That is a shame. The kid doesn’t even know what he doesn’t know.
After seeing that, I feel fortunate that for whatever reason, I’ve allways had coaches and teachers who would set me straight on attitude, and put forth a challenge that would exceed my abilities.
This kid and others like him don’t have that. They need it.
Why laugh at him? All of his problems in the lifts could be solved if he just learned how to do them.
Squat: Widen the stance(What hes doing is going down to where it feels tight and going back up). If he widens his stance he will be hitting parallel.
The incline bench:Lower the weight and lower the bar.
Bench press: Doing only 1 rep in the bench is pointless.
We were all that kid once.
[quote]Dirty Tiger wrote:
We were all that kid once.[/quote]
We were all egotists, self-proclaimed as “the future of body-building”?
Bullshit.
[quote]Fulmen wrote:
Dirty Tiger wrote:
We were all that kid once.
We were all egotists, self-proclaimed as “the future of body-building”?
Bullshit.[/quote]
You were never a cocky teenager?
Did a creepy, sneaky uncle destroy your self esteem?
[quote]John S. wrote:
Bench press: Doing only 1 rep in the bench is pointless.
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Why is doing max effort singles pointless?
From what I saw in the vid it seemed to be the only flat bench he did, Im all for heavy singles its what I use but if its your only rep its bad.
[quote]Dirty Tiger wrote:
You were never a cocky teenager?
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Certainly not in that regard.
I started lifting when I was 13, and it took me until I was 17 before I felt confident enough in my physique to even join a public gym instead of lifting at home, let alone make a fucking video of myself and post it on the internet.
On another note, am I the only one who noticed him getting crushed by the weight he put on the leg press at 1:23 into the video?
Why would you put that on your showboating ego reel?
[quote]Dirty Tiger wrote:
Fulmen wrote:
Dirty Tiger wrote:
We were all that kid once.
We were all egotists, self-proclaimed as “the future of body-building”?
Bullshit.
You were never a cocky teenager?
Did a creepy, sneaky uncle destroy your self esteem?[/quote]
LOL
I think whether you take pity on the kid who laugh at him depends on your level of accomplishment and state of enlightenment. Once you’re successful, you don’t laugh at people as much - you tend to feel sorry for them.
If any emotion other than pity is appropriate, then it’s righteous indignation - what kind of world do we live people like that are so full of themselves?
Emotional reactions should be more nuanced than “laugh” or “cry.”
[quote]SkyzykS wrote:
That is a shame. The kid doesn’t even know what he doesn’t know.
After seeing that, I feel fortunate that for whatever reason, I’ve allways had coaches and teachers who would set me straight on attitude, and put forth a challenge that would exceed my abilities.
This kid and others like him don’t have that. They need it.
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Best. Post.
[quote]Bauer97 wrote:
Dirty Tiger wrote:
You were never a cocky teenager?
Certainly not in that regard.
I started lifting when I was 13, and it took me until I was 17 before I felt confident enough in my physique to even join a public gym instead of lifting at home, let alone make a fucking video of myself and post it on the internet.
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It must be something in the water. Their parents must be giving them trophies and medals every time they take a shit all by themselves.
I will laugh at the kid in the video and couldn’t give two shits if I got a wag of the finger from anyone. His ego deserves it. And Tiger-I was never that egotistical because I had parents that raised me right (however Tiger, if you were cocky when you were a teenager because of an uncle’s actions, I would seek therapy if I were you).
[quote]Fulmen wrote:
I will laugh at the kid in the video and couldn’t give two shits if I got a wag of the finger from anyone. His ego deserves it. And Tiger-I was never that egotistical because I had parents that raised me right (however Tiger, if you were cocky when you were a teenager because of an uncle’s actions, I would seek therapy if I were you).
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[bold]“This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever” (Sigmund Freud - about the Irish) [/bold]
Teenagers are cocky, you were too.
You still are, only now you are a bully as well.
