Yeah, it's definitely a great atmosphere for training.Dohertys does have some serious athletes lifting out of there.
Not my intention. I thought your statement that I need to watch serious powerlifters was implying that the people I'd previously mentioned weren't serious lifters. If that wasn't what you meant, no probs.And dont twist my words.
Rest as long as it takes for you to recover. If you fail a lift due to fatigue, your an idiot. This is not true in bodybuilding.
For a change, reducing rest periods is fine, but to train that way exclusively will keep you fit and weak, great if your into Crossfit, not so good if you want to be stronger than a woman..
Did you use your left hand or your right hand for that?I trained at Mikes Gym (now Dohertys) since the mid 80's. I knew Mike well.
I spoke to Mike often about these guys. He laughed and said they paid the bills. My experience is that the majority of lifters there are bodybuilders.
The equipment was too poor for a top flite lifter to lift there.
No bumper plates, most bars bent, poor quality knurling etc.
Now tell me, what kind of Olympic lifter is going to train at a place under those conditions.
Same goes for powerlifters.
At Brunswick I had no place to put a bar on the floor.
The gyms do very well for themselves. They have thousands of members.
Not sure how many deadlift 200kg plus though.
This has disentegrated into a pissing contest because some members are unfamiliar with lifting practices in comps.
Good old internet.
Couldn't agree more; but if you can explain how having a dig at the quality of the equipment and trainers at another gym is in anyway related to the topic of this thread, I'd be glad to hear it.Sorry, i was under the impression that free speech was actually encouraged in this format. Markos is quite entitled to have a point of view & communicate it. So are you too i will also point out.
Do you want a cookie? This is then followed by....I was comparing his bars to Zhang Kong bar I have, the Eleiko bumper plates that I have, the 3 ABC power bars rated at 500kg that I have ..... and yes, my ****ty little garage has Atlas stones, granite ones, as well as fat bars, bands, chains, boxes, kegs, KB's.
Not one piece of cheap equipment here at all. Even my non bumper plates are ABC ones.
andWhat a wasted thread.
This is great... then again, I'm easily entertained. Now that you finished (I hope) bragging about what's in your garage can you get back on topic and answer the questions I posted yesterday?Anyway, this thread isnt about equipment, its a thread about rest periods in the strength and powerlifting section.
I thought as much....Let it go Shame, let it go
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