File :-(, x, )
From Home to Gym: Embarrassment? Anonymous
/fit/

I am joining a gym for the first time since my sophomore year in high school (in which I was never serious about lifting, but instead to mildly strengthen my delts for serving); but, for the past year I have been working out seriously at home, though, I have been without a bench and normal barbell, so I have been restrained to using dumb bells, an EZ bar, and a maximum of 150lb of free weights.

My question is, what is the minimum weight, in your personal opinion, which would not be embarrassing for:

Bench Press
Dead Lift
SQUATZ
Shoulder Press
Curls (in before shitstorm)
Etc.
>> Anonymous
Whatever you can manage without killing yourself. You can always work up to higher weights, but you can't replace a crushed esophagus.
>> Anonymous
Why would you care of lifting "embarassing" weights, you're not doing it so you can impress the guys next to you
>> Anonymous
>>154097

>Curls (in before shitstorm)

Who the fuck cares how much someone curls?

Also, the guys in the gym don't what you're lifting, as long as you do it with proper form and do it well.

It pisses me the fuck off when I see idiots using the squat rack doing quarter squats, or fucking curls.
>> Anonymous
Jesus fucking Christ, you guys are terrible at staying on topic.
>> Anonymous
I have frequented /fit/ for ~6 months now, I am aware and practice proper form. Though, that is not the question.
>> Anonymous
if you're embarrassed going to the gym, stay the fuck no, no ones care how much you can bench or what not
>> Anonymous
>no ones care how much you can bench or what not

This.

srsly
>> Anonymous
Once again you have all missed the point.

Fuck, can we pretend just this once that this board isn't filled with mouthbreathers?
>> Anonymous
>>154097
As long as you're working hard, its not embarrassing. I bench 240 for 3 sets of 10 and laugh at the pussies who do 145 for 3 sets of 10 and don't look like they're trying. I respect the guy who is doing 3 sets of 10, or 8, or whatever, of 120 lbs, as long as he's trying.

Put forth an honest effort and no one will hold it against you.

>>154120
Jesus fuck I'm sorry my nasal septum is fucked up!
>> Anonymous
>>154130
Too much squatz, probably.
>> Anonymous
Dude - you're not liking the replies because this is a pretty dopey question, sorry.

The only thing that qualifies as embarassing in the gym is curling in the squat rack.
>> Anonymous
you need to load the bar up with at least 140kg or they'll kick you out. doesn't matter if you can't lift it just roll it down your chest.
>> Anonymous
>>154105
>>Also, the guys in the gym don't what you're lifting, as long as you do it with proper form and do it well.

this. i've never given a shit about how much someone lifts. i appreciate good form and effort.
>> Anonymous
not to forget that it depends entirely on your physique too, how much you can push/pull.
A long ectomorph like myself will never be able to lift as much as that sturdy mesomorph.
>> Anonymous
>>154109

Whoa whoa whoa, /fit/ hasn't even been around for six months jizzbeard, quit lying because we know.
>> Free Pepsi !!iXxa+hO94Mg
>>mildly strengthen my delts for serving

Off topic, but are you Asian?
>> Anonymous
>Put forth an honest effort and no one will hold it against you.
>> Dr. Baron von Evilsatan
Doesn't matter what you do as long as you're pushing your limit. Even the guys so damn bulky they can't actually turn their heads at the neck started off somehwere, and they all recognise and acknowledge this. As long as you can actually follow the right procedure, you'll be fine. Get one of the gym instructors to tell you how to use anything you don't know to avoid this.

Nobody could really care how little you can lift, pull, or push. Sure, everyone's impressed when someone comes along and lifts a huge weight that bends the bar it's on, but that doesn't mean they'll scorn you if you can only lift the bar itself.

You will, however, be hated if you don't follow the gym's etiquette. Read the rules, and spend a few minutes watching the other people to get an idea of what is and isn't acceptable behaviour. Everyone there will be fine with the guy who can barely leg press twenty kilos, but the beefcake who doesn't use a towel and takes a machine someone else is using will be universally loathed in seconds.
>> Anonymous
>>154170
Fit has been around since my fall semester, are you sure?
>> Anonymous
why should anyone care how much you lift? are you trying to impress people or impress yourself? cause it implies diferent types of effort.

if you're doing it for some other reason than for yourself you're gonna quit sooner or later cause you'll soon find out that noone really cares how much you lift and that it's overrated.
>> Anonymous
>>154097
Grow some fucking balls and lift what you can. I made the mistake in HS of lifting only what I thought wasn't "embarassing" and it fucked up my sports career by making me a pussy.

