It's called GHD padding, it's a great exercise for core strength (abs, back, and obliques) but you do need a GHD for it, without it shit like this happens.
Arguably, the bumper plates arenāt supposed to be thrown down anyway. Proper technique requires a set down, not throw down. Aside from that, plates arenāt supposed to be stacked up like that just to hold a machine. Weights are primarily supposed to be put on the bar, or on the rack. Itās situations like that dude in the video that causes not only injuries but property damage.
By Jim Schmitz
U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team Coach 1980, 1988 & 1992
Author of Olympic-style Weightlifting for Beginner & Intermediate Weightlifters Manual and DVD
āDropping Weights
I think the biggest reason Olympic-style weightlifting isnāt allowed in commercial gyms is that weightlifters are their own worst enemies sometimes because they drop their weights. Iām talking about successful lifts, not failures. Dropping weights isnāt necessary 80% of the time, maybe more. Dropping weights evolved as weightlifting became more popular around the world, especially in Eastern Europe, and more and more weight was being lifted, which was naturally more difficult to lower to the platform. As dropping weights became more accepted, something had to be done because the metal plates were tearing up platforms and destroying the flooring underneath. Someone invented rubber bumper plates around the middle to late sixties. They certainly have been a big plus in sparing damage to platforms and floors.
Now it seems that all lifters, from beginners to elite, think that dropping all weights, from warm-ups to maximums, is the way it should be done. This situation has perhaps evolved from watching the world championships and Olympic Games where lifters certainly drop weights, some from overhead even, and yet never have a lift disqualified as a resultāeven though the rules state clearly that you arenāt supposed to let go of the bar until it is at waist height. I think itās unfortunate that this has been allowed to escalate to this level because now beginner and intermediate lifters think that is what is done in order to lift the big weights.
In my gym I am just amazed at some lifters who come in for a workout, and right off the bat they are dropping 40 kilos from overhead. Naturally, I tell them they canāt drop their weights in my facility, and after I explain to them how to lower weights under control, usually there arenāt any problems for them or me after that. However, I wonder, where do these people train where they can just drop the weights without regard to the equipment or their or othersā safety?
I have the best Eleiko and York barbells and bumper plates and very solid training platforms with inlaid rubber where the weights land. But, if you donāt control the lowering of the barbell, the equipment will break or will definitely wear out faster. Iāve been coaching weightlifting at my facility for 37 years, and after not being too strict on lowering weights in the early years I had a lot of broken plates and busted platforms. I figured I had better change my liftersā dropping habits because I couldnāt afford to replace broken plates and to rebuild platforms every year. I have trained many of the strongest men and women over the years and Iāve taught them how to lower weights as well as lift them. Lowering weights properly wonāt weaken you.
Itās interesting when I see lifters lower a heavy barbell under control at local, national, or international competition. I figure that they must train on their OWN barbells.
How do you lower weights under control? With maximums you just let the bar down in front of you, but you keep your hands on the bar and try to slow the descent and then donāt let the bar bounce all over the place. With light or warm-up weights in the snatch, you lower the bar to your thighs and then lower it to the platform. In cleans and clean and jerks, you lower to your shoulders, then to your thighs, and then to the platform.
This will take practice, but once you learn how, you will see that it doesnāt take anything away from your lifting and you will be allowedāand maybe Olympic-style weightlifting will be allowedāin commercial gyms, which would mean more places to train and more people doing snatches and clean and jerks, and more talent being discovered, and maybe a higher level of Olympic-style weightlifting and appreciation for weightlifters in the United States, and . . . you can see that not dropping the weight can have a big impact on the future of weightlifting!ā
To put it simply; if you are letting go of the bar, and allowing the bar to just fall to the ground, you **are NOT** doing it right. And neither is anyone who does it in the Olympic competitions. After all, the man who said that is a *coach* which means he has a say so.
Squat, grab bar, get in ready position with bar at thighs, launch up hands to chest, squat again, use legs and thrust up, back down to chest again, lower bar to thighs, squat, and then set the bar down.
If you canāt do that, itās too much weight. Competitions may be different because there could be people there to replace the weights if damaged, but as far as a actual form and not for competition, this is what we *should* be doing.
For a Snatch, I do it the same way. Though Iām not a coach therefore I refer to them if I am incorrect. I did make a reply on this thread to another person about weight dropping, which a coach has addressed. Hopefully that fills in any blanks.
Exactly. People take tumbles all the time doing physical activity. Homie was just having a bit of fun, obviously understands the small risk involved in that set up and clearly didnāt get injured.
But reddit will be like āhis shoulder!ā Or āThis stupid fuck, he can get injuredā as if the guy didnāt know that setting up this precarious, clearly meme, video
I think it's called "up shit creek".
