I am impressed with some of his strength at his weight but his form fucking sucks. If there are no rules against bad form in strongman then who gives a shit how he moves the weight? If he gets hurt because of poor form then he has himself to thank. If he does not want to listen to contructive criticism that may actually help him perform even better then he is only holding himself back.
As far as the attitude goes. I will be the first to tell you, fuck everyone who is negative for the sake of being negative. But some of the stuff people have to tell you may actually help. Sometimes it is ok to be humble and still be a fucking animal.
Why is there a need to raise coin? If you and Jesse are best buddies now, cant he just shell out the 450 for the plane ticket?
[quote]malonetd wrote:
sensless wrote:
swivel wrote:
are we reading the same thread ? i don’t see any calls for advice or refusals of advice. this thread wasn’t even started by dw.
as for the dw’s pull progress thread, i read some good advice delivered backhanded, which means it comes with an insult attached, direct or implied. and who wants to eat that ? i’d rather starve.
This above is what I’ve seen. Posts of “Here are videos of my max attempst at lifts X,Y,Z” or “Here is a training video.”
Most advice delivered is included with insults, and even if advice doesn’t include an insult there are so many insults interspersed through-out that it would take the patience of a saint to wade through and not have a chip on one’s shoulder by the end. I was impressed that DW attempted to respond to several people that didn’t deliver insults with the advice in a cordial manner.
Sometimes people just post videos to show what they can do, not for advice. I post videos of competitions I am in, on other sites I also post some training videos. Sometimes I post them just to show what I’m up to, sometimes it is for advice, and sometimes it is for purely narcissitic purposes.
Regards,
Sensless
I see what both of you are saying, but DW needs to remember that when you post a video, you are setting yourself up for any comments, critiques, and smart remarks people chose to say. No one is untouchable here and that’s part of the reason I like it here. I love the teenage, immature humor.
At the same time, DW has taken more than his share of a beating. I think the bashing he gets now is due to his reputation. His posts in the past came with arrogance and excessive ego. He has changed, but he his is still far too defensive.
No matter what video gets posted, people are going to criticize it, and most of these people have no qualification to critique. Fred Hatfield could post some squatting videos and half of T-Nation would point out what he did “wrong.” DW needs to remember that. Don’t take every comment so personally.
DW, you know you’re busting your ass, forget everyone else. You don’t need a comeback for every comment made about you.[/quote]