Man up and do what you can, even if its less than some guys. You'll improve. If you can be dilligent about it, you'll surpass the retarded "popular" jocks that crowd around the huge guy doing the bench and they're going to be thinking "Jesus that kid used to be small and scrawny".

They'll think that till they're serving you fries at a burger joint while you're getting college pussy that they only imagined in their HS days.

/rant
>> Anonymous
     File :-(, x)
Just lift whatever you can safely lift. Straining yourself will make you miss workout days.

As motivation, nice delicious trap in pic.
>> Anonymous
135lbs minimum for dudes, that is the bar with a 45 on each side
>> Anonymous
>>154878
bullshit.
smallest plate possible, that's 2x10 kg.
>> Anonymous
Listen. the big strong guys in the gym dont hate weak kids. they hate the following:

Kids who half rep
Kids who but too much weight on
Kids who are loud and ignorant
Kid who dont try
Kids who use wrong form
Kids who ONLY bench and curl.

IMO i really enjoy seeing a skinny guy squatting deadlifting benching rowing etc with the barbell using good form and sweating bullets trying his ass off, REGARDLESS of the weight on the bar. if its 5lbs more than last week then he is destined for great things.
>> the only real person !!texted
yes i am
>> Anonymous
>>154894

this guy's right. But if you can strap plates of 45 on anything you'll look ok.
>> Anonymous
>Why would you care of lifting "embarassing" weights, you're not doing it so you can impress the guys next to you
THIS. Dear god, start with just the bar and work your way up. Don't start off worrying what onlookers think.
I'll tell you this much, too - eventually, sooner or later, you -are- going to blow a lift. You may drop a loaded bar right out of the squat rack to the floor, you may get pinned under the bar when your shoulder quits mid-press. It's going to happen. Sooner or later you're going to need help, and if you're so worried about what those people helping you think of you it's going to be devastating. You need to put that attitude behind you ASAP.
>> the only real person !!Vxn6JeI1Ibv
embarrassed like u wdlnblb
>> Anonymous
>>154898
Using the 45lbers was my goal for the pass 6 months. I finally got there doing squats. (I wasnt doing deadlifts at the gym because i was dumb and never saw anyone doing them). I was still squatting twice a week though. Started off with 75lbs. There were girls there squatting more than I was...
>> Anonymous
>>155140
>There were girls there squatting more than I was...
Don't give it a second thought; don't give it a first one. Just commit yourself to steady incremental improvements. Think only about your own workout and don't spare a thought for anyone else's.
>> Anonymous
>>155140
congrats man, your next goal: 185, then 225, then 275, then 315.

i use those as benchmarks for pr goals.

the first time i put 225 on my back i thought fuck, this is impossibly heavy, how can someone rep this? but im now up to 275x3. alot of it is getting RAGE and psyched up, keeping your whole body tight and getitng that breath.

ill do 245 and it will feel heavy, but then for 275 i put on a metal song that gets me RAGED and i crank it and fucking go berserk and when i unrack the bar it feels light as shit
>> Anonymous
>>155163
Yeah, I was going with a friend who was a body builder, so we were changing the plates quite a bit. But i was sitting there struggling with 75lbs and this girl comes up and throws on some 25s and starts squatin it no prob. My friend of course laughs, i laugh too, but it was kinda embarrassing. But whatever, Im squatin 165 5x5 now. Still kinda pathetic for a male, but w/e im gettin there. Diet is in check, routine in check. Getting stronger every day :).

http://www.pipeline.com/~dada3zen/average.htm

My goal now is to be stronger than the average guy my age. (20). Pushups, 25. Bench 125 (I weigh 165)
>> Anonymous
You shouldnt be emberassed working out is something you do for yourself not to impress others.
>> Anonymous
>>155212
It's embarrassing because Ive always been weak. Probably one of the weakest in highschool (I couldnt rep the bar for bench). Im improving ya, but I've been working out for about 6 months now and im not even at "average male" strength lol. Ill get there though, I dont worry about it too much. I'm determined as fuck. Cramming down a dozen eggs (4 yolks) a day. Eating like a madman. People at work think im fucking nuts. They wont think im nuts when I have 20 more pounds of muscle on me.
>> Anonymous
>He has a 1-in-4.3 chance of cheating on his wife and enjoys a total of 12.4 sex partners throughout his life.
>The odds that his wife will cheat on him are 1 in 8.3, and the average woman enjoys a total of four sex partners throughout her life.

This shit is ridiculous