What's your pre-lift ritual? Mine is aimlessly walking

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>>39870774

When I'm really into a song I can make myself hyped and usually walk circles as well.

The other times I just sit and stare into nothingness while concentrating on my next lift.

>>39870774
I sit staring at nothing in particular while visualizing my next set in my head.
I also have a really mean look apparently when I do this and tend to scare people when they make eye contact.
I make myself good and fucking angry before doing heavy compounds too. Usually just thinking about people I hate or the dumb shit I fucked up in life.
So the people in the gym think I'm an enormous asshole for the most part, except the ones who've bothered to talk to me.

>>39870774
for deadlifts, i of course set my feet first. then i bring my arms up over my head almost like a sun salutation. then i bring them down really quick while simultaneously squatting down to the bar. if my hands don't line up like i want them to, then i start over. if i'm going for a max, then i chalk up, clap my hands and slap my ass cheeks really hard before i put my arms up.

squats are simpler. i grab the bar hard, pull it back a little bit and slam it into the rack to "test" the weight." then i get under the bar and say "SSSUP" while unracking the weight really fast, which usually makes the weight feel a little lighter than it really is.

>>39870774
On deads I take a deep breath, arms straight out in front of me, get into position quickly. One hand around the bar, then the next and rep it out. For OHP I kind of pull the weight toward me then pull myself into position and exhale while I unrack it

>>39872026
Do the weights reply?

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>>39872129

"one day you may, anon"

Usually before a PR attempt I pump myself up by taking some heavy breaths and then chanting to myself:

> 1-2-3 RACE WAR!

and then making my attempt.

>>39872129
"yeh i'm just a lucky guy"

>>39870774
>aimlessly walking around
>in circles

>>39870774
I walk laps around the bench between sets.

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>>39873378

>>39870774
>take some delicious cellucor C4 in my car
>check in
>head to locker room
>change clothes, making sure to bare my tremendous musculature in well timed bursts
>circle an area
>rip a fart as to mark my territory
>stomp a couple of times as to assert dominance as the resident alpha male
>go exercise

l pray to the shitposting gods to check my digits

Stand in front of bar.

Repeatedly wipe sweaty hands on trousers.

Yawn a lot for no apparent reason.

>>39873536
fuck me, i yawn a lot in the gym too.

>>39873536
>>39873565
I thought I was the only one who yawned. What the fuck is this?

>>39873565
>>39873596
>>39873536
>*BRAAAAAAPPPP*
Me too, wtf breeehs?

>>39873565
>>39873596
anxiety induced shortness of breath leads to needing more oxygen quickly, hence the yawning

>>39873616
so overstimulating my adrenal glands through physical stress makes me yawn? i reckon that makes sense.

it's kind of hilarious to imagine a fight or flight scenario where you just end up yawning at the situation.

>>39873639
top puf

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Pre-heavy DL I get on my knees and lean backward to stretch my legs/ankles and then back forward to whisper a prayer to the gains gods; that I may never find myself at a plateau, and have a medium-to-high-test yoga pants wearing gf.

Also yawn a lot.

>>39873412
get the fuck out of ere carlos that wasnt even a pun

>Feel the rhythm
>Feel the rhyme
>Get on up
>It's deadlift time

Coooool lifting

>>39873616

So basically its a low test thing, the excess cortisol causing fight or flight responses at the silliest thing like lifting a weight?

I ask God to give me strength and to not be left paraplegic by the weight crashing down on me. That is for when I am hitting a new PR.

If halfway through the set I start struggling I count "Klokovs" instead of reps
>2 klokovs, 3 klokovs, etc...

>>39870774
Look at bar, think "pick it up pussy"..or change my music to some hardcore so I can feel tough as fuck

>stand in front of bar, contemplating it
>put hands on hips because I don't know what to do with them
>breathe deeply twice
>decide I'm not done resting yet and sit on the ground
>start ruminating about life choices
>stupid stupid idiot why would you do that?
>leave gym depressed and anxious

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Conor McGregor doesn't do any pre-fight rituals because he doesn't believe in superstition... just throwing that out there

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I think about her then I will be filled with rage.

>>39870774
>Stand in front of the bar just staring at it
>adjust my grip multiple times
>Trying to get angry by thinking of all the people I hate
>Thinkgen of Candito and animu-girls firing me up and how I really want to make them proud by making it

Snort chalk and headbang

Before I lean back to bench I always do a few seconds of tapping my feet on the ground like I'm double-bass drumming (though I don't drum), also slam my hands (the part inside just below where the fingers connect) into the bar a few times

If there's no one else around I may dance a little bit and pimp-walk around for them good vibes

>>39874061
>wojack.jpg

MINE IS TO HAVE AS LITTLE RITUAL AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE I'M NOT A FAGGOT

>>39874168
>He doesn't pose a rear glute spread to show his dominance
Hahaha faggot

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>walk in gym
>get that first sip of cold fountain water
>take look around gym
>typical uni fags, I look better than 80% of gym even for 5'7 'Manlet
>if I'm lucky that day big booty qt uni girl is in gym squatting or some bs
>make it apparent I'm glancing her direction but not staring
>50% of the time I'll get a mire back
Feels good man, almost lifting for full year, 2017 is the year of gains

pic related

>>39874502
>5'7

Sure thing buddy ;)

Take a shit

Slave squat for a few minutes near the rack while tinkering with my phone

>>39870774
trying to look cool with me lmao1pl8 squat