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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]1.  Guy who won't let me work in on the squat rack in between his sets.  Fortunately, it's rare.

2. Trying to get in on the smith machine for a quick set of 8 pushups.  Girl doing squats on smith machine first questions why I would need it for pushups then says "one more set".  Plays with phone for a minute or two then does a "set" of 30.  WTF.  I should have just snapped back with why on earth are you using the smith machine for squats?? Terrible way to do squats  but I'm not about to say something to her.

Mostly people are alright though.  Once I got into lifting I started asking bros who look like they know what they are doing to help me out and if I have questions about an exercise they're doing they're always happy to talk.  [/quote]

I use the smith machine for squats (and lunges) and can't think of how you would do pushups with it...! (But I wouldn't care if you wanted to do country line dancing in there--your turn is your turn)[/quote]

Hah!  My chest is not that strong.  So to churn out reps of pushups I put the bar low and put my hands on that and am gradually getting closer to a floor pushup.  So let's say day 1 you're at waist height, you gradually just move the bar lower until you are doing pushups on the floor.  Harder than a knee pushup and gets you closer to a floor pushup.

As for squats, if you have a free standing squat rack try that - it gets a lot more bang for your buck since you have to stabilize the bar a bit, so the muscles in your outer and inner thigh get some more action.  And, you are free to move along the horizontal plane, too :)

Re: Country line dancing - you are nicer than I am.  I rage when I see people doing bicep curls in the squat rack, but am mollified if they let me work in. [/quote]

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