Fitness thread

[Mediocre]

Realized I am the grumpy older dude at the gym this weekend

I was in the middle of a set of dumbell incline bench....when suddenly WHAM BAM BOOM!

Kid next to me slams a set of dumbells down. Not just dropped, slammed

First thought in my mind was a quote I first heard from a military gent years ago

"If you can't sit em down, you got no business picking em up"

[happyscrappyheropup]

Realized I am the grumpy older dude at the gym this weekend

I was in the middle of a set of dumbell incline bench....when suddenly WHAM BAM BOOM!

Kid next to me slams a set of dumbells down. Not just dropped, slammed

First thought in my mind was a quote I first heard from a military gent years ago

"If you can't sit em down, you got no business picking em up"

You're not wrong. My local gym manager yells at people for doing that, it damages the dumbbells.

Some deadlift motivation from the Giants Live show we were at in Vegas. Strongman deadlift rules include deadlift suits, worn under their clothes, and straps. American Trey Mitchell set a new American Strongman Deadlift record with a pull of 470kg/1036lbs. The huge deal with this lift is that it was done only using straps - he was not wearing a deadlift suits like all the other competitors in the competition. Other lifters in suits tied his lift, but nobody was able to lift the next jump in weight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlcPTbMbgb8

[Mediocre]

You're not wrong. My local gym manager yells at people for doing that, it damages the dumbbells.

Some deadlift motivation from the Giants Live show we were at in Vegas. Strongman deadlift rules include deadlift suits, worn under their clothes, and straps. American Trey Mitchell set a new American Strongman Deadlift record with a pull of 470kg/1036lbs. The huge deal with this lift is that it was done only using straps - he was not wearing a deadlift suits like all the other competitors in the competition. Other lifters in suits tied his lift, but nobody was able to lift the next jump in weight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlcPTbMbgb8

That is motivation right there! Wild!!

[geoffbot]

I don't mind people slamming weights if they're really heavy and clearly at failure. Because what else can you do.

In my new gym everyone is so young! School kids come in after 3pm and 3 of them hang around at a machine gossiping. Im the old grumpy dude in mine lol. Quite the opposite of my old place which was a proper meayhead gym.

[Mediocre]

I don't mind people slamming weights if they're really heavy and clearly at failure. Because what else can you do.

In my new gym everyone is so young! School kids come in after 3pm and 3 of them hang around at a machine gossiping. Im the old grumpy dude in mine lol. Quite the opposite of my old place which was a proper meayhead gym.

Agreed, intentional slamming is what really bothers me

[Spooky]

Finally used my Apple Watch for its intended purpose. 3 Laps around the block is 1.03 Miles. Not even joking when I say I'd rather put 45 pounds on my back and walk 3 miles uphill than jog a mile. But it could have been worse.

Got the "Turkey Trot" on Thanksgiving Day in November. Mile run with my Daughter, most of her class, and whomever else decides to sign up. I think it's sponsored by the local Y, I don't recall.