>in university gym today >diddlyliftin 425 for reps >using

>>39412914
Not beta at all, you were being polite. Good job, OP.

>>39412914
if you're using chalk you better be going double overhand you gaylord

I mean that's pretty chill they even let you use chalk if you're not an autist and leave a huge mess.
My school gym just outlawed it completely
Now we have to use this liquid chalk bullshit

>>39412914
What's the fucking point of gym staff then? What a shit gym.

you were sperglord from the start by not doing it before being told


>fucking millennials

>>39413022
take your friend on the way out

>>39413041
>platforms for lifting were made for deadlifts
>school ordered them brand new last semester

and i was being an autist by thinking they might be sturdy enough for metal plates? i mean, sure, it might scratch them, but it wouldnt be too big a deal, surely.

also i clean up my chalk whenever i use it in there (which is only for deadlifts).

>>39412914
the most cringeworthy part of that story is that you felt the need to include the amount of weight you were lifting

>>39412914
if you use chalk outside of a crossfit, powerlifting, or weightlifting gym, you need to clean up after yourself. get a chalk ball instead of loose chalk, it's less mess.

>>39414755
i do use a chalk ball, it ends up creating some dust on the floor/around the bar though.

>>39414747
thought it was good reference to why i was using metal plates. racks at my gym only have two sets of rubber plates, so i used the metal ones because i didnt want to snag extra rubber ones from another rack while the gym was busy

>>39414732
Of course the platform can take getting some iron plates dropped on them.

The only problem I can see is the noise and possible damage to the plates if they're really shit quality.

Cleaning up the chalk is bullshit though, what the fuck is the point of cleaners if not?

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>>39412914
>tfw

>>39413041
Diddly lift platforms are made for diddly lifts. The tiny bit of chalk that comes off the hand should be cleaned up by gym staff. Besides cleanup, what's the fuckin point of them being there otherwise?

You're fine, you did what you were supposed to do without being asked anyway.

>guy in my gym yesterday deadlifting 1pl8
>he slams the weights on the floor after every rep
>it's almost as if he wants to make that much noise

>>39412977
fucking this

>>39413011
Where's your gym at?

>>39412914
>"could you clean up your chalk after youre done? would be a lot less work for the staff here."

>would be a lot less work for the staff here

>less work for staff

Why do they even have staff in the first place. Why are you even paying the gym, if the staff doesn't maintain it?

I would do my best not to make a mess, but if it happens the janitor can clean that shit.

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>>39412977

>>39416887
>Two 30-something guys walk into gym.
>Full on compression clothing, belts, shakers full of pink stuff, carrying invisible melons.
>They obviously roid.
>Load 40kg, those old-school black iron weights.
>Put it on floor with only minimal padding, usually that's where people warm-up.
>???
>They start taking turns doing cleans, 30+ reps.
>Slam weights full force into floor after every rep, they put more effort into this than on actually lifting that shit.
>Mirror in front of them almost breaks, peoples bottles tip-over all over the gym.
>After a while they forgo the whole "doing cleans" part and just concentrate on slamming the weight.
>Scream and growl the whole time.
>Resident gym rats look at them in bewilderment, ask them what they are doing:
>"Full body bro, train both vertical push and press at the same time, max fiber damage, yada-yada."
Never saw them again, probably got banned.

>>39412977
This, tbqh.


I do double overhand out of principle

>>39412914
I would have just left. Literally his job, don't be a beta next time. You could still say "yeah sure" then just leave when you're done

>>39412966
This

>>39418186
skelly wrists here, how tf can i double overhand anything about 315? just train more grip?

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You're MEGA beta because you thought being polite was beta, that's the true sign of a beta faggot.
Insecure dumbass.

>>39418277
Yeah.

Do lockoffs and holds at 80% of your grip max for as long as you can for ten singles.

Rest 1 minute between each.


Do this the day after your actual deadlifting day.

This ensures that you hit the support grip hard while not doing anything too taxing for the rest of your body.

>>39418277
why double overhand anything above 2 pl8?
It's just gonna mean you have less control than if you were doing mixed grip

>>39418316
>Mixed grip

For women only due to their teeny tiny hands

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>>39418387
Or manlets. I'm definitely, totally not one. Just saying.

>>39418277
>>39418300
My progression is at 305 for do but for the life of me I cant grip that for more than 3 reps. Is it ok to start using straps for progressions sake, as long as I do grip strength stuff? Or will this fuck my overall strength?

>>39418774
>Is it ok to start using straps for progressions sake, as long as I do grip strength stuff?
its a necessity you dyel, either that or change your grip to mix or hook

>>39412977
I use hooked grip with chalk is that bad

>>39418387
>>39418300
>>39418186
>>39416903
What the fuck is the point of doing double overhand?
If there is literally NO benefit other than "Hurr durr no grop strength manlet using mixed" then you're an insecure faggot.

>>39419159
I like the grip strength it gives me.

Plus, I don't like the idea of spinal torsion.

If it ever gets too heavy for raw DO I may use straps, but it's just a non-issue for me.

>>39419159
What the fuck is the point of lifting heavy?
If there is letrally NO benefit other than"Hurr durr no funtus strength manlet rom" then you're an insecure faggot.

>deadlifting
>go grab 2 plates that are taller than the others os it's easier ot load the rest of the plates
>warming up with just the bar
>some OCD fucker comes in with his beaner gf and starts putting all the weights away for the entire gym
>goes and puts weights on the squat rack while some dude is mid squatting
>while resting in front of bar the dude starts trying to take my plates I put to the side, tell him I'm using them
>"You going to put them back over there?"
>yeah, then go back to warming up thinking that's the end of it
>notice some jackass is putting all the 45s on the legpress machine and doing 1/18th rep range
>go and grab some 45s just so he doesn't hoard them all
>warming up with 1 plate when OCD guy comes back again and takes the plates i put aside
>Yo I'm using that
>"Well you're not using them now"
>tf
>literally ignore his ass and put them back where I put them
>right before I lift off on my deadlift this motherfucker comes back and puts the plats away again

What the fuck is wrong with these people?

>>39419206
lifting heavy progresses you, doing an inferior grip just so you can say you use an inferior grip makes no sense

Jesus.

>Why do you think I'm paying the staff with my monthly subscription?

This isn't even something ballsy to say, it's the actual reasonable answer. You pay them FOR this. You actually pay them to maintain the gym for you. It's not even something that should require T or alpha to reply, it's literally a contractual obligation.

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>>39414747
>dyel triggered by OPs lifts

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use three steps senpai

>>39419159
less chance of tearing your bicep.
build upper back equally, rather than uneven with the mixed grip

>>39419217
used to have a friend like that, we unironically called him the gains goblin in my friend group

>>39421125
what am i looking at

>>39412977
>>39418186
>>39416903
None of you can even deadlift 3pl8

>>39421906
nice meme

>>39414755
>weightlifting gym
So basically every gym?

>doing incline dumbell press
>do a drop set
>start struggling on beta weight
>Mid fourties jacked dude randomly starts spotting me without a word. Not happened before or since, never spoke to him
>Dude looks like a labourer who's been going to the gym 2 hours a day every day for 20 years
>How does he have dat ass through sweatpants.. no homo
>Finish up my drop set with his help
>T-thanks senpai
>nods goes back to curling more than I was pressing (post drop)
>confirmed beta

>>39424340
Maybe he saw a little bit of himself in you

>>39424373
>Maybe he wanted a little bit of himself in you
fixed

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>>39424378

>>39416915
Cal poly

>>39424378
Underrated af