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Showdown in the Weight Room
o I was working out in the school weight room doing my daily benchpress sets. I was about to do my first warmup set when this white guy and his girlfriend decide to visit me at the bench set. The white guy asks me if he could work in the next set, and I reluctantly gave my permission. So as I was stretching, the guy asks if he could work in now, and added that he would have been done by the time i finished stretching. This kind of pissed me off, and I had to gently and loudly remind him
that it was out of my good grace that I allow him to work in the next set and that he had no place rushing me. This especially pisses me off because I am a rather skinny guy and require a lot of
concentration when I lift weights. I generally do not like to be rushed. So anyway, I had a suspicion about the guy, so I pretended to be having trouble while lifting my first set (135lb). My arms were shaking and my face red. I exaggerated my struggle with the last rep of the set. When I finished, I
sat up and collected myself. It was now his turn on the bench. He put on a quarter plate on each side of the benchpress (185lb).
It was painfully obvious by now that he had turned this into a weightlifing competition for the benefit of his girlfriend. He lifted the set pretty consistently, and his form was actually
pretty good. When he finished, he flashed a big shit-eating grin at his girlfriend and gives me the same look. The ass is probably feeling pretty good about himself. He had just bested
a skinny asian guy at the manly sport of benchpressing. I look at him like "Whatever", I take off the 25lbs from each side and proceeded to add a plate and a 10 lb to each side. The bar is now sagging under the weight of 265lb. This is definitely not
the usual weight I lift. But in the spirit of competition, I lied down and proceeded to rep it consistently 6 times.
Throughout the set, I was aware of the white guy and his girlfriend observing my set (as well as the rest of the people
working out, as this drama had attracted an audience by now.) But by the time I put the bar back on the rack, the white guy was quietly sneaking out of the weight room with his girl.
Moral of the story:
Looks can be deceiving, but more importantly. You have nothing to show off if you can lift 185lbs. You have
nothing to show off even if you can lift 265lbs. You maybe only have something to show off if you can lift 500lbs. So don't try to provoke people in the weight
room.
This guy now probably has developed an inferiority complex towards Asians.
Durin
Thursday, March 07, 2002 at 16:43:47 (PST)
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There's never such a thing as racism with 4th generation'ers, is there?
Mickey Mouse
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 at 21:52:25 (PDT)
Durin,
I love what you did. I'm an Asian female and I've tired of white men strutting in front of me as if they think that would impress me. I'm also tired of white men asking me out and while trying to score a date with me, make negative comments about Asian men who passes by. What that guy did in the gym was uncalled for and what you did was very clever.
AF
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 at 08:51:18 (PDT)
You're right mongol in america:
It's the smarts that count and it is what you have done in your professional life that counts.
I'm 5 ft 11 175 lbs. Ripped to the bone. I can't bench that much or curl that much. I look much stronger than I really am because of my low bf. I mainly watch what I eat. I don't care if my non-asian counterpart can out bench me. I know I look 10 times better than him and most of his peers and I'm sure they get insecure when the blondes are checking me out and not them.
frank zane look alike
Wednesday, June 12, 2002 at 06:46:36 (PDT)
chill out. Not everything is a racial thing skinny boy. He probally was showing off because you're skinny. I get the same attitude, strong boy.
4th generation 442nd brah - USA
Monday, June 10, 2002 at 10:31:27 (PDT)
Hey...uh...what's a good beginner's plan...maybe some of you bodybuilder guys can help me out...thanks...later.
need plan
Thursday, June 06, 2002 at 09:32:32 (PDT)
Mongol dude, read my earlier post. I had already caught and pointed out my typo. And I don't use collars (if the bar gets stuck on my chest, then i can't slide the weights off, hehe) I was doing 245 x 6 that day, and no this story is not made up but then it is really of little consequence to me whether you believe or not. So either way.
Durin
Wednesday, May 22, 2002 at 13:41:55 (PDT)
Yo, Durin,
I think the Mongol dude is right. 2 plates and a dime on each side makes 245, not 265. That is unless your gym has 10 lbs collars. During the past 10 years sweating in a public gym, I have never once witness a big white boy intimidating a little asian guy. Most hard core body builders are extremely nice and laid back people (unless they are on roids). Any way, once you've overcome the need to show off start to work out seriously, you'll realize that how much one can bench press is not important in building a great body. Personally, I think squat is much more useful.
peace
just a gym rat
Monday, May 20, 2002 at 17:09:48 (PDT)
Let me take my foot out of my mouth. Three thirty five is not three plate thirty. Three plate thirty five is actually, three forty five. My friend benched three plate ten, my bad.
Sorry guys.
Mongol in America
Wednesday, May 15, 2002 at 23:37:43 (PDT)
Durin,
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't two plate ten equal 245lbs. I don't think I've ever seen a collar that weighs ten pounds.
Are you sure you didn't make up this story?
Just me, why didn't you pick up on that? How did you get so big? You couldn't get that big using a nautilus system, cybex, or the thing they sale on tv. You must know how to add plates.
If you are telling the truth Durin, then I'd be impressed to see any high schooler bench that.
I went to highschool with a few asian guys who were in the three plus club for bench. Two of them could squat six plus. None of them were over five ten. The heaviest one was one eighty five. The smallest one was five four, one sixty, and he benched three thirty five(that's three plate fifteen, no collars).
It's not so uncommon for their to be strong asians in weightrooms, maybe thats why the white boy approached you.
I bench five plus now, but I'm not in highschool. When I workout in a public gym, I don't like to show off. I use compound sets when I flat bench. I start the pyramid at three plates and peak at four plates, then I work back down the pyramid. I compound the flat bench with dbell flyes, usually eighties. I start an incline bench session with two plates and end with three plates. Decline bench, I use the same pyramid as flat bench, and I compound it with the eighty dbell. I workout five days a week, sometimes six. My sessions last from ninety minutes to three hours, depending on how my body feels. You have to listen to your body when you lift. I don't like to draw attention to myself, so when I use spotters I always tell them not to yell at me to motivate me. I have enough in my mind to motivate me to put it up or lock it out.
Durin being strong in the weight room won't get you very far, unless you're a bodybuilder or an aspiring professional athlete.
Stick to the books Durin, in the long run they will get you farther.
If you want to one up anyone, then nothing feels better than being the boss at work.
By the way, I scored a modest 1350 on my SAT and 27 on my ACT, when I was in highschool. I do have a brain that works.
Mongol in america
Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at 04:40:01 (PDT)
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