Anyway The oly platform and bumpers arrived today at my gym (North Shore Gym)!
Kinda bitter sweet. Pretty cheap and crappy setup - see attached pic. No bar so I had to use crpapy gym bar!
But it is a cheap gym…anyway it seems I can’t even drop the weights unless I make a miss…BOO!
A bit slippery too, sorta uneven, I was losing my balance
It’s also right in the middle of the gym…right in front of everyone…ugh
They are Australian Barbell Company bumpers - they work ok, for any Aussies thinking of getting some. Only a pair of each unfortunately, but I’m not that strong so I guess it doesn’t matter for a while.
colin,
you are picky picky picky!!!
lol.
i cant wait tilll my gym moves to their new location and gets this stuff! right now i am doing my cleans and snatch in back or the sqat rack with people doing concentration curls 2 feet behind me.
i cant wait tilll my gym moves to their new location and gets this stuff! right now i am doing my cleans and snatch in back or the sqat rack with people doing concentration curls 2 feet behind me.
Don;t you love it when you need a squat rack and there are incredibly brilliant people choosing to not utilize one of the 20 OTHER places they coudl do curls and instead use a squat rack???:shoot::shoot::shoot::shoot:
Come on guys - those arm curls are pretty hard and dangerous to do
The commerical gym I train at had the good olympic stuff moved and bought new rubber weights. All the the weights are black. Means you have to think about what you put on.
Cool I do what ever I want. The problem is that it is in the aerobic room. Not a problem for aethestic just dropping weights. Also can’t use the weights when they have yoga and relaxation sessions on. Apparently it isn’t very relaxing when somebody is cleaning pulling 150kg, dropping the weight and resetting every rep
Rubber makes such a big difference though - no matter what they are.
Originally posted by QUIKAZHELL
colin,
you are picky picky picky!!!
lol.
i cant wait tilll my gym moves to their new location and gets this stuff! right now i am doing my cleans and snatch in back or the sqat rack with people doing concentration curls 2 feet behind me.
Trying to do perfomr cleans in a crowded weight room is not the safest thing… I was perform cleans and I went to reset to get my last one in, as the weight was down someone moved one of those portable benchs just over the edge of the bar. I went to clean the weight and bench came with it, I thought my shoulder on that side was done. I couldnt lift for a few weeks…
i dont know if that was a sarcastic comment… but anyway… i am home from college now and the gym i belong to (the only gym near me that is decent) has no place to do cleans or snatch. So i have no choice (no other space)but to do it where i am doing it. Unless i carry the bar and weights into the aerobic area. And that wouldnt work very well because the floor is wood.