Do you need to bash others to feel good about yourself?
The kid has good drive.
[quote]evansmi wrote:
Petedacook wrote:
I recall reading an article on a technique called continuous motion, constant tension, partial rep. The theory behind it was there was no rest for the muscle during the given lift. No pause at the top or bottom of the lift, just constant tension on the muscle.
continuous tension and partial reps aren’t quite the same, if he went to parellel and never quite locked out the top of his squat, he would have had continuos tension. partials are used for weak points.[/quote]
The theory/technique I speak of is as I have stated it. While the terms “continuous motion, constant tension, partial reps,” may have additional connotations, the technique was simply called that and did not imply any other connotations of the words.
[quote]Dirty Tiger wrote:
Teenagers are cocky, you were too.[/quote]
I never said I wasn’t-I said, “I was never THAT egotistical”.
Yea, but its fueled by EGO. Thus, he deserves no credit.
[quote]Fulmen wrote:
Dirty Tiger wrote:
Teenagers are cocky, you were too.
I never said I wasn’t-I said, “I was never THAT egotistical”.
The kid has good drive.
Yea, but its fueled by EGO. Thus, he deserves no credit.
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It’s tough in a medium like that to really tell what someone’s thinking, but I kinda got the impression that his hyping himself was as much a self affirmation for the future as it was just dopey harmless ego.
In other words here’s where I’m going more than here’s where I am. He may never actually get there, but nobody ever progresses beyond their own mental self limitations.
Or I am I now just giving him too much credit?
How do these people even survive in the gym without hurting themselves. I mean that leg press looked like it was going to kill him. Not to mention the 315 squat.
Jeez guys. He is just doing what probably 90% of the rest of the people in your gym are doing. It’s not the weight or the form that is objectionable. It is his f-n ego that is the problen and for that, he deserves to be laughed at. None of us laugh at the guy who just starts and has bad form. He’s there and trying. Some get better, most quit and there is more space for the rest of us. Just last night I was amused by two kids squatting with the exact same form for an 1/8th of a squat and then screaming and high fiving each other. Fuck them and I will laugh at them.
We all know what would happen if any one of us ask him if he wanted some help with his form. Most of you who are serious never cease to learn. I have no qualms with asking someone to watch and critique my form. We listen, we talk to those who have been down the road. We don’t make a fucking video of ourselves.
[quote]Tiribulus wrote:
Fulmen wrote:
Dirty Tiger wrote:
Teenagers are cocky, you were too.
I never said I wasn’t-I said, “I was never THAT egotistical”.
The kid has good drive.
Yea, but its fueled by EGO. Thus, he deserves no credit.
It’s tough in a medium like that to really tell what someone’s thinking, but I kinda got the impression that his hyping himself was as much a self affirmation for the future as it was just dopey harmless ego.
In other words here’s where I’m going more than here’s where I am. He may never actually get there, but nobody ever progresses beyond their own mental self limitations.
Or I am I now just giving him too much credit?[/quote]
I understand what you’re saying, but my drive was internal. It came from many sources from me just wanting to be better to responding to someone saying I couldn’t do it. I would think everyone has to find their own source but the ones who actually take it further than average do so because they are just that much more driven/angry/fired up for some reason. None of that needs video footage like an overhyped Nike commercial…which is what that was.
I take it as a sign of what most kids are exposed to lately…video streams of info at attention deficit speeds being funneled into their heads day and night. They start thinking they are living in a damn video.
I don’t hate anyone for finding what drives them to do more than average…and if this is the fuel for this guy, then more power to him. However, chances are, this is just another kid who hasn’t done much who wants to live like someone who has…only without all of those years of hard work and all.
Like Bauer wrote, I never would have posted pics or vids of myself when I was that small and skinny or weak. I always figured I had a much longer way to go before I deserved any “credit” for the accomplishment. Apparently, many today think just the opposite. Can that even be a good thing?