Do People Give You a Hard Time for Dropping/Bouncing Weights at the Gym?

[SubliminalX]

I don't mind a little drop, at least if you try and set them down. Some people hit lockout and just chuck them down. That is obnoxious. However, I rest the dumbbells on my chest and kind of do an explosive situp so they are supported by my quads so this doesn't happen.

Easier said than done from the supine position with a total weight more than your own body weight laying on your chest. Believe me, I've tried. Warming up with 50-75% max weights for chest is easy to handle completely silently by sitting up and using your quads to catch the em. But once you get up there to strength/hypertrophy type weight ranges it's impossible for me.

 

[SubliminalX]

I fucking hate people who drop weights. And the people who do drop weights usually have the worst form out of anyone else there but try lifting more weight they'll ever be able to handle, and then on their last rep they'll drop the weights and walk off like they're the coolest mothafuckers there. I hate those goddamn people and if you are one of those people, learn some form, stop being a bitch, and place the weights down properly. Respect your gym equipment. That's just my oppinion though.

You hate most IFBB pros then.

I don't think you'll find anyone who disagrees with you about people egregiously making a scene at the gym. I'm talking about people who are obsessive/compulsive about the issue. If the gym employees don't have a problem with someone's habits, then I see no problem neither.

 

[SubliminalX]

your obvious;y some young lad who has no respect for other peoples personal property. If you were lifting in your house and had tile floors asshole, would you drop them. Probably if it was your parents

I disagree about the respect part. If I had no respect, I'd throw weights around and I'd no longer have a gym membership. You can make an argument that my technique at the end of heavy sets suck to the point that I can't silently put down weights on certain exercises without injuring myself, I'll give you that. But I'm trying man. Bottom line is, if the gym doesn't mind, there's no reason for others to worry about it.

 

[SubliminalX]

word. i was always taught that if you can pick them up, you can put them down.

assholes who drop the weights are the ones responsible for breaking them as far as i'm concerned. nobody gives a fuck how tough you are just because you used the 120s for a set; please put them down properly. there are others who would like to use them too, and can't when they are broken.

thanks

Throwing down weights is one thing. No one can agree with that. But you can't treat weights like they're fine china neither. Apparently some people think you ought to.

 

[Squaggleboggin]

your obvious;y some young lad who has no respect for other peoples personal property. If you were lifting in your house and had tile floors asshole, would you drop them. Probably if it was your parents

If I were dumb enough to put a weight set on a tile floor, I don't think I'd feel guilty about breaking it.

 

[CowPimp]

Easier said than done from the supine position with a total weight more than your own body weight laying on your chest. Believe me, I've tried. Warming up with 50-75% max weights for chest is easy to handle completely silently by sitting up and using your quads to catch the em. But once you get up there to strength/hypertrophy type weight ranges it's impossible for me.

You should definitely be able to do it. Just rock a little and use momentum if you have to. I was spotting this fellow the other day who used 100s for maybe 4-5 reps and he weighs like 170. He got up just fine on his own.

 

[CowPimp]

Isn't that simply lifting to failure?

I suppose, but deadlifting is a Hell of a lot more taxing than DB presses. Also, I'm not fucking up community DBs when I do this.

 

[t.durden]

Deadlifts are one thing.You aren't going to damage a big ass metal rod and some metal plates. Dumbells on the other hand can be damaged quite easy. It's not about the noise at all, you could scream at the top of you lungs through your whole workout for all I care. But when I see all you "hyooge" guys damaging shit I lift over my head and shit it pisses me off. I honestly think many guys do just to be noticed. Just remember guys, slamming a weight down doesn't make you grow better!

 

[JOHNYORK]

just cuz u could control the weight doesnt mean that u should be able to control it down thats rediculous someone who says that doesnt go heavy n doesnt push themselves hard enough that at end of doing a heavy set of dumbells on shoulder press its hard to control the weight down....as long as u make an effort not to just fling weights down a little drop is def. fine

 

[Tough Old Man]

If I were dumb enough to put a weight set on a tile floor, I don't think I'd feel guilty about breaking it.

Come on get a grip on yourself. I built my whole hiuse4 myself. When i decide to start lifting, I stoled my wifes living room. My whole house is tiled. Foreman can tell you this. So I learned to set the weights down and not dropped them. IUntil recently when i just finished building a new weightroom, I lifted in the livingroom for 1.5 years and have no cracks or chips in in the tile in that living room.

 

[rmcfar]

This whole weight dropping thing drives me pretty insane. Some punks at my gym dropped weights cause they were way too heavy and now the floor in the one spot has a huge dip in it when you walk over it and they managed to bust half of a mirror by tossing the shit around. Its pretty dangerous actually

 

[Squaggleboggin]

Come on get a grip on yourself. I built my whole hiuse4 myself. When i decide to start lifting, I stoled my wifes living room. My whole house is tiled. Foreman can tell you this. So I learned to set the weights down and not dropped them. IUntil recently when i just finished building a new weightroom, I lifted in the livingroom for 1.5 years and have no cracks or chips in in the tile in that living room.

You could always pay $10 for rubber matts just in case something were to happen. I know I would.

This whole weight dropping thing drives me pretty insane. Some punks at my gym dropped weights cause they were way too heavy and now the floor in the one spot has a huge dip in it when you walk over it and they managed to bust half of a mirror by tossing the shit around. Its pretty dangerous actually

That's simply ridiculous