
Originally Posted by
Nooomoto
So my friend and I were deadlifting today. I was attempting to DL 450 lbs which is as much as I've ever done, it was going to be my last set. I go over to get water, and on the way back over to the rack I see this old guy that works at the front desk talking to my friend. He walks away, my friend does his set, I put on my weight and get ready to DL.
I'm getting into the zone. Looking at myself in the mirror, metal blasting into my ears...here we go. Then BAM...****ing old guy walks over and tells me to not drop the weights, but put them down gently. I shrug him off, and go to do my set...my psyche-up is completely gone. I don't try for the 450 because I lost concentration.
So, we get our shit, and leave the 450 lbs sitting on the floor. The guy tells us to rerack the weights while we are walking out. I tell him "You ****ed up my lift, you go rerack them." My friend points at all the huge guys sitting up front and says "Which one of you can put down 450 lbs gently?" They all shrugged. So we walk out, go to my car, two fat bodybuilder looking dudes come over, with our names and account numbers on a piece of paper. They start complimenting me on the weight I was attempting to DL, and go on to say that we should be the bigger men and go rerack the weights...and that the old man is canceling our accounts and banning us from the chain of gyms. I tell the fat BB guy that it's not his problem, and I don't give a **** if the old man cancels my account as I don't intend to come back to this wanna-be hardcore gym ever again.
I further explained that I worked out for years at a commercial gym (LA Fitness) and no one ever said ANYTHING to me about bent bars or dropped weights, I come to some supposed "no excuses" hardcore type gym, and an old man tells me to put down 450 lbs gently.
The guy goes "Well bro...no one says anything because you look scary"...WTF ever, I shook his hand and drove away.
If the old man doesnt know what a deadlift is, perhaps he shouldn't be working in a gym.
BTW...this was at Porky's in Miami.