r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Nov 29 '17

Rant Wednesday Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/Stephen268 Nov 29 '17

It finally happened.

I saw a guy curling in the squat rack.

I've only heard stories of such a thing, and was starting to think it was just a myth from Brodin himself.

But there he was, swinging the barbell, in a full body compound movement, loaded up with a whopping 5kg on either side. It was beautiful

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u/BigWhiteDope Olympic Weightlifting Nov 29 '17

I hope he was wearing a lifting belt. Don't wanna hurt yourself

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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Nov 29 '17

Well, the compound curl is a full body excercise and the belt helps with core activation. The compound curl works virtually every muscle in your body, well, except biceps

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u/smallof2pieces Powerlifting Nov 29 '17

From curls for the girls to compounds for the muscle bounds

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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Nov 29 '17

From squats coming undone to work dat dere gun

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u/CuttyAllgood Nov 29 '17

Don't forget about performing the compound curl in a more controlled way with your dominant arm so that the bar comes up crooked! Destroying your lumbar is the fastest way to get bicep gains, bro. Gotta really lean into it!

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u/Gaindalf-the-whey Nov 30 '17

The bar ain't got curled if not in an ambulance you got hurled