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This embarrassed me so, so very much.
> Be me
> I think two years ago
> At a new gym, trying it out.
> Do my usual warm up, 10 reps of 110 on the bench press.
> It's a pitiful amount, not even my weight, but I'm a work in progress.
> Notice people giving me the shit eye, don't know why.
> See someone else benching to my left, except he's not using a machine and the bar isn't connected to wires.
> Any non-autist who's stepped into a gym knows what the problem is already.
> I'm done with my reps and check the "bench press machine". Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
> Fucking squat rack.
> I did this for years.
> Why didn't anyone tell me? Why did I never check the label?
> This whole time I though people who did squats with the "bench press machine" we're the assholes instead of me.
> Somehow able to swallow the embarrassment.
> Decide to give REAL bench press a shot.
> Start small with 50 lbs
> Lift it twice before I can't even get it off my chest.
> Leave
> Surprised I didn't cry when I got home.
So what are your stories?
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>>40282419
I saw a dude fall on the treadmill the other day. I was walking on the treadmill looking his direction and I saw him eat shit. I felt bad for him because his gook wife yelled at him after. He looked so sad after
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>>40282419
We're you benching in the smith machine? Dude that's nothing. Lots of people do that when they don't have a spot and want to go heavy. But you should bench with normal benches to work on stabilizers.
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>>40282449
i have a history of tripping while doing cardio but nobody even noticed desu
but when i deadlift everybody stares
fucking commercial gyms man
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>>40282419
The Smith Machine is not a squat rack, retard
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>>40282419
>smith machine
>squat rack
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>>40282419
I had a sneeze while warming up with 135lb and a stranger had to lift the weight off my chest.
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>>40282419
Leg press?
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>>40284271
He said it had wires
I don't use machines so I don't know what the fuck he was using
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>>40284631
Why didn't you just lift one side up until the plate fell off?
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>>40282419
Sounds like a smith machine dude, that's not a fucking squat rack lmao. anyway, i see people bench pressing in both all the time, so not sure what the problem is here
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This was a couple months ago but still made me feel awful
>Be 21 year old male
>self loathing hungry skeleton in training
>Be at small gym
>Kind of late, im the only one there
>Doing some stuff in the freeweight section
>Enter Chad, Brad, Stacey and Jessica
>Around my age
>Brad and Jessica disappear to cardio or something
>Chad and Stacey come over to freeweights
>Acting like a middleschool couple, Stacey giggling, lots of touching, she stands on his toes and they make out
>I have earbuds in, try my best to ignore it
>Chad does like three reps on the bench press, Stacey sits on his lap and they talk and laugh
>Chad does some bicep curls and Stacey grabs his arms and chest and they kiss again
>Dont understand why they are here, Chad barely working out and Stacey doing nothing
>They both keep eyeing me the whole time
>Hear them talking
>Pause my music but keep the earbuds in
>Stacey is on his toes again
>"Omg Chad your muscles, you're so hot I love you so much."
>Chad tilts his head in my direction
>"Would you still love me even if I looked like that?"
>Stacey looks me over top to bottom then back to him
>"Pfffft! Hahahaha!"
>She busts up laughing and shaking her head as she buries her face in his chest
>I watch all of this in the mirrior through my peripheral vision and act like I dont hear or see them
>Finish my routine and leave
>Sit alone in silence in my car for like fifteen minutes before I drive home
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>>40286487
Should have called him out, slapped him and ran off with his GF
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>>40286487
Do not focus on the past, anon. Focus on the present, and what will become of your future. Gainz for the gainz godz
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>>40286487
I'm usually very laid-back but I got unreasonably angry just reading that.
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>>40286487
well it seems you lift for you and he "lifts" for her ... i dont hink he wanted to make fun of you, he got an answer that he did not want to hear ... good for you, i guess.
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>>40286487
was Chad actually swole? I ask because everyone I've ever encountered in the gym that is actually strong has been nothing but pleasant.
The only time I encountered an insecure type was on the dip station, and he wasn't even that bad.
>I'm repping weighted dips with +80lbs,
>tryhard Chad-wannabe with frosted tips and sunglasses (indoors, at night) walks up to the station with his girl
>Doesn't give me shit or anything, just has that "too excited for the gym and talking loudly trying to impress" kind of thing going
>I ask him if he wants to work in while I rest between sets
>He's not exactly DYEL, but I can tell he is not particularly strong either
>He asks me if he could try my weights belt (the gym's own ones are always in short supply so I bring my own)
>I let him, and he struggles to do a single rep in front of his gf, so they both walk off
He wasn't a cunt to me or anything, but had the appearance and attitude of a massive faggot. Maybe I am the faggot for looking down on him.
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>>40282517
same, are they intimidated by diddlies or something?
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