From Nick Nilsson
Author and Publisher of BetterU News
http://www.fitness-ebooks.com

Ok, got one more for you here to keep a smile on your face...I'd
like to say that I made this one up, like the other ones I sent
along, but it's actually a REAL workout that I saw a guy do about
15 years ago. It was like a train wreck...horrifying, yet you
can't look away...

If you've spent any time in a gym, you've probably seen people
using exercise form that is less than perfect (that's the nicest
way of putting it). What I was about to watch, however, was the
most atrocious exercise technique I've ever seen in all my years
of training. And even though I witnessed it 15 years ago, it's
never been equalled since.

Let's begin...

It was about 1 in the afternoon and I was just starting into my
workout when I noticed "Dave" (not his real name) lay down on the
bench next to the one I was on. Like me, he was doing flat
barbell bench press that day.

He was fairly short, medium build, wearing a tank top to show
off what he plainly thought was a magnificent physique...hairy in
all the right places, chubby little arms and a puffed-out chest.

"Dave" proceeded, without an ounce of warm-up, to load 225
pounds on the bar. He convinced some poor sap to spot for him
then took the weight off the rack. It dropped straight down onto
his chest like a stone. His spotter freaked out and pulled
desperately to get the bar off his chest while "Dave" struggled
and kicked to get the weight up. It was a tremendous struggle. He
looked like a fish out of water with a tomato for a head. That's
how red in the face he was.

Finally, they got the weight up to the top and his spotter
attempted to put the bar back on the rack.

"Dave" said "What are you doing? I've got 5 more reps!"

I almost choked. This was going to be an interesting workout...

"Dave" finished off by struggling out 2 more reps, then did 2
more sets just like that (with a new spotter each time, of course
- nobody in their right mind would go through that twice!).
"Dave" must have learned his lesson though, because instead of
letting the bar drop and stop like on his first set, this time he
actually BOUNCED the thing off his rib cage like a trampoline,
arching his back like he had dropped a hair dryer in the
bathtub!

So the bench press had been taught it's lesson....it was time
for squats. Now, I wasn't supposed to do legs that day but I just
had to see this spectacle up close so I did legs anyway, just to
be in the area.

"Dave" put 315 pounds on the bar right away...which was honestly
about about 300 lbs too much for him. I watched him wrap his
knees and cinch his lifting belt so tight he looked like a giant
toothpaste tube that had been squeezed in the middle.

He recruited another sucker... I mean spotter, for his first
set. He stepped under the bar, unracked it, stepped back and
started to lower it.

It was like putting a bowling ball on a celery stick. His legs
were shaking like Elvis on 10 cups of coffee. His back was so
rounded over, you could have set a dinner plate between his
shoulder plates without dropping a potato. He lowered the bar
exactly three inches then held his breath and began to try and
come back up. No luck.

His spotter stepped in, helped him back up and tried to guide
him to the racks. No dice. He immediately dropped back down
again. Two inches this time. I swear his knees didn't shake on
the second rep simply because they bowed in so much, they were
braced up against each other!

He made his spotter do one more rep after that one, dropping
only an inch on the last rep. Two more sets just like that
followed. It was UGLY.

By this time I had pretty much scrapped my workout for the day,
completely out of morbid curiosity. I told the weight room
attendant to dial "9" and "1" and keep their finger on the "1."
His workout wasn't over yet...

"Dave" unloaded the bar then set up in the same rack for barbell
curls. He put a pair of 35's on the bar, which he had no business
even doing for the "squats" he had just finished with, much less
for barbell curls.

Luckily, he hadn't yet uncinched his lifting belt from the
previous exercise, thereby saving precious seconds of time and,
also, evidently cutting off the flow of blood to his brain.

He stepped up to the bar, took as wide a grip as I've ever seen
anyone take on a bar for curls, then lifted it to the start
position. He took a deep breath and held it. Then, with totally
straight and locked legs, he thrust his rear end backwards then
forcefully thrust his hips forward, catapulting the bar up and
off his thighs. He seriously looked like he was trying to ring a
doorbell with his hip bone.

The bar made it about halfway up before he locked his elbows and
leaned back about 45 degrees to keep it moving.

Finally, the weight made it to the top. He held it there for a
microsecond then dropped it heavily to his thighs.

Then he did it again. And again. And again.

The only good thing I can say about it is at least he had the
decency not to subject a spotter to it this time.

I sat there wondering what he could possibly come up with for a
finale and I was not disappointed.

He walked, or rather, strutted over to the pec deck and set the
pin to the bottom of the weight stack.

He sat on the machine, arms covered in sweat. He wrestled one
arm pad up to the center position. Impressive. He turned and,
with incredible effort, wrestled the other one to the center
position. Veins starting popping out and his face was beet red.

I had a feeling this was it.

I was right.

With the loudest BANG I've ever heard, both his arms slipped off
the pads, the weight came crashing down, and"Dave" was shot 6
feet straight out of the machine across the floor, skidding on
his face right at somebody's feet. I have no idea how the physics
of THAT worked but it was really something to see!

Now, as an adult, I have never wet my pants, but I have to tell
you, that moment was the closest I've ever come. That's how hard
I was laughing (and believe me, I was not alone).

He got up, dusted himself off and walked out, not looking quite
so happy with things...I didn't see "Dave" back in that gym ever
again.

The moral of the story? Big weights only look cool if you can
lift them without getting shot 6 feet across the floor on your
face...don't be Dave.

Nick

P.S. So if you remember that "The Fat Burning Kitchen" book (the
one that's just 20 bucks right now) I mentioned the past few
days...well, today is the last day it'll be half-price. If you're
interested in some excellent nutritional tips and info, it's an
excellent buy. I've known the author, Mike Geary, for quite
awhile and he's spot-on with his nutritional info.

I will tell you up front, it's not all 100% practical for
everybody - some of the tips are a bit specialized...I think
you'll really learn a lot from it, though. I picked up quite a
few tips that I've already worked into my own eating habits. Well
worth the 20 bucks for sure.


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