I’m seriously getting pissed at idiots in the gym telling me I’m doing things wrong or going to hurt myself while I’m working out. THe main thing that bothers me is in the last year I’ve had probably more then 10 people tell me I’m going to hurt my back doing good mornings! Last night was the worst yet I was doing 4x10 arched back GM’s and a kid who USED to play D-1 hockey (hmm wonder why he isnt on the team anymore) wouldnt drop it that I was going to hurt my back. doing 4x10 I obviously had a light load and my form was right on.
I’m looking for good come backs for these comments. I was about to go off on him how there are ton’s of masters power lifters who use this as a staple in there training and can squat well over 600lbs while over 40+ years old but didnt want to waste my breath on this kid… Any feed back is great
P.S. Back feels fine but hammies and glutes are nice and sore like they should be.
Who fucking cares what these people think. You know the truth. There is no reason why you should waste any energy on somebody that is closed minded and not willing to learn. Ignore them and keep lifting. Dont let them get in your head and ruin a workout. These people are always going to be in commercial gyms thats the way it is. Now if it was somebody asking an honest question and was willing to learn then by all means help him out.
[quote]JNeves wrote:
P.S. Back feels fine but hammies and glutes are nice and sore like they should be.[/quote]
Ask them if they’ve read ‘Supertraining’ by Dr. Mel C. Siff. Unless they say yes (which, if they’re bitching at you for good mornings, they won’t have), tell them that their opinion is worth less than the chalk on your hands until they’ve read it cover to cover.
Alternately, you can have them try to explain the physiological mechanics behind goodmornings, while specifying exactly what it is you’re doing wrong, what you should be doing differently, and what difference it makes on the various parts of the spine and back.
If you can’t ignore them–I mean total sensory shutdown, as if they don’t exist–you can always deadpan the following: “Dude, YOU know that if you step on that posing dais with an underdeveloped piriformis, the judges are going to deduct points.”
Then turn away quickly towards the water fountain so they don’t see you starting to laugh at their dumbfounded look.
Interesting. I’ve never had anyone come up to me and tell me that. I guess it pays to have a t-shirt showing “Certified Strength& Conditioning Specialist” (NSCA CSCS) that I occasionally wear to Golds Gym. Actually, that was the purpose of wearing that because I was training westside and i always get the looks and those god awful personal trainers making clients use smith machines for squat,deadlift,bench,shoulder press,etc. I’ve NEVER seen them train their clients to use free squat at all! SAD…
[quote]Tungsten wrote:
i always get the looks and those god awful personal trainers making clients use smith machines for squat,deadlift,bench,shoulder press,etc. I’ve NEVER seen them train their clients to use free squat at all! SAD…
Tungsten, CSCS [/quote]
Yes- funny how that is- the shearing forces on the knees from people doing squats in a SMITH MACHINE! HAH! Who is at greater risk?
I am in agreement with DaMan.
As you long as you didn’t inititiate the conversation, I would let him kmow that he wasn’t asked, and to mind his business.
