The Hatin Thread

[Pirate]

Yesterday I witnessed something I thought was ridiculous, I always see these guys that are RIDICULOUS. They are gigantic sons of bitches, and they always throw the dumbells around...its rather annoying and dangerous looking. But, yesterday one of them was drinking out of a bottle, and took the cap of and dropped it on the ground, then when it was empty, literally just let go of it without even lowering it from his mouth and dropped it on the ground...asshole..

[EricT]

That's because of one or two things:

1. His workout is so intense and hardcore that he no longer has the strength to hold the bottle.

2. The bottle, to him, is a mundane and earthly object which is too unimportant to someone of his lofty status. He is a demi-god. And demi-gods do not need to be bothered with trifles such as setting things down properly.

[Pirate]

hahahahahahahahahahaha well I think its number 2...at least thats what he thinks, its ridiculous how they drop their dbs too, they don't just drop them...they litterally throw them. They usually end up against a wall 10 feet away.

[iron_worker]

Ya thats a piss off to me when guys are doing DB bench or incline and it's obviously too much (when they have to get their spotter to basically lift the weight for them on the first rep because they only do 1/2 reps) and then they just drop the weights because they are too weak to lower them down properly. I've seen DBs go tumbling over and actually hit some other dude in the leg. Not too cool.



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[EricT]

I just realized that people should know the "techniuque" to putting down the bells after a heavy dumbell bench press because there does come a time when they are so heavy that you can hurt yourself putting them down.

A lot of people throw them down because they are not in a position to put them down slowly without hurting themselves. Try to lower a 90 pound bell slowly to the side of the bench and you could get a shoulder ouchie.

What you have to do is the reverse of the setup process. But it IS harder to do that then to setup properly in the first place.

Without someone to hand off the dumbells to I don't know of a better alternative, though. Except for using power hooks.

And if you are doing banded dumbell presses you've got a problem there as well.

[iron_worker]

Well I think the proper way would probably be lower them down along side your body. Like sliding your elbows down your sides and letting your shoulders rotate. At least this way if it tumbles a bit it's usually heading along the bench and is probably a clear area. This works best for incline I suppose.

The way lots of guys try to do it is to lock their elbows at their side and just kind of try to toss it out sideways. This way the weight can tumble out sideways which is often right into the guy on the next bench.

If you're really worried about shoulder injury and don't want to have to throw them down then having someone hand them off to you would work best.

If all else fails just make sure ppl are out of your way if you have to drop them.

IW

[Pitysister]

i use my girlfriend for handoffs on heavier db days.

[iron_worker]

You live in an apt don't you?

I'm sure your neighbors would join the "hatin thread" if you were throwin weights around next door to/above/below them.

lol

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[Pitysister]

i'm on the second floor...wish i was on first would make things super easier

[Pirate]

I understand dropping them at your sides, because its easy and there is usually nothing there...I see these douchebags put more effort into throwing the dbs then they put into actually lifting the weights...ridiculous...and that would be some crazy shit if you through a db and it either went through the wall or through the floor in your apartment...someone might complain about that.