Strength BS Rants

Titus

feeds@kickapps.com (grffn) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:51:38 PST

Saw a show last night on That nut Craig Titus and his nut girlfriend Kelly Ryan. Seems they got high and brutally murdered(old story) some young girl. Most have probably heard the bulk of the story. This show went over the whole thing and into his and her background. You wanna talk about a couple of disfunctional people WOW were they screwed up. She got the deal of the century only six years! he actually got a decent deal too 21-50. Which means he may see the light of day some time again. Not bad for beating,electrocuting with a stun gun,injecting numerous drugs to make look like an overdose,strangling, and ultimately stuffing the girl in a trunk and burning the body beyond recognition,fleeing,then hiring a hitman in jail to kill off witnesses, he musta knew the judge or somethin

Yours for just $14,000!

feeds@kickapps.com (workforcewarrior) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:22:25 PST

Here's a link - www.quickgyminfo.com . We put in the papers in to refinance our house today in hopes of purchasing one. Free weights are in hock too. Can hardly wait. lol.

bench press injury

feeds@kickapps.com (grffn) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:05:22 PST

Did everyone hear about the USC football player that let a bench press slip and crush his throat? He lived but needed emergency surgery. Are people really still using that thumbless grip???? I really can't believe anyone would but how else could he have done this. Maybe he had no spotter and the bar came down, but I'm feelin that it was the thumbless????????????

Not a rant but...funny and sad.

feeds@kickapps.com (bigcracker) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:04:27 PST

I meant to post something about this the other day on another thread but I will post it separately. The other day after finishing my entire workout in the power rack ( consisting of snatches, OH squats. high pulls, push presses, cleans etc), as a finisher I went and did a few sets of one arm DB snatches with 90lbs. I think I just did two sets of 10. The Puerto Rican soldier who was doing slow one arm rows with the 90lbers asked me " What do those work?" I was hot sweaty and ready to go hoem and eat so I just shrugged and said " Everything" and walked away. This attitude ( his, not mine) is indicative of how the bodypart mentality has permeated the idea of "working out". Apparently in his mind you do an exercise to develop a certain body part. Ah...life is so much easier when you do your own thing! haha

,Rasslin

feeds@kickapps.com (J Duggan) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 08:20:56 PST

I went to a wrestling show last night, and I emphasize the word "show." I haven't been to a wrestling card in nearly twenty years and, boy, was it an eye-opener. It lasted four hours, and between the music, videos, interviews, and pyrotechnics, there actually were a few matches. The videos that accompany each wrestler to the ring actually lasted more than some of the matches. A typical match would go something like this: Video on large-screen jumbotron, loud head-banging music, wrestler makes his way to the ring. He jumps into the ring, does some shucking and jiving, grabs the microphone from the ring announcer and gives a nice, gibberish laden diatribe. His opponent is announced next with the same details. The actual match lasts about 5-7 minutes, then the pinfall. Then the wrestlers leave the ring individually, each accompanied with the same music/video that the entered the arena with. While I realize that 'rasslin was always entertainment, at least...

Skewed Priorities

feeds@kickapps.com (J Duggan) — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:13:54 PST

Is it just me, or does it seem as if there is entirely too much emphasis placed on the death of Michael Jackson? Two straight days where the NY local news stations showed nothing but his death. As if nothing else happened. Yes, he was a popular entertainer- even I never cared for his music. But let's be brutally honest--he was also a pedophile, child molester, prescription drug abuser, among a host of other problems that contributed to him deteriorating into what can best be described as some sort of side-show freak. What I find sad is the relative lack of coverage afforded Ed McMahon's passing. Maybe he wasn't a big "superstar," but, from all accounts he was down-to-earth, approachable, and friendly. He also fought for our country--in two wars! As a Marine fighter pilot he flew over forty combat missions in WWII, and Korea. He might be remembered as a "second banana," but I'll take one Ed McMahon over 1,000 Michael Jacksons anyday.

How many bodybuilders does it take to change a light bulb?

feeds@kickapps.com (traininvain) — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 13:21:39 PST

How many bodybuilders does it take to change a light bulb?

Ten; one to change the light bulb and nine to stand around him and say dude you're huge, dude you're ripped !

Warning: Chinese Weights

feeds@kickapps.com (keith2237) — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:07:50 PST

I bought some chinese weights. Worked out with them. 2 hours later I was weak again.

Thought people might need some levity.

Keith.

Another Circus

feeds@kickapps.com (J Duggan) — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 10:44:34 PST

I just read in one of the papers today that Jose Canseco will fight Danny Bonaduce ( from the Partridge family) in a boxing match tonight. Unbelievable. This Canseco's second fight, he was knocked out in the first round last summer by former NFLer Vai Sikahema. I guess Canseco will do anything to make a buck now. Hopefully, it won't be televised. What would be even greater is if he would just disappear and be relegated to his rightful place--obscurity. Two washed up druggies fighting each other to make a buck. It's too bad they both can't lose.

Burn After Reading

feeds@kickapps.com (traininvain) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 04:56:07 PST

I saw the movie "Burn After Reading" just the other day. I haven't laughed so hard in years!!!

Three of the main characters are employees of a "chrome and mirrors" type gym, "Hardbodies", and as John Malkovich's character puts it, they "represent a league of morons" and "the idiotsy of today".

I think what makes it so funny is these characters are a pretty accurate representation of the average personal trainer/counter person who works for one of these national big chain gyms, Bally's, Gold's, 24, etc.

See it when you get a chance, you'll laugh you ass off.!!!

