Modify, Wait, or Work In?

RhineDHP
RhineDHP Posts: 1,025 Member
edited November 11 in Fitness and Exercise
If you have a set workout routine, but go to the gym and find that it's packed and certain machines or squat racks are taken, what do you do?

This is my own issue, but I kind of find it hard talking to people so I usually just modify my workout and do a different exercise until whatever I want to use is free.

What do you do under such a circumstance?

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    I switch the order of my exercises when possible, wait when it's the best option, and do alternate exercises as a last resort. I've never asked to work in.
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  • Cherimoose
    Cherimoose Posts: 5,208 Member
    Another option is switch to a routine with more variety of exercise options.
  • DawnEmbers
    DawnEmbers Posts: 2,451 Member
    I swap the order of lifts, do accessories or wait depending situation. For squat rack I will wait by using leg press or one of the machines. Bench hasn't been too difficult but I can always move to dumbbell or something during that time. I don't ask to work in because it seems like such a hassle between changing the weight and if it's the squat rack moving the bar cause not many are as short as me. I always go when I've got plenty of time, so a little waiting doesn't cause much bother.
  • zipa78
    zipa78 Posts: 354 Member
    GuitarJerry wrote: »
    OHP day I NEED a squat rack

    Just clean the weights up and then start pressing.
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