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no shoulder shrugs in the squat rack please......
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mackenzies_frenzies wrote: »
20 minutes is hella excessive. That would have driven me nuts. (I'm telling you, though, try the "how many sets do you have left?" trick!! I promise you, it'll suddenly be their 'last one'.)
20 min doesn't seem crazy, but bothering to drag a bench to a squat rack when there are bench presses open is pretty asinine0 -
mackenzies_frenzies wrote: »My gym-trick, that I swear works 9 times out of 10: "How many sets do you have left?"
Whenever I ask that, they're always miraculously on their last one, then I jump right in.
Maybe it's from my lack of bo0bs but i often get told, "I just started".. which translates to "I have 14 more sets in my bro split. I'll be done on Thursday."
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Cherimoose wrote: »
Maybe it's from my lack of bo0bs but i often get told, "I just started".. which translates to "I have 14 more sets in my bro split. I'll be done on Thursday."
Thanks for the laugh haha.
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shanek1990 wrote: »
Thanks for the laugh haha.
I'm pretty sure it's the lack of boobs or someone just exerting their something or other. I always have luck with the 'how many sets left' but my husband, not so much.0 -
Cherimoose wrote: »
Maybe it's from my lack of bo0bs but i often get told, "I just started".. which translates to "I have 14 more sets in my bro split. I'll be done on Thursday."
Hrm, it was my boyfriend who told me that trick in the first place, so your bo0bs argument is invalid!
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FabianRodriguez94 wrote: »Saw 3 guys bring a bench to the squat rack and start doing chest exercises. There were 3 bench press stations available with plenty of plates available. My girlfriend and I had to wait 20 minutes before they finished.
I've seen this happen at my gym as well. I casually walked up to the guys and was like "oh, you must be new here, the bench presses are over there" and pointed to the benches. They ended up moving so I could have the rack.0 -
^^ pretty much everything else I can see a point it. the weight is right where you want it for shrugs or curls or whatever.
pulling a bench to a squat rack when there are perfectly good bench presses available makes no sense at all.
are they trying to be pains in the *kitten*?0 -
I will give up my rack if I am doing OHP's or deads in or in front the squat rack, but they can't have my BB.
Which typically sends them scrambling to grab one off the decline bench.
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we only have two squat racks and two Olympic bars at our gym ..so I have to deadlift, OHP, bench press in them, etc. I really wish we would at least get one bench station or something like that...
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mackenzies_frenzies wrote: »
Hrm, it was my boyfriend who told me that trick in the first place, so your bo0bs argument is invalid!
True! works for me and I don't have Boobs, I HAD Moobs, but now they're Pecs
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The gym would be a much better place if people would just stick to what racks are intended for: curls!0
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DvlDwnInGA wrote: »That would suck.
That would suck and would send me looking for a new gym.
Actually, I seem to be one of the few that is squatting, OHP'ing,and deadlifting, and I have the times down as to when it is peak time and not, so I am not having an issue...
It is an anytime fitness, but it seems like we get an older or newbieish crowd and, lucky for me, they are scared to go in the squat rack ....0 -
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mackenzies_frenzies wrote: »
This.
It's like all those Facebook statuses that say crap like, "Dear lady in front of me gabbing away on your cell phone.."
WTF good is it to post something like that? Just ask that chick to keep it down?
My gym-trick, that I swear works 9 times out of 10: "How many sets do you have left?"
Whenever I ask that, they're always miraculously on their last one, then I jump right in.
Seriously, it's like magic. It's a polite way of conveying that they've been there a while, and you're waiting.
Yep. Every time.0 -
OP - so everyone in the gym should adjust their routine around how much time you have? sorry, it does not work that way. If someone is in the squat racks at my gym I either ask if I can work in, or just, you know, wait until they are done. OR, you could do lunges, or some other leg exercise while you wait for said rack to open up.mackenzies_frenzies wrote: »
This.
It's like all those Facebook statuses that say crap like, "Dear lady in front of me gabbing away on your cell phone.."
WTF good is it to post something like that? Just ask that chick to keep it down?
