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More women dropping their weights

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By *rHotNotts OP   Man
24 weeks ago

Dubai & Nottingham

This is really promising and encouraging shift in gender equality seeing more and more of this in the gym these days.

Keep loading the Olympic ball with a man’s portion of warm-up weight, doing one rep and then dropping it really loudly

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By *anderer88Woman
24 weeks ago

essex

I don't think I've understood what you're saying... am I being dumb?

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
24 weeks ago

North West


"This is really promising and encouraging shift in gender equality seeing more and more of this in the gym these days.

Keep loading the Olympic ball with a man’s portion of warm-up weight, doing one rep and then dropping it really loudly "

Nope. I load with a much heavier than average for a woman and rep it out. Then replace the weights carefully. There's no smashing here.

I took a decent chunk of pride in leaving the ski ropes thingy with a higher strokes per min than the dude next to me who had been doing shorter sprints. And that was my final exercise

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By *an8iMan
24 weeks ago

Bilston

If your dropping the weights down hard it's to heavy for you plus over time you'll crack the plates

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By *ellhungvweMan
24 weeks ago

Cheltenham

Dropping the bars is a fairly common in Olympic lifting isn’t it? A lot of the women do that in my gym so the weights get dropped by everyone, frequently.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
24 weeks ago

North West


"If your dropping the weights down hard it's to heavy for you plus over time you'll crack the plates"

We'd better tell that to the ego lifting dudes who do just that every week, with ridiculous roaring as they do it.

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By *a LunaWoman
24 weeks ago

o o OO o o

I’ve recently got into Kettlebells. I would like to try those bar weight things but gyms are not my happy place.

If it was too heavy and I was struggling then I’m sure I’d throw it out the window never mind at the floor!

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By (user no longer on site)
24 weeks ago

It’s the teenagers are bad for it at our gym they all deadlift in a big group for single reps only every single week and literally just let go of the bar, all the bars are eliko brand yet they still managed to fuck a few of them

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By *enrietteandSamCouple
24 weeks ago

Brum


"I don't think I've understood what you're saying... am I being dumbelle? "

Sorry, I just couldn’t resist.

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By *eoBloomsMan
24 weeks ago

Springfield

I've dropped one in the gym.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
24 weeks ago

North West


"I've dropped one in the gym. "

Even the air freshener didn't make a difference 🤢

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By *eoBloomsMan
24 weeks ago

Springfield


"I've dropped one in the gym.

Even the air freshener didn't make a difference 🤢"

Porridge for breakfast then the treadmill

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By *ulieScrumptiousWoman
24 weeks ago

North West

If it's a decent barbell with proper bumper plates higher than 10kg then if it's under control it doesn't really matter. But don't let that stop your nice little dig under the guise of equality ❤️

Don't drop 5kg bumpers folks! They'll split in no time.

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By *allipygousMan
24 weeks ago

Leicester


"I’ve recently got into Kettlebells. I would like to try those bar weight things but gyms are not my happy place.

If it was too heavy and I was struggling then I’m sure I’d throw it out the window never mind at the floor! "

If you're capable of throwing it out the window it probably wasn't too heavy 🙂

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By (user no longer on site)
24 weeks ago

I don’t drop them anymore. Controlled lowering all the way.

They’re my bar and plates and I can’t afford to keep replacing them. Fuckin expensive stuff now.

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By *anderer88Woman
24 weeks ago

essex


"I don't think I've understood what you're saying... am I being dumbelle?

Sorry, I just couldn’t resist."

Very good, I kinda asked for that one!

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By (user no longer on site)
24 weeks ago


"This is really promising and encouraging shift in gender equality seeing more and more of this in the gym these days.

Keep loading the Olympic ball with a man’s portion of warm-up weight, doing one rep and then dropping it really loudly

Nope. I load with a much heavier than average for a woman and rep it out. Then replace the weights carefully. There's no smashing here.

I took a decent chunk of pride in leaving the ski ropes thingy with a higher strokes per min than the dude next to me who had been doing shorter sprints. And that was my final exercise "

Everyone is beautiful and size doesn’t matter and your gorgeous

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
24 weeks ago

North West


"This is really promising and encouraging shift in gender equality seeing more and more of this in the gym these days.

Keep loading the Olympic ball with a man’s portion of warm-up weight, doing one rep and then dropping it really loudly

Nope. I load with a much heavier than average for a woman and rep it out. Then replace the weights carefully. There's no smashing here.

I took a decent chunk of pride in leaving the ski ropes thingy with a higher strokes per min than the dude next to me who had been doing shorter sprints. And that was my final exercise

Everyone is beautiful and size doesn’t matter and your gorgeous "

The only size mentioned was the size of the weight plates

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By *midnight-Woman
24 weeks ago

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There are signs up in my gym telling people but to drop weight's!

I was seated on machine a few weeks ago and a new weight lifter (who happened to be female) didn't realize you had to secure the weight's on the bar and carnage ensued. I'm still not sure the guy next to her realized how close he came to being incapacitated

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By *rHotNotts OP   Man
24 weeks ago

Dubai & Nottingham


"Dropping the bars is a fairly common in Olympic lifting isn’t it? A lot of the women do that in my gym so the weights get dropped by everyone, frequently."

