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Originally Posted by st33lr4t
spotters arent nessecary. i lift alone. i always use free weights and 90% of the time i use dumbells. if you have a power rack i do not see why you would need a spotter for saftey. personally i would rather have some metal bars on my power rack spotting me for saftey then one of my buddies.
EleqTrizi'T - why not try doing flys using db's on a bench instead of the pec deck.
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I have a membership at Bally's, and none of the gyms in my area have the bench press equipment near the power racks. A spotter isn't necessary, but I view it as recommended. I push a little bit longer if I know that if I get stuck in the bench, I have someone to bail me out. Otherwise, if I'm alone, I have to dump the weights and that can be dangerous.
I do use the rack for squats and the like.
As for using db's...db's are part of my every day free weight routine. It's bench bb, flat bench db, incline bench db for chest. I use the peck deck to break through when the routine gets stale. You might be able to chalk it up to the change in routine alone, if you wanted.