Exodus Strength

Idlehands wrote: ↑Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:56 am I always figured it was doctor seus. Like gym bro stereo types at a bunch of gyms and their shenanigans.

(Secretly hopes mk replies “can confirm” cause I’m binging letter Kenny )

Mkgillman wrote: ↑Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:37 pm Sweet merciful kittens, I’ve died and gone to globo gym hell. Not one piece of iron in here, everything is rubber coated Hampton grip plates. Found one ivanko bar which is bent, of course. Almost all the guys in here appear to weigh 150 pounds and spend most of their time crawling on the floor and being functional.

I’m looking forward to squats on Friday.

TwoFoursStrohm wrote: ↑Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:44 am Trainer had a skinny chick with the classical runner's body (skinny everywhere, flat butt and calves bigger than her thights) doing hex bar deadlifts. He loads it with 155lb or so and she does 5 shaky reps and says afterwards that it's too heavy and she would like to take some weight off. Dipsh*t trainer tells her she can do this weight if she starts bouncing the weight off the floor and that's what bumper plates are for! So he makes her do another set while I cringe in my pants and he cheers her on while also managing to browse his phone.

I saw her later on holder her lower back in pain.

Mkgillman wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:58 am Get back to my normal gym this morning and first thing I notice is someone has taken it upon themselves to wrap athletic tape around a large section of the knurl on the ivanko power bar. I would be willing to bet that they found it to be too aggressive and hurt their tender little hands. I’d be more upset, but people have already bent that bar so badly that it is useless for any heavy work anyway.

Mkgillman wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:58 am Get back to my normal gym this morning and first thing I notice is someone has taken it upon themselves to wrap athletic tape around a large section of the knurl on the ivanko power bar. I would be willing to bet that they found it to be too aggressive and hurt their tender little hands. I’d be more upset, but people have already bent that bar so badly that it is useless for any heavy work anyway.

MattimusMaximus wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2017 11:23 am

Mkgillman wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2017 10:58 am Get back to my normal gym this morning and first thing I notice is someone has taken it upon themselves to wrap athletic tape around a large section of the knurl on the ivanko power bar. I would be willing to bet that they found it to be too aggressive and hurt their tender little hands. I’d be more upset, but people have already bent that bar so badly that it is useless for any heavy work anyway.

One of the hundreds of reasons why I now have my own basement gym I don't miss the commercial gym scene one bit!

mbasic wrote: ↑Mon Nov 27, 2017 11:43 am I thought this was priceless:

Idlehands wrote: ↑Tue Nov 28, 2017 6:22 pm I don't go to a gym but I think this counts. Was pushing the prowler in the street today for lunch. Raking leaves a bit by my fence too.

Truck pulls up, and a mouth breather gets out and lifts a 45 off the prowler.
"HEY!"
"it was in the road"
"so?"
"you should move it"
"no shit, I am moving it up and down the road"

Like wtf I was literally 20' from the thing. Maybe perhaps ask before you start to steal my stuff from the road. Guy was super upset that I yelled at him. Course when the truck pulled up I knew exactly what they were doing. And I may have waited until he had the plate ready to put in his truck.