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Thread: Cringe Worthy things you have done related to lifting

post 1514080691 07-31-2017, 07:46 PM
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Attempting dropset for Flat DB Bench after 3 heavy working sets of flat and 3 sets of moderate weight incline DB bench and not being able to do 1 rep of 40lbs.

Benching heavy weight without spotter.

Handles for pushdowns making contact with my dink.

Wide grip lat pulldown.

Wide grip cable row.

Going parallel / below parallel on squats.
post 1514080701 07-31-2017, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted By Fapadrol⏩
Dead

^Edit beat me to it^
It was when i first joined the misc and thought i was part of some elite bodybuilding crew who used slang that others didn't understand like *******, peasant etc....

The dude in the gym just happened to have on a Sesame Street t-shirt and he didn't like being called a ******* or being told he may get raped.

I cringe looking back.

It was a turning point in my life when i realised i am stupid as fuc.
post 1514081041 07-31-2017, 07:51 PM
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IDK if I could remember doing anything I thought was particularly cringeworthy.

I did used to read stuff like Muscle and Fitness, Muscle Mag, Flex(HNNNG at swimsuit edition, Trish Stratus anyone?), etc quite religiously and had that EAS 'Bigger, Stronger, Faster' book, believed all that **** like I could get physiques like those guys off just protein, creatine and BCAA's.

I still remember when I first came here was around the time when everybody became disillusioned by the Cell-Tech ads, by that point I'd been "in it" so long I was well past believing in those advertisements.
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At least it will thunderstorm tonight, and we know how they feel about water. :)
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post 1514081261 07-31-2017, 07:53 PM
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I've done this but with much lighter weight.

I have no idea how lmao.

https://youtu.be/_Lz1qJyWCVY?t=2m10s
post 1514081271 07-31-2017, 07:53 PM
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doing upper/lower and full body workouts instead of bro-split because it is supposedly optimal for natties
post 1514081811 07-31-2017, 07:58 PM
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When I started lifting I would take 2 of the big 10lbs plates ( the ones for deads and squats) put them on a little dumbbell and curl with one arm ( trying to make look like I curled f*ckn 45s on each side lol)


Would take off my shirt and scream really loud when squatting ( I had a 8 pack but was all bones and no chest)


Would have little teenage girl spot me on the bench


Would run as fast as I could to car after my last set of my workout to take my Creatine/protein because of that "window" period (I literally would drop the weight of the last set and just sprint though the gym)
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post 1514082361 07-31-2017, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted By TheBodfather94⏩
Got ASOS muscle-fit and other tight fitting shirts my first month of lifting lmao
Love those shirts now tbh , actually fit around the shoulders .


-Started lifting at like 14-15 , did it for like 2 months then stopped , could have been in shape for the good years of HS and early uni ,

-Did the same at 19 , so many gains missed out on .

- Didn't train chest for the 1st year
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post 1514082771 07-31-2017, 08:09 PM
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LOL just went through thread and if we're saying these things are cringe then I've done quite a few:

Meal timing

I think at one point I was eating like 300g of carbs a day, just rolling white bread into balls and popping them.

The "roll of shame".

I'm sure I've at least gotten under the bar with way too much weight on once if not several times, luckily I had spotters cause when I say too much weight meaning as soon as I got the bar off the holders it went straight down.

I'm sure there are more things I just can't remember.
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That's why grandma's apple pie rocks and yours sucks.
Originally Posted By Dave22reborn
At least it will thunderstorm tonight, and we know how they feel about water. :)
^^^Racist police officer who also cries about how racism doesn't exist, also cries reverse racism and typifies the stupidity of the racist right, referring to black people as "they" and regurgitating racist stereotypes.
post 1514083451 07-31-2017, 08:16 PM
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Buying protein powder instead of real food
Big facts only.
post 1514083531 07-31-2017, 08:17 PM
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half reps on incline bench smh
post 1514084581 07-31-2017, 08:30 PM
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In the beginning I would never have leg days of any sort because "well I use the elliptical to warm-up on chest day, so..."
post 1514087011 07-31-2017, 08:58 PM
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I read some Tim Ferris book where he recommended a bulking meal that consisted of: packaged mac and cheese, canned turkey chili, and tuna. You mix it all together, and it doesn't taste so bad. All in the name of gains. I brought it to work in tupperware and microwaved it in the break room. It smelled so rank, and people were probably disgusted by me, looking back on it. Can't believe I did that, multiple times.

Also have ordered double cheeseburgers from the McDonald's menu and not eaten the bun, cause paleo. Real idiot.

