[quote]SavagedNatiion wrote:
I have more of problem with people’s proactive fuckery. I don’t mind micro Y-backs, shitty form, and flexing pumped 14 inch arms that shit is irritating but doesn’t cause me lost sleep. My problem is when my workout is affected by the 0 fuck given by some of my lesser considerate brothers in iron. Equipment misuse, hoarding the cable crossover machine with some misunderstood tabata routine they plulled outta Musclemag. That’s the problem. Local clubs tend to have a family values like back with Arnold and his gang. At Joe’s Gym it was like that, at Metroflex it was like that.
However these big gym chains churn out products, not people. So having said that, today I was doing hamstrings, and later in my workout, I was doing stiff-legged deadlifts; slight bend knees full contraction minding my own business when, what appears out the corner of my eye is a skinny-musclehead staring briefly comes over to me. “Hey brother, I think you’re doing it wrong”, he said. And I proceeded to inquire why did he feel so inclined to correct me and what exactly did I do wrong. He said, " you have to come all the way up and stretch at the top!" I explained to this half-tard that I was doing hammies (i.e. Constant tension) He told me he never had heard of that and storms off.[/quote]
You come across as having a good head on your shoulders.
What I’m about to say can be misconstrued as being ignorant or not keeping an open mind on other perspectives, but:
you were giving a person you’ve instantaneously classified as ‘a skinny-musclehead’ a forum to critique your form. So, on the one hand, that speaks highly of you from information gathering and respecting people perspective. On the other hand - and I wouldn’t say this if you wouldn’t appear as being pissed by your ‘critic’ - you would’ve been better off not giving that guy both your ear and time.
I guess you know what I’m getting at: classification has its purpose, although it can have negative consequences, too. As with every tool, there are trade-offs involved.
Sure, maybe the guy used to be big, once. And maybe he’s very well educated in exercise physiology and stuff. Hey, why not both? Then again: highly unlikely. Case closed.
I’m 30, now, and have a very good grasp at whom and what to pay attention to and what not. Did I have this with 15? Hell, no! With 18? To a greater degree, yeah. But not the balls to go through with it.
Not meaning to sound condescending, just sharing my thoughts, since you comport yourself as a responsible and respectful person demanding the same from his environment, but not getting it (in the gym).