Gym Spotting

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Gym Spotting

I went to the Gym tonight and decided to do a Chest workout, I warmed my Chest up on a machine then went over to a horizontal bench to do Dumbbell presses. Things were going fine and I felt strong so I went heavy (heavy for me at least) I grabbed two 40Kg Dumbbells took them over to the bench put them on the floor and then thought I’d better grab a spotter.

Normally it is easy to get someone to spot you but tonight I got to the Gym late and there were only 6 people there, 2 were on the Treadmills a couple were at the back of the Gym and near me was a guy and a girl, The girl would have probably weighed a third of my weight so I thought better not to ask her so I asked the guy, he put up a bit of a whinge saying I was better off grabbing someone else as he didn’t think he would be able to lift the weights I had, I told him not to worry he only needed to help me if I struggled and to assist me lifting them up the first time when I laid back on the bench.

I lifted the weights up onto my legs asked him if he was ready when he said yes I laid down and then proceeded to push up the weights, I’m surprised I didn’t blow a rear end valve as he didn’t help me a bit, luckily I think the Chicken Risotto I had for lunch must of given me energy I got them up and then explained further to him what it means to spot someone, I think I got him to understand as once I started to struggle a bit during my set he gave me a hand to get one last rep out.

I thanked him for his “help” and proceeded to have a rest, whilst I was sitting there I looked over to the girl and saw that she was also doing a chest workout I got intrigued because she had really great form, once she had finished I asked her if she used to do bodybuilding she said no but she did tell me she used to work in a Gym, Canberra isn’t that big of a city so I asked her what one and found out it was one which was owned by a guy I knew, Billy was his name and he owns Elite Physique.

I now know why she had great form, if Billy trained her she would have known her stuff, I think in future I’ll ask her to spot me.

Cheers

Aaron