spotting

[Rhino_NQ]

Never seen a problem with giving somone a hand when they have asked. I train by myself and if i'm lifting to failure i make sure i can handle it (using machines/dumbells etc) and if the last set is 8 and i can only get 6 then just drop down a weight and finish it off.

Can understand if somones doin short breaks in between or doin a cardio circuit with weights or something like that but if somones jsut the leaner and shit talker and still can't help he doesn't belong in a gym

 

[Chook Norris]

I think I'm too nice. Some dope came up to me in the middle of a set tonight and asked me if I needed a spot, I was doing dumbbell curls... He then proceeded to give me a massive spiel about how if I wanted to curl an extra 10kg, all I needed was a spotter. My exact words were "No thanks champ, I'll just stick to weights I can lift properly." He didn't catch my drift because he then asked me to spot him while he did that exact thing. Begrudgingly I agreed to help him do one set, knowing full well he was going to look like a dropkick doing them. I was right, his "curls" were more like a full body heave. I suggested he try drop sets because they're basically the same thing as what he was doing, and told him to stick to lighter weights, I should have said it's cause you look like a f**king genius. It was bizarre too, because he had a pretty decent physique

cheat curls and full body swings, Arnold used to do them as well. Even if you are using relatively poor form but have been progressively increasing your lifts, you will still reach muscle hypertrophy. (provided your form isn't *that* bad)

most people are told to train with correct and proper form, but after a few years of lifting you see what works best for you. As far as i am aware, quite a few IFBB body building pros do not work out with the precise form that you'd imagine them to; then again, they are on the juice.