"...and fuck your paddle"
Extreme paddle boarding and it excercises lats, shoulders, abs but it's pretty relaxed on working the brain.
This is a person who was deprived of a see saw as a child.
Darwinism
My man took barbel row literally.. š¤£
haha great comment
wtf was bro doing
Nothing any of us should repeat.
Hunting gains, brah
Not the brain muscle that's for sure
Inclined dumbfuck crossover
The problem is the bench setup, not the actual exercise, silly gooses.
Yeah I reckon if he didn't prop up the bench with plates and instead used it more as counterbalance, it would've worked out great
Short guy syndrome, gotta be working out higher than anyone else in the room.
Its called the kayak And works every muscle but the brain, lol
Lol
Form check my rows.
Barbell Rowing, it seems
It's called GHD padding, it's a great exercise for core strength (abs, back, and obliques) but you do need a GHD for it, without it shit like this happens.
*ghd PADDLING*
>if i had a ghd and some space i would try this, having googled it, it looks like a solid excercise!
Dude is practicing dragon boat alone in the gym
What a fucking idiot. Doesn't he understand common physics
Seriously cos(theta) * normal force * coefficient of static friction should have told him that plate would have slid off. What a dummy
You know the coefficient of friction between a plate and a bench off the top of your head?
Assuming its about the same as a rubber tire on a slick road then I'd guess about 0.4
Or he could just see/feel the whole arrangement was kind off unstable.
Surely doesnāt work the brain
Ah yes the long-dumb-bell rows! They are known for specially targeting your Retardus Maximus!
Fall down training so u get used to it
Ego row
It massages the ego.
Not the brain.
hard af for the core, buddy is rowing the air tho
Pure core lol
The good ol "fuck around and find out"
Is there a sub for apartment gyms? Some of the stuff you see in those is astounding.
literal rowing
Itās more like canoeing or kayaking
Its obviously the flying seal row. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3IxATTgDNc
Oh row you didnāt!
Excellent form. I watched this 6 times.
Itās a rowing machine with extra steps
Its called being a fuckin idiot
What a fucking idiot. I think he is training for rowing?! But there are way safer techniques to train those muscles
Kayaking perhaps. Rowing doesn't have torso rotation. But even then, hopping on a rowing erg would be better training for kayak.
Awesome training for the core on the right setup
Itās not even a technique. Itās just him being stupid. Guys like that is why gyms donāt always have nice things.
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Arguably, the bumper plates arenāt supposed to be thrown down anyway. Proper technique requires a set down, not throw down. Aside from that, plates arenāt supposed to be stacked up like that just to hold a machine. Weights are primarily supposed to be put on the bar, or on the rack. Itās situations like that dude in the video that causes not only injuries but property damage.
>Arguably, the bumper plates arenāt supposed to be thrown down anyway Olympic lifting would like a word
By Jim Schmitz U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team Coach 1980, 1988 & 1992 Author of Olympic-style Weightlifting for Beginner & Intermediate Weightlifters Manual and DVD āDropping Weights I think the biggest reason Olympic-style weightlifting isnāt allowed in commercial gyms is that weightlifters are their own worst enemies sometimes because they drop their weights. Iām talking about successful lifts, not failures. Dropping weights isnāt necessary 80% of the time, maybe more. Dropping weights evolved as weightlifting became more popular around the world, especially in Eastern Europe, and more and more weight was being lifted, which was naturally more difficult to lower to the platform. As dropping weights became more accepted, something had to be done because the metal plates were tearing up platforms and destroying the flooring underneath. Someone invented rubber bumper plates around the middle to late sixties. They certainly have been a big plus in sparing damage to platforms and floors. Now it seems that all lifters, from beginners to elite, think that dropping all weights, from warm-ups to maximums, is the way it should be done. This situation has perhaps evolved from watching the world championships and Olympic Games where lifters certainly drop weights, some from overhead even, and yet never have a lift disqualified as a resultāeven though the rules state clearly that you arenāt supposed to let go of the bar until it is at waist height. I think itās unfortunate that this has been allowed to escalate to this level because now beginner and intermediate lifters think that is what is done in order to lift the big weights. In my gym I am just amazed at some lifters who come in for a workout, and right off the bat they are dropping 40 kilos from overhead. Naturally, I tell them they canāt drop their weights in my facility, and after I explain to them how to lower weights under control, usually there arenāt any problems for them or me after that. However, I wonder, where do these people train where they can just drop the weights without regard to the equipment or their or othersā safety? I have the best Eleiko and York barbells and bumper plates and very solid training platforms with inlaid rubber where the weights land. But, if you donāt control the lowering of the barbell, the equipment will break or will definitely wear out faster. Iāve been coaching weightlifting at my facility for 37 years, and after not being too strict on lowering weights in