training partners

[ironaddict1985]

If i have a training partner who is also a good friend, and i feel that he holds me back with his whining on excersises like squats, deadlifts, you know the excersises that begginners or the non-seriuos dont like to do, do you think i should toss him?

thank
ia

 

[dennis]

Tell him you still want to hang w/ him but not lift with him anymore..tell him he is not serious enough and it is bringing you down.I train w/ 2 other guy's one is older like me and 1 is younger..the younger one always questions us,always complains and whines..never pushes himself the way you need too etc..he comes up with the craziest excuses's not to do particular exercises you ever heard.he really is a distraction..always srewing around with cd player when it's his turn to spot..does not spot correctly..has never memorized our routine etc....And the funny thing is he wants to be a pro wrestler..it's his dream..we try and help him reach goals but he does not want to work hard..just believes Vince McMan will call himup one day and say "come on dude..your in the wwf now" !

 

[ironaddict1985]

yea that sounds like him.. well i guess we just cant let things like this get in the way. i think ill just start kickin his ass hard in the gym and see if i can run him off before i have to tell him to leave

thanks for the input d

 

[TestFreak]

i hate training partners i think i have killed a 1000 of them, noone wants to train with me anymore....cause when i go into my gym i go to train, no talking, no jokes, and no breaks

 

[ironaddict1985]

thats what im talking about

 

[Girth]

Ditto here as well. Thus I train at home in my garage.

As for your dilemna......if he's really a friend, then just put it out there to the guy. Tell him you don't like lifting with him for the reasons you specified. We are men for Pete's sake. There's no feelings involved with it. There is just plain fact. And the fact is that you aren't happy with a situation in which you have control over. So......fix it.

 

[ironaddict1985]

how much did it end up costing you to get your garage "up to snuff" with equipment. my gym membership is kickin my ass and i was thinking about tryin to get stocked with more than just a bench and dumbells

 

[Grizzly]

You can set up a perfectly effective home gym for ~2k. All you need is a squat rack, an adjustable bench and a few hundred pounds of weights.

edit- actually, it would probably cost more for the good shit and you'll also need some flooring, but it should be "that" much.

 

[ironaddict1985]

damn 2k would put me in the poor house...i dont make the big bucks like you guys. i guess for now ill just let the gym keep raping me one month at a time

 

[jrod196]

I hate training partners. They just get in the way and talk too much. There's this huge group of guys at the gym that talk so fuckin much and just hangout on the bench and squat rack. Pisses me off!

 

[Girth]

2 K sounds high to me Grizz. But I'm a little more basic than most. Here is a basic setup.....

Rack - $300. Get a good one. I had a $100 one and it was too narrow, thus bent the bar I had. See Susan at Midwest barbell and she'll get you the one I reference.

Bar - $200. Same as above. Get a good one. Those chrome ones that come in any 300lb. weight set just won't hold up. I'm only in the 500's with my wieghts, and the damn thing could be confused for a bow now.

Weights - $100 per 300 lbs. Buy those 300lb Olympic sets from any sporting goods store, and throw the bar out. It will be the cheapest this way, as used weights cost you .50/lb, and shipping charges will kill you if you find a deal by ordering new ones.

Flooring - $30 Go to a Farm and Fleet store and find those mats that horses stand on. cut one in half and use it to protect your garage floor.

Adjustable Bench - Your choice here.

Dumbells - Not necessary, but if you buy them, get the OLY handles so that you can use the weights you already have.

So that's about $800 or so. There is of course Ebay as well, and that could cut that cost in half. The other option is to see a local high school or college. They sometimes have things they can part with. What's your gym membership running you?

 

[TestFreak]

yea i have a bad ass home gym all brand new equipment under a 1000 and thats with a 800 dollar treadmill i bought 3 months old and i got it for 100 bucks then i had to buy my wife one so we can run together and guess what hers was 500, check garage sales for weights bro people buy alot of shit thinking they will use it and never do so they sale it for pennies, and GIRTH is right with the prices and the mat used for horses is perfect for weights,

 

[Grizzly]

2 K sounds high to me Grizz. But I'm a little more basic than most. Here is a basic setup.....

Rack - $300. Get a good one. I had a $100 one and it was too narrow, thus bent the bar I had. See Susan at Midwest barbell and she'll get you the one I reference.

Bar - $200. Same as above. Get a good one. Those chrome ones that come in any 300lb. weight set just won't hold up. I'm only in the 500's with my wieghts, and the damn thing could be confused for a bow now.

Weights - $100 per 300 lbs. Buy those 300lb Olympic sets from any sporting goods store, and throw the bar out. It will be the cheapest this way, as used weights cost you .50/lb, and shipping charges will kill you if you find a deal by ordering new ones.

Flooring - $30 Go to a Farm and Fleet store and find those mats that horses stand on. cut one in half and use it to protect your garage floor.

Adjustable Bench - Your choice here.

Dumbells - Not necessary, but if you buy them, get the OLY handles so that you can use the weights you already have.

So that's about $800 or so. There is of course Ebay as well, and that could cut that cost in half. The other option is to see a local high school or college. They sometimes have things they can part with. What's your gym membership running you?

I was under the impression that good bar was 800-1000 and I just assumed a good rack was around the same.

 

[Girth]

Yeah Grizz, I guess good is subjective. Good by a West Sider would run that much. But adequate for 99% of people would fall into the price ranges I gave. Perhaps a bit more if you went with the thicker bars.

 

[Ruper]

I spent $300 on my plain bench, never mind a rack! I even didn't get it for 3 months so I could save up, but is is sooo nice and has lasted years. I don't think I'd spend less than $500 on even the simplest rack.

Personally I wouldn't bother unless you can get good stuff. I find working out at home much more motivating with good equipment, rather than just 'it will do'. When I pick up a weight, I want the equipment to say 'fuck you, I'm hard! what you gonna do today?'.

Of course if I didn't have much money AND there were no gyms near, I'd get what I could. But you don't want to waste $1000 and end up with a bunch of crappy equipment that wont motivate you.

 

[Grizzly]

Yeah Grizz, I guess good is subjective. Good by a West Sider would run that much. But adequate for 99% of people would fall into the price ranges I gave. Perhaps a bit more if you went with the thicker bars.

True, true. Personally, I'd buy the more expensive bar just to be on the safe side. Nothing worse than buying the cheaper stuff, thinking you'll save money, only to have it break and cost you more in the end.

I know the bars at the Y I was at, presumably the least expensive, were all bent. It sure is a motherfukcer lifting with a bent bar.

 

[ironaddict1985]

yea i cant make the bar the bar bend with 315 @ 216 lbs. but still if i got a home go i would want to get the more high quality shit to save money in the long run.(hopefully) if i get there!

 

[sbrown_c4l]

I've only ever had 1 good training partner, but he tore his acl in a football game, so no more squating or deadlifting for him, until december. I find when I have a good training partner at roughly the same strength as me, we go harder.

 

[AnimalMass]

Grizz,

Actually the best power bars and olympic bars are only about $400. You can get an excellent bar for $200.

Matt

 

[Grizzly]

Really? Cool! Thanks for the info.