# At the gym recently **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 1, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944 "2012-07-01T21:53:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/1 "2012-07-01T21:53:11Z")
While I was lifting, I saw a woman spotting her “boyfriend” on the bench-press. “He” put 450 lbs up 20 times. Proceeded to squat 670 10 times and do 5 deadlifts with 915 on it. (not that the spotter was a slouch) As they went by me, I realized it was a woman! She didn’t look especially “juiced”, just muscular. (I’d guess 6 footish) I was too polite to say anything, so do you think she “juices”? ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/2 "2012-07-01T22:05:59Z")
I am highly skeptical of those numbers you cited. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/3 "2012-07-01T22:08:33Z")
But where was she parked? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/4 "2012-07-01T22:19:26Z")
[Powerlifting records.](http://www.powerliftingwatch.com/files/PLWR-W-05-30-12.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/5 "2012-07-01T22:40:23Z")
If she’s putting those kinds of numbers up, she’s juicing with Super-Soldier Serum. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/6 "2012-07-01T22:43:08Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > But where was she parked? Dunno! I don’t drive so it didn’t effect me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/7 "2012-07-01T23:28:38Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Dunno! I don’t drive\*\* so it didn’t effect me\*\*. 😃 (my bold) slight nitpick… But you are _driven_ are you not? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/8 "2012-07-01T23:29:36Z")
Yes, grammar police. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/9 "2012-07-01T23:46:43Z")
Forget “her”, I wanna know what you’re on. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2012, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/10 "2012-07-01T23:48:13Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > While I was lifting, I saw a woman spotting her “boyfriend” on the bench-press. “He” put 450 lbs up 20 times. Proceeded to squat 670 10 times and do 5 deadlifts with 915 on it. (not that the spotter was a slouch) As they went by me, I realized it was a woman! She didn’t look especially “juiced”, just muscular. (I’d guess 6 footish) I was too polite to say anything, so do you think she “juices”? Did she do this in a bench shirt and other work out gear? Those numbers seem insanely high to me - unless it’s a world class powerlifter (and even then, you say it’s a woman…). ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/11 "2012-07-02T00:17:09Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Yes, grammar police. 😉 No, lol. It wasn’t about grammar. It was referencing the fact that you are still driven to the parking lot (or are you dropped off at the front doors?), where you must deal with the same issues regarding handicap parking. LOL @ grammar police. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/12 "2012-07-02T00:24:05Z")
Are you sure you have these poundages right? For a reference point, 450 lbs is 4-45lbs plates \*and \* 2-10lbs plates \*and \*1-2.5lbs plate on each side. Or the more likely 455 would be 4-45lbs plates and 2-25lbs plates on each side. The bar itself weighs 45lbs. I’ve never seen anyone in person push that for 20 reps on a bench press; male or female. I’ve been a gym rat for over a decade. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/13 "2012-07-02T00:31:55Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > While I was lifting, I saw a woman spotting her “boyfriend” on the bench-press. “He” put 450 lbs up 20 times. Proceeded to squat 670 10 times and do 5 deadlifts with 915 on it. (not that the spotter was a slouch) As they went by me, I realized it was a woman! She didn’t look especially “juiced”, just muscular. (I’d guess 6 footish) I was too polite to say anything, so do you think she “juices”? All due respect you are pulling those numbers straight out of your ass. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/14 "2012-07-02T01:27:01Z")
**ultra** -I’m not on anything, just life. 😃 **Ambi** -front door, but point taken. I was just razzing about your Pit thread. **Meatros** -No special clothes that I could tell. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/15 "2012-07-02T02:14:13Z")
**etv78** Are you going to address those numbers you put out there or are you just going to ignore us? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/16 "2012-07-02T02:33:38Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > **etv78** Are you going to address those numbers you put out there or are you just going to ignore us? Define address? I concede I didn’t get a great look at the bars, so I probably miscounted/miscalculated. The point of the anecdote was that I mistaked a woman for a man. Just an egg on my face moment. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/17 "2012-07-02T02:42:01Z")
Cool story bro. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/18 "2012-07-02T02:43:32Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I concede I didn’t get a great look at the bars, so I probably miscounted/miscalculated. Unless you were seeing double, this is hard to believe. Maybe you should’ve stuck with drugs as an excuse. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/19 "2012-07-02T02:43:45Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Define address? Because you’re really confused over what questions and comments you haven’t been addressing and what it means to “address” right,? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944/20 "2012-07-02T03:09:22Z")
You were too polite to ask someone at the gym if they use steroids? Remarkable restraint. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-the-gym-recently/626944.md?page=2)