Lifting wise: I did starting strength and got a big legs/ass and no upper body gains for like the first two years.
post 1514108811 08-01-2017, 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted By MBisonSon⏩
LOL just went through thread and if we're saying these things are cringe then I've done quite a few:

Meal timing

I think at one point I was eating like 300g of carbs a day, just rolling white bread into balls and popping them.
eating 400g carbs a day now shts tasty
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Falling for the SS and 5x5 memes and trying to have the best squat of all the people in the gym till eventually my legs grew out of proportion with the rest of my body and now I am pear shaped having to tailor all my pants focusing purely on upper body to catch up
post 1514109831 08-01-2017, 04:06 AM
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Originally Posted By RunTheJewels2⏩
I read some Tim Ferris book where he recommended a bulking meal that consisted of:packaged mac and cheese, canned turkey chili, and tuna. You mix it all together, and it doesn't taste so bad. All in the name of gains. I brought it to work in tupperware and microwaved it in the break room. It smelled so rank, and people were probably disgusted by me, looking back on it. Can't believe I did that, multiple times.
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post 1514110851 08-01-2017, 04:32 AM
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Originally Posted By 420Layers⏩
Hyping myself up before the first time I deadlifted 315.


I also broke the plate dispenser at my gym once.
This isn't cringe at all.
If it helps you focus for getting a PR, do it. Doesn't matter how weak that PR is.
post 1514111471 08-01-2017, 04:46 AM
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After HS i thought the best training routine would be the type i did for HS football. Lol.

Brb squat 3x5
Lat pull downs
Db bench
Shrugs

Brb this routine makes no sense
Ironically i saw my old friends littlle brother at the gym who just graduated HS and he was doing the same type of routine.
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Originally Posted By KosanFalcon⏩
Also not training legs the first two years I lifted (15-17) and RUNNING instead.
Amazing how many people think running works legs. I know gym bros that still have this philosophy after years of being in the gym.
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Originally Posted By PeteJonesHTX⏩
Came in to post this, but more specifically, taking lifting so damn seriously to the point of not having a social life for almost 2 years srs. Glad I saw the light and started going out/having fun more often (still lifting too tho hehe).
I'm the direct opposite. Wish I took it more seriously sooner. Wanna reach Zyzz mode.
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Originally Posted By Bigboysz⏩
Not me but after I had been struggling on one of my sets I had this randommanletin my gym come and take my weights away and bring back lighter ones as a kind of joke while trying to give me advice about form, had never seen this guy in my life before
i just told him to bring my original weights back and he did, realized afterwards he was probably just an autist trying to make friends
Sorry dude but those 10's looked a little heavy for ya
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this thread is too relatable that i had to post. seems like most around my age have come to realized no body gives a **** about you and neither should you about anybody else's opinions.

my contribution is my profile pic that i'ma leave up there 5 ever.


p.s. 1st post in a long ass time holy **** lolz.
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- used to spent tons on supplements.
- had spotter assist on all my bench press sets over 185 thinking I was strong
- 1/4 squatted for dayyyssss
- Skipped legs for a good 1.5 years when I was 20.
- wore tanks tops when I had zero muscle.
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shotgunning pre workout in the locker room

eating gerber food sweet potatoes
post 1514126011 08-01-2017, 08:24 AM
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introducing myself in class as "hi, im xx and i lift heavy weights"

and ever taking a gym selfie and posting it to ig....cringing
post 1514127761 08-01-2017, 08:39 AM
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-religiously tracking grams of protein BRB only at 120 for the day, better double up a shake before bed

-benching in smith machine-TBH some of the biggest bros ive ever seen do this, but still

-this is the worse one....someone convinced me that doing over 15 reps per set on something would "tone" you. in turn, i convinced my noob 50 year old friend of this theory and after a 10 day straight "arms only" routine he had a horrific bicep tear. feelsbadman
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I too was part of the post workout shake immediately after workout crew loooool

also arm day, getting upset if I couldn't go to the gym that day
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Most of my protein came from protein shakes when I first started lifting. Couldn't figure out why I wasn't growing despite eating 240g of protein weighing 180.

Reading that one guy's interpretation of Rippletits' SS and thinking I couldn't get bigger as a natty without squatting 3 times a week. Started looking at myself in mirror and wondering why my legs were growing and nothing else. It also gave me a longstanding phobia of training arms.

Meal timing. "Body can't process over 30g of protein in a sitting" etc.

Honestly the biggest regret is doing starting strength for a year. What a fkn waste of time. If you are new reading this thread that should be your take away.
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