My gym-trick, that I swear works 9 times out of 10: "How many sets do you have left?"
Whenever I ask that, they're always miraculously on their last one, then I jump right in.
Seriously, it's like magic. It's a polite way of conveying that they've been there a while, and you're waiting.
^All the above.0 -
GuitarJerry wrote: »Since my gym has added all these new racks, it's so cool. There's always availability now.
But, I still get irritated when people use racks to deadlift, shrug, or whatever. Now, there are times when they are actually using the racks. If you're shrugging a lot of weight on a barbell, OK. If you're doing rack pulls. OK. There are many uses for racks, and I don't have any problem with people using them. I get it. But, most in my gym are not. They are doing stupid stuff. I know they paid, but that doesn't give people the right to use equipment incorrectly when others want to use the squat rack to actually squat. It's rude and inconsiderate.
it kinda does tho. so i can't do my barbell curls in the rack, but this guy over here can do his quarter squats of 3 plates while his buddy uploads to photos to his IG? i can't do a set of heavy shrugs with half the plates in the gym loaded on the bar, but this cat over there can do 65 pound squats for sets of 20? who decides the highest and best use of piece of equipment or floor space in the gym? can i do pushups here on the floor or does that guy doing walking lunges have first dibs? can i do muscle ups on this pull up bar?
nobody dies if they wait a few minutes for their turn.0 -
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it kinda does tho. so i can't do my barbell curls in the rack, but this guy over here can do his quarter squats of 3 plates while his buddy uploads to photos to his IG? i can't do a set of heavy shrugs with half the plates in the gym loaded on the bar, but this cat over there can do 65 pound squats for sets of 20? who decides the highest and best use of piece of equipment or floor space in the gym? can i do pushups here on the floor or does that guy doing walking lunges have first dibs? can i do muscle ups on this pull up bar?
nobody dies if they wait a few minutes for their turn.
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My gym is a zoo. Had to deal with this today. Probably a friend of DavPul.
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SHE PAID HER MEMBER DUES JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE!!!
it's not her fault that the rack is where the only usable outlet is!0 -
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FabianRodriguez94 wrote: »Saw 3 guys bring a bench to the squat rack and start doing chest exercises. There were 3 bench press stations available with plenty of plates available. My girlfriend and I had to wait 20 minutes before they finished.
The rack works great for benching without a spotter. With 3 guys it is probably overkill as at least one can be a spotter.
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upgradeddiddy wrote: »
I can beat that.
My gym has a very nice Oly lifting platform and a jack to load weights. Noticed one day a guy had the Oly bar on the jack, placed a 2.5 lb plate on either side, picked it up and proceeded to do curls.
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The rack works great for benching without a spotter. With 3 guys it is probably overkill as at least one can be a spotter.
Until you have had the experience of having a spotter miss the bar and it coming crashing down. I always bench on a competition bench or in a rack, and I always have my safeties set properly.
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i used to complain about bros doing shrugs in the squat rack, and then I graduated to an intermediate routine which meant that I then had to do shrugs in the squat rack. Now I don't care what anyone else does.0
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Iron_Miss_Canada wrote: »
Until you have had the experience of having a spotter miss the bar and it coming crashing down. I always bench on a competition bench or in a rack, and I always have my safeties set properly.
curious how do you set the safeties? when i set them at mine they are too high and the bar does not come near to my chest, if that makes sense?
I was thinking if I set them an angle it might work better, but no sure….0 -
curious how do you set the safeties? when i set them at mine they are too high and the bar does not come near to my chest, if that makes sense?
I was thinking if I set them an angle it might work better, but no sure….
I set mine so that my neck and chest are just below the safeties and when I bench I arch my back and puff up my chest enough clear the safeties. If you can't adjust it quite right you can place mats or plates under the bench to give it an extra bit of height.
I also agree with Iron Miss, I don't trust spotters; they certainly won't catch a heavy bar.0 -
Shrugs actually work the traps, not delts
but I agree, you can grab a bar from the incline bench that no one ever uses and deadlift it to shrug.
And both traps and delts are muscles of the shoulder.0
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