working out alone

I dont work out with friends.

    I do this for two reasons.  One, I like to be able to focus on what I am doing and not have to worry about anyone else.  And Two,  my friends have memberships to other gyms, so i cant workout with anyone that I like. 

     lets put aside the fact that i have to work out alone, and look at how one can turn this to there advantage.  Working out alone allows you to focus on exactly what YOU need.  With a friend, you have to always compromise, but by yourself, you dont.  another great thing about working alone is that you cut your time lifting weights, but still get the same amount of stuff done.  This may actually be really good, if you dont take very long breaks between sets, you keep your heart rate up and this means your constantly working, which is good.  

     The real reason that i wanted to write about working out alone, not just to tell you that you should abandon your friends, but to talk about how to get stronger with out having a spotter.  you dont need to pump so much weight that you can barely handle it to get stronger.  Most high school kids and young adults just go for more weight when they want to get stronger, but this is not what you should do. You should gradually increase that weight you can do.  for me, if i cant do 8 reps of what ever i am doing, I lower the weight.    As soon as i can do 14 reps no problem, i move up in weight.  This may even be to late, you could move up before that.

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