
Originally Posted by
Timm1704
Hey I actually noticed somebody curling in the squat rack for the first time the other day.
I have a friend at the gym, we call him 'half-rep' lol. H eis a strong dude, he looks very good, diced, with a real deep, full, top to bottom set of pecs. But, he gets under the bench. reps 225, then 315, then 405, and sometimes even 495. Sounds impressive? yes, but he unracks the bar, and literally brings it down about 3 inches, maybe less. We take the piss out of him, but in truth I couldnt unrack 495. Still, he is ona one way ticket to wrist/elbow injury street, I wish he would lighten the weight and rep properly.
Another guy, who is in the same posse as half-rep, comes up when Im deadlifting 405, havent deadlifted heavy for awhile, so was rather chuffed. he is a strong, well-built dude, but hasnt really been training long, and didnt have a clue what deadlifting was. anywho, he puts on my lifting straps, and picks the bar up, cranks out 5 evil looking reps. and then does it afew minutes later. He now has a bad back lol. His other buddy has a go, cant lift it, so takes a plate off each side and then has ago, but what he does with it more resembles shrugs than deadlifts. I warned them that form is everything, especially with deads and squats, but they didnt listen. and in a nasty way, i hope they pay the price lol