College weight room has no rubber weights, need advice for lobbying

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Bret44444444-

What gym do you work out at bro? UM alum here....

 

[Scotsman]

Try to get on good terms with the gym manager and drop hints every so often so that maybe when they redo the budget you'll get a couple of nice plates. Worked for my in school I whined and begged for two years for them to get dubells over the 100's they got up to the 120's. When I asked for even bigger ones they told me to buy my own. Worked part of the way.

Cheers,
Scotsman

 

[Brett44444444]

Bret44444444-

What gym do you work out at bro? UM alum here....

They are completely rehauling the IMSB until January, so I am working out at the CCRB, which is also going to be closed this week for renovations.... you lift on campus?

 

[Nonerz]

Make it a safety issue...no one likes liability...

or follow Maurice's suggestion -- Chain yourself to a power rack and go on a hunger strike.

 

[Becoming]

They are completely rehauling the IMSB until January, so I am working out at the CCRB, which is also going to be closed this week for renovations.... you lift on campus?

No bro, I have been out for about 5-6 years now.... The CCRB is mega nice, but all the pretty boys lift there... I was an athlete there for a little while after I transferred in (the facilities are unbelievable), but then after I retired, I used to go to the IMSB... Used to drop some major weights in that place... Do they still have that leg press in there? I used to load that thing up with everyplate I could find and my bro would jump on top.... funny stuff.... Had a lot of good workouts there.... IMSB is a dump compared to the CCRB, but it was fun...

A^2 must have been no fun on saturday night... that place is a ghost town after a loss...

 

[Brett44444444]

No bro, I have been out for about 5-6 years now.... The CCRB is mega nice, but all the pretty boys lift there... I was an athlete there for a little while after I transferred in (the facilities are unbelievable), but then after I retired, I used to go to the IMSB... Used to drop some major weights in that place... Do they still have that leg press in there? I used to load that thing up with everyplate I could find and my bro would jump on top.... funny stuff.... Had a lot of good workouts there.... IMSB is a dump compared to the CCRB, but it was fun...

A^2 must have been no fun on saturday night... that place is a ghost town after a loss...

ha, yeah they still have the leg press. I would go there to avoid watching the frat boys jump from the bench to the curl bar, but they are renovating it until January, so Im stuck at the CCRB for the time being, which is only an extra few minutes for me anyway. The game had everyone down, but it was my birthday that day, and we (the rugby team) stomped central a combined 128-7 between our A and B sides, so I stayed in good spirits.

 

[ripper2]

tell them you need some rubber weights to do cleans with. if they dont' get 'em, just do it with the iron. soon as the floor, bars, weights are all busted up they'll probably get some rubber ones

 

[Creepusmaximus]

Use the metal weights fuck it. Not your problem if your breaking stuff along the way. I work out at a Gold's and we don't have rubber weights. The floor is paded but we just go at it, if the sounds bother someone then it managements problem to get some rubber weights. Thing is not many people do cleans or deadlift etc. at my gym.

 

[JOKER47]

What about building a platform? You could build one fairly cheap, and it wouldn't matter if you dropped the metal weights on it.

Tell "The Man" it would be much cheaper than bumper plates.




Joker