly frightened to Google this.

    Here it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-TpLJYJU5o

    My gym doesn't have rings, so that's not going to happen any time soon :)
  • trojanbb
    trojanbb Posts: 1,297 Member
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    hahahahah this exactly.

    The water jug bro's in the gym usually have the worst bodies too.
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    When you consider 135, 225, 315, 405, and 495 (lbs) nice round numbers....

    Yeah! No more of that 137.5 crap!
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    you might be a weight lifter when:

    (1) You offer to help your friends move before they even ask
    (2) your friends/family don't blink twice when you carry a 90 lb sleeping child to bed while wearing stillettos.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    When you consider 135, 225, 315, 405, and 495 (lbs) nice round numbers....

    Yeah! No more of that 137.5 crap!

    Hush! I like my high-precision bar loading! :)
  • jsdholland
    jsdholland Posts: 77 Member
    You ask your husband for weightlifting gloves for Christmas because you are getting calluses from the heavier weights.
  • megalin9
    megalin9 Posts: 771 Member
    You ask your husband for weightlifting gloves for Christmas because you are getting calluses from the heavier weights.

    You just helped me know what I want for Christmas! Up until now, I haven't known what to tell my hubby!
  • margieward82
    margieward82 Posts: 406 Member
    You ask your husband for weightlifting gloves for Christmas because you are getting calluses from the heavier weights.

    You just helped me know what I want for Christmas! Up until now, I haven't known what to tell my hubby!

    Skip the gloves, get chalk!
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    You ask your husband for weightlifting gloves for Christmas because you are getting calluses from the heavier weights.

    You just helped me know what I want for Christmas! Up until now, I haven't known what to tell my hubby!

    Skip the gloves, get chalk!

    thanks. i was getting tired of saying this :)
  • myth4ever
    myth4ever Posts: 372
    when you hear the word "plate" and automatically think of a 45lb weight........
  • CorvusCorax77
    CorvusCorax77 Posts: 2,536 Member
    But TASO!!! The gloves are so sexy!!!

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    Really. This is my genuine honest to goodness reason for wanting them. Accessorizing while lifting is OK with me. I do it in victory rolls fer pete's sakes!

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