Gym wierdos

[Maximus]

I prefer to deadlift barefoot as it gives me a better base and aides my stability, however, I heard that someone had their toe cut off in a freak gym accident at Les Mills in the Hutt the other week when they went barefoot. Very Nasty indeed. I keep my trotters in Chuck Taylors now.

[EMC]

I prefer to deadlift barefoot as it gives me a better base and aides my stability, however, I heard that someone had their toe cut off in a freak gym accident at Les Mills in the Hutt the other week when they went barefoot. Very Nasty indeed. I keep my trotters in Chuck Taylors now.

probly just a rumor. handling a 20 kg plate is gunna be roughly 1 meter away from your feet at chest height. with one inch of width most likely it would crush and break your toe(s). you would need something alot thinner and slightly heavier to do the job.

unless they dropped a stack of weights?

[HaNs]

I prefer to deadlift barefoot as it gives me a better base and aides my stability, however, I heard that someone had their toe cut off in a freak gym accident at Les Mills in the Hutt the other week when they went barefoot. Very Nasty indeed. I keep my trotters in Chuck Taylors now.

probly just a rumor. handling a 20 kg plate is gunna be roughly 1 meter away from your feet at chest height. with one inch of width most likely it would crush and break your toe(s). you would need something alot thinner and slightly heavier to do the job.

unless they dropped a stack of weights?

Thats if you drop it square...

[rose]

I dropped a 10kg plate on my foot from about chest height last year, lucky it landed where toes join foot and 5 mins later there was no pain :-s If it had landed on either toes or foot, ouch.

Haha yes, no brain no pain etc :pfft:

[EMC]

I dropped a 10kg plate on my foot from about chest height last year, lucky it landed where toes join foot and 5 mins later there was no pain :-s If it had landed on either toes or foot, ouch.

Haha yes, no brain no pain etc :pfft:

i once dropped a 20 kg plate from the leg press from waist height, expecting that itd bounce and lean against the leg press' plate holder. instead it came back to my shins. that was pretty bad and so unexpected.

[becbec]

I dropped a 10kg plate on my foot from about chest height last year, lucky it landed where toes join foot and 5 mins later there was no pain :-s If it had landed on either toes or foot, ouch.

Haha yes, no brain no pain etc :pfft:

I was lying on the ground texting on one of those old nokia brick phones above my head once. I dropped it on my head.. that was enough :oops:

[rose]

I was lying on the ground texting on one of those old nokia brick phones above my head once. I dropped it on my head.. that was enough :oops:

Oh wow :shock: If I'm thinking of the same ones, they weren't light!

[Grover]

I dropped a 10kg plate on my foot from about chest height last year, lucky it landed where toes join foot and 5 mins later there was no pain If it had landed on either toes or foot, ouch.

Depends on how far your chest is from your toes!

Sorry not picking on little people

[Maximus]

Update on the Naked Guy at Les Mills.

I have just got back from the gym and thought that I would detail. I got there and unpacked my stuff in the locker room. To my astonishment Naked Guy had some sort of cycling shorts on, at this point I thought that I has been too harsh and maybe I'm a little prudish or judgemental in my pervious comment and went on about my business. Then it happened. Bang !!, off came the shorts and he then proceeded to repack this entire gym bag in the buff, at that point with large towel in hand he went away into the distance for his usual "victory lap" around the locker room. I almost ran out at that point.

I'm going to start getting changed at work instead, it's all rather unsettling for me.

[Grover]

if you can't beat him, join him!

Might have the desired result (for one of u)

[Draft]

if you can't beat him, join him!

Might have the desired result (for one of u)

I just wonder what this "desired result" for Naked Guy might be... :pale:

[Maximus]

Wonderful.

I'm turning into a gay icon. My mother would be so proud.

[rose]

Depends on how far your chest is from your toes!

Sorry not picking on little people

Hah! It's all proportional. You should be dropping at least twice that on your foot etc :pfft:

[Grover]

Actually probably more, read this am that if you dropped a mouse down a 1000ft mine shaft that it wouldn't die, because of its weight it won't reach terminal velocity in that length!

Whereas a man falling from 200ft would go splat!

[haakuturi]

o.O But you don't need to reach terminal velocity to kill yourself in a fall!

[Grover]

o.O But you don't need to reach terminal velocity to kill yourself in

Surely if you kill yourself in a fall you have reached terminal velocity?

Is there 2 levels to dying?

[Beef]

o.O But you don't need to reach terminal velocity to kill yourself in

Surely if you kill yourself in a fall you have reached terminal velocity?

Is there 2 levels to dying?

theoretically you could fall 1 metre and kill yourself- surely that's not terminal velocity? it's about the way you land

[EMC]

o.O But you don't need to reach terminal velocity to kill yourself in

Surely if you kill yourself in a fall you have reached terminal velocity?

Is there 2 levels to dying?

theoretically you could fall 1 metre and kill yourself- surely that's not terminal velocity? it's about the way you land

sigh (as usual)

[Beef]

[Outkast]

Im a bit of a gym weirdo..

I used to be def when i was a kid and i still partly am so i talk quite loud..

Alot of people look at me funny but i couldnt care less!

Theres nothing i can do about it!

[EMC]

gymsta, is that your spambot?

[Beef]

gymsta, is that your spambot?

[ctec27]

i was doing one legged calf raises i was using a pillar to support my other hand i had just finshed the right leg and moved onto my left, as soon as i went back to another set on my right this guy decides it's time for a complete body stretch routine on the side of the pillar i wanted.. i waited, and waited then moved away muttering f*ckwit as i walked past him

[Outkast]

i was doing one legged calf raises i was using a pillar to support my other hand i had just finshed the right leg and moved onto my left, as soon as i went back to another set on my right this guy decides it's time for a complete body stretch routine on the side of the pillar i wanted.. i waited, and waited then moved away muttering f*ckwit as i walked past him

And you said nothing?

[rose]

When I was last doing deadlifts, Chicken Legs comes up and asks me "what do they work, are they deadlifts?"

Initially kinda stunned he's actually intrested, take a moment to tell him. And he pipes up with "arms, do they work your arms?"

I already told him re grip/forearms, but he was actually only interested in whether they work biceps :doh:

The guy is a freak. Chest, biceps and abs 5 times a week. With a bit of back just for, variety? :-s