Weight Gain/Loss during the Pandemic, be honest

I don’t work out regularly, I used to lift all the time, but don’t do it near as often as I should, but even now, 90 pound dumbbells ain’t shit. Not sure why they’re causing such confusion.

I used to be able to hold the end of the handle of a 25 pound sledge hammer with one hand, bring the hammer part over my head, gently touch my nose, and bring it all the way back to the ground. I’d be scared to try that now. I’d probably shatter my nose and knock out a bunch of teeth, and my abundance of teeth is the only stereotype busting thing about me
 
Illustrious Potentate said:
I don’t work out regularly, I used to lift all the time, but don’t do it near as often as I should, but even now, 90 pound dumbbells ain’t shit. Not sure why they’re causing such confusion.
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The cocaine prob helps.
 
RobBase (c) said:
Of all the back exercises out there nothing makes my lats grow like one arm dumbbell rows. T-bar rows too although good luck finding a T-bar in any gym these days. Just something about that movement has always worked well for me.
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my dad built one of those for our basement gym.

most places will have a cable row instead, but it's too easy for people to cheat on that and throw the weight with their body.
 
Rex Racer said:
Comical coming from a 40 year old virgin. I've been happily married for 34+ years so you might want to try again Hercules.
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Happily!?!

Who the fuck is this what did you do with Rex?

This is Mrs., um I mean the future former Mrs. Racer, isn’t it?
 
broncosmitty said:
Happily!?!

Who the fuck is this what did you do with Rex?

This is Mrs., um I mean the future former Mrs. Racer, isn’t it?
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Your ignorance is staggering, but thanks for concerning yourself with my personal life anyways. :thumb:
 
RoyMunson said:
my dad built one of those for our basement gym.

most places will have a cable row instead, but it's too easy for people to cheat on that and throw the weight with their body.
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Unfortunately it’s been replaced by people shoving a bar into a corner, loading the bar up and doing half reps - when they should be deadlifting and isn’t anything like a t-bar row at all anyways.

The one I came up on was in an old school gym just outside of Detroit. Was on an incline, you were face down and the bar had a rest stop you would lift it off of and put it back after your set. Full range of motion. Was amazing.

That same gym (The Weigh Station) had another machine for your traps I’ve only seen once in my life. It had pads you would slip your forearms into up to the elbows, then you would shrug w your traps. Holy shit it was better than bar shrugs. I always wondered if the owner built it himself because I’ve never seen anything like it anywhere again.
 
RobBase (c) said:
Unfortunately it’s been replaced by people shoving a bar into a corner, loading the bar up and doing half reps - when they should be deadlifting and isn’t anything like a t-bar row at all anyways.

The one I came up on was in an old school gym just outside of Detroit. Was on an incline, you were face down and the bar had a rest stop you would lift it off of and put it back after your set. Full range of motion. Was amazing.

That same gym (The Weigh Station) had another machine for your traps I’ve only seen once in my life. It had pads you would slip your forearms into up to the elbows, then you would shrug w your traps. Holy shit it was better than bar shrugs. I always wondered if the owner built it himself because I’ve never seen anything like it anywhere again.
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there was one like this at the clamshell gym we had at FOB Salerno, in Afghanistan. I used to use that thing all the time, that was back in my jacked days when i was in great shape lol
 
RobBase (c) said:
Unfortunately it’s been replaced by people shoving a bar into a corner, loading the bar up and doing half reps - when they should be deadlifting and isn’t anything like a t-bar row at all anyways.

The one I came up on was in an old school gym just outside of Detroit. Was on an incline, you were face down and the bar had a rest stop you would lift it off of and put it back after your set. Full range of motion. Was amazing.

That same gym (The Weigh Station) had another machine for your traps I’ve only seen once in my life. It had pads you would slip your forearms into up to the elbows, then you would shrug w your traps. Holy shit it was better than bar shrugs. I always wondered if the owner built it himself because I’ve never seen anything like it anywhere again.
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on my dad's t-bar row you stood on 2 boxes and after loading up the weights you'd put a piece of wood under the end of the bar so that when you picked up the weight it would fall and you'd get the full range of motion... totally ghetto, but it got the job done.
 
RoyMunson said:
on my dad's t-bar row you stood on 2 boxes and after loading up the weights you'd put a piece of wood under the end of the bar so that when you picked up the weight it would fall and you'd get the full range of motion... totally ghetto, but it got the job done.
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Sounds perfect.
 
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