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I suppose it\u2019s kind of an oxymoron that I preface this post with unpopular opinion; over the last few months of randomly commenting on public shit on social media, it\u2019s safe to say that most of the opinions I have are typically unpopular and am routinely told by randos how stupid and how much of a loser I am for having them which in a way is not a bad thing because it makes me think twice about engaging anything on the internet and saving my opinions for my own personal brog where I will never have anyone telling me that I\u2019m wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n But anyway, I\u2019m at the gym, more specifically I\u2019m in the locker room changing out to get ready to head back up to the office.\u00a0 And then I hear a thud; right past the walls to the men\u2019s locker room is the little alcove of the gym where the dumbbells are situated, and there are 1-2 benches for people to do some dumbbell lifts.\u00a0 Usually once, sometimes twice in a work week, I utilize these dumbbells, especially since my gym has no barbells or any free weights that would be useful to really do some swole seshes.<\/span><\/p>\n A few minutes later, another thud, of weights being dropped onto the ground, after what was probably a grueling, failure-inducing set of god-knows-what to push a man to the limits to where he feels the only logical option is to abandon ship and drop their weights to the ground, completely unconcerned about floor damage, or any collateral damage of rolling or bouncing weights.\u00a0 Granted, the heaviest weights available at my gym are two 50s, but considering the majority of the people in my building, it\u2019s still sufficient if you know what you\u2019re doing inside of a gym.<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019m in the shower, and then there\u2019s an even louder thud, and I\u2019m beginning to think that whomever is using the dumbbells is increasing weight in between sets and slamming heavier and heavier weights based on the sheer magnitude of the thuds.<\/span><\/p>\n While I\u2019m getting dressed comes one last thud, that kind of shakes the ground, and one of those impacts that you can feel in your bones.\u00a0 There\u2019s some extra clatter, and then the sound of the weights clearly having rolled or bounced into the drywall on the other side of the wall I\u2019m standing in front of and I\u2019m finally thinking to myself, what the fuck, dropping weights is fucking stupid, and a sign of weakness, because anyone with any modicum of strength and control would probably be able to workout without hitting such catastrophic failure points to where they have to start slamming their weights on the ground like when Hogan slammed Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania III<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n Yes, I know all about hitting failure and the importance of it in order to achieve certain levels of growth, but I actually know the guy in question who was dropping the weights like he were in a Rocky<\/em> training montage.\u00a0 He\u2019s definitely not a bodybuilder, and is probably like 155-160 lbs., tops.\u00a0 I know he\u2019s into crossfit, considering the crossfit shirts I\u2019ve seen him wearing, and it\u2019s evident where he picked up the habit of dropping weights.\u00a0 Which is fine, when you\u2019re at the crossfit gym, and all of the crossfit clowns are flinging and dropping and slamming their weights all over the place, but not while at the minimally loaded work office gym.<\/span><\/p>\n Not only are there already holes and dents in the drywall from gee I wonder wear, the floors are minimally padded with an appropriate floor covering, but the fact that the floors are hollow sounding, I don\u2019t imagine 80, 90 or 100 lbs of weight being slammed onto the ground is great for the long-term.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t a crossfit gym, and it\u2019s barely a real gym in general.\u00a0 It\u2019s a repurposed section of an office building that had some basic gym equipment placed into it, that\u2019s convenient for casual and\/or knowledgeable exercise enthusiasts to come and get some work in, not for crossfit clowns to come in and fling shit around and lift weights with shitty form.<\/span><\/p>\n The bottom line is that, I think weight dropping is stupid, weight dropping is potentially harmful, and weight dropping is just weak, in general.\u00a0 Fewer things seem a better indicator of strength and ability to harness that strength than being able to control not just the press of weight, but also the return of it, and I frankly don\u2019t want to hear any nonsensical bullshit about how I\u2019m not hitting failure and hampering my own gains.\u00a0 I workout in order to maintain good health, not train for the next fucking Olympics, I\u2019m not trying to break floors and walls and make tremors when doing so.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I suppose it\u2019s kind of an oxymoron that I preface this post with unpopular opinion; 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