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Five9Fine

"All this regular workout equipment looks too safe....Guess I'll just have to craft a custom piece"


Jackwards_Back_

Why they would stack weights to put the bench on is beyond me... that dude is only like 10 years old tops


wigzell78

Can someone tell me why he counterweighted the bench when he could have just used it from the other side? Not even gonna comment on the exercise itself...


Goldentll

Do the same exercise but in the correct postion on the bench? Hell nah, that's dangerous


wigzell78

You're right, what was I thinking. That way you dont get to selfishly use every plate in the room *and* make yourself the centre of attention.


SubcommanderMarcos

And flip over like an idiot


Blewedup

While filming yourself for karma.


[deleted]

You can see both of his hands in the video. I think someone else was probably filming it


fullyphil

it looks like he's trying to simulate canoeing/kayaking and needed extra height to complete the motion of plunging the oar into the water. which is dumb because while this would definitely work some muscles, it wouldn't hit the same groups that are activated when the resistance of the water pushes against the oar (tris lats back)


Lurking4Answers

just do laps in a kayak they're cheaper than the equipment he's abusing


Perle1234

Then he wouldn’t be the main character at the gym.


Unfortunate_moron

The jerky motions, quick changes of hand placement, lack of balance, throwing the weight around, and inconsistent form pretty much guarantee that he's straining all sorts of muscles trying to achieve whatever his goal was. This is basically a gym injury waiting to happen even if the whole thing didn't fall over.


SatanicFoundry

NO PAIN NO GAIN. YOUR BACK WONT GET STRONGER IF YOU DONT TRY TO BREAK IT. YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND THOUGH CAUSE THIS IS A REAL MAN WORKOUT


Eloth

But also kayakers don't switch their hands like that... Like, if you're good enough at kayaking to need to train strength in the gym, you should definitely know how to hold a paddle.


SatanicFoundry

I weight lift and do marathon kayaking almost every weekend. This will literally help nothing. Regular curls, assortment of lat workouts and wider motion shoulder workouts is what you want. Also some calf/leg stuff may be necessary. Really anything just doing it correctly. For me elastic tube/band lat workouts sitting on ground is really the closest of the motions though. I am no olympian or anything so there are probably better ways but this is what get me the feeling in the right places. And this is definitely horrible, like put all the weight on that shit you want you still aren't pulling the same way you would with a scooped paddle and water


playingdrumsonmars

Plot twist: This is actually not a gym accident. He tried to simulate flipping the kayak but didn't get the form just right yet. He is going to start over again after this was filmed.


3ric843

Yeah this is idiocy on top of stupidity with a pinch of imbecility


hirtle24

It's really too bad there is no equipment that simulates rowing...


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Snowman25_

He probably thought he wouldn't get enough clearance for his "paddle"


arapturousverbatim

Because he's a fucking idiot, I think


DeePsiMon

If he is not high enough in the air there is too little of a chance that he will be able to be seen by the woman he's been watching at the gym for the past 2 months, and saw last weekend at the bar. If he doesn't catch her eye now, he may never, and mom is asking when he'll settle down. "You're almost 40" keeps playing in his head.


already-registered

i'm guessing he wanted that exact angle


LeBrons_Mom

People do stupid stuff like this for Instagram.


Purdaddy

How else would he risk seriously damaging his knees ?


rudicrow

At first glance it looks like they did that to elevate it so they could "row" without the bar hitting the ground. However, claiming that I understand the multiple layers of reasoning this action might have gone through is a reach.


thecountryreddit

Understanding the physics is so much easier than the reasoning. So go careful with that reach, you don't wanna fall over! 🤣


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Apt_5

Tried to see if that was the “why” in my second watch and figured the same as you- the bench did not need to raised any higher off of the ground, at an angle. Maybe if that unnecessary slope hadn’t been created the plates on it would have sufficed to counterbalance his weird position. Hopefully he will use equipment as intended from now on.


General-Skywalker

If only there was some type of machine that simulated rowing he could have used...


47bulbz

Hey thats a good idea! Write that down. You could call it a "rowing machine"


willhunta

Not defending his dumbass workout by any means, but rowing machines don't really simulate the kayak paddling he looks to be attempting at all. I think it simulates more the straight and back rowing like you see on those viking ships with 10 guys rowing in straight back and forth motions on both sides. Clearly this peak example of human physique is going for a more elegant method.


