Best way to find a training partner at your gym? - Bodybuilding Discussion on Bodybuilding.net Training Forum

fryzie · 11-18-2006, 11:48 PM

Just wondering how you would do it? You cant just go to random and says wanna be my training partner.

What did you guys do?

Darkhorse · 11-19-2006, 04:18 AM

Sometimes the best ways are to find someone working the same bodypart and ask if you can work in with them. The best method I used to do was to ask someone for a spot, then introduce yourself and thank them. Nowadays, people come up to me and ask what the fuck I'm doing, and what's my current cycle.

Now I know about 80% of my gym.

The best advice I can give is to find someone who has around the same strength levels or is the same size as you. Over time you can make it a competition of whose balls are bigger. I had to point this out because there's been a lot of times in the past when after I did a heavy set, I would have to take all the weight off for my buddy, then stack it back on, so on and so forth. It can really keep the motivation down when you're spending too much time loading and unloading weights.

Darkhorse · 11-19-2006, 04:23 AM

Additionally, I actually really enjoy lifting by myself now. I lift more intensely without a workout buddy, and I know that when I lift my weights, I'm doing that 100% on my own. There's been training buddies in the past that always touch the bar doing some of the weight for you. Shit, at one point back a few years ago, I was benching 365 for sets of 8-10 mysteriously!

markdk86 · 11-19-2006, 05:36 AM

To hell with partners. I lift by myself. Partners and working in people always get in my way and slow me down. If I need a spot any 90 pound person can do it. I need help, don't need them to lift the damn thing.

Joker13 · 11-19-2006, 06:58 AM

From the age of 17-21 I trained alone at home. When I got back into training, I still trained at home. So thats what I'm used to. I just recently joined a local gym and it seems nearly imposible to find someone who has the same goals as you do, same routien, same determination and for them to lift close to the same wieghts as you. What do you do when you become relient on the partner spoting you and helping on that last rep, when he can't go train?

Darkhorse · 11-19-2006, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by 0311

There's been training buddies in the past that always touch the bar doing some of the weight for you. Shit, at one point back a few years ago, I was benching 365 for sets of 8-10 mysteriously!

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Originally Posted by Joker13

What do you do when you become relient on the partner spoting you and helping on that last rep, when he can't go train?

What happens is that I go from 365 x 10 to 365 x 5 and wonder WHY?!

TALO · 11-19-2006, 08:26 AM

There are a few people in my gym that I feel comfortable working out with, but finding the same time to hit the gym together is very hard to do. MOstly because of work.
Now that I'm older my life has changed so I go to the gym on different times. But when I was in High school I had the same workout partner for years. Same with College. Mostly because our schedualing was the same.

Kane · 11-19-2006, 08:30 AM

When I train with a partner it usually turns into a competition of who can lift the most, which usually isn't good for anyone.

If I train alone then its all about ME, making MY sets, tracking MY progress and lifting MY weights. I don't have to worry about someone touching the bar, or trying to rush, or whinning about too much weight or there fuckin vagina hurting

.

I do like to have a partner from time to time if I'm lacking motivation, if I go with a partner, there's no way in fucks world I can miss a set or use pussy weights....I'm supposed to be fearless in the iron jungle, I can't be a pussy if I'm telling my partner he's a pussy for not wanting to squat.

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Originally Posted by Joker13

What do you do when you become relient on the partner spoting you and helping on that last rep, when he can't go train?

You find creative ways of spotting yourself and keeping from getting trapped under the bar without having to dump the plates

I usually go in the mornings and the gym is dead, so if I'm benching alone I'll grab a squat rack and set the rails so I can still use a full ROM and not get stuck under the bar if I hit failure

Eric3237 · 11-19-2006, 09:12 AM

This is why I have my own squat rack.

ChinPieceDave667 · 11-19-2006, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by markdk86

To hell with partners. I lift by myself. Partners and working in people always get in my way and slow me down. If I need a spot any 90 pound person can do it. I need help, don't need them to lift the damn thing.

I'm sorry but if I'm squating over 400lbs, no 90 pound person is spotting me. Also, if I'm going to throw in a negative and benching 315, I want someone that can help get the weight off my chest.

11-18-2006, 11:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
fryzie Rank: New Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 29 Country: Gender:	Best way to find a training partner at your gym? Just wondering how you would do it? You cant just go to random and says wanna be my training partner. What did you guys do?
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11-19-2006, 04:18 AM	#2 (permalink)
Darkhorse Moderator Rank: Light Heavyweight Experience: 7-10 Years Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: CA Posts: 4,015 Country: Gender:	Sometimes the best ways are to find someone working the same bodypart and ask if you can work in with them. The best method I used to do was to ask someone for a spot, then introduce yourself and thank them. Nowadays, people come up to me and ask what the fuck I'm doing, and what's my current cycle. Now I know about 80% of my gym. The best advice I can give is to find someone who has around the same strength levels or is the same size as you. Over time you can make it a competition of whose balls are bigger. I had to point this out because there's been a lot of times in the past when after I did a heavy set, I would have to take all the weight off for my buddy, then stack it back on, so on and so forth. It can really keep the motivation down when you're spending too much time loading and unloading weights.
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11-19-2006, 04:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
Darkhorse Moderator Rank: Light Heavyweight Experience: 7-10 Years Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: CA Posts: 4,015 Country: Gender:	Additionally, I actually really enjoy lifting by myself now. I lift more intensely without a workout buddy, and I know that when I lift my weights, I'm doing that 100% on my own. There's been training buddies in the past that always touch the bar doing some of the weight for you. Shit, at one point back a few years ago, I was benching 365 for sets of 8-10 mysteriously!
	Darkhorse's Sig:"The greater the development and strength of the main muscular structures of the body, the greater the size and strength potential of the small areas of the body." - Stuart McRobert Orange County Strength Club

11-19-2006, 05:36 AM	#4 (permalink)
markdk86 Rank: Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 104	To hell with partners. I lift by myself. Partners and working in people always get in my way and slow me down. If I need a spot any 90 pound person can do it. I need help, don't need them to lift the damn thing.
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11-19-2006, 06:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
Joker13 Rank: Bantamweight Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Somewhere in the USA Posts: 841 Country: Gender:	From the age of 17-21 I trained alone at home. When I got back into training, I still trained at home. So thats what I'm used to. I just recently joined a local gym and it seems nearly imposible to find someone who has the same goals as you do, same routien, same determination and for them to lift close to the same wieghts as you. What do you do when you become relient on the partner spoting you and helping on that last rep, when he can't go train?
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11-19-2006, 08:26 AM	#7 (permalink)
TALO Rank: Lightweight Experience: 5-7 Years Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Alberta , Canada Posts: 1,935 Country: Gender:	There are a few people in my gym that I feel comfortable working out with, but finding the same time to hit the gym together is very hard to do. MOstly because of work. Now that I'm older my life has changed so I go to the gym on different times. But when I was in High school I had the same workout partner for years. Same with College. Mostly because our schedualing was the same.
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11-19-2006, 09:12 AM	#9 (permalink)
Eric3237 Moderator Rank: Heavyweight Experience: 7-10 Years Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,462 Country: Gender:	This is why I have my own squat rack.
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