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>Be me
>24 y/o at noob gainz stage
>I go to a small, quiet cheap gym and it's always really quiet in there
>One morning it's just me and some 40 something powerlifter
>He has his phone hooked up to the speakers playing the cheesiest 80's training music imaginable
>He leaves the room for a few minutes
>Eye Of The Tiger starts playing
>Bunch of jock teenagers walk in
>See me there alone lifting my heart out to Eye Of The Tiger
>They all burst out laughing
>I run into these guys every day at the gym and I can hear them giggling whenever I turn my back
Fuck my life
>>36685052
this did not happen
>>36685058
This is probably the only true story I have ever posted on this site desu.
>be doing t-bar rows with my hands simply on the bar
>headphones on, metal blasting
>repping it out
>put it down to rest
>qt blonde with nice ass comes over
>"hi, have you ever tried to put this under the bar so your hands are even?"
>"no i haven't, i kinda like my way"
>continue
Didn't really think about it but I think she was subtly trying to say hi.
I'm not an aspie but fuck man, when I'm in the gym I block the world out
>>36685052
They didn't get pumped and lift hard to Eye of the Tiger? Joke's on them.
>>36685085
>this
OP never gonna make it.
>>36685052
>tfw no gym stories because I have never gone to the gym and have just been doing dumbbell workouts for the past 4 months
I keep telling myself I need to get a gym membership but I'm not sure how I feel about the local Y
>>36685052
I don't even understand why this is funny unless you were being obnoxious
>>36685108
This desu, it's a fucking classic song and kids these days are fucking doing nay nay's and dabs lmao
>>36685052
>caring what jock teenagers think
>>36685075
oh i have another lol
so I was with one of my brothers at the gym benching and whatever
out of the corner of my eye behind him I notice two chicks doing pullups, literally holding eachothers legs as the other would do pullups
I started cracking the fuck up and they looked at me, I felt kinda bad but jesus it was funny. I guess this is one time I wasn't exactly blocking shit out.
>>36685171
> Laughing at people doing assisted pull-ups.
> Not an aspie
Pick one
>>36685108
The fact that it was Eye Of The Tiger. As if I'm not nooby enough, it probably looked as if I just watched Rocky the night before and just started lifting that morning.
>>36685370
20 feet away there is an assisted pull-up machine.
they just looked silly is all, it was more of an unintentional giggle
the teenagers were most likely laughing to drown their own individual awkwardness out of entering the weight room
>giving a fuck
Just how autistic are you?
>>36685393
> Cracking the fuck up
> Giggle
Pick one
>>36685075
i laughed and then realised i'd probably do the same thing
>>36685425
Pretty autistic tbf
>>36685440
lol idk, i'm not too worried about which it was.
>>36685449
kind of a lost opportunity, but whatever. but fuck does she have an ass on her. if I see her outside the gym I'll say hey probably.
>>36685491
No you won't.
This story was from waaay back when I was 14, but it still haunts me to this day.
>Be me
>Just moved back from Colorado to hometown, lost tons of weight.
>Go to first day back at school in 9th grade.
>This is in a very small town.
>Sit down at the guy's table in my grade for lunch
>Everyone compliments me on losing weight, I say I bodybuild now, classmate asks how much I bench
>Randomly blurt out 180, without ever having touched a weight before (only did track).
>Laughs around the table and 1 dude asks if I am serious, I of course in my infinite autism say yes.
>They ask me if I take steroids, say I take creatine (lol).
>Ask me to go to school gym after school to prove it.
>Say I'm busy moving back in.
Fast forward 3 months later, everyone still asked me to prove it but I kept making excuses, made nobody trust me.
>We get to doing weightlifting in gym class, I'm SOL.
>I haven't actually benched in a gym since I was scared of one of the guys seeing me.
>We don't really have to do much, guys keep pestering me to prove I can bench 180.
>I ignore them, partner and I start the rotation, starting with squats, lat pulldowns, then finally the bench.
>I get to pulldown, everyone is doing baby weight not even trying, gym teacher can't make us use weight or they could be sued if we get hurt.
>Oh fuck, I have to do benches next, I haven't actually ever done a bench press in my life.
>We start off just benching the bar, partner is a friend of mine, ez.
>He says we should put weight on because this is too easy.
>I don't care.
>He puts on 10 lbs on each side, no big deal.
>I get under the bar, my form is pretty terrible because I legit had no clue what the fuck I was doing.
>I lift the bar up, fuck! This is heavier then I though, I can do this, no problem.
>Get to third rep, arms shaking wildly, manage to place the bar on the rack.
>"Friend" is like what the fuck dude that was only 65 pounds.
>MFW the entire class is laughing at me, not only weak, but a liar.
