Author Topic: Do you give unsolicited lifting advice?  (Read 5609 times)

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Re: Do you give unsolicited lifting advice?
« Reply #75 on: February 26, 2018, 01:39:52 AM »
This is a great example of a tosser doing part reps on an overloaded leg press and then getting his rightful comeuppance.

He was very lucky the stoppers were where they were or it could have been even nastier.  :D

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Jeez that leg might have to be amputated

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Re: Do you give unsolicited lifting advice?
« Reply #76 on: February 26, 2018, 10:06:14 AM »
Not slamming you, but I bet this would do little to no good. I constantly see "experts" doing things incorrectly, giving out bad instruction, etc. And it seems like  a lot of people generally don't have any perception of how they actually perform exercises. People claim they do deep squats and leg presses when they barely do a quarter of the movement. People think they train balls to the wall  when 90% of their workout is sitting and resting. Even when watching pros train in videos, they'll describe their chinups full range of motion and crisp and they'll be doing choppy half-reps, for example. And I'm sure I'm guilty of this in some aspects, too.

Training, nutrition, supplementation.. there are always multiple schools, which makes it hard to tell which is right and which isn't. If someone is applying his own principles and it's both safe and effective for multiple people, and he's also able to explain how and why, then I believe such a person is qualified to demonstrate & explain his views.

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Re: Do you give unsolicited lifting advice?
« Reply #77 on: February 26, 2018, 02:51:50 PM »
Training, nutrition, supplementation.. there are always multiple schools, which makes it hard to tell which is right and which isn't. If someone is applying his own principles and it's both safe and effective for multiple people, and he's also able to explain how and why, then I believe such a person is qualified to demonstrate & explain his views.

That sort of reinforces my point, though. You don't really need to be an exercise expert to make progress. Like the guys I described in my opening post, they  were doing heavy deadlifts and had good physiques, but their form was poor and looked like injuries waiting to happen. Do you think guys like that would be interested in a training camp unless it was hosted by a fitness celebrity? Every mid-upper tier gym I've ever joined has offered a free series of training sessions and i've never used them. I've been working out for 20 years.  The guy the poster described who was convinced he was doing 250 bps... do you think he would really be interested in a beginner's training camp? Do you think he even has the self-awareness that his training method makes him look like a jackass?

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Re: Do you give unsolicited lifting advice?
« Reply #78 on: February 26, 2018, 03:29:23 PM »
That sort of reinforces my point, though. You don't really need to be an exercise expert to make progress. Like the guys I described in my opening post, they  were doing heavy deadlifts and had good physiques, but their form was poor and looked like injuries waiting to happen. Do you think guys like that would be interested in a training camp unless it was hosted by a fitness celebrity? Every mid-upper tier gym I've ever joined has offered a free series of training sessions and i've never used them. I've been working out for 20 years.  The guy the poster described who was convinced he was doing 250 bps... do you think he would really be interested in a beginner's training camp? Do you think he even has the self-awareness that his training method makes him look like a jackass?


bottom line, if they look better than you keep quiet . you'll only come off as a fool giving random strangers with better physiques than yourself lifting advice.

perhaps they were doing some form of "cheat" technique that is beyond your understanding.

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Re: Do you give unsolicited lifting advice?
« Reply #79 on: February 26, 2018, 03:41:44 PM »

bottom line, if they look better than you keep quiet . you'll only come off as a fool giving random strangers with better physiques than yourself lifting advice.

perhaps they were doing some form of "cheat" technique that is beyond your understanding.
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Thanks. I was waiting for you to weigh in with the "bottom line". Now the thread can be locked.


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Re: Do you give unsolicited lifting advice?
« Reply #80 on: February 27, 2018, 03:46:04 AM »
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Re: Do you give unsolicited lifting advice?
« Reply #81 on: February 27, 2018, 04:03:03 AM »
Perhaps some good Samaritan can tell Eric Spoto that his JM presses are basically just close grips done to his neck and not really the 75% press/ 25% crusher hybrid that Blakely originated?

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Re: Do you give unsolicited lifting advice?
« Reply #82 on: February 27, 2018, 08:32:49 AM »
No but I get solicited frequently.