What is this guy's goal?
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lorrpb
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What is this guy in the weight room trying to accomplish?
He comes in, loads up a barbell, lifts it straight over his head with both arms while a staff member times him. He grunts and yells as long as he can hold it. Then after putting it down, he unloads the bar, all the while yelling, and leaves the weight room. End of workout. This happens on a regular basis.
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He comes in, loads up a barbell, lifts it straight over his head with both arms while a staff member times him. He grunts and yells as long as he can hold it. Then after putting it down, he unloads the bar, all the while yelling, and leaves the weight room. End of workout. This happens on a regular basis.
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I would guess he is trying to increase the amount of time he can hold a heavy weight.7
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Because...0
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He's applying for survivor and thinks it might be a challenge?6
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At least he puts it down and unloads it. That’s something, right.12
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huh. can't help you with the yelling part . . . he wants to be the next pavarotti?
on the hold, static holds are great. i love them, though i'm not sure i see the point of holding a weight you can already lock out. i like to load up more than i can squat or press, and just front-rack it and walk out with it. hold for 10-15 seconds and then put it back.
on the one-and-done part, maybe this is because static holds are deceptive. they're way more taxing than they appear. but again, if it's a weight he can already get overhead . . .
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you could ask him. when i see someone doing something that i don't know what it is, i get nosy and ask.4
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I might do that, or ask the staff. Mostly just curious, guess I'm not missing anything, lol.2
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it all confuses me. A staff member times him? maybe he got some kind of bet going on. You should get some video and post it. We could use the humor.
There is a guy at my gym that goes around and never puts a great amount of weight on any machine. then proceeds to use the machine as if he were trying to fly away or something. he goes from place to place and does the same thing all the while making these weird noises. Oh did I also mention he does not BANG the weights but CLANKS then on every rep. So annoying and not gaining a thing2 -
He's training? It's an ongoing bet with someone? He likes to show off?0
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Maybe rehab for some kind of injury/surgery?0
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He's on a day release and his "trainer" is actually his guard3
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Maybe he's going to be auditioning for the Unbroken remake?0
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Yes that but with a lot of grunting and yelling, and not to "finish off a workout". No need to explain the noises, I'm sure that just a macho thing lol!0 -
Yes that but with a lot of grunting and yelling, and not to "finish off a workout".
heh. i do that sometimes at the end of a set. not that i'm trying to prove anything, i just find it all nice and peaceful up there when my arms are locked out.
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I think his goal is to hold it for as long as possible, while making the most noise possible. The employee is there to time him and to provide feed back on how loud he was compared to last time.
Obviously.2 -
TimothyFish wrote: »I would guess he is trying to increase the amount of time he can hold a heavy weight.
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A static hold.
There are a few ways that it can incorporate with specificity to one's training.
Many powerlifters will use it on bench, squat, deads, or OHP to help with lock out conditioning, as well as add stress to the stabilizer muscles, grip strength, as well as it sure makes a heavy working weight feel lighter after a static hold of greater weight.2 -
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