Whats the rule on asking strangers to spot for you?
I was doing my last set for bench
An AMRAP at 85 percent
Weight was 175 and i did 7 of them
The guy spotting me seemed super reluctant and confused that i would ask him. I had to like drag him to my bench.
He did spot me though. On the 8th rep he saved my life and helped me rerack the weight.
>On the 8th rep he saved my life
Don’t ask for a spot if you are going to do this if you aren’t friendly with them. At least make sure they actually look strong and would be psyched to help.
Normally, just have them there to watch you. Be confident that you can do it, but have them there for safety or in case you get gassed out sooner than you anticipate for whatever reason. Also instruct them not to touch the bar unless you’re stalling.
Scope out dudes who look like they meet the criteria for a food spotter while you warm up/
He was confused because no one should need a spotter for 175. Fucking babbyweight.
Its an AMRAP set bitch. Youre supposed to fail
Guess a t. Nogains cuck like you wouldnt know that
>AMRAP
>Youre supposed to fail
AMRAP isn't "until failure", quite literally the opposite, it's as many reps as possible (without going to failure).
The fuck kinda retarded thinking is that? No dude AMRAP is 100% going to muscular failure. Literally "as many reps as possible." It's not AMRAPBDF
It is though. Read the book. As many reps as possible until your form breaks down. Form breaks down a few reps before failure usually
No, AMRAP is as many reps as possible without going to failure.
You also don't know what 100% muscular failure is either, you've never truly experienced that.
As for "going to failure", you need to specify concentric, isometric, or eccentric failure.
If it was to failure the program would simply say to failure, he wouldn’t create a whole new acronym and write a book about it lmao.
People can write books about any topic they want, it doesn't mean they actually know what they're talking about.
Okay whatever bro you’re the one doing the AMRAP sets. Which come from a specific book. That you obviously didn’t read.
I (
) am not OP. I am
Oh okay. I am agreeing with you here
I don't know much, but I know that if you're failing to do 8 reps on bench at 175 you're never ever ever going to make it.
Thats a PR of 205 x2 and my PR was 165 2 months ago. 40lbs in 8 weeks. Im making it bro. Suck my dick.
Just don't crack a rib bouncing the bar off your body ego lifting, big guy.
Imagine structuring ANY of your programming around failing lifts?
Isolation, bodybuilding fluff stuff maybe I'd get it, but with something like bench press you should be executing the lift correctly every time. Why would you practice missing a lift? Why would you PLAN to fail to execute? You're training bad habits when you could just increase the volume or weight to get the same overload, instead of intentionally pinning yourself under your poverty bench every week.
Agree with you partially, yes almost killing yourself with the bar with only a mans dick in your face is pretty soi.
But the last few lifts are important and you could stop early if you dont do amrap so its good advice for normies. Also negatives have been proven to be insanely good for gains and the slow letting down of the weights on the last rep is good but they should honestly just do negatives when they start struggling instead of planning to fail
Yeah theres definitely a mentality aspect to it. Theres nothing wrong with going to failure. If you have good form, which i do, then every rep counts. The only problem with bench is that it can hurt/kill you if you go to failure. There are benefits with lifting to failure. Any pro will tell you that. I get the weights up as many times as possible instead of breaking form and putting it on the rack incorrectly, i just have a bro help me out. And back to the mental side, being able to go to failure knowing that its safe will allow me to maximize reps, instead of focusing on the danger. Now i can focus on form and breathing. Anyone saying you dont lift to failure is retarded. Those are literally the most critical reps where you are tearing the most fibers.
>Implying i only do chest once a week
Buddy your level of projection is amplifying your astounding lack of knowledge. You need to read up on programs. Specifically juggy. Which focuses on these types of lifts.
>Spotting less than 1.5pl8
Yeah no shit he was confused
Just dont touch the bar unless its extremely clear they need help
>Whats the rule on asking strangers to spot for you?
Most people will give you a spot if you ask nicely. Truth is most people don't know how to give a spot correctly. Tell them exactly what you want them to do so there are no confusing moments during the reps since that is how injuries can happen.
Must be 6ft earning $200k US or you ain't getting wit me boi- Gretta.
Lmao at SwoleShack calling 175 for 7 baby weight but at the same time pissing yourself at the thought of going to failure with that weight
>Whats the rule on asking strangers to spot for you?
The rule is that you don't do that.
Most guys just come to the gym to exercise and don't appreciate gay stuff.
A bench setup comes with those horizontal bars on both sides (what are they called?) that you should adjust to the exact height that you can do your full rom but won't get chocked to death if you fail.
That guy you asked was uncomfortable because you asked him for something you could do on your own just as well, and he was thinking "why is this homosexual hitting on me? I don't look like a homosexual"
God I hate your gym gays so much it's unreal.