Thanks for the encouragement hrdgain. I'm going to go really early on Wednesday so I can walk around and look at all of the equipment without a bunch of people there. It’s just tough to not be self conscious when you got a guy benching 250++ beside you and you’re struggling to complete your sets with 150. I know it will soon feel like my second home so I'm just going to suck it up and blast Disturbed on my I-pod.

How much of a break should I take between each set?

Also I didn't see an area where you can perform dead lifts, power cleans, etc. Do certain gyms not allow this or are you supposed to take one of the bars off the bench and do it in front? They have 6 benches at the gym and enough space that I won’t be in the way.