PSA: if you workout in a small secluded gym, don’t do supersets and hog 2-3 machines

[dboruff11]

@piescko Yes, this is what I do! Supersets include:

• Barbell bench press + barbell row
• Overhead press + pullup (on squat rack)
• Cable cross machine lateral raises + rear delt row
• etc.

 

[originaloatmeal]

@aeri20 Addendum: if there are free pulleys literally anywhere else, do not do your single-pulley bullshit on the dual pulley machine

 

[johntristan]

@originaloatmeal My gym has single pulleys but only for pushdowns, cables only coming from the top. So for anything else you have to use the double pulleys. Pretty silly.

 

[fleurdelis02]

@aeri20 ... Even if I'm the only one in there?

 

[ainigma]

@fleurdelis02 Even if nobody else knows you did a super set, you'd still know. Stay strong, no super sets!

 

[fleurdelis02]

@ainigma Haha! I have a private gym that is typically dead at a certain time, so I get about 2 hours of the place to myself every day. I just bust out some pretty high intensity training, clean up and call it a day. I tend to shy away from super sets if there are others though.

 

[dawn16]

@ainigma Underrated comment

 

[aeri20]

@fleurdelis02 Nah you’re good g

 

[leena2016]

@aeri20 This is an obvious one. I much prefer to see people argue over the ethics of using two cable pulleys at once, much more nuanced.

 

[sarinajohn]

@leena2016 Is that frowned upon? Shoot…

 

[johntristan]

@sarinajohn When I see someone taking up one of the two double pulleys to do kneeling double biceps pulls I frown a lot, yes. It's a curl, go somewhere else and free the equipment for an exercise that can only be done there like flies.

 

[frustratedhusband]

@aeri20 Home gym fucken rocks

 

[guaguar]

@aeri20 There's a third way: be mindful of how you setup your supersets in a small gym and/or let people work with you.

With a bit more thought into the exercises you can take up a minimal amount of space.

If you had a superset like chest press - cable row - incline crunches

instead of using 2-3 stations, you can easily modify that to use an adjustable bench and dumbbells to

dumbbell chest press - helms rows - modified candlesticks

 

[notsure17]

@aeri20 Maybe next week you can post about drinking water and that people should brush their teeth!

 

[sbrodhagen]

@aeri20 Do straight sets, let people work in etc...

 

[sehnsucht9]

@aeri20 I superset almost everything, but basically if one movement uses a machine or rack or bench, the other lift will use the same Bench or equipment or I'll use freeweights like dumbells. And I don't take any longer of a rest when I superset so it's usually not a bother. But my gym is never really packed and I generally know what people are roughly doing any given day

 

[savedsoul2010]

@aeri20 What does your boutique gym charge you?

 

[aeri20]

@savedsoul2010 $45 lol

 

[savedsoul2010]

@aeri20 A lot of people spend that much by lunchtime. That's awesome, happy for you

 

[aeri20]

@savedsoul2010 It’s actually kinda bad compared to other gyms, where a month pass is like $30.

The only reason I go there is it’s literally in my backyard lol. The next closest gym is 30 mins away haha