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
“Tris 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,” “bis for the guys,” “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” and “traps for the chaps.”
     
Google Groups: misc.fitness
American bodies
Eric S. Boltz
9/2/93
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Biceps are particularly strange since they’re hardly used in ‘real’ situations and the tris are 2/3 of the upper arm mass. There’s a saying: “curls for the girls, tris for the guys” that I’ve heard.
   
Bodybuilding.com
If we do “curls for the girls” and “tris for the guys”
BrawnySwoleman
06-26-2009, 01:36 PM
Does that mean we do:
 
squats for the tots
traps for the chaps
calves for the chavs
rows for the hoes
quads for the Todd’s
pecs for the secks
back for the blacks (no racist)
shrugs for the hugs
EDIT:
lats for the brats
 
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Jeremy Baumgarten
‏@Jerwalkingempty
Curls get the girls tris for the guys LIFTING!!
12:21 PM - 13 Jul 2009
         
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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
 
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Anthony Dangelo
‏@TonyDaaPony
“curls for the girls, tris for the guys, abs for the drags, and chest for the rest”
5:44 PM - 10 May 2013
 
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Rachel Crocetti
‏@rcrocetti
“Guys do curls for the girls, girls do tris for the guys” -a quote from Jack Anten
8:14 PM - 24 Jul 2013
New York, USA
 
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B-riddlez
‏@Gr8Bam
Curls the the girls
Tris for the guys
squats for the hots
rows for the hoes
pecs 4 the best
back 4 the racks
shrugs 4 the hugs
#motivation
4:35 PM - 6 Nov 2013
 
Twitter
B-riddlez
‏@Gr8Bam
@SimpleGabe I gotchu
curls for the girls
Tris for the guys
Squats for the hots
back for their racks….I think that’s it
6:35 PM - 13 Nov 2013
 
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Josh Sobby
‏@Jsobbyyy
@Odd_Is_Even @zOrikta
1) curls for the girls
2) glutes for the sloots
3) shrugs for the hugs
4) rows for the ....
5) TRIS FOR THE GUYS
1:53 PM - 20 Apr 2014

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


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