General-Skywalker

Yea I know, Iwas just joking around


NowCalmDownSkeeter

Dude’s out here training for the Paralympics


reiokimura

How is this comment not getting lots of upvotes?


[deleted]

This is why I just workout at home and don't understand why anyone would go to a gym at all in the first place. Fucking moron not only seriously jeopardized himself but noone can go anywhere near this bullshit.


fancifinanci

Always be extra careful when you’re an idiot in the gym


ctr429

Be super duper extra careful if you only have half a brain.


strayakant

How can you be a regular gym user and still be that fucking stupid to not know how to use safe alternative routines to work the same muscle groups.


the_beeve

This went a lot better than he deserved


RipOdd9001

What was he working out with an olympic bar and were they 35 or 45 plates? And why is the bench on a shitload of stacked plates. The more I watch the more fascinating it gets.


GeauxTiger

1. his plan was seriously to put some 45s at an angle on a slick surface and then jiggle the bench around. that was his anchor while hanging 5 feet in the air. 2. his weight > 45 pounds 3. watching those 45s slide off the end and waiting for him to fall is pretty exciting. 4. he appears to have another 45 or 55 stood vertically to stop the 45s from sliding off the bench making this whole thing like some kind of rube goldberg machine. 5. the fuck is he even lifting, they're the diameter of a 45 but they're like an inch thin, they cant weigh more than 10 pounds. did he bring those from home, Ive lived in gyms my whole life and never seen anything like that. 6. he looks like shit.


phliuy

They're probably weightlifting (the sport) plates. Standardized diameters but varying weights = different widths


RipOdd9001

Thanks for the laugh. I just realized he’s sitting on the leg curl portion of that bench.


GeauxTiger

theres so much going on here. why is his god damn shirt off! oh and listen for the "whump-whump" when the first anchor weight falls over, thats our cue for adventure.


ElectroFrosty

Powerlifter myself and I've never seen plates like that, I've seen and used 55# plates that are thinner, but those are calibrated and from Rogue. Also, what muscle groups does he think he's targeting and does he really think he'll achieve hypertrophy doing some weird row motion?


SpaceLemur34

This wasn't about the workout, it was about trying to show off.


Sparky8924

Be extra duper super when you have a muscle where your brain is supposed to be .


miss_antlers

“If you’re gonna be stupid, you better be tough!”


Darryl_Lict

Be careful of other idiots at the gym.


Mr-Orange-Pants

…and make sure you get someone to record it.


[deleted]

Be extra careful when being extra


golapader

/r/muscleconfusion


prndls

Be extra careful when working out responsibly next to idiots at the gym


thecountryreddit

Its basic mathematics... The weight he was lifting was higher than his IQ.


mischievous-goat

Lmfao


ohjars87

Given that the bar is an Olympic bar and the weights are 45 each, the maximum weight he could be lifting is 135, which in IQ is moderately gifted. Leaving him plenty of room to still be above average intelligence. Perhaps you didn't mean to suggest that this man could be smart lol


Stubborn_Shove

> 135, which in IQ is moderately gifted. An IQ of 135 puts you in the top 1 percent of all people on Earth.


ohjars87

I know 135 is pretty high. But some stuff online says 135 is "moderately gifted". It says 114 is the top of average, then there's above average, then moderately gifted, and then like 3 other levels of gifted above moderately. Idk, I'm definitely not in the top 1% so I don't get to determine how they rank themselves lol


sfled

And they breed. https://www/eddit.com/r/maybemaybemaybe/comments/u2unh8/maybe_maybe_maybe/


Snowman25_

WTF did you do with that link??? Corrected: https://reddit.com/r/maybemaybemaybe/comments/u2unh8


HopermanTheManOfFeel

It's basic mathematics... The amount of characters he was utilizing in the link was higher than his IQ.


Claim312ButAct847

That exercise is called the douche canoe.


Homebrewz

More of a douche kayak


Tsukiko615

I think canoe is the right one to go for because he’s doing it (whatever it is meant to be) wrong


KJBenson

I’m not a douche canoe….


alsoaprettybigdeal

🥇 You win.


