Wait, really?
I would enjoy reading some of this…
Just go on my youtube, haha. I’ve also had some experiences on reddit.
Onetime, someone impersonated me online and posted a video of one of my deadlifts on 4chan asking for form advice. I found the thread by looking at my traffic sources on youtube. That was a goldmine.
Ive seen reddit, never joined. The fitness page has some of the biggest retards. The advice they give is just…shit. And most of the people there aren’t very strong. Once in awhile you see someone doing a video with an impressive weight, but maybe that was you and they stole it!
I like going there to get material for my blog. It’s amazing watching the hivemind at work.
T-Nation has a hivemind too but it isn’t as obvious. My job blocks all websites except reddit and a few others, so when I cant focus on my work I go there to read. Once in awhile you see something interesting. The personal finance section gets under my skin. You have these people squawking like a bunch of parrots the same 6 lines of advice. I doubt most of them even have an appreciable net worth.
Do you have a link?
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If I did, policies against posting outside links would prevent me from posting it.
It’s why I always say to never listen to the loudest advice. The majority of people in life are going to fail. Whatever advice is the loudest is the advice that is the most popular, which means it’s the advice of failure.
My grandfather told me “Look at what 90% of the population is doing, then do the opposite”, and as misanthropic as it might have been, it’s so true.
A couple years ago, I was pretty beat up. Hips all to hell, crooked posture, 1 bow-leg, 1 knock knee, a high shoulder. Just terrible. Poor exercise selection and execution were crippling me. The only way I could “squat” was to a box, with a cambered bar, and some chains, after like an hour of rehab junk.
One night I’m going through my hideous caricature of a lower body workout, thinking everything was cool. Some old guy with a shaved head and a goatee loads up in the power rack next to me. He sets up a box, just like me. Then he does the most awful, slow, shifty, squat-goodmorning, shimmy, twisting box squat I ever saw. Just fucking deplorable. Laughable, if it wasn’t so Offensive.
10 minutes later I realized he was showing me what my squat had become.
I think that is practical advice. Ive found most people are lazy, unmotivated, and want to do as little as possible to get as far as possible. I cant get over how people fantasize about having nice houses, fast cars, higher paying jobs, etc, but aren’t willing to do what it takes to move up. I suppose it is easier to go with the flow than take a chance.
I should add that Im told im too critical of people, so many I have some screws lose in my brain that don’t understand fun.
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Years ago, I was lifting the stones in a contest.
I was able to 1 motion the fourth, and as I was setting up for the 5th, World’s Strongest Man finalist Geoff Dolan ran up and yelled “JUST DO THAT AGAIN!”
At one point, my back was jacked up. I was following Vince D’s log on Elite. His back was jacked too, and he mentioned having some success with a couple moves, but didn’t name them. I contacted him on the Q&A, to ask, and tell him about how the seated psoas hold had worked for me.
He replied; He tried it, and it caused his back to spasm. He had to hang upside down in his inversion table all day afterwards. Then he thanked me, and said I was a valuable part of his rehab process.
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Vinny actually has an account here as well. Been a while since he last posted, but it was still cool for him to show up.
He’s also apparently fantastically made out of glass. It makes his benching all the more impressive.
We should do a Billy Madison at his school.
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Well, isn’t it obvious???
lol
Oh man I’m late. I’m new to LA fitness since that was the closest gym. I’ve managed to offend 1 manager, 1 PT, and 3 members because I told them I don’t need your advice. With the manager, barely 150lbs tells me I shouldn’t squat so deep it’s bad for your knees. At that point I said I’ve been squatting this deep for years and no pain, I’ll be fine.
Personal trainer:
Oh you shouldn’t be arching your back and the bar shouldn’t go all the way down. I asked if she’s strength and conditioning certified and she said no. So I told she was wrong.
Now the last one was 3 typical gym bros telling me how sumo was easier. I was pulling 435lbs for doubles beltless, I said okay if it’s easy you guys lift this. They refused so I went on the offensive saying I don’t need advice from ego lifters with shit form. Commercial gyms FTW, let’s see how long iast lol
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Telling someone they are wrong is the second best response you can give someone who approaches you.
The best being unzipping your pants and shaking your genitals at them.
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I was wearing stretchy man pants aka tights…close enough?
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