180
180.
>>36685507
kek
you're right because it's a pretty big fucking uni and I've never seen her around campus or at parties. so whatev
>>36685522
lol
yeah you brought that upon yourself man. should've come clean as soon as you blurted it out
but hey, we were all awkward when we were 14 i probably would've done the same thing.
awesome thing about being ~100 pounds and benching a similar weight at 14 is now that I'm 80 pounds heavier and can bench 265 it shuts people the fuck up
>>36685533
Come on man you wouldn't anyway.
>>36685075
She's right though. Put a row handle under the bar for a stricter bar path and better balance
>>36685106
The YMCA is about the most low pressure relaxed real gym you could ever go to. Just make sure it's got a squat rack, and go. Go today. Don't wait another day. We're all going to make it bro.
>>36685596
I'm sure it would be better, I just prefer the center of gravity and the way the grip feels without it.
>>36685374
Who the fuck cares? That song is hype as fuck.
It's just overplayed is all.
>>36685052
>>36685085
no shit who fucking cares. if anything you should crank it on your phone every time you see them and play it on repeat. own it before it owns you.
>>36685684
Yeah bro, be that gym legend that blasts Eye of the Tiger and has the sickest gains.
>>36685052
>24
>being embarrassed by teenagers
not me but a boy I knew
>he always talks about the gym
>how much he could do there
>me and my friends knew it was all bs
>he posts a pic of him benching "95kg"
>he had 15kg either side
>we could tell because we go to that gym
>we confront him about this
>he says it was a 35kg bar
>that doesn't even make 95kg
>becomes a joke at our school
>everyone adds 35kgs to what ever there doing
>he usually avoids us at the gym but one time my friend saw him there
>he was attempting to bench 1pl8
>he goes down around 2 inches then comes back up
>does this for 3 then racks the weights
>high five the guy he was with saying it was a great set
I have more stories of his autism if you would want to know
>>36685705
>>36685684
take it a step further and get tiger print sweatpants and grow your hair out. then follow them around and make loud comments about how little they lift. please do this or i will
>>36685659
To each their own. I'd give it a try though if you haven't yet. The extra space between your hands also allows for a deeper pull, but if you've already tried it out and still don't care for it then do whatever feels best for you
>>36685743
More
>>36685910
Become the tank top tiger.
>>36685722
High school flashbacks man
>>36685910
When I'm big enough I am becoming this guy.
K
>be me
>getting into powerlifting but still pretty weak, only a couple intermediate lifts
>couple guys are working out near me, one guy is benching what I deadlift
>instead of being a total sperg I talk to them and ask them for advice
>tell me to check out DUP and Wendler's 531
>now when I see them they ask how it's going and give me encouragement
>Tfw made a couple gym acquaintance bros
>about to do heavy legs set so I go for a piss
>see random old nude guy in showers
>Fullfrontal.jpg
>wait, he's mopping the floor??
>walk around corner trying not to laugh my ass off
>weird cleaner finished cleaning toilet
>go inside and piss, forget to flush because I'm still lmao'ing internally from the naked mop man
> Cleaner notices the lack of flush, gives me look of utter disgust, enters cubicle and flushes
>my bad man
>>36685374
i had a rocky marathon the day before i started liftan
No easy way out 1st song on my gym playlist
>>36686867
>yfw he doesn't even work there
>some middleage arab walks past me in the middle of the gym
>he's holding an open can of beer
Fucking dirty bulkers
laughing at Eye of the tiger, thats worse than 9/11
>>36685522
Do you bench press 180 yet?
>black people in the gym
>literally hear them say "WE WUZ KANGS NIGGA"
>GIBSMEDAT bench nigga"
>etc
>fuck them
>See guy in polo and jeans walk into gym
>Goes directly to squat rack next to mine
>Starts curling just the bar and drops it from the top when finished with set
>Dunno how many sets he does but I move on to bench
>He comes over to bench
>Starts curling the bar standing on top of the bench
I seriously couldn't tell if this indian guy was fuckin with everyone or if he was being serious.
>>36688906
Oh by the way not a single one of those fucking subhumans benches more than 2 pl8s lmao and never seen them do a squat or deadlift.
>>36688623
gold
>>36688906
>>36689014
/pol/ pls go
>>36688921
LOL
>>36685644
>tfw YMCA with 4 racks, all 3 benches, and oly weights
all kinds of cardio shit for the older people, but there's a real crowd of mid-20 early-30 people that do some real lifting later at night
>>36685171
you're fucking retarded
there is literally nothing working with assisted pull-ups
there is also literally nothing wrong with doing assisted pull-ups without the machine
>>36689014
>>36688906
>being a /pol/tard
>making it
pick one.
