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    Obey the Mirror Rules

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    It's an old-school rule that most people seem to have forgotten: If someone's going heavy, don't get between them and the mirror.

    The mirror is sacred. The heavier the weight, the more sacred it gets. Not for vanity's sake, but as a tool. For many lifts, your form is going to be more controllable if you can see what you're doing. Seasoned lifters know this and that's why we stay out of the way of someone doing a heavy set in the mirror. For anyone else, that means don't get between them and the mirror! If you want a pair of dumbbells and they're right in front of a guy doing seated shoulder presses with a pair of 90's, you wait. If you have a pair you actually want to put away, right in front of him, that's right, you wait. That's what he'd do for you. Doesn't matter who's bigger or how much weight is involved.

    And God help you if you block someone's mirror to take a selfie. Breaking this rule can definitely, and certainly has, ended with hands being thrown.

    Also, don't be the guy who grabs a pair of dumbbells and does his set three inches in front of the rack. There's a two-foot-no-man's-land in front of the mirror. Only cross that path to grab or put away your dumbbells and get out.
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    Quote Originally Posted by drtbear1967 View Post
    Also, don't be the guy who grabs a pair of dumbbells and does his set three inches in front of the rack. There's a two-foot-no-man's-land in front of the mirror. Only cross that path to grab or put away your dumbbells and get out.

    That one is my pet peeve. Can't stand it when someone does that.
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    Couldn't have said it better myself.
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    People need to learn gym etiquette.
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    AMEN TO THAT!!
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    Haha, I love it! I saw a comic in an Ironman magazine when I was a teenager that said "Never get between a fellow meathead and his reflection in the mirror." I've always treated it as proper gym etiquette, but I've never really heard anyone else talk about it. Glad to see that I'm not alone.
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    I wish some of the youngsters at my gym would understand the rules. It's not until I give them a look or make it obvious that they are interfering with progress, do they say, "oh shit, my bad".
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