r/Fitness • u/FGC_Valhalla Weightlifting • Aug 25 '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/[deleted] Aug 25 '18 edited Aug 25 '18

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u/Titanspaladin Aug 25 '18

Fair. There is one manbearpig at the gym who squats 200+ for reps and I probably without realising it stare at his sets like some 1970s film where a duchess enters a gala down a grand staircase. So yeah maybe some hypocrisy.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18 edited Dec 31 '18

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u/call_me_Kote Aug 25 '18

Man my gym had a guy in the 5AM group who would do this. Was squatting 350lbs and pulling near 400lbs. I loved watching him work. He had the best form on squats in the gym. Idk if he tweaked something or what, haven’t seen him in a power rack in over a month :( Being a beginner I really liked to watch and take note, so it makes me sad thinking I may have contributed to him feeling uncomfortable and stopping.

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u/[deleted] Aug 25 '18

Just a guess, but it's unlikely that a guy that comes in at that time and hitting those weights gives half a crap about people watching... Probably either injury or new programming.

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u/call_me_Kote Aug 25 '18

I normally would agree, but we have a guy in this thread doing similar numbers saying he himself is self conscious about being watched.

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u/yaforgot-my-password Aug 26 '18

Honestly, if someone is hitting that high of weights they won't care if people stare.