Fat?
October 28th, 2010 at 4:00 pm by David FarrarReaders may recall that Hone Harawira called Rodney various things, including fat, a week or so ago.
A reader alerted me to this video. Is this the same Rodney? I suspect Hone would struggle to bench press 110 kgs.
And here’s another – 180 kgs in a deadlift.
Tags: Hone Harawira, Rodney Hide
October 28th, 2010 at 4:03 pm
Great video of Rortney training for lifting all those perks and baubles of office.
[DPF: trolling - 10 demerits']
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Be cold day in hell before I give a crap what that fat brown neck bitch says anyway David.
I notice the Maori party have quietly replaced him in the committee because hes too much of an out there racist for even them.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:06 pm
Hey Tom, get fucked you knuckle dragging troll.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:11 pm
Sounds like Murray fancies spotting for Rodders and hitting the showers after for a game of “drop the soap”.
[DPF: Sounds like 10 demerits to me]
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
110 for 3 reps isnt bad going. That would calculate to a 1 rep max of about 120kg.
Its not up to Dime standard, but pretty good!
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
That’s hot. Reckon this one is better though…
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October 28th, 2010 at 4:21 pm
this post reminds me of schoolyard tauting “my dad is bigger than your dad…”
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Sorry DPF, no need to get all punitive. You can play drop the soap too if you want.
It seems odd that Murray uses abusive language and gets no demerits, yet I suggest he fancies getting sweaty with Rodders and get 10. Does this mean gay jokes are out? If so, we’ll be disappointed that you won’t be posting on Carter anymore.
[DPF: And another 10 demerits]
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:31 pm
A quick squiz back at the “parliament’s biggest loser” comp shows that Hone’s start weight was 107kg…
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
I didn’t realise that Hones entry in the “Biggest Loser” was about his weight.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:38 pm
One wonders where he finds the time.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:41 pm
Anyway, to answer the question. Yes, Rodders is fat. Too much troughing.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
Don’t really care how much he can bench press. He’s still a spent force. And a hypocrite.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:49 pm
That doesnt look like 110 k to me
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
Ugh too much testosterone in the air in that sort of place. Why I used to train alone, in a dojo-come-scout-hall, with my trainer / best friend. Still, good on Rodney for keeping with the fitness… wish I had.
But clearly the VLWC is at work… I no sooner start watching Rodney laying down with his arms up in the air than YouTube pops up an ad saying “Unsightly underarm hair? You need Dove”!!
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY WHY!!!!
Why do people think that when they start going to the gym, they are automatically required to wear some of the ugliest attire ever invented! You don’t need to glow in the fucken dark when you go to the gym, most gym’s I’ve been to are surprisingly well lit – but no, some late 90′s reject just has to grace us with the floro green/yellow/pink ensemble! Gets to the point a man needs to wear Polaroids just to go to the gym!
FFS Rodney! I’m sure there were other pants in stock that you could have brought!
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
That doesnt look like 110 k to me
Looks like 8 x 10kg plates + 2 x 5kg plates + 20kg bar (I think most weight bars are 20kg in most gyms)..
8 x 10 = 80kg
2 x 5kg = 10kg
That makes 90kg, add the bar and you’ve got 110….
I actually thought the larger plates were 20′s or 15′s, but that would be far more than stated.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
Looks like 2 x 20s and a couple of 10s?
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
The people of Epsom know who to ring when they’re shifting house or have just bought a new fridge.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 5:17 pm
Sad. Just sad. Nothing uglier than a gym-buffed guy.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Good one Rodney. Short arms help in the bench press, but Rodney’s worked hard to build his physique.
Ballroom dancing, swimming, weight training. Impressive, and Rodney’s successfully remodelled himself.
However, I miss the old Rodney, overweight, boozy, but so witty, so full of fight, so entertaining.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 5:27 pm
I understand his full squat total is around 200 kg as well. He’s certainly achieved a lot since he first got in the gym. I can appreciate someone who is that determined.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 5:40 pm
Sad. Just sad. Nothing uglier than a gym-buffed guy.
No, just the fact that you felt you had to comment….
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Not fat. Phat.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
It’s about 80 on the bar + the bar (Olympic bar) = 100kg or thereabouts. I always counted only the weight on the bar. Still 80kg in my eyes. Not bad though.
Interestingly, I can’t ever say I’ve done a 1 rep max bench but have done about 120kg for reps soooo…As Jack5 says short arms help in the bench press, so as a “long” armed individual I’m happy with it!
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
Bevan 4:57 pm,
Actually, at the beginning of the video it states 195kg – which would be right:
8×20 kg plates, 2×5 kg plates, 2×2.5 kg plates, and the bar at 20 kg = 195 kg
That’s pretty impressive for a little guy like Rodney; must be over twice his body weight.
Vote:From memory my best one off when training regularly was about 155 kg with a body weight of round 95 kg. Admittedly I was generally aiming for the 8-10 rep range over three to four sets, rather than training specifically for power lifting’s 1-2 reps (too much stress on joints and the usually associated non-ideal form).
October 28th, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Kris – the dude benching 195kg isnt rodney..
Rodneys doing 110. the bar (20kg) plus 4 x 20kg plates and 2 x 5kg…
180kg deadlift isnt bad without straps. my grip starts to give out around there when i do high reps. hes wearing a belt though whch is a bit slack.
pretty good though. hes not a huge man.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
Hell it all looks bloody impressive to me.
Still the heaviest weight I have ever lifted was the huge one hanging between my legs.
