Golds Gym SUCKS

[70TorinoGT]

They can kiss my ass. New "rules" go into effect and they now have outlawed deadlift. Are frickin serious, that's a core lift. If I would have known this, I wouldn't have joined.

[spoonraker]

Wait you can't dealift anymore? Why?

[JesterMX6]

whats deadlift

[70TorinoGT]

Because it's intimidating to the new members. Also, you can't "wear tank tops or offensive logos"...umm, they phucking sell tank tops-you just can't wear them.

[Lepa]

whats deadlift

http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/GluteusMaximus/BBDeadlift.html

[JesterMX6]

oh okay.

why would they ban that?

[spoonraker]

You really can't deadlift because it's intimidating to new members? That's retarded. Tank tops..meh..but a gym that doesn't allow you to workout is stupid.

And George a deadlift is when you lift a bar off the ground and set it back down. You don't raise it over your head, you just leave your arms hanging down and straighten your back. It's a core exercise and an incredibly common one at that.

[spoonraker]

lepa ninja'd

[Paul_N]

http://www.southernpowerliftingclub.com/Photos/deadlift2.gif

[Lepa]

lepa ninja'd



chea

[JesterMX6]

how is that intimidating?

[Paul_N]

damn u all

[302fox5]

because all the skinny wooses will be shy, scared, intimidated and not want to be a part of the gym, that's very gay

[70TorinoGT]

it's a compound lift and one of the best for overall strength and fitness. It involves everything from the calves, quads, hamstrings, glutes, erector spinae, trapezius, and deltoids.

[JesterMX6]

i still don't see how thats intimidating. just cuz the guy in the .gif has huge weights on there doesnt mean everyone has to. i do that same lift mostly for my back (having had surgery last year) i just never knew the name.

snap fitness ftmfw

[spoonraker]

snap fitness ftmfw, except for their weak ass leg press that only goes up to 400 lbs

fixed

[70TorinoGT]

it's a bullshit move to get rid of people who really want to work out.

[s13curtis]

that's what you get for joining a gym that's advertising a dirt cheap price. Every retard is gonna join and they have to make adjustments. I've heard a lot of bad things about the changes too, becuase my mom has been a member there for a long time, and a shitload of retards have been joining since january...Now there's never any equipment available during the times that she usually frequents.

[Lepa]

what does golds leg press go to?

[70TorinoGT]

I didn't join when they ran the stupid ass promotion, I joined about 13 years ago. You aren't kidding when you say every retard...it's out of control. I understand the industry has changed from the Arnold days, but it's a damn gym, let people workout.

[Alley]

holy ****, if somebody deadlifted in front of me I'd run out of the place screaming and flailing my arms. :lost:

[70TorinoGT]

what does golds leg press go to?
I know you can put 11 45lb plates per side on the sled, then there is a second tier for additional plates. I never made it more than that.

[Lepa]

well i guess if there wasn't a rant about it i might be half interested in the place lol.

[Alley]

go to max muscle. I hear there adds all the time on the blaze. Look better....NAKED NAKED NAKED!!!!

[coop]

the only good thing about golds is that 10% of the guys are on roids...so they are easy to get

[Mr. Jeff]

deadlift is a stupid ass "workout". i dont like it, you can put on a bunch of weight and lift it. why not just do squats, and **** like that.

on that note, i hate watching people do the leg press too. 95% of the people i see do it are doing it wrong. dont put on 500lbs and move your legs 6 inches.

[coop]

deadlift IN PROPER FORM is a great workout and works more than squats (although this is another great workout)........problem is finding "great form" is impossible in your local gym........

[Kelvin]

i have great form

[Kelvin]

http://www.ontariostrongman.ca/Resources/training/badenhorst-dl/images/deadlift_Maurituis.jpg

[Kelvin]

i lift ****in rocks and ****

[SHIFTER]

Yeah golds ****ed up trying to get rid of members that are hardcore lifters.... those are the people that will be a member forever.

[JesterMX6]

or until they bulge or die from the rroids

[SHIFTER]

or until they bulge or die from the rroids

truth. ive seen **** like this happen. douche at the Y loaded up the leg press machine with every weight possible, tried doing it and blew out his knee (i had seen the guy do similar things many times... he was destined to have that happen)

[Mr. Jeff]

deadlift IN PROPER FORM is a great workout and works more than squats (although this is another great workout)........problem is finding "great form" is impossible in your local gym........
it really is
i guess i just get mad when fatties load up with like 500lbs while doing leg press and dead lifts and think there strong and cant even squat 250. thats prolly another reason why gyms dont let you do these any more. you'll take up all the plates. i would like to see how much i can dead lift tho, in high school i almost broke 1k, haven't done it sence.

[BOORAH]

They are just being retarded and getting rid of the dedicated lifters and such and going after the people that have never been in a gym and look it because its where the market is at.

For every "fit" person, there are 20 "unfit" people.

[70TorinoGT]

it really is
i guess i just get mad when fatties load up with like 500lbs while doing leg press and dead lifts and think there strong and cant even squat 250. thats prolly another reason why gyms dont let you do these any more. you'll take up all the plates. i would like to see how much i can dead lift tho, in high school i almost broke 1k, haven't done it sence.


Ok, I'm going to have call b.s. on you almost breaking 1k on a deadlift, especially in high school. And I doubt you looked like this in hs
http://www.qfac.com/images/andy_brian.gif

The record under official powerlifting rules is 455 kg (1003 lb) by Andy Bolton.

http://www.qfac.com/advice/andy_bolton.html


The record for a strongman-style deadlift, with a longer bar and from a greater height, is held by Benedikt Magnusson, who deadlifted 500kg (1100 lb). Sigmarsson deadlifted 523 kg from the knees in 1987.

[coop]

mr. jeff doesnt lie in the sports section

[Mr. Jeff]

i squated 650 and benched 430. i pretty much lived in the gym. i think i was more like 950ish that i lfted. the world record is 1003? i've seen people do damn close to that if not that. but hen i dont know the "offical rules" for it tho.