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Group: General Diet & Nutrition

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 399, Messages: 16719

With such a topic so broad we truly try to cover the basics from all angles in this group. Nothing too big or too small. Nutrition is as significant if not more as exercise is to reaching your goals so learn all you can.

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fryer91 Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/09/29	2003/10/24, 10:18 AM It seems like weight training has really changed from 12 years ago. I usually workout at home, but try to get to the local Golds Gym once a week. Last night I was at Gold's, and was asked to spot a guy going for a new max on bench. No problem, but his mind seemed pre-occupied by a girl doing stiff-legged deadlifts. It was so apparent, and really embarrassing to me to the point to where I got mad. The girl was getting a little pissed off too. I asked him if he was going to attempt a lift, or ask her on a date. Well, he didn't take it to well..I told him that if he concentrated as much on his lift as he did on the girls butt, he would probably lift 10 pounds more then he ever had before. He more or less told me to go to hell...Well, now I was pissed, he was pissed, and she was already pissed. When she walked to the water fountain, I followed...She asked if I worked out with that asshole very often...Of course I thought, oh an opportunity...I shared the conversation I had with the asshole, and we devised a scheme to have her spot him, and given the opportunity to say what she felt....She did! Sweet justice! Guess what? He lifted 15 pounds more then he ever had. She got to say what was on her mind. Boy, is he ever mad at me; oh well... Are we here to help each other out, and lift to our hearts content, or is the gym now a pick up joint?

I_Am-aZon Posts: 893 Joined: 2003/02/18	2003/10/24, 11:55 PM LOL Good job fryer! If there were only more men like you around!
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2003/10/27, 04:07 AM Hee hee! You get better results from lifting it yourself than watching other people lift it, eh? What a concept. Unfortunatley, the gym (except for the YMCA) is a meat market in most places. But look at some of the ad campaigns, women in skin tight leather hotpants working out like strippers with whips.. At least there are some guys like you who stil have manners and a sense of humor. Gosh, I always firgured they were staring in horror because they had never seen a female deadlift that much weight.... -------------- Challenge + Consistency = Results "You do or you do not. There is no try." - Yoda
fryer91 Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/09/29	2003/10/27, 09:49 AM Why did my post come up null?
Ogun Posts: 559 Joined: 2002/08/11	2003/10/27, 10:34 PM dang, mine too, and it was a long one -------------- --There are no versions of the truth.-- Jeff Goldblum, Jurassic Park II
fryer91 Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/09/29	2003/10/28, 10:47 AM Looks like it has happened at least 73 times...null has 73 post, and is at popular status.
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2003/10/29, 03:59 PM OhMyGod!! Bev Francis is one of my favorite female weightlifter/bodybuilders ever! What a cool story. She is/was a record breaker! Maybe she was in your neck of the woods for some competition, she was a powerlifter, bodybuilder, gym owner, so many things... COOL! -------------- Challenge + Consistency = Results "You do or you do not. There is no try." - Yoda
fryer91 Posts: 441 Joined: 2003/09/29	2003/10/29, 04:16 PM Well, she was awesome in every sense of the word. She was quite the teacher with the short amount of time I had spent learning from her. She was kind of hard to understand; kinda an Australian accent/slur, yo no whut I meens Mate?!Maybe not that bad, but I could definately tell she was from some other place. asimmer: By the way, my shoulders and elbows are feeling better; thanks for advice. Slowly getting to the heavier weights; someday I will be there again...