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My gym has a device, it's about 6 foot long and T-shaped. It has a groove to hold the barbell on the top of the T, and you put it underneath where it holds the bar high enough to get 45s on and off. See if you have one at your gym. It's very similar in concept to this but without the wheels:

http://www.musclemoulding.co.uk/images/index.7.jpg

I don't actually use it though, since it's not that hard to add one or two pairs of 45s to a bar on the floor at my gym (guess it depends on the floor surface).

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Comment: So today I come in and all the bars are empty. I hate putting plates on bars on the ground. I've got no idea what I'm doing.

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I just deal with it. I figure I could use the extra work required to load plates to a bar on the ground. I also rack weights that other people don't bother to rack when they're done.

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Joined a new gym.

Bench Press

1x8x95
1x5x95
1x4x95

Lateral Pulldowns

3x8x90

Dumbbell Lunges

1x12x90
1x8x90
1x6x90

Military Press

1x8x50
1x7x50
1x4x50

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Scary, stop going to failure in all your exercises.

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Scary, stop going to failure in all your exercises.

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Hey, I totally went to 8 with the lateral pulldowns. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Edit: So at any rate, what does this mean? How do I go about it?

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Scary, stop going to failure in all your exercises.

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Hey, I totally went to 8 with the lateral pulldowns. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

Edit: So at any rate, what does this mean? How do I go about it?

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You seem to be picking a weight/exercise, doing as many as you can, resting a bit, doing as many as you can resting and so on. Instead pick a weight you are almost positive you can do the same number of reps each set with. Than if you complete all the sets, increase the weight or the number of repetitions your next workout. If not, leave everything the same for the next workout.

Going until you can't do anymore everytime is oging to lead to overtraining and excessive soreness without any additional strength/size benefit.

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I promise I'll squat or deadlift on Sunday.

Bench Press

1x8x95
1x7x95
1x6x95

Military Press

1x8x40
1x6x40
1x4x40

Comment: lol, ended up doing fewer with less weight. Nice.

Dumbbell Lunges

2x12x80
1x5x80

Comment: Felt twinge in my right leg, not sure where after first set, sort of slipped on 5th rep so stopped there.

Lateral Pulldowns

3x12x80