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Originally Posted by Shadow
Pretty decent rant...  Lol |
Haha, cheers buddy.
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Originally Posted by 5kgLifter
Nice post Hazzard...hopefully, I'll never have to deal with the spotter issue, but I guess it helps if you have a regular spotter that understands exactly what you want and how to go about spotting you.
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Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what you need. Makes the take out on the bench of a hell of a loot smoother!
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Originally Posted by Gaz6682
My brief to any spotter is help me get the bar into position and then don't touch it again until I'm either dead or celebrating 
I'm joking of course but you get my point, most people come in too early and rightly you have pointed out that a degree of understanding is crucial. |
Exactly, there's a difference between hard and HARD when pressing and it's only when the bar starts suffering to gravity that they need to touch it.
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Originally Posted by Shadow
Only time I use a spotter is for bench. I tell them how much the weight is, how many reps I'm going for, and not to touch the bar unless I start going in reverse.
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Exactly.