Deadlifts
162.5 kg x5
162.5 kg x5
162.5 kg x3 (grip failed, but I don't know if I would've finished either, it was pretty hard)
Thick Bar Deadlifts
180lbs x I dunno...
So while I was deadlifting, I got into the habit of dropping the weight at the top. When I hang on to it, I get whiplash, so I either control it hardcore, or drop it. So I drop it. Supposedly you can get hurt putting it down too. Well, a guest made his appearance after my 2nd set. It was the manager of the gym. He said I couldn't drop the weights because "you could feel it all the way over there (points to his desk) and sometimes things drop in the pool." He said I have to lower it down more gently. I said that's how people get hurt. He said its the same kinetic chain. I told him it doesn't matter. He then said "so don't drop the weights okay?" to which I responded "No, its not okay." He said its in the rules....
Well after my workout I stopped by the desk and tried to argue. I really can't talk crap because I didn't stay and argue much. But he knows a lot about weightlifting. He's a professional. He can't deadlift 400lbs, but another trainer can, and that trainer lowers it in a controlled fashion. He started talking about literature, to which I pointed out literature says leg press are better than squats, squats are bad, and literature can prove anything. He said this was the policy made up by the higher ups, to which I responded the higher ups don't lift weights. I was a bit conservative. I asked him to show me someone who deadlifted over 400lbs who didn't drop the weight...I knew I should've said 500. 400's too easy...In the end, I didn't feel like arguing because I was hungry and tired (he wasn't though, he was on his chair...), and confirmed that all I had to do was lower it a bit more gently. It should be noted that last time I had on real plates and was lowering (not dropping) 315lbs, when he told me "those aren't bumper plates, that's what bumper plates are for". Which is why my deadlifts are now all in kilos...
Chrome and fern land sucks...I also tore my hand so there is blood on my sweat pants, but I wiped the blood on the bar off =).
162.5 kg x5
162.5 kg x5
162.5 kg x3 (grip failed, but I don't know if I would've finished either, it was pretty hard)
Thick Bar Deadlifts
180lbs x I dunno...
So while I was deadlifting, I got into the habit of dropping the weight at the top. When I hang on to it, I get whiplash, so I either control it hardcore, or drop it. So I drop it. Supposedly you can get hurt putting it down too. Well, a guest made his appearance after my 2nd set. It was the manager of the gym. He said I couldn't drop the weights because "you could feel it all the way over there (points to his desk) and sometimes things drop in the pool." He said I have to lower it down more gently. I said that's how people get hurt. He said its the same kinetic chain. I told him it doesn't matter. He then said "so don't drop the weights okay?" to which I responded "No, its not okay." He said its in the rules....
Well after my workout I stopped by the desk and tried to argue. I really can't talk crap because I didn't stay and argue much. But he knows a lot about weightlifting. He's a professional. He can't deadlift 400lbs, but another trainer can, and that trainer lowers it in a controlled fashion. He started talking about literature, to which I pointed out literature says leg press are better than squats, squats are bad, and literature can prove anything. He said this was the policy made up by the higher ups, to which I responded the higher ups don't lift weights. I was a bit conservative. I asked him to show me someone who deadlifted over 400lbs who didn't drop the weight...I knew I should've said 500. 400's too easy...In the end, I didn't feel like arguing because I was hungry and tired (he wasn't though, he was on his chair...), and confirmed that all I had to do was lower it a bit more gently. It should be noted that last time I had on real plates and was lowering (not dropping) 315lbs, when he told me "those aren't bumper plates, that's what bumper plates are for". Which is why my deadlifts are now all in kilos...
Chrome and fern land sucks...I also tore my hand so there is blood on my sweat pants, but I wiped the blood on the bar off =).