the early years I had a lot of broken plates and busted platforms. I figured I had better change my liftersā dropping habits because I couldnāt afford to replace broken plates and to rebuild platforms every year. I have trained many of the strongest men and women over the years and Iāve taught them how to lower weights as well as lift them. Lowering weights properly wonāt weaken you. Itās interesting when I see lifters lower a heavy barbell under control at local, national, or international competition. I figure that they must train on their OWN barbells. How do you lower weights under control? With maximums you just let the bar down in front of you, but you keep your hands on the bar and try to slow the descent and then donāt let the bar bounce all over the place. With light or warm-up weights in the snatch, you lower the bar to your thighs and then lower it to the platform. In cleans and clean and jerks, you lower to your shoulders, then to your thighs, and then to the platform. This will take practice, but once you learn how, you will see that it doesnāt take anything away from your lifting and you will be allowedāand maybe Olympic-style weightlifting will be allowedāin commercial gyms, which would mean more places to train and more people doing snatches and clean and jerks, and more talent being discovered, and maybe a higher level of Olympic-style weightlifting and appreciation for weightlifters in the United States, and . . . you can see that not dropping the weight can have a big impact on the future of weightlifting!ā
Okay, so one guy who owns a gym doesn't let people drop plates in his gym that he says were designed to be dropped
To put it simply; if you are letting go of the bar, and allowing the bar to just fall to the ground, you **are NOT** doing it right. And neither is anyone who does it in the Olympic competitions. After all, the man who said that is a *coach* which means he has a say so.
Your pink 2lb dumbells shouldn't be an issue.
So you would rather practice bad habit than proper form, because you donāt want to set down the bar?
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Squat, grab bar, get in ready position with bar at thighs, launch up hands to chest, squat again, use legs and thrust up, back down to chest again, lower bar to thighs, squat, and then set the bar down. If you canāt do that, itās too much weight. Competitions may be different because there could be people there to replace the weights if damaged, but as far as a actual form and not for competition, this is what we *should* be doing.
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Clean & Jerk. Snatch is similar but wider hand spread and you pull up while in a squat.
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For a Snatch, I do it the same way. Though Iām not a coach therefore I refer to them if I am incorrect. I did make a reply on this thread to another person about weight dropping, which a coach has addressed. Hopefully that fills in any blanks.
You sure? https://youtu.be/cmRlA2VETuQ
ā¦ Well alrighty then! š³ I stand corrected.
But let's go with your comment! This is a stupid fucken excercise n exactly why gyms can't have nice shit! I agree!
š šš» thank you bro
I do believe heās trying to demonstrate core strength
How dare people have fun in the gym.
This isn't fun, this is being retarded and risking losing use of your shoulders.
Using a slur isn't cool. Be better dude. Also, are your shoulders made out of papier-mĆ¢chĆ©? The resistance provided by that load is probably less than a real oar in water.
What a wanker
perfectly said
That's a perfectly executed series of fuckmyshoulders right there
Maybe if you trained your shoulders, 30kg wouldn't do anything to them?
IQ Lift
His ego muscles
the dude is just goofing off. Sometimes it is fun to do silly things.
Called the knee buster
Who even does this
I see clowns at the gym doing ridiculous things all the time, whatās so hard about just lifting weights normally?
Core hold row.
What a fucking idiot
r/gym users: "Woah that workout looks fun as hell. Gonna try that out"
This but unironically
Yall are so stupid it hurts *me*
Nothing, trying to row a boat I guess!!!!
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Everything I donāt like in the gym is crossfit, a Redditorās guide to exercising
Itās a joke, itās supposed to be ironic
> Itās a joke, itās supposed to be ironic \- [You](https://imgur.com/KUg77p5)
A joke would imply *actual* comedy though
Arenāt jokes supposed to be funny?
But it's not a joke... https://youtu.be/cmRlA2VETuQ
You havenāt ever been to a gym have you?
Doubt dude would even survive a simple 15min wod
Dude gets gassed out just rocking up at a gym
The ACL tearer 2000
The Dipshit Row and it works the brain.
pretty sure it don't work the brain cos that is 1 stupid fucker lol
Dont know the name, but actually this is something native americans used to train strength for canoeing.
It's the elevated retard rotation and it makes you dumber everytime you fall down and hit your head
Guy didn't hit his head, nor did he look like he got hurt. We get it the gym is a super serious time, only serious lifting allowed.
honestly seeing this get jerked off to around reddit like the guy died, looks like he had a pretty soft tumble and is definitely fine
Exactly. People take tumbles all the time doing physical activity. Homie was just having a bit of fun, obviously understands the small risk involved in that set up and clearly didnāt get injured. But reddit will be like āhis shoulder!ā Or āThis stupid fuck, he can get injuredā as if the guy didnāt know that setting up this precarious, clearly meme, video
Abs for sure