Gym Rat
My employer has a new building within walking distance of my current desk. The building opened today for employees to browse around. I went down to the new fitness facility (only $15/month!) to check it out. It has lots of nice stuff including a decent selection of free weights. After browsing around, one of the trainers asks if I have any questions. I wasn’t going to get snobby about it, but since he offered, I asked, “Yeah, do you have any way to do weighted dips?”
“Oh, weighted dips? Um, well we’ve got the dip assist machine over there.”
“No, I want to add weight, like with a dip belt.”
“Hrm, um not really. But if you want to be creative, you could put two benches together and put some plates on your legs.”
“Oh, I suppose. Aren’t those called ‘bench dips‘, or something like that?”
“No, that’s what I do. Those are dips.”
“Ok. Thanks.”
My current max workout weight on dips is body weight plus 75 pounds on a belt around my hips. After supporting my legs on one end, I’d have to put like 100 pounds of plates on my thighs to get that load on my shoulders.
I’ve turned into a gym rat–I walk into a brand new (very nice) facility, and the first thing I ask about is a piece of equipment they don’t have. If I get a membership (I think I’m moving to a not-so-close building soon, so I might not) I’ll have to buy my own dip belt.
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