Yes 1 rep deadlifts. They have platforms. Even in non Olympic there’s arguments that you should drop the bar not lower it when deadlifting

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By *rHotNotts OP   Man
24 weeks ago

Dubai & Nottingham


"I don't think I've understood what you're saying... am I being dumb? "

Just reread it a few times,maybe it will sink in

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By *rHotNotts OP   Man
24 weeks ago

Dubai & Nottingham

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By *rHotNotts OP   Man
24 weeks ago

Dubai & Nottingham


"This is really promising and encouraging shift in gender equality seeing more and more of this in the gym these days.

Keep loading the Olympic ball with a man’s portion of warm-up weight, doing one rep and then dropping it really loudly

Nope. I load with a much heavier than average for a woman and rep it out. Then replace the weights carefully. There's no smashing here.

I took a decent chunk of pride in leaving the ski ropes thingy with a higher strokes per min than the dude next to me who had been doing shorter sprints. And that was my final exercise "

Now that doesn’t surprise me at all, There is serious power in those arms. I’ve seen them powering up 45°car park ramps.

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
24 weeks ago

North West


"This is really promising and encouraging shift in gender equality seeing more and more of this in the gym these days.

Keep loading the Olympic ball with a man’s portion of warm-up weight, doing one rep and then dropping it really loudly

Nope. I load with a much heavier than average for a woman and rep it out. Then replace the weights carefully. There's no smashing here.

I took a decent chunk of pride in leaving the ski ropes thingy with a higher strokes per min than the dude next to me who had been doing shorter sprints. And that was my final exercise

Now that doesn’t surprise me at all, There is serious power in those arms. I’ve seen them powering up 45°car park ramps.

"

Closed grip lat pulldown 1 rep max (with reduced grip strength) was 52kg on Weds. Pleased with that. But back to 45 for reps.

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By *ackdaw52Man
24 weeks ago

Chesterfield

Dropping weights is for people who like to make a noise and get noticed.

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By *avexxMan
24 weeks ago

cheshire

put them down nice and gentle

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By *ildTimes.Man
24 weeks ago

Wherever I May Roam

My gym mystifies me, loads of women doing hip thrusts and squats in the curling rack...stick to the stairmaster!

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By (user no longer on site)
24 weeks ago

Just to expand this out past the gender, but whenever I see someone dropping the bar on the floor loaded with weight, it pisses me off as it fucks the bar right up. Trying to do deadlifts with a wonky bar is not my idea of fun! 😒

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By (user no longer on site)
24 weeks ago

At least they’re making progress! Some programs focus on 1 rep max for strength gains, which can be effective.

It takes a lot to get to the gym and put in the work. People will always find something to complain about when it comes to training, but the key is to focus on your own progress and make gains while spreading positivity.

Sometimes, I do think it would be helpful to have different time slots for men and women to train, just to give women a bit more privacy.

I’ve currently got a 220kg deadlift and once I’ve reached the max number of reps or I feel I can’t get the last one out I put it down straight away. It might make a noise but it’s controlled and out of the way so no one is harmed.

Be positive 😃

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By (user no longer on site)
24 weeks ago


"Just to expand this out past the gender, but whenever I see someone dropping the bar on the floor loaded with weight, it pisses me off as it fucks the bar right up. Trying to do deadlifts with a wonky bar is not my idea of fun! 😒"

If you’ve got bumpers where you’re deadlifting you can drop the bar. I’ve never came across a wonky deadlift bar before 😅

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By (user no longer on site)
24 weeks ago


"Just to expand this out past the gender, but whenever I see someone dropping the bar on the floor loaded with weight, it pisses me off as it fucks the bar right up. Trying to do deadlifts with a wonky bar is not my idea of fun! 😒

If you’ve got bumpers where you’re deadlifting you can drop the bar. I’ve never came across a wonky deadlift bar before 😅"

Where I go, they’re oldish bars. But the bar I had yesterday was a first for me! Had to stop and find another one, couldn’t lift it safely!

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By (user no longer on site)
24 weeks ago


"Just to expand this out past the gender, but whenever I see someone dropping the bar on the floor loaded with weight, it pisses me off as it fucks the bar right up. Trying to do deadlifts with a wonky bar is not my idea of fun! 😒"

Bent bars are shit they make gripping a lot harder considering we are far stronger on the eccentric than we are on the concentric there is never any reason to drop the bar outside of Olympic weightlifting which relies a lot on technique to get the bar overhead so the disproportionate lowering strength often doesent apply

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By *rystalsswingCouple
24 weeks ago

Up the Road / Galway/ Midlands

So long as they aren't dropping 20kg dumbells on their face, it should be fine 🤪

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By *eter2.5Man
24 weeks ago

London

The bar should be dropped in a controlled manner Olympic bars are expensive

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
24 weeks ago

Bristol

Put them down like you're going to do another rep...

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