If particular equipment in use, double up same exercise ok?

[BBmanletAU]

Hi Everyone,

Occasionally my gym gets ridiculously busy and if I am doing a chest/back workout occasionally im in a position where I need to finish my chest exercises off by doing a extra repeat of bench instead of dips..

Is this going to be a issue in the long run? Does not mixing up major muscle exercises really matter?

Is 6 sets of Bench worse than 3 sets of Bench and 3 sets of Dips on occasion?

[radrd]

What program are you doing and what is your experience level? Personally, I'd find a better time to hit the gym, but that's not always possible.

[air2fakie]

Is 6 sets of Bench worse than 3 sets of Bench and 3 sets of Dips on occasion?

It's worse than just asking "Can I work in?". It's dips. But do what you want.

[TolerantLactose]

I have a similar problem. I would do 3 sets of dips and when I'm finished, I see that the bench is taken so I would do 3 more sets of dips. The guy at the bench seems really mad for some reason.

[Camarija]

Unless you're training in someone else's private gym, you should just ask to work in

Asking to work in isn't a request, it's just polite

It's really saying, "I'm going to be working in with you now"

Why?

Because no one gym member owns the equipment, you're all paying for shared space and shared equipment

[jademonkey]

Unless you're training in someone else's private gym, you should just ask to work in

Asking to work in isn't a request, it's just polite

It's really saying, "I'm going to be working in with you now"

Why?

Because no one gym member owns the equipment, you're all paying for shared space and shared equipment

Working in on dips, sure.
Not the same as working in on the rack, shifting 45s around, resetting safeties and bar height.

If squat or bench press is on the agenda for the day, take the rack when you walk in the door or first time it opens up.

As to OP, personally if something I wanna do is taken and working in isn't really simple, I just pick something else that day. Not a big deal.

[coachcalande]

Hi Everyone,

Occasionally my gym gets ridiculously busy and if I am doing a chest/back workout occasionally im in a position where I need to finish my chest exercises off by doing a extra repeat of bench instead of dips..

Is this going to be a issue in the long run? Does not mixing up major muscle exercises really matter?

Is 6 sets of Bench worse than 3 sets of Bench and 3 sets of Dips on occasion?

You will be fine doing exactly that…

[Camarija]

Working in on dips, sure.
Not the same as working in on the rack, shifting 45s around, resetting safeties and bar height.

If squat or bench press is on the agenda for the day, take the rack when you walk in the door or first time it opens up.

As to OP, personally if something I wanna do is taken and working in isn't really simple, I just pick something else that day. Not a big deal.

I like to work in on the stairmaster

https://www.tiktok.com/@benchmob/vid...237354?lang=en

[SuicideGripMe]

All depends on your routine. If I'm at a small gym, I accept that I need to have plan B's in place or have patience or the willingness to ask to work in. I have waited up to 30 minutes for a squat rack before with some very ridiculous teenage squatters waiting 5 minutes in between each of their sets... but it's the gym.