Training partner..

[big in vegas]

Well, me and my old powerlifting training partner are on the outs and I really can't stand the fucker, but he was in the gym today with his new "protege" and he walked over and gave me a lift off and helped me with my bench and I must say it was nice to have a spotter/partner on bench even though all he did was lift off and helped push me through where I would've stopped if I was training by myself. I still don't like the fucker, but it was nice having someone there.

Bottom line is, I would like to have a training partner on certain lifts, but wouldn't want them there all the time getting in the fucking way.

I have been doing pyramids on flat bench and I had 225 on there and I was only supposed to do around 4-6 reps, but he pushed me to get 8 reps and it was nice to know 1) I can do it and 2) that I need to move the weight up and just find a spotter. I've been doing 145 for 14, 165 for 12, 185 for 10, 205 for 8, 225 for 4-6 then back up, but once he pushed me to get 8 reps at 225 and then 2 at 255 I stopped

 

[saudades]

When you can train with a partner that you can stand, you'll get much farther in all your training than without the partner. Having someone there to push you (as you saw) makes your training far more effective.

 

[Metal85]

yeah I need a good partner for training too for this very fuckin reason

 

[big in vegas]

Yea, I just wish I could toelrate him so I had a good training partner, but he's a big piece of shit and I just can't do it or I'd hate myself lol