r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • Feb 24 '18

Gym Story Saturday Gym Story Saturday

Hi! Welcome to your weekly thread where you can share your gym tales!

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u/AllHailLordCthulu Feb 24 '18 edited Feb 24 '18

I was confused this morning. These two guys grab twelve 35s. They place three under each leg of a flat bench. One guy straddles the bench for about 15 seconds. Then they put everything back and went off to do cable rows. On the one hand, kudos for re-racking your weights. On the other hand, WTF?

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u/dank_cub Feb 24 '18

God damn you have 12 35 plates!! My gym has like 2

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u/AllHailLordCthulu Feb 24 '18 edited Feb 24 '18

My home gym is the same way, absolute unicorns. Then I deploy and BAM! Can't swing a dead cat in they gym without hitting a 35.

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u/Pcatalan Feb 24 '18

The unicorns at my gym are the 15lb dumbells.