RABC Week 3, Rant: Find a different Planet?

Greetings RAW Warriors,

It has been a long time with some posts here. I will start with Week 3 of the RABC Plan, and end with other news and tidbits.

Week 3: 10/8/6/4 rep pattern used on DL and BP

Day 1:

Deadlifts
Bench Press

Pulldowns: 4*8
All Star Sit Ups: 4*5 each side

3MW: 30 seconds each
Pushups
Squats
Jumping Jacks
Mountain Climbers
Lunges
Total Body Extensions

Day 2:

Deadlifts
Bench Press

Bent Over Rows: 4*8
Windmills: 4*5 per side

2MW: 1 minute each
Jumping Jacks
Total Body Extensions

Day 3:

Deadlifts
Bench Press

Low Pulley Rows: 3*8
All Star Sit Ups: 3*5

3MW: 20/10 work/rest pattern
Pushups
Crunches
Squats
Lunges
Mountain Climbers
Total Body Extensions

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Ranting:
Lately I have seen that Planet Fitness, a major chain in our country, is taking out squat racks due to members being intimidated by them.  I first saw that PF banned deadlifts awhile ago, and thought that was rather absurd. Taking out a squat rack takes the cake for me... This is a limitation on personal choice and freedom for your own fitness objectives. If you were a trainer here, it would be pretty hard to put someone through a squat protocol to help improve maximum strength with no squat racks around. If you trained by yourself and found a squat and bench program, it would be difficult to do squats after they took out the racks.

What I find amazing is that PF isn't denying this happening, like its all a made up story. They pride themselves on limiting options for their members for some reason, pride themselves on free pizza and bagel days for their clients, and members just put up with it. Why? If your memberships were only $10/month and they gave you free pizza, would you say anything?

I would question the free pizza and bagels, and question why my exercise choices are being limited.... That is me.

This makes no sense: why limit a person's choices when it comes to exercise? I suppose there will always be a niche section of America that wants their hand held, wants a cheap membership, even if your options are limited, and they give you free pizza as a reward for your submission to their rules.

Wake up, people. This is a social experiment going terribly wrong. 

It reminds me of when I worked at a brand new gym and dealt with a lot of ladies who gave up on Curves and switched to our gym... They wanted more options, more direction, and better results.

I believe a lot of people will see through this garbage from PF and quit those gyms, seeking out better opportunities they desire.

People get tired of being nudged and limited, they will seek the better option that has more freedom in the end.

I don't see this business lasting much longer if they keep limiting options because someone feels intimidated. Intimidation can drive you in order to overcome an obstacle. Intimidation is not a BAD thing, it can be a motivator.

Let it fuel you, not limit you.

Rant over.
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Lift. Dominate. Repeat.
Rats Alley Barbell Club
Coach Rick Karboviak