Observations of a complete beginner after working out for 3 months

>I have not seen one (1) single person do a deadlift, a BB OHP or a BB row yet
>Barely anyone squats, and 90% of those who do are women
>I have seen more people curl in the squat rack than actually squatting (not exaggerated)
>Most buff dudes seem to mostly do cables all day(?)
>I am still the skinniest dude by a long shot
>there are zero fat people
thanks for coming to my TED talk

Ape Out, Gorilla Mindset Shirt $21.68

Rise, Grind, Banana Find Shirt $21.68

Ape Out, Gorilla Mindset Shirt $21.68

  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    What type of gym do you go to?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      the literal only one in my small town
      btw I'm not complaining, it's fine, I'm simply observing the discrepancy between everything I've been reading online and what actually seems to be happening

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        go to a dedicated bodybuilding or pwerlifting gym and it's world's apart
        commercial gyms attracts casuals
        how often do you see anyone bench 2pl8s with good form and full rom?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        https://i.imgur.com/BWuuGpL.png

        >I have not seen one (1) single person do a deadlift, a BB OHP or a BB row yet
        >Barely anyone squats, and 90% of those who do are women
        >I have seen more people curl in the squat rack than actually squatting (not exaggerated)
        >Most buff dudes seem to mostly do cables all day(?)
        >I am still the skinniest dude by a long shot
        >there are zero fat people
        thanks for coming to my TED talk

        I go to a Uni gym and during primetime you have to stand in line to get a rack. They have 15+ racks.
        I have seen 4pl+ benches, 6pl+ deadlifts and 4.5pl8+ squats.
        Saw a girl do 2pl squats once, I haven't lifted for 5+ years and the game has stepped up, mogfare has changed.

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I go to a cheap-ish kind of gym.

    >EVERYONE deadlifts... from lanklets doing plate to high schoolers doing 3 plates
    >never seen anyone aside from myself doing OHP or BB row
    >everyone squats (only 2 squat racks) so ppl usually waiting for them
    >everyone loves cables
    >no skeletons at the gym
    >lot of fat ppl

    I would rather have ur gym

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    eh, the last one i went to was:
    >buff guys always doing cardio or cables
    >powershitters always in the power racks
    >women always on the treadmills or doing squats (DICKEN BOOTY)

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >I have not seen one (1) single person do a deadlift, a BB OHP or a BB row yet
    Okay, but what about married people?

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Most people in the gym avoid whats hard because it challenges their ego and exposes how weak they are. Why humble yourself with heavy deadlifts and rows or multile sets of heavy paused bench press triples when you could just pump yourself up with machine rows and chest presses and then jerk off?

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >>Most buff dudes seem to mostly do cables all day(?)
    This is true everywhere

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      > buff dude who has been lifting for years does bench press to start his chest workout
      > does dumbell presses
      > moves to cables for triceps to continue workout
      > you enter the gym
      > you see the buff dude doing tricep pushdowns with cables
      > "wow, buff dudes only use cables! I guess i can just copy them and use cables with 10% of the weight theyre using!"
      this why dyels will stay dyel

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        idk, you can do a lot with cables. You can work pretty much any muscle with cables so if people are using cables every workout for 1-2 exercises you're probably more likely to see them using cables than anything else

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          No one with any kind of significant gains uses cables as their main focus of training

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        It's more like

        > you see the buff dude doing tricep pushdowns with cables
        > "wow, buff dudes only use cables FOR TRICEPS! I guess i can just copy them for triceps

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    after working out for 2 years / 16 months in a gym
    >>I have not seen one (1) single person do a deadlift, a BB OHP or a BB row yet
    i have seen three guys deadlift, but nowhere near 4 plates
    i have seen one power lifter type guy doing decent BB OHP as well as BB row, but nobody else
    anyone squats
    yes
    >>and 90% of those who do are women
    yes
    >>I have seen more people curl in the squat rack than actually squatting
    yes
    >>Most buff dudes seem to mostly do cables all day
    in my gym, they all start with a couple of BB compounds and then loads of isolations at cables, weirdly very few DB exercises
    >>I am still the skinniest dude by a long shot
    i'm not
    are zero fat people
    there are a couple overweight people, but mostly boomers over 50 so good for them that they at least try
    my gym is a small rural one and half the people going there are 40 or older

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    barbell rows are for homosexuals anyway

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Doing them has helped strengthen my back and I have had less back problems from work since I have been doing them

      Why you hating sir?

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I'm the only one who deadlifts at my gym

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Thank you for this beautiful talk. *stands up claps*

    Did you know that if you get on a basic beginner program with the focus on the deadlift, ohp, squat, bench, row, you will be stronger then 90% of the people in the gym in less then 5-6 months?

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Gyms like that suck. Returning to lifting a couple of months ago I was incentivised to speed run getting back to acceptable, but comparatively mediocre strength levels.

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        u suck

Leave a Reply to Anonymous Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *