Bench Pressing Dwarves
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 at 16:59 Gymbox at Bank, a gym in London's financial district, is letting members replace their regular dumbbells with human beings.
These "human weights" come in all shapes and sizes, and, as a bonus, they'll shout encouragement while you lift them. "You can do it!" is what you may hear doing curls lifting Arti Shah, aka the "Dainty Diva", a dwarf who weighs 66 pounds. "Dig deep!" may be the cry from "Super Human" Matt Barnard as you bench press all 340 pounds of him. Ok, assuming you can even lift 340 pounds, there is much to determine ahead of time. Do you bench press him face up so he doesn't barf on you if you grab in the wrong place? Face down so he can shout (spray) his motivational phrases directly into your face? And how do you strip these weights?
Gymbox, known for its wacky workouts, believes members lifting up humans instead of cold, hard metal "will see better results...(it's) the ultimate embodiment of visualisation theory." I just can't visualize where to put my hands on these people...
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