The Dueling Banjos
So I was at the cable station doing rope pressdowns when a guy gets set up to do low rows.
I’m counting out my 20 reps when I see his stack of plates go up and down. I realized, he’s pulling on the whole stack of plates. I was like, "Damn, I can’t believe he’s doing the whole stack of plates."
He stops before I get a chance to look at what he’s doing.
We’re both resting and soon it’s time for him to start up again.
While standing, he puts one foot on the foot rest, and then the other foot on the foot rest….all while his ass never touching the bench.
He uses his legs and the weight of his body to pull back on the stack and then rests his butt on the bench and starts to:
Row
row
row that f*cking boat,
gently down the f*cking stream,
merrily merrily merrily merrily
life is but a f*cking dream.
Just like when you were a kid and you sit feet to feet with your friend and pull back and forth while singing that song (sans the F-word).
I just rolled my eyes and continued with my next set.
Another guy gets on the other low row bench and gets set up to do the rows.
I look to see what he’s doing and he does the same damn amount of weight in the same manner of style.
What a couple of nincompoops.
They both looked like this guy:
Low RowNow where is a know-it-all when you need him?
July 31, 2009 at 8:43 am
well, did he have a pretty mouth?
July 31, 2009 at 8:47 am
Yes, he sort of squealed like a piggy when he was doing his sets.
July 31, 2009 at 9:51 am
I have exactly 0 respect for people who lift heavy weights poorly. Using momentum to lift the weights like that is soooo dangerous. Besides his arms are locked through most of the movement. In the end he’s really only rowing about 6 inches! Atleast they weren’t giving you lifting advice!
July 31, 2009 at 9:59 am
so this machine converts for ab work…nice
July 31, 2009 at 10:17 am
Full body pumpers.
Good stuff.
Oh, and the Deliverance reference was funny too. Ned wishes he never made that movie.
July 31, 2009 at 10:51 am
No **** Shannon. Most people have the worst form when lifting. And the f!@#ers that are trying to lift big are not even ready for it. Sounds like they were trying to impress you or something. What ****in morons.
July 31, 2009 at 10:56 am
Looks like a great way to totally blow the hell out of your lower back, and do absolutely no work with your upper back. But hey, I’m sure that some bimbo out there would be very impressed.
July 31, 2009 at 10:58 am
you know i am going to have to take a trip to your gym!!! it sounds like it doubles as a comedy club on the weekends :0)
July 31, 2009 at 11:06 am
I just don’t know what to say.
July 31, 2009 at 11:19 am
Entertainment while you workout. It’s like reality TV for the gym.
July 31, 2009 at 11:29 am
It would be much safer to do hyper extensions or deadlifts for lower back than rows like then.
Then again, if that’s how they do rows, I can only image how dangerous their deadlifts must be.
July 31, 2009 at 4:22 pm
This video should be titled: How to Row with Your Ego.
July 31, 2009 at 7:15 pm
mmmmm hmmmmm. my man toy kevin, the one who cleaned the tasty grill , does his lat pulldowns with the whole stack and lots of body english but he does it on purpose, and uses good form and lighter weights on all his sets after those first massively heavy cheat sets.
did i say man toy? i meant co-worker. sorry.
August 1, 2009 at 2:52 pm
I’m really gonna have to start looking around my gym and paying attention to what others are doing..I think there has got to be some funny s**t going on that I’m missing…