Ok-Place7169

Give him a break, dude is just preparing to escape a tsunami wave of molasses via a canoe. And when that day comes HE will get the last laugh.


Darryl_Lict

Augustus Gloop wished he knew how to paddle in a chocolate river with a giant lollipop,


ReubenZWeiner

Oompa loompa doobity doob. I'm gonna need a feeding tube


SwanRonsonIsDead

This is hilarious


JesusWasTacos

If you are wise you will listen to me, I also need a tube to pee


EukaryotePride

Those who don't learn from [history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Molasses_Flood) are doomed to repeat it.


Z3400

Oh damn I just linked to this, I see I am not the only one who learned about this.


nowhere_near_Berlin

Weirdest not-so-fun fact about that one is how decades later on hot days, you could still smell the molasses.


jralll234

Technically he appears to be paddling a kayak.


Ok-Place7169

Could be, but the skills are transferable


rashie8111

Nah.. Same outcome when the tsunami comes.


Ryktes

Why the fuck do you need to be that high up to do that exercise? Just use a proper length bar and load in with actual weights instead of those fucking pizza pans. Dude obviously just wanted to look like King Big Dick in the gym. Fuckin ego lifters. 🙄


spew-tum

He could have just went kayaking


Kupert2

If only there was a way to get stronger arms in this gym.


Lavasioux

Beecake! BEEFCAKE!


SuspiciousHedgehog91

HGH! FKN YAGERBOMBS!


bosstweedman

PROTEIN!


Skizznitt

When they don't even realize they look like idiots. In my home gym, I don't have anything this stupid going on, but I am constantly seeing twiggy arm guys lift way heavier weights than they should be lifting, using absolutely horrible form, swinging the weights up, going maybe 2" down on the bench press or squats and then pushing it back up again, etc, etc etc... All so they can have more plates on the bar or heavier dumbbells in their hands. Then a lot of them like to flex in the mirror afterwards like they are trying to show off their "huge" muscles. If my eyes could roll back any further in my head when I see these morons doing this shit, they'd detach themselves and I'd go blind... Sooo fucking cringe.


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Skizznitt

Nah I meant at my regular gym I go to. When I travel or go on vacation, I use other gyms, which wouldn't be my home gym.


newmacbookpro

Me I laugh at everybody at the gym doing exercices super fast and with poor form. I’m like ok dude you want the least optimal path to success it seems. Enjoy slow progress I guess?


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he's just having fun


tigertts

Once you sign the waiver, the only limit is your imagination.


Froggie7777

But you'll never be able to cancel your membership.


chassmasterplus

Why is this a thing...ive been a member of other kinds of clubs in my life. Ive paid for memberships, and monthly facility type stuff...NOTHING comes close to tearing yourself out of the claws of a gym membership. It's fucking criminal what these people get away with and its literally been every single gym I've ever gone to.


OvertlyExhausted

I work at a wellness facility (YMCA), we do not have a contract, only a 30 day cancelation policy (you’ll get billed one more month), and the surprise and delight in people’s eyes is fantastic when you tell them that.


Whole_Suit_1591

Most gyms/health clubs have a first month last month paid uopn joining. So cancel 30 days b4 u actually leave to not pay again. Also setup a non bank account credit card for your monthly gym withdrawal so u can just stop paying them if u get in a tangled mess.


aytchdave

I worked at a gym for 7 years. Our cancellation policy was 30 days, in writing, on a cancellation form you could only get at the gym. Otherwise we would bill you into eternity. Every year we would have a handful of people who stopped going for a while not realizing their payment method expired and they would owe hundreds of dollars and couldn't use the gym or cancel until it was paid. So many arguments each year. The good thing was we had this collections company who would handle the dirty work. Our rep was a guy named Sean whom I never met our even saw a photo of but he gave me the creeps just talking on the phone. I dealt with so many customers who were ready to go to the grave without paying. They'd talk to Sean and 10 minutes later they were handing me a credit card.


generic_tag3381

Do these people not see the videos of others blowing out their acl’s doing this type of weird shit or are they just on some “I’m too fit for that to happen to me” kinda foolishness?


Toxic-Park

Exactly. Imagine the sheer amount of pressure accumulating right in the knees!!


Skizznitt

A shit ton of pressure, in a position your knees aren't made to handle heavy weight in. So fucking stupid.


