to have or not have a training partner

[Megiddo]

Just wondering who has a training partner and is it worth it to have someone to train with.

[blm]

I'd love to have a training partner...I could go heavier and do more negatives. All my friends are bums though.

[blm]

Intersting name btw...are you religious?

[playthegame]

They have benefits and negatives...You can do heavier lifts, but they can also slow you down. You need to be sure you both have the same goals and close to the same strength!

[shiko24]

OMG yes ! I have been training with my girlfriend since mid Jan and she helps out but there is a point where she can not longer spot me under very heavy weight however I have met a guy at the gym where I workout at that is a NPC BB'er and we have started to workout together and for the last 2 months every workout has been so much better I do not worry about losing control of the weight and noone there to help me out I push harder because I know he is there so yes a partner is worth it to me he takes me to another level

as for having the wrong partner thats when it goes wrong

[Megiddo]

Originally posted by blm
Intersting name btw...are you religious?

Nope just one of my wrestling gimmick names. Plus I am a historian and I was big in Ancient history

[blm]

"place of battle"...where the chariots were kept in Jerusalem right?

[Megiddo]

Originally posted by blm
"place of battle"...where the chariots were kept in Jerusalem right?

yeah something like that. Tel Megiddo, one of the most important cities in the ancient world. The city was under threat of attack constantly by anyone who thought they could take it. THe ihbitants actually dug a shaft 200 ft through the hill to their water source to keep it from being contaminated thus keeping it free for about 1000 years or so. In Greek it is translated from the Hebrew in Har Megeddo or Armageddon.

[meengrrl]

Originally posted by shiko24
OMG yes ! I have been training with my girlfriend since mid Jan and she helps out but there is a point where she can not longer spot me under very heavy weight however I have met a guy at the gym where I workout at that is a NPC BB'er and we have started to workout together and for the last 2 months every workout has been so much better I do not worry about losing control of the weight and noone there to help me out I push harder because I know he is there so yes a partner is worth it to me he takes me to another level

as for having the wrong partner thats when it goes wrong

sounds like me and my hubby.. we trained together and then he ditched me for a bodybuilder :P

[Sugarbaby]

Originally posted by blm
I'd love to have a training partner...I could go heavier and do more negatives. All my friends are bums though.

I second that.

[Timma]

Yeah none of my friends workout. I need a partner. I am accepting applications.

[IAMHUGE]

Solo all the way. There is always someone around for a spot at my gym. I am a loner. I will work out with my girl though, I enjoy it.