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Asked a guy to spot me on pullups at the gym this weekend


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So I ask a guy to spot me to failure on pullups, he says "sure, how many you think you can do alone... I say about 12 ish".

 

So I start doing my pullups, whilst looking at the guy in the mirror walking away... on about my 5th pullup I see him coming back with the squat bar on his shoulders/back.

 

Eventually I get to failure around my 12th rep and I am expecting him to spot me at this point... then it happend, he walked up behind me with the squat bar on his shoulders/back and puts my legs/ass onto the bar so I am now sitting on it... he then begins so squat with me on his shoulders/back whilst I do pullups to beyond failure...

 

 

 

Everyone in the gym stared

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heres how i see it:

 

Whenever I get a package of plain M&Ms, I make it my duty to continue the strength and robustness of the candy as a species. To this end, I hold M&M duels.

 

Taking two candies between my thumb and forefinger, I apply pressure, squeezing them ...together until one of them cracks and splinters. That is the "loser," and I eat the inferior one immediately. The winner gets to go another round.

 

I have found that, in general, the brown and red M&Ms are tougher, and the newer blue ones are genetically inferior. I have hypothesized that the blue M&Ms as a race cannot survive long in the intense theater of competition that is the modern candy and snack-food world.

 

Occasionally I will get a mutation, a candy that is misshapen, or pointier, or flatter than the rest. Almost invariably this proves to be a weakness, but on very rare occasions it gives the candy extra strength. In this way, the species continues to adapt to its environment.

 

When I reach the end of the pack, I am left with one M&M, the strongest of the herd. Since it would make no sense to eat this one as well, I pack it neatly in an envelope and send it to M&M Mars, A Division of Mars, Inc., Hackettstown, NJ 17840-1503 U.S.A., along with a 3x5 card reading, "Please use this M&M for breeding purposes."

 

This week they wrote back to thank me, and sent me a coupon for a free 1/2 pound bag of plain M&Ms. I consider this "grant money." I have set aside the weekend for a grand tournament. From a field of hundreds, we will discover the True Champion.

 

There can be only one.

 

that lesson being followed, i think this lifter is trying to become superior

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I"ve seen so many stupid things in the gym, I dont doubt any of these types of stories anymore

 

Yea, this guy on one of my workout forums told this story about it happening to him last week. I literally couldn't stop laughing picturing some dude squatting underneath him while he did pullups. Funniest thing i've read in awhile.

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Most gyms are full of homos or people that are green. Always tell the spotter where to spot u. I'm kinda suprised they didn't try to push on ur ass. Correct way is do ur pullups on your own with your knees bent then when ur at faliure cross your ankles then the spotter lifts up at your ankles. Or to ur pullups on the pullup machine with weight assist. U did the right thing asking for a spotter. Just be specific I've seen some. Very questionable people in my 15yrs of being in diff gyms
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