re: Gym Etiquette. Am I the a-hole?

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bench on the smith machine like you.

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But why were you benching in the squat rack?

If you are at a public gym, the squat racks are for squatting. There are only a few of them usually.

If you lift, you know what your 1RM is and you should work at a percentage under that. Doing an AMRAP does not mean leaving the damn bar on your chest. If you are trying to bench to failure for some dumb reason, then get a spot from someone.

Squat racks are sacred valuable real-estate

Now, how about that map you owe us, so we can judge our outrage.

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Sorry i don't workout at planet fitness and bench on the smith machine like you.

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Jay Cutler benching on the smith machine

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Maybe draw us a map

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Jay Cutler benching on the smith machine

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You ain't Jay Cutler lil bro

In this case, it seems like the guy goes out of his way unnecessarily pass in front of the OP. It's kinda like when there's a wall full of 10 empty urinals, and that 1 guy has to use the one right next to you!

I used to have a "gymesis" at my old gym. No matter what day or what muscle group I was training, he always seemed to need the same machine, station, or weights that I was using. I would even test him by switching to muscle groups that I wasn't training ( for example, I train back and triceps together EVERY TIME, so I'd switch it up and do a set of curls just to see if he would follow, and he did- every time!!). He always seemed to be purposely following me and occupying whatever I needed to use.

So I don't think the OP is the a-hole. I think the weird guy that inserts himself in the OP's personal space without needing to is the a-hole, much like my old gymesis.

I will jump into a squat rack to flat bar bench when I want to really work on my pause before I start going up. I usually set the catch bars to the point where the bar hits right at chest level. Plus it is by default a spotter since if you fail you can just drop it and you aren’t totally pinned even though you better be able to do some creative maneuvering to get upright. The squatters can suck it and wait. The only lifters that don’t get a hall pass in the rack are the fricktards doing curls.

How can you retards honestly act like you don't bench in one of these? That's the only place to do a barbell bench at my gym. I'm beginning to think y'all don't really go to the gym.

I won't accept a consensus about the gym from people who act like benching in a squat rack is strange.

If your gym doesn’t have regular benches, nothing wrong with using the squat rack. If you’re working on a specific variation that requires spotter arms, nothing wrong with using the squat rack. If the other benches are going to be in use and you can’t work in, nothing wrong with using the squat rack.

That said, I always use a regular bench.

Also, if dude is walking inappropriately close to you while you’re in a set, that’s not cool.

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I won't accept a consensus about the gym from people who act like benching in a squat rack is strange.

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I bench in a squat rack all the time, got a home gym .

When I go to 24 hour fitness (have membership), I do not. Why? Because it is not needed. There is always that one guy there that will drag the one bench not bolted to the floor to the squat rack, so he can bench whatever to failure and think he is strong. Then he will leave said bench in the squat rack, because his body hurts

Now where is the damn map you owe us!!!