Benching with my boss
Despite seeming comical this is actually a serious question. I asked my boss last week if I could join him in the gym since I noticed that he frequently leaves early to go and lift. He agreed to lift together, and mentioned that we'd be benching today. My issue is that I can't imagine his bench max being more than around 150 pounds, whereas I typically do sets at over 100 pounds more than that. I'm an intern at the company and he is much more senior than me, so I don't know what to do. Should I just bench whatever he benches and not get a good workout? Or should I bench my weight with him? I am not feeling like there is a very humble way to bench way more than him. I know this shouldn't affect my future at the company, but could it?
Never outshine the master
Assert dominance and refuse to give him a spot, rep his max, then proceed to yell about who’s going to carry the boats
I don't know bro if he took you up on that he might want more from you than lifting those weights
Do what you normally do. Depending on how senior he is, he will either see if as awesome or if he’s insecure he’ll get self conscious. This is actually a great test for him to see how he is with self confidence.
Bench your normal weight. It's another datapoint in his subconscious that you are a person that can excel / do hard things. Just don't come off as boastful
Et voluptas ea sit non corrupti. Iusto amet mollitia quia. Sint ipsam sequi culpa et et et eos.
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