Don't worry anon, I literally did the same thing. Tried to follow SS but used the Smith machine for all my lifts. Everyone's gotta start somewhere.

>resting during bench press set
>gym is dead (late at night, if there were any staff they were out back)
>just lying down waiting for rest to be over
>twirling bar in my hands (it's racked in a half rack)
>in autopilot, don't realise what I'm doing
>rack doesn't have any guards on the pegs to stop bar falling off
>bar rolls off onto my face
>falls on the top of my nose
>knocked unconscious, not sure for how long
>wake up, blood everywhere
>get up in a daze
>run out to my car
>drive to hospital
>sit in A&E for 3 hours with 2 tampon type things up my shnoz
>broken nose
>never go back to gym

thank fuck I was new and it was only babby weight

>>37934004
>just started lifting
>got the bright idea to show off my noon gains to a cute squat goddess nearby
>load up a whopping 100 pounds on the bench
>bar goes down, too weak to push it back up cause it was well beyond my max at the time
>too socially anxious to ask anyone walking by to help
>squat goddess notices I'm just laying there with the bar on my chest for the past 5 minutes
>she walks over, pulls the bar off my chest with zero effort
>try to say thank you, but end up sounding like Regular Sized Rudy in the middle of an asthma attack
>has the mixed look on her face trying to figure out if I'm retarded and if she should feel bad for me
>rush off to the other side of the gym in shame

Learned real fast to never show off for someone who doesn't care or isn't interested.

>gym doesn't have a smith machine

Feels gut mane

>>37934004
if you remember the times when you were new to the gym you are still new to the gym

>worked every muscle only once per workout per week

W H Y

>>37934004

What did you do wrong though?

>>37934004
Just saw a DYEL at the gym doing quarter squats with 2 plates and a pussy pad. Looked hilarious.

>>37935047
On the smith machine*

>>37934997
>he doesn't remember every embarrassing moment that happened in his life

Pathetic

>>37934004
Just in general, I started out benching 65 lbs on the smith machine, really weak shit. was embarrassing.

>>37934004
Omg dude I would run with one hand down like I was holding a gun, listening to techno while pretending I'm training for the FBI. I was 30

Lmfao thanks for the kek flashback

>>37935637
what

>>37934372
And showing off at the gym is pointless anyway. The chicks will surely have seen a bunch of dudes benching way more than 100 lbs just to impress them. I'm sure they're jaded to it at that point.

>>37934372
>>37935984

>tfw legitimately pushing self and struggling in a workout and people around you think you're trying to show off

>>37934004

>think it's weird my waist caves in because of broad hips and ribcage
>decide to fix it by doing sidebends
>do 5x20 with 1plate
>pull back

absolutely fucking daft

>>37934004
I used to OHP in the squat rack, /fit/ showed me the light though

>>37934004

>Living with alcoholic dad that summer (was 15 at the time)
>Poor as fuck
>I had eaten only bread and bread only for the past few weeks
>Decide to go to a small local gym with a few friends from school
>Entry is free for the first time, otherwise 5€ per session
>Enter the gym
>Try all the machines just for shit and giggles
>End up running on treadmill because didn't know what to do
>Hot as fuck, it's +30C outside and probably just as hot inside
>Start feeling a bit dizzy
>Feel even dizzier
>I end up fainting from the heat and lack of food
>My legs fail on me
>While running on treadmill
>I fall and do a somersault
>I'm on the ground on my back behind the treadmill
>Open my eyes and literally everybody in the gym is around me
>Everybody asks if I'm alright
>This one guy keeps asking if I'm alright for the next 5 minutes
>Get offered a free Gatorade
>Get the fuck out of the gym and never come back again
>At least I got some free shit

>>37936043
I got thin waist compared to hips and in my opinion it looks kinda weird so i stress a lot about it, but i don't even know if other people notice this shit desu. Thank god I didn't do sidebends though (must admit I did think about doing them few weeks ago).

>>37936043
have you ever done rack pulls with a chest full of air, then let it out slowly when you're lowering?

I've done those and them fuckers will expand your midsection bruh

>>37934004
I feel bad as fuck for this but figuered i would share anyway

so i am a fatass. 6'1 290lb mostly in the gut!!!

>>37934004
my one thing for loosing weight was going to be i wasn't going to hide away in the gym at all, no sweater, no baggy clothes etc..
i keep seeing young lanky motherfuckers with sweaters walking around the gym, it is literally 85 degrees 10am outside and they are wearing a sweater, i dont understand it at all
i'm a fatass but i wasnt going to do that