training solo

[zaggahamma]

For the first time in a long time i had a mate come with me to the gym.

And tbh rest periods were awfully long, motivation was not as high as it was when i train alone. Also my mate makes me laugh which doesn't help with aggression lol, so puts me off my whole workout.

Only benefit I could see with him there was when we were hitting chest, i was going much heavier than normal and he was helping with force reps. Also assistance with very heavy dumbbells on decline.

thats usually where i would think i would stand to gain more is when benching or it would be nice to have the heavy dumbells handed to you at the starting point...its hard to hoist them up

[pheenyx1]

thats usually where i would think i would stand to gain more is when benching or it would be nice to have the heavy dumbells handed to you at the starting point...its hard to hoist them up

That's the biggest benefit to having a partner. Getting dumbells up usually takes half my strength. I always worked out alone until this summer. I started working out w/ a buddy recently, and the competition and built in spotter have been great! It all depends on who it is though. We barely speak a word the entire time we workout, aside from "another dime on each side" or "I'm going for 6". I think most guys would drive me nuts. The chatty dudes in the gym annoy the shit out of me already. If I had to work out w/ them I would lose my shit.

[zaggahamma]

That's the biggest benefit to having a partner. Getting dumbells up usually takes half my strength. I always worked out alone until this summer. I started working out w/ a buddy recently, and the competition and built in spotter have been great! It all depends on who it is though. We barely speak a word the entire time we workout, aside from "another dime on each side" or "I'm going for 6". I think most guys would drive me nuts. The chatty dudes in the gym annoy the shit out of me already. If I had to work out w/ them I would lose my shit.

DUDE....you are my twin