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» Do you prefer going to the gym by yourself or with friends? (poll)

View Poll Results: Do you prefer training with friends or alone?

Voters: 63.
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58 92%
with a friend(s)
5 7%
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post 1613291871 08-11-2020, 09:51 PM
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Do you prefer going to the gym by yourself or with friends? (poll)

Going with a friend or friends can make it more fun at times, but I honestly prefer to go alone. I find it easier to stick to my rest period, focus more on the mind muscle connection, and I can leave my headphones on and get into the zone.

When I train with a friend or more than 1 friend, my workouts tend to take longer and I feel more distracted and less productive.

How about you guys?
post 1613291991 08-11-2020, 09:52 PM
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If training with the right person i prefer it. However, just to train with someone for company that aint on my level and wants to talk too much, no thanks jeff
post 1613292671 08-11-2020, 10:03 PM
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train with friends so we can have brojobs in the sauna while thinking about the HBBs at the gym

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post 1613292761 08-11-2020, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted By Train57
train with friends so we can have brojobs in the sauna while thinking about the HBBs at the gym

nohomo
Haven't had a good brojob at the gym ever since the China Virus. When will this nightmare end? (no homo)
post 1613292941 08-11-2020, 10:09 PM
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It’s fun if you’re with a buddy who has similar stats to u, but training with manmores or manlets throws me off. Being in my 20s now, I think it’s better to lift alone.

Also planning on lifting with a gym partner and they flake all the time, it actually adds disappointment. When you rely on a buddy for gym motivation and they waste your time like that I hate it. So learnt to do it alone
post 1613293161 08-11-2020, 10:12 PM
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my one friend that i workout with sometimes > myself > multiple friends
post 1613293321 08-11-2020, 10:15 PM
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Solo, always. I tried going with friends a few times but most people are hopeless. If I need a spot, I ask someone. And I like to be in and out on schedule without having someone else to fuk it up. Also, I don't actually lift.
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post 1613293411 08-11-2020, 10:16 PM
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post 1613293421 08-11-2020, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted By xEvo3
It’s fun if you’re with a buddy who has similar stats to u, but training with manmores or manlets throws me off. Being in my 20s now, I think it’s better to lift alone.

Also planning on lifting with a gym partner and they flake all the time, it actually adds disappointment. When you rely on a buddy for gym motivation and they waste your time like that I hate it. So learnt to do it alone
if you can learn how to train alone and stay committed, its so much easier to go gym when your friends flake. I have a friend who is so reliant on training with a friend that he skips gym sessions if he has no one to train with.

Its good to train with a friend once in a while but relying on it can be bad too
post 1613293971 08-11-2020, 10:22 PM
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by myself, few times in the past tried going with friends but ppl would always show up late and fuk around after they got there, they were never really that serious about lifting and I like to go on my own schedule and get in and do my business and get out
post 1613294041 08-11-2020, 10:23 PM
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By myself.
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post 1613294341 08-11-2020, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted By stevemckenna
Haven't had a good brojob at the gym ever since the China Virus. When will this nightmare end? (no homo)
same we had to resort to zoom jerk sessions
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post 1613294431 08-11-2020, 10:27 PM
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post 1613295591 08-11-2020, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted By Train57
same we had to resort to zoom jerk sessions
lmao
post 1613296061 08-11-2020, 10:52 PM
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with friends but i have no friends to go to gym with
post 1613296691 08-11-2020, 11:01 PM
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with friend if similar stats, workout intensity, and usually more fun

otherwise going alone is usually more efficient/effective but less fun
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post 1613298441 08-11-2020, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted By wincel
with friends but i have no friends to go to gym with
damn that sucks
post 1613299141 08-12-2020, 12:03 AM
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They don't take lifting serious enough. All my lifting friends still don't go above 135 on bench and go very casual in the gym. It's not worth it.
post 1613299321 08-12-2020, 12:11 AM
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Alone. The rare times I need a spot I'll just ask somebody around me. I hate having to coordinate with someone else when to go, what to lift, etc.
Can't see any other benefits besides having somebody to spot to be honest. Ain't tryna socialize at the gym.
post 1613299651 08-12-2020, 12:23 AM
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Either is fine. Depends on what fits my schedule.
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post 1613299741 08-12-2020, 12:25 AM
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Either alone or with my bro. Takes too much effort with anybody else.
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post 1613300251 08-12-2020, 12:36 AM
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i would love to hit that bromance with somebody, someone who is a little stronger than me, spot each other, correct each other and stuff like that.Have the same routine, same exercises, would be great.
Kind of like in dorian yates blood / guts
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I'm too social and talk too long between sets, can't get in the zone, etc.

That being said some of my the best sets in my life was when I was working in with some random brah at the gym. Getting encouragement mid-set from a fellow meathead is always a recipe for success. If I could find a training partner who I had nothing in common with outside of training that would be ideal cause we wouldn't really have conversations... Just "yeah brah you got this".
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post 1613300371 08-12-2020, 12:38 AM
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Friends? You wild son
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100% alone
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Originally Posted By GODself
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post 1613303361 08-12-2020, 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted By Train57
train with friends so we can have brojobs in the sauna while thinking about the HBBs at the gym

nohomo
-in sauna with gym buddy after monster chest session
-buddy accidentally sits on my lap because it's steamy and he couldn't see
-we both lol
-he starts bouncing on my lap shouting 'deeper'deeper'
-lolling hard
-I reach around and grab his penor shouting 'no homo'
-I start stroking his penor hard and fast shouting 'don't skip wrist day!'
-both in hysterics
-I start getting hard
-keep gliding up and down his now rock hard shaft with my hand
-push him up slightly so I can spit on my cawk then bring himw down slowly so his balloon knot is on the head of my penor
-he eases his ass down on my cawk and we both groan
-he starts riding me hard slapping his ass up and down on my lap
-jerk him off as he is doing it
-after 30 reps bust a nut deep in his angus and he bursts 7 ropes of jizz on the sauna floor
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Originally Posted By demfeelsbro
-in sauna with gym buddy after monster chest session
-buddy accidentally sits on my lap because it's steamy and he couldn't see
-we both lol
-he starts bouncing on my lap shouting 'deeper'deeper'
-lolling hard
-I reach around and grab his penor shouting 'no homo'
-I start stroking his penor hard and fast shouting 'don't skip wrist day!'
-both in hysterics
-I start getting hard
-keep gliding up and down his now rock hard shaft with my hand
-push him up slightly so I can spit on my cawk then bring himw down slowly so his balloon knot is on the head of my penor
-he eases his ass down on my cawk and we both groan
-he starts riding me hard slapping his ass up and down on my lap
-jerk him off as he is doing it
-after 30 reps bust a nut deep in his angus and he bursts 7 ropes of jizz on the sauna floor
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awesome story bro saved it to read to my future children
post 1613305051 08-12-2020, 02:52 AM
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Gf and I would. wed swap between sets. so goat. Ducking hate ****** trying to move me along like I'm not supposed to rest between sets.
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