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i hit the downtown Y. Work pays for it now but i used to pay out of pocket and it was never too much.
I only do freeweights, and above about 255 i like to use chalk, which the Y has plenty of. There are gyms now that won't let you use chalk (like the crazy fitness resort in Eden Prairie or whatever) and want like $15 for a single workout. It was hard for my dad and I to find a walk-in gym in the Twin Cities area that actualy had real freeweights last time we met up there.
The Y benches have the rotating-bearing things which I really like because finding a spotter that isn't some dumb-ass frat-rat that wants to dead lift the bar off your chest is a hassle. I only grab spotters for "maybe" sets; the rotating bench setup at the Y works pretty slick for everything else.
I usually go around 8pm on weeknights, once or twice a week, and the free-weight side of the downtown Y is pretty much empty.
Where do heavy benchers go in town? I don't think I've ever seen anyone (besides me) load up 315 on a bench rack at the downtown Y. I'm also the only guy I've ever noticed using competition form.
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i usually rep 315-340 in competition form depending how i feel that day. but at the wellness center at msum, prolly why we dont see each other.
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SPANISH-RICE;204005 wrote:
i usually rep 315-340 in competition form depending how i feel that day. but at the wellness center at msum, prolly why we dont see each other.Wow you can bench 200% of your bodyweight? You're good Brandon :p:
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thrash;204052 wrote:
ambiguous pronouns confuse me
who's making fun of who ?
I was making fun of Brandon (Spanish Rice), who in turn was joking about his lifting abilities.
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thrash;204000 wrote:
i hit the downtown Y. Work pays for it now but i used to pay out of pocket and it was never too much.I only do freeweights, and above about 255 i like to use chalk, which the Y has plenty of. There are gyms now that won't let you use chalk (like the crazy fitness resort in Eden Prairie or whatever) and want like $15 for a single workout. It was hard for my dad and I to find a walk-in gym in the Twin Cities area that actualy had real freeweights last time we met up there.
The Y benches have the rotating-bearing things which I really like because finding a spotter that isn't some dumb-ass frat-rat that wants to dead lift the bar off your chest is a hassle. I only grab spotters for "maybe" sets; the rotating bench setup at the Y works pretty slick for everything else.
I usually go around 8pm on weeknights, once or twice a week, and the free-weight side of the downtown Y is pretty much empty.
Where do heavy benchers go in town? I don't think I've ever seen anyone (besides me) load up 315 on a bench rack at the downtown Y. I'm also the only guy I've ever noticed using competition form.
I've never seen you. You don't exist:drunken_smilie:
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Idk dustin I've come a long way since highschool
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SPANISH-RICE;204499 wrote:
Idk dustin I've come a long way since highschoolWhat type of steroids were you using then cutie?
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only the good shit
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Well if you want the real shit, I know where to get it!
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if your looking to bench or do squats without a smith machine, then i dont recommend snap fitness (Its on 8th street? i havent been back for a while). Otherwise, i know concordia doesnt check for id as well since i worked out there for a bit.
Im in virginia right now and there are golds gyms all over the place. now thats a gym
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I was a member at the Y-west but no I go to courts plus, racquetball FTW. I live too far away from there now so when my contract is up, gym contracts FTL, I'll be joining the Y again.
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Joel;205428 wrote:
colin reps 250 dumbbell benching, I don't know what he could do on a bar, but i bet its a lot more than 315...You mean 2 125's right?
I am wierd, I can usually do just as much doing dumbbell presses as I can with bench presses. I think it has something to do with my freakishly long arms.
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no 2 250s?
Isn't 125 the biggest dumbell most gyms have?94NDTA;205435 wrote:
You mean 2 125's right?I am wierd, I can usually do just as much doing dumbbell presses as I can with bench presses. I think it has something to do with my freakishly long arms.
I'm pretty sure that just means you have both arms evenly worked. When I started lifting, I was told not to move to a bench press until i could pump both dumbells evenly, I never got there before I quit. but the dumbell presses worked the weak arm WAY more.
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94NDTA;205435 wrote:
You mean 2 125's right?I am wierd, I can usually do just as much doing dumbbell presses as I can with bench presses. I think it has something to do with my freakishly long arms.
That IS weird. Most can lift 15, sometimes 20% more with a barbell bench than with dumbells....I'm one of them. My research has shown that stabilizer muscles come into play more with dumbells which don't tend to be necessary when barbell benching, and that's why most lift less with dumbells.
I quit doing barbell bench for about a year, concentrating strictly on dumbells (Bob Chicherillo workout) and my push-ups increased by almost 50%, but when I went back to the barbell, I found that max to have decreased.
So there's definitely a give-and-take. WAY off-topic, I know...but I'm bored, so what the hell
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