grunting, to do or not to do

[MuscleH]

I like to see grunting as a privilege.

 

[TheMilkMan]

I get loud and angry during heavy lifts, usually only making much noise during the last couple reps that I'm literally fighting for. I never used to do this but you have to employ every means necessary to keep pushing the limits.

exactly... no need to make yourself look like an asshole... but its necessary to push yourself beyond what your body can take

 

[TheMilkMan]

heres an question kinda along these lines...

what do you guys think about/do about the young kids or scrawny mother fuckers who lift more weight then they should even look at??

case in point:
today a pair of 16 year olds (might have been 130lbs) were all over the gym maxing out(or at least what they thought was maxing out) using 3 plates on the squat, 2 plates on the bench and doing all sorts of other stupid shit (mind you they were doing 1/4 reps for everything)... i'm 240 and on gear and I use that kinda weight for working sets when i'm shooting for high reps...

what do you say to these kids, if anything??

 

[AngryMuscles]

i dont mind people of any sizes, whether skinny, medium, big, or extra large, as long as they use proper form and return them plates/bar after use and for god sake wipe your bench/sit

 

[TheMilkMan]

i dont mind people of any sizes, whether skinny, medium, big, or extra large, as long as they use proper form and return them plates/bar after use and for god sake wipe your bench/sit

well thats what made me wanna kill someone, cuz they werent doing anything right, the only thing that looked like was going to happen was they wre going to hurt themselves or someone else... and you dont grow like that, yet another thing i would have liked to tell them

 

[DocJ]

I used to be a big grunter/yeller when I was younger but I was lifting at a gym where everyone did it...later in life I had to cut it out as I would scare people at the fitness clubs I was lifting at.

Amazingly, there's actually been a couple studies on this; one found there was no performance benefit to grunting/yelling one found that there was a benefit.

 

[AngryMuscles]

there is a diff between grunting and yelling. i don't think grunting is wrong at all. now yelling like you're being raped with each rep..that's something to worry about

 

[pullinbig]

"most" folks who yell and groan while lifting are trying to get attention.

i seen lots of guys use it rior to a lift to get psyched up at meets buts thats another topic.

 

[DocJ]

For me, I was a teenager lifting in a gym with masters PL guys so I just did what they did....that included alot of grunting, yelling, screaming, slapping yourself, etc ahhh those were the days