Still the beer guts not quite so big now since the Doc put me on the crash diet.
Its bloody tough surviving on only five jugs a day.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 8:26 pm
Didn’t really notice the deadlift vid., excellent lift Rodney! I used to do 140kg for about 8-12 reps, strict. Again no one rep max. Man, deadlifts are like squats (an evil exercise which I refuse to do), they can put you on your arse & you know you’ve done a workout. Little wonder Rodders can pull those fit squash players.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 8:27 pm
Dimes on the money.
Nice work Rodney.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
His deadlift is good. At my best I was doing 120+bar. I couldn’t go any higher because of grip (lost my straps
). Now I can do about 80+bar.
Vote:October 28th, 2010 at 11:49 pm
Van Halen called from the 80′s, they want their pants back.
Vote:October 29th, 2010 at 7:35 am
“Redneck is historically a derogatory slang term to refer to poor white Southern farmers in the United States.[1] It is similar in meaning to “cracker” (especially regarding Georgia and Florida), “hillbilly” (especially regarding Appalachia)[2] and “white trash”.[3][4] The most common American usage, referring to the poor rural white Southerner, is probably derived from individuals having a red neck caused by working outdoors in the sun. A citation from 1893 provides a definition as “poorer inhabitants of the rural districts…men who work in the field, as a matter of course, generally have their skin burned red by the sun, and especially is this true of the back of their necks”.[5] In recent decades the term expanded its meaning to mean bigoted, loutish and opposed to modern ways, and has often been used to attack Southern conservatives and segregationists”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redneck
funny how a red neck is now an “assimilationist”
Vote:Professor Mutu:
“15. Government retaliated by fostering racist animosity against Māori, using assimilated Māori against their own relations. Carries on to this day. NZ Race Relations Commissioner aware but unable to remedy.?
http://www.goingbananas.org.nz/…/Going_Bananas_August_07_Maori_Roots_Multicultural_NZ.ppt -
October 29th, 2010 at 9:17 am
As someone who is six foot three and who has spent their fair share of time in the gym, this video tells me these guys are all F*CKING SHORT.
It’s always the midgets who to the big weights in the gym.
Remember commonwealth games gold medalist Precious McKenzie? Four foot nine.
Vote:October 29th, 2010 at 9:27 am
I think this is cool.
I’d much rather vote for someone who keeps themselves fit in the gym than someone who spends all their time chowing down, drinking etc.
Vote:October 29th, 2010 at 11:50 am
Rodneys not short, as such…he only looks up a little bit to look me in the eye and Im 6 ’2.
And what “troughing”has he engaged in…? A combined set of work/personal trips he was quite entitled to go on with Keys blessing and the cost of which hes paid back even though he didn’t have to.And he’s more than saved the taxpayer way,way more than that over the yeras by driving that smart car and stopping mad state spending like the parlimentary palace and pulling the IRD into line from their taxpayer suicide inducing highs (lows) of the 90′s.
This taxpayer is happy for Rodney Hide to have a little indulgence on my dollar…unlike many others he’s earned it.
Vote:October 29th, 2010 at 2:40 pm
Re James at 11:50:
The problem, James, is that many others didn’t make their name busting such perks. That’s where Rodney went wrong. If he’d stayed on the booze, stayed happily overweight, but witty, loud, full of fight, and perk busting, we would all have been better off.
Vote:October 29th, 2010 at 6:37 pm
James, come off it I’m 6′ 3” and I must be eight inches taller than Rodders easily.
What, Rodders is ten years younger than me and can only dead lift 120kg, pretty bloody wimpy.
Rodders versus Hone, three rounds in the ring, my money would be on the hori rather than the wimpy little pakeha.
Vote:True Hone did box as a kid and has a damn sight more reach than a dwarf.
October 29th, 2010 at 7:54 pm
At last he has found something useful to do
Vote:October 29th, 2010 at 8:21 pm
Hey grumpy one
Last year I was in the parliamentary gym and the Maori MPs from all parties swaggered in full of braggadocio. Of course, they weren’t there to train. They were arguing who was the strongest. They then had a brief shoulder press comp. It was embarassing. They were as weak as. Full of talk. I would guess Darren Hughes and Phil Goff who work out with pink dumbbells would nail them!!
Vote:October 29th, 2010 at 9:07 pm
Dom’t worry Rodney, hori is the resident racist. A washed up black trash old man living in a Mangere caravan park.
Vote:October 30th, 2010 at 2:16 am
Gee Rodney, heavyweight slam down to Grumpy almost as impressive as that gym action. Keep up the good work.
Vote:October 30th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Nickb:
I frequently disagree with Grumpy, but I would say your 9.07 post of 29Oct was more racist than any post I’ve read of Grumpy’s.
My guess is Grumpy’s an ex-military guy living in Otago, happily married to a Pakeha lady. He seems to know a bit about business, and seems to have children serving in the army.
If he was a little tough on Rodney Hide, well RH can look after himself as his 8.21 Oct 29 post showed.
Vote:October 30th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
Jack the word “black” is racist?
Vote:October 30th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Agreed, Nick, “black” isn’t racist, nor is “white”.
But “black trash” and “white trash” probably are racist, IMHO.
Vote:October 30th, 2010 at 9:58 pm
I should have added, that from his posts, Grumpy likes single malt scotch, so he’s a man of taste.
Also I would say Maori are brown rather than black, if that matters at all.
Vote:November 1st, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Here is a link to Rodney Flipping a 230kg Tyre for 5 Flips he does the last 5 in the video, not to many around over 50 that can flip 230kgs
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