A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from July 15, 2016
“Bis for the guys” (weightlifting saying)

Entry in progress—B.P.
 
“Curls for the girls” is a similar saying that has been cited in print since at least 1981. Other weightlifting sayings include “benches for the wenches,” “calves for the chavs,” “cuts for the sluts,” “flies for the guys,” “glutes for the sloots,” “lats for the brats,” “no pecs, no sex,” “planks for the skanks,” “quads for the broads,”  “rows for the hoes,” “squats for the hots,” “squats for the thots,” “squats for the twats,” “traps for the chaps” and “tris for the guys.”
     
 
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TillardGates
‏@JTillard
Bis for the guys, curls for the girls, and abs for the strags….beach/bbq workout. Dont try to spring break without it
12:22 PM - 16 Nov 2009
 
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Jeff Kryglik
‏@KryglikFromABC2
housing is turning around and i got to do bis and tris for the guys ; ) Halo, then these papers.
8:30 PM - 15 Feb 2011
 
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yung shkreli
‏@AKvltGentleman
curls for the girls, tris for the guys? fuck that. bis for the guys, tris also for the guys
3:45 PM - 20 Jun 2012

Posted by Barry Popik
New York CityExercise/Running/Health Clubs • Friday, July 15, 2016 • Permalink


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