>Doing arm day
>Dude asks me to spot him on incline bench
>Agree cos first time being asked to spot, feeling good
>Dude struggles on 4th rep
>About to step in
>Says "1 more"
>gotitchief.jpeg
>As he's struggling with rep do picrel and push on his triceps to help him complete rep
>Dude says thanks and goes back to lifting
>15 minutes later asks me to spot again
>Explicitly says "so when I struggle, just grab the bar and help me"
>Do so
>tfw wondering if I did something inappropirate by gripping triceps and helping him finish lift
Did I something weird here? I feel like if I was struggling I would like someone to not grab the bar and instead help me finish the lift.
No some people just have different preferences. Don't overthink it. However, just know that if you touch the bar before I tell you to, I will end your bloodline.
don't worry i got you bro but just know that after you tell me to help you i'm gonna give you 2 or 3 c'mon you got it, you don't need my helps, before i know you're actually serious.
OP here, tbh the guy said "I wanna get at least 5" so I didn't do anything until 5th rep and only right as he looked like was gonna guillotine himself
still don't udnerstand why you'd touch him instead of the bar
people push the triceps on db bench because there's nowhere else to push, but barbell bench has the whole frickin bar...
I hate you. You take the help you're offered and run with it. If you didn't like the way I did it, you can still thank me and politely give me your feedback after the set, otherwise I'll happily watch the bar smash your windpipe the next time you ask me for a spot. That's not to say that I don't recognize the etiquette and know not to touch the bar. The point is that you're asking someone for a favor and you're not in a position to go off on them for trying to help you, even if clumsily.
Keep dreaming homosexual.
dumbbells you spot elbow / tricep
barbell you spot on the bar like a deadlift / curl
DYEL?
>>As he's struggling with rep do picrel and push on his triceps to help him complete rep
I'm autistic but I'd really fricking hate if you did this shit. Because
>1. you touched me. ick
>2. you interfered with the set
I would also explicitly tell you to not touch the bar, not hover over my face, and generally just stand the frick back until I explicitly say "take the bar".
But I also think anyone who uses a spot on the bench is fricking moronic and should just be benching in the rack with safeties. No spotter will save you from a dropped bar and they're always moronic and distracting and smell like shit and frick up your set. Can't trust normies with this shit.
spotters are for friendly folk buddy spot your damn self
>I would also explicitly tell you to not touch the bar, not hover over my face, and generally just stand the frick back until I explicitly say "take the bar".
So if you're struggling to breath and can't say "take the bar" I should just let it drop on your fricking face?
don't worry about it, you're a weak dyel and i wouldn't ask you to spot me in the first place
no, he is the weird one. when you need a spot thats when you need assistance finishing the rep
the spotter is not supposed to finish the rep for you that is not the etiquette and if anyone says there is not etiquette here they are wrong.
You're there to make sure the bar doesn't fall on his neck, not feel up his triceps like a homosexual. Zoomers are so fricking gay
Db spot you push triceps. BB spot you push the bar. Live and learn OP. These are things that aren't written and are only learned by experience. No harm no foul.
ask me for a spot i do this
If you pissed him off that much he wouldn't ask a second time, don't worry about it OP
He knows you popped your cherry, but he thinks you're cute enough to teach you rather than dump you.