Bicep Warriors

Discussion in 'Boxing Training' started by Nigel_Benn, Jun 8, 2009.

  1. Nigel_Benn

    Nigel_Benn Well-Known Member Full Member

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    What do you make of people who just go in to a gym and just do 30 sets of endless bicep curls?
     
  2. Bodi

    Bodi Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Nothing at all. Whatever anyone else does is entirely up to them. When i'm in the gym, my focus is solely on me, call it tunnel vision if you will. I simply have no interest whatsoever in what is going on around me... I don't stay still for long enough to notice people doing 30 sets of bicep curls.
     
  3. HairyHighlander

    HairyHighlander BASS !! HOWLOWCANUGO ?? Full Member

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    I look up to these guys, to be able to do this takes courage, desire and commitment.

    :smoke
     
  4. Johnboy2007

    Johnboy2007 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not tunnel vision at all i reckon thats the best way to be!

    I dont care as such. However i cant understand it. Each to their own i guess but i cant see the appeal
     
  5. jimmie

    jimmie Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think its hilarious and I dont get pissed off by it cause I dont work on my biceps. So when im just going from machine to machine im getting a kick out watching some guy load up on the biceps machine scream after every rep which is only about 5 get up walk around for 10 minutes go back to it scream agian after every rep then I catch them in the bathroom doing pose downs in the mirror.
     
  6. viru§™

    viru§™ Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Half the men that go to the gym I work at have a "biceps day". :patsch
     
  7. Glenwils

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    Dont bother me atall really, what they wanna do is upto them. People proabbly look at my weight regieme and laugh or say "wtf is he doing that for" but i do what works for me, i dont give 2 shits about what other people think.
     
  8. Nigel_Benn

    Nigel_Benn Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I just cant understand how quite intelligent people will do the same training routine over and over again and see no difference.It wastes space in the gym and sometimes u get these idiots using bars that good trainers want to use.
     
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    Doesn't bother me, I don't do them anyways.

    I know lots of people who do them, but they work lower body and other muscle groups as well so it isn't a big deal.
     
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    i dont really care but it really pisses me off when they use the squat rack for bicep curls.
     
  11. Bobby

    Bobby ***.markdemori.com Full Member

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    they want really big biceps and dont know the best way to go about getting them, thats what i think about them
     
  12. QuestionKid7

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    Never seen this, I would tell them to get the hell out if they did.

    Power rack is for squat, bench, overhead press and deadlifts / cleans.
     
  13. JC2006

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    Me too dude, me ****in' too...
     
  14. Vantage_West

    Vantage_West ヒップホップ·プロデューサー Full Member

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    proof that they have a 12 inch
     
  15. Bodi

    Bodi Well-Known Member Full Member

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    "good trainers" is a relative term. Yes, some trainers are better than others, but what all gym users should appreciate is that what type of training suits one persons goals may not suit anothers. I'm sure some of the bodybuilding fraternity frown when they see me banging out a set of 30 kipping pullups, all the while insisting that dead hang pullups are better... yes, dead hang pullups are a good exercise, and a staple of my training routine, but I do kipping pullups as part of a conditioning circuit. I have had people come over to me and ask "why this" and "why that" - my response is usually a grunt, or if i'm in a good mood, i'll tell them to catch me when i'm not training.

    I did notice a guy reading a paper whilst he was on a stationary bike yesterday morning - his primary goal was clearly to read the paper, mine was to bust my ass - fact is though, we both pay our membership, he can read the paper, and i'll train. Anyone who pays to be in a gym has exactly the same rights in there as anyone else. If they don't want to maximize their training, and **** their membership fee up the wall, that's entirely their decision.