I'm thinking about going solo because of my disagreements with my partner's training methods. He likes to do too many sets (25-30) and too many exercises for each body part, and our workouts are too long (2 hours). I've done alot of research on the subject and we should be doing 15-20 sets and our workouts should be no longer than 1.5 hours. I worry about overtraining with this guy. I've tried talking to him about it, but he thinks I'm just being lazy and soft. Should I just go solo? Is training alone still effictive? I won't be able to go real heavy anymore without a spotter though and he motivates me to grind out a few extra reps...
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Thread: How to train alone?
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03-14-2012, 10:03 AM #1
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How to train alone?
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03-14-2012, 10:18 AM #2
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03-14-2012, 10:20 PM #10
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03-15-2012, 08:50 AM #11
I have worked out alone for the past few years. My fiance comes to the gym with me on weekends (she goes at school during the week), but she does her thing and I do mine. If I ever need a spot on anything I have never had a problem asking a random stranger who looks like he knows what he's doing to give me a hand. I have never had a problem with motivation, I haven't missed a workout once in the last 18 months.
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03-15-2012, 08:55 AM #12
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03-15-2012, 09:09 AM #13
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03-15-2012, 10:31 AM #14
I've always trained alone (4 years now) and think it's actually better than having a training partner. You're free to train exactly when it suits your schedule and do exactly what you want in the gym. Also, unless you both follow a tight drill, I find training with someone usually slows things down. Training to failure is still possible on most things. The only thing I've ever missed is help for the odd forced rep here and there.
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