I'm getting back into fitness after a long (~4 year) break. And by that I mean I went to the gym perhaps a dozen times with a friend... so I have some of the basics of how to do the activities, but not a huge amount else.
This time, however, I'm going to be mainly going alone: which leaves me without a spotter!
This is fine for most of my activities which don't need a spot, but I'm a bit nervous about doing bench presses without someone there to help. For one thing, I tend to lift around as much weight as leads to failure on ~8 reps first set (typically ending with failure on 5/6 reps on the last set)... and I'm a little worried I'm going to drop the bar onto my chest/neck.face, or even just that I'll embarrass myself not being able to put it back. I know, I know, nobody cares that I'm new, but as the skinny newbie I'd still rather people looked at me and thought "Good on him, he's working out" rather than "Did that idiot just break his own nose?"
What can I do about this? Other than finding a spot, which isn't always possible (although I will be trying to do so): reduce the weight to the point I'm not quite at failure on that last rep, do one fewer rep? Use a machine for a similar exercise when I have no spot?
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