D*cks who drop weights
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Its so prolific at my gym, I guarantee there are people on here who do it.
So stop it. Controlling the weight is part of training, all the way to the floor. Dropping them is not big or clever and you're (probably) not Ronnie Coleman. So dropping your 26kg dumbells or 10kg ezy bar isn't make you look like him. You just look like a
.There's a guy at my gym that was doing deadlifts the other day and had about 120kg on the bar. Every time he performed a rep he would drop the bar from pretty much waist height. The full building shook each time and i was convinced that the bar was going to go through the floor at some point.
Absolutely no need and just one of a long list of my gym hates.
Absolutely no need and just one of a long list of my gym hates.
SHutchinson said:
This is encouraged at some Crossfit gyms I've been in. Waste of effort putting it down you see, especially when doing heavy deadlift reps for time!
Surely the point of going to the gym is to put some effort in. For people like this the waste of effort is going to the gym IMO.R8Steve said:
SHutchinson said:
This is encouraged at some Crossfit gyms I've been in. Waste of effort putting it down you see, especially when doing heavy deadlift reps for time!
Surely the point of going to the gym is to put some effort in. For people like this the waste of effort is going to the gym IMO.If we're listing hates -
Not putting dumbells/weights back or leaving bars fully loaded for someone else to unload.
Sitting on a bench on the phone/facebook/whatever
Gym selfies - just wrong
Extreme grunting/yelling
Groups of about 10 hogging half the gym and acting more like they are at a nightclub - if you want to socialise, do your gym stuff then go to the pub or something
People who put massive amounts of weight on a bar then proceed to swing it up with completely wrong form - no-one cares, no-one is going to come over and give you a medal for lifting such a heavy weight
Not putting dumbells/weights back or leaving bars fully loaded for someone else to unload.
Sitting on a bench on the phone/facebook/whatever
Gym selfies - just wrong
Extreme grunting/yelling
Groups of about 10 hogging half the gym and acting more like they are at a nightclub - if you want to socialise, do your gym stuff then go to the pub or something
People who put massive amounts of weight on a bar then proceed to swing it up with completely wrong form - no-one cares, no-one is going to come over and give you a medal for lifting such a heavy weight
I only drop weights during PT sessions because he often pushes me past the point where I can safely, slowly return the weight to a point where I can gently put them down.
There is, however, a guy who deadlifts 10 reps up but only 9 down and it does my f*cking head in. Every. Single. Time. Last rep he stands up and just lets go of the f*cking bar with an almightly bang. He then has to reset the weights and clamps for the next set because of the force of dropping it.
Really great.
There is, however, a guy who deadlifts 10 reps up but only 9 down and it does my f*cking head in. Every. Single. Time. Last rep he stands up and just lets go of the f*cking bar with an almightly bang. He then has to reset the weights and clamps for the next set because of the force of dropping it.
Really great.
Chapppers said:
I only drop weights during PT sessions because he often pushes me past the point where I can safely, slowly return the weight to a point where I can gently put them down.
Surely if you can't do the exercise with proper form he is making you lift a weight that is too heavy?Or the ponce who is sat on the bicep machine that I had a bit of a run in with,
"You nearly done on there mate"
"Got another set"
he is talking to a girl,
I go and do something else for about ten/fifteen minutes but want to finish off then go.
"You done on there yet mate"
"Didn't I just tell you, I have another set"
I was about to lay into him but one of the supervisors had seen him hogging it and me about to let rip at the tt and politely asked him to let this gentleman use that item of equipment.
He got off and said something snide, I just said its fine, your need is obviously greater than mine
"You nearly done on there mate"
"Got another set"
he is talking to a girl,
I go and do something else for about ten/fifteen minutes but want to finish off then go.
"You done on there yet mate"
"Didn't I just tell you, I have another set"
I was about to lay into him but one of the supervisors had seen him hogging it and me about to let rip at the t
t and politely asked him to let this gentleman use that item of equipment.He got off and said something snide, I just said its fine, your need is obviously greater than mine
Reardy Mister said:
Its so prolific at my gym, I guarantee there are people on here who do it.
So stop it. Controlling the weight is part of training, all the way to the floor. Dropping them is not big or clever and you're (probably) not Ronnie Coleman. So dropping your 26kg dumbells or 10kg ezy bar isn't make you look like him. You just look like a.
Not actually that prolific at my gym but yes, extremely annoying when it does happen. The icing on the cake is that there is a section of the gym covered in rubber mats where it wouldnt matter if you dropped them. However Cretin McfSo stop it. Controlling the weight is part of training, all the way to the floor. Dropping them is not big or clever and you're (probably) not Ronnie Coleman. So dropping your 26kg dumbells or 10kg ezy bar isn't make you look like him. You just look like a
.kwit has to take his barbell over to the Cardio section and drop it onto a laminated floor to impress all the women. 
Zod said:
SHutchinson said:
This is encouraged at some Crossfit gyms I've been in. Waste of effort putting it down you see, especially when doing heavy deadlift reps for time!
Erm Crossfit and heavy deadlifts? ky one that's all branded up with stupid coloured leggings, "your workout is my warmup" slogans and me hair in an alice band. 
I did a WOD last month that included deads. Can't remember the full thing but the Rx deadlift weight was 105kg x 8 reps. Then you did something like bar burpees and a 100m run. For 5 rounds. You are supposed to scale the weight so you can knock out the reps but in Cf dropping from the top position still counts, rightly or wrongly.
On the 3rd round your dealifts start to get really, really fking hard so dropping from the top position means you get the rep and can carry on. CrossFit weights are all rubber bumper plates anyway so you can throw them about without to much drama.
Anyone dropping a metal plate though...that's not right clever.
R8Steve said:
Chapppers said:
I only drop weights during PT sessions because he often pushes me past the point where I can safely, slowly return the weight to a point where I can gently put them down.
Surely if you can't do the exercise with proper form he is making you lift a weight that is too heavy?Ste1987 said:
One of the reasons I do just cardio now; you can't be a dick on a treadmill
You think? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNPhVVjnoC0
R8Steve said:
Ste1987 said:
One of the reasons I do just cardio now; you can't be a dick on a treadmill
You think? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNPhVVjnoC0
I see loads of people at my gym using the lat bar with terrible form, they look ridiculous.
They overload it by a mile and then do that ridiculous leaning right back thing so their whole body weight is pulling on it, they also come down all unbalanced with their stronger arm dipping towards the floor, and then they let it crash back down because they can't return it slowly. Just take some bloody weight off it and do the things with proper form.
It can only be so they can boast about the amount they're pulling.
They overload it by a mile and then do that ridiculous leaning right back thing so their whole body weight is pulling on it, they also come down all unbalanced with their stronger arm dipping towards the floor, and then they let it crash back down because they can't return it slowly. Just take some bloody weight off it and do the things with proper form.
It can only be so they can boast about the amount they're pulling.
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