Sans Power Racks

feeds@kickapps.com (traininvain) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 02:33:40 PST

I belong to a Gold's Gym about three minutes from where I live. When they first opened in 2006 there was one power rack. Now they took it out! I asked a couple of employees about it, no one knew why it was taken out, but I got the distinct impression that they will not be replacing it. It makes me sick!

ATTN:TARXXL

feeds@kickapps.com (bigcracker) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:24:05 PST

Brother please email me at mojodave67@yahoo.com. I am gonna be in your part of the world in month or two.

Dave

JOSE

feeds@kickapps.com (grffn) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:46:58 PST

anyone catch that bio on Canseco? He's starting to have complications due to his roid use. He's all depressed.. Noone likes him. A large fall from grace. It was interesting tho,if ya getta chance check it out.

supersize she

feeds@kickapps.com (grffn) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:42:59 PST

came across a sick show on, I believe, the Learning Channel. Called Supersize She. Follows a woman professional bodybuilder around. Wow what a freak show!! This show is a perfect example of why bodybuilding is such a whack job subculture!!!! Seeing as how men's bodybuilding is all but dead,I can't imagine anyone follows the woman's side??? If anyone cames across this check it out. It's kinda like watching a slasher flick,you don't really want to see the gore but morbid curiosity will keep you watching

workout like the hollywood stars

feeds@kickapps.com (drumstrong) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:16:18 PST

my wife just got the new issue of TV Guide and its the "fitness" issue. Here are some comical direct quotes from 4 of the "Hollywood Hunks": Robert Buckley, Lipstick Jungle--"today, Buckley, 27, hits the gym six days a week, focusing on one muscle group per day with weights and wrapping up his workout with about 30 minutes on the treadmill" Shemar Moore, Criminal Minds--"he hits the gym 4 to 5 days a week doing 45 minutes of cardio plus 157 pushups, 300 situps, pull ups, and weights to tone his arms. My friends call me the beast in the gym." Daniel Dae Kim, Lost--"Every other day the actor does a 3 mile run up and down Honolulu's Diamond Head crater as a warm up for a two hour full-body workout with weights. I don't work out for bulk, Kim says, I like lean muscles." Mario Lopez--MTV's Americas Best Dance Crew--"I like to mix it up because I don't want to get bored, he says. You keep your muscles guessing"

and the Idiot Award goes tgo....

feeds@kickapps.com (bigcracker) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:36:20 PST

Well I finally did it. I seriously strained/pulled a tendon in my hand doing two finger deadlifts. I don't do them as a regular part of my workout but my friend Josh and I were talking about Goerner's two finger and one handed deadlifts and it got me to wondering how much I could do. Well I did 225 with my index and middle finger then, in the heat of the moment , I tried my middle and ring finger. I felt a "POP" in the ring finger tendon so I quit. I finished my workout with my push presses and rows but had to use straps on the rows. Luckily I had physical therapy today and my therapist looked at it and said in his opinion it wasn't torn...yet. Thank goodness I have some Endocets. You'd think a 40 year old man would know better!

A New Trend??

feeds@kickapps.com (J Duggan) — Fri, 23 May 2008 23:37:39 PST

I have noticed something recently at the gym. After observing several trainees, I noticed that they are doing partial reps. Not the partials as advocated by Brooks Kubik in Dinosaur Training, but more like what was done ( and popularized ) by Ferrigno in the movie Pumping Iron. Just today there were two guys training the bench press. They were actually using adjacent benches, and one was basically bouncing the bar off his chest mayber 6"-8" for about 12 reps. The second guy was lowering the bar maybe about half-way and then locking it out. The first guy did all his movements the same way-curls, pushdowns, etc.. Not one complete movement, and, not coincidentally, not one impressive muscle on his body. It seems that there are more and more people doing this. Is this a trend or maybe something that is just happening at the gym where I train?

The Return of the Gladiators

feeds@kickapps.com (J Duggan) — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:25:23 PST

It seems that the new American gladiators are coming back to television the week of May 12. I didn't see any of the episodes that aired over the Winter, but I heard that the "new" gladiators are very similar to the gladiators from the early 90s--huge, hulking, (mostly) juiced-up behemoths going up against small,thin,wiry types. And, returning as host, is the Huckster himself. That fact alone is enough to declare the show a total disgrace. There will also be a reality show featuring Hogan coming soon ( a new one, not the old one where his wife dumped him.) It seems the networks can't get enough of the Huckster. Why is there such a large number of people willing to idolize this guy? Why won't some network exec or broadcaster or interviewer have a pair and confront this fraud, and ask him some tough questions about his own use?

work out

feeds@kickapps.com (grffn) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 01:21:54 PST

has anyone seen that piece of _______ tv show called Work Out. On Bravo I believe. I don't even know where to begin dumpin on this garbage.The male trainers don't look like they even exercise. Finally they hired a guy in good shape (druggin I believe tho) and all the trainers, male and female, got together,looked at pictures of the guy, and said he didn't look good because he had too much muscle on him!!!!! imagine hiring a trainer that doesn't like the look of someone with muscle?????????? If you want to get a good laugh (or purge yourself) check this complete crap out!

Let it out here!

feeds@kickapps.com (M BOB WHELAN) — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:10:09 PST

We had a few hilarious threads on the old Physical Culture Board several years back so I thought of making a section for posts like them. It could be of anything- the druggies, toners and stupid gym rules about no chalk etc. Whatever! Let out your frustrations about the messed up state of the modern Iron Game here! :-)