Fe_Mike

Sure, as I said a bit back, dropping a heavy deadlift with bumper plates (which actually -are- designed for that) is fine, imo. Some gyms still don't let you do that, but that's a bit silly - that's an actual safety issue.

It's when somebody is dumbbell benching and at the end of every set they just throw the weights off to the side.

And no, you don't have to drop dumbbells even on heavy sets. If flat bench, just twist them to neutral grip and rest them on your lower chest/stomach and sit up. Again, I'd argue if you can't handle that movement you probably shouldn't be handling those weights. But even if you insist on benching more than you need, you can still manage to lower the DB's one at a time to your side with enough control that they don't bounce violently off the floor. Heaven forbid, you could also get a spotter.

It's especially worse when somebody does it on incline cause you're basically already sitting up, absolutely no reason you can't bring those weights to your thighs with ease, but I still see that all the time too.

Look I understand that if you're lifting real weights, 120's, 130's+, it's tough to sit up after a set and there's gonna be a thump when bailing those off to the side. But that's really not what we're talking about. We're talking about guys incline pressing 60, 70 lbs and dumping them from shoulder height after a 10-12 rep set. It's just not necessary in any way shape or form, and it's disrespectful.

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i would hope they would seek out non pussy gyms. were real lifting happens not planet fitness types

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Again man, if that's how you/they wanna act, that's fine, find a place that does it. Don't go to church and try to start a mosh pit during 'It is well with my soul'.

Act appropriately for the situation you're in.

I guess I'm a pussy and work out in a pussy gym and I don't lift for real; but I don't want pussies that aren't strong enough to place their weights down reasonably next to me and throwing dumbbells around while I'm lifting and not expecting it.

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When I lift to failure with free weights, there’s no more energy to slowly place the weights back down.
I’m not “throwing them” but they’re getting dropped

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People that drop weights drop them every set because they want people to look at them.

A) You shouldn't train to failure every set, not even close
B) Get a spotter if you want to train to failure and can't handle it - though you should still be able to lower the weight like a reasonable human being even if you did go to failure.

Honestly this really isn't even an argument, you shouldn't drop weights in a public gym. If you're working out in a hardcore iron garage and everybody is on board with it, sure. Otherwise, don't do it. Period. Deadlifting is the one exception.

Outside of it just being generally douchey, I have seen people get hurt from it. Bounces weird, lands on someone's foot, trips someone walking by. Nobody is expecting you to throw a dumbbell in the gym.

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No matter the fitness level, I am extremely triggered by the weight drop on cable machines or the attachment drop.

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Ugh the stack drop gets my BP up immediately.

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let me drum up some Ronnie Coleman videos of him gently placing them on the ground... oh wait thats not what he did.

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I could have told you this would be your argument, because this is exactly the problem with kids these days. They watch a Ronnie Coleman youtube video and for some reason think their 6'0" 180 lbs arse can start doing Ronnie Coleman shite in the gym cause hey that's what Ronnie did so it must be alright. So the next time they're in the gym, which is like the 4th time ever, they start screaming 'yeh buddy' between sets and throwing weights on the ground.

Let's throw some qualifiers in here then.

If you are, or look like, Ronnie Coleman, you may do whatever the hell you want with your weights.

If you are not, and don't look anything like, Ronnie Coleman, you set your weights down like a normal person that isn't incline DB pressing 160's.

Your tossing the 80's to the side after you cranked out 8 reps is not the same as the best bodybuilder of all time tossing 160's to the side because it's literally dangerous to try to bring that back in.

I bet your skinny arse likes to spread the plates ever so far apart on the barbell so they rattle around just like in the 'Pumping Iron' documentary too, huh? You ol' gym rat, you.

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Exactly. I have the diesel variety and it will tow 7000 lbs.

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Ah yes, a nice comfortable interstate drive at 5,000 rpm the whole time.

Also, will it stop 7,000 lbs when you're halfway into a burrito bite and the soccer mom in front of you didn't see traffic slowing down cause she was scrolling insta?

He can’t hit another one, right?

Man it sucks that both these teams can’t be in Omaha.

Welp. Not saying UGA needed it, but the fix is in. State doesn’t stand a chance today.

Short man coming out to argue an absolute blatant call. He’s such a little bitch.