Do you have a Training partners or you Train alone?

03-21-2006, 11:18 PM

I notice when I have someone pushing me and telling me I can do one more rep it helps...I used to train alone alot before I got into mma and it got boring fast and I would not push myself to my full potential...its kinda hard to stay motivated when no one is pushing you.

Snow Turd · 03-21-2006, 11:27 PM

I get people to spot me on freeweight shit like Bench (Incline / Flat / Decline) and Shoulder Press w/ The bar... and Tricep presses... other than that naaaah cuz there ain't no need for a spotta.

Purple Haze · 03-21-2006, 11:38 PM

I train alone 95% of the time.

I only get spotted on the bench and thats only if I'm going heavy which is not very often. Its way better when you have a training partner pushing you, but whatever.

Steve Schade · 03-22-2006, 12:29 AM

I usually lift by myself. I get myself pumped up.

worDwell · 03-22-2006, 03:03 AM

I lift with a buddy. Sometimes it counter productive because we'll start cracking jokes, but overall I feel a get more out of a work out, because of the camaraderie, motivation, and both of us wanting to improve.

Also we can make comments on each others form whenever it starts to break, or see how we can adjust an excercise to make it more effective/economical.

UnbrokeN · 03-22-2006, 07:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Schade

I usually lift by myself. I get myself pumped up.

yeap

03-22-2006, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by worDwell

I lift with a buddy. Sometimes it counter productive because we'll start cracking jokes, but overall I feel a get more out of a work out, because of the camaraderie, motivation, and both of us wanting to improve.

Also we can make comments on each others form whenever it starts to break, or see how we can adjust an excercise to make it more effective/economical.

ya the advantage of having a partner is they can see if your form is bad especially on dead lifts and bent over rows....if your back is rounding out they will say you gotta put your back straight.

I had no idea that my back wasnt straight when I was doing the bent over rows for my back glad i had a partner to correct me since i dont have eyes on the back of my head.

doubl3 · 03-22-2006, 03:05 PM

yea, guess having a partner is a good thing, spotting, etc ...but, i get motivated having my music on full blast, i hate taking out my earphones to hear what my boy's saying or telling him what to do, iunno ..all i need in the gym is my music..

worDwell · 03-22-2006, 05:45 PM

We turn on the stereo while we work out. Yesterday we were bumping old school easy-E.

I've read that its good to listen to music during excercise.. something to do with how your brain is wired.

Ratiko Malodic · 03-22-2006, 07:42 PM

When I first started I did. It didn't work out. We'd just end up shitting around.

I have a sparring partner at the gum.

style-rip · 03-22-2006, 07:53 PM

i train by myself.. i get focused, and when i hit the weights, i dont like having any distractions. no girls. no friend talkin about what we're gona do this weekend. i just get into a zone where i zero-in on what has to be done and i block out my surroundings

03-21-2006, 11:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
VishTaphney Guest Posts: n/a	Do you have a Training partners or you Train alone? I notice when I have someone pushing me and telling me I can do one more rep it helps...I used to train alone alot before I got into mma and it got boring fast and I would not push myself to my full potential...its kinda hard to stay motivated when no one is pushing you.

03-21-2006, 11:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
Purple Haze Thelonious Monk, son Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 9,995	I train alone 95% of the time. I only get spotted on the bench and thats only if I'm going heavy which is not very often. Its way better when you have a training partner pushing you, but whatever. __________________ 18-1* best served chilled.

03-22-2006, 12:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
Steve Schade Bears>you Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 2,977	I usually lift by myself. I get myself pumped up. __________________ "It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder." - Einstein Health and Fitness

03-22-2006, 07:42 PM	#10 (permalink)
Ratiko Malodic Hispanic Bitchm0nkey Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wales Posts: 36,007	When I first started I did. It didn't work out. We'd just end up shitting around. I have a sparring partner at the gum. __________________ fuck it

03-22-2006, 07:53 PM	#11 (permalink)
style-rip Lakers. 73-9 Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Northridge Posts: 11,957	i train by myself.. i get focused, and when i hit the weights, i dont like having any distractions. no girls. no friend talkin about what we're gona do this weekend. i just get into a zone where i zero-in on what has to be done and i block out my surroundings __________________ Lakers. the only relevant team in the league.

03-21-2006, 11:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
Snow Turd Banned Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Westland Posts: 2,200	I get people to spot me on freeweight shit like Bench (Incline / Flat / Decline) and Shoulder Press w/ The bar... and Tricep presses... other than that naaaah cuz there ain't no need for a spotta.

03-22-2006, 03:03 AM	#5 (permalink)
worDwell Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 116	I lift with a buddy. Sometimes it counter productive because we'll start cracking jokes, but overall I feel a get more out of a work out, because of the camaraderie, motivation, and both of us wanting to improve. Also we can make comments on each others form whenever it starts to break, or see how we can adjust an excercise to make it more effective/economical.

03-22-2006, 03:05 PM	#8 (permalink)
doubl3 cool beanerz Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: SW London Posts: 2,043	yea, guess having a partner is a good thing, spotting, etc ...but, i get motivated having my music on full blast, i hate taking out my earphones to hear what my boy's saying or telling him what to do, iunno ..all i need in the gym is my music..

03-22-2006, 05:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
worDwell Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 116	We turn on the stereo while we work out. Yesterday we were bumping old school easy-E. I've read that its good to listen to music during excercise.. something to do with how your brain is wired.

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