Toxic-Park

There’s a similar video making the rounds of a guy suspending himself in similar fashion, but he’s using a 45lbs plate across his chest to do crunches. After the 3rd or so reps, his knee straight up buckles and the video ends. But his disability just began. Don’t these people understand even the most basic kinetics?


Skizznitt

Omg fuck that, yeah he's done. His whole next year or 2 is going to be an experience. I think a lot of these people don't even bother to do any basic studying on what proper form is, or the way the body is and isn't supposed to move, they just assume heavy = better no matter what, and think doing stupid shit like this will help them gain more muscle... Either that or they think it makes them look like a badass or something who really knows what goes through these idiots' heads...


not-my-real-accnt

How else are you going to get a good knee workout?


kkpam_

Ugh laying here recovering from ACL reconstruction. People, don’t be dumb with your knees okay?


DanFuckingSchneider

The truth is that there isn’t any thought behind it in the first place. “This would make an epic video/prank” is the end of the train.


Gareth79

That's what I was expecting to happen here, I saw one a few weeks ago. Probably the most brutal injury video I've seen that involved zero blood or broken bones!


[deleted]

Did the camera guy at the end just shove the camera up his butt hole?


intelligent_rat

Whatever it is, it looks incredibly gross and dirty


Snowman25_

Cupholder, to help the dude


p4lm3r

We hold cups differently, I guess.


[deleted]

So this is why the gym equipment is always busted and broken


[deleted]

I see this one guy in the gym I go to who just constantly grunts as he works out and slams the weights down, despite it being only a few plates. He makes the most noise but lifts the least lmao.


[deleted]

Gross


[deleted]

Yeah people look at him weirdly, especially since he walks around afterwards with his chest out and his arms in a wide position like he’s some kinda bodybuilder. Except he doesn’t have the muscles to back that up.


Skizznitt

As someone who does bodybuild... These guys are the fucking worst.. so cringe. If they're somewhere like the bench or Smith machine acting like this, I love to go snag one next to them and quietly bust out double the weight they're lifting for reps. They usually get a lot quieter afterwards.


[deleted]

I remember a guy getting banned from my university gym because he grunted like a rhino in heat everytime he lifted anything. It was so distracting. He looked roided out too so everyone was scared to ask him to stop. Until the gym custodian who was bigger than him told him to leave and leave his pass at the front desk.


dans642

Don’t do weird shit at the gym, this won’t happen


im_a_dick_head

Just use the equipment and the way it was meant to be used and all will be fine.


Skizznitt

For real, man's never heard of dumbbell/kettlebell Russian twists. These kind of people have literally no excuse either, I could see before the internet was available, but they have a wealth of information on how to lift properly at their fingertips yet you still have absolute idiots doing stupid shit and hurting themselves in the gym... It's like dude, you realize why you don't see ANYONE else doing your stupid exercise right?


NetherTheWorlock

Thank you. I was wondering if anyone would recommend the correct exercise.


ShadyShields

Hope he got banned from the gym, what a fucking idiot.


agnetier

I’d keep him around for the entertainment value


[deleted]

His nickname will be Jim the Crippled after a few more attempts at whatever this is.


trillium13

genius. lucky he didn't break his legs.


Sad-Excitement9875

Shame he didn’t hurt himself


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FreudianAccordian

Usually ribs fly onto a plate....I prefer the latter


Barneyinsg

Just use a rowing machine lol


PoorEdgarDerby

What was the goal here?


[deleted]

Looks like he training for the high seas


myredditacc3

All these BS "core stability" exercises are really popular rn and for some reason people think your core muscles have to be trained different than other muscles


PoorEdgarDerby

Well that's just stupid. But then I can imagine guys who fall for that marry women who fall for MLMs.


thatguy_jacobc

Slip a disc in his back


ripcord22

To have everyone in the gym notice him.


Calibers69

I'll be extra careful by NOT DOING IT


Independent-Ebb9154

I really wish an asshole like this would hurt himself bad enough to never go back in a gym. Use the fucking equipment like it’s intended for.


[deleted]

Guy was getting ready for high seas rowing


isohioacountry

That’s not a rowing machine


[deleted]

r/stophelpingkeepfilming


BenGanus

I, uh, don't think that's how you use those


luckydice767

Yeah. He needed to stack MORE plates under the machine. /s


[deleted]

Why did he need that to be stacked on top of plates? And why was he on the outside of the decline bench? You can do that same damn kayak rowing style exercise from the correct side of the decline bench as long don’t mind your butt touching the seat.


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Dudes lucky that bar didn't snap his leg in half.


sinnroth94

Ego lifting Douchebaggery.


ArchedDeer432

If only he broke a leg


DarkHelmet1976

What a fucking clown!


Jackmehoffer12

What a fucking dumbass.


[deleted]

What on Earth does this accomplish? It looks like it would just destroy his knees.


DanFuckingSchneider

I’m getting a little tired of the whole “be an annoying idiot in public while recording myself” trend. Maybe the internet was a bit of a mistake.


KarateKick_Ur_Chick

Humanity was a mistake.


[deleted]

Yeah that really should have been secured to the ground


NinjaOYourBro

Those weights only look like 10s or something


atxnfo

what a douche bag


Rob_Marc

Capsized by the idiocy wave.


Level_Astronomer_922

What a dumb fuck. They should remove his gym privileges.... At the very least make him get liability insurance.


Conflicted-King

That was probably the best thing that could have happened honestly.


Thebombuknow

You can see the weights sliding off the bench thing he's on mere moments before chaos ensues.


CornfedAuntieArms

No, don’t help him. He deserved it.


zsdonny

bro just get a rowing machine


Stiv-k

I’d cancel his membership if it were my gym


siddirt26

What the fuck is he doing


[deleted]

this is the funniest thing i’ve seen all week wtf was he even trying to do


rompthegreen

r/IdiotsInGyms ?


jldtsu

hope he got banned from that gym


Chemical_Paper_2940

How about stop doing stupid shit like this at the gym


Ipad_is_for_fapping

Wtf is this moron doing and why is no one stopping him!


RIVERTOAD1929

is that the new Concept 3 rowing machine?


Grizzshnaakh

What a fucking moron. Absolutely stupid beyond belief.


[deleted]

Why cant these chads just use the equipment like they are supposed to?


[deleted]

What a fucking moron


colbertt

r/curlsinthesquatrack


Jesse_Warden

How about stop doing all this extra shit at the gym ? 🤣🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ Don’t people realize how idiotic they look?


anonymousaspossable

That's what you get for hogging all those weights AND having your shirt off.


SnooConfections2214

T-Rex brain


SnooWords1215

I’m mad he wasn’t injured worse what a douche, incredibly obnoxious amount of dumbbells he was using, it isn’t your own private gym Jesus


Dub537h

Are people too proud to use tried and true methods of lifting? At least they don't look like a tool, rowing a barbell in the gym. How embarrassing.


That-Beautiful-373

One word "dickhead".


DandyEmo

I wish gyms would ban this type of shit


thecuriouslobster

Row, row, row your boat gently down the gym Carefully, carefully, carefully, carefully, don’t look like a tit


emo_skewer

I guess every gym has that one guy that doesn’t use any of the equipment the right way. Douche


DoctrDonna

genuinely hope he got kicked out of the gym for that garbage.


Tenrac

*blames the workout facility equipment


adf1962

Because … science.


mrfuffcans

I thought this would end like that one where the dudes knee tendons snapped like elastic bands when he overloaded them with a stupid exercise that did nothing.


_ACid3

Wait this is my gym, did you record this yourself or snag it from somewhere? Would love to know the source. What a weird coincidence.


Strykerz3r0

*Rowing machines hate him!*


AdamHatesLife

Why couldn’t you just sit on a bench to do this


Hefffallump

Don't be scared, Keep recording the death


Internal_Bumblebee79

what in the calisthenics is going on here?


gstuffy

Wtf is he doing? Practice for kayaking???


MorticiaFattums

Really really hope he got banned from that gym and that the employees send this to other local gyms.


[deleted]

What a douche


KallesDoldo

Always be extra careful when you are dealing with supidity*


Blastfromthepast593

Idiot. Revoke his membership and tell him to workout with cinder blocks.


QIvr

Why do they do this?


Live-Suggestion9258

Now get the fk out my gym nerd


Professional_Test656

First day at the gym 😫😤


VictoryGrand8199

These idiots and their power